Shadowtalons POV
I slowly force my bright purple eyes open as I sense the warm sun beat down on my black scales. Stretching my sharp claws out in front of me I yawn, flashing my massive teeth.
Just as I begin to rise up, I completely freeze. That Astrid scavenger is stirring at my side….underneath my wing….she is leaning against me…..To bite her head off or not to bite her head off? She IS the most respectable of all the weaklings around here so I shall give her grace….I still hate being touched though.
Astrid gets up surprisingly quickly to walk over to my now shut snout. She doesn't touch me like that crippled Scavenger, she at least understands this.
The tiny fuzzy attachments above her eyes furrow in apparent confusion and she points to the sky and then back at me. OK, I can understand what she is asking.
With one claw, I carve into the metal one full moon. I then point to the moon on the metal to the now sunny and clear sky. Astrid scavenger nods in understanding so I continue on. I draw two other full moons beside the moon I have already drawn and then again point to the sky.\
Astrid scavenger gasps and her little eyes widen before she raises her hands as if to tell me to stay before running off to gather the other smart Scavengers. How dare she!? I am no animal for her to dictate!
The other scavengers walk up to me blearily, rubbing their eyes with tiny paws...except for the cripple and the delicious sounding one who look rather excited if confused.
In a rabble of sounds between all of them I can make out only a couple words
"Morning…...Shadowtalon…..drew….moons…..more than one?...Whoa!...lost?...other land?...other world?"
When all their meaningless rabble ends they all stare at me with wide eyes. The twins knock their helmets together and shout something before getting scolded by the cripple scavenger.
I swear to the three moons the delicious sounding one looks like he is about to pee himself in excitement.
Astrid's worm flies in from the small forest not far away and lands beside me. I ignore -what was her name? Stormflight?not a bad name, no it was lamer then that, I think it was strom…...fly?- The two legged not-dragon, she is lesser than me.
I growl quietly in my throat as she starts to step closer to me. Stormfly flares her wings slightly before making an odd noise at m, is she trying to communicate? I rumble out a few words as clearly as I can "Are all of you not-dragon unable to understand basic Draconian?"
The scavengers look at me, still surprised by my ability to talk (as if I couldn't. Please) but Stormfly just dips her head, clearly confused and saddened that she isn't able to understand me.
I look up at the sky and sigh. Is a sensible conversation too much to ask for? I try talking in the Scavengers feeble language "not-dragons not know speak?" It feels all wrong for my tongue to form scavenger speak. It's far to smooth and not nearly expressive as Draconian…..
Delicious shakes his head but jabbers excitedly and so fast that I can only catch little words "No…..dragons….other land…...talk?"
I narrow my eyes in concentration, piecing together the garbled words before nodding and saying in their disgusting tongue "All taught from young by old"
The twins interrupt what I am sure was to be a simply riveting conversation when they come in literally riding small boars.
They get pulled off the rampaging boars by their two headed freak pet. Now seeing that the snacks are no longer being ridden by the inedible scavengers, I can't help but lick my lips hungrily.
I stand up to release a quick burst of flame to kill and cook the running boar. The Scavengers nearby jump back with horrified looks on their faces as I snatch up the two tiny boars and drop them in my maw, bones and all.
I don't even bother to chew. Not bad flavor, but not hardly enough to satisfy me. I frown and open my wings. I don't leave but I flap my wings slowly. I point off to the ocean. There is other islands right? So more meat? Please for love of Pyhrria let the scavengers understand this.
Snotty looks impressed, the twins are crying at the loss of their boars, Cripple is in shock but recovering and Delicious looks slightly ill but seems to understand that I'm still hungry.
I thought if I came here they would at least give me food! But nooooooooooo I gotta go across a ocean to get food that barely fills me!
Delicious speaks to Cripple. I don't listen because if I don't get some food and RIGHT NOW, I WILL EAT THE BLOODY LOT OF THEM!
Thankfully for them the two of them move quick enough onto their respective not-dragons and take to the sky.
FINALLY! Food!
I'm not quite sure if that long flight across the sea was worth it to come to tiny island, but at least there is boars galore! But what about the deers and cows and chickens? Oh well. Food is food.
But just as I finish eating my third boar with the Scavengers very obviously trying not to be ill at the way I am eating, the not-dragon appears from literally NOWHERE and fires green substance at me.
I jumpy back in time to avoid, but I see it sizzle away the rest of my caught boars. RAINWING?! Oh, no, just a lizard with Rainwing abilities, but seemly more aggressive.
The Scavengers take to the sky to escape, but I snarl and flare my massive wings, This thing wants a fight? FINE, IT WILL GET ONE!
I roar and lunge towards the red lizard, it fires a blast of acid at my chest. HOLY CRAP THAT BURNS!... Over it.
I snarl and shred into the red lizard with my talons. I scream as a shot of acid hits my in the back, I whirl around and catch the offending lizard in my teeth where I bite down. Hard. It dies screaming.
The Scavengers are screaming at me to stop, they are yelling something about eggs I think? Well if this is nearby a nest then the lizards should have left me in peace then! Not my fault! They could have just asked me to leave! Or in this case just tried to ward me off and may have left!
I look to the tree's nearby. Cool eggs….i'm gonna smash that teach those red slugs to mess with me!
Just as I am about to smash one of the pretty, glowy eggs, I roar as two more shots of acid land on my already burning back. I snarl and unleash a torrent of hot flame from my mouth. I burn every hiding lizard in the area. I suppose smashing the eggs would be too aggressive for my tastes, but killing the parents would be enough for me!
Stealing my well earned food, attacking me for no good reason, and not fleeing when they had the chance is their fault! And they will be punished!
I pant heavily and wince as I feel the globs of acid eating away at my hard scales. Maybe…..maybe it's time to leave now.
I raise my wings and cry out in agony as it rubs the caustic acid in deeper and spread it around. Why the hell do I feel woozy? It's just acid..slowly eating away at my scales…. Rainwing acid is worse…..
I cry out one last time before collapsing to the burnt grass. I hear the voices of the two Scavengers above me talking as the world blurs.
The last thing I hear before everything fades away out "Hurry!...not long….back to the edge!"
