Chapter One:
The setting sun could be seen low on the horizon, bathing the surrounding forest in an eerie glow. The trees reaching high into the night sky breaking up what little light could be offered from the glowing sun, cast shadows across the forest floor. A soft wind was blowing causing the leaves to dance upon the ground; the fauna of the forest moving around in search for food. Along the edge of the tree line sat a desolate cave the inhabitants long ago forced out for great beasts slumbered there.
"Father" a woman's voice broke the silence, as she emerged from the cave mouth. The woman was dressed in simple furs, her skin like fine china, atop her head two horns elegantly curved forward coming to a fine tip, her hair bright purple hung loosely around her. Her eyes shone in the dim light glowing a brilliant soft purple, she stifled a yawn opening her mouth wide to show off gleaming white fangs.
Something rumbled from deep within the cave, the young woman turned, a smirk on her face as she moved out of the way. A massive dragon with deep purple scales that twinkled in the moon light and bright glowing blue eyes emerged from the cave. Atop the dragon's head two golden horns curved back away from the creatures face and a mane of thick purple fur ran down the dragon's neck. The dragon turned to the woman and bowed its head.
"Ahnok dii brit Shyvana" its voice a deep rumble carried throughout the quite forest. The young woman rolled her eyes, and sighed releasing a great billow of smoke high into the air.
"Father, I've asked you time and time again to use the common tongue" Shyvana huffed as she approached her father.
She placed her tiny hand on her father's shoulder and looked into his radiant blue eyes, her own reflection staring back at her. Her stomach rumbled and she blushed. Her father shook his head and laughed at his daughter.
"Are you hungry young one? shall you hunt tonight or shall I? "he said standing and stretching out his body. Unlike a traditional dragon Shyvana's father did not have wings for flight being a celestial dragon entailed that he could use magics and valorans natural flowing mana to fly. His dark purple scales glittered in the moon light making him appear as if he was covered in tiny drops of starlight. He yawned and dug his golden talons into the soft earth.
"Los hi hahnu mon" he rumbled to get Shyvana's attention.
"I'm sorry father I was thinking, no I do not feel like hunting tonight I shall stay near the cave" Shyvana shook her head her long purple hair billowing around her shoulders.
"Ol hi hind, as you wish" he looked to the sky a smile spreading across his face, he roared and took off soaring through the night sky like a comet from the heavens.
Show off Shyvana thought to herself watching as her father soared through the night sky. His form looking like a giant star glittering in the moonlight. She grimaced and looked down at her hands. Her nails were long and sharp much like her father's talons her skin smooth and pale. Such a fragile existence to be a human, nothing compared to my true form. She looked up into the dark night sky trying to find her father but could not see him with such little light, the canopy of trees blocking most of the star light.
Shyvana took a deep breath and tried to summon her draconian strength. It was always difficult to control her transformations when she was not full of rage but with instruction from her father and much meditation she had managed to tap into the beast lurking beneath her skin. Tiny scales appeared along the backs of her hands, talons replaced her fingernails and her eyes glowed a vivid purple illuminating her surroundings. Again she looked to the sky trying to find a glimpse of her father but could not, she slowed her breathing and listened to the sounds of the forest. She possessed far superior senses than that of a normal human and could hear the heartbeat of fauna in the distance.
"Where are you father" she whispered to herself. She surveyed the area. To her right stood a massive tree reaching high into the skyline above the canopy of branches and leaves. She smirked to herself and approached the tree. Summoning her draconian strength, she struck the tree digging her talons deep into the bark and began to pull herself up.
The view from above the trees was breathtaking and Shyvana paused to bask in the starlight. Her father had taught Shyvana much from the time she was a young girl and often times told her about her heritage. He told her that dragons originated from stars, the first born from pure starlight. She often looked to the stars wishing they would provide her with unseen guidance.
"Zu'u lost lokaal fil ahk fonly wah kos zofaas do vulon" she recited the words from memory recalling her father saying it many times to her.
In the distance she could see bright shining star illuminating her delicate features. She smiled, when she was a girl Shyvana liked to pretend that the brightest stars were her mother shining down on her from what the humans called heaven. She knew that her mother did not return to the stars when she died as her dragon kin did for her mother was a human and did not have dragons blood. Shyvana often thought about her mother when she was alone, wondering if she would love her as her father did or reject her as all other humans in her past. Whenever she asked her father about her mother he did little to respond; she understood that it was painful for him to talk about his former mate.
Laughter could be heard in the far corner of the forest and Shyvana snapped her head in its general direction. She strained her ears to pick up the sound, soft rumbling laughter it sounded human and most definitely male. She frowned and shook her head her curiosity getting the better of her, she dropped from the tree top sending leaves and branches crashing to the ground. She pulled off a small pile of leaves she had managed to skewer with her horn and dusted her knees off. Following the sound of the deep rumbling laughter she crept low to the ground. Her footfalls near silent as she walked along the forest floor, years of living on the run kept her lean and her reflexes sharp. Her purple glowing eyes the only thing visible in the dim light. She could hear the crackling of a fire and smell the scent of blood and charred flesh in the air.
Her instincts took over and her eyes took on a reptilian appearance, her pupils narrowing into slits, tiny scales creeping up along her arms and neck, her nails were replaced by talons. Her hair began to billow around her softly as she summoned her flames. She smelled the air again, no it was only small game that was killed recently. Her heart slamming in her chest for fear of her father, he had still not returned when she departed. She knew that her father would not approve of her sneaking off into the night looking for humans. She drew in a deep breath to calm her beating heart the scales slowing retracting and the talons turning into her sharpened nails.
She could hear the humans' laughter and could smell them long before she could see them. The fire light was the first thing she noticed as she approached the humans camp. Before her sat seven men sitting around a fire eating, laughing, and talking with each other. She crouched down getting as low as she could to the cold ground, much of the cover the forest provided absent as the season started to get cold. Her stomach rumbled and she shivered remembering she did not bring a cloak with her to shield her body from the wind. The humans hushed themselves and scanned the tree line. A large man with dark hair silenced his companions and narrowed his eyes staring straight at the location Shyvana was trying to hide. Her heart beat quickened when he spotted her gleaming purple eyes. He began to rise and she decided it was no longer safe to observe the humans. She backed away on all fours turned away and ran for the direction of her father's cave. Summoning her flames at a distance she thought was safe from the humans to propel her along the forest floor.