Chapter 2:

Midoriya woke suddenly to the sound of rustling. Quickly, he grabbed his sword and got ready to fight. His eyes scanned the bushes trying to locate the threat. The rustling stilled for awhile making the advocate tense up in suspense.

"Whose there? I know your there." Midoriya spoke out. The rustling began again and the advocate started to shake, he was scared but was determined to face the opponent head on. Before the greenette could strike an attack the cause of the rustling jumped out of the bushes and clawed its way up a tree to reveal itself. Midoriya jumped at the sudden movement but stopped in his tracks when he saw what it was.

A dragon? Wait.

Midoriya blinked once.

Twice.

No, that can't be right.

Magic was a common thing, people did possess their own special abilities but dragons was taking it too far. Midoriya stares at the dragon for a while trying to comprehend what he was seeing. It was small but it had large wings. The dragon's green scales shined in the sunlight as it stared down at Midoriya. The advocate stared at the reptile in awe as he looked at it as though he was in a trance.

"Uh…hello…there?" Midoriya spoke quietly not trying to scare it away. The dragon simply screeched in response and scurried down the tree two stand in front of Midoriya's feet. Startled by the dragon's speed Midoriya stepped back and fell to the ground. Flustered Midoriya quickly reached for his journal. Excitedly he grabbed his pencil and began to draw.

The dragon stood still as it curiously watch Midoriya scribble the dragon in his book. The greenette mumbled quietly to himself as he was drawing. Meanwhile, the dragon crawled over to the distracted boy and climbed on his shoulder to look at the journal. Midoriya stilled immediately in fear, still unsure if the creature was a threat. Midoriya slowly moved only his eyes to look at the dragon.

The tiny green dragon looked at the drawing, fascinated with the work of art. Midoriya relaxed seeing that the dragon meant no harm.

"Heh, not as scary as I though huh?" Midoriya said mostly to himself as he lifted a hand to pet his new acquaintance. The dragon excitedly nuzzled the greenettes hand, and let out a satisfied purr. Midoriya smiled and wrote down a few notes.

"Purring…interesting. Skin has a leather like feel and a wing span of 1.5 feet…" Midoriya mumbled. He continued to pet the dragon before finally standing up and putting his journal away. The dragon remained on his shoulders and Midoriya smiled.

"Are you gonna join me?" Midoriya asked with a smile. The dragon gave an affirmative purr making Midoriya chuckle. The dragon rested its head, it's tail hanging over Midoriya's left shoulder. Midoriya packed his things and made his way to his horse. He should keep going, he was in enemy territory and wanted to leave as soon as possible. Reaching his horse he got up on it and continued down his trek. The dragon stayed firmly on his shoulders. Midoriya took not if it's warm stomach wrapped around his neck.

Midoriya moves slowly and quietly, he did not want to run into any tribe members. Midoriya wasn't too skilled at fighting he knew how to use a sword but could easily be taken down by a large group in an instant.

Midoriya pulled out his map, he had two more days until he reached Endeavor's kingdom and out of the tribes territory. Midoriya continued the path until suddenly his stomach started to growl. He stopped and gave a sheepish look to the green dragon who looked at him with what Midoriya could only call attitude.

"Sorry, I didn't get to eat before leaving. It will be quick." Midoriya reassures the impatient dragon, though, Midoriya didn't understand the impatience the reptile would have. Midoriya got off the horse and looked for a safe place to eat. He had to stay hidden, finding a place by the river that was covered he made his way there with his horse. Midoriya sat on a rock and watched the dragon climb down and crawl away. Slightly disappointed Midoriya hoped the dragon return.

With a sigh Midoriya grabbed some food his mom packed for him. Opening the container Midoriya was surprised to find the dragon scurry back in a hurry with berries latched tightly in its feet. Midoriya chuckled happily and began munching on some wheat crackers. The dragon watched Midoriya eat before climbing up next to Midoriya and placing a Berry on one of his crackers. Midoriya smiled and in return gave a cracker to the dragon which he graciously accepted. Midoriya smiled and rested his head on his hand as he watched the dragon munch away happily.

The dragon, done with his food scurried away once again, probably going to find more food. Midoriya smiled and pulled out his journal, waiting for his new friend. He continued to write notes on the mysterious creature.

'Eat berries and other plant life, extremely intelligent and can understand people…" Midoriya mumble his thoughts allowed while tapping his chin in thought. After a long while of writing Midoriya looked up to see his friend still hasn't returned. Concerned, Midoriya got up, to look for them, book in hand. He slowly and quietly made his way through the dense plant life.

"Uh…dragon?" Midoriya called out nervously. After a while of looking he decided he should turn back. Disappointed, he went to leave only to be stopped by the sound of rustling and a familiar quiet screech. Relieved, Midoriya turned to see his dragon friend climbing down a tree in an area not too far from Midoriya. The greenette sighed happily.

"There you are. You had me worried." Midoriya went to walked towards the dragon when suddenly Midoriya was surrounded by rope and pulled up towards the sky. With a startled yelp, Midoriya dropped his journal to the ground. The dragon screeches, startled at his friends sudden predicament. Midoriya struggles in his sudden trap.

"Crap!" Midoriya whisper yells. His is current trapped in a net. To make matters worse Midoriya watches the dragon flee in what he assumes in fear. Midoriya curses to himself, his sword was left with the horse and he was in too much of an awkward angle to do anything but struggle. Midoriya tried to quietly get himself out but with no luck. The rope digs into his back but still comfortably cradles his body high in the air.

A few hours pass and Midoriya tried his best to get out. His energy has left him and all he can do is sway back and forth. Midoriya closes his eyes and lets sleep overcome him.

Once again, rustling of leaves is what wakes Midoriya. But this time Midoriya is positive it's not something small this time. Midoriya's heart rate picks up almost in panic when he slowly turns his head to find members of the dragon tribe staring up at him. Midoriya gasps as his eyes widen in panic.

One of the tribe members is a guy with red spiky hair and dark red eyes to match. He is wearing a short open grey vest with a red scarf. A torn apart red fabric is wrapped around his waist framing a pair of light grey pant and dark gray boots. Midoriya gulps at the intimidating tribe member before his eyes look at the other warrior.

This time it was a girl with pink skin. She had on wooden armor and carried around a solid wood axe. She had a shocked yet curious expression on her face as she looked at the hanging boy. She was less intimidating. She went to take a step closer but was stopped by the red haired man.

"Mina stay back. He could be dangerous." The man spoke to the girl who Midoriya assume was Mina. The girl nodded her head and did as she was told. The man grabbed his knife that was tied to his waist. And looked at him with a suspicious gaze.

"State your name and which kingdom your from." The man demanded sternly. Meanwhile, Mina reached down and grabbed the dropped journal off of the ground and flipped through the pages.

"Uh…" Midoriya spoke nervously. Should he lie? He could say he was just a traveler passing through. The tribes don't normally kill travelers they would raid the occasional merchant but never killed anyone unless they were related to the kingdoms.

Or he could tell the truth? It might not paint a good picture of him in their heads but the Mina girl doesn't look like the type to kill him, the red head on the other hand though… Midoriya gulped as he looked at the shining knife in his hands. If he told the truth…he could die.

READER'S CHOICE

Tell the truth -I am an advocate of the Toshinari Kingdom (Wisdom +5)

Lie - I am a just an explorer and was just passing through (Luck +3)

A/N: I will let you guys choose lol! If your that curious here are Midoriya's current stats

(Max is 55 might change later)

Strength: 10/55

Defense: 14/55

Wisdom: 15/55

Intelligence: 30/55

Charisma: 5/55

Dexterity: 23/55

Luck: 5/55

Weapon: sword

Armor: green vest

I will incorporate the stat throughout the story, Midoriya might not do certain things because one of his stats are too low or the outcome of some options might not be in his favor depending on his stats. Choose wisely :)