Possibility

Shopkeeper bell rings

"Now these are new earring that just came in from Cliffedge in the northeastern part of the Sky Kingdom. They are a little pricey but are truly one of a kind," Yucca was explaining to a customer. I have stopped by the vault a few times just to be there and talk to Yucca.

I brought along Shell because she seemed like she wanted a new location to study. Walking through Possibility was hard having to avoid the dragons trying to steal/eat her or the ones trying to buy her. Shell bounced around the establishment, looking at the assortment of jewelry on the shelves.

"Hello Scheffler," Yucca said after the other customer checked out, "what brings you around?"

"Just taking Shell out for a walk. She wanted a different atmosphere so here looked like a good place."

"Wait you have a scavenger!" Yucca looked around and spotted Shell. I explained the story of how I met Shell. "You think it was a good idea to bring her here. I mean you how certain dragons act."

"I thought of some other places but this is really the only city easy to get to. She will probably be trampled by a impatient dragonet before noon."

"Speaking of noon, do you want to go get lunch. I know a place that serves a great steak."

I called Shell over. "That sounds good. Haven't had red meat in a while."

We walked over to Gator Dockside grill. It was an open air restaurant on the river separating possibility in two. We grabbed a table next to the river, sat down and ordered our food. "So what have you been up to recently?" Yucca questioned.

"Just doing whatever the Queen needs me to. Which isn't that much because she does a lot on her own, but Rubs, Paps, and I have been thinking of going east for a few weeks."

"To the Kingdom of the Sea? That's pretty far even from the Rainforest."

The drinks were brought over. "It only like 2-3 days to the border. Do you want to go with us?" I asked sipping on a cup of water. Shell was busy looking at the fish in the river.

Yucca thought for a second, "I do have a few weeks off so I should be good, but I'm surprised your asking a dragon you just met two weeks ago to go on a trip."

"I can tell you're good dragon." The food came out and we continued to talk for about a half hour. We then left for Yucca's home. She went inside to grab her bag and let her parents know were she will be going.

"Ready to go," I asked her when she walked out. I guided Shell onto my back.

"Ready when you are."

We left for the tunnel and arrived back in the rainforest. It rained yesterday, so a thick fog covered the air around us. I guided us through the mist recalling the same path that I have always used it weather like this. Eventually, we arrived at the Rainwing village and the dense fog partly subsided. Yucca needed a place to stay so we went to Queen Glory to see if she can get a room available for her.

"I have never met a Queen before. Normally they are all guarded by soldiers," Yucca mentioned when we were outside the door.

"We have guards. They're just hidden very well," I pointed into the nearby trees, "we got Rico,"

In the branches, "Hello,"

"Peach,"

To our right, "Right here,"

"Lemur,"

"Was I hidden well enough?"

"Your hidden just fine," I assured him, "Our Queen is very protected." Yucca seemed very confused and still trying to find Rico.

"I'll take your word for it," Yucca said in a dumbfounded tone as we stepped inside. There were three dragons inside. All Nightwings. One was roughly our age and she had dark purplish to black scales, with a black and dark blue underbelly. Her eyes are also a dark purple, with her horns, claws, teeth and ridges being pure white. she seemed to making some strange claw motions to her parents, I presume.

"Sign language," Yucca whispered as we sat down on the opposite side of the room.

"You can read sign language?" I asked.

"I learned it in my free time," How do you learn something in your free time? "She is telling her parents about Shell," she continued. Shell was laying down on the cushion next to us. Glory walked down to stairs leading into the gathering room. Yucca and the Nightwings got up and bowed. I just waved. Glory isn't a fan of the reverence because she thinks it silly but she rolls with it.

"We do have a hut available for you all and it is located in the northern section. It is a little secluded but you still have easy access to the main area. Though it is a shame to hear about the other NightWings bullying Silence," said Glory examining a scroll with a map of the Rainforest Kingdom then handing it to Silence. "And I see that Scheffler is here so he will be able to give you a tour."

"Ok, but I need to help my friend with getting a hut to stay," I pointed to Yucca. I could see Glory die a bit on the inside. She has been really busy lately.

"I will see what I can do," Glory said, turning a shade of orange. "But take Silence around and to her new hut. You know were Jungle square is at. It's just past there." She walked back up.

I turned to Yucca, "This will be a good time to show you around too and you can translate Silence to me."

Silence's ears piped up when she heard the translate part. Yucca signed something and Silence sign back. They seemed to be going back and forth in some conversation and giggling at different points. Silence's parents seemed pretty happy that their daughter found a friend who can communicate with her. "Ready to go," I told Yucca and she signed it to Silence.

"We are going to stay here to talk more with the Queen," said her parents, "and thank you for taking time out of your day to shows Silence around."

"It's no problem, I'm just happy to help," I smiled back. We walked out the door. I turned to Silence, "Thank you for choosing the Scheffler tour. Now if you look to your right you will see where I sleep."

"You sleep on the deck?" Asked Yucca.

I pointed under the platform, "My hammock is under it."

when it says Silence is talking, it is Yucca translating it

Silence looked under, "That doesn't seem very safe."

"I haven't fallen yet. So is there any sort of place that you would like to see?"

"A good place to relax and were a lot of dragons like to congregate."

"I would like to see a snack bar," suggested Yucca. We then left for food court since it was the closest. I brought them to Papaya's and we had smoothies. I learned a bit more a Silence with what it was like living mute and her like and dislikes. After that, we stopped by the southern park. This is were a lot of the rainwings like to hangout for suntime. I then continued to show them around the rest of the kingdom, points of interest and important location.

The last stop was Silence's house. The afternoon was turning into the evening, so we walk briskly towards her hut. Everything was going fine until,

"Well, well, well," a voice called from above, "look who decided to talk her way into the kingdom. Oh wait, she CAN'T." Two male Nightwings, who I never seen, landed on the walkway in front of the hut.

"Who are you guys?" I demanded, instinctively standing infornt of Silence and Yucca.

The second Nightwing, who was a little thin, piped up, "What does it matter to you, Rainwing? This ain't none of your business."

"These were main dragons that were bullying me. The big one is Stormbreaker and the other is Cateyes. Just ignore them and they will go away," Silence held her head low.

I turned to her, "I'm not going to do that. This isn't the respect you or any dragon deserve." Facing Stormbreaker and Cateyes, "How about you guys get out of here instead of try to boast your ego by picking on dragons who can't defend themselves."

They both laughed. "Was that supposed scare us?" cackled Cateyes.

Stormbreaker said between laughs, "It's not about if they can defend themselves or not. Only if they aren't normal." He got right to my face, "Like you, little hybrid."

Yucca's POV

Mother told me once that you truly get to know someone when they get angry. And I guess I was about to learn a bit about Scheffler.

"What was that?" Scheffler demanded as he turned a bright red.

"He called you a stupid hybrid, you toad. Did all that red cause you to lose hearing or is it due to the lack a sea water." Cateyes aproched and was in the same range as Stormbreaker, who placed his hand on Scheffler's head.

"Your more seawing that anything. And you don't even have those that a REAL Rainwing would have."

At that instant, Scheffler threw an uppercut right at Stormbreaker's throat, knocking him off balance. He quickly spun around and cracked Cateyes across the face with his tail, which made a whip like sound and a red line formed on his snout. Scheffler then pinned them both to the ground and clasped both of their jaws so they couldn't breath fire.

"Now. If you will excuse us. I have a friend who needs to get to their new home and if I see you guys around here again, we'll have to repeat what we just do. Ok," he finished with a smile and released the two. Stormbreaker and Cateyes got up and walked away quietly and defeated.

Note to self: Never insult Scheffler being a hybrid.

I would never do, but just needed that in my head. Silence walked up to him and gave him a hug. "I think that means thank you," I said.

"No problem Silence," he said to her.

"That was really brave of you, Scheffler," I complemented, "It takes a lot of guts to stand up for someone."

"Yep. That me. Scheffler the Brave," he exalted himself, holding his head up high in a sarcastic manner. We laughed about it on our way to Silence's new home.

Scheffler's POV

Oooowwwwww. Jeez my tail hurts.

Note to self: Never whack someone in the face with your tail again.

Silence stepped into the hut and looked around. It was actually pretty nice. Open two story and a glass sunroof to get a great view of the stars at night. She seemed to like it. We helped her get settled in with the items she brought. She gave us both hugs and thanked us for helping her today. We were going to leave but decided to stay for a while longer.

Only a few more days and we would be leaving for the Sea kingdom.

Thank you for reading and thank you LunaRose2468 for submitting Silence. She is a great and unique character and gave me a little challenge to write. Everything is situated IRL and I should be good to publish on a better schedule. We will be heading to the Kingdom of the Sea next chapter so if there's anything you would like to happen or some they want to see let me know. :)