Chapter 2

Spark of a new friendship

It was dark, dark but warm. Cormyr's vison was blurry as he awakened from his deep slumber. His body ached from head to toe. He tried to remember what it was that had happened. All he remembered was him being attacked then he saw fire, and then there was the girl with red hair. He felt a warm. He looked around and saw that he was near a campfire. He tried to sit up, but to no avail his head was pounding.

"Where am I?"

Cormyr stood up slowly to get to his feet, he stumbled a bit. After regaining his balance he got a better look at his surroundings. There was the campfire, a small tent and the bed roll that he was laying down on. He saw his sword resting up against a tree. He proceeded forward and grabbed his weapon. He instantly felt the reconnection between him and Animar.

"It's about time you wake up, I was worried"

"Thanks Animar, so what happened?"

"Well after your little stunt, you almost got yourself killed, fortunately, you were saved by a girl"

That's right Cormyr remembered what he saw past the flames. She had long bright red hair, bright glowing amber eye's for a second he recalls them being slit, but he pushed that thought aside. There was also her blue skin? Cormyr pondered on what kind of spell that could have been. He then heard the crack of a branch.

"So you're awake?"

He turned around after hearing the soothing voice and was frozen in place. He was now looking at her clearly. He could see her fine curves, her body was fine toned and it looked like she was fit for battle. His eye's drifted taking a good look at her, unfortunately his eye's locked on something that he couldn't stop staring at, her chest. He knew it was rude, his face turned red and tried to think or look at something else.

"What are you looking at?"

She gave him cold hardened stare that instantly shot chill's down his spine.

"N…nothing….nothing at all" Animar snickered in the back of his mind

He turned his head away, his cheeks were bright as a tomato. He glanced back and could tell she was scanning him for any harsh intentions. He noticed that she was carrying something. It was some fish, she must have caught some from a nearby river.

"Did you catch those yourself?"

"Tsk…No they just flopped out of the river and offered themselves to me for dinner"

"Yeah she doesn't trust me"

She walked up to the campfire and started to skewer the fish and set them up to roast over the fire. It was a late evening and the moon was shining bright down upon the forest. He noticed that her skin wasn't blue like it was when he remembered. He wanted to ask her so many questions but couldn't figure out how to break this awkward silence. It was driving him crazy. While the fish were cooking he went to try to spark a conversation with the girl. He went to go sit opposite of her. Hoping this would display how he would respect and give her space. He took a deep breath.

"So what's your name?" he asked

"It's common courtesy to give one's name before asking for the other"

Yeah this is going to be really hard Cormyr thought to himself but he put on a brave face, and recollected himself.

"Sorry my apologies' my name is Cormyr I'm an adventurer trying to find a place for myself and improve my skill's"

She didn't seem to make too much eye contact but he could tell that she was paying attention.

"I left my home to get away from trouble's that were stirring up and I didn't want to be a part of it. So throughout my travels I've been to a few places and learned a lot of things. I'm training in the art of magic and swordsmanship and I'm hoping to one day go to the institute of war and become a champion. Though I know that kind of road isn't an easy one which is why I've been training so hard to improve myself."

She picked her head and it now seemed that he caught her interest.

"You wish to improve yourself, but you could barely hold your own in a fight?"

It felt like Cormyr just got stabbed in the chest, his confidence just dropped he dropped his head and began to sigh. However he heard something, it was a chuckle. He got to get her to laugh it wasn't much but it was progress.

"I saw your fight before I jumped in, it looks like you could use a lot of work on your stance's and your skill with the sword wasn't too bad, but I've fought swordsman that could do so much better on a bad day. However you had something that not many people have that I saw, the strength to never give up and that's hard to come by."

Cormyr has always been told to work on his techniques but he's never been complemented on such a trait that he thought it didn't mean much. He was happy and he cracked a smile. The girl noticed this and started to blush a little.

"This doesn't mean things are going to get easier, you hear me"

Cormyr reflected upon what happened the past day and a thought pondered on him. She had to use some kind of magic to be able to defeat the rugged man so easily. She wore some armor but still e wanted to know he was afraid to ask. Better late than never he thought.

"So what kind of spell did you use, you must be a highly skilled mage or pyromancer?"

She looked down with what Cormyr thought was a depressed look. Now regretting his question he started to panic and try to think of a different subject but she responded.

"It's not magic, it's a special trait that only I possess."

"What is it?"

"It's…..celestial blood from a dragon, I'm half dragon."

She looked down at her lap and prepared herself for the ridicule and dark looks she would always get. The look of fear and hate. She knew that he would run any second now. She thought that he would think she was just a bloodthirsty beast. She was used to this ridicule, but she didn't hear anything, no screams, no panic or shouting. She looked up and saw a look she never would have thought she would see in her life. There he was Cormyr inches away from her face, for a second she thought his eyes were sparkling with astonishment.

"Really you're a half dragon? That's so cool, that explains everything. Can you fly, breath fire, turn into an actual dragon? You must have super strength and a strong spirit like that of a dragon! You're amazing I've never met a half dragon before."

Her mouth was ajar from all the compliments she was getting. There was only one other person that acknowledged her power, but he never went to far as to complement her on it, however he didn't know what kind of price being a half dragon could bring. Her whole life growing up was a living hell. A mere human like him could never understand. Her temper started to flare.

"What the hell do you know about it…huh?"

Cormyr looked up at her for now she was standing above him. She looked much more terrifying than he thought she could be, He knew he said something he shouldn't have said. He realized that the possibility of society ever accepting a half dragon would be slim to none. He let his excitement get the best of him and now he was going to witness the wrath of the half dragon and destroy any chance he had at becoming friends, but he remained firm and listened.

"You have no idea how much of a burden being a half dragon is do you!? I've lost everything my home, my mother, my father were all taken from me! I've been hunted down for years because to dragons I'm an abomination and they wish to see me dead! You think it's all fun and games because you've never had to deal with it! You don't know the pain I've gone through and you will never understand, no one will understand! People look at me with disgust and treat me like an outcast no matter how much I try to make a name for myself I will never fit in!"

Tear's started to well in her eyes and she turned around and was about to run off, but she felt something grab her hand. She turned and swung her hand trying to strike her grabber, but she was frozen with shock. She was being embraced. A complete stranger giving her a hug, it felt like he was telling her to let out all your grief I'm here. She tried to hold back the tears but they just came crashing down. She returned the hug and embraced this stranger that accepted who she was. She looked up trying to compose herself. As a warrior she shouldn't be showing this kind of weakness, but after the past few days she's had stress built up from previous event's and just couldn't vent it out. She cleared her head and looked up and Cormyr was looking back at her she heard him speak.

"I will never be able to fix what I have done and I'm truly sorry for upsetting you, I hope you can forgive me. I was a fool and didn't have the decency to show you the respect you deserve. I know what it's like to lose something precious to you. I hope you will give me this chance to make it up to you."

Cormyr's thoughts were all over the place he was freaking out and didn't know what to do but then he remembered from a book he read on how the hero put his hand to the chin of the princess and looked at her strait in the eyes. He thought to go with that plan, but as he raised his hand he was trembling.

"Don't go falling for her now you fool" Animar shouted in his head.

This snapped him out of his stupor and realized he was touching something, something soft. He looked down to see where his hand wandered off to and realized exactly what he was touching.

"So soft" he thought to himself

He then noticed that the half dragons face was beat red and then he knew what was coming.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?"

Before he knew it the half dragons' fist collided with his face and he went flying strait into a tree. With the sound of a crack the tree split open and Cormyr laid there lifeless. After a few minutes passed he came to his sense's and still saw the girl in a defensive stance. He had only one last chance to prove that he was good. He got on his knees and slammed his head into the ground and started bowing.

"Please forgive me it was an accident, I didn't mean to do it I swear"

"Pervert!"

"Please give me another chance to make it up to you."

She stared at him and gave a sigh and nodded. He had a second chance and he wasn't going to let it go to waste. She motioned to the cooking fish and they both sat down. She kept her distance from him which he suspected. He then remembered something that he never got to do. He looked at her. She looked back, but only with a glare but all of sudden she felt something in her chest tighten as a smile came upon his face.

"I never did thank you for saving me, I'm truly grateful and will be forever in your debt."

Her cheeks turned red and she just gave him a nod of approval. She felt different, this stranger didn't treat her like most people would. He wasn't afraid or disgusted by her. She felt happy inside that for once she was accepted by someone without having to prove her worth. They began to eat their fish, it was slightly over cooked but neither of them didn't mind. Animar tried getting Cormyr's attention so he listened.

"Try to avoid revealing my existence to her I don't trust her yet and neither should you, it's for your own good."

"I will but I have faith that she will be a great friend."

As they finished their fish it started getting late and she offered him to stay until the morning where they would figure out on how to go their separate ways. Cormyr had a lot to think about, he wanted to stay and learn more about her. He was thinking of bringing it up tomorrow morning and to see if he would be able to tag along. Her voice broke his train of thought.

"By the way, I'm Shyvana."

With that she turned around quickly cheeks red and went to her tent. Cormyr smiled and thought that tomorrow would be a good day. He closed his eyes and soon fell fast asleep.

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