Chapter 2
The Mysterious Helper Part One
"Well, it's been at least 4 days since I left," Shadow said to himself, "and still no sign of life anywhere except the occasional animal, and that cockatrice." Shadow felt himself shudder at the thought, even though he wasn't afraid of anything, a creature with the head of a chicken and a body of a serpent, "I'm glad I didn't look at its eyes, well wait, I think I did look at it I was using the shadows so its gaze wouldn't effect Me."
Shadow then came to a small village, "excuse me,"
Shadow looked toward his right and saw a dragon, he was about 6 feet tall, had blue fingerless gloves and a pair of blue pants on. It was not often you found a dragon with clothing on since no one was really ever able to wear clothes since their bodies were shaped different.
"Yes? What is it?" Shadow answered.
"Do you have a place, to stay? I can give some shelter and food if you want."
Shadow sighed, "I guess so."
The other dragon smiled, "then follow me, my house is this way."
Shadow knew the other dragon was good because he could see it in his eyes and those were extremely hard to change there appearance. He was led to a cave with a door attached to it, "this is my home." The dragon replied.
As they settled in Shadow spoke first, "my name is Black Shadow; you can just call me Shadow for short. May I ask for your name?"
The dragon just sighed, "hello Shadow nice to meet you, but I can't tell you my name, I would if I could, but I just can't."
"Why can't you tell me your name?" Shadow asked.
"Because," the dragon started, "well because, I have yet to find my name."
"What do you mean by that?" Shadow asked.
The dragon just sighed, "Well in my family we have to find our own names. So until I find out what my name is, I go by The Dragon Swordsmith."
Shadow thought for a moment, "how about I call you Swordsmith for now?"
"That's fine by me." The Swordsmith replied.
Shadow asked another question, "What exactly do you do?"
"Well, I make armor and weapons for Celestia's guards."
"WHAT?' Shadow exclaimed, "You make things for Celestia?"
"Yeah, why do you ask?"
"Because about 5 days ago I got an offer to be a guard and she came to me personally, along with Luna." So Shadow told the Swordsmith all the events that started it all.
"Wow," The Swordsmith exclaimed, "that all happened and you were hired as a guard? How can anyone possibly do that?"
Shadow nodded, "yep, and I don't know how it happened, all I know is that at one point something in me took over to keep me safe."
Shadow then looked around, 'if I'm going to be a guard, I probably should have some weapons and armor.' He thought to himself. "Hey, Swordsmith I need to ask you something."
"Yes shadow, what is it?"
"I was wondering if you could teach me how to make armor and a sword fit for a dragon of my size."
The Swordsmith started to laugh, "Sure, not only do I make weapons and armor for Celestia, but I also make weapons and armor for those who really need it."
Then the Swordsmith took Shadow to his workshop. It was a big room with weapons scattered and armor scattered all over the floor.
"Sorry for the mess but I really don't have very much time to clean in here. I'm usually busy sleeping since I am usually up most of the time." The Swordsmith explained.
He started by showing Shadow the proper metals to use for certain pieces of the armor.
"Your tail armor should be in small sections so you can still move your tail and have it protected. Your helmet should be the same shape as your head and should be comfortable. So let's see how well you make your own armor, and then I will see what mistakes you made. Good luck!" the Swordsmith then sat down in a nearby chair.
Shadow chose a strong metal called Tungsten. He then pulled out a small leather book and flipped a few pages and read one of them. He smiled and then pulled out a few scales from his arm. He then started to craft the metal and before he put it into the water he carefully place a single scale on each peace.
Well, this is half of it. the second half will come soon. Please review.
