CHAPTER SIXTEEN – threat
"…All the men of the world shall bow to me." a woman's voice hissed, followed by a horrible silence.
Drayko took in a lungful of air, his body protested to the movement. He opened his eyes, even that movement hurt. He was once again a dragon. He sighed and smiled, had he been human he would've died. He never thought he'd ever be thankful about being a freak. It was almost ironic.
He tried to stand, his ankles crossing, slamming himself into trees. He used a massive trunk to help him steady himself. Looks like the poison wasn't completely out of his system.
He needed to find that damned boy, it would really put Drayko out if yet another person died that he was beginning to like, it would almost make him feel cursed. As if the dragon thing wasn't bad enough already.
He hurried towards the village, the soft light of day shining through the holes in the trees making a dream like scene. He opened his wings, flapping them to gain speed.
He reached the house, it was still early and they probably wouldn't be awake yet.
Drayko had thought wrong. Folki's house was on fire, although that was a bit of an understatement, the house was already falling to pieces. If people were inside, they had no hope of getting out.
Drayko was frantic with worry; he circled the house and its rubble trying to find the black haired boy. His white ear twitched at a small sound.
"Folki?" The dragon yelled in his inhuman voice. A strangled cry echoed from inside the house. Drayko ran towards it, crashing through the wall like it was nothing, not exactly the greatest idea. Folki lay on his side on the ground. His clothes were catching fire, and his right arm was twisted at a rather painful angle.
The ceiling cracked, and a wooden beam came crashing down onto the boys legs. He shrieked, trying to push the heavy wood off with his good arm. Drayko ran to him, easily shoving the beam aside and lifting the boy gently with his snout, until he could hop Folki onto his back with causing too much pain.
He ran toward his entry hole to find it blocked by more beams and rubble. The roof gave another shuddering crack and Drayko narrowly escaped another fallen beam. Folki coughed heavily. He had to get out of there.
He ran quickly up the stairs, though there wasn't much of the stairs left to climb. He ran into a room, luckily it had a large window. Just before he leaped out of the window and into safety, he had time to think, what about Folki's father, but it was too late to check, with another crack the ceiling completely collapsed and Drayko glided out the window.
As he flew he got a good look at the rest of the village. All of the houses were on fire as well. Many Vikings ran around holding large buckets of water, their dragons watched and attempted to help, but giant fire-breathing lizards aren't exactly what one would wish for if one's house was on fire.
He landed, and a large man came running from a larger group of Vikings. It was Folki's father, and though he'd never admit it, Drayko was relieved that Folki still had a father. He realised with a shock that he actually liked Folki. Damn, he thought, all that work put into hating him, and he stilled ended up liking him.
He gently placed Folki onto the grass, his father checking vital regions, making sure his throat and heart and other places weren't damaged. The man smiled up at Drayko. "Thank you Pendragon, do you mind watching him while I help the rest of the village?" he asked. Drayko nodded.
Once the older man was out of sight rang Drayko changed forms, it was easier now that he'd already done it, though it took quite a bit of concentration. He kneeled beside Folki, resting until the boy would wake.
HAHA. LOOK HOW MUCH OF A BITCH I AM. :D.
IN ALL SERIOUSNESS SORRY FOR UPDATING SO SLOWLLLYYYYY. but now im passed my damn writers block thing PLUS I HAD A STOMACH FLU THING AND IT HURTS DAMMIT.
id like to take the time now to tell yah readers that after I finish this story completely ill still be updating short stories of their (and 'their' could be ANYONE...*crypticface*) adventures after the climax (of the story XD)
SO TAKE THE TIME TO WRITE SUGGESTION FOR SHORT STORIES INVOLVING THESE CHARACTERS. the stories wont be 'canon' (meaning, everything that happens in the short stories,((ex: drayko and gareth have sex or w/e)) do not actually happen, like fanon, only...my characters are mine...sort of like if jkrowling wrote a short story about harry and draco falling in love or something XD) so you can suggest lots of stuff, like Mu Quing living with Drayko and folki or a romance between Folki and Eira that doesnt get screwed all to hell. stuff like that. doesnt have to be romance. im open to anything, though i wont be ooc with my own characters so if you want me to write a gareth suddenly turning gay story ill have to make him lose his memory...or maybe Drayko could just hit him over the head with something...
YES YES, REVEIW AND TELL ME SOME SHORT STORIES YOU'D LIKE TO READ ABOUT DRAYKO AND THE GANG IN REVEIWS.
ALSO. DO MY POLL ITS ON MY PROFILE PAGE. ITS FOR THE STORY ILL BE HARDCORE FOCUSING ON NEXT. vote for ones that im already doing, ill eventually be doing them all, just which ones do you want to see finished first?