Gavin woke up on a pile of deer and goat pelts. He was scared since he woke up in a stranger's home. No, scratch that. He woke up in a king's home. Gavin stretched his wings. Today he was supposed to learn how to fly. Today he was supposed to take off and show the world what he is made of, but how could he show the world his talent if he didn't have any. He couldn't fight in any way. His voice sounded like cracking ice when he sang. And cracking ice does not sound good, it's better than clanging steel, but still. Before he really even knew what was happening a small green dragon tackled him. Well it she was more of a child. She breathed out puffs of smoke. Great, even a child has more talent than Gavin Free. Gavin decided to entertain the young child and flop dramatically on to his back.

"Oh, I am dying, someone save me! The beast has got me!" He breathed out dramatically. He then played dead.

"Mister, are you okay? Oh no, did I hurt you?"

"He's fine, he is being dramatic." Geoff strode into the room, his muscles tense at the sight of Millie and Gavin playing.

"Oh, hello, er… Geoff was it?"

"Yes." Griffon joined the scene.

"Bloody hell! You have a whole family Geoff! Hello ma'am my name is Gavin Free." He offered one of his front feet to Griffon. Griffon looked confused. He was balancing on three legs and offering his foot to her!

"Oh, my name is Griffon."

"I guess you don't know what this is, so I know not to do that here!" Gavin smiled wide. His green eyes lit up as he noticed the tension in the room drop. Geoff laughed at Gavin and told him that he better get used to living around here if he is to thrive like everyone else.

"Dropping that accent might help." Geoff said.

"I can't. I was born with it."

"Where were you born?" Geoff said.

"I can't locate it on a map, but I can tell you it was in a really cold cave."

"I guess you never being around anyone would explain why you never found out what your breath is." Griffon suggested.

"How do you even find out?"

"Well it happens when you are around that element. Geoff says he got his from being trapped in a burning forest. I found out I was a fighting dragon when I fought a gryphon. He attacked me when I was hunting. Millie found hers when she saw Geoff practicing his fire breathing in the courtyard."

"Oh, well I guess that would explain it."

A large roar came from outside. It was so loud Gavin is surprised the cave doesn't collapse in on itself.

"I got to go. Go find Michael and Ray, they will teach you how to fly." Geoff ran out of the cave and took off. Millie smiled and used her tail to wave. Griffon said that go to the middle of the kingdom, she said he would know it once he saw it. Gavin began the walk outside the cave.

What he saw took his breath away. The mountains seemed to circle around this one area. This cave was only on the side. In the middle was a busy market, but that surrounded a silver and green perch that a dragon could sit on. Almost a watching place for when a king wanted to see his kingdom. Dragons milled around, dragging their kills and one who looked like the lightning dragon that helped save him yesterday was herding his cow…

It was going to be a long walk since he can't fly. It went by faster than Gavin thought it would. He saw the dragons laughing. Then Gavin bumped into a brown dragon.

"Watch where you're going shitmu- Oh! Glad you could make it fuckface, ready for lessons." Gavin recognized Michael. He gave Michael his biggest smile.

"Of course I am! Who wouldn't be?!"

Ray joined them, they began walking. They reached a hilly place and Michael and Ray began directing him on the basics. How he should bend his wings while flapping, they should almost kiss each other. How he should remain calm. How to keep from being knocked down by the wind. Eventually he got to try it on his own. He flapped his wings, using the flaps on his tails to help when needed. Gavin closed his eyes. He was scared that he would fall and hit the ground. Then Michael would laugh at him.

"Bro look down." Ray said. Gavin opened his eyes and laughed.

Gavin Free was flying. Sloppily, albeit, but still flying. His wings were getting weak, but the ache was worth the exhilarating feeling of being in the air. Gavin roared. He scared the birds from the trees and rabbits from the grass. Ray cheered him on, while Michael prepared to catch Gavin in the case he fell.

"You should feel what your element is in your chest when you are like this. I get a hot fire licking through my fucking stomach. Ray just gets a fucking happy feeling. What do you feel?"

Gavin didn't know how to explain it. He felt a prickling energy in his chest. He lands as gracefully as possible, which is good for a first try at landing. Ray used his tail to pat Gavin on the back. He told Gavin that they would take a break and everyone agreed with this idea. Michael came back dragging a deer, he used his fire to cook the meat, that is, until Gavin stopped him. Gavin ate his portion raw. He was used to eating raw meat since he couldn't cook it himself. Gavin didn't mind the looks of disbelief they gave him as he ate. He had gotten used to it. Travelers he came across found him disgusting. After a while the young dragon learned that some people just don't live by his ways. In fact he didn't know he had his own ways, it was instinctual for him. He was surprised that people cooked their food when he first saw it, than one dragon taught him about the ways that they eat. Gavin didn't stay with that dragon for long.

"So lllllllleeeeeetttttsssss fly!" Ray took off. Michael followed, stopping and telling him to follow. Gavin thought that they might be taking him somewhere scary.

"What did you feel when you were flying?" Ray asked as Gavin was getting into the air.

"Energy, just pure energy."

"Ryan would be best to deal with you then." Michael looked at Ray.

"Maybe we could take him into that storm that is coming through."

"YOLO Right?" Gavin said cautiously.

"Hell yes! I told you I would rub off on the little guy."

"I don't think that is for the best." Michael commented.

They did take Gavin into a thunderstorm. He had trouble flying, but Michael and Ray helped keep him in place by flying by his side.

The lightning shot down to the earth with great intensity. Gavin felt the prickling in his chest, but it felt less endearing. It felt like it was trying to pull him away.

"You know, before he left, my father was so intent on me being a breathing dragon. He never checked for lightning, so he took me into a storm like this. I got mad and fought him." Ray said.

"Where is he now?" Gavin asked, Michael expected Ray to kill Gavin right there, but because Gavin didn't have parents, the question isn't off limits to him.

"Fuck should I know. Why should I care? He left me and my mother. Still want to kill him, but it would take too much time hunting him down."

Gavin nodded. He watched the lightning. Then he tried something.

He tried breathing it.

It didn't work. At all. He looked like an idiot, but thank the gods that the other two didn't comment.

"Let's land." Ray dived towards the ground. Gavin and Michael followed suit. Gavin's landing was clumsier than his first, probably because he was going in too fast and fell on his face. His snout always was a bit big

Ray joked about how Gavin might need armor if he decided to join them.

"What do you mean?"

"Well if you go into Geoff's inner ranks you are bound to get in a fight at one point." Ray walked around Gavin.

"I heard that Jack wants to try out emerald armor, it would fit him." Ray said once he was finished examining Gavin.

"Yeah, match his eyes," Michael mocked "When did you become a fucking fashion expert, or were you like that all along but too afraid to tell us about your shitty secret?"

"Michael, I was always the most fashionable of our group, haven't you noticed."

"Lads, aren't we staying around too long." Gavin watched as the sun set in the horizon.

"We're dragons, nothing will fuck with us." Michael commented.

"I don't know… have they found that border patrol?" Ray tried to change the subject because he heard a rustling by a forest that bordered the plains.

"No, why?" Michael was cut off by the four dragons that dragged themselves from the forest.

"Can you guys help us get home?" The coal black one commented.

"Monty!" Ray called out.

"You're forgetting me." A tan dragon commented.

"'Sup Caleb."

"Lindsay!" Michael ran to the black and white dragon (She sort of had a penguin like pattern)

"Who's the new guy?" The last dragon asked. She was a light yellow.

"Oh, Barbara, this is Gavin." Ray introduced Gavin.

"We thought you were all dead." Michael exclaimed.

"Well those fuckers gave us one hell of a fight." Caleb spat, obviously angry at the fact that he lost this battle.

"You'll get them next time, but let's go home before Geoff gets concerned about Gavin." Gavin was happy that Ray wanted to fly again. He took off and followed their lead. The four other dragons were having trouble flying. Their wings were probably injured.

Gavin did a little aileron roll in the air (IT IS NOT A BARREL ROLE). He smiled and laughed. But all good things come to an end, so they landed. Geoff was waiting for them, Millie ran up to Gavin and asked if he would like to play with her later. He said yes and Geoff told her to go tell Griffon they were having people over. The four dragons from the border patrol were sent to the hospital-ish place they have set up in the kingdom.

Jack, Ryan, Ray, and Michael were invited to the dinner. Gavin was still crashing at Geoff's so of course he was going to eat dinner there. Dinner consisted of deer and goat.

"Ryan I swear to the gods, if you brought Edgar I will kill you." Ray complained.

"I learned my lesson last time I brought him. Millie wanted to play hunter." Ryan laughed remembering this.

"Gavin, you never learned their names but they are Jack and Ryan." He pointed to the corresponding dragons.

"Hello, I am Joel." Joel walked in nonchalantly.

"Joel, why are you here?" Griffon tilted her head.

"I came to see the new dragon." Joel offered his right foot like Gavin did in the morning. Gavin laughed and used his too shake Joel's.

"Nice to see a dragon with some bloody manners."

"You two are idiots." Michael took some of the goat.

"Do you have any raw meat?" Gavin asked and everyone stopped eating except Joel.

"Why?" Geoff was confused.

"In ancient cultures, the first dragons thought that eating cooked meat disgraced the animal they killed for the food." Joel turned to Gavin. "Do you feel guilt when you eat cooked meat?"

"Yes." Gavin looked confused. "I don't know why though."

"Now we have our reason why he won't eat raw meat." Joel said. Griffon left and came back with some raw goat.

Gavin smiled and ate his dinner. He found out that the Council agreed to let him stay, as long as he was with Geoff. He also found out that Ray had a head lodged in his floor from when his house was made. He named it Pat. Also, Michael and Lindsay were once mates, but something came up and they decided to stay friends, but they are like brother and sister. Ryan owns a cow named Edgar. It sometimes comes out of the hole in his cave. Jack works in a forge when he isn't by Geoff's side. He is a surprisingly good blacksmith for a water dragon. Joel has a deep understanding of Ice dragon culture. When anyone asks why, he tells them it is so he can pass it off to the Frozen Heart. Whatever the hell that means. Geoff and his family were elected to be royalty because of Geoff's level head and his logic. Michael says that Lindsay may be elected to be part of the Council.

Gavin drunk in all the knowledge he could. His grin getting wider as he found out more about his new friends.

Hey, lets a go!

Until Next Time

-TerraSorcerer