When Carmillow got up that morning, her dad was still asleep.
Might as well go hunting. As she flew to the forest, she saw that many mudwings were awake and crowded at the center of the village. One dragon spotted Carmillow and said something to the group of dragons. They all turned to look at her and started whispering to themselves.
I wonder if they're planning to do something to me. Just in case, might as well go deeper into the forest.
As Carmillow flew further into the forest, she spotted a boar. She swooped down to it and killed it with a flick of her tail. As she ate it, she heard loud stomping sounds coming towards her.
Oh no! Its rain and his group! I wonder what they'll do to me now that there's no one to stop them.
Rain stomped into the clearing, followed by his gang of bullies. He laughed.
"Looks like the oddity is hunting for some food." He sneered."I bet you couldn't catch a sleeping lizard."
"Bring it on." Said Carmillow. "I bet all of you combined couldn't catch a sleeping lizard, which you have a close resemblance to."
Even though the mudwing gang had a lot of strength, they had absolutely no brain power. While they were still processing what she had said, Carmillow grabbed the leftovers of her boar and flew back to her home as fast as she could.
That was close. I wonder what would have happened if I hadn't said that.
Carmillow landed at her kitchen table and finished off what remained of the boar.
I wonder what I'll do today. Maybe I'll go flying into the southern woods where everyone is afraid to go. At least then rain and his group won't bother me.
Carmillow started flying towards the southern woods. Old legends circled around her head. One of these legends went like this;
A hunting party of 4 flew into the southern woods to fetch some animals for the village. After 5 hours, they didn't return. The village was concerned, and sent a search party of 2 to locate the missing mudwings. When the search party came back, they reported hearing loud shrieks. The mudwings were located later by another search party, who reported them as"strangled by unseen forces."
Of course, Carmillow knew these legends were not true, as she had spent many hours of her life in the southern woods. It was mostly quiet, and was very pretty if you weren't so scared of it. As a little dragonet, she had spent many hours romping around the woods, exploring every nook and cranny. She didn't venture too far into the woods, in fear she would get lost. Now, with her wings fully developed, she could fly as far as she wanted into the woods. She passed some familiar landmarks such as the large fallen tree and the moons waterfall, as she liked to call it. She called it the moons waterfall since it had a perfect reflection of the moons whenever they were full. She finally reached the Border boulder. This marked the end of Carmillow's venture limits. She had ventured further once or twice, but couldn't recently find time because of school. Now that school was out and rain and his gang had more time to bully her, it seemed like a good time to explore. She started flying, naming some obvious landmarks along the way.
Tall tree? She thought as she passed a tall tree that suck out like a sore thumb. Nah, that sounds lame.
She spotted another landmark, a stream running from a cliff on her right, all the way to the other cliff on her left.
The divider.
She then spotted a cave at the bottom of the cliff to her right. She swooped down to it and stepped inside.
"Whoa!"She exclaimed. The cave was full of vibrant, shiny, crystals.
Crystal cave, obviously. I'll stop here, for now.
The noticed an odd smell in the area. It was coming from deeper in the cave.
Might as well explore.
As she went deeper in, the small grew stronger. Then, she stumbled upon them. Scavengers! There were 10 scavengers, 2 of them were holding claws and standing around, and the other 8 were hitting the crystals with sharp pointy things. Once in a while, a crystal would break off, and a scavenger would load it into a cart. They then wheeled it away towards the entrance.
She had learned about scavengers in school. They were supposedly, "simple creatures who liked shiny things."
One of the scavengers finally noticed her. He yelped in surprise and started saying something to the 2 scavengers with claws.
"YIBBLE YOBBLE MEEP"It screamed.
The "clawnen" as she referred to them now, immediately turned around. They both pulled something from their clothes and pointed them at her. 2 loud explosions shattered the near silence, and Carmillow felt 2 objects enter her exposed underbelly. She roared in pain, smashed her tail into the 2 clawmen, and killed them instantly. The remaining scavengers fled, and one gave her a look that looked almost…thankful.
Maybe scavengers aren't so simple after all….she could feel rain's harsh voice in her head. Scavengers…feelings? You're stupider than we thought.
Pain flared up in her underbelly, reminding her of the wounds she'd received from the clawmen.
What were those anyway….they said scavengers were stupid, but they're apparently smart enough to make weapons that can harm dragons from a far distance.
She flew towards the divider and dove in. she floated on the surface of the water, thinking about scavengers and crystals.
Why am I alive? What's my purpose?
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