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Author's notes: Sorry for the late update, dropping 2 chapters at the same time for this one. I probably reread this chapter a dozen times cause for some reason I didn't feel satisfied with it, so after countless time of rewriting bits and pieces I decided to upload it. Just forcing myself to move on past this since I'm pretty sure my overthinking is what made me hold back on uploading this previously.

As always, PLEASE do not hesitate to criticize any flaws or even inconsistency's in the story. I'll listen to them happily and do my best to apply them in my future chapters in this fic and even in my future personal works.

I only ask you to do so politely.

I hope you enjoy this chapter, thank you for reading.

Serenity's POV:

'Three moons…'

Well, today was rather eventful compared to most days I had.

Fortunately the little dragonet. Physically seemed sound, his scratches and bump healed in a short amount of time. So that's a relief.

Mentally?

'Seems to have forgotten everything'

It was as if someone had just been reborn again. The dragonet struggled to walk, Climb, and didn't even know how to fly.

All of which dragonets learn when they are young, much younger than this one.

'At Least he hasn't forgotten how to talk'

The dragonet was currently in the room just across from mine, I never had an opportunity to use that room before.

Until now that is.

Despite the dragonet's shortcomings, I'm still intent on helping him. I don't expect it to be easy of course, but it'd be a process I'm willing to help him with. This also gives me an excuse to be able to take a few days off from actually being on the front lines of healthcare, I don't mind babysitting for a while.

He seems like a good enough dragon, I can only hope his parents or possible siblings would come looking for him eventually. But even then he might just not have any immediate family due to previous Rainwing cultures, so if he ends up with having no immediate family I could perhaps send him off to school and he'd grow up into a functional dragon of society.

'He'd grow up, unlike my...'

'Enough! Focus on the now'

My mood soured a bit as a few memories came back to haunt me, but I managed to endure them and refocus to what I was doing. Just to realize what little work I've done in the last half an hour or so, damn it...

I looked at my notes displayed on my desk, it had nothing at all written on it.

I managed to write the date, but that's all. I was still processing today's events, and how I'm gonna help this dragonet get back to "normal". Not exactly a common occurrence here, so trying to conjure a way to help him was proving to be difficult to say the least.

For one thing, He needed a name. I can only think of so many ways to refer to him.

'Name the dragonet, until he remembers his original name'

Isaac was apparently his original name. I had no idea what the word "Isaac" meant. I don't think it's even listed in the dictionary, I looked multiple times but yet I didn't even find anything sounding remotely similar to "Isaac".

'Must be making up words, poor thing'

But not only is he struggling remembering simple things such as walking, climbing, flying, and even his own name.

He can't even remember how to shift his scale's color, or that he's simply incapable of doing so due to the fall. Throughout the entire venture we took today, not once had he even changed the shade of pink on his body, nor the shade of blue and orange.

The dragonet only had a whopping 4 colors on his entire body, and not once has he shifted colors. Bright pink, blue, purple, and orange were all the colors he's displayed. Other than those, he had gray and white scales coating the majority of his body.

Which was concerning, gray or plain white. Are colors displayed when a Rainwing is in shock/pain but during the entire time I spent with him, not once did he seem in pain or in shock. Maybe when he took a few tumble down the tree getting up here, but even then his Bright pink or blue coloration didn't shift, not even a shade of difference was noticed.

If he was to shift colors at all, I would have noticed.

In that I was confident in.

The dragonet didn't even seem concerned over his lack of coloration, I only didn't point it out to him at the time just because I didn't want to make him self conscious or insecure in front of all those dragons.

Fortunately enough, no one made a big deal out of his scales. But he did receive a few strange looks from fellow Rainwings but I doubt he noticed them.

Who could blame them? A dragonet casually walking around with white/gray scales is a natural cause for concern. Many would think he's in pain/shock cause of something, or even think he's some sort of Icewing hybrid, but he was just as casual as ever.

'Maybe with time, he'll be able to?'

It was getting late.

"Sigh I'll just save this for tomorrow" I closed my book, and tucked it in my satchel. Ready to finally embrace my warm bed.

'Should I go check on him? Maybe he's still hungry...'

'I'll just be bothering him'

'But what if-'

I shook my head, clearly my motherly instincts remained strong despite how long ago it was since everything happened...

'...'

But he was someone else's dragonet I needed to care for, at least until I can rule out the possibility of him having a parent. Even then, its not like he'll magically want to be-

'stop it!'

I need to get a grip, I've just met the dragonet.

'I really need counseling..' I whined.

After a bit of debating what dragon to turn to for counseling, I decided to save my work and these thoughts for tomorrow. Hoping that at least by then I'll be able to make a proper decision that wasn't influenced by emotions.

'Just go to bed, everything will be fine tomorrow'

So I did just that.

-Time skip into next morning-

Isaac's POV:

"You know, you don't need to ask me permission to do that right? It's your home"

"I'm aware, I just don't wanna make you uncomfortable bringing a unknown dragon"

'She's too nice!'

"I'll be fine, thank you"

"Very well, is the drink to your liking?"

"Mhm" Sip

She immediately looked proud of herself, and developed random streaks of deep blue on her scales after I said that.

'Neat'

Currently, I just finished having my breakfast which was simply this juice Serenity was kind enough to make for me.

I'd definitely have to find a way to pay her back, and most importantly.

Learn how to fly.

Haven't done anything in particular in a while, so I quickly found myself to be bored. just casually sitting on an oversized bean bag in the living room, partly dwelling on what had happened. Serenity was patiently waiting for a visitor, sitting on a cushion next to a wooden table. She was peacefully reading a book, I squinted at her direction trying to decipher what she was reading only to remind myself that I'm illiterate.

'Oop-'

She caught me staring.

Quickly diverting my gaze back onto my drink that I was holding in my left claw.

I heard her chuckle as my embarrassment caught up to me.

"Would you like to learn how to read? Young one"

"I-uhh…Yes!" I blurted out, focusing my attention back on her. I really hope she didn't think I was being creepy or anything of the sort, and I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to learn how to read.

"I'd be glad to show you, we can begin after my appointment" she did her signature smile to reassure me and returned to reading her book.

I paused for a moment after she said this, waiting for the punchline only to once again remind myself she was seriously waiting for some sort of doctor's appointment. sigh I don't know anymore, its hard to take anything seriously being in this world. I mean, Dragon doctor's appointments? I seriously thought they'd use potions or healing magic to heal each other, but nah they use ointment, medicines, and other medical items regular people would use.

Still, I'm sure with time I'll be used to this sort of thing...

'...'

'No you won't'

I lowered my head in defeat, the voice in my head is right.

I doubt I'd ever get fully used to being in this body, let alone world.

'The hell did that come from though?'

I began to question the random thought that seemed to spawn in my head, but quickly dismissed it.

'Ah whatever, it's most likely just my intrusive thoughts speaking'

I looked back up to see Serenity absorbed in whatever she was reading, slightly envying her ability to read.

'Wonder what's her appointment about'

When coming into this world as a full blown dragon, the last thing that crossed my mind was a dragon society. Concepts like restaurants, Currency, Appointments, all of which I never thought dragons would need. But here I am, inside a dragon's home, drinking juice said dragon prepared for me.

'Good juice'

After finishing my drink, I decided to go on a small expedition to clear my mind. I laid my empty cup on the kitchen counter, I would've cleaned it but I saw no obvious way to. Out of habit, I subtly glanced at myself in the small mirror that was hung up nearby to check for any stains or muck on me or my clothing.

Only to remind myself for the dozenth time, that I'm effectively naked.

I looked at my own small reflection for a few more moments, in slight disbelief as I scanned my brand new snout, Lips, Eyes, fangs, and horns. After snapping myself back into my new current reality, only then I rubbed off some of the juice on my lips, shrugged, and made my way towards the front door.

"Young one?'

"Y-yeah?" I somehow forgot she was there, so I was a little caught off guard by the sudden call.

I felt her scan me over a couple of times as I nervously turned to face her, she was still patiently sitting at the same spot as before. She finally seemed to get what I was planning, as she raised a non-existent brow in my direction.

"Where to?"

"Anywhere" I bluntly stated.

This only made Serenity more confused.

"Anywhere?"

"Yeah"

I was being honest, I had no idea where I was going. But I didn't want to stay inside all day stuck in my own thoughts where they will no doubt develop into crippling anxiety and distress from being stolen away from my home, completely abandoning everything I had and worked for. Not to mention unable to take any souvenirs or anything to remind myself of the small family I once had and cherished. Something that I doubt I'll ever get over, but its the harsh reality I have to begin to accept whether I want to or not.

'...'

I am no longer the hormonal 17 year old human child I once was, that was the cruel reality. I'm a full on dragon now...actually dragonet in this case, But still!

'...'

Okay, maybe still a bit hormonal but that's a WHOLE new can of worms I don't feel like opening just yet. I'll leave that "venture" to older me as well, good luck to him.

'...'

Subtly shaking my head to get rid of my thoughts, I returned my attention to Serenity.

Who seemed to be thinking, before developing a faint smile as she spoke.

"We'll if you're gonna go exploring, why not make friends with fellow dragonets your age? Maybe one of them recognizes you, and perhaps also help with your unique…situation"

This got me thinking.

'Dragonets my age, hmm...'

The thought of having to converse with others around my age made me nervous. Had it been in my old world, it wouldn't have been much of an issue. But in this world? It was certainly more terrifying, I have no clue about this world's culture.

I've only been in this world less than half a week, these dragonets lived here their entire lives. I can easily imagine myself becoming a laughing stock for all to see due to my lack of knowledge on literally anything in this world.

I hate to admit it, but I began to think of a dozen ways that I could ruin my first impression with literally anyone I would meet in this world, which of course doesn't exactly help with my confidence.

'Do they do handshakes in this world?'

'What if they ask me to go somewhere with them? I can't say that I can't fly, they'd think I'm stupid!'

'Is there any special customs I need to be aware of? Last thing I wanna be is disrespectful to anyone'

'My name! What do I do about my name!?'

My anxiety began to spike as I continued to internally panic, I did my best to retain a normal expression despite the mental turmoil. I felt a bead of sweat beginning to dribble down my head, subconsciously keeping my tail stiff as my wings continued to twitch, I felt my heart racing, my pulse ringing in my ears. It felt like all the emotion I've been holding inside was beginning to boil over, why now you ask? Welp, even I don't have an answer to that.

'Why did I have to survive!?'

"Dragonet?..." Serenity spoke with clear concern, as she now sat tall eyeing me intently.

I think she noticed, just maybe she did.

Of course she did...

'Shit!' Cursing myself mentally, doing my best to control my anxiety/panic that was still raging inside me.

I took a deep breath.

'Welp, it is what it is'

I did my best to force away all of my emotions, as I finally spoke up.

"Sure" I said plainly to answer her previous question, as if I wasn't having a mini anxiety/panic attack moments prior.

Serenity looked at me with obvious suspicion.

After a moment more, she seemed to finally accept my answer. As she dropped her suspicious gaze and smiled warmly at me.

"Very well, please understand that if anything is bothering you. You can talk to me about it, I promise I won't judge" She spoke sincerely. I was only able to look at her, conflicted on deciding to actually take her up on that offer or save that talk for another day.

'I'll let future me deal with that...Sorry future me, I'm putting a lot on you but I'm sure you'll manage'

With that as my answer, I decided my next move.

"Eh its nothing, I'll be fine"

She looked equally conflicted with my answer.

"Okay then...Just pleasseee be safe, that's all I ask from you" was all she said as she returned to read her book.

With not as much enthusiasm about it as before.

Feeling bitter that I managed to dampen her mood, I turned and opened the door. I barely took a step outside when I heard Serenity shouting for my attention.

"Wait!" Due to her sudden outburst, I instantly froze with my ears perked up.

I slowly craned my head to look at her.

"Myeah?"

"You can't fly yet, how exactly do you plan to get down?"

'Right…' I looked ahead at this sudden and completely unexpected revelation, then returned my attention back to her.

"I'unno" I shrugged.

"What? How do you not-" in genuine confusion, she paused.

I waited patiently for her to continue.

"How about you stay inside, just for today? I don't want you falling on your noggin again"

"But I'll be EXTRA careful" I said in the most confident tone I could muster.

She gave me a scrutinizing look.

"Are you sure?"

"..."

"..."

"Yes"

'I said I'll be fine, jeez!' Was what I wanted to say, but I couldn't find it in me to actually say it to her. That would just be flat out disrespectful, my father taught me better than that. Something around not biting the same hand that feeds you, something like that I'm pretty sure.

'Really wish he was here so I can ask him...'

Pushing aside my thoughts, I returned to reality to see Serenity still giving me the same scrutinizing look.

After a bit she sighed, seemingly out of frustration.

"Promise me you'll be okay" she was serious.

'I hate making promises'

Though this made me think, why is she still taking care of me? I half thought she was gonna leave me at a dragonet orphanage or something by now. But she let me stay at her own house, and even bought/made things for me to eat and drink.

Are these kinds of things normal in this world?

No one would go this far in taking care of a patient in my world, let alone let their patients sleep under the same roof as them.

'It is probably a normal thing in this world, I should stop thinking so deep into it'

I heard her clear her throat, clearly waiting for a response.

"I promise I'll be okay" I eventually conceded.

With an entirely unconvinced look, she finally let me go.

"Off you go than"

I flashed a smile, then left and shut the door.

'Now what'

Standing outside on her porch/platform made of various vegetation, I was faced with another Dilemma.

Where do I go from here?

Didn't think this far ahead.

Outside was nice and breezy, the rustling of the trees from just above mixed with the sounds of various animals in the background.

I approached the edge of the platform, and cautiously peered over the edge.

'Not again'

Instead of free falling as a means of getting down, I decided to use my new found climbing ability to slowly but surely get to the bottom. From there, I'll just have to see where the wind takes me.

After a bit of debating, I found a nearby branch that looked strong enough to hold me. Then I can use it as a bridge to get to the tree itself and slowly shimmy my way down.

'Hmm'

Looking down at the Rainforest floor compared to where I was currently standing, it was frighteningly high. And in order to get to the branch I spotted, I'd had to jump.

'Maybe I should just turn around'

Debating whether I should simply go back inside to avoid plummeting or to test my luck once more.

'If I wanna have a chance at surviving here, I need to get used to these types of things'

Jumping off here would be the equivalent of jumping off a skyscraper and trying to land on a nearby tower crane, the best analogy I could think of.

I started to do the dragon version of Jogging in place, trying to hype myself up in order to gain some sort of confidence in myself.

"You got this man"

"Your a damn dragon now, nothing can stop you..."

After a minute of jogging in place, I paused and once again looked at the branch, then at the rainforest floor.

'I can't do this!' Mentally wailing.

I was terrified. I did nothing similar to this back home, hell. The highest I jumped was from my roof.

I broke my ankle.

But doing this? Jumping off a gargantuan level tree house and potentially falling to my death, this was a new level I wasn't prepared for. It wasn't like when I first got here where I was living in the delusion that I was in a dream. Even then, this height was the highest I've ever been so far in this world.

I looked over my shoulder, could've sworn I felt someone watching me.

'Ah fuck it'

With a small running start, I leaped off the platform.

Immediately, I started to regret my decision.

Everything was in slow motion, this was possibly the second stupidest thing I've done since arriving here.

As I got closer, it quickly dawned on me.

I was off course.

'Ohhh sshhhit!'

I flapped my wings as fast as I could but to no avail.

Being too far right, I could barely reach the branch with my claws.

Instead, I completely abandoned the original plan of landing on the branch, and fully committed to latching on the tree like a cat.

Flapping my wings like a madman did nothing to help.

As I got closer to the tree, with only a few seconds to spare. I braced myself to collide with it.

*THUD*

I wheezed as my chest collided with the tree, instantly knocking all the air out of my lungs.

All 4 of my claws quickly stabbed into the tree, I first latched my front claws to the bark, my hind claws followed suit.

Now I was vertical to the tree, I was staring back up into the canopy I just jumped from as I slid down. Unfortunately all the momentum prevented me from being stationary, as my claws were slicing the bark apart as I continued to vertically slide down the tree.

I panicked and tried my best to slow myself down, but my back kept smacking into multiple smaller branches and vines that protruded from the tree. Making it much harder to find out where the hell I am and how close I am from hitting the ground.

And before you know it.

*SMACK*

I let out another wheeze as my back collided into another branch. Being much bigger and sturdier as it didn't break from the impact.

My entire body rang and I felt partly dazed. I was lying on my back on the abnormally large branch that I've just crashed into after what seemed to be an eternity of sliding down this tree. Looking back up it to see the damage I caused smacking through its vegetation and scraping down the bark with my claws.

I wanted to laugh, but I was still gathering my breath.

'Thank god…'

I tried standing up.

But then I slipped again.

"NO!-"

Now I was upside down, dangling from the branch I crashed into.

A relieved laugh escaped me as I looked up to find my tail coiled around the branch, preventing me from free falling further.

I took a deep breath, then took a moment to truly marinate on my current situation. Trying to figure out ways to salvage this "adventure" I was having.

'I just had to feel adventurous today, didn't I...'

I'm not that far from the ground thankfully enough, doesn't mean I wanna fall though.

Trying to devise a plan was hard enough, but surprisingly my tail still held firm as I thought.

Then I heard a brief snap.

It was the branch that I was currently dangling from, great.

The base of the branch cracked a bit, I seriously need to find a way down now.

Actually using my brain for once, I began to once again devise a game plan to get down.

Until.

"What game are you playing?"

"Huh!-"

I instantly turned to the direction of the voice.

I was stuck staring wide eyed in confusion back at the dragon, my maw slightly open due to being lost for words.

"The hell did you come from!?"

"Hell?" The Dragon cocked their head.

A RainWing? was now also dangling by my side.

'Great''

Just a few seconds ago, I was the only dragon hopelessly hanging from this branch. Now I found myself with a fellow dragonet who doesn't seem to notice the situation I found myself in.

*SNAP*

"Can I join in the game you're playing?" The dragonet asked innocently.

"Does it look like I'm playing a game? Get off this branch!" I was quickly losing my patience, I needed a way off this branch before it completely snapped, and with the added weight of this child my time is quickly dwindling.

"Is this branch yours?" The Dragonet furrowed their brows.

"What?-No!"

"Then I don't have to, Hmph!" The dragon crossed their forearms? Forelegs? I'ma just call them arms, and turned their face to look away from me.

'Are they serious' I stared at them blankly.

"Do you not see it about to snap?"

"Yes"

"Then get off!" Definitely not my proudest moment, arguing with a child. But it was either they get off this branch, or I'll plummet once more.

"Why don't you get off then?" The dragonet remarked, with sass obvious in their tone.

'Crap, they got me'

The last thing I wanna admit is that I can't fly, especially to a little kid.

"It's my favorite branch, that's why"

"Favorite branch? But there's so much mo-"

*SNAP*

Suddenly the branch dipped downward, and dragonet quickly let go and flew away.

Only a second later, the branch finally snapped off the tree and I was once again free falling. By this point I accepted my fate while mentally cursing the dragonet that caused this.

As said before, I wasn't so high from the ground. It didn't take long for me to hit the ground with my back.

Slightly dazed from the impact, my vision finally returned only to see the branch about to land on me.

"Nope!-"

I rolled away, but unfortunately not fast enough.

The ex branch, now log landed on my left wing as I tried to roll away to safety.

Pain quickly enveloped my entire left wing.

I screamed in pain but managed to suppress it by shutting my maw tight, so it sounded more like a loud squeal.

'I really should've stayed home!' I internally cried out.

While doing my best to not shed a few tears, I heard wingbeats steadily approaching, and before long. The same dragonet approached.

"S-sorry! I didn't mean to!-"

"It's. Fine." I managed to say through grit teeth. As much as I wanted to, I couldn't go off on a little dragonet.

I began trying to roll the log off my left wing, by slightly raising myself. Only to quickly regret that action as it caused more pain.

"Don't move! I'll try to roll it off you…" the dragonet carefully approached.

They stood in front of me, leaning against the log using their front claws to push against it, and hindlegs to push against the ground.

The log moved very slightly, even with that slight movement.

Immense pain followed suit.

"Sorry! I'll see if I can-"

"It's fine! Keep going!" With tears being threateningly close to falling but with what little pride I still had left as a human, I still clung onto, refusing to cry in front of a little dragonet.

The dragonet hesitantly looked back at me, then at the log. Simply nodding in acknowledgment and continued pushing.

Despite their small appearance, they were fortunately strong enough to push the log off my wing.

It was an agonizing process, but I was freed with a now crippled wing.

I gingerly pulled it close and tried to fold it, but I couldn't do so without causing pain. So I was stuck with having a half opened left wing protruding with my body, it looked nasty, all wrinkled with obvious bruising.

'This is why I hate making promises'

Serenity is not gonna be happy about this.

"Are you mad at me?"

My thoughts were interrupted, and I looked back down in front of me to find the dragonet crouched down with regret apparent in their eyes and scales.

But after wiping off a few tears that welled up in my eyes due to the whole ordeal I just endured, I noticed something.

'Wait, what does black mean?' So far, I have never seen a Rainwing with black scales on their body. But then again, I've only been in this world for 3 days or so.

Sigh.

"No"

"Really?" The dragonet instantly lit up.

"Yes"

"So you're not mad at me for breaking your favorite branch?"

'What? Is that seriously why they asked if I was mad? I take it back than'

"It was an old branch anyways, kinda wish my wing wasn't FLATTENED" I glared down at the dragonet.

"Don't look at me like that! It wasn't my fault that you got your wing squashed!" They pointed an accusing finger or talon, whatever you wanna call it.

"Not. Your. Fault?" I asked with a mix of both anger and disbelief.

"Uh, yeah! You could've easily flown away" they flapped their wings to try to emphasize their point.

"But you didn't, and fell down like a dummy! You're lucky I even decided to help, or you would've had to have your wing chopped off" they finally dropped their accusatory talon down, and watched me with a bitter look.

'They have a point…'

'...'

'Can't let them know that though'

I simply took a deep breath, and walked away from the dragonet.

"Where are you going!?" Still with a hint of anger in their voice.

"Away from you"

"Wait! You never even told me the name of the game you were playing!"

The dragonet was just about to chase after me.

"We can play tomorrow if you stop talking to me" I barely turned my head back to look at them.

This made them pause, and contemplate.

"Promise?"

'Damn it!'

"Yes"

Like before they instantly lit up and did a little jump in celebration.

I began my walk once again, wanting to go literally anywhere else to get away from this child.

Thinking I finally got away, I let go a breath of relief.

"Can I get your name? My name is Princess BeautyBat!"

"Eep!-'' Just like that, BeautyBat somehow teleported right in front of me.

"S-stop doing that!" They made me stumble backwards in total shock, my crippled wing stinged in pain.

'Is that camouflage that I keep hearing about!? It's that good!?

They definitely meant to cause the scare as they only giggled in response, I was not amused whatsoever.

'Did they just say Princess? Must be one of those theater kids. Damn, they still exist in this world too'

After standing up straight once more with the smiling dragonet seemingly in a much better attitude, I quickly devised a plan.

Using what little acting skills that remained with me from High-School, I put them to work. By simply raising my ears and pretending I heard someone in the distance.

"I think someone is calling your name? You hear that?"

BeautyBat raised their ears, trying to hear what I'm hearing.

"But I don't hear anything, You said who is calling me?"

"Not sure, but they sound like little dragonets-"

"Really!-Where!?"

"Over there" I pointed in a random direction.

"Thank you! I'm coming guys!" And they ran off in the direction I pointed.

I let out a breath of relief.

'Phew, now that she's dealt with, or at Least I think its a she due to the whole Princess title'

Honestly, I couldn't lay a finger on what a dragon's gender is so far, both genders more or less look the same. BeautyBat lacked any feature that I could use to decide whether they were male or female other than her voice and title of course. I especially couldn't just straight up ask what gender a little dragonet was, that's just weird.

Whatever, the trip must go on.

Mulling over the recent events of this day, I quickly realized that...

This day proved to be a waste of a day.

Awesomesauce.

With a crippled wing I found it difficult to traverse through various shrubs and bushes. So I luckily found a decent sized pond hidden behind bushes, then had to take the long way around to get to it.

And now I sat by the edge, doing absolutely nothing.

'Could really use my phone' I internally whined.

Despite living in a world with dragons and possibly other mythical creatures, having something stupid to look at occasionally would be nice. But with my current circumstances, not knowing how to fly, crippled wing, not even being able to read a book here. Is proving difficult to actually enjoy where I am.

*Bloop*

My ear perked up at the sudden noise, my eyes quickly zoned in to where the noise came from. In the middle of the pond, something fell in.

I subconsciously cocked my head in confusion.

'eh?-'

Suddenly, thrashing was heard and it quickly became apparent what fell in.

A monkey of some sorts was currently trying to stay afloat, while being tangled up in vines.

'Crap!'

The hell do I do? I have no idea how to swim, not even when I was a human I knew!

I paced back and forth, silently cheering for the monkey to free itself, even as a full fledged dragon I can't help but feel obliged to save this small little animal. Always had a soft spot for animals, a character trait I clearly didn't lose despite this transformation.

With a gurgled howl, the monkey sank.

I ran in.

*Splash!*

'Oh...'

My fear of drowning was snatched away the moment I actually took a step in the pond, it was not that deep after all, it only reached the midsection of my chest.

If I knew how to shift colors, I was confident I'd be a bright pink. That's how shifting colors work right? I mean I'm already pink with my chest and whatnot-Ah whatever! I need to find this monkey, not a good time to start questioning my lack of colors.

I groped at random directions in the pond, hoping to grab anything that felt anything like a hairy monkey.

Didn't take long, as said drowning monkey reached out for me and clung for dear life on my tail that was half submerged.

A sigh of relief left me as I lifted my tail up higher and safely walked back onto shore.

As soon as we made a safe distance onto the small shore line, the monkey let go. But didn't run.

It was still tangled up.

The monkey squealed and howled as it frantically began to do its best to untangle itself as I looked down on it.

Pity quickly enveloped my entire being.

"Need a claw little buddy?" Speaking in baby talk, to a monkey, as a dragon.

Truly, my life has reached its pinnacle.

After getting a good look at the soggy monkey, I laid down on all flours as close as I could so I could try and cut the vines that were currently holding it down.

The monkey clearly didn't see this as me helping it, as it began screeching in fear.

I slightly jolted at the apparent jump-scare the monkey decided to give me. Couldn't really blame the little guy, to him. I bet I looked like I was gonna butcher him.

Deciding to ignore its screeches, I proceeded to cut through one of its vines that was holding the monkey tight around his neck.

Immediately it shut up, hopefully now realizing I'm not gonna eat it.

'Can I even eat raw meat?'

Pausing just right before cutting another vine around its arm, I stared blankly at the monkey. Debating if I should give into my intrusive thoughts for once.

'Can't imagine hair or fur tasting good, I'll save that experiment for another time'

Cutting a vine that wrapped around its leg, the monkey was able to semi-stand up due to another vine tangled with its other leg. It didn't bother to run and seemingly waited patiently for me to finish my job. Like waiting for a barber to do their finishing touches, or something like that.

"Heh" a small chuckle escaped me at the thought.

'What kind of monkey even is this?'

First of all it was entirely coated in black fur apart from their stomach and chest, which was coated in white fur. Awfully lanky, with long arms and legs, also with an even longer tail.

A vague memory came to me.

'Spider monkey?'

A couple weeks back, I remember seeing a video of some freakishly weird creatures that waltzed around a group of people, thanks to the odd angle the video was taken in and having no clue of what they were. I first thought they were some type of spiders that escaped from chernobyl, only to find out I wasn't completely wrong in calling them spiders. Soon enough I learned they were actually called Spider Monkeys. Seems like my hours I spent surfing the web is paying off, even if it's a little in this world.

After a minute or 2 carefully cutting off the vines, the Spider monkey was free.

Instead of immediately seeking refuge in the trees, it simply stared at me and quickly climbed and perched itself on top of me.

With its legs hanging from my shoulder and arms holding the base of my neck, eagerly waiting for my next move.

At first I was startled by the action, it's not everyday a monkey randomly chooses you as its vehicle.

Then I was relieved that the monkey didn't cause me any pain with my left wing.

Instead of trying to get the monkey off me, too tired to deal with any more shit life throws at me.

I shrugged, and accepted it.

It's probably a little bit into the afternoon, and I should start trying to find a way to climb back up.

Better get moving.

-Small time skip-

'This tree should do'

A few minutes had passed of me walking in the general direction I came from, the Spider monkey still was joining me along for the free ride.

I found a decent enough tree I believe I could scale without too much problem.

The spider monkey, almost as if reading my thoughts. Quickly jumped from my head and began scaling the tree, it stopped and hung from the side of it. The monkey then looked back down and cocked its head.

'You make it look so easy'

Whatever.

After a bit of trial and error, I was finally climbing up the tree. Albeit at a snail's pace, but it was better than nothing.

The monkey was happily matching my speed, only to once again perch itself on the base of my neck.

'I should really name this lil guy'

Wow, look at me. Naming a primate rather than myself, I should really get my priorities in check.

'But how? What is considered a Rainwing name'

Serenity is a Rainwing, the only thing I remember about the name Serenity is a sense of peace.

'...'

And that was it, Serenity is the only dragon I ever knew personally. So I had nothing else to go off of to figure out a 'Rainwing' name for myself.

Oh! and BeautyBat, almost forgot about her...

The hell is a BeautyBat?

'This is proving much harder than I thought'

I was probably halfway now, climbing up the tree. Hopefully once I reach its peak, just before the canopy, I'll be able to see Serenity's home.

With the climb ahead of me, I decided to start debating on what my new name will be.

'Koala? Nah, sloth? Absolutely not'

I managed to sneak a glance at the monkey by slightly turning my head.

'Spider?'

Wasn't entirely sure if such a name would fly by Rainwing standards, but it was a worthy contender in my humble opinion. I'd finally have an excuse to be called one of the greatest characters in fiction even though it's just half of his name, and despite my hatred for the real Spiders.

Spider-Man was still my guy, shame I didn't get into his universe instead.

Heh.

Anyways, after a bit more climbing. I finally made it to the highest point of the tree, just before the canopy.

And behold, Serenity's home is just a shot away.

I'd just have to jump.

I winced at what happened today, I got lucky with simply a crippled wing.

I could reach the platform that I was confident in. But I wasn't entirely sure how'd I jump from the side of the tree I was currently still clung to. I would have to do half a backflip and twist my body upright so I can properly land on my claws.

There aren't even any branches I can use as a running start or even jump platform.

'Damn it!'

Yeah nah, the chances of me actually pulling that off is probably even more lower than the chances of me being spawned in this world.

However, I voluntarily decided not to learn my lesson.

I jumped.

Did a shoddy half backflip, and managed to turn myself upright.

"I did it!-" Unsurprisingly, I messed up.

Turns out it was a bit farther than I previously thought, since I would just barely grab onto the platform.

My front claws quickly made contact with the platform and my talons stabbed into it. I was now once again dangling from a platform with nothing but my claws preventing me from falling to my demise.

I frantically tried to pull myself up, and tried to swing my legs to the side to hopefully grab the ledge.

The monkey, after finishing its screeching. Quickly jumped into the platform and began pulling on my face to haul me up.

Gotta give some respect to the lil guy for even trying.

After struggling on the side of the platform for an embarrassingly long time.

"Yes!"

My leg finally caught onto the platform and using the extra force from my leg, I managed to pull myself over from the edge, now laying on my stomach, panting like a dog.

'I need to seriously stop putting myself into these situations'

By this point, I managed to survive by sheer luck. Hadn't I been without my monkey friend, I would've surely fell to my death.

The Spider Monkey approached me, walking ever so slowly as it got closer to my face.

It sniffed me, and gave me a few pats.

After a while of recovering my breath, I stood up on shaky legs and walked towards the entrance of the house.

Monkey following close.

Just as I was about to enter, I turned to the monkey.

"You know, I don't think Serenity said I can bring pets" I stared blankly at the Monkey, however despite the short time together, I found myself a little bit attached to this lil guy.

It simply cocked its head once again in confusion.

'It's adorable!'

"Sigh I'm sorry little buddy…"

It turned away, then suddenly wrapped its arms around my leg and gave it a tight squeeze. I'd wrap both of my wings around the lil dude if one of them wasn't broken.

It then turned tail, parkoured its way up the house. Eventually fading away into the canopy, with the only sounds being the distant rustling of leaves.

I was caught a little dumbfounded by the gesture, despite it being a monkey it seemed to understand what I was saying.

With a bit of hesitation, I walked back into the house. Bracing myself for the inevitable brigade of questions that I was gonna receive.