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Chapter 2

A Chance Rescue

It's been a couple of hours since I left the village. I had been walking for quite a distance. I don't even remember how long I've been walking, and personally, I didn't even care. I was still feeling the shock and depression of losing my Mama, my Papa, and my entire village. I didn't have a home nor a family, so it wasn't like I had anywhere to go. I just walked. As I walked, I thought about all the good times I had in my village.

I could well remember going shopping with my Mama. I would help her get the stuff we needed for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. She would also read me stories about different wizards and heroes that would fight for justice and protecting their friends or families. She would even care for me whenever I was sad or hurt myself. Her smile would always reassure me make me feel safe and would always remind me that she would always be there for me, no matter what the cost.

Then I thought about my father. I remember how he taught me how to swim, and he and I would fish together. I would have a great time helping him fish and improve my swimming skills. I remember how much fun I had, playing in the water with him. I would play with the creatures I met and explore the seas finding many different things. He was a bit silly at times and would always make some mistakes like getting a small fish or falling into the water, but he'd shrug it off with a laugh, and that would always make me laugh too. It made me feel that he was the greatest and funniest Papa I've ever had.

I felt so happy back then being with my Mama and Papa. It was hard to believe that all those happy times suddenly came to an end. I could never have predicted that anything like that would happen to them. Now I would never see my Mama or my Papa ever again, and I no longer had a home.

My eyes began to water with tears, and once more, began falling on my face. I missed my Mama and my Papa terribly. I wanted them to be here with me. I wanted to see their faces and tell me that everything will be okay. Reassure me that even though things were terrible right now, they would be okay. Sadly, it would never happen again. Then I tripped over something, snapping me out of my train of thought. I winced in pain as I turned to what tripped me, which turned out to be a tree root.

"Ow! Stupid, dumb root." I mumbled.

I felt a little irritated, wanting to kick the root that tripped me, but then I realized that there would be no point, so I pulled myself up, and I continued to walk through the forest trying to forget about the thoughts that were going through my mind. I walked, and I walked and walked some more. I walked past trees, bushes, and a couple of animals too. Some of the animals looked at me curiously, trying to figure out what I was or what I was doing walking around like this. Others were a bit frightened and immediately ran off, thinking that I was some kind of predator unaware that I was a defenseless child.

Then after walking for what seemed like forever, I noticed that the sun began to set, which meant that it was going to be dark soon. Not only that, but my stomach began to feel empty, and I was growing tired. I then decided to call it a day and to get some sleep. I looked around, trying to find a place to sleep for the night. Then I saw a small flat area by a tree, the ground looked soft, and it was free of any bugs or any other creatures. Also, if it rained, the leaves tree above would provide some form of shelter. It wasn't anything like a bed or a house, but it would have to do.

I lay down on the ground on my side, trying to make myself comfortable. I then tried closing my eyes while breathing slowly to lull myself to sleep. But unfortunately, I couldn't. I still had my parents' death in my thoughts, remembering my Papa's silhouette as my Mama carried me to safety, and my Mama's last moments before she left, and the burned destruction of my former village.

I could feel my eyes watering with tears again. I felt so scared being all alone like this. All alone without a roof over my head, a bed, without anyone to be there for me when I wake up, and not being with my parents, not to mention that I was tired and hungry. It made me wonder; how was I going to survive? Where was I going to live now? One thing's for sure; if I didn't find a place to live or any form of civilization, there was a strong possibility that I would not survive.

I still couldn't believe that all of this was happening to me. It felt like some nightmare that I wanted to wake up from, but I couldn't. And the more I thought about my parents, the sadder I became.

"Mama... Papa..." I sobbed. "I miss you so much... And I wanna go home..."

As the tears rolled down my cheeks, my eyes eventually slowly closed as I cried myself to sleep.

The next day, I woke up to the sound of birds chirping and the sun shining through the leaves under the tree. To another person, the sun shining and the birds chirping meant the start of a brand new day. Sadly for me, it would be a different kind of day. It meant another day for surviving and trying to find civilization and food. I got up and looked around, still seeing nothing but trees. Then I started walking again, still feeling saddened and alone. It didn't matter where I was going; I just wanted to get out of the forest as soon as I could.

I once again walked past trees, animals, and even more trees and animals, wandering. Then as I walked on, I saw some animals that caught my attention. Some were single parents with their babies, and some were parents with multiple babies. I couldn't help but feel envious towards them. Here I was all alone, and they were together happy families. It made me feel even more sad about everything that had happened. I walked a little faster, not wanting to see a constant reminder of how alone I was. I could also feel my eyes water again, but I pressed on.

Eventually, after walking for who knows how many miles, I came close to the edge of the forest. Seeing this, I ran towards it, reaching the end, happy to be out of the woods. I was now looking at some rocky wasteland. From where I was standing, I was on a small cliff that led to a plain filled with rocks and boulders. It wasn't too high, but it was somewhat of a steep slope. I walked along the edge to hoping to find some way down, or at least a safe way down. My eyes were still filled with tears from my crying, so they made my eyes itch a little. I rubbed them to get them out of my eyes, which made me a bit unaware of where I was looking.

Suddenly, I felt the ground give away underneath my foot. Next thing I knew, I was falling down the cliff. I rolled and tumbled down, feeling pain rock my body everywhere. I was like a rolling boulder going down that cliff. I soon rolled to the bottom of the slope and came to a stop by slamming into a small soft hill hard. I gasped as I felt the wind getting knocked out of me as I clung to the rock. I struggled as I tried to get up, but I was still hurting and dazed from the impact.

Suddenly I felt the hill move underneath me, and I heard a groan. Then the hill started to rise with me on top of it. I immediately jumped out of it and rolled to the side. I looked up to see that the hill that I landed on wasn't a hill at all. It was a big, beast-like creature. It was large, walked with four legs, and about 10 feet tall. It also had big paws that had large sharp claws at the end and jagged teeth that could pierce and rip my flesh to my bones in a few seconds. The one thing that made me scared, was it's red eyes that burned in anger.

One thing was for sure; the creature was not happy. I would assume that it was mad that I accidentally woke it up from its nap. The beast growled at me, making my blood go cold in fear, and my face paled like a ghost. It slowly began to sneak towards me, eager to have me for lunch as payback for waking it up. I backed away from it slowly, not daring to make any sudden movements. Then to make matters worse, I found my back up against a rock, trapping like a rat. The creature came closer and closer growling and licking its chops. I had to move and get away from this thing. If I didn't do something soon, I was going to be mincemeat.

The creature leaped and gunned straight for me with its claws raised, and it's teeth bared. At the last moment with reflexes I didn't know I had, I immediately jumped out of the way, making the creature smack its face on the rock with a thud. Then I immediately climbed over the rock and broke into a run, running as fast as my little feet could carry me. I had to take this chance to get away before the creature could recover. The beast managed to get back up and saw me running for my life. It started chasing after me, not wanting his prey to get away. I could it's footsteps right behind me, but I kept on running. I zig-zagged past boulders and around corners hoping to give it the slip, but all I did was slow it down a little. My legs felt weak, and they felt like they were going to give, but I kept on running.

Then there was trouble. Out of all the things that could make things worse for me, this happened. I tripped. I tripped on, of all things, a rock, making me fall flat on the ground. Before I could try to get up again, the creature pounced and pinned me to the ground with its big paws. I was now totally scared out of my wits. I screamed in fear and its pain. I kicked, and I struggled to break free from its grip, but the creature was too massive. The creature looked at me with its eyes shining victoriously.

"HELP! SOMEONE, PLEASE HELP ME!"

I screamed, but sadly no one could hear me. The creature began to drool, getting it's saliva all over me, eager to have me for its lunch. I fought with all my strength, and I screamed even more, but it was futile. The creature opened its mouth really to ready to go for the kill. I closed my eyes and looked away, not wanting to see the creature's face before I died.

I waited for the creature to make its move to bite my face off, or probably bite my neck, but then, a giant thundering noise shook the whole area like a meteor hitting the earth. Then everything was quiet. Not even the creature made no noise after the sudden quake. I carefully opened one eye to see that the beast froze for some reason. I couldn't see what it was looking at due to its large body, but I can tell that for some reason that the creature was frozen in fear like I was a few moments ago. Then suddenly, it immediately got off of me and ran for the hills with its tail between its legs. I watched as the creature ran off into the distance out of sight.

"It... it ran away? From what?"

I would soon get an answer to my question. For right there and then, a shadow cast over me. I instinctively gulped as I felt the fear in my body once again. My body began to tremble like a leaf, and I felt a cold sweat on my back. I slowly turned around, and I saw why the creature ran away. When I saw what it was, my eyes went big as saucers, and my jaw dropped.

It was big, tall, lizard-like, and its entire body had blue scales, and four legs with black claws webbed between the toes and a pair of giant wings. Its head was round with two horns on top of its head with a small black sail running along its spine to its tail. The thing that made my heart stop was that it had a pair of golden eyes with a slit down the middle staring right at me. I didn't think I would have believed it if I had seen it with my own eyes. My Mama and Papa have read me stories about them, but I didn't think they existed.

I was looking at a living, breathing, dragon.

Oh boy. A dragon saves Willy at the last moment! Wonder what'll happen next?

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Next Time: Chapter 3 Aquadia