About one year ago...
In the vast, tall mountains of Pyrhia, dominated by the dragons, a small town that was ruled by the humans sat in security from the rest of the hostile lands adjacent to it. Talisman, the people call it. In the town, a large crowd was gathered in the town centre, with a small temporary stage that was set up in the middle for a small group of people that were on it. They were the Dragonmancers, the strange people that ruled and protected the town with their divine wisdom and knowledge. That day in particular, a holiday was occurring, the Dragonmancer Appreciation Day. A day made specifically for praising and giving thanks for Dragonmancer protection.
In the crowd, one man was giving a speech at a remarkable volume, a baker he was. "Oh glory be to the grand Dragonmancers! The ones who save the lives of us all with their impeccable wisdom!" The crowd roared with cheer and applause after his speech. Some to him, and some to the Dragonmancers he was praising.
One of these people was a young boy named Summit. He seemed to be about twelve years old, sporting brown, curly hair and a rather plain set of clothes. He was standing next to his parents. His mother, who was named Acorn, had brown hair that curled down to her shoulders. She had an elaborate purple hat on her head, along with a nice orange and red outfit. His father was named Oakley, he had black, short hair. His eyes were green, and he had no facial hair.
Oakley looked down towards the stand that the Dragonmancers stood upon. It was used many times before for the purpose of holding events, but it could be disassembled and put away to make more room in the town square. As he looked at it, he could see its coffee brown colour all over it. There were details all over it. Most of them were meaningless shapes whose sole purpose to make the stand less boring, but there were more recognizable symbols. There was the Talisman crest, containing a dragon's head, a Dragonmancer opposing it, the tall mountains that covered the area around the town, and a forest, who also cover the area around the town. It also contained depictions of the Dragonmancers doing their incredible duties of protecting Talisman, which Oakley appreciated. As he too would practice carving wood sometimes.
He began to talk to his son about it, "Summit, look at the stand. Isn't it so nice? All those little details, all the effort for that beauty." Summit was not all that fascinated by it, but he thought that it looked pretty anyways. "I guess it looks pretty nice, and it's cool how much work that the Dragonmancers do for this one day," he responded.
"It is great that the Dragonmancers do this for us." He said with his profound respect for the Dragonmancers.
"It really is! And even better, there's a holiday where I don't have to go to school for it," Summit said bubbly, happy for everything that was going on that glorious day.
Acorn looked over to Summit as well. "Of course, it's great we can spend time together. But you should remember how important school is too. After all, you're going to graduate soon, and you'll become an apprentice." Acorn said to not only to make his child happy, but to also make sure that Summit will continue to receive the gift of knowledge at school. After all, she appreciated thegenerosity of the Dragonmancers to give them that knowledge, because giving was the best thing one could do. That's why she tried her best to be the most generous person possible.
While his mother was telling him about the importance of school and all that, Summit began to look to the memorizing horizon of the mountains, plains and forests that surround his home. In that view, he saw something alive. Not alive like a plant, but alive like a dragon. The dragon seemed small from his perspective, but it was approaching, and getting bigger at the same time.
His eyes were locked on this sight for seconds and seconds. He could feel his heart accelerating by the moment. A twitch in his eye, a twitch in his arm, a twitch in his leg. As he gained better sight of the danger in little time, he noticed something weird. Is a person riding that dragon?! He could not believe his own eyes, but it seemed that that was indeed the case. A human working with a dragon? That has to be horrible.
So, he tapped his father Oakley on the shoulder before quickly saying "dad you need to look over there. It's important."
Oakley did not seem that interested in loosing focus in the celebration that everyone else was in, but he looked over quickly to silence his son. As he speedily gazed the land, he saw the danger as well. An orange dragon, being ridden by a human. Going straight towards Talisman. Oh no... this is bad. I can't risk this. We need to go. Home can't be home, Oakley thought while fear grazed him in the same manner as his som. Then, he said to his family "we need to go. That dragon is too dangerous."
"What dragon?!" Acorn asked nervously. Summit pointed towards the danger, and for the third time in a minute, a wave of fear grazed a citizen of Talisman. Only this time it was worse, because the danger were much closer. Acorn was petrified by this, her heart was moving at light speed from the impending threat.
While Acorn was frozen in fear, Oakley and Summit started to run as fast as they could out of the town that would surely soon be sublimated to smoulder from the danger. Summit looked back, he saw that Acorn stood in place, shaking, and looking around nervously. Why isn't mommy coming? Summit thought in a rush of childlike fear as tension built between him, his mother, and Oakley. "Come with us! I don't want to loose you!" He called over to his beloved mother.
Quickly after, Acorn heard the message. I want to go, but I can't let Talisman die, it would be wrong to not help them. Then, she looked over at the approaching demise, seeing its incredible striding pace. Never mind! Her mind thought in a shred of an instant. Immediately, Acorn dashed to catch up with her family. Saving herself, but not sharing security with others.
When they got back together, and they were far enough from Talisman that they would be safe from the danger, they slowed down from a sprint to a jog. Summit was in a fallout of shock and despair from having to run away from his only home, and they were unsure where to go. "Where are we going to go?" Summit asked his parents nervously.
Acorn and Oakley looked at each other; they had not thought that far yet. They thought about it while a few seconds passed. Then, Oakley looked down back at Summit before saying to him "I know a town we can go to. It's the closest one to here. From what I've heard, there should be no dragons there." And then they began their journey to the famous Indestructible City.
Over the course of roughly ten days, Acorn, Oakley, and Summit trekked through the numerous mountains, expansive plains, and dense forests in order to get to their new home. On this dangerous adventure, they had to act as securely as they could to protect themselves from the dragons that covered the land. They ducked to make themselves seem small when a dragon would come up from above. They would hide behind bushes, rocks, a trees on the scary occasion that a dragon would land in attempt to find food, and they had to sleep in very harsh and uncomfortable positions to guarantee that they would not be eaten by anything in night. All of that put a lot of pressure, stress, and strain that not one of them had experienced in their relatively comfortable lives up until then. Especially Acorn, who became paranoid: Whenever she heard any sound from above, she would duck as far as she could to keep out of the way of the harm she thought was there.
Regardless of those grueling hardships in search of sanctuary, it eventually came to them. They walked up to the enormous stone wall that protected the Indestructible City from the outside world, and Acorn called up in search of salvation "is anyone there? We search for refuge."
Thankfully, there was a guard right by there keeping watch. She looked down at the family that was the rubble of itself only two weeks ago. "I see you! I need to get somebody for you to help you get into the Indestructible City," the young guard called down to the family before her.
Then, the guard faded from Summit's sight. A couple of minutes passed. The family came close, hoping that someone would come in through the large door that stood near them on the wall. And then an older man came out of the door, holding a book and quill. "Welcome to the Indestructible City. My apprentice has told me of your situation. It must have been a long trek for you, the nearest city is Talisman, and if I remember correctly it takes more than a week to get there. I will need some information on you, your names."
Acorn looked to the man. "I am Acorn, my husband is Oakley, and my son is Summit. And yes, we did come here from Talisman. It has been horribly destroyed by a dragon and human working together," she said boringly.
The man looked shocked, "a human? And a dragon? Working together? Are you sure you saw that? I've never heard of anything like that ever in my life."
"I'm sure of it," Oakley assured him. "They were working together. With the person riding the dragon. I can barely believe it myself if I'm being honest."
The man seemed less shocked now that multiple people agreed with each other, "well, I'm sorry for your horrible loss. I'm sure that we can find some lodging and jobs for you." He looked over to Summit. He was a wreck to say the least. After all, getting a horrible rest for many nights, fearing for your life, and loosing everything you knew was a lot for just one kid. So, to comfort the child, the man told Summit "don't worry about the dragons here, they will never hurt you here. My fellow guards and I will make sure of it."
Summit looked back to the man. "Thank you for that," Summit said to him in hope. Acorn then looked over to the man as well and thanked "thank you for helping us so much. I really appreciate your generosity."
"Oh it's just policy. Now let's go have you set up in the City," the man said. Off they went into the secure walls of the Indestructible City for a new life, that would be hopefully filled with hope and prosperity.