He was born of ash.
They thought that a phoenix would be born
A savior of the people
But No.
A dragon with skin darker than the ash was born instead.
A sign of death
And it was.
It killed and moved
Killed and moved
Only stopping to piss or sleep.
It's rampage went on for years.
Never stopping.
The island it was born on was evacuated
No one was allowed near it
But people were sent there
For punishment.
Dozens of people were sent there
Hundreds even
None returned just as expected.
One day a child was sent to the island.
His crime
Being different than all the rest.
He arrived
Blindfolded
Cold
And hungry.
His first night was spent
Crying
Too afraid that if he moved the blindfold
The dragon would be there.
He didn't sleep
Listening to the forest around him
Every chirp of a bird or cricket
Every scurrying sound of the small animals
Sticks breaking, leaves falling
His eyes grew tighter
The only sound that was missing
The dragon breathing into his ear
Right before he was a gonner
It wasn't that the dragon was missing
But merely confused.
Watching from his spot in a tree
Normally people who could fight back were sent to him
But a child?
Not even one who tried to run
Like all the other people.
When the day broke
The child finally pulled the blindfold from his head
He look around
Trees in every direction with no trails for him to follow.
The child decided that he was bound to die
So running was no good
He'd sit and wait
Fate would catch up to him eventually.
The dragon hated that
So he made himself known
His inky black scales shining in the sun
His demeanor not aggressive, as if it would matter.
The child sat unmoving
Too scared to even try.
He ducked his head
So that when the time came he couldn't see it coming.
He sat and waited but nothing came
He slowly looked up
To find the dragon looking at him
Slow deep breaths were what moved the dragon's body
But otherwise a statue.
The Child's stomach growled at the dragon
He tried to cover the noise with his hands
But alas the dragon heard him
The dragon turned and ran into the forest
The child wondered where the dragon went off to
He drew himself back
Why did he care were the dragon went to.