Breeze

Uh-oh, looks like this cute little ridgeback wandered a little too far from her home lair (253494, Nek0Wolf666), and now she's off to see the world!
Owners I've Had:
--Nek0Wolf666 - #253494 (Original Owner)
--Kiradog234
--NightmareCarnage

Darkness, thats all I remember and all I see. My mother abandoned me because I blind. I couldn't see anything. No light, no color, nothing. My sister had to help me around for the first few days of my life before I got the hang of walking around the den. But I knew there was more out there and I was determined to go and "see" it all, more like feel and smell but you get the idea. I snuck out of the den one night not knowing where I was going and how I was going to get there...

(#253494/Nek0Wolf666)

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It was hard to navigate outside of my Lair, at least I knew where everything was in there, but outside, I kept hitting things, I'm not sure what they were, but some were rough, others smooth. I tripped quite a lot as well, which made a rustling sound for some reason. By instinct, I knew that it was bright, that it was around the middle of the day. The sun warmed my scales and gave me new courage about what I was doing, willing me onwards. At last, I came t a place that felt different under my claws, more earthy, rather than the rustling terrain I had been walking on. I heard footsteps ahead of me. That's one good thing about not being able to see, you get better at hearing and smelling, and sensing of course. This sounded like a young dragon, maybe a Skydancer, or a small Imperial. "Hi!" It squeaked, I could hear its footfalls getting louder as it neared me. "I'm Royale! Who are?......" Its greeting trailed away, the other hatchling must have noticed my eyes. My siblings had told me that they were a milky colour, which even I understood was unusual. "Your...Your eyes" the hatchling said reproachfully, her voice betraying her curiosity. I hung my head ashamed that it was that obvious, then I felt a talon on my shoulder, just before my drooping wings "It's ok, my brother was like that too" she said in a quiet voice. Then her wing was around mine, she was standing beside me I guessed, judging by the shuffling of leaves coming from my left "I'll help you!" she said happily, I could almost see the bright smile on her face. I beamed inside, this hatchling, who I had never met before, wanted to help me, without knowing anything, only that she could help. "Thanks, I'm Breeze, by the way" I said, walking by her side as she led the way. That one moment caused me to make a silent resolution, a resolution that no matter what happened, I would not, ever, give up.

~~~Kiradog234

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It was cold. I opened my eyes and saw... darkness. In my world, nothing exists but this darkness. It is always the same, no powdery shadows dancing within it, no spots of brighter dark to orientate. I never saw the light, never will. They have described it to me, how it looks like, how it reflects on your scales... I never understood them. So when I awoke this day (or was it night? It doesn´t matter to me anyways) it was just like every other day... hello darkness, my old friend. It had been... a while since I left Royale and the clan she lived at. I wasn´t a hatchling anymore. I had learned to take care of myself, but that took a while... I got hurt. I fell. I got attacked by things that mistook me for easy prey.
I made them regret that decision.
I didn´t know why I kept on wandering. I didn´t know what I was searching for. I just... knew I had to keep going. Keep searching. As if something out there was calling me. So when I awoke that day in the cold, hard place I fell asleep in a couple of hours before, I actually heard a call. It was the howing of wolves. I heard their call, it struck me in my inner core and my very being vibrated with life. I could feel the raw energy pulsing through my veins, glowing, forming runes on my skin...
And I lifted my head and started howling with them.
I was aglow. I was alive.
I stretched out my wings, my neglected joints aching from the sudden movement...
I never knew I could fly.
But I flew. And I howled. And I cried, my dead eyes wept tears of endless joy as this blind dragon finally took flight. I didn´t notice the approaching sound of beating wings and clinking beads until I stopped howling to take a breath. But as soon as I did, I could... feel his presence, just like I knew he was a he, a male. I felt a similar energy pulsing through his body like the one burning within me, and I knew he felt it too. I carefully landed on the ground again, he sat down next to me and I could feel how his eyes bored into mine. And before my milky, dead eyes, within the eternal darkness that had enclosed me my entire life...
I saw a light.
I saw runes; bright, glowing, pink runes and they spelled out a name... his name. "Mantis... Psycho Mantis," I read out loud, my voice hoarse and breaking from the long time I spent alone. Suddenly I felt the touch of his paws, I could smell the metallic stench of dried blood on them, gently wiping the tears from my cheeks. Then he whispered something, just two words, but I instantly knew they were my name, my true name that belonged to me like my scales and my claws...
"Crying Wolf"



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