I swear ! If that little girl got herself into some kind of trouble again .... " Haaaaaaaah " Who am i kidding ? I am too weak to punish that little troublemaker ... At least the locator spell still works well on her , otherwise this would take quite some time . I mean , really ? Emerald forest again ? Without the spell , it could take half a day to find you ! ...

  " Haaah " At least i got the general location . Now what ? Will she come to me if i call her ? ... Only one way to find out ...

  " GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH " ... Now lets see if she calls ba...

  " GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH " ... ... ... Who was that ? I don't recognize his voice . Strong , but young ? ... And he is in the same area as Aira ... Better check it out .

  ...

  Down there ? Lets see . Yes , he is with Aira .... SHE'S HURT ?!? " GRRRRRRR " ... Buddy , you better NOT have done that . Otherwise there will be blood ... A lot of it .

  ...

  / Thud / " Alright Aira , explain what happened here ! ... And who is this ? "

  " Hello auntie Frijija , i got myself into a little bit of a trouble . Hehe ... hee ..... But Tramas here saved me from that mauler ! Otherwise i would be really hurt ! "

  Mauler ? ... Does she mean that pile of gore ? ... Must have been a decently big one ... Hmm , guy looks quite submissive . But now that i look at him , he is ready to pounce or run ... So he is smart , good . Curious , where is he from ? Looks and smells like some wild beast . Is he some kind of a wild loner ? ... " Ok . Looks like you saved my niece from a bit of trouble , so i am grateful to you for that . So , what brings you here to our corner of the continent ? " ... Lets see what kind of a loner he is ...

  " ... Hello , i am .. Tra-mas .... I am looking .. for my .. parents who disappeared .. almost five .. years ago . When i was .. ten . I have been .. alone ever since . "

  ... What the fuck ? Who would believe that a hatchling , ten years old no less , would survive on its own ? Is he taking me for an idiot ? " Are you saying , that you are not even fifteen yet ? "

  " Yes ... I will ..be fifteen in .. two or three months . I think . But Aira needs .. help . Her leg was .. dislocated , but i put it .. back in place , so that .. is fixed . But her right .. wing is broken in .. three places . "

  ... Does he have healer training ? No matter , lets check ... " Let me take a look at you , girl . " ... Yep , definitely trained by a skilled healer . He did a surprisingly good job affixing her wing . And in the all the right places too ... Leg has only light swelling in the hip joint , so it was definitely dislocated . Seems like only slight discomfort around the joint , so good job on that too ... Alright wild boy . You earned yourself a longer conversation . " So , Tramas right ? What happened to the rest of your flight ? And where are you from ? "

  " We lived by .. ourselves . Far to the .. south . Aira called it Badlands . When my .. parents disappeared , i was waiting for .. them . But they didn't .. come back and .. i was starving , so i went .. to look for them .. and hunt some scalehoofs .. for myself . I couldn't .. find them anywhere . So i was alone .. ever since . Eventually i started going .. north . I don't know why . Took me almost .. five years to get .. here . "

  You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.

  ... Damn , if that is really the truth , it would be quite insane what this boy went through . " Well , Tramas . You helped my niece , so its my turn to help you . What do you say , will you come with us to the Grand den ? You can get a bath , meal and some rest . So ? "

  " ... That would be nice . Thank you ... Last time i cleaned .. myself was almost .. two years ago . The filth helps .. keep creatures from waking me up . Always something , that thinks .. it can take a bite .. during the night . Instead , usually .. i get a snack , heh . "

  ... Well shit , the boy really got it rough . But he does seem strong enough to make it ... " Ok , Tramas . Can i trust you to guard Aira here , until i get some help to get her back home ? "

  " Yes ! I will be vigilant . And keep Aira safe until .. you return . "

  Eager , aren't you ? Hehe ... Then again , you have been alone for a long time , weren't you ? So i guess that makes sense . " Ok ! I wont be long , so you two wait here . "

  FUUUUUUCK . I thought she will rip me to pieces ! When she landed and looked at me like that i was VERY ready to bolt with everything i have . I guess i passed the test ... Unless , she went to get help to capture me ... NO ! STOP THINKING LIKE THAT ! Are you wishing for your own death ? NOW that you FINALLY found other dragons ?!? ... It'll work out , somehow ... I am sure ! ... Maybe ... Hopefully ...... Were you always THIS negative ? Relax you idiot ! Just calm down and smell the flowers ... Welp , if you could through all that filth clinging to you ... Way to go ! Perfect first impression ! GREAT JOB YOU FUCKER ! YOU ARE JUST THE BEST AVATAR OF PERFECTION AREN'T YO.. WHAT WAS THAT ???

  " What is it Tramas ? Another mauler ? "

  " ... No . Something smaller . And it keeps .. its distance . GRRRRR ... Yep ! It run away , whatever .. it was . " ... Hopefully Aira wont run away after THAT you fucker ...

  " Oh ! Good ! I didn't hear anything . Your hearing must be quite good huh ? "

  " ... I don't know . Never had anything to .. compare to . Except my prey and trying to .. compare that is not .. easy . I had to always be vigilant . To not get surprised , if something stronger .. fancied a snack . But creatures like that .. were rare . " ... Yeah ! remember that one weird ..

  " You must have seen a lot , didn't you ? I cannot even imagine being alone for such a long time ! Were you scared ? "

  ... Were you scared ? REALLY ?!? WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK ??? ... CALM THE FUCK DOWN ! Its exactly like she said , she cannot imagine it , so calm the fuck down ! ... " Yes ... There are many scary creatures out .. there . And being alone is scary too . But you .. have to go on no matter what ... Or die i guess . " ... You are just a master of first impressions , aren't you you fucker ? ...

  " Oh . Yeah , that sounds terrifying . But hey ! You made it ! So you are alright now ! You can get help , no ? And not be alone anymore ! Yeah ! "

  ... Is she trying to make me feel better ? ... Because for some fucking reason , its working ... Am i really in such a bad shape , that this girls words make me feel better so easily ? ... Fuck , i am a total wreck , aren't i ?... " Thank you , Aira ... That actually , makes me feel .. better .... Thank you . " ... What , now you are playing the beaten puppy bit ? Pathetic ! ...

  " No worries ! Thats what dragons do after all ! We help each other ! Hehe , after we get back home , i will show you around . All the best and most fun places . It'll be fun ! "

  ... Fun ? ... When was the last time i did something , just for fun ? ... I cant remember ... I am tired ... So tired ...

  ...

  ...

  " Oh ! Look ! That's the adults . Soon we will be back home . Are you excited ? "

  ... " Yeah ... " / Thud / ...

  And just like that Tramas lost consciousness . All the tiredness he accumulated on his journey has fallen on him all at once and it was just too much for him . Like a puppet with its strings cut , he collapsed on the ground and fell into deep sleep .

  Will our not so little dragon be fine ? Has his gruelling journey finally come to an end ? Can he finally rest ?

  ... time will tell ...