//------------------------------// // Experimentation // Story: The Draconeques: The Story Of A Nation // by CCKuribon //------------------------------// To anyone that is reading this story. Constructive criticism is always welcome just don’t overdo it ok? Also just want to clear something up in case anyone gets confused by the following chapter I am an 18 year old male who is currently attending university and completing his first year of a bachelor of art. I am not the Biographer of Time in this story and as such he does not have to conform to being my age so as such while I am 18 he can be any age he wants. Also if anyone wants to tell me their ideas I’ll be more than happy to listen…I might even change my story around to include them. After all it’s better to have a longer story than a short one Enjoy :) Dawn arrived early that day. The rays of light beamed through the sky where the forest once stood. Awoken in such a pleasant way was a sharp contrast to the events that unfolded over the last four days. The warm light on my furred and scaly body renewed my vigor as I went about stretching out the knot that had formed in my neck from the angle I had slept at. After a small wander outside to see what the night had brought to us while we slept, I turned back to the cave and had an idea. If I could use my…abilities…in ways other than just too record time what else could I do with them? Turning to see Discord still sleeping peacefully an idea popped into my head. Taking a position next to the caves entrance I slowly began focusing on the air near his ear. I snapped my furry fingers together and with a snap the air near Discord separated and a loud click sound resonated through the cave. The poor boy woke with a start. He quickly stood up and darted to the caves entrance only to fall over flat on his face as he tripped over his own feet. I could not help it. I just had to laugh at the sight of the boy in his confusion. Discord picked himself up and shot me a ominous glare. That just made me crack up even more. Walking over to him I offered him a talon to help him back onto his feet. Still with a sour face, he accepted the help and I pulled him back up right. He dusted himself off and then turned back towards the cave. He must have realized the time however as he suddenly turned around and stared directly into the sun. his eyes watered as he made a small pained grunt. “Why did you have to wake me up like that?” “Because I was bored…well that and you just looked so peaceful that I had to do something to ruin it” “You’re a mean old man…” “Ah well sticks and stones my dear boy” “What does that mean?” “Oh never mind” I replied. I wasn’t about to explain the phrase to him while in such a happy mood. With the way the last few days had been it was a nice change to be able to make a few jokes again and have a good laugh. I sent Discord to gather up the rest of the equipment that we had. Seeing as he was awake now I thought that he could carry some of the gear…not that we had much to begin with. As Discord came scurrying back out of the cave I handed him the makeshift pack and instructed him to place the gear into it and then he would carry it as we found a way to climb up the cliff face. “Why don’t you just fly up” asked Discord “Because we can’t fly Discord” was my reply “But I thought we could do anything if we wanted to…” I hadn’t thought of that. What was with this child? He questions everything about our society with such a narrow view…or maybe it was our society that had a narrow view. Not once was anything he had said been wrong. “You know, I’m certain that you’re hiding something from me” I stated with an accusing tone “What do you mean?” he asked, clearly confused by my statement “Somehow you think that we can just do whatever we want…and yet so far you have been right about that” “That’s because I’m smart” “Yes, I suppose you are aren’t you…” Taking the pack from Discord I began to focus on flapping my mismatched wings. Willing them to produce more lift than they were capable of I slowly began to leave the ground. It seemed simple to me now but just a few minutes earlier I was stating that it was an impossibility to fly. Laughing at my own narrow minded view I turned back to where I left Discord only to find him less than 3 feet away from my face. “ARGH” I screamed, rolling backwards through the air as Discord started to laugh his head off “Gotcha old man” he laughed “I don’t understand…how are you flying? As a matter of fact how can you even use our brand of magic at all? You’re clearly not old enough to understand how it works or even what it is.” “I don’t know I’ve always been able to use it, and I don’t know what it is but I do know it’s fun, watch” he stated as he started to twist and contort his body through a series of odd aerial maneuvers. As he finished his maneuvers he slowly floated back towards me spinning his arms backwards as if he was swimming through the air on his back. “So how did I do?” he asked “T-T-That was amazing” I managed to stutter out. This child adapted to everything so quickly. I had only just learnt how to fly and already he was showing off. “Just how old are you anyway?” I asked “I don’t know” “What do you mean you don’t know? Didn’t you ever learn how to count? “Nope, I know I’m this many though” he said as he landed on the ground and made eleven straight lines into the ground. I flew down next to him and looked over his shoulder to see what he was doing. “You’re eleven” I told him “Is that old” he asked “No not really. You’re still just a little kid” “I know…how old are you then?” “Well…I’m not quite sure myself but I would say I’m going on to 40 or so years of age” “You are old then. I only called you old because of the beard” “Hey don’t make fun of my beard…I love this thing” “Ha you’re weird” “So are you” I retorted “Yep, its fun isn’t it?” With an exasperated sigh i shook my head. This kid clearly wasn’t going to understand what I was meaning any time soon. “Alright then, if you’re so good at flying then you can carry the bag this time” I stated With an audible moan, Discord picked up the bag and joined me as we both took off into the sky together.