I watched as their was a flash of light from me, making me scoff. She was gone, but her sobbing still wrecked my mind. I couldn't let her be so sad. I remembered her long matted red mane of hair. It was curly and greasy , like she hadn't bothered to take care of herself in years. I walked through the foggy darkness and watched my memories as they danced in the fog, to vague to see. I started to feel a pull in a certain direction in my mental fog, guiding me down a clear and set path. It was enough to make me feel unsafe for a moment before a feeling of pity washed over me for the strange lady. Her husband was in here somewhere, and I had to find him or else I would never know why I was brought here. The sound of angry heavy breathing was heard and I looked at the direction of the sound. I was dragged down that path, but slowly, as to not disturb me or the being ahead.
What I found in the darkness was a man, in a cage with a long silvery beard, banging against the door to the cage. It was a heart shaped lock, glowing a strange golden color with a purple aura over the locked part with a blue aura on the outside, with no key hole. I slowly approached, and watched him bang against the door, his eyes dull and his movements animalistic. I held my hand on a bar of the cage and watched him for a few moments, flinching whenever he flung himself into the wall.
"Stop... You're going to hurt yourself." I looked frightened as he looked at me, his grey eyes staring at me as he tried to stifle himself.
"What are you doing here?" His voice was distant, like he was dreaming and didn't realize I was real.
"I'm here to make you a deal." I looked into his eyes as he looked at me, and I glanced at the lock.
"What could you possibly give me?" He looked horrified and angry, sparking life in his eyes.
"Your wife." This caught his attention, like he was listening but with skepticism.
"I saw her. Your wife is suffering, and she's begging me not to let you die. So I'm not going to. But before I leave... I need you to promise me a few things." I stood tall, not caring if I was smaller than him. I knew I held most of the power right now anyways, but his response shocked me.
"Please... Anything. I'll do anything to see her again!" He sobbed out and cried as I looked at him, feeling his sadness and desperation in nothing more than the way he was speaking.
"You... Have to promise not to take over the Equestrians... And you have to promise that when you retake your form..." i felt a little choked up.
"You'll remember me when I'm gone." He looked at me and I looked at him, both of us tearing up as we looked at each other. "Because I may not want to die... But I can't live with the fact that I can stop someones eternal suffering."
He reached his hand through the cage and grabbed my arm, and he looked directly into my eyes.
"I swear to the star of the east and the horizon of the east- that I will never try to attack the Equestrians. I promise on my life that I will never let you be forgotten by the dragons of the Isle." He choked as I looked at him, and he tried not to stutter as he teared up. I looked away and bit my lip.
"Alright... Alright. I'll be leaving as soon as it turns night time. I promise that you'll be alive again." I gained comfort from him and the way he held my arm. I held his wrist too, staring at him as he stared at me. I looked into his eyes, and for a brief moment, I felt nothing but bliss. Knowing that soon, he won't be suffering, and for the first time in my real life, he'll be free, and I'll be alone in my head.
The stone started to tug me away, and I felt my hand slipping as I tried to hold his hand, panicking a little. A strange hole opened and started to drag everything into it, except for the man and his cage . He said something in a different language, and my hand started to feel strange as I slowly began slipping down. I tried to hold on, but the pull got far to strong and I was dragged in.
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I awoke with a start and I sat up covering my mouth so I couldn't yell for help. It was dark outside, and the moon was high up in the clouds. I looked around the room, feeling myself grow sad that I would have to leave this place. I was tired. I took in a breath and started going through my closet, tying together clothes and pants and sheets. I took a breath and looked around. I grabbed my warm clothes and took a breath. I looked at my hand. It was covered in blue scales, like a claw. I looked absolutely mortified. I started searching for a pair of gloves, and found some, strangely enough, and I put them on to cover my hands and hide the mutation. I put on warm clothes and packed some for warm days, and I was about to head out when I stopped.
I slowly turned to the pile of stuffed animals that I had been gifted and felt a strange sense of a attachment. I walked over an picked up two small velcro hand animals, and clipped them around my wrists to my arms, and attached a red lemur around my neck, and I took a breath, using it as a security blanket. Something to help me with coping with being alone.
I tied my rope made of garments to the most secure pole on the balcony, and I packed a book on what was edible in the Ever Free, and then... I threw it down over the edge of the balcony. I started sliding down the rope easily sue to my gloves, not feeling a single ping of rope burn. I smiled at that and closed my eyes as I felt the wind rush by my face as I dropped to the ground. The rope stopped about five feet to high, and so I had to drop to the ground.
As soon as my feet hit the ground I was tearing off down the path and running, watching as the stars twinkled. I climbed the wall leading to the outside of the wall, and I glanced around, seeing the steep drop off of the mountains cliff face. I stared down it as I glanced back up, looking into the stars as I slid down, narrowly avoiding rocks as I slid down at break neck speeds. I grunted as I tried to avoid large ramp like boulders and different things like that. I started to need to slow down, and I got the urge to take off my glove and use my dragons claw to slow myself down until I came to a stop. It worked, and I actually slowed down to a slow slide. I looked at my own hand with a shocked smile, and I looked excited.
This time, on my trip through the forbidden forest, I wouldn't be guided by the sun. I wouldn't be guided by the stars. I would have to navigate on my own, not knowing which way is the correct direction. I cracked my neck and stared a the wall of dark green trees before me, getting a sensation of adventure.
For the dragon lordess.