《Mark of a dragon》


 prologue: The contract of a dragon

    Dragons are the strongest creatures in this world. And because they are the strongest, you wouldn''t think that there was a dragon who had a problem.


    The ice dragon sighed. Long ago he made a contract with a human. In that contract was written, that the dragon would become the slave of the human. And if you don''t follow the rules of the contract, you will die. But if the dragon surrenders himself and become the slave of the human, he will be humiliated. But if the human accidently died, the contract will be void. Because of the contract he couldn''t kill the human himself, and if he asked another dragon, the dragon will find out about the contract and he will be humiliated. The dragon sighed again. What should I do? Because the dragon was lost in his thoughts, he didn''t notice that another dragon was flying to him. When the dragon landed he greeted the other dragon.If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.


    "Hello Xyrus, long time no see." Xyrus finally noticed the dragon, and greeted the landed dragon back.


    "Hello Xyil, what are you doing here?"


    "I heard you had problem with something," Answered Xyil. When Xyrus looked confused, Xyil explained; "your sighs are really loud."


    "I can''t help it, this problem can get me killed," Explained Xyrus.


    "Mind to tell me what it is?"


    "I can''t, but don''t worry I will fix it."at least I hope so.


    "Then it''s fine, bye Xyrus."


    Bye

 Chapter 1: the beginning

    I woke up. It was a sunny day, and I would even say it was a nice day if I wasn''t a slave. I arrived as a slave when I was 5, and 2 years have passed since then. Now I am 7 years old. If your asking what I think about my life? It sucks. You sleep in your own shit, the food is disgusting, and you don''t have a bed. Sucks right? Anyway I''m currently at a slave market. Where the owner is a fat guy, and does everything to make money. I like to call him greedy pig.


    Greedy pig walked in the room with a man. Greedy Pig asked the customer:" what kind of slave are you looking for?"


    "A sex slave." Answered the man.


    "Aaah, a sex slave. Let me gather them for you so you can pick one yourself."


    "Alright."


    I watched. That was the only thing I could do. After a minutes or two, Greedy Pig came back with some women slaves. They also had chains on their slave collars, with the end of the chains being hold by Greedy Pig. "Sir, these are the sex slaves we currently have in stock. Which one is to your liking?"


    The man walked through the sex slaves. Suddenly he turns around and meets my eyes. That''s when I got a closer look of his face. His face was pale, and he had green eyes and black hair. If I would have to describe him in one word: drop dead gorgeous. Well it are 3 words but that doesn''t matter. The man looked at me and then smirked at me. The man turns around points at a purple haired elf and says:"I want her."


    After some talking, the man gives the Greedy pig some golden coins, takes the chain of the purple haired elf and leaves.


    The rest of the day nothing really happened. I ate some disgusting stew, pooped a bit in my cell, and went to sleep.


    The next day, I woke up from a kick in the stomach. I groaned in pain, and quickly stood up. I got a chain attached to my slave collar and got ''put'' in a carriage. Well, even though I said putting, it''s rather throwing. Well I''m fine with it cause i''m a slave.


    I heard some wips, and the carriage started moving. I think the carriage gets pulled by horses, but that''s a guess. The carriage was rather big. There were around ten slaves, including me, and one guard holding our chains. There were no couches to sit on, so I sat on the floor.


    After a few hours I was bored, considered talking with my neighbour. My neighbour was a girl like me. She had dark red hair and purple eyes. She would be considered as a beauty, if she wasn''t so thin. She was so thin that I could count her ribs if she took of her piece of cloth. Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings.


    I decided not to talk to her when I rememberedsome unpleasant  memories. There went a shiver down my spine.


    I remember how a slave tried to talk to another slave. They got their hands cut off. The Greedy Pig did it before our eyes to show us what happened if we talked with someone.  He first cut off their fingers, slowly, 10 seconds each finger. Then he cut off their fingerless hands. When he was done, the Greedy Pig left them to bleed dead. She had nightmares for two weeks after that day. She still heard their screams sometimes.


    After a couple of hours, the carriage stopped. The guard who had their chains, led them outside where the captain of the guards was waiting.


    When every slave was outside, the guard began to speak:" alright you filthy slaves, you guys have been bought by some stupid rich kid and were currently transporting you to that kid."


    "They are talking about us like we''re things." I whispered disgusted. Well we are things. I already knew that were nothing more than things, but it still made me feel disgusted.


    The captain continued:"because the owner doesn''t like being in cold places, you guys are currently under my command. Every slave who disobeyed gets punishment."


    A shiver went through my spine. I remembered the unpleasant memory and swore myself that I would never disobey.


    "Oh yeah, one last thing" the captain said. "The place we''re going to is ice cold, so we''re going to put a fire orb in the carriage so that you filthy slaves won''t freeze death."


    After he was done with his speech, the guards began to give soup to the slaves. When I got mine, I sniffed and I can only say one thing: it stinks. Well, maybe half of it was my own smell, but let''s forget about that little detail. I gulped it down in one sip, hoping the smell would disappear. Too bad, only half of the smell disappeared, meaning that half of the smell was mine. I smelled myself a bit. I wished I didn''t do that, it would have spared me a trauma.


    After a minute or two, the guards ''put'' us in the carriage and after a few whips, the horses started moving, meaning the carriage started moving.


    When I looked at the ceiling, seeing a red orb. I guess that is the fire orb, since the carriage is really hot. My opinion changed in a hour. It was really cold. The guard was right. The orb only made sure we didn''t freeze death. Making sure that it was warm was another story.


    I looked outside. If I had to describe the landscape in one word: beautiful. Everywhere i saw ice. The beautiful blue mountains, the cute animals, the crystal clear water, it was beautiful. Too bad that it''s cold. Otherwise it would have been perfect.


    The next two days were exactly the same: being cold, the beautiful landscape, the stinking soup and the speech of the captain about being punished.


    But in the middle of the journey something changed. When we were midway through the cold landscape, it became colder than it already was, the wind became stronger and we heard a roar. A beast roar. But not just some beast. Everyone knew exactly wich beast. It was one of the strongest creatures on this world, creatures that even gods avoided. The carriage knew exactly which creature was coming.


    A Dragon.

 Chapter 2: life and death

    Xyrus POV


    The dragon saw the carriage. Suddenly he had an idea. If he trained one of those humans good enough to kill the human he contracted, his problem will be fixed. Hmmmm......the best tho by I probably could do, was attacking the carriage, and he will train the human who survived. Pleased with himself, the dragon began carrying his plan out.


    Slave POV


    I was scared. Everyone knows that you musn''t anger a dragon.  And we didn''t. We didn''t anger a dragon, so why was the dragon attacking? Cause it was bored? I don''t really know, but would probably be the case.  Well, I had a good life as a slave. Actually I hadn''t, but it always sounds dramatic when you say that. You''re probably thinking: why aren''t you screaming? Or running? It''s a fucked up dragon! Let me tell you one thing: when a dragon attacks you can only hope for a painless death.


    The dragon attacked.


    Everyone screamed.


    This is the end....................................................................................................................


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    I groaned. Were the fuck am I? What the hell happened? I tried moving. I wish I didn''t. The only thing I felt e as pain. I could only think of pain. But something was wrong. It wasn''t cold. Actually, I felt rather warm. I stood up. My body screamed the opposite. Fuck, it hurts like hell.


    When i stood up, I looked around. The first thing I saw were corpses. The slaves and the guards were dead. Why did I survive?  Well, I should thank God that I survived.  When I turned around i saw a huge mountain. A HUGE mountain. The mountain moved. The mountain turned around.


    And that was when I realized that it wasn''t a mountain. It was a dragon. The dragon who attacked us. I looked at the godly creature. All my senses said that I should run. I would if i wasn''t paralyzed by fear.


    The dragon began speaking with a low voice:"so there is a human who survived. Then everything can be fixed." By those words the dragon walked over, put me in his mouth and flew away.


    The dragon landed in a cave. When he landed, the dragon put me down. I was still not able to comprehend what happened. But that wasn''t the only thing. I was still in a lot of pain. I groaned.


    The dragon heard my groaning and said:" you''re in pain? Let me heal that for you." Before I could react, the dragon wrote some strange things in the air really fast. When the dragon was done, he said something I didn''t understand and my wound began to heal. When the healing was done in no time, and I could finally move without pain.Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences.


    The dragon sat down and began to speak:" let''s get down to business. There is a person I want to kill, but because of the circumstances i can''t. So, I need you to kill that person."


    When the dragon was done, the only thing I could say was:"wait, what!?"


    The dragon began to explain, since I was so stupid. "This is how we''re going to do it: I''m going to train you, so that you can kill someone for me."


    After ten seconds, I was finally able to comprehend everything.  "I get  that training thing, but I am not a genius when it comes to magic, and on top of that, I''m not marked."


    Marking is something that happens when you''re five years old. When you''re marked you get the talent to learn something. For example, if a fire mage marked a five years old kid, the kid has the talent to learn fire magic. That''s how the nobles stay strong in the family. They give their mark to their kids.


    Of course, you won''t get strong just because you''re marked. Well, yes you get strong, but you''re own talent helps too. If you had to divide your strength, a quarter is your own talent, and the rest the mark. That''s why I''m so weak. And it helps if the one that marks you is strong. How stronger he is, how stronger the one that receives the mark is.


    That only applies to humans. God''s give beasts their mark. The one stronger than the other. Dragons had the luck to get the strongest mark. And with their enormous body and mark, dragons are the strongest creatures.


    Back to the topic. "Don''t worry, I have a plan. You just need to die" said the dragon


    I looked at the dragon like he was retarded. "I don''t like dying. And I don''t think killing me will solve the problem."


    The dragon explained:"its not like you stay dead. After you die, I take your soul and put it in a seed in my belly."


    "Won''t that make me a full blood dragon?" I asked.


    "No, I have a way to make you only half dragon." When I still looked confused, the dragon continued:"do you know beastmen?" I nodded. "You will look like beastmen, dragon ears, eyes, tail and some scales on the back of your arms.


    "How do I know that you will keep your promise?"


    "By trusting me." Answered the dragon.


    "I don''t trust you."


    ".................what if we make a contract?"


    "A contract?"


    "Yes a contract." Said the dragon. "If we make a contract, I must keep my promise."


    "What happens when you break the contract?" I asked.


    "You die. That''s probably how you became a slave in the first place."


    "I didn''t make a contract with that Greed.....owner."


    "You didn''t, but your parents did."


    "Currently, I am not a slave. Why?" I asked.


    "If the one of the people who nade the contract dies, the contract will become void." The dragon answered.


    "........alright, let''s make a contract."


    "Then let''s begin. I swear that I will train and resurrect the young lady in front of me. In return, the young lady in front of me will kill Derek Raventon. Does the young lady in front of me swear that she will kill Derek Raventon?"


    Yes, I swear. I said.


    After I spoke the words, words were formed in the air that after some seconds disappeared. When the words disappeared, there was a golden stripe on my neck.


    "Why do I have a stripe on my neck?" I asked the dragon.


    "The stripe is the proof that we made a contract. Look I have one too." He said and showed me his striped neck.


    "If you break the contract the stripe will slash your neck in two."


    "There''s one last thing I want to ask." I said.


    "What is it?"


    "How are you going to resurrect me?"


    The dragon grinned. "do you really want to know?"


    I shuddered. "On second thought, I don''t want to know."


    "See you in your next life." The dragon waved.


    Those were the last things I remembered before I died.

 Chapter 3: Xyrus and Zev

    .....my head hurt. I opened my eyes. I was in a cave made of ice. Surprisingly, I wasn''t cold. I tried standing up. But my legs failed to do so. I looked at my legs. They''re...tiny. like the legs of a new born baby. I looked around. The cave was round, and in the middle of the cave was a mountain. No, it wasn''t a mountain but a dragon. I remembered everything. Me being a slave, the carriage got attacked by a dragon, the contract I made with the dragon and me dying.


    Because I was lost in my thoughts, I didn''t notice that the dragon was waking up. "Hey little girl, you awake?"


    I finally noticed the dragon. "Yes I am awake. What happened after I died?"


    "Not much. I resurrected you and then fell asleep."


    "How many days have passed since I died?" I asked.


    "I don''t know. Around a week or so?"


    "Okay." I said.


    The dragon began talking: "I resurrected you, so...."


    " So?"


    "That makes me your dad." The dragon grinned.


    I sighed. "Alright ''dad'', what''s your name?"


    "You''re so not cute, you know? My name is Xyrus. What''s your name?"


    "I don''t have a name." I answered.


    "Why not?"


    "Hmmm.....I don''t know, maybe because I was a slave?"


    "Oh." Said Xyrus. "Then as your dad, I will give you a name! Lets see.... your name will be....Kayda."


    "Kayda?"


    Xyrus nodded. "Do you like it?"


    "Kayda huh....I like it."


    "Okay then." Said Xyrus. "Let''s go hunting, I''m starving."


    "What do you eat on this cold plain?" I asked.


    "These ''cold plain'' is called the Crystal Valley. And we eat here tarios." Answered Xyrus.


    "What is a tarios?"


    "You''ll see soon enough." With those words, Xyrus went outside. When he was outside he exclaimed:"Are you coming, or not!?"


    I tried to stand up, but I forgot that my legs didn''t had the power to do so. I exclaimed:"I can''t walk yet!"


    "Oh you''re so annoying." Xyrus went back inside, and put me in his beak. When he was done, he flew away.


    We flew for a couple of minutes until we saw a beast. The beast looked like a bear. But he had the tail and the ears of a cat, and his paws were made from ice.


    "That''s a tarios." Said Xyrus.


    "H-hey Xyrus...."


    "What?"


    "I a-am c-cold."


    "For God''s sake." Xyrus stopped with flying, and wrote some strange things in the air really fast. When he was done, he said something strange and it was warmer.If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it.


    "Are you warm now?" Asked Xyrus.


    " Yes I am. Thank you Xyrus."


    "Back to the tarios. The thing you will eat most of the time will be tarios."


    "Why?"


    "Cause they''re delicious and weak."


    "That makes sense." I said.


    Xyrus began writing some strange things in the air. But this time he didn''t say something. I looked at the tarios. The whole tarios was frozen. I was amazed.


    "How the hell did you do that!?"


    The dragon grinned. "And that Kayda, is ice magic." The dragon landed. When he was on the ground, he picked up the frozen tarios. While he was doing that I looked around. Suddenly, I saw a wolf. It looked like a wolf. The only thing that was different were the horns and the size. The wolf was snow white and was twice the size of a normal wolf. The wolf had two beautiful red Horns, and deep blue eyes like a ocean. The wolf was beautiful. I tried going to it. I fell from the dragon. Fortunately I fell in the snow. Cause I couldn''t walk yet, I crawled. I slowly went to the wolf. When I was in front of the wolf, the wolf began speaking:"Hello little one, what are you doing here?"


    I was surprised, but recovered fast. Currently I''m hunting with my eh.....dad."


    "I assume Xyrus is your dad?" Asked the wolf.


    "You know Xyrus?"


    "Yes, we are...very good friends." The wolf grinned. I grinned back. "If you guys are very good friends I assume you know a lot about him right?"


    "Are you asking for his secrets?"


    "Just some blackmail material if I need it."


    The wolf smirked. "I think we''re going to be very good friends."


    "I think so too. By the way, what''s your name?"


    "My name is Zev. And yours?"


    "Kayda. My name is Kayda."


    "Alright Kayda, I need you to say: I wish to walk together with thee.


    "I wish to walk together with thee." I said.


    "I wish to walk together with thee." Said Zev. When Sec had said those words, we both got a mark on out shoulder. It looked like a snowflake. "What is this?" I asked.


    "That is the mark of our contract." Zev explained. "It''s proof we made a contract. It''s proof we are friends. Now that we have this contract we know were the other is, and we can use each other senses.


    "Use each other senses?"


    "Yes. You can now hear, smell and see better. And, when were both at another place, you can use my senses to see through my eyes. Then you know what I''m currently seeing.


    "That''s nice to have. Thanks Zev!" I said.


    " Hey Kayda, you''re still sitting in the snow, want to ride on me?"


    "Can I?!" I shouted. Zev lowered his head so that I could grab his horns. When I had grabbed his horns, I pished myself up. Now I was on his back. I turned around and grabbed his horns, like I was riding a horse.


    "Lets go back to Xyrus, Zev." I said.


    "Aye aye, sir." And Zev started running. After thirty seconds or so, we were back. When we were back I shouted:"Hey Xyrus! We''re back!"


    "We?" Xyrus turned around. His eye fell on Zev. He asked:"Hey Kayda, why did you bring this stupid dog with you?"


    "How rude!" Said Zev. "I''m not a stupid dog. I''m a proud jit''irk!"


    "What is a jit''irk?" I asked.


    "jit''irks are one of the strongest species after the dragons." Zev explained. "We Jit''irks use the power of the lightning God. Of course only a part of it. Like 1% of it. We Jit''irks like to play pranks on people. Of course we have done pranks on dragons too. The only people we back down for, are gods."


    "Why didn''t the dragons kill all the jit''irks Then?" I asked.


    "Cause we dragons don''t want to destroy continents. If dragons and the jit''irks start a war because of some prank, we will anger the gods.


    "Why will the gods be angry then?"


    "Nobody likes it if some people destroy your toys."


    "Back to the topic." Said Xyrus. "Dump that stupid dog, so that we can go back and eat."


    "No can do." I said. "I made a contract with him."


    "You did what!?" Shouted Xyrus. ".......fine, he can come with us. BUT, if he even pulls ONE prank he''s DEAD." GOT THAT!!!!!"


    "Yes sir!" Said I and Zev.


    "Let''s get going, I caught some more tarios when you were gone. After we have eat you''re going to sleep. Even though you may be older, you still have the body of a baby."


    "Yes Xyrus." I and Zev climbed on Xyrus back, and he flew back to the cave.

 Chapter 4: a dragon mark

    5 years ago I was resurrected. Today I turned 5 and I can get my mark. I''m really excited you know. In these past 5 years I have seen a lot of magic. Of course I started training 2 years ago, so my mana and stamina is pretty high. I started swordsman training a year ago. For that we went to a tribe called war howlers. They are the strongest beastmen in dual sword wielding. My teacher is one of the strongest people in the tribe.


    I stand up. Xyrus and Zev are still sleeping. I went outside, to look at the stars. I learned from Zev which star is which. He also told me about the history of this world. This world is called Eania, that was shaped 1000000000 years ago by 2 gods. Those gods were brother and sister.


    Eione: God of the sun, every living creature, peace and virtues


    Zihena: goddess of the moon, death, war and sins


    Both were needed for harmony. You can''t separate them. Because these two were twins. And if you ever make two separated statues or painting, you would be punished by the gods.


    Back to the stars. Like I Said, Zev told me which star was which. Zev also told how you can find the way with the help of the stars. I stayed outside watching the stars till the sun rised. When the sun began rising, I went back inside the cave. Xyrus and Zev were also waking up by now.


    "Good morning Zev, good morning Xyrus."


    "Mornin." Said Zev. He tried standing up, but fell on the ground immediately, and slept further.


    Xyrus was also awake. He needed ten full seconds to stand up. "morning Kayda. Have you slept well?"


    "I slept as a rose Xyrus. What about you?" I asked. "Well ok." He yawned after he said those words.


    Xyrus grinned. " Well then, are you ready for receiving your mark?"


    I shouted full excitement: "hell yeah!"


    I heard a voice behind me: "Kayda, whatever happens, just stay calm. The ceremony for receiving your mark will go smoothly." Zev woke up from my shout.


    "I will Zev, I will." I said.


    "Well then, let''s begin." Xyrus began writing some runes. When he was done, he pushed them in my body. I screamed. It felt like hundred swords pierced my body, again and again. And when I finally thought I was going to break down, it stopped. The pain stopped. On my left shoulder appeared a mark. A dragon mark. Now i had two marks. On my right, the mark of my bond with Zev, and on my left the dragon mark. The mark of the contract looked like a snowflake, and my Dragon mark looked like a dragon''s shadow.


    When the mark appeared my body was full of power. I felt like I could run 10000 miles without stopping, I felt like I could lift up a mountain effortlessly. I felt like I could kill a dragon.


    "So how do you feel?" Asked Xyrus.


    " Like I could kill a Dragon!"


    "Good." Xyrus said. "Kayda listen up, 100 years ago I made a contract with a human. You don''t need to know why, but in that contract was written that I must become the slave of the human. If I don''t, I die."


    "So you want me to kill that human, right?" I said.


    "Exactly."


    "But isn''t that human dead right now?" I asked.


    " Yes, he''s dead." Said Xyrus. "But his son isn''t. His son''s name is Derek Raventon. Listen up, these past 5 years you were like a daughter to me. But I really need you to kill him. I ask you, not as a dragon but as a friend, to kill him."This story has been stolen from Royal Road. If you read it on Amazon, please report it


    "I will dad. I don''t want to see you as a slave. After you''ve done so much for me."


    "Thank you Kayda, thank you." Xyrus thanked me. That was a rare sight. Normally I was the one who thanked him.


    Xyrus continued:"I want you to kill him, but in this state you can''t even come close. Let''s start learning you magic."


    I was excited. I was going to learn magic!


    "I will help you Kayda." Said Zev.


    "Thank you Zev."


    "Alright then let''s get started, I''m glad that Zev has already learned you to write, that will make it easier." Said Xyrus. "I think you already know, that for using magic you need to write something in the air. Those figures I write in the air are called runes. Every spell has another rune. Since your  mana is already high, we''ll start with learning you spells. And of course the speed. How faster you write a rune, how faster the spell will be launched. So that''s what we''ll be doing for the next 5 hours. After that we will go hunting, and when we''re done with that, you''re going to the war howlers to train. That''s how the most of the days will like."


    "There were also spells were you said something, do I also need to say something?" I asked.


    Xyrus shook his head. " You only need to say something by complicated spells. For now, you''re gonna start with the basics."


    And like Xyrus said, that''s how I spent most of the days. And it was really BORING. Hey, I''m not slacking off okay! I don''t want to see my dad as a slave. I''m really working hard.


    A month has passed. Today, I wanted to start training, but Xyrus stopped me. "Today, we aren''t going to train. I''m going to meet the other dragons today. And you guys are coming with me." And he pointed at me and Zev.


    "There are other dragons?" I asked.


    "Of course there is." Said Zev. "If there was only one dragon, he would be unstoppable. That''s why there are more dragons. So that the other dragons can stop the dragon if he wanted to take over the world."


    "That makes sense."


    "Exactly." Said Xyrus. "Climb on my back, so that we can get going."


    We did as we were told. We climbed at Xyruses back, and when we sat down, he flied away.


    A hour passed, and we landed in a cave. When Xyrus landed, Zev and I climbed off his back. After we all stood with our feet or paws on the ground, we went in the cave. In the cave were a lot of dragons. There were 7 dragons with Xyrus included.


    The flame dragon walked to Xyrus. "Hello Xyrus, long time no see."


    Xyrus greeted the flame dragon back:" Hello Xyil, how are you doing?"


    "I''m doing just fine, but why did you bring a lizard halfling  and a jit''irk with you?"


    Hey, that''s rude. I may look like a lizard halfling, because of my ears, tail and scales, but I''m a proud dragon howler.


    "She isn''t a lizard halfling, but a dragon howler, and the jit''irk is her friend." Answered Xyrus.


    "Did you mark her!? We''re going to have a talk about this later, I can assure you that." Said Xyil and turned around and began talking with an earth dragon.


    "What''s wrong with being a dragon howler?" I asked.


    "It''s not really as if there''s something wrong with it. Said Zev. "But a dragon can''t just mark someone, cause they''re the strongest creatures."


    "Oh. I didn''t know that."


    "Let''s get going, the meeting is gonna start." Said Xyrus, before walking further the cave in.


    Zev and I quickly followed him. We came in a large round room, were all the dragons were sitting in a circle. We quickly entered the circle. After all the seven dragons were present, the earth dragon began speaking: "Let the meeting begin. Xyrus, you have marked a human. With that you have created a dragon howler. You know you can''t just do that, why did you do it?"


    Xyrus answered:"Its true that I marked a human, and made her a dragon howler. I did it  because I had a problem. I do not wish to speak about my problem. That''s the only thing I have to say."


    "if that''s the only thing you have to say, then we have to test your human. You understand that right Xyrus?" Said the earth dragon.


    "Yes Zyx, I understand."


    "Good." Said Zyx. "Human, please step forward."


    I stepped forward. It was the only thing I could do. I was standing in the middle of the circle, facing the earth dragon. The earth dragon looked exactly like any other dragon. The only difference was, that it had stones and earth for scales.


    Zyx began speaking:" Human, how do you view life?"


    "How I view life?" I asked.


    " Yes." Said Zyx. "Do you think the world is a nice place, what do you think?"


    "I can lie and say that this is a nice place, but I''m not going to do that." I said. "In fact, I think this is a cruel place. In this world the weak get trampled on by the strong. I was a slave. I was one of the weak. Xyrus gave me another chance to live. And this time I will be one of the strong. But when I am strong, I''m not going to trample on the weak. Cause I know how it is to be trampled on. I don''t want someone, who is innocent, to go through the same thing I did."


    Zyx and the other dragons smiled. "Good answer. We have accepted you as a dragon howler."


    Xyrus smiled at me.


    Zyx continued:"Because we have accepted you, we want to give you a welcome gift."


    "A welcome gift?"


    "Yes, another dragon mark"