With Cyrus in my arms, I walk forward with a heavy heart. Will I be able to do this, will I be able to keep this a secret from all the other dragons, where should I go, will I be able to find the medie I need?
Stopping in one pce my eyes open as I realize. The murderer of my parents could be right here, he could be watg us, hunting us at this very moment. The image of my parents corpses fshes through my head and I start to shake.
“S-S-S-S-Sister!” Cyrus says while coughing.
posing myself I say, “Don’t speak, just rest.” I don’t have time to be worried, I have lived my life to make him happy, so his life is my number 1 priority.
I move forward throughout the nds. The human soil is poor, I doubt the vegetation of Avesta could grow here. The air purity is also a lot worse; I am finding it a lot harder to breathe, I also don’t uand the purpose of all the vast open areas here, ia they exist so people use their dragon forms, but since humans don’t take up much space this seems wasteful.
After a little bit of walking, I eventually e across a small area with a lot of humans. This pce is extremely tiny; is this supposed to be a vilge?
Walking into the vilge, I see people staring at me, so I announce myself, “My name is Paribanou Damavand, child of Cambyses and Mandana Damavand, and current Shah of the city of Damavand. Now feeble humans bri yreatest doctor!”
The humans look shocked at the words that I speak, and then I start to hear them talk amongst themselves, but all of their words are inprehensible to me.
“Why do you humans speak nonsense in front of a dragon such as myself, this disrespect will be met by death!”
One of the humans walking out, says, “Sorry, about that no one else here except me speaks the Saviour's song.”
Even though I uand him every few words he says fuses me. “I only uand half the words you say, is the speech ability of all you humans so appalling.”
“I think that is because you're speaking the more traditional version of the Saviour's song, while I speak a more modern version.”
“Excuses will not be tolerated, human. Just give me what I ask.”
“Sorry, but we don’t have any medie then.”
“You have outlived your usefulness, die then!”
“Wait, wait, wait, I know someone who help.”
“Where is this person?”
“They live a little away from our vilge, and we help each other every now and then. I will write them a letter, and then you just follow the path on a map.”
As he hands me the letter and map, I say, “You have done good human. I will reward you.” Pathing him on the head, I say, “Good job human, the touch of a dragon is something you will never experience again.”
With a smile, I walk away, and say, “Good day to you.”
When I make it out of sight of the vilge I start to run, “Cyrus we are almost there.”
After a little while of running, I see another small area with a group of people with swords walking around. Running up to them I announce myself, “My name is Paribanou Damavand, child of Cambyses and Mandana Damavand, and current Shah of the city of Damavand. Now feeble humans bri yreatest doctor!!!”
One of them walks up to me and like the humans before he says something inprehensible as he reaches for my hrabbing his arm I break it, and say, “A dragon's horns are their sign of loyalty to nirvana and the dragon gods, to allow anything to happen to them is a sign of treachery of the highest order and you will be forever banished from Avesta.”
Breaking his other arm, I say, “To touch a dragon's horns is to assault a dragon's life, so if you dirty mohink you take my life, I will sughter ead every one of you!” With one hand I throw the man all the way to the back.
Seeing this they all fall to the floor, and then one of them screams something that is inprehensible to me. Which causes a man to rush out from a tiny house behind them.
“Did you not hear me, humans!!!”
The man who just came out bows, and says, “I am sorry for any disrespect my rades’ have caused, please spare our lives. we will listen to whatever you say.”
Walking up to him I hand him a letter and say, “Your patron gave me this.”
Reading the letter, the man bows and says, “Oh great dragon, thank you for blessing my insignifit existence by allowio help you in your searedie.”
“Finally, one of you seems to know respect!”
“But before we go and look for the medie, I will need some physical payment.”
“You dare demand something from me human!?”
Panicked he says, “Sorry, but we are too poor to purchase the medie needed for that little one, so would you please bless us with some funds.”
Opening the bag I brought with me, I drop a piece of aster in their hands, “That single piece of aster should be enough.”
All around me, people open their eyes as if they are in disbelief. “This shiny red and gold rock is something I have never seen before, I tell the purity of this is ridiculous”
“Enjoy human, you will never see such a thing again.”
“I will send my men ahead of us to start getting things ready.”
“Why don’t we immediately go?”
“On the human nations things are a bit more plicated, so it isn’t that simple. So, in the mea’s all enough a nice rexio celebrate your arrival here.”
“I don’t have time for such things, my brother ditio-.”
“Don’t worry we have some stuff that will help alleviate symptoms.”
“Watch yourself human, and never cut me off again.”
“Right!”
“Ok the’s go.”
-Break-
Sitting on the chair iiny dining hall, I eat the food they have set out for me, but it is all so hollow. “Why is all this food so g iy, I could eat a100000 ptes of this and I wouldn’t feel full.”
“That stuff is from the wonderbeast byakko, it is some of the rgest meat we have on the ti!?”
“If that is so you humans are actually more pathetic than I thought. I see why you humans are so weak, if your food was this small and tasted this weird, I would at all either.”
“Sister!” I hear a voice call me.
Looking over I see that Cyrus is walking around full of life, so I walk over to him and say, “Cyrus you’re all better.”
“Yep!”
Looking at the people around him, I say, “How did you do this?”
“We simply gave him a suppressant, it tricks your brain into thinking nothing is wrong so it allows people to go on living as normal, and my god did he need a lot of it, must be your different physiology.”
“I see so he is healed.”
“Not at all, we have just curbed the symptoms he still needs medie to rid his body of it pletely.”
With a fierce gre, I say, “I don’t uand what you say human, he looks better, so how isn’t he better? Do you wish to die, human!”
C he says, “I don’t make the rules, that is just how it is, I want your brother better as much as you do.”
“I will believe you, now Cyrus e eat some of this garbage food.” After Cyrus returns to my side, we sit down to eat until the sun goes down then we head to bed.
Lying beside a tree with Cyrus snuggled up beside me I look at the sight in front of me. All the humans have passed out on the floor, it seems this pathetic meal we had today was a rather extravaga for them, so they drank and partied till they dropped.
It seems they pulled out all the stops to wele our presen their little area, these humans here seem to uand the value of a dragoence.
Looking to my side I see that Cyrus is asleep, so I say, “It is o not have to worry about someoabbing you in the back as you sleep, and the humans treat me with respeot to mention they aren’t looking to hurt you. This truly feels like a utopia, I wish this could be my life minus the horrible food.
Oh, and I guess I haven’t said this yet today, but happy birthday Cyrus, I hope we will get to celebrate you’re ohe 100th together. Good night, Cyrus.” Closing my eyes, I fall asleep without a worry in the world.
-Break-
The m, as we sit on a mind-numbingly slow carriage, I say, “Are we there yet?”
“Sorry mighty dragon, but we have to take a longer road than usual.”
Turning back to face Cyrus, I see him say, “Sister are you ok?”
“Yeah, I think I am just feeling a little strange, might be because of this slow movement.”
“I am not feeling anything, so I will protect you, sister!”
Patting his head, I say, “It seems whatever medie they gave you got rid of your stutter. I will get those humans to give me some, they should happily accept such a request.
Suddenly the carriage stops, and I notice the person driving us jumps out and starts to run, “What the hell,” I say pig up Cyrus and heading outside.
When I leave the carriage in front of me, I see a massive horde of humans with ons in their hands, and in the back of all of them is the leader of the men we spent the night with yesterday.
“ you please expin this discourtesy you have shown me!!”
Blowing on a small white smoking object, the man blows out smoke and says, “Shut the fuck up you dumb bitch.”
“Due to the kindness you have shown us yesterday, I will give you 5 seds to take back your words.”
“Hhtening, I think I might piss my pants.”
“Now listen huma-.”
“No, you listen idiot. You see this army, it was bought with the stone you gave me, and thanks to ynorance I know you have a whole lot more than this, so yoing to hand it over to me.”
“It seems you have bee cocky, human!!!” I say smming my foot into the ground. But when I do I realize that none of the grouh me is breaking apart, and then I suddenly colpse on one knee. What is going on?
“W where all your strength has gone? Maybe ime you shouldn’t accept food from a stranger.”
“You did something to my meal.”
“When wonderbeasts be found all around having tranquillizing agents and muscle rexers on hand e in handy.”
“Such cowardly tactics you human?”
Throwing his smoking little sti the ground, he says, “Yons are born with so much strength that you guys haven’t even the slightest of medical knowledge, but you see us humans are weak and have to use our heads to survive, and strategy will always trump pure strength. Now go cim our prize.”
“Sister,” Cyrus says running over to me.
Grabbing him, I say, “Cyrus I am going to need you to run away, all the way to the coast and tio move until you reae.”
“B-B-B-But what about you si-i-i-ister.”
“Don’t worry about me, I will be right behind you.”
“Pa-a-a-ari.”
“CYRUS, we don’t know when the medie keeping you healthy will wear off, so I need you to run as fast as you . Please do this ohing for me.”
As the horde of people e towards me, I shout, “NOW RUN!” And behind me, I hear Cyrus’s running away.
