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English Story

This was a little story I wrote for my English class, this is the only copy I could find and it’s the first draft, so sorry for any form of mistake. I’m not exactly proud of this so sorry! I hope you enjoy!!!!!

I lived in a small village on the Island of Dragons, the village was named wolfpine due to the amount that grows there. We provide crops for the cities and towns, everyone knew everyone in the village and we got the freshest crops. My neighbor’s name is Mesarth, she grows Whisper fruits they were sweet, soft fruits they tasted like milk, you could cook them with anything. I grew animals, specifically sparreoteas, large bird creatures, you can also crush their feathers and you can have them as tea.

My claws clicked against the stone as I walked to the local market it was a famous market, no one was there yet except a few shop owners, some are food, others are pots and pans, others jewelry and gemstones, my shop was stationed next to Mesarths, I never complained though, we’ve been friends for years. I always got there before her, I sat my bag down and grabbed the rope and pulled the curtain to show my table, I sold sparreoteas feathers and meat and the chicks can be sold as pets.

Mesarth showed up About 30 minutes later with a large bag of what smelled like Whisper fruit.

“Why hello there, Tyanmus! It’s such a lovely morning, isn’t it?” Mesarth asked, I chuckled, nodding “A little birdie your parents are coming to see what you’ve been up to”

“Ah, yes. Did I yell that loud?” I laughed, jokingly. She nodded. I fake gasped, being dramatic. I grabbed a small bag of ground sparreoteas feathers and set it on her table, she glanced up and grabbed four whisper fruits the sparreoteas chicks went crazy with peeps and squeaks as I walked by. I placed the fruit next to a box that was used to hold the sparreoteas feathers.

The Market place slowly filled with all kinds of creatures, I even saw one or two elves, which was very rare. They came for the Whisper fruits. Unicorns, pegasi, griffin, and many dragons, from many different places. A chinese dragon approached slowly, looking around to make sure no one stepped on his tail.

“Is this the place you sell tea?” He asked.

“Yes, this is, how many feathers do you want?” I responded, a nice grin on my speckled face

“F-Four, please” He sputtered, I pulled out four feathers and placed them on the table.

“Four pieces of Electric Gold, please” I kept my paw over the feathers, so he didn’t grab them and run, It’s happened several times before, I was just being safe. He pulled out four pieces of the bright blue gold and dropped them on the table. Using my tail I pushed the gold into a brown sack on the ground, they clinked against the other currency, I’d sort it later. I lifted my paw, and the red dragon across from me grabbed them and left.

The shops were closing and very few dragons were left. Mesarth came by during her lunch break to give the remainder of the chicks a Whisper fruit, they almost immediately destroyed it. I had to wash them later. Mesarth and I were currently playing a game of cards, she was out of Whisper fruits, so her shop was closed and so was mine. My parents never came, I wasn’t too surprised. They were never there for me.

“Are you sad?” Mesarth asked placing a king down, winning the game. I looked at her placing my cards on the table

“About what? That my parents never showed?” I asked

“Yes, I mean, I would, but you have a different, and odd, relationship with your parents. I know you guys don’t get along”

“No, They never liked it up here anyways, we lived in a rich neighborhood when I was growing up. My mother is too stuck up to even THINK about coming up here” I laughed, she looked worried.

“I’m worried about you Tyanmus” I stared at her, wide-eyed.

“Why?” I asked

“Well, you seem stressed so I’m going down to the city tomorrow and I was wondering if you would like to come with me” She asked. She started counting her money, she pushed two jewels to the side, obviously from the elf.

“I’d love to go, but what about the shops?” I asked grabbing my sack of disorganized money.

“You need to harvest feathers, don’t you? Why don’t you just say that you need more feathers?” she said

“Because it’s a lie”

“You always lie, Tyanmus and you KNOW that”

“I lie when I need to” I growled

“You don’t need to go with me, I was just offering” she huffed, falling back

I sighed, we never argued much, only when I was trying to talk her out of doing something careless.

“Fine, I’ll go with you, I really do need a break” I muttered “Maybe I’ll visit my parents” I laughed, grinning.

I glanced at the edge of the floating island, You could see the main part of Dragon Island from here. It was a short flight, nothing more than 5-7 minutes, depending on where you wanted to go.

“Which part of the island are we going to?” I asked as we shot into the air,

“Well, we’ll be going on a hunt.” she explained, flapping her wings to keep herself in the air

“A hunt?” I asked

“Yep!” she chirped, I didn’t like the grin she had “It’ll be easy, I promise.” I sighed, relieved.

“Then I have to babysit my cousin for an hour, You can go home by than if you want to”

“I’ll probably just look around the city, see what’s new and what’s gone” I laughed.

A sharp pain shot through my side, I lost my balance and fell, my wings folded to my body, an instinct.

“TYANMUS!” Mesarth screamed, her paws shot to her face. She glanced back at the two dragons, they didn’t seem to care or even notice that they ran into anyone. I blinked, my vision blurring. I knew I was going to pass out, and I trusted Mesarth enough, I trusted that she was going to catch me.

She was chasing after me

I dug my claws into Tyanmus’ shoulder, I noticed that he was asleep. I looked up and we were two far from the island to actually fly back and get help. I sighed and decided that it would just be easier to just fall some more and stay on the surface of the Earth for the rest of the day and the night if necessary. I wrapped my front legs around his torso and flew into the clouds. We almost never got rain on Dragon Island and so much rain at once scared me. A large explosion came from behind me, I almost dropped Tyanmus.

“You better wake up soon.” I growled, glancing at the dragons’ spotted face. There was another explosion, this one woke Tyanmus, He yelped in terror and started slipping. I tightened my grip on him, my claws digging into his scales.

“W-Where are we?” He asked looking around

“I don’t know” I answered “But I think I see land over there, so hold on” I let out a puff of smoke through my nostrils, and I slowly made my way over the dot on the waters.

Most of the journey was slow, I could admit that and I had to watch, helpless while Mesarth carried me. My wing had been damaged when the younger dragon had run into me, so I couldn’t fly

“Uh, Mesarth?”

“Yes?” She asked, she sounded tired, I really didn’t blame her, I was really heavy

“What’s that? It looks like those things that take disabled dragons to other islands” I said, pointing at the large wooden, what looked like a sky boat

“I don’t know” She hummed “I noticed that it’s not colored like wood” I glanced at it, it was more of a silver color and it was moving rather quickly

“We should get to the island before you pass out” Mesarth nodded

We landed on the island safely, Mesarth flopped next to me and passed out almost immediately. I stared at her for a few seconds before passing out myself.

I was woken with a bright greeting from the sun, I rolled over to see how Tyanmus. He wasn’t there. I Shot up, the warm, dry sand welcomed my paws. I tried to step but it was awkward and I stumbled most of the time.

“Mes? Where are you? MES?!” I spun around, Tyanmus stood there with something in his mouth, he seemed to have something wrapped around his torso

“TYANMUS!” I screamed running back to him “Are you ok? Is your wing better?” I asked, frantic. He simply shook his head

“My wing is torn, I won’t be able to use it the next few days, I’m sorry but I got us food!” I looked at it there was a ring of wood. Tyanmus blew on it and it immediately caught fire.

“What is that?” I asked, looking at the odd looking, fuzzy creature

“I don’t know, but it’s edible” He said “Only when it’s cooked” He adjusted his shoulder, moving his wing

“Do… you need help with that?” I asked him, he seemed confused “Your wing, I mean”

“Oh! Yeah, I’m not the best at this” He chuckled, flipping the creature. I quickly fixed the quick bandages, wrapping it only around his wing

“Thanks” he mumbled, his mouth full of fur and meat, I grabbed it and quickly bit into it, It tasted good, really good and I suddenly remembered how hungry I was. I finished it swiftly.

“I guess we’re stuck here for the next few days” I said. I looked over at Mesarth. She looked sad.

“Listen, I’m sorry.” I said, looking at my paws and I dug my claws into the sand “I- I’m sorry that, I got us stranded here, I’m-”

“There’s no need to be, I thought it would be easier to come down here and wait, I never thought about how bad your wing was” We were both guilty. We sat in silence, watching the water lap at the sand, it sometimes hit our paws. A shape started to appear in the distance, we weren’t sure what it was so we left the sand covered ground and into the shade of the forest. Mesarth stayed on watch while I slept in a tree.

The large boat was on the shore, Mesarth was in the tree next to mine, she was sitting on a thick branch, looking at a strange looking creature, I sat up.

“What is that?” I whispered, staring in awe

“I don’t know” she immediately, whispered back. The creature turned around and his eyes landed on the two dragons. His eyes widened he turned around and started yelling, I couldn’t understand what he was saying but I knew it was bad. Mesarth jumped down and ran away. I tried following her but due to my hurt wing, I crashed and tripped most of the way.

“MESARTH! MESARTH WAIT!” I screamed, while tripping over a tree root. I rolled into a large field where Mesarth stopped, her chest heaved while she panted. She stared at a waterfall, amazed my the beauty. I limped to sit next to her.

We stayed by the waterfall for about an hour, Tyanmus had fallen asleep listening to the waterfall, I had to admit, it was relaxing. I too, fell asleep. I slept dreamlessly, for a few minute’s only to be rudely awoken by yelling, My head shot up. The creature was looking at us, and it said something, I didn’t know what, but I didn’t like it. A few more of the creatures walked up to me, nets in their hands. I growled lowly and flicked my tail in a warning, they didn’t seem scared, smoke came out of the corners of my mouth, they seemed more hesitant, stopping and glancing back. A few moments later, one of them stepped on my tail, I roared as fire scored their faces and burning the net, they each screamed as they ran, I looked over at my best friend he seemed horrified, I’m guessing that my roar woke him up. The creature stood there for a few seconds more before walking away, with what looked like a grin on his face

“Mesarth, what happened?” Tyanmus asked as I drank from the lake at the bottom of the waterfall, I pulled my nose out of the cold water, soothing my throat and chest. I looked back at the small dragon

“They attacked us and I did what had to be done”

“So you killed them?”

“NO! I didn’t mean to at least” I blushed “You’re safe, thats all that matters to me” I said sternly

“Do you think they’ll be back?” Tyanmus asked, sudden horror in his tone

“Probably not” I told him, a sudden movement caught my eye, my paw shot into the water, catching whatever it was, I grinned at my catch, a fat fish.

Tyanmus gathered wood and started the fire so we could cook the aquatic creature. as the fish cooked I changed the leaves that wrapped around Tyanmu’s wing. Most of them had been ripped when he ran through the woods.

“I’m sorry for running off without you” I said, tugging on a leaf

“Do you think we’ll be able to get back home soon?” The small dragon asked, fear in his eyes

“I hope” I pulled my tail out of the water and used the fur on my tail like a brush. We ate our fish in silence, and fell asleep immediately after.

We spent a week there, waiting for Tyanmu’s wing to heal, we left the island the moment he could fly for more than an hour without help. we saw the floating island much sooner than we thought me would, we didn’t complain about it though. We were laughing and doing tricks in the air he even went under the waterfall that went off the side of the island, laughing, we both flew to the edge to take a break, a few minutes later a familiar voice was heard “MESARTH!! TYANMUS!!” We both looked up, a white dragon came running towards us, she immediately engulfed us into a hug

“YOU GUYS ARE OK!!” she screamed, digging her claws into our backs.

We went back home, Malirth made us sparreoteas tea and made us a proper meal, we caught up and chatted for a bit. Mesarth suddenly gasped, her paw covered her mouth

“We need to go see my parents!”

“And I should go to the hospital, to get my wing looked at” I pointed out. Mesarth nodded

“we’ll head to the hospital first, that’s more important” Malirth carried me to the hospital, so I didn’t have to strain my wing, they did say my wing was broken, and I had to stay in the hospital for a day so they could keep an eye on me about an hour later my parents came bursting through the door

“Oh thank goodness, you’re ok” My mother sighed, falling against my father

“We went to the market place and you weren’t there it worried us.”

“we also went to your house and it said you’d be back the next day so we went and- and” She sobbed.

“I’m fine mom, really” I told her, laughing. I slept better than I ever have in that hospital bed.

I went back to working at the market place a month later, and I was never more grateful to see so many creatures in my life.

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