Dragon Kiss

The Gray Dragon

Prologue Part Two

Snow is blowing all around me and has covered my footprints but I keep walking. I still feel like I'm being drawn to something or maybe someone. I am slowly becoming myself again. I don't understand what happened to me or how I even got here. I don't know where I am. I stop walking when I feel like myself fully.

Is this where I am supposed to be? I look around me but I can't see very far because of all the snow. There is so much of it and it's starting to get really deep. I'm not very tall yet. My brothers like to tease me because I'm not very tall yet.

"Hello" I yell "Is anyone out here?"

The wind drowns out my voice and snow flies inside my mouth. The cold makes me shiver. How long have I been out here? I'm not wearing any boots either. Did I really just leave home with nothing? I can't remember when I decided to leave. I hear something in the distance I look around me but I don't see anything.

"Is anyone there?"

I see nothing but this time I hear it better. It's a roar, a dragon's roar. I look to the sky but all I see is snow. There are wild dragons all over Wintervale. I'm sure one of them will help me. But the snow is so thick I can't see it. I take a few deep breaths and let out the loudest dragon growl I can master. It echoes around me. Hopefully the dragon nearby heard it and will help me. I hear the roar again. It's closer this time.

"I'm over here" I growl as loudly as I can.

I see the dragon but it doesn't fly lower and it goes right past me. I can't help but be disappointed but with all of the snow the dragon probably couldn't see me. I know one thing: I can't stay here. I'm not sure how much more cold I'll be able to withstand. Even we people of Wintervale have our limits. I start walking again. The snow is very deep and it makes it hard to walk but I have to keep going. If I stay out here I'll die.

The wind starts to pick up and blocks out all other sound. It's hard to walk and the cold is starting to get to me. I've been out here too long. I try to take another step but I fall face first into the snow. My body shivers from the cold impact. I'm too tired to keep going. I hear another roar but I don't do anything. The dragon can't see me with all of the snow and I don't have the strength to tell it where I am. I turn over to look at the sky and push off as much snow off of me as I can. My eyes are getting heavy. I don't want to die out here but I can't go on. The dragon's growl gets louder as my eyes close. A strange feeling comes over me. I feel like I'm flying. It feels strange. Is this what death feels like?

I can hear something. I shouldn't be able to hear anything I died, didn't I? I don't feel cold anymore. I open my eyes. The place I'm in is somewhat dark but it has its own natural light coming in from above. I hear a growl. I look around me. I'm in some kind of cave. All I see is a giant boulder that seems to be breathing. It takes a moment for me to realize that's not a bolder breathing, it's a very large gray dragon. It's sleeping. Did he bring me here? He must have found me after I passed out. I look around me again and I know where the heat is coming from, a hot spring in the middle of the cave.

It feels really nice here. I sit up so I can get an even better look around me. This place is beautiful. Crystals line the cave walls allowing the light to bounce off of them and allows the entire cave to be lit up. It is nice here, it's peaceful.

I stretch out. I wonder if the storm has stopped yet. I decide to find out and head for the tunnel entrance after a short winding tunnel I come to the cave opening. It's not cold but I can still feel the heat of the cave. When I look outside I see snow still coming down very heavily. It looks like I may be here awhile. Oh well at least I have some company. I head back into the cave. The dragon is awake now and he watches me as I reenter the cave.