WOF scavenger short stories

Story one: Warmth in winter

I trudged endlessly through the icy tundra of Pyrrhia, while a snowstorm barreled down at me. The cold was grueling and the frigid air nipped at my exposed fingers and face.

My teeth chattered and my eyes shut as tear begin to form. Why is this happening to me? Why couldn't those dragons just have stayed away from my..'sniffle'. I couldn't even finish the thought before breaking down into a fit of cries and tears.

My knees burned and my calf's threatened to buckle during this time of vulnerability. "P-p-p-please... I-I'll do anything f-f-for shelter, a cave anything p-please!" I begged to nobody but myself.

As I trudged over the mountainous snow banks, my legs stiffened and eyes yearned for closure. Once I arrived at the top I collapsed to my knees, tears turning to ice halfway down my cheeks.
However before I could fully give up something caught my eye...

A faint orange and yellow glow that instantly filled my body with false warmth. It can't... A village! My mind screamed. I hobbled too my feet and jogged down the snowy hill, with a newfound energy spike. Falling a few times I arrived at the bottom of the slope staring up at the village.

It's huge... I thought. Must be one of those city's. R-Right? I reassured myself while a devilish thought began creeping into my head.

Hope had filled my system as I closed the gap between me and the "city". I jogged over to the first of the outskirts building, stopping at its side wall.

The walls were massive. Each building stood taller than I had ever seen. They were constructed out of dark gray clay and bricks. Massive windows peered over me, with noise and bright yellow glows illuminating some, while others were quite and dark.

My heart cracked and my hopes diminished as I realized where I truly was.
I was in a dragon village. The adrenaline had finally worn off and I collapsed into the side of the building... crying.

"Of c-course it was a ice-dragon village. Why'd I ever think I'd get lucky? I'm just a stupid kid, and these creatures rule the world.
You should've never believed that this-...p-place was a human town Twig!
They took your's!, they probably destroyed all the other ones too!"

I slouched against the wall shivering. The freezing air finally catching up to me once my adrenaline rush had truly died out. I sat crying against to wall for a minute, my mind filling with all the negative thoughts I could imagine. Nobody's gonna find you hear if you die Twig. A dragon''ll just eat you and you'll be gone forever.

As multiple thought like that filled my head I began to cry harder. This truly was my end point. I sat in the fetal position for a while crying, lost in my own negative thoughts. I was suddenly pulled from my head by gentle sways in the ground, followed by soft growling.

Coming from the direction of which I came, came 2 Ice-dragons, talking..? With each other? My mind felt strange at the seemingly draconic communication'll lizards. Can?...
Do dragons talk? Does that mean they have feelings? Wait... I mean they build elaborate structures.
Holy moons!
I was forcefully yanked from my thought by the now heavy footfall followed by even louder growling. The dragons were coming this way, down the same alley I was in!

Two voices began to debate in my head.
I have nothing else to live for... why keep running? The first voice asked. Because if you don't you'll become dragon chow. The second answered. Would you rather run and die in the Snow or give the satisfaction to the dragon that eats you? The second voice remarked.

With my mind made I begrudgingly got to my feet, and limped out of the alley. Watching behind my back to make sure the 2 dragons hadn't noticed me yet.