Tales of Draconia

Prologue

It was a Dark, Stormy night the day that All of this started. A boy could be heard panting and breathing Heavily as he ran down the Streets, getting Pelted on by the Rain. The sound of Sirens would be not that far behind him. The boy slid into a Alleyway, as the Sirens of Police cars and Ambulances would sound off past him. After they passed. The boy would slowly just start to Break down, hugging his Knees, slowly but surely, Crying buckets of Tears, drowned out in the Rain.

????: "I just don't get it..." Sniffles. "I don't know why People always pick on me... Or even try to murder me..." The boy would look up a little, holding his hip. Earlier today, he was stabbed with a Butterfly Knife, and did those things hurt, let me tell you. "...No, I don't want you to get involved, If you were to get involved, I would get in trouble, and even worse, you could be taken away from me by the Military, and I would never see you again..." The boy would slowly start to pick himself up from off the ground while still holding his side. "...I guess that you were right about most humans, that the Strong will pick off the Weak, whenever they get the chance to, and no matter what species they are... It makes me kinda sad to be even apart of that kind..." At this point, you would think that the Boy would be talking to an Imaginary Friend, that or he was completely Mental on the inside. "...You promise that we can play in the Forest after School tomorrow?... You mean it? Thank you..." The boy would start coughing, getting sick from the Rain. From the Alleyway, he would see the Motel he lived in as he had finally picked himself up. "...Yeah, you're right, Lets try and get home, straight away." The boy would then start running through the Alleyways and Streets of the City of Verkerna as He would arrive at the Motel a few minutes later. The Innkeep would spot him from the Corner of his Eye while reading his Newspaper, and then stop him by yelling at the boy.

Innkeeper: "Yo, Cody! You're running late, Is everything alright, Kid?"

Cody: The boy would turn to where the Innkeep was talking to him from, and walk inside the Building where the Innkeep was. "Naw, I'm fine... just another day at school." Really, it was the Innkeep that was one of the very few humans that the Boy could trust. When left on the Streets, hungry, cold and Shelterless. It was the Innkeep that let him stay. In exchange he helped out with some of the Rooms, in terms of Cleaning. Some of those Rooms got really nasty at points.

Innkeeper: "I..." The Innkeeper would look down towards the boy's Hip, seeing the Injury as he just shook it off and ignored it. "See... Welp, tomorrow's Friday. Just get past that day, and then You can go off to that Forest you always go to. But what's so interesting about that Forest to begin with?"

Cody: The boy would back up a bit, worrying about what to say. "I... Just like playing there, is all." The boy would back out of the reception building as he would pull his Key out of his back Pocket. "I'm going to go rest, Mr. Innkeep. Please, Let me be for the rest of the night, by myself."

Innkeeper: The innkeeper would sigh as he took a drink of his Coffee, and put back up his Newspaper. "Yeah... Get some rest, Kid. You're going to need it."

Cody: The boy would nod, and start sprinting to room 312, quickly getting the Door unlocked, getting in and slamming the Door shut, panting Heavily. "...God, my side hurts so much..." The boy would stumble to the Kitchen, where he had a hidden Medkit in one of the Drawer, sit down on the Counter, and start wrapping it around his waist. As he was wrapping it around himself, A mysterious figure, about the same height of the boy, was standing right behind him, With a complete Black hood over his body, so not much else could be seen. The Boy would suddenly have his eyes widen, as he turned around, but when he did, the Mysterious Figure was gone. "...You swear you're not trying to scare me? I didn't feel anyone behind me... Just... Don't scare me like that next time, Okay?... Thank you." The boy would then sigh and jump off of the kitchen Counter. He would just decide to call it a night and slip right into bed. In the bed, he would be holding a strange looking, Dragon stuff doll it seems. "Goodnight... Mr. Dragon..." And with that, the boy fell asleep, like a baby would. It would transition to outside, where the Mysterious Figure was watching from a far away distance.

????: "Soon... This world will change, for the Better. I promise you that, Child of the Suffering." And with that, the Mysterious Figure would disappear, without a trace. Whoever this mysterious Character was, their motives were unknown. This would be the Kicker off to the Start of our very Long... Long... Story.