Kivuli's Story

Kivuli was napping, as per usual. This day was different, she woke up sad, Gren had given his position to someone new. She knew that he was old, and knew his time was almost over, but she had to think happy, there was going to be someone new. So, she stayed up for a very long time, like 5 hours, well that was a long time for her, and had imagined what the new Cayretaker would be like. She had only heard it would be a human,so obviously, her parents didn't want her to meet the person until they had, but she wanted to meet the new person badly.

She snuck out while her parents were sleeping, and had gone close to the mouth of the cave, waiting for someone to enter. She had hidden herself from view with soem high rocks she had difficulty getting to, just incase someone else found the cave. She actually fell asleep waiting, but was awoken by the sounds of someone entering the cave. She put her head out, and saw a female human, or at least something that looked like what her parents told her a human girl looked like. Something about this girl seemed trustworthy, so Kivuli got form her hiding spot.

She flew down rather slowly, due to her body only weighing 5 pounds, it took her a while to go down. This proved to be the case when she actually landed behind the person, instead infront of her. She began to run up to the person, and stopped when she was infront of her. She looked up, she felt she as getting tired again, but she wanted to play with the new person.

"Hiya!" She said, moving aorund a bit, her fur somewhat dirty form the rocks, "You must be Gren's replacment, I'm Kivuli, nice to meet you." She said, and then began on a series of questions, "Whats it like outside? How come your scales are so tiny, I can see your viens? Do you like to nap? Want to take a nap?" She said it all very quickly, excited about the new person.

Kaspartha looked down at the hyperactive... Dragon? It seemed kinda small to be a dragon. And she'd never known a dragon to have fluff instead of scales... Then again she'd only know one dragon so far.

The little one- Kivuli was it?- had nearly scared her to death and she had just stopped herself from jumping into a stalagtite that would've impaled her for sure. When Kivuli started her long stream of questions Kaspartha only became more confused. But, she guessed she might as well answer.

"Um, hi Kivuli. Yes I am Gren's... Replacement." Kaspartha hated using that word and scowled a bit when she said it. She could hardly be what Gren must have been to this hatchling. That also meant that Gren must have already passed... The amount of sadness and regret she felt was a bit shocking. "Outside? It's nice actually, really green with plenty of birds. Have you never been outside? I actually don't have any scales because we humans just don't. You can see my veins because I'm kinda pale. And I personally don't take naps. I'd rather do something constructive or fun! Wouldn't you like to play rather than sleep?"

After Kivuli's face paced questionaire, Kaspartha couldn't help but feel encouraged. After all, Kivuli behaved much like the children in her village. The only difference was the fact that she was a dragon.

Kivuli listened as the girl spoke, and was surprised by her answers. "How can you not like to nap, napping is awesome! Although most dragons don't like napping, it's something only pillow dragons, like me, do." SHe said it all happily before forcing her wings to move. Her wings were tiny, even for her race, so flying was more difficult, although thanks to her size and weight, she could glide places better.

Once she was around the eye level on the girl, she put her tail around the girl's shoulders, something she did to prove she trusted someone, the tail was the most vaunerable. "I can't really play that much, I need LOTS of sleep, but don't worry. There are a lot of dragons that like to play, like Rosebuds. And I have never been outside, my parents say I am too young, and I can't fly that good yet, so Istay in here. Now follow me, you have to meet everyone." She said and started moving slowly, her tail still on her, but she was moving forward. "By the way," She said turnign around, "What's your name?"

Pillow dragon? So the dragons had different names for each other. It must be like how humans divide each other by race.

As Kaspartha watched the little on flap her surprisingly tiny wings, she couldn't help but smile. It seemed she'd created a habit of instantly bonding with dragons she barely knew. Kivuli really struck a chord with Kaspartha. She didn't really know what the tail thing meant, but she was comforted by it anyway.

When she mentioned the sleep requirements of Pillow Dragons, Kaspartha decided to start categorizing the characteristics of the race she would be caring for.

"My name is Kaspartha." She began to follow Kivuli and realized she felt a bit better about what she was getting into... But not by much.

"Kivuli, is flying terribly hard for you? I could carry you if you get tired." She was supposed to be caring for dragon young so she figured she might as well go ahead and be all motherly.

Kivuli was very tired, she had spent a lot of energy flying, if it could be considered that, with Kaspartha. When she offered to carry her, she knew she would love this human forever.

"Yes, please." She said and then landed on her shoulder and currled herself up around her neck to hold on. "Sorry, but I am feeling very tired. Ok, to get were we need to go, just go straight ahead, then you should see some other dragons, they will tell you what to do." She said, her eyes getting very heavy. "You seem nice Kaspartha, everyone will love you. Oh yea, when my parents say I can go outside, can you show me were these little blue-berries grow, they are great." She said before closing her eyes and falling asleep on her, making slight snoring sounds, wondeering if her parents were awake by now, she highly doubted it.

It was a great morning and the little dragon was walking around looking everywhere and everyone who were out of their homes, he didn't know much about the world but was eager to pursue every piece of information that his eyes could give him to gain a better understanding of everything around him, Izotz only knew that he was an Ice Dragon, one of the many breeds that are all over the place.

Izotz saw how a furry dragon a little bigger than he flew toward the stranger who left the cave, he tried to hide but failed completely and watch how the strange creature and the dragon chatted happily and then looked surprised how the dragon jumped on the shoulders of the thing, the newly hatched had never seen a creature like this in the world, but hey, he just came out of his egg.
That warranted a closer look, he didn't like to get closer to the people he was watching but longed to know more about the being who had the ability to speak, Small icicles formed all around his body while was waiting but once he began to move they fell from his body and the sound that made when they broke easily betraying his, until then, stealthy advance towards the two figures.

Kaspartha smiled at Kivuli as she nestled on her neck. Wow, her fur is so soft! She might come in handy during the winter" Kaspartha couldn't help but laugh a bit at the idea.

She continued to head forward as Kivuli instructed. She had started to absentmindedly pet Kivuli when she heard something in the cave. It sounded a bit like glass breaking. Surprised at the sound, Kaspartha froze in place and looked around to see what, or who, that sound came from. Then a little blue dragon stepped out in front of them. She couldn't help but notice the temperature drop as the small one advanced.

"Hello little one," Kaspartha said with a gentle smile. She then crouched down, careful not to disturb the sleeping Kivuli, and extended her hand, palm up, to the youngling. She meant to portray her friendliness and show the dragon that she could be trusted.

"My name is Kaspartha. What do your people call you?"

Larissa yawned tiredly and looked up when she heard noise. It sounded different then the other hatchlings she often played wit. Maybe a new friend? She liked that idea- the more friends to play with, the better. She got very lonely easily, having no parents to coddle her.

Exited to meet this new dragon, she shook out her silky petal-like feathers and happily bounded towards the source of the noise, at the mouth of the cave. Her excitement grew when she saw her other dragon friends, Izotz and Kivuli. But with some other strange creature.
"-I'm a human. And I might as well tell you that I don't have fangs, claws, talons, wings, or a tail. Unless you already knew that about humans?"
Larissa bristled and let out a very distressed, urgent sounding whimper. "I know about humans! Izotz, they are the ones that killed my mother and my father!" she growled, backing up quickly.

Kaspartha inhaled a beautiful rosey scent and was delighted to see a gorgeous little hatchling appear. She was about to reach out to the new arrival when the small one hissed and said "I know about humans! Izotz, they are the ones that killed my mother and father!"

Kaspartha started a bit at that. But then she thought about the youngling. If this breed was so beautiful at such a young age, it was certainly they were downright astounding as adults... She was willing to bet many a nobleman would pay for wings such as hers. The thought made her sick. She could barely stand hunting for the sake of sustenance, much less sport. And moreover, these dragons had had young to care for, not that those who struck them down cared...

She thought back to the day her parents were taken from her and winced in sympathy. She'd hated, and still hates, royals for that soul crushing loss. She'd come to believe that all people of noble blood were selfish, ruthless people, so she could hardly blame the pink hatchling for looking at her the way she was. Also, she was expecting hatred from the dragons anyway. Kaspartha started to stroke Kivuli's pelt, happy for the only friend she she was going to make.

She smiled a bitter smile at the hatchling. "Well little one, you and I have something in common. Humans killed my parents as well. I can hardly apologize for the passing of your mother and father, because I myself didn't participate, but I understand your hatred. And you are entitled to it."

Kaspartha then frowned a bit as she heard some mild cracking noises. She decided that they were just Izotz' ice crystals falling and decided to ignore it for the time being.

Kivuli was dreaming well, she had drempt of eating blue-berries and playing without getting tired. Then it got sweet-smelling in her dream, and then cold. She didn't know why this was happening, but she was suddenly woken up.

Although it was sudden, she still took a minue to open her eyes. She saw all of her friends: and she got happier when she saw Larissa, she was fun to play with. And Hevel, he was cool.

"Larissa! Hevel!" She shouted, and then saw Izotz, "And Izotz!" She jumped off Kaspartha's shoulders and then began to jump around a little bit, she then remembered that Kaspartha was there. "Hey Kaspartha, I guess you met my friends, yay!" She tackled Larissa and then went back to nudging Izotz. "You have a soft neck, can I sleep there more?" She then remembered she had heard her ask a question while she was half-waking up.

"Our parents are fighting, even mine, and Pillow dragons don't really fight. They don't tell me what they are fighting about, just stay inside, thats what they tell me too do." She said, and began to wrap around her legs, just moving from the burst of energy she got from sleeping.

Kaspartha frowned slightly. She honestly hadn't expected the young ones to know what was going on, but that bothered her. What were the dragons arguing about? Were they talking about her? The thought of fully grown dragons being angered and upset at her presence did little to ease Kaspartha's spirits... Well at least she had a soft neck. That's something.

"Well it's good to see you hatchlings all get along fine... Maybe I'll talk with your parents a bit. I'm sure they can help me get adjusted and all that.

Kaspartha took a minute to take in her charges. All of them were beautiful and special in their own way, she could already tell. Getting to know them is sure to be an adventure! Whether it's Larissa and her rosey smell, Hevel and his beauty, Kivuli and her sleeping habits, or Izotz and his inquisitive manner... Speaking of which, were was Izotz? He was right here!

Oh no, I've already lost a hatchling? I've only been here for a few minutes! This is not good.

"Izotz, where did you go off to," Kaspartha yelled. She hoped he hadn't wandered far. Was this a prank or something? Maybe he decided to go outside.