Chapter 1
Era of Kagan
Ok Draconan, you have to be more careful out here than me, my mother warned. You don’t have the element of surprise. You stick out like a broken wing with those red scales, so no cockiness got it?
Yes mother, I said, keeping back the anticipation of my first hunt. She took me to a place where deer gather a lot. So I just jump and grab the weakest right mom?
Yes, but do no underestimate them, they’ll fight back. I learned that at your age.
I slowly clawed my way to the clearing quietly. I saw one deer eating grass. Wasn’t this supposed to be a huge gathering place.
I looked back to my mother for reassurance. She gave me a quick nudge with here nose urging me on.
I pounced on the deer, attacking it, taking it by surprised. It was struggling has I held it under my claw. Then I got a kick in the nose by it’s hoof, that hurt. I gave it a quick bite to the head and waited for it to lie still.
Mom I did it, I did it, I said very excitedly. My nose hurts but I got it.
She gave me a Dragon grin and said, Good, you did faster than me, I’m jealous. Now wait till you hunt bigger animals.
Then out of the trees arrows shot out, attached with little vine looking things. It started to form a net around us.
Draconan, run! my mother cried, but I was to horrified to move. Run, Draconan, run. It’s the Spotters they capture you!
I instantly snapped back to reality and started to make an escape, but it was to late humans with shiny sticks started circling us, cutting off all exits.
When my mother say this she started lashing out with her claws, but the fended it off with sharp hits from the swords. She let out sharp roars, but the humans seemed unaffected by it. More arrows came around us keeping us low to the ground.
Then my mother let out a longs breathe of fire, burning the vine things around us and getting some of the humans.
Draconan, fly away! she yelled. Don’t worry about me I’ll escape.
This would be my first and hopefully not last flight. I took a leap with my legs and started moving my wings like my mother did and I was airborne. It wasn’t long though, I felt a force pulling me down, but nothing was on me and my wings were flapping desperately.
I looked down and saw a human in blue clothing, holding a staff, and chanting. From my mother’s description I knew this to be a magician.
The magician started chanting something else and I was slowly losing conciseness. And before I was out I saw my mother lying on the ground with a sword sticking out of her chest. She was dead
Mother, and then I lost conciseness.
I know kinda early for Chapter 1, but I already had this thing somewhat planned out for prologue and chapter one. I still hope it's good please critique it.
