rapidly
falling back, his brothers and sisters launching themselves over the side of
the cliff as his father roared at them. Turning away he let the river carry
him away as he relaxed into unconsciousness.
Chapter Three
Ramaeka awoke
to blinding pain. His entire side felt like it had been trampled by a wavaki
then munched on by a giant flesh eating cave worm. He groaned and tried to
touch his ribs, however before his hand got close a strong hand grabbed his
wrist.
“Easy there kid,”
a warm voice said from somewhere above him. Opening his eyes he found himself
staring in to a pair of grey eyes. Which were rather unsurprisingly attached
to a face. He blinked as the face pulled back slightly and into better focus.
The face was attached to a dragonet just above his own age; he had a strong,
kind face and blond hair which was marred by a single black streak that ran
down over his eyes.
“Hey there,”
the dragonet said smiling at him. “It’s good to see you awake. Those are some
wicked scratches you’ve got there, looks like you tangled with a dragon or
something.”
Ramaeka
blinked again and looked closer at the figure above him. He was human.
Suddenly everything that had happened came rushing back to him. Alekra! And
his father had tried to kill him. He sat up, gasping as pain hit him.
“Where am I?”
“Hey easy,”
the boy said gently pushing him back down. “You’re in the Capri Mountains,
north of Talok city.”
“Which world?”
he gasped.
“Looks like
whatever got him rattled his brains as well,” said a sarcastic voice to his
right.
Jumping,
Ramaeka looked over to see another young male human tending to a fire. This
one had black hair that stood up in spikes and large amber eyes set in a thin
face.
“Aw leave him
alone Shady,” growled the first boy, he looked back down at Ramaeka.
“You’re in
Skyde, which is the only world I know about,” he told him calmly. “You should
get some more rest, that wound and a ride over those falls would have killed
most people.”
Ramaeka leant
back obediently, his eyes already heavy. Before he succumbed to sleep, he
managed a smile.
“Thanks,” he
mumbled.
When he woke
up again, the blonde human was sitting cleaning a long sharp looking knife.
There was no sign of the sarcastic dark haired one. He sat up carefully.
“You’re awake,”
the blonde jumped up and rushed over to him. He felt Ramaeka’s forehead and
checked the bandages on his side quickly as Ramaeka watched in fascination. He
supposed he had somehow slipped into a human world while he was in the water.
“Here,”
offered the boy holding out a cup. He took it and carefully sipped at the
contents, it was a broth of sorts though he couldn’t place the meat. I hope
it’s not dragon he thought queasily.
“My name’s
Stripe by the way.” The boy, Stripe, was watching him with interest.
“Stripe?” he
grinned despite himself, a most fitting name he thought. The boy grinned
tugging sheepishly on the black lock of hair that hung over his eyes.
“Yeah that’s
what the folk that took me in called me; they didn’t really like me too much
though.”
“My family
didn’t like me much either,” Ramaeka replied shyly. “I’m Ramaeka.”
“Nice,” Stripe
grinned. “So Ramaeka what’s a kid like you doing way out here by yourself?
Did you actually get attacked by a dragon?”
“Well, yes,”
Ramaeka hesitated unsure of how much to tell the boy.
“I’m sort of
on the run from my father.”
Stripe smiled.
“S’ok, me and
Shady ran out on our families too. Where exactly are you headed?”
“I’m not sure,”
he admitted. “I don’t even know how I got here.”
“Maybe the
dragon caught you and flew you here to eat”
He winced at
that.
“No I don’t
think so. It grabbed me but I managed to get away by jumping into the river.”
Stripe
frowned.
“Seriously it
was a dragon?
falling back, his brothers and sisters launching themselves over the side of
the cliff as his father roared at them. Turning away he let the river carry
him away as he relaxed into unconsciousness.
Chapter Three
Ramaeka awoke
to blinding pain. His entire side felt like it had been trampled by a wavaki
then munched on by a giant flesh eating cave worm. He groaned and tried to
touch his ribs, however before his hand got close a strong hand grabbed his
wrist.
“Easy there kid,”
a warm voice said from somewhere above him. Opening his eyes he found himself
staring in to a pair of grey eyes. Which were rather unsurprisingly attached
to a face. He blinked as the face pulled back slightly and into better focus.
The face was attached to a dragonet just above his own age; he had a strong,
kind face and blond hair which was marred by a single black streak that ran
down over his eyes.
“Hey there,”
the dragonet said smiling at him. “It’s good to see you awake. Those are some
wicked scratches you’ve got there, looks like you tangled with a dragon or
something.”
Ramaeka
blinked again and looked closer at the figure above him. He was human.
Suddenly everything that had happened came rushing back to him. Alekra! And
his father had tried to kill him. He sat up, gasping as pain hit him.
“Where am I?”
“Hey easy,”
the boy said gently pushing him back down. “You’re in the Capri Mountains,
north of Talok city.”
“Which world?”
he gasped.
“Looks like
whatever got him rattled his brains as well,” said a sarcastic voice to his
right.
Jumping,
Ramaeka looked over to see another young male human tending to a fire. This
one had black hair that stood up in spikes and large amber eyes set in a thin
face.
“Aw leave him
alone Shady,” growled the first boy, he looked back down at Ramaeka.
“You’re in
Skyde, which is the only world I know about,” he told him calmly. “You should
get some more rest, that wound and a ride over those falls would have killed
most people.”
Ramaeka leant
back obediently, his eyes already heavy. Before he succumbed to sleep, he
managed a smile.
“Thanks,” he
mumbled.
When he woke
up again, the blonde human was sitting cleaning a long sharp looking knife.
There was no sign of the sarcastic dark haired one. He sat up carefully.
“You’re awake,”
the blonde jumped up and rushed over to him. He felt Ramaeka’s forehead and
checked the bandages on his side quickly as Ramaeka watched in fascination. He
supposed he had somehow slipped into a human world while he was in the water.
“Here,”
offered the boy holding out a cup. He took it and carefully sipped at the
contents, it was a broth of sorts though he couldn’t place the meat. I hope
it’s not dragon he thought queasily.
“My name’s
Stripe by the way.” The boy, Stripe, was watching him with interest.
“Stripe?” he
grinned despite himself, a most fitting name he thought. The boy grinned
tugging sheepishly on the black lock of hair that hung over his eyes.
“Yeah that’s
what the folk that took me in called me; they didn’t really like me too much
though.”
“My family
didn’t like me much either,” Ramaeka replied shyly. “I’m Ramaeka.”
“Nice,” Stripe
grinned. “So Ramaeka what’s a kid like you doing way out here by yourself?
Did you actually get attacked by a dragon?”
“Well, yes,”
Ramaeka hesitated unsure of how much to tell the boy.
“I’m sort of
on the run from my father.”
Stripe smiled.
“S’ok, me and
Shady ran out on our families too. Where exactly are you headed?”
“I’m not sure,”
he admitted. “I don’t even know how I got here.”
“Maybe the
dragon caught you and flew you here to eat”
He winced at
that.
“No I don’t
think so. It grabbed me but I managed to get away by jumping into the river.”
Stripe
frowned.
“Seriously it
was a dragon?
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