We Don't Know What To Call This But Its Happening (Private with Pyrrhus)

Groaning, Tempest stretched out her front legs similar to that of a cat as she gently tried to stretch her tired muscles. Right now, she somewhat regretted going out into her territory as there were so many things which could go wrong. Rogues, dragons, humans, almost anything could decide that they wanted her dead. She had originally reasoned that no one would want to pick on a dragon as large as her-she was probably one of the largest FireWings around. She was rather tall and her tail was incredibly long as it snaked across the ground behind her.

She wandered through the plains. They were bare, scarce and void of anything which could be living with large rocks protruding from the ground. Groaning, she continued on her way. How could a Queen get lost out here? They were probably worried for her back at home. Sadly though, Tempest couldn't figure out which direction was which on this cloud covered day, the sunlight barely getting through the clouds. If she could pinpoint where the sun was, Tempest knew that she may be able to get home, but there was no way that was going to happen easily. For now, she wandered the plains of the earth, trying to find something she recognized.

He'd left the Earthwings... Thats the last thing he could recall. He was traveling onward into unknown lands, well... Not totally unknown, according to the map it was Firewing territory. But other than that... He was completely and utterly lost. The Reptilian had been caught up in quite the predicament for having a lack of water, and the closest known source would be an oasis not too far away.

Pyrrhus walked along the crag rock face panting as the intense heat of the sun's rays. He was in dire need of shade and soon otherwise he would overheat and die dehydrated in the barren wasteland of the desert. The more he went on the more he wanted to turn back, but he knew it he wanted to survive he would have to keep going. Then... he saw it...

Standing ontop of a large mound of crag he looked over... There it was! His only hope of survival! He practically ran to the small pond of water, jumping in and cooling off. He re-filled his canteen several times as he re-hydrated. The reptilian scrambled falling into the shade as he was in extreme need to get out of the sun. Before he knew it... He was passed out face down in the ground from heat stroke...

Tempest growls, the heat scorched her scales, even getting uncomfortable for her. It was unbearable, the heat seemingly sucking all of her strength out, but she was rather grateful as she was a FireWing. Any other tribe or creature would be finding it rather difficult, especially seeming there is a rather large water absence in the area. Tempest kept walking, but then saw something... odd.

It was a small creature, a movement as it scrambled across the rocks. She frowned as she saw the light coloured coat which it had. What on earth is something that small doing out here? Tempest wondered quietly, before frowning. It seemed to collapse on the ground, and she knew that wasn't a good sign for any animal.

She ran over, her paws hitting the ground hard as she skidded to a stop next to them. Her giant form covered the suns draining rays, and she quickly cooled her scales, taking all the heat away from her hide and dousing the large fires across her wings, tail and face. Gently, she used her massive paw to scoop some of the water up, gently pouring it onto him. Then-deciding that was way too slow, her paw wrapped around his unconscious form, took him in her hand and transferred him to the water. Cool quickly... overheating is bad.. she thought to herself, using her wings to blow a cool breeze across him, trying to take out the heat. Her claw kept the tiny creatures head out of the water so it could breathe.

The tiny reptilian was, not to his knowledge, slowly being taken care of. His body temperature slowly went down as the large dragon tended to the small creatures needs. After a while of tender care to his slowly dying body the rogue Reptilian regained consciousness. What he woke up to... Was... Very... VERY... Unsettling...

The instant he opened his eyes they met to see an, IMMENSELY large Firewing lumbering over him. He froze... What did he do now... Get up and run? Where to? Would he make it? Was he going to die here? Well... That he was sure of. The only reason for a Firewing to be near him would be because they wanted a snack...

All these questions went through his head... Yet when he zoned back in he found himself already running to the crag. Up ahead he saw a large crack in the rock just big enough for him and his gear to fit into. He sprinted to the crack, a large clank as his gear hit the side of the rock face. He dove into the crack, as he fell to the ground panting about 15 feet in. It wasn't much, and he could still be fried by the dragon, but it was better than being out in the open... That was for sure...

She couldn't help but look around, convinced that something or someone was watching her.. She didn't know what as it was more of a feeling, a sixth sense, rather than an actual presence. Tempest felt the small creature stir on her paw, and she snapped her thoughts back to the present. She looked down at it, about to ask a question when its expression changed. It was horrified, terrified of her. Tempest didn't anticipate that.

The next thing she saw was that the small thing was up, bolting away from her giant form. It staggered over the rocks, which Tempest decided that she was going to follow. She heard a faint clink, her eyes finding where the small critter dove into the hole for cover. A small small sign escaped her. She didn't think that she was that horrifying, especially to a small creature.

She laid down next to the crack, a small distance away from him to try and show that she didn't want to hurt him. She was worried, a creature which had collapsed shouldn't move so much after it has. "Are you alright little one-I saw you out in the shade, collapsed and rather warm. I tried to cool you down with the small volume of water in the pond, I meant you no harm or damage... Umm, my name's Tempest, do you have one..?" She spoke to the small creature, rather unsure about how to coax it out into the open or to even trust her.

Pyrrhus listened to the beast speak outside the crevice. Seemingly every sentence she said the more the reptilian seemed to flinch. She, or what he thought was a female dragon, spoke of trying to cool him down... The blatant lie was obvious... Her intentions were clear to him... She most likely wanted to kill him.

He hunkered down in the cave more, behind his pack of gear and his shield to protect him from what he thought would soon be an oncoming barrage of flames and despair. He would soon be sadly mistaken though as for he couldn't see that her intentions were the exact opposite.

Now... He had to make a plan of retaliation... If she had him trapped... He needed to make a move. This... Wasn't the smartest of ideas to say the least. But Pyrrhus found what was to him, a decent sized rock. He picked up the rock, brought back his arm, aimed for her head... and let go...

Tempest inwardly sighed when she didn't hear any voice from inside. What did he think she was going to do? Kill him? Sure, if he had actually earned a reason to be killed, then that is a different story altogether but this little critter had done nothing so far. Tempest shook her mighty head, wondering why she was even trying to get this creature out of its cave..

Tempest noticed a brief flicker of movement, and her head raised slightly. Was he going to come out? Would he trust her-wait what's that?

Tempest whipped her tail, the slow rock being caught on her thin tail, inches away from her face. But the Queen didn't flinch, merely put the rock down as she watched the terrified creature in the cave. She sighed slightly, then the eerie feeling came back that she was being watched, but again, she shrugged it off and turned her attention back to the little reptilian.

"Now that wasn't very nice, don't you know that throwing things at others is rather rude?" she inquired, wanting to pull the creature from its cave and demand answers from it. But she had to avoid her normal anger and keep her calm demeanour-which she was only slightly struggling to do.

The Reptilian knew he screwed up by the tone of voice she spoke in, yet, he saw opportunity. She was still covering her eyes with her tail... This would give him just enough time to dart out of the cave. Just what he needed... A chance to escape the grip of death this dragon had him put in.

Pyrrhus grabbed his gear and ran, he ran faster than he had ever run before. He bounded up the crag rock face as he went away from the beast of a dragon. Running across the land the small reptilian had something he hadn't felt in a while... Hope... He felt he actually had a chance to get away...

Once he was away a bit he knelt down and took his pack off his bag, going through it to make sure he had enough water to survive to get to more sanctioned land.

Tempest waited at the entrance to the cave. It was rather odd, she would have expected movement from him by now. A sigh escaped her as she took a step closer in order to peer into the crack in the rock. Her heart faltered a moment as she saw that there was no fuzzy little white creature in there, and she cursed to herself. It was like a death sentence to go out here without a guide-or without a dragon who had the height to see far enough for water...

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There was movement, slight and quiet, the black hide glistening with a pair of rainbow wings and spines down their long bodied back. The dragon was larger than Tempest, and she had been stalking her prey for a long time. They had been stumbling in the desert for a long time, their next meal.. But her plans were foiled when the FireWing decided to help the stupid reptilian. Maybe we should just kill them both-it would be easier and tastier... Xandra suggested into Keshets mind, the consciousness being held back by Keshets'. The rainbow dragon rolled her eyes and waited for a chance to strike...

There it was!

The small reptilian had ran away from the FireWing, and she smiled. Quickly, her body jumped through the rocks, circling around the Queen and Pyrr and, when the small furry creature decided to check for some water, Keshet striked. Like a vicious snake, and with a powerful bound, she jumped towards the small creature-her jaws aiming for the twins next meal.

He hadn't seen it coming. Was he on alert, yes, he always was. However, he was expecting the Firewing to pursue him again, not what was to come...

Pyrrhus's ears listened around him for any possible threats. They scanned around as he fumbled in his bag, listening for any possibly approaching creatures. So far everything was good, that was, until hell broke loose. Right as he was about to finish and keep moving he heard a disturbance in the air, and with a quick turn of his head he found out what it was.

With sudden movements he dropped his bag and jumped to the side, missing the dragon's maw by mere inches. He quickly unsheathed his sword and grabbed his shield off his back. The Reptilian got into a defensive stance because that's all he really could do against this beast of a dragon. He couldn't win this battle... But he could atleast try and buy him some time...

He looked his attacker in the eyes. They wanted to kill him, that was for sure. It was either them or the Firewing... He couldn't tell which would of been a more painful death yet.

Keshet snarls, her face almost ramming into the ground as that annoying fuzz ball had dodged her attack. She snarled, her claws dragging across the ground to stop herself from slamming into the stony ground. BAH! You were too slow Keshet, let me out and I can handle the stupid fluff ball! Look at it quivering, it looks so delicious! Xandra scolded her sister, who turned and snarled viciously at the small reptilian. Maybe this would be a rather interesting meal after all.

"Do you really think that a puny shield will save you from the maws of a dragon?" Keshet taunted, her black hide glistening in the sun, her giant form stepping towards the small creature. "How about you put that sword down, it won't do you much good when we are through with you~!" Keshet almost sang before making a lunge for him again.

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Tempest snarled, her paws hitting the ground heavily as she ran. She had about 2 seconds to assess the situation, but decided a giant black and rainbow dragon was probably not something which the small reptilian would be able to deal with. Snarling, the Queen slammed her entire body into the rainbow dragon, Tempest black form without her flames could easily be mistaken for a NightWing. Her claws grazed across Keshets hide, roaring in anger as she threw the other black dragon away from Pyrr, using the entirety of her strength to do it.

As Keshet scrambled to her feet again, she hissed violently towards Tempest, who stood defensively between the dragon and Pyrrhus.

The Reptilian growled at the Dragon. Taunted... He was being Taunted... As the beast kept speaking Pyrrhus started thinking... But there was just no plan that would work good enough to even allow him to run. He figured if he turned his back he'd be in the maw of that dragon faster than he knew it, and he couldn't possibly hurt it enough to allow him to flee due to the size of it.

Pyrrhus stood in a defensive stance. It was clear what his fate was. But then the unexpected happened... With a quick glance he saw her coming... The giant Firewing was charging them... He couldn't tell who she was going to hit. The other dragon or him... As soon as she was in striking range Pyrrhus jumped away as the Firewing grabbed and threw the attacker.

However the reptilian still knew the danger he was in... Even though after the attack the knew the other dragon could still easily get him, same with the Firewing. What he didn't know was that this Firewing would soon save his life and he would forever be in debt to them.

A good thing that Pyrr moved slightly, as Tempest's tail swung around and would have cleared him up. Keshet came back at them, viciously snarling at them still.

But Tempest wouldn't have any of that. The Queen snarled, rearing onto her hind legs as she dragon-handling the other away from the small little creature. She dug her claws painfully into the other dragons hide-but theirs returned the favour. Keshet managed to turn her body to face the Queen, her own claws strong and grazing at the hide of Tempest. Their claws tore away some of Tempests midnight scales, causing her to growl in pain again. Tempest went to bite the annoyingly large black dragon, before they pushed her away, jumping back from the fight as Keshet sneered.

"I hope you don't mind, but you just handed yourself in for breakfast too~!" Keshet sang, before her body glowed brightly for a few moments. A dragon launched itself up, a black and rainbow one like the original one. But one was left in it's place, a true manic looking dragon. White with a rainbow tail, a mane of colour, snake-like fangs and bird-like feet. Xandra. In all but a few moments after being released, the white eastern looking dragon was upon Tempest, throwing her to the ground and biting at her in fury.

Meanwhile, the other dragon, Keshet, dove down towards Pyrr while Xandra distracted the giant FireWing.

The Reptilian snarled as he smaller one of their little split approached him. They appeared to be about 50 feet tall, not an ideal fight to say the least. Pyrrhus looked them in the eyes as he began to formulate a plan to buy him some time, and in this case, time was everything for him. If he could hold off this Dragon, he might be able to get away unnoticed.

He raised his shield and sword, the shield would help against breath attacks, and the sword of course to inflict pain to allow him to escape. He took a deep breath and did what he would probably soon regret. He ran forwards charging the dragon, Right as he ran underneath the front legs he swung his sword, quickly getting out from underneath the dragon. If it were to hit it would inflict moderate to little damage, yet, now he was in a bad position. He needed to move and quick.

Keshet blinked slightly as the little creature ran towards her, and yelped in pain as it's sword drove deep into her leg. She snarled, her tail lashing back around as she approached Pyrrhus, knowing that there was nowhere for him to escape to. She lunged for him once again, and it was true, she had no idea how to fight, but she knew her strikes would wear him out quickly.

Tempest snarled, the dragon ravaging her legs twice as strong as the one before it. Xandra was insane, attacking randomly and quickly, but when she had a grip on Tempest, the Queen felt her scales shred. But Tempest had had enough of the games, especially when she saw a black movement out of the corner of her eye. Xandra seemed to flinch slightly as the other dragon snarled, and Tempest used that chance, igniting her hell claws in a few moments. She roared, her claws slashing through its leg as she turned her attention back to the leaping dragon.

This is going to hurt... She thought rather dryly, before she jumped in front of the attack. Tempest's giant body slammed into Keshet, sending the weaker dragon away and hissing in pain. Tempests claws burned the ground, and she was struggling to control her anger. Her flames had reignited across her mane and her wings flickered with light. But before she could do anything else, Xandra latched onto her back, ripping the FireWing onto her haunches as Tempest tried to dislodge it.

Seeing an opening, Keshet went for Pyrr once more, but her tail was there, and she wrapped it around Keshet's neck and pulled her to the side.. She just hoped that the little fuzz ball could get out of the sliding body's path.

At this point it was obvious what was going on... This Firewing was protecting him... And for that he owed her his life. She couldn't handle both dragons at once... He couldn't and would never want to put her through that for doing what he could not. He had failed her and hadn't realized it at all. For someone who was willing to give their life to protect him he would do the same at all costs, Even if he was too small to really do anything.

Pyrrhus jumped out of the way of his now captive attacker. They didn't seem to be much of a burned for the Firewing. But the other dragon... He had to get them distracted while Temp took care of the other one. It was a setup for death, attacking a dragon that size with that amount of skill, but it would be the only way to repay the Firewing for her troubles.

The Reptilian ran up to the insane dragon and slashed them with his sword. He panted in the intense desert heat as he was used to being in much colder places than this. He didn't know how much longer he could go but he would fight till he dropped where he stood.

Tempest felt teeth and claws dig into her tail, claws slashing at her back as she roared, pain flooding her mind. I haven't seen him properly, I can't just unleash that other state.. Tempest thought desperately, but that was when she noticed the tiny creature was gone. However, in just a few seconds, the insane dragon was driven from her back, a great weight was lifted from her as she groaned.

It was the few seconds she needed.

Tempest snarled, slamming her hell claws across Keshet's face as it was gnawing her tail-and she howled. Oh how the black dragon howled. Xandra was about to attack Pyrr, but the pain from her sister transferred onto herself and she howled, clutching her already scratched face because of that pesky little fluffy thing with its sharp sword.

As Xandra recoiled several steps away from them both, pain flooding into her mind. Tempest turned her body, her bleeding tail lashing away from the screeching Keshet. She stepped back towards Pyrr, slightly dizzy from the pain across her back and tail, but she didn't falter. Not when a creature needed her.

She roared, before her anger and fury created several snarling physical beings of flames, which dashed towards Xandra. Foolishly, and against Keshet's cries, Xandra unconsciously went to slap them with her tail to get them away. Tempest only had a few moments to cover Pyrr completely, aiming to give the little reptilian a shield with her wings and body so she would absorb the sudden heat wave coming to them instead of the furry ball copping it all.

Pyrrhus was unaware of the events that were happening so soon. He attacked the dragon and then all of a sudden it was like a nightmare. Beasts made of pure fire came out of thin air... It was... Awful... Terrifying... What were these things and who would create them?

The Reptilian hunkered on the ground acting dead... There was nothing he could do against a creation of pure fire besides try and not be here. Next things next and there was  something blotting out the sun from what his closed eyes could tell... Then an immense wave of heat.

Pyrrhus whimpered and yelped as the initial intense wave of heat went through his body. It didn't burn him, but it felt awful. It was fast and quick yet agonizing at the same time. Due his to cold nature it was like nothing he felt before. Waves of heat yet not being burned...

Whoever created these fiery hell beasts he'd never want to meet, and he'd be terrified of them for they possessed such a power against him.

Tempest herself hissed when the wave of flames washed her them, a faint cry of both dragons rang in her ears... But soon was replaced by the roar of her firelings flame. She snarled, waiting for the fire and heat to wash away, but still, she felt her own scales become incredible hot, the fire singing her open wounds. She shook her head, then her eyes searched frantically for the little fuzz ball.

When she saw it, a sigh escaped her maw. T.. Thanks for th..that.. You didn't have to do that.." She half growled, gritting her teeth slightly in pain. "Are you alright?"

Pyrrhus laid trembling on the ground. He didn't want to look up, to get up, to move at all. If those things were still there he'd never want to move. He dreaded them, despised them, hated them with a passion.

He figured it wasn't the Firewing that made them if the heat singed her. So it must of been the other two... Which figures due to them currently being gone. It must of been a last ditch effort or something. That would make the post sense...

The Reptilian sure as hell wasn't a healer, but he could tell the Firewing needed attention badly. He grabbed his bag which was on the ground and singed slightly from the heat and took out several feet of cloth. He had it in there for shelters but it would help her for now. He began wrapping her wounds as that's all he knew how to do. It would at least protect it till she went back to where she came from.

Tempest groaned, angry that the firestorm from her own firelings managed to hurt her. She didn't think that they were that warm, but she was sorely mistaken. The Queen watched as the little reptilian rushed over to their bag, pulling out cloth and wrapped the wounds. Tempest flinched every single time that she felt the cool cloth come into contact with her, however, she tried her best to stay still so that the little fuzz ball would know she wasn't trying to hurt her.

While he was tending to her, she looked around to her left and to the right, glad that those two freaky dragons decided that these two were more trouble than they were worth. However, Tempest knew that she wasn't going to be able to go any fast for the next little while as parts of her were splashed with a crimson. She exhaled, flashing the little reptilian a bit of a pained smile, "Thank you.."

She frowned, knowing that the heat would probably be getting to the little fuzzy creature. "You need water?" She asked, having to break her sentences smaller as she knew that she wasn't able to really form much more at this current time due to the stabbing pains.

Pyrrhus watched the dragon flinch as he tried to be more gentle when he put on the bandages. He didn't want to hurt her, not in the slightest. He owed her everything just by the fact she was willing to get herself this cut up just to save some little reptilian that was deemed food and worthless by most.

She asked if he needed water. He debated replying to the remark and tried, but just couldn't say anything... He was... Scared... Even after everything she had done for him? Why should he be scared? He shouldn't even have the right to be scared. But he still couldn't speak.

He decided it would just be best if he went on with his own business. He waved at the dragon and turned, starting to walk away. Slowly and slowly walk away...

Tempest slowly started to frown as she didn't hear a word from him. That was rather odd, as he seemed to be rather warm-wait was he alright? Tempest shifted her giant form, biting back a hiss of pain as she moved her back. She was sure that nasty scars would be in place there, but only her medics back at her kingdom would be able to know for certain.

Her eyes scanned for the little reptilian, and she found him once more.. Walking away? Tempest had a slightly disheartened look on her face as she called out to the fuzz ball. "Hey, where are you going little one?" Tempest asked, pushing herself up to her feet and taking a step towards the small fluffy reptilian.

To her, the step seemed to be agony as the wounds across her shoulders screamed, trying to get her to stop the movement. However, Tempest had no choice but to do as her body told her to do. Carefully, she her paw on the ground. "It's not safe out there, you've seen what kinda of things there are.." She spoke quietly, silently wishing this little thing, which reminded her of a silent version of Tsubasa, would actually listen to her. Even for it to trust her... Tempest wasn't that big and scary (or so she thought).

The Reptilians ears perked up as he listened to the dragon speak. It seemed to want him, and for her service for him, he went to her. She spoke about it not being safe and what things could be out here. She sure was right about that... He thought about it for a moment... And decided going with her would be his best choice.

He stood at her side... Which was a rather odd sight. A tiny reptilian and what he soon would find out would be the queen of the firewings side by side. As soon as he would find this out he'd probably freak out... And if, or when he found out she had control of those fiery beasts... and a completely different mode... He would probably be terrified of her.
(Last parts just filler xD)

Little did Pyrr know, she was a dragon who he would truly be horrified of. . .

Tempest smiled as the little reptilian came back to her, which she had to agree was a safer option than travelling by itself. She looked down upon it, really noting the detail of its soft fur and the fact that he still carried his charred bag happily. She quickly extinguished the flames when she realized that the reptilian may be rather uncomfortable being near decorative flames. However, the sun was also no longer shrouded by its veil of mystical clouds, casting a shadow upon them.

The Queens smile grew as she saw the shadows across the ground, "Do you want to come back to near where I live? So that you can rest there for a few days and gain your strength again? And what is your name little one?" Tempest asked, then groaned slightly as she couldn't stop the torrent of questions pouring out of her mouth. She really did need to stop being inquisitive sometimes.

Tempest would happily show him the way to the palace-or at least, a cooler part of the FireWing area... mind you.. that was hard to come across in their scorching lands.