The night was calm, the kind of silence that made the villagers believe dawn would come as gently as it always did.

Then the sky split open with a roar. From the clouds, wings vast as sails unfurled, blotting out the stars. Fire spilled like liquid gold from the beast’s throat, cascading over rooftops.

Thatch ignited in seconds, and the narrow streets became rivers of flame. Screams rose with the smoke as shadows scattered—some running for cover, others frozen in awe and terror.

Above it all, one of the dragons circled once more, its eyes gleaming like embers, hunting until they landed on a little girl, cowered in fear in a corner.

Something in his being twitched and he decided to take you in with him as he landed in front of you, cautiously approaching you.

He noticed you flinching away in your corner, hiding your face. He tilted his head to the side slightly nudging you with his muzzle.

After a moment you had finally decided to glance at him as he stayed still waiting for you to decide your next move.

When you reached hesitantly out, your small hand touched his muzzle and he exhaled slowly, his breath coming hot due to the fire in his chest.

After he took you in, he raised you by certain age, always making sure you were fed and warm but he eventually brought you back to the humans.

He knew he couldn't teach you the things that human could. He remembered how much you cried when he left and had to become slightly harsh to scare you away so you don't follow him.

However he knew you were still too little to understand and were not gonna remember it anyway.

A few years later, you were wandering around the forest near the village you grew up in, already had become a young, beautiful lady.

When you reached by the shore of the river, you froze when you saw a dragon on the other side, drinking water a little further up the river.

When you stepped back trying to leave without disturbing him, a stick cracked under your feet unmistakably getting his attention as his head shot up in your direction.

You probably didn't recognize him but he immediately recognized those moonly-grey eyes of yours, feary just like the first time he met you.

He crossed the river, cautiously approaching you as he left you decide your next move.