I don't believe it

I can't believe it

How is this possible

What

I don’t

...

Okay okay

Calm down

Take a deep breath

One

Two

..

What the hell

Holy

I cant

BELIEVE THIS

THIS IS-

No

Calm down, calm down.

Okayokayokay

Take it from the top.

Let’s work our way to the present.

Maybe i can gain some insight from that.

Maybe...

Okay, a deep breath

Pheew

So, from the beginning.

It all began with the dance

Something magical happened there

I think..

I think I found my purpose

My reason to live.

I made my choice,

And I don't regret it

She, on the other hand

Was very taken aback, confused and worried.

Maybe even scared?

I don't blame her, it’s not everyday someone gives you their name.

And in turn, their entire life.

But I don't regret it

My life is hers now

And for that, I’ve given myself the responsibility to protect her

To be her shield

But...

How am I supposed to protect her from that…

That, DRAGON!

HOLY-

No calm down. From the top

From. The. Top.

Anyway

As the dance continued, and I made my promise

We gathered to a pub

The five musicians following and a great big fellow

I think she called him an elephant?

But that’s not important.

During that stay, she drank

She drank a lot.

And while drinking, she avoided me, not talking nor looking to me

Which did not bother me,

I knew she would feel weird with me.

Her happiness is more important.

Her happiness, is mine.

Anyway, the night continued.

Drink after drink

Words getting tangled in her mouth

Leaning to much

Blinking to often

Yes.

She was officially, too drunk.

And as the other patrons called it a night

She also wanted to go

But as she still avoided me, I wondered

To where?

As I tried to guide her home

She shoved me.

Screaming at me to go away

Then staring at me, looking

Horrified at her own words.

Okay

I might have been a little too pushy

To close when she needed to breathe.

To think.

I should have given her some space.

But after considering that,

She is also very drunk.

I need to stay close, close enough to intervene if something where to happen

But not close enough for her to see.

I hope she does not hate me for this

If she finds out.

Let me tell you, chasing after her was probably one of the hardest things I’ve ever done

She’s faster than the wind

Even in this drunken state

The only reason I could keep up was that she, on multiple occasions

Tripped or ran into walls.

The yells from Fauns guiding me in the right direction.

Suddenly, I found myself outside the walls.

But still running.

What has gotten into her?

I thought.

She ran and ran

And ran

The walls far from sight

The moon the only light.

And soon enough, I stopped

Hidding in one of the slopes

Hearing a scream

Her scream

A scream I was not familiar with

A scream of sorrow

“YOU STUPID DRAAAAAGON! WHERE ARE YOU!”

Dragon?

Stupid?

What the hell is she saying?

Why is she so sad?

What is going on?

Such thoughts went through my head.

Thoughts of a lost children's book

That she had gotten too drunk

Maybe a past that even I could not comprehend.

But she continued

“DRAAAGON! WHEEEERE AAARE YOOOOU!”

“WHEEERE ARE YOOOU!”

“WHERE ARE YOOOOU!”

“DRAAAAGON!”

Each shout going louder

And louder.

Until the last one where she got quieter

Maybe realising the futility in her screaming

Looking down on the ground

Shaking.

But I barely saw that

As my eyes were glued to the sky

A sky that was blue

But not the normal blue

A sapphire blue

A glittering blue

With two glowing orbs of blue

I was staring at a flying, blue mountain.

Slack jawed, stunned and confused.

Thoughts not properly forming as I stared in awe.

Then, it spoke

Words forming perfectly, sounding beautiful yet powerfull.

“Can you not scream so loud human. I can hear you very easily you know. ”

Wha-

Wa-

WHAT

Is-

Is...

Is that a Dragon?

Wh-

My body shook, my eyes tearing up

Hand on bow, hand turning white

Why is there a Dragon there?

Then it spoke again.

“Human, No touching”

And after saying that, she responded

A response I could not even dream

Not even picture, not imagine

“I missed you.”

...

Is she talking with the Dragon?

How in the world is that even possible?

I thought Dragons were extinct.

The great war, a war of all races

A war led by us Faun, to exterminate

To kill

But ultimately failing, as the Dragons were to strong

But somehow, making them disappear

Never to appear in a thousands and thousands of years.

Thought to be gone, gone forever.

How...

How can this be-

Then my ears shot up, hearing something even more stupid.

Even more absurd

“..... tell you what, give me a hug, and I’ll tell you”

“What, how dare you. You lowly human, you should be happy that I even deigned to come here, to speak to you, to sho-“

“Yeah yeah, I know you will. Do you want to know or not?”

...

“One hug.”

“WOOHOOO!”

No way

No way in the words spoken by gods is this possible!

A Dragon would never agree to something so bizarre as a hug

They are too proud.

Maybe a wyvern would agree, as they were once humans

But this

Is not a wyvern,

Too much power, too much mana

And to many legs

...

I don't understand. What is happening?

Am I dead?

Then something even more absurd happened

Something that made me question my choice of allegiance to her

For I might have had to fight a Dragon

“Hey, why are you so slimy? Are you sweating?”

“Human! Dont speak ill of my scales.”

“You should bathe, this feels pretty nasty.”

“YOU DARE SPEAK LIKE THIS HUMAN! YOU.. STUPID!”

“HAHAHA Sorry! Haha, but you're just to funny!”

I stood my hand, letting the arrow rest loose on the bow.

Because of something simple

Something so normal, yet unheard of

An honest laugh

Coming from her

I never thought she could laugh so beautifully.

It’s so honest

Just like a childs.

A smile coming to my face

I knew it

I’ve chosen someone great

I’ve...

Wait a second.

She was teasing a Dragon

WHAT THE HELL

WHAT IS SHE DOING?!

HOW IS SHE NOT ALREADY DEAD?

Once again

She rose higher than my expectations

Making something that should have made this entire world burn.

She angered the Dragon

Making him scream in rage

Shout and yell

Breathing fire, melting rocks and crushing everything

Even making me sweat, the fire being too hot.

Something that should be impossible, considering I had apperently gotten fire resistence.

And standing in the middle of it all

She stood

Clothes burnt off

Fire licking her body

Rocks rushing past her.

Standing on top of an unbroken pillar in a sea of chaos

But

Being completely fine.

Even sporting a beautiful smile.

Another new thing

Another beautiful thing

Another thing I will protect.

As time moved on

The Dragon finally calmed down

And time had come to where we are now

The present

And...

I don't understand anything.

I’m in the dark

“Human, you do know we are being watched?”

“We are being what?”

As she said that, she hurriedly turned around, looking for what the Dragon pointed out

Who in return

Disappeared

He...

What?

How can a humongous Dragon just

Up and dissa-

“Here he is”

Quickly turning around, bow in hand

I aimed up

Aiming at a

Phoenix?

“Faun, I would not do that if I where you”

I gulped

Is-is this

The Dragon?

“Oh, Mister Butler! Good to see you”

She ran up to us, a big smile still on her face

But as she got close, her smile quickly faded, looking at my bow.

“Eeeeh, mister Butler, you should really, and I mean REALLY put the bow down”

I stared at her, eyes disbelieving

But obeying her words.

“Hm, I see that you have gotten yourself a pet Faun while I was not looking. Interesting.”

“He’s not a pet, you stupid dragon! He’s my friend!”

“Considering you, you would probably call a stone a friend, so that part does not surprise me.”

“Hey! I would not call a stone a friend. Although if it could talk, then that would be another question.”

“Yes, yes human. Now Faun, why are you spying on us?”

The Dragon said, taking his attention from her to me

I gulped twice more.

Feeling my throat close up

Dried up, feeling worse than a desert.

But before I could speak, she interrupted me.

“He’s a bit shy. So stop being so close and intimidating”

“Hrmpf, as if. I, by my very nature, is an intimidating creature. Lowly creatures all around the world should be terrified of me, bow and grovel at my feet as I question them”

“I won't”

She answered back lighingly fast.

“You are an anomaly, not of this world”

“Hey! Take that back, I’m totally one of this world. I’m like, the best of this world”

“Sure. Anyway, Faun. A nod is sufficient. Did you come here to spy on us?”

I looked up to the Dragon, then shifted my view to her

Shaking my head

“Dont lie to me Faun, I can see through such things”

He came closer, fire licking face, but not burning

Then she spoke up

“I’m sure he did not spy on US, only me. I think he just wanted to make sure I was okay”

Saying that, she looked down on the ground, shyly kicking a nearby pebble.

“Hmm, maybe. Then Faun, did you consider killing me when I showed up?”

I stared back at the Dragon, eyes filled with fear

But having already seen through one lie

I thought that I should probably tell the truth

So I nodded

“Hooohoo. Good answer Faun. Even if you would not have stood a chance.”

He then turned to her, flames lifting away from my face

“I like this Faun, you made a good pet”

She looked up, face turning to a frown

“For the last time, He’s not a pet!”

And from that, they started to bicker

Talking back and forth

Calling each other stupid

Multiple times.

With me, still laying there

Looking up at them

Finding myself confused

Bewildered

But strangely

Happy.

I guess

This is my life now.

Who would have thought

That my life would change so much in just a week

What a life

What a beautiful life