Dragoneqques

Chapter 1

  "I do hope it's a pony. Raising a dragon is real hard work." Pyros frowned. He was a bit larger then a pony, only a few feet, though. His blood-red scales shone in the light and his yellow eyes glimmered.

  "Yes, my Step-son." a pony said. She was a pegusas, her green coat blew softly in the brisk wind. That was when it started.

  "Do you... hear that, Minty Skies?" Pyros asked.

  "...Yes. The storm is coming." the green pegusas replied. Suddenly, the wind kicked up. Rain began to patter down, progressively getting harder, and thunder boomed like drums. The only time you could see anything was when lighting brightened the deep, dark skies.

  "She is here!" a voice shouted from inside; it was Health Skies.

  "Health! Is Storm okay?" Pyros stammered.

  "Yes, and her foal is in perfect condition." Heath replied.

  "No, it isn't." Stormy Skies growled from inside the tent.

  "She." Health corrected.

  "No. Look closer." Stormy growled. Everyone peeked at the me. I was freely changing colors, mostly yellow and pink, but my eyes stayed the same emerald green. My mane changed from white to black, and it curled slightly over my coat. My coat of scales. I had a curled up tail with a whip-thin end, similar to Pryos', but longer then it should be.

  "It's a monster." Pyros hissed, "And it's like a pathetic little Rain Wing."

  "What will we do with the Bundle of Joy?" Minty asked, for that was what came to mind when she thought of babies.

  Examining her daughter's small, down-curved ears, Stormy replied, "This, mother, is a Bundle of Evil."

  "Pure evil." Pyros agreed.

  "I hear Rain Wings are so lazy too. She wouldn't go anywhere in life." Health added.

  "Throw her off the cliff. Stormy said, trotting outside. The Skies family, including Pyros, lived in the Foul Mountains.

  "Yes, that will do." Minty agreed. Health took me out of Stormys' arms and trotted to the cliff. She looked down at me and thought, How could I kill this innocent creature? But she knew she had to, for her family.

  "Melody. Melody Skies is your name, little one." she whispered to me before throwing me off of the cliff.

  Voices is what I heard as I fell down to the raging river below. I instinctively opened up my feathered wings, which were larger then they should be. My fall was slowed, and I was un-injured as I hit the ground in front of the rapids. I rolled over and hit the sheer cliff wall. What I didn't know, was that those voices belonged to the family I could've had. But, they had disowned me. I can't really say I'm sure, but I think it is Healths' fault. For dropping me. But she... was my aunt, so I guess I've got to forgive her. Anyways, as I sat there whimpering, a great call was sounded from above. A griffon. He took me in his talons, tossed me around then flew back up. My Grandmother, Mother, Father, and Aunt watched as I was carried away until I was out of sight. I looked down, but quickly squirmed into the safety of the Griffon's talons. He looked back at me and smiled warmly. The feathers on his head were flat and the ones around his eyes were black. That's really the only ways you can tell Griffons apart, their hairstyles and the feathers around their eyes- the eyes themselves are always orange. Well, that's for females. A males' eyes are always cobalt blue. My favorite color. And as his eyes met mine, my emerald orbs slowly changed until they matched his perfectly. His smile became broader as he carried me to the top of the only mountain that wasn't populated by my biological family. Mt. Foul itself, where I grew up and where I would be loved for longer then I knew existed, at the time. And even though I was young, I knew I was going to be happy there.