Cade's Chronicles

Cade's Chronicles!

Chapter Two: "Ass kicking!"

By, Vladimir

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Cade's 3rd Pov

"Fuck." He deadpans as he stares at a large looking brutish Drake with large wings and spines moving down his back. His scales are bright red as his spines are a darker shade of red as his amber eyes stare down at him. The Drake grins down darkly at him as he holds his blade tightly within his hands as his knuckles turn white. The Drake was the same Drake from the show that Fluttershy had told off and Rainbow Dash had kicked in the jaw in the episode "Dragon Shy".

He groans and looks to Lilith and goes to say something, but is stopped as he see's her staring up at the Drake with hate filled eyes as she backs away from him. He starts to wonder just what had happened between the two, until she spoke. "You!" She growls out in anger. The Drake smirks darkly reminding him of some sort of super villain or something similar.

"Me." The Drake says as he takes a step toward them as he reaches for a large metal sword that has a skull on the guard as the blade is shaped like a large axe and curved sword mixed together. "You are worth a lot, and I tend to finish my jobs." He says before whistling and Saber Wolves rush out around him only they wear armor with saw-blade spikes lining the pieces. "Your coming with me, and I'm getting paid you miserable female." The Drake snarls out.

"Bounty Hunter, huh?" Cade asks while pointing his stalactite sword out to the side blocking the Drake's path towards Lilith with a light smirk playing on his lips. "Those are always fun to watch, but not when they go after my friends." He says with a serious look in his eyes as a fake smirk stays on his lips. The Drake chuckles lightly with a deep rumble before it looks down at him with a look that could kill.

"Seem you want to protect this trash, ape? Hah! For what reason? Hm? Friendship? How pathetic! Only puny ponies do the friendship bullshit. Now step aside or I'll use your skull as a buckle for my blade." The Drake growls out as he points his large axe-blade at him while barely raising his claw or arm. Cade's smirk vanishes and he holds his blade up at the Drake with a death glare as wind brushes past them making his coat flap in the wind like a cape.

"You know, I never did catch your name, Drake." He growls out as he pumps his magic through his body preparing for the inevitable fight. The Drake smirk toothily.

"Dovaak." The Drake says as he snaps his claws together along with another whistle and two Saber Wolves rush at him and Lilith from both sides and he swings down and to the side as he blurs to the first wolf and slices it across it's right eye as he throws his blade into the other wolfs skull killing it. As he lands onto the first wolfs back he changes his right hand into his Dragon Claws and stabs his hand into the spot between the armor pieces severing it's neck.

"Cool name, not cool using your mutts to do your work though." He says calmly as he rips his claws from the dead wolfs neck splattering it's blood everywhere. He turns and looks to Dovaak as he throws his claw out as it changes back into a hand and the sword flies into it and he gives it a few test swings. "Now let's see what you got." He says before dashing forward and stabbing forward as his chest.

Dovaak's blade blocks his and he is knocked back against the ground and skids in front of Lilith who simply stares. "Do you know who you protect, ape?" Dovaak asks as he steps closer to him with his wolves circling them. "You protect a charge that I must return, or I don't get paid. They never said anything about her being injured or not, and thanks to you she looks healed." He growls out as he stands over them both gripping his axe-blade tightly within his claws. "And now I have to damage her again. But at least I can hear her screams of pain again." Dovaak chuckles out darkly and he raises his sword up while the blade points down at his chest. "Die." He snarls as he stabs downward.

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Lilith 1st Pov

I don't believe it. First I'm taken from my home by a bunch of Drakes who think that they can get some sort of money from the Dragon I call "father" and then I manage to break free only to be hunted down by Dovaak the Hunter! Fucking Dovaak! I get attacked and treated terribly and manage to escape again but have three of his stupid mutts chasing me.

Then I manage to find this clearing and I get even more injured, so what happens next? Some sort of ape, a hoo-man I believe the race is called from what he said, defends me before turning into a Dragon I've never seen before! Talk about crazy right? Well you wouldn't be too far off there. I thought I was going crazy when watching this ape, Dragon thing squares off against three of Dovaak's wolves and manages to kill them in pretty bloody ways, and doesn't even bat an eyelid at what had happened as he helps me into his cave.

Now, I know what you must be thinking, "Why is she talking about some sort of male who protects her with that unbelievable tone". Well that's because I STILL can't believe it happened! I mean how would you feel if out of no where you saw some sort of creature never before seen turn into something else you haven't seen!? It's unbelievable! Impossible even!

But it happened, and I'm grateful, though he was a bit of a weirdo who used strange music, yes we have music! Let alone how he talks, it's just too weird at how chill he is, I mean most males generally throw themselves at me and my friends along with my sisters in hopes of even getting to speak to us, but this male doesn't seem to mind. I mean he healed me and even let me sleep in his bed while keeping me warm, and sat as far away from me as he could and suffered through the cold and even watched over me when those Drakes, who I assume were those stupid fuckers that stole me away from my home in the first place, and even was protective over me when I knocked a few rocks over.

Now he calls me his friend? Just what goes through this guys mind!? What the Tartarus is he even? He says to call him a "hoo-man" or something like that, I'm not really sure because at the moment Dovaak just got here and now the two are fighting, oh, and I forgot to mention that his name is "Cade". What kind of name is that anyways? Maybe it's an alien thing? Yeah! That's what he is, an alien. But I can't really call him thought, I mean I could, but it doesn't sound quite right.

But whatever. I watch as Cade kills two more of Dovaak's wolves, only they were his "pack" as they wore protective armor, and completely bypasses their armor like nothing was there! The guy is insane! I mean come on! Not even I could do that so quickly and just by flipping through the air. It was like a scene out of those novels that the Griffins and Minotaur's make about how the "knight" is some sort of badass hero!

I stare at him with wide eyes unable to move from the shock of it all as he slides across the grass from Dovaak's back handed swing with the flat side of his blade. He stands over Cade with his blade pointed at his chest and says "Die." with the most disturbing grin I had seen on my life. I manage to regain my sense's as the blade inches closer and closer to Cade's chest, but as I move to help him, flames and strange lightning erupt and Dovaak is thrown back from the blast and his wolves armor is heated up to the point where they whine and yelp as they move to get into the lake and put out the light red and yellow flames that had been raging on their armors.

I stare with unbelieving eyes as a strange tune echoes around the area. It sorta sounds like those drums and other musical items that we get from time to time whenever "father" goes to our allies homes in the Griffin Dominion and Minotaur Isle's. I blink as the tune is rather catchy and up beat as I feel strange pulses move through my body. The music is so enchanting and seems to energize me more and more and I move to my right for some reason, it was as if I were being told to move and my body did as it were told while I just watched, but as I do so one of Dovaak's wolves moves past me in an attempt to bite me and I breath a torrent of icy blue flames that freezes over the cracking armor pieces.

I spin to the side and use my tail to destroy the armor and I begin to wonder if perhaps that was his plan, but it couldn't have been. He isn't that good of a strategist, right? Well, I don't really know the guy all that well, so maybe he is, but if that's true, then it'd be smart to just be his friend. I mean he already said I was, so why not right? Maybe I could even get him to help me get back home!

The wolf snarls at me and lunges while snapping it's jaws and I roll to the side while opening my left wing and use it's sharp edges to slice through it's side. As it skids across the ground kicking up dirt and grass I stab my sharp pointed tail through it's left hind leg and my scales tear through it's flesh like it were made of parchment instead of thick flesh and fur that can stop normal arrows or iron swords.

The music ends and I feel the extra energy just flow into my core and I feel my own power and magic grow slightly. I guess that's why Cade always had that music playing when he fought those wolves, it added extra strength to ones core both physically and magically. But that sounds crazy right? Well, who the Tartarus cares? Magic can and does do the weirdest and craziest of things, and I think that's how he got here.

I jump back from the wolf as it moves to bite at me again, only for a stone sword to shoot through it's neck severing it's head and music to reach my ears. I feel a familiar tingle of energy and power rush through my body again, and I spin around through the air. My tail bashes against another wolfs cracking armor and it shatters with ease, and I dive down while breathing out my icy blue fire that coats it's fur with frost.
` I grab it's lower jaw as it move upward to snap at me and rip it right off of it's head making it gurgle out whines and gurgling whines of pain before I crush it's head with my right foot. Turning around I see Cade transformer into his Dragon Form, and for some reason I find it rather hot. No, I wasn't falling for him! Sicko's! I found it hot because he and Dovaak were throwing each other around while spewing flames against each others hard toned chests and bellies.

I shake my head to clear it of those wrong thoughts. I'm in the middle of kicking ass, not looking for a mate dammit! I roll to the side as Cade throws Dovaak over his shoulder and jumps into the air and delivers a kick to his chest as he had gone to swipe at me as he moved to his feet. The fucker!

"Back off!" Cade growls out as he grabs Dovaak by his throat and drags him through the dirt and into the lake where he stomps down onto his head with his weird feet. Dovaak grabs Cade's ankle and pulls him under and holds his hands into the water. I spread my wings and rocket at Dovaak and kick him in the back of the head knocking him forward into the water as his wolves rush after me. Great, now I'll smell like wet dog!

As Dovaak stands up in the water he growls at me and breaths out red hot flames. I move to the side and use a wing to block the flames like a shield, fire proof, duh! A wolf tackles me to the side through the flames and I hold it's jaws apart as it inches closer to my face.

"Get- ugh- off of me!" I growl out and twist it's head to the side while snapping it to the left. The sound of bone snapping reaches my ears and I move the body off of me and look up as a large shadow looms over me like some sort of fucking tower. I turn around and look up to see Dovaak standing over me with strange cuffs made of black steel and he gives me a disturbing grin as he kicks me across the water.

Coughing, I move up onto my claws and knees and place a claw to my left side because damn that kick hurt like Tartarus! I mean seriously, what the fuck!

"Your coming with me." Dovaak rumbles out as he grabs my by my throat and lifts me up into the air as he strangles the life outta me. I look over to see Cade's motionless body floating in the water and grow sad. Guess he wasn't able to beat Dovaak and help me after all. I then see one of Cade's eyes open slightly and he winks to me as if saying "I got this". How the fucking Tartarus does this guy do this shit!? "Let's go." Dovaak growls out before Cade bursts from the water and roars loudly while new music plays through the air and I feel energy crackle around and inside me as Dovaak throws me to the side crying out in pain as the claw he held me with becomes frozen.

Did I just become a living ice Dragon? How the fuck was this even possible!?

"What did you do!?" Dovaak roars at Cade as he swings his large sword to the side in an attempt at cleaving him in two. Cade only smirks as his spines, horn and underbelly begin to glow and electricity crackling sounds echo from him as he summons his stone sword into his claws. Lightning and flames circle the blade of the stone blade as Cade roars loudly and swings upwards to the side parrying Dovaak's blade along with cleaving it in two before swinging his blade to the side sending out a wall of fire and lightning that sends Dovaak and the rest of his wolves flying backwards along with destroying the grass and turning the ground into stone.

I stare at him with wide eyes as Dovaak backwards away from him with wide eyes as his wolves are ash and their armor is melted down before it circles Cade through the air and the sun stands behind him along with the great mountain giving him a strange, eerie look that make me think of some great warrior. Oh my divine now that sounds like a great mate to have! Ugh, why does everything with Cade have to be so damn weird?

"W-What are you?" Dovaak stutters out with wide eyes. Cade spins his blade through the air making a wave of flames and lightning follow the blade before dissipating. He smirks down at the "Great Hunter" and smirks lightly.

"The names Cade, and I'm a Human. That's all you get to know." He says as he then plunges his sword through Dovaak's chest ending the hunter as his body burns from the inside out and his ashes are swept away by a soft breeze and the black steel that had once been Dovaak's wolves armor, melds to Cade's sword giving it a metal coating similar to how builders would do to rock foundations to give them more strength. He turns to me and smiles lightly. "That wasn't so hard." He says as he turns back into his human form and staggers forward as he drops his sword which stabs into the ground and wiggles slightly.

I move forward and catch him with my claws gently as he pants lightly and blood drips from his side and forehead. Oh no, this is so not good! I pick him up gently with a claw and pull his sword from the ground and rush back into his cave and lay him onto his bed while pulling at his cloths. Why does he even wear these things? Oh well, maybe hoo-mans have sensitive skin or something weak like that.

I place the heavy coat and strange cloth underneath it with a white flame on the front of it to the side as I look down at him. He has a cut moving across his chest and down to his right side, it isn't very deep, but if it wasn't covered by something soon it could become infected and even kill him. I look around and see some strange white bandages that looked to be from a caravan top or something similar cut neatly.

I wrap the bandages around his chest, sides and back while cutting a smaller strand and wrap it around his forehead underneath the fur that hangs down over his forehead and eyes to keep his small cut covered before sighing softly. Jeez is this what it's like having to be worried about some one else? What a fucking drag, but, it can't be helped I suppose. Looking outside the sun slowly begins to set over the mountains and trees making me wonder just how cold it got in here at night. Looking around I find that there is quite a bit of firewood that looks neatly cut stacked up in a corner of the cave and I see a spit nearby where the bed is and lace some pieces of wood into it.

I click my claws together making sparks fly out onto the wood, but it doesn't really burn and I wonder just how in the world he managed to make such a large fire. I look around some more before finding what looks to be dried leaves. Perfect. Clicking my claws together again after placing the leaves underneath the wood and around it along the top as well, hey you can never be too cautious am I right? The fire starts and I sighs softly and lowly before checking up on Cade to find him turning slightly blue from the chilled air. I bring the fur blankets up and lay them onto his form and I notice a large difference in his color as when the back of my claw brushes against his cheek I feel him grow instantly warm.

What the fuck is up with this guy? It's like all manners of logic don't even apply to him! Seriously, I bet the ponies would have lost their minds far before we do, though I wonder if they are still being ruled over by that Som- something guy. Awe well. I sit next to Cade in front of the fire and poke it with a stick. Something grabs my tail and I quickly turn around to see Cade holding it close to his chest between his arms while laying his cheek against it's scales lightly. Okay, now that's just too close for comfort! I swish my tail out of his arms and grumble to myself.

"Jeez he's weird, cuddling my tail while he's asleep? Only hatch-lings do that." I grumble out. I then stop and wonder if hoo-mans age differently than Dragons. I mean he look to be my age when he transformers, but maybe that's because of some sort of species aging thing or something? Hey, I don't fucking know alright! I've never had to deal with hoo-mans before now okay? So lay off!

"Stop...please..." I hear Cade mumble out softly. I turn and look down at him to see his face scrunched up in a pained expression as his body jolts and shakes every few seconds as if he is being hit by something or some one. "Not monster..." He mumbles as he hugs himself tightly like one would as if they were trying to convince themselves of something from what they had been told or heard and were trying to forget about it. I place a claw onto his shoulder gently and he flinches and cries out "NO!!" surprising me. He thrashes about as if he were being tormented by unseen demons or beings.

I narrow my eyes and remember him telling me about how he "didn't grow up well" and how he basically begged me to change the subject as if he were afraid of it. What the Tartarus could traumatize him so much to make him have these Night Terror's? "Stop! Please!" He cries out as he thrashes about and moves his hands up into the air as if trying to block something from hitting him. Okay, I've seen fucking enough. I grab him by the shoulders and shake him lightly. His eyes snap open with a panicked look to them as they dart around.

"Hey, calm down!" I growl out. I guess that did the trick, because he quickly calmed down and looked up at me with wide eyes before looking to the side as if he were ashamed of himself and moves away from me. The bandages fall from his body and I notice that his healing capability when in his Dragon Form works when in his human form as well. I guess that's kinda cool? "Hey what's up?" I growl out as he places a hand over that strange marking on his chest and grabs his thin cloth that was beneath his coat with his left hand and pulls it on. with a haunted look in his eyes as he silently sits away from me.

"Why are you over there in the dark and cold when you could be over here?" I ask. I mean seriously? Who the fuck purposely sits in the cold darkness? No one! That's who! He closes his eyes and gives a pained sigh and moves back into the light and slightly near the fire. "Okay, this shit has got to stop. Now I want to know what has you so freaked out right now!" I demand. He flinches from my yelling and I growl lowly as I place a claw to my face. Wow I must look so comforting being his "friend" and all that shit. "Hey, I'm, er, sorry. Okay? I'm sorry for yelling at you, I'm just worried is all alright?" I say with a soft voice as I try to bring him out of whatever the fuck kinda funk he is in.

"I...It's okay. I might as well talk." He sighs out softly as he gets to his feet and pulls his coat on, a soft breeze moves by and causes it to flow in it like a specter does in a way, whatever that even is. What? It was a word Cade used when mumbling the first time I heard it. "It's not easy to talk about, but, I guess you deserve to know about me, whether you see me as a friend or not." He says with a shallow voice. Awe man, now I feel bad, fucking guilt!

"I don't mind being your friend, though your probably had many of those from where your from." I say. He shakes his head sadly and holds up one of those soft claws making me blink. "One what?" I stop and think for a second, and I stare at him with surprise. "Seriously?! Only ONE friend!? How is that even possible!?" I exclaim. Seriously, how is that even possible!?

"My best friend Trevor, but even then, he was slightly scared of me. But we were great friends and he was there for me, even when I would getting the hell kicked outta me by the bullies at the orphanage." He says softly while rubbing his right side lightly while looking into the fire as his eyes seem to dull lightly. Orphanage? That does explain a bit.

"And why were you being beaten up?" I ask. He looks up to me with haunted eyes that holds pain no hatch-ling deserves, not even those worthless Drake's.

"Because of my birthmark and what I could do." He tells me as he looks down at the fire once more. "I don't know why I have what I have, nor do I know why I was placed in that damn place. But what I do know, is that I wasn't wanted. I was hated. Always hated by everyone except Trevor." He tells me and I raise my left eye ridge. Wow, seriously? That has got to suck.

"Really?" I ask and he nods his head. "No way, not everyone could have hated you." I state and to my surprise, he nodded and placed a hand over his left eye, which was the red one, as if it was missing.

"I was. The teachers, the students, the adults, the people, the very beings I called Humans hated me, except for one, and yet he would look at me in fear whenever I'd defend him. Whenever I did anything that pertained to what I could do really." He says with a sad tone as he looks deeply into the fire as if remembering something.

"Really? That doesn't sound like much of a "best friend" then. If you ask me, it sounds more like someone who is a pansy." I say as an odd anger builds up within my chest. How dare this Trevor fear Cade for being different! How dare those humans treat him poorly for not being like them. I stop and wonder why I even care if Cade was hurt in the past or not. Is this part of being friends with a human? Or something else?

"I wish I could agree, but he has been there for me ever since, and on my last day on Earth, my home world, he gave me this." He says as he pulls out a strange rectangular thing. He taps the blackness on the front and blue light beams upwards and shines onto the ceiling of the cave causing me to stare at that spot and then the item and back.

"What is it?" I ask as I try to touch the light, but it moves away and I narrow my eyes at it and move to catch it again, but he stops me with a chuckle. I glare at him as he falls over onto his side laughing loudly. "What's so damned funny!?" I hiss out in anger as my cheeks heat up and I feel a strange heat in my chest. Okay this is weird, maybe this is an affect from that potion he had me drink yesterday.

"You reminded me of something. Anyways, you know those songs that would play that energized us?" He asks. I stare at him with wide eyes. How did he know I was being energized? He grins lightly at me that causes my cheeks to heat up more. "I let the natural magic flow into you thanks to this little device, I can even choose who get's energized and who can hear it, though it was originally a theory, but I tested it and only you and I could hear it when we were fighting Dovaak. Whenever I change it basically becomes a part of me like my clothing, though even without either of them I still become a wingless freak of a Dragon." He mutters the last part out and I feel the urge to slap him.

"You are not a freak!" I growl out surprising not only him, but also myself. Did I really just say that outloud? My cheeks burn and my chest heats up at the center. What the Tartarus was happening to me!?

"Your just saying that. I am a freak, and besides, why would it matter to you?" He asks almost defensively at the last part making me growl lowly. Ugh, what's with these stupid emotions!? I run the body, not them! I get into his face and growl lowly making his eyes widen and crawl backward away as I stalk to him like those Griffins do when they move after a mate or prey.

"It matters because I'm your friend!" I yell out into his face. He stops cold in his chest and I slide forward and fall atop of him. I feel two soft things pressing up against the tip of my muzzle, or lips you could say? I open my eyes and then widen them as I stare down at a wide eyed Cade. Oh my divine's I'm kissing HIM! I move away from him and he sits up and we stare at each other with blushes on our faces.

"I...er..." He stutters out as his whole face turns bright ruby red and I roll my eyes.

"Oh get over it will yah? It's just a simple kiss, besides it was an accident!" I exclaim while trying my hardest to not stutter or blush even more than I already was. He nods and looks away.

"I guess it was, I mean it was my first, but I guess-" I stop him right there with a claw to his lips. I stare at him with unbelieving eyes.

"Seriously? That was your first kiss ever?" I ask. He gives me a slight glare and pulls my claws from my lips.

"Everyone hated me, remember? No females found me as interesting or attractive?" He asks with a raised....brow? I think that's what it's called. I blink before slamming a claw to my forehead understand that I essentially stole a good thing from him he had never experienced from someone who was interested.

"Oh my, I'm so sorry." I tell him and he shrugs it off as if it wasn't anything. Wow, now I feel like punching him across his small face! The jerk!

"It's fine. I know it wasn't intentional, but it was nice. A bit odd because of the height different, but still nice nonetheless." He says with a smile smile as he places a few of those fingers up to his lips and softly touches them. I feel the urge to smile, but fight it down as it wasn't the right time for smiling. I look back at the strange device and he clears his head with a shake, I think. "Oh, right. Anyways, this thing holds that music and my magic and the natural magic sorta pumps it out into the air, but I can choose who gets the energy, and I decided to give it to you considering we're friends and all." He says with a charming smile. Charming? Ugh, these thoughts are so damn annoying, but oddly nice. I should ask mother about them when I get back, if I get back.

"Hey uh, can I ask you a question?" I ask with a slightly nervous tone. What if he didn't want to help me return home? I mean he looks different from Dragons like this and even as a Dragon he looks super different. What if he doesn't want to travel back home with me? He raises a brow up at me and a small smile playing on his lips. "I was, uh, wondering if you could help me get back home." I ask. He looks at me strangely before placing a hand onto his chin and looks up as if mimicking something from his home world. Aliens are weird.

"Sure!" He says with a smile as he claps his hands together. I blink. Did he just say "yes"?

"Seriously? Y-You'll help me?" I ask in disbelief. He nods his head with a grin and gets to his feet and stretches his small limbs.

"Why not? I mean I've only ever seen male Dragon's pass on by, and even then they were kind to other races, aside from that Drake who lost his shit and blew up a mountain. But why not?" He says with a grin as I stare at him with wide eyes. I squeal happily and wrap my arms around him and jump up and down in a circle in happiness.

"Oh thank you! Thank you! You have no idea how much this means to me!" I exclaim and do the unthinkable. I kiss him, again. Oh divine's why must you make my life so confusing? "I-I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to...you know." I stutter out as I put him down onto his feet and he stumbles around with a strange grin on his face.

"N-Not a problem. I don't mind them." He says with a dreamy tone as if he were in a hypnotic state. I groan lightly and face claw and shake my head from side to side. Why me? Why did I have to kiss him let alone make him act like a fucking drunk!?

"Right, now when do we go?" I ask. He grows quickly serious making me wonder if he was even in that daze like state and wave a hand through the air. I see strange purple ripples move outward around his hand move about the air as if he had just lightly touched a pond of some sort and a bright white light blinds me for a few seconds before the spots leave my vision and he holds multiple crystals each having different colors or a mixture of colors. The crystals slide into strange loops on his pants, yes I know what pants are you pervs!, and he slides the sword onto his back.

The diamond on his forehead ceases to glow faintly and he smirks to me. "Cool, huh?" He asks me making me nod my head lightly. "Can all Dragons do magic like that? And do they have powers like that?" He asks me. I shake my head. That was magic and his natural abilities? Are you kidding me!? What next is he going to reveal to me, the ability to fucking fly?!

"Uh, no. No Dragon has that kind of magic or abilities you showed me. In fact nothing I know of can do anything like that. Guess it's part of the mystery of finding out what you are, though I think father and the elders might know what you are." I tell him. I see his eyes light up and his lips form into a smile that charms me slightly before pushing those gross thoughts out of my mind. "Right, anyways when do we go? Also when do we eat?" I ask. He nods and pulls the pinkish red gem from his pant loop and breaks two tiny pieces off and places the gem back onto his pants and tosses the pieces into the fire.

I stare with wide eyes as the pieces of the gem grow into two large steaks. "Does this work?" He asks me. I nod with my mouth watering and he chuckles lightly as he pulls the first, and largest steak I had ever seen!, from the fire and hand it to me while taking the smaller piece out and uses his Dragon Claw's to cut it apart and give me half of it. I stare at him in surprise. Who the Tartarus passes up on so much meat!?

"Why are you giving me so much?" I ask out of curiosity as I eat the small piece in a few bites. He smiles softly up to me.

"Because I don't eat much besides gems or crystals. For some reason I can't eat much aside from those two things, though I can eat meats and veggies and fruits and stuff, just not very much. And you looked to be hungrier than me, so here, take the rest, I already ate a few days ago." He explains while gently handing me the other piece of meat and I take it and bow my head in thanks. He smiles lightly up at me and I allow a smile to play on my lips before scarfing down the piece of meat and tear apart the giant piece of steak that was given to me. Meat, it has been FAR too long since I tasted you!

"How did you get it to taste so good?" I ask after savoring the last piece and noticing that it was all rich and juicy and had some strange sort of spice I had never tasted before, but damn was it good!

"Oh, I used one of the crystals in this cave, when they were still here, and crushed a little bit of it when it still had magic in it. What your tasting is the natural magic." He tells me with a small smile and light blush while rubbing the back of his head. "A-Anyways we should get ready for bed so we can leave early tomorrow." He says with a yawn and light stretch as he sits against a wall. I sit on the bed and wonder why he doesn't just share it with me.

"Why don't you just share it with me? At least you'll be warmer that way." I tell him and he blushes heavily while staring at me with unbelieving eyes. Okay, what's the big deal? Haven't any of you shared a bed with a female that isn't your mate? It's not big deal! "Why are you staring at me like that? Stop it, it's creepy!" I hiss out. He shakes his head lightly as if to clear it before releasing a low shallow breath.

"You really don't mind it? I mean me sleeping in the same "bed" as you?" He asks me while making air quotes and a brow raised. I shake my head.

"Um, no? Just shut up and get yourself over here, idiot." I mutter out and he lets out another soft breath and strides over to where I lay and sits down next to me as the bed was next to a wall of the cave and he buttons up his coat while shoving his "claws" into those pocket thingies that I had heard about through my friend Gilda who had came to me after visiting her ex-best friend. It was rather sad watching her so broken up about it, but, I still don't understand why someone would feel so down in the dumps about a simple pony.

"So, why are you not over here?" I ask. He jumps slightly and rubs the back of his head gently.

"I've never slept in the same bed as anyone, and...well especially not with a female. I mean it was never really allowed on Earth unless they were mates or siblings, but even then it was strange to me." He mutters out in a tone that spoke volumes of insecurity and nervousness. I groan and roll my eyes and grab him by his forearm and pull him into my side. He blushes brightly and tries to move away. Yeah, no. I wrap and arm around his waist to keep him their and glare down at him with a growl.

"Your going to stay here where it's warm and your going to get some sleep, alright?" I growl down at him while barring my teeth. He nods his head lightly and looks around for some strange reason.

"Where am I going to lay my head?" He asks me. I face claw repeatedly and groan at his idiocy.

"Just use me you idiot!" I hiss out. He nods and lays his head gently against my shoulder as he curls up in the smallest ball I had ever seen a male curl into. He looked like a strange ball that was chewed up by one of the hatch-lings! It was so weird, but oddly enough his warmth and soft snores were soothing to me and I lay my head down onto the "pillow" and shut my eyes gently as I drift off to sleep feeling the strangest sensation's bubbling within my chest while some new warmth spreads across my body. It was really fucking weird.

But, soon enough, I was lulled to sleep and for the first time in a long while, I felt at peace. It was both strange yet I welcomed it with open arms.

Credits for Chapter!