Fire Inside: Firescales Fanfic

Igneous watched the two dragons on the roof in curiosity. He had flown up there hours before but didn’t have the courage to fly back down. These two dragons- an adult and a 2-year-old dragonet, just like him- had come upon the roof through a trapdoor. He knew he should sneak through the trapdoor and leave, but their conversation had drawn him in at once. Besides, the handle was wood. It would likely burn in his talons, and then they would all be trapped. Well, except the big dragon. But she probably knew how to fly. Maybe even the other dragonet too! Igneous huffed. No one had taught him how to fly.
Mother would have taught me though. Right? Probably. I think. I hope.
Igneous turned back to the two dragons again, creeping into earshot.
“I didn’t l-like that.” The dragonet said sadly, gazing at her feet. “I burneded the eggs.”
“Burned, Peril. The word is burned.” The large dragon sighed when the dragonet didn’t respond.
Igneous’s eyes narrowed. She burned the eggs? What eggs? Surely, she meant with her breath, not her talons. Unless…
Could there be others?
“But sweety,” The large dragon said in a voice like honey. “You burned the eggs for me. For the queen. Isn’t that good? Aren’t you proud of yourself?”
Igneous tilted his head. This was the queen? He had never seen her up close before.
“I guess…” The dragonet… Peril, was it? Peril looked away, not meeting the queen’s gaze.
“What’s wrong, Peril?” The queen asked.
“Do you love me?” Peril stared at the large dragon, huddling her wings around herself.
Love. What a strange word. Igneous had never had love, though he longed for it. What did love really mean? Mother had tried to keep him hidden, of course, but she hadn’t cared about him. She had only cared about what would happen to her if she had been caught.
“Yes, Peril.” The queen placed her talon on the dragonet’s, but only briefly, Igneous noticed. That was love, wasn’t it? If this dragon was like him. “I love you. I love your firescales.”
Peril seemed happy at this, snuggling into her wings and wrapping her tail around herself. But this filled Igneous with a burning feeling. A longing. Why was it this firescales could have love, but not him?
It was a brief moment, but the moment that decided his fate. It was the moment he lost all control. It was the moment he forgot everything his mother ever taught him.
“Me too!” He cried, leaping toward the two dragons. “Me love too!”
Category:Fanfictions
Category:Fanfictions (Incomplete)
Category:Fanfictions (Semi-Canon)