Dive Beneath the Waves

Dive Beneath the Waves
☯ Prologue ☯
I hate scrolls about heroes and magical quests and whatnot.
The entire topic seems far too unrealistic to me. Here - a dragon with magical powers who can do incredible things. Put them in a situation where they need to fight against the 'bad guy' and save everyone. Hero won? Yay, story's done, everyone go home. The end. Nothing more, nothing less.
The hero's always the oh-so-popular character and everyone loves them - except the villain, of course. Everyone celebrates their victory, but no one mourns the loss of the villain. Why so? Isn't the bad guy just as integral as the hero, if not more? They keep the story moving forward - without them, the hero's completely useless. Yet, they're always frowned upon and shunned away by everyone else.
Villains are deep characters. They have reasons for their actions, even when one can't see so at first glance. But no one cares about that, do they? No one in the story ever bothers sympathizing with the villain, even trying to move past their questionable decisions and understanding what fuels them. Because it's easier to sit back and do nothing, easier to watch the hero eradicate them because that's what makes the entire city happy.
It pisses me off to no extent.
Unfortunately, the same thing applies in real life. There's always that one dragon that we all dislike, someone who can't seem to get anything right, someone who we love to hate. Some of us drown so deep in our loathing for them that we forget that they are still dragons. Living. Breathing. Feeling. They have emotions, and whether or not you choose to accept it, in some ways, they're just like you.
Over the course of four years, I've met dragons who don't think beyond themselves and the small circle of 'friends' they've collected. Personally, I believe that it's these dragons, that are the loneliest. They're desperate for some recognition, some way to show the world that yes, they exist, and in those moments they resort to repulsive ways.
It's both hilarious and depressing to see how low these guys are willing to stop for a second of attention.
And while I can't, I'd love to see what goes on inside their heads when they do something like that. Truly, some dragons never fail to astonish me with their idiocy.
☯ Chapter 1 ☯
Kosuke's POV
Writing had never been my strong suit.
I struggled with keeping the reader 'engaged', as some of my previous teachers would say. Truth be told, I thought writing was a waste of time. Which unfortunate soul in Pyrrhia would take time out of their day to read anything I'd written? To be willing to check out another person's work, especially when their not famous or anything, you'd need to be well acquainted with them, wasn't it?
I fell short in that category.
Excluding my parents (with whom I was forced to interact), I didn't know any other dragons, except one. The way it worked in school was you picked 3-4 dragons from your friend circle and hung out with them all the time, making sure to act overly 'secretive' (as though you had something important going on) in order to catch the attention of others.
Fortunately for me, I managed to find myself a friend and we become really close. Her name was Isis, and in some ways, we were similar. Both excluded from other groups, both regarded 'different' by the other SandWing dragonets.
Now, the bunch of you who've read way to many romance scrolls may be wiggling your eyebrows and grinning broadly, looking like psychopaths but I can assure you that it did not go the way you think it did. As it so happens, around the age of 2-3, popularity became a thing. Isis realized the privileges of it, and decided to give it try. It worked and boom! I was left friendless.
Which brings me to my current situation - sitting at a desk, fidgeting with my claws (isn't boredom fun?) and waiting for the teacher. Nearly 15 minutes had passed and she hadn't arrived, making me wonder whether or not she'd quit the job due to recent... circumstances.
Our class wasn't known for being the most disciplined.
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