Dawn Of The DragonWings

MAJOR DISCLAIMER: Please DO note this is a INFORMAL "tribe" made up by scavengers/humans, this is not an offical dragon tribe and never will be. With that in mind, have fun m'dude.
==The Broken Village - Chapter 1==
Within the hot, vast, endless and empty desert, lies a bustling village full of life. A settlement with livestock, a field with growing food and a community of folks who worked together to live another day in the harsh world, maybe it wasn't paradise, but it's home. 
And the desert dragons had the nerve to take it away from them.
They had the advantage of rapid flight, and scorching fire that destroyed anything in their path, but the folks who lived in the village didn't. Their fire-breathing and growling either killed or scared away their livestock, and any potential prey. 
All life that couldn't evacuate in time was greeted by a burning rage of fire from a dragons' mouth, by the time a sand dragon had its obsidian black eyes and moon white pupils locked on you, you might as well accept your fiery fate.
So what about the ones who survived?
Hedge and Serval carefully drag Holly out of the burnt down village, her leg wounded by a young dragon who struck her with a blaze of fire. They carried her exhausted body out of harms' reach, but there was no way they could possibly escape the scalding massacre.
The trio could only see their homeland being set ablaze and slowly being devoured by flames, the strong musk of smoke filling up their lungs. 
Serval notices a small house with a porch, the porch being just wide enough for something to hide within it. 
"In there, folks!" Serval yips with desperation in her voice.
Hedge and Serval quickly use their might to pull themselves and Holly under the porch, the trio rapidly gasping for fresh air.
Holly notices a cream scaled dragon wearing a heavy silver helmet of armor on its head, its huge lizard-like head slowly sniffing out the survivors under the porch.
However, a person trips over a huge wooden chest, containing gold coins, striking opals, leaf green emeralds and a stunning white diamond necklace.
The desert dragons snatch the precious cargo from the chest into a tough bag made out of animal skin.
And stride on out of their conquest.
Holly quivers in waves of fear, her eyes open wide as gigantic boulders and yet, she had a burning strike of hatred in her soul. 
"Are those monsters still out there, hovering over our village? Waiting to devour us as an extra snack? ugah, I should just knock the teeth out of those oversized flying reptiles!"
"Hop, please, you know that would be unwise!" 
"Yeah, and it's going to be really unwise of these sand dragons to attack us in the first place."
While Holly and Serval blabber, Hedge scans the place for any dragons nearby. The deep, low-pitched growling faded into nothing, now being replaced by the noise houses still suffering from a bad case of being set on fire.
"Hey, the dragons are gone, but I think it's best to watch your steps."
Holly crawls out of the porch and stands up, to witness a tragedy with her own eyes.
The wooden homes plagued by burn marks, ash, and gigantic claw scratches, windows cracked and curtains burned to a crisp. Most homes still have fire running around on their roofs, not a single survivor is in sight, except the two teenagers Holly hid with.
Holly tears start dripping down her face, but also becomes furious at this sight, "Dragons, all they do is take, and never give!"
Serval and Hedge crawl out and walk up to Holly, Serval rests her arm on Hollys' shoulder.
"Holly, it's okay, we survived!"
"And they didn't, our families, our friends, our pets, our livestock that kept us fed. In case you didn't know by now, they're all dead."
Hedge intervenes "Well, they're gone, but we're still here, and now we gotta face that reality. Collect anything that doesn't look like my moms' cooking, we'll need it."
Serval grins awkwardly, and Holly storms away to grab any possible remains of her village.
Serval finds a slightly worn leather purse, Hedge picks up some beef jerky and a weird looking carrot, Holly picks up a spear with an obsidian arrow-head. 
The trio meet up at the exit of the village, laying down their precious leftovers on the sand.
"Alright, we got a purse that is bound to break, food that will last us a day if we're lucky, and a sharp stick. Our odds of survival look wonderful." says Holly in a sarcastic tone.
"It's not much, but I feel like this is a lot better than being 6 feet under the sand. Now c'mon you two, we got places to go."
"We're moving, can we stay just for a little longer?" Serval whines a little
"You want to sleep in a room made of burnt wood and the sharp smell of smoke? Go ahead, but reality says we should leave if we want to y'know, not be dead." replied Hedge in a lighthearted tone.
"Sheesh, okay okay, I'm coming!" Serval yips, quickly walking up to Holly and Hedge who were on the move.
And the move they went, proudly walking from their now no man land home, to dragging their feet across the desert terrain during the night. If they have to walk another mile, their legs may pop off right then and there.
"Sand, sand, scorpion, cactus, more sand. Where exactly are we going again?" 
"A place to crash for the night, yeah, it's just a bunch of sand. But staying far away from our home is our best bet."
Serval sits down, resting her arms behind her. Beginning to shut her eyes and trying to shake the sleepiness off.
"*Yawn*.. okay folks, I think it's time for a *yawn* good nights' sleep."
"Well, what if we wake up to find ourselves in a sand dragons' stomach?"
"They'll have to catch us first, Holly, and ya know that. That spear of yours isn't just some stick, aim for the eye and that thing is good as dead."
"Whatever, don't say I didn't warn the both of you."
Hedge, Holly and Serval lay on their backs, staring into the night sky filled with bright, shining stars. Slowly dozing off into the night, shutting their eyes until the sun rises.
Hedge is the first to wake up, with Holly probably dreaming about burning down a dragon-made building and Serval playing ring-around-the-rosie with cute, small, desert animals in her mind.
And the first thing he sees, from a not so far distance. Is a two legged figure with a gigantic, thick dragon right behind them. 
==The First Hope - Chapter 2==
The odd traveler was seen picking from a rounded, plump cactus. It seemed to have not a single issue picking a certain part of the cactus despite its rows and rows of sharp thorns.
But considering there was an over sized winged reptile right behind them, Hedge thought that a plant with sharp things on it is the least of the persons' problems. 
"An outsider in the wild is a soon to be dead outsider in the wild.  Hedge thought to himself, can't help but feel a little bad for the helpless human being who was about to become a dragons' lunch.
Yet, the traveler simply walked towards the trios' mini camp. The fire-breathing monster behind them walked with them, as if that dragon was just a huge, winged, fire-breathing, dog with scales. 
The person waves in the same direction where Hedge is, picking up the speed to get a closer look.
"Howdy there!" The traveler looks around their area and notices the mocha colored person, sleeping nearby the gal with very light, orange skin. Noticing how young they look, the pair surely can't be older than 13.
They turn back to look at the first little kid they just saw, locking their eyes to his peach skin, freckles painting his face and olive green eyes.
"Hey hey hey now, the three of you look like y'all just been born yesterday. Shouldn't y'all be with that village of yours? The desert isn't a playplace for little folks like y'all."
"Well, some savage dragons got to our village. We made it, everything and everyone else didn't."
The traveler takes her hat off, "I'm sorry for your losses, partner. May the tropics beyond guide your trio!". and pops it back on.
Hedges' minor, little dwell on what happened just a day ago is brought to a halt when he notices the dragon the traveler keeps with them. 
Its flame color main scales completed the rest of its sandy brown and light umber scales, its robin egg blue colored eyes staring onto the stranger.
It bends its head down towards Hedge, showcasing its sharp, rows of teeth, only to give a goofy lick at him.
Hedge giggles, lightly pushing the dragon away from him.
"Hey hey hey, Quagmire!" 
"Huh, so that dragon of yours didn't eat me or you alive. What's the magic trick? mind control?"
"Nope, not all, pal. Guess the mama dragon had too many mouths to feed, so I raised 'em to help me travel round' this crazed cat of a world. The best way to get around is to get off the ground."
Hedge is somewhat surprised that his pair is still sleeping like cats, it wouldn't kill him just to learn some information about dragons. Maybe, just maybe, it could be useful in the long run. 
"Would you mind tellin' this little guy about your travels? You're older and hopefully wiser than the three of us, go ahead."
"You want me to talk about my travels..? Galdy!"
"Sea dragons, night dragons, rain forest dragons, swamp dragons, ice dragons, sky dragons and of course, sand dragons are all the beasts I've seen. With their own diverse beliefs and cultures. From an outsiders' view, they're just huge flying sharks. But a closer look, you'll see that they're pretty much just people with scales."
"They have cultures? Like certain customs and whatnot?"
"Yup yup yup, they form tribes, and have complex kingdoms too. They also form tight-knit bonds with the members in their tribes, and will risk their lives to protect each other. It's honestly pretty cute, as long as you aren't caught in the heart of the battle."
"Yeah yeah yeah, but they still attack each other and aren't shy to start petty wars because a person stole a single gem from a dragons' territory. Yeah, relationships are cute, but having your village being burned down isn't."
"C'mon man, dragons have to protect n' defend emslves! The life of a dragon isn't flowers and sunshine all the time. They use natural weapons of theirs to keep their enemies at bay, whether it be ice, fire or venom."
"Defend themselves from the scary humans who can barely defend themselves against a medium sized dog? yeah, because that makes sense."
"Your folks stole sumthn' important from them dragons, most people who are killed by animals happen cause' they refuse to leave that darn beast alone. Don't bother dragons, and they won't bother ya!"
"Huh, I guess that makes sense. Thank you for the info, traveler."
"The names' Canary, glad I could shed some light on y'alls dark view of these amazing beasts."
"Heh, guess there's good and bad in everything, isn't there?"
"You bet, partner." Canary flicks a sand dragon and night dragon scale towards Hedge, the scale dropping towards the sand under his sandals. Scooping the scale up with his hands.
"Would big, bad and scary dragons let me have scales from them?" Canary climbs on Quagmire, the huge, crocodile-like dragon flapping its wings away into the skies.
Hedge pauses to look down at the scales for a moment, curls up his hands, and then rushes back to his mini group.
==The New Light - Chapter 3==
Serval finally wakes up from her cat-sleep, tapping Holly on her diamond shaped head. Waking the grumpy old dog.
"Saw something interesting? And no, a scorpion crawling is not interesting."
Hedge dashes back to the duo, holding his hand out. The same hand in which he carried the dragon scales.
"Check it out, a kind outsider showed me something that is pretty cool. It has a lot to do with dragons!"
"You mean those monsters that see us as snacks or pests?" Holly replied, in a sarcastic tone.
"And how would you feel if I told you that a certain person managed to befriend these oh so "mindless reptiles?"
Hedge opens up his curled up hand, revealing the scales of both the sand dragon and the night dragon.
Serval becomes starry-eyed about the scales, but Holly just couldn't wrap her mind around the hype.
"And this scale is interesting because…?"
"Because the fact that this person can ride dragons as if they're just horses with scales is interesting within itself! They told me all about them, how dragons have tribes, within those tribes they form a strong bond with each other and protect the tribe with their lives, risking their own lives to fiercely defend their friends and family."
"Mhm, let's not forget the whole thing about dragons slaughtering each other like stray cats, though." Holly replies, sounding unimpressed
"Well, dragons need to protect themselves and their tribe! They use their strong fire, ice breath or even toxic venom to keep enemies at bay. what matters to them the most is that the dragons in their tribe are safe."
Serval budges in "Wait wait wait, did you say venom? like.. snake venom?"
"Yes! Rain forest dragons spit strong venom from their fangs to deter bad guys away, but rain forest dragons are usually calm, passive and docile. just never get on their bad sides, alright?"
"That's it? aren't you going to tell us more about these oh-so amazing reptiles?"
Holly replies, in a somewhat mocking tone.
"Don't mind if I do" he replies, in a snarky tone.
Hedge told tales to the two girls about dragons, how their tribe functions, their unique societies and beliefs, how kings and queens rule their kingdoms insuring that the tribe is safe, and of course, dragons just being the elegant flying reptiles.
"Believe it or not, dragons are more like us than you two think"
"Huh, I have to say, dragons aren't that bad" Holly says, in a interested tone
"I knew you would fall in love with those lovable lizards!" Hedge replies in a "told ya so" tone
"Hey, if you seem to love dragons so much, why not start a tribe of our own?" Serval says, in an excited tone.
Holly appears to be bewildered yet also curious, Hedge is a little bit lost, but wants her to go on
"Tell me more" he says "Go on."
"You know.. we form our own tribe made of fierce "dragons!" having unique "skills" like they do, hunting and protecting our tribe from threats and harm, and ensuring the folks in the tribe are okay."
"Sounds cute, but I think it's important we form hierarchies, like they do. Kings, queens, other ranks of royalty, a group with no rules is a group with no control, we don't need to act like rabid dogs over who gets to get the last rabbit leg." Holly said.
"Okay.. hm, I'll be Queen Serval, a rain forest dragon. Anyone who is a friend of nature is a friend of mine."
"Queen Serval…? Nope nope nope, not happening!"
"What gives?"
"We aren't just some pitiful people anymore, we're mighty, loyal and noble dragons now. I believe it would be best to drop those human names into the sand."
"Hmm, okay, how about Queen Margay the rain forest dragon! They're cute, but sneaky and clever as uh, margay."
"Alright, step aside you two, and say hello to King Cactus the sand dragon."
"Why cactus? You give the worst hugs in the entire desert?"
"Nah, not like that at all. Cactuses can be pretty dangerous, but they're a lot more helpful than most folks think, I would know."
"Ahem, what. Are you two really going to leave me hanging?" Holly said, crossing her arms.
Cactus and Margay turn towards Holly, Cactus steps forward in her direction "Alright then, Holly. Tell us, who really are you?'
"GreatWing, That's who am and will always be, GreatWing."
"What makes you so great, oh wise and all-knowing GreatWing?"
"I Accept the fact that reality isn't a sunshine forest where all the animals put flower crowns on each other and sing golden retriever."
"Oh Holl- I mean GreatWing." Margay sighed.
"Alright, glad we got our names. But what should we name our tribe, surely we can't walk around being known as those-funny-folk-who-pretend-to-be-dragons."
"DragonWings!" Serval blurted out.
"DragonWings..?" GreatWing said in an odd tone.
"DragonWings sounds fine to me, yeah." 
"C'mon, let our words be heard!" Margay squeaked.
The trio yips and yaps the words as loud as they could. "DragonWings, DragonWings, DragonWings!"
==Authors note== 
Heyyo, ya made it to the end of this fiction, it's done! so this will not receive any new chapters. Do keep in mind this story is just the dawn of their journey and not the dusk of it. A hero will spring into action when sparks become raging fires. 
Also, first time writing sumthn about humans, so I hope ya like it. have a nice day, folks!
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