Dawn Dragon

[Mark Robson]

I thought at least one of the regulars might like this...

Elian dropped to his hands and knees to crawl the last few feet. His heart raced as he neared the crest of the ridge, for he was sure that the sounds he had heard during his climb would prove his suspicions correct. There had been fresh dragonspore in the Haleen valley yesterday and Elian believed that one of the magnificent creatures was hunting there. If so, this could prove a unique opportunity to get a good view.

Dragons rarely ventured this far from the mountain ranges of the north, and though some of the other boys from the village had claimed to have seen them in the past, Elian suspected that these were merely tales told to enhance the boys’ status. Could this be his chance to fulfil his most burning desire? Dragons were an obsession. He had idolised them since he had first understood the stories of their brave, and noble breed. Even the dark dragons were a source of fascination, but he hoped against hope that this would not be one of those dread black dragons come south to feed, for though that would be exciting to see, it was one of the famous day dragons that he really wanted to see.

Creeping forward slowly, the floor of the valley gradually eased into view and Elian’s breath caught in his throat. His eyes widened in disbelief as he gazed in wonder at the awesome sight below him. There, standing in full view, was indeed a dragon – but what a dragon! This was no dark dragon of the night, black as coal and filled with dread anger. Neither was it a day dragon, blue as cornflower and more noble than the greatest of knights, nor even was it a dusk dragon, rare as sapphires, dusky blue-grey with proud eyes of silver. No. To Elian’s pure astonishment and delight his eyes alighted on the most rare of all of the dragon family. There, in resplendent orange-gold glory, stood a dawn dragon, its wings partially furled and its head held high, carefully surveying the valley with its beautiful shining eyes.

Elian’s chest began to hurt and he realised that he had been holding his breath, lost in wonder. Slowly, he forced the air from his straining lungs, desperate not to make the slightest of sounds in case the dragon became aware of him. This was a day he would never forget.

[erickad71]

More please?

[scalem X]

Dawn Dragon?? This is written for Dwndrgn??
Yeah I would say more more , but since you actually got a chance to publish what you write, I would be careful by posting on the net.

[Silk]

That sounds amazing!!! can't waite to read more, more, more

[I, Brian]

Nice work.

Did wonder at "dragonspore" - I presumed it was a euphemism for dragon poo?

[Silk]

I think this sounds AMAZING!!!! I am assuming this comes from some of your new work, if so when can we look forward to seeing it on the shelves?

[Mark Robson]

I hate to say this, but I scrawled this piece in about 20 minutes over lunchtime today for a bit of a laugh! I've not been doing any creative writing for a couple of months and dwndrgn's name, together with her comment about writing dragon stories, gave me the inspiration to write a clip about her namesake. There is no more at the moment, but given the comments I might consider writing more when I have a bit more time. Unfortunately, I think that much of my time over the next couple of months is going to be spent battling with the re-write of Imperial Spy, but I might jot the odd few paragraphs every now and then for a bit of light relief.

Thanks for the votes of confidence though - it's nice to get positive feedback.

Oh, yes - I forgot to say, Brian, that your surmise was correct. Dragonspore is very definitely dragon poo!

[scalem X]

Well this is also the case when I write . The first part bursts from inspiration and is written easily, but after one or 2 pages the problems start to come; what sort of story; how long; what is the mane story; should the character walk north or south. I have the anoying habbit of starting with another story when I grow bored of one and that's probably why I haven't written anything serious yet. But I'm young and if I enjoy writting the first part of a story I do so.
Btw Mark what sort of airplanes do you fly?

[dwndrgn]

Wow, very cool! I absolutely had to click on this post to find out whether or not it was about me - vain isn't it? Don't care. I loved it

Now I can brag and say I have an inspiring screenname!

[Mark Robson]

Originally Posted by scalem X

Mark what sort of airplanes do you fly?

Have flown all sorts over the years - VC10 air-to-air refuelling tankers most recently.

Originally Posted by dwndrgn

Wow, very cool! I absolutely had to click on this post to find out whether or not it was about me - vain isn't it? Don't care. I loved it

Now I can brag and say I have an inspiring screenname!

My pleasure entirely. I really enjoyed writing again and have always liked dragons. I kind of like the idea of relating the different dragons to times of day and giving them characters to match. This might be the angle I was looking for in order to write something a little different about them. We'll see.

[Lacedaemonian]

What a nice thing to do for one of our nicest members. Great little story too mate!

[Mark Robson]

Originally Posted by Lacedaemonian

What a nice thing to do for one of our nicest members. Great little story too mate!

Why thank you - glad you liked it.

[dwndrgn]

Originally Posted by Lacedaemonian

What a nice thing to do for one of our nicest members. Great little story too mate!

Ok. Now I'm blushing! Stop it!

[knivesout]

Oh, that was neat. I really felt I was there, with Elian, in the valley. Couldn't have been written for a nicer person, either.

[littlemissattitude]

That was really nice. I liked it a lot.