Romping Through The Waves

<font color='#FF7F00'>// Day: 2 \\
// Quarter: Tria \\
// Year: 81377 \\

-- Morning in Chafuo was almost always wonderful. As the sun rose in the east, it cast a faint shine onto the beaches that lined the coast. The crystaline waters that had been blackish-blue with night now became blue as the sky here usually was. It was a beautiful sight, for the few who woke early enough to view it.

One of those select few was a young Pendragon called Ayokye Rheme. Anyone who looked at her could tell she was the type who rose with the sun but didn't fall asleep until well past dark. In the early morning sun, her chesnut hued coat looked to be more of a blackish-gray. At this point in time, she was running along the beach, close to the waters edge. She was a tad reluctant to wade into the ocean, but after a small amount of thinking, decided to take the plunge. And this she did with a small, almost feline leap. She giggled as the cold water touched her pelt, then began to swim further out into the waves. Suddenly she darted back onto the shore. She watched for a moment, then ran back toward the rolling tide. As the waves drew nearer, she scrambled back up, laughing in utter bliss. She was chasing the waves, daring them to come closeer to her and then running away from them. She had played this game many times with her parents, but never alone. It seemed to her, either way, the game was equally fun.

Still, she couldn't help but feel a bit lonely. Being small she had a slight fear of being all by herself, and so she hoped company would come along soon.</font>

 

<font color='#FF7F00'>-- Ayokye saw not the large ebony PenDragon circling overhead, only his massive shadow.

Like all young things, she had a distinct fear of the unknown. This shadow, approaching over the horizon, seemingly was the unknown personified and spiraling down towards her at an alarming rate.

She stopped and let the chilly waves catch up and roll over her paws, her mouth falling ajar at the sight of the huge PenDragon flying close by. She shivered at the sight of him, but decided that this dragon just might be friendly. Though his appearences would certainly tell otherwise.

She gulped, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath. Even though she wasn't supposed to talk to strangers, she was going to. After all, in her eyes, every rule existed to be broken. She opened her eyes again, and sighed. Perhaps she shouldn't. This fellow cut a fairly intimidating figure, and how was she to know he wasn't some killer out on the prowl for his next victim? She glanced down at the water briefly. She was small, he was big. It was as simple as that. He could overpower and murder her easily, and she wouldn't even be able to fight back. But still, he wasn't exactly screaming death threats, so she went back to her original choice. She would try and talk to this stranger.

"Hewwo mister. What are you doing up so early in the morning?"
She called out.</font>

 

<font color='#FF7F00'>Ayokye gasped. This PenDragon was much larger than he'd appeared to be from up high.

She shrunk back a little, frightened by his massive form. His red orbs only added to the young dragons fear. And now, he was speaking in some strange language that she didn't fully understand. How would she know if this male meant her harm? She did however, know what that language was called. It was ramathian. How she knew, she wasn't certain. Her parents never taught it to her. She hadn't yet been to school. Probably she knew because she'd heard her parents speak in that strange dialect.

At any rate, this big fellow was just plain scary to her. He'd come falling out of the sky and then talked to her in a strange toungue. He was far bigger than she'd hoped. Not exactly the company she'd hoped for. But still, he was here, and it wasn't like she could make him disappear or anything.

She gulped once more, and crouched low to the ground. Her whole body shook as she replied to him..

"S-sorry sir... I don't understand y-y-you.."</font>

 

<font color='#FF7F00'>Ayokye smiled.

Now at least she knew whether he wanted to eat her or not. What had before been an expression of intimidation and malice on his face was now a soft, benevolent one. She sighed, mostly out of relief, and partly out of being a bit tired.

"Sorry sir. I was scared of you cause you are so big. And your shadow-thing was really scary."
She said, grinning from ear to ear.

She yawned once then turned to the ever-rising sun. The shine on the water was increasing with each moment. Then, once more she was in the water, this time diving and splashing around for all she was worth. She went to bat some water onto her new aquaintence, then remembered that she certainly didn't want to make him mad. So, pulling herself onto shore again, she decided to try and have a conversation with this mascu.

"Guess what mister? My mommy says I'm obnoxious. What ever that means."
She said, flicking her tail a bit.</font>

 

<font color='#FF7F00'>She grinned and did a little dance.

"My name is Ayokye, and my mommy says I shouldn't give my last name to strangers.

She giggled and ran a little circle around him. Here at last, was what she wanted. A playmate. But of course, she would have to teach him her favorite games, and show him all of her favorite places to romp about and relax. She didn't care if he was much older than she was. He was here, and that made him her new best friend.

Then, she saw something that fascinated her. He had a flame on his tail. Her father had one too, but he never stayed around long enough for her to ask about it. Her young mind was indeed, as the other dragon had said, curious. Not to be misleading, she knew very well that all male PenDragons were born with the tail-flames. However, she had questions. Did the flames hurt? Did they set things on fire? Bored with just staring off into space, she decided to ask him.

"Hey sir, does that tail-fire thing hurt you?"</font>

 

<font color='#FF7F00'>Ayokye giggled again and touched his tail-flame curiously. He was right! It didn't hurt! She took her paws off of it, then she nodded to his latest sentiment.

"Ok mister.. er.. I mean Dreed. Mr. Dreed.. I'll call you that. Mommy says I'm supposed to call big dragons by their proper titles, never their first names. I did that once and daddy spanked me.

She grins and blushes, slightly embarrased from mentioning her mistake. Her parents had tried hard to teach her proper manners and such, and for the most part ayokye was a good listener. But other times, extra care was needed to show her what was right and what was not. The previous incident was from when Ayokye was quite little indeed, and so it was excused pretty quickly by her father and mother, but other times they had been mad at her for quite a while.

She sighed, and looked over to the water again.

"Yep! So.. what you do for a living, Mr. Dreed?"</font>

 

<font color='#FF7F00'>She frowned. She knew what a hired hand was. Her dad had been one.. though he'd tried very hard to mask it.. he couldn't keep his own daughter from finding out what he did for a living. So he'd changed jobs. Became an animal trainer. Still, it hadn't changed the fact that Ayokye knew that he'd done very bad things.. and she had been a witness to it once..

She shook her head violently at the memory. Then she looked upward, to the sky. Violence. Even though she was but a child, she knew very well that it was all pointless bloodshed. Her father had said to her that when she got older, she'd understand. But who could understand something like this? Cetainly not a dragon so young as herself.

"I know what that is.. my daddy was one.. changed his job after I saw him.. you know.. hurt someone.."
She said quietly.</font>

 

<font color='#FF7F00'>"Yes.. I guess that is okay.. you seem nice enough.."
She said, turning back to him, half-smiling.

She sighed. Dreed seemed friendly.. but would he turn on her? She wasn't sure.. She decided to ask.

"You.. you're not here to hurt me, are you?"
She said softly..

// OoC \\ -- Sorry for the crappy post.. lack of inspiration.. will get better soon!</font>

 

<font color='#FF7F00'>Ayokye grinned slightly. This dragon was a fairly kind soul, for being what he was.

And as far as mis-judgements went, Ayokye knew from experience that they could be extremely hurtful. Many often took her to be nothing more than a stupid child. She was dreadfully sorry that she'd even asked such a thing. After all, Dreed had been extremely sweet to her so far. He'd been almoset fatherly in nature. She wondered how she could even ask him to forgive her. Still, she had to try. After all, it was only polite.

"I'm sorry Dreed.. I shouldn't of even asked.."
She said in a hushed tone.</font>

 

<font color='#FF7F00'>Ayokye blushed at the compliment.

Dreed had very nice manners. She admired that. Especially since most of her childhood had been spent learning proper etiquette. Indeed she was fairly polite with all adult dragons. Other cubs, on the other hand..

She giggled and skip-hopped about in the waves.

"Hehee! Dreed! Come play in the waves with me!"
She called out to the older PenDragon.</font>