Dusty's 8th adventure - Part 8
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No title yet, sorry. Working on this in between Zack's story, Bouncer and a few other projects... as well as the mentorship programme.
As ever, FIRST DRAFT spelling, grammar, punctuation etc will not be changed or altered until I go over it as a whole after the story is finished.
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The eighth part of Dusty's 8th Adventure.
“That sounds complicated,” Dusty said.
“You’re not wrong!” the dragon said. “And because I heard we’ve got a new, temporary Master of Dragons, and I’m too young to have seen one before, I decided to come and take a look.”
The Phoenix and Nightshade fled and the Fire Imp flew under her jacket. Dusty wondered what they were running away from.
A screech filled the air and Dusty put her hands over her ears. The sound was terrifying and deafening.
The dragon ducked down low as though expecting to be plucked from the ground and taken away.
Dusty looked up. Above them, the purple, white and ice-blue dragon that had taken Drake to his treatment hovered. Then the down-draft of the beat of its massive wings arrived and almost flattened Dusty to the ground.
It dropped from the sky like a missile. Dusty shielded her eyes from the dust storm whipped up by the wings and the earth shook as the dragon landed.
“Why are you up out of the crevice, Blackamoor?” the massive dragon rumbled. Its voice was smooth and kind, even though it made Dusty’s body vibrate.
“I was coming to see the new Dragon Master,” Blackamoor said.
“I’m not the Dragon Master,” Dusty said. “If anything, I’m more like a Dragon Janitor.”
The dragons both laughed and the sound lifted Dusty’s heart. It was such a genuine and humorous sound, she couldn’t help grinning at it too.
“Demon halfling, you are, to all intents and purposes, the Dragon Master. You are here to protect us and care for us and you hold the staff that Drake gave you. You have his trust and you have our loyalty,” the massive dragon said in the lowest voice it could manage.
Dusty reached into her coat and took out the Fire Imp. She placed it on the head of the other dragon and went right up to the ice-dragon who bowed its head down to her height.
Dusty whispered in the ice-dragon’s ear. “My name is Dusty,” she said.
“I know that,” the dragon whispered back. “Your fame has reached even down here. Impundulu is still bemoaning his lot. He wanders the Ash Desert complaining to anyone that will listen about his beautiful lover and how she was snatched away from him by two half-demons. I made it my duty to find out exactly who you were when Drake told me he had to go for his treatment. He waited until I was happy with his choice before he asked you.”
Dusty stepped back and took a good look at the dragon. “Oh,” she said.
“Lost for words, little one?” the dragon said.
“For once, yes,” Dusty said.
“Modest too? I think you and I will get on like…”
“Like a house on fire?” the Fire Imp chimed in. “I didn’t know you were a Halfling. I thought you were human.”
The dragons laughed at the Fire Imp’s analogy.
“No, I don’t mention it usually,” Dusty said.
Nightshade came back and intertwined his lithe body through Dusty’s legs in a constantly moving figure 8.
Dusty looked down at him and he looked up and slow-blinked.
“You’re a beautiful chap and no mistake,” Dusty said to him.
“Thank you,” she heard inside her head.
She took the conversation into her headspace then.
Do the dragons know you can talk? she said.
Nightshade slow blinked and stared up at Dusty. Pick me up, she heard.
She bent down to pick him up and he sat upon her shoulder like a furry parrot.
The dragons know. The Fire Imp doesn’t. You don’t trust that Fire Imp, do you? Nightshade said in her mind.
No, there’s just… something, she thought.
Keep hold of that mistrust, Dusty, Nightshade said. I think you’re going to need it.
I like a good story with a dragon or two...and a telepathic black cat.
Me too!
easy to follow and what fun creatures...Nightshade is a great friend for Dusty. I think all cats are telepathic.
Sorry I've been MIA. love you
Gosh, you throw bits like these in intense moments and they just fit perfectly all the time! I don't know how you do it... That is one of the things I admire most about your writing. Adventure all the way!
actions in the story begin to gain momentum. I liked the passage from the dialogue between Dusty and the dragon
thank you, waiting for the continuation
Hey Meeesh, I just wanna make a suggestion, although I may be way off here, but don't you think these dragons are alittle too nice? I mean they can be loyal and everything mentioned, but I feel as though they should have a harsher vocabulary if that made sense, but hey what do I know, I'm just a scrub!
Without wanting to sound harsh, the dragons (of which you've only 'met' two, so far) are being respectful to their new Dragon Master. Would you expect them to be wild and horrible to someone that is taking care of them while their usual Master is away?
Dragons (or at least my dragons) are hundreds, if not thousands of years old and their vocabulary attests to their vast number in years.
One last thing... 'Meeesh'? Why?
Sorry, have several Michelle's that I know which I refer to as Meesh, I won't be doing that again, sorry.
Maybe I should have waited a little deeper into the story before making the dragon analogy, was more instinctive as I've always associated dragons with such harsher manners, this doesn't mean that they are not wise and such, either way I am vastly enjoying the story thus far.
No problem... my name is more like 'Michigan' than 'meercat' :)
Please keep commenting on the stories, it all helps. If I can't answer your points, then I have to either think more about it so I can answer, or I need to change something.
If i was blackamoor, i would have said the same thing he said about dusty being the new dragon master but i liked dusty's reply that she is more of the dragon janitor. Lol
That is a great story i already read it from the beginning till this part what a wonderful story like i live with the characters amazing great job i will definitely follow you waiting for more.
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