help and travel with him along his path. A path she knew he had to take.
The sun was now peaking over the edge of the crevice and the sky lights disappeared. Terra would soon awake with Cardana and they would start down their new path. Where it would lead, she did not know, but as long as Terra was with her, it would be the path she would follow. Fienna did not know where it would lead, but as long as Terra was at her side, she would follow it.
Chapter 2 - The Request
(What can a single man do? Change the world.)
- The Time of the Draman -
Terra and Fienna’s love expanded to include their new daughter. She was a strong and beautiful child. Her face was light green with a myriad of other shades of green patterned over her tiny body. She always seemed to be wriggling and a smile was forever present on her small round face. She rarely cried, instead, she seemed to laugh, especially when her father held her. Fienna, her mother, was a strikingly tall, beautiful and powerful- looking woman. Her hair, a bluish green, was almost to the ground. Her skin was as soft as water with small marks that looked like the scales that she once had. Her coloring stayed the same as when she was a dragon, blues and greens flowing across her body. Fienna, a dragon that changed into human form, had no idea how to care for a human infant. Terra’s mother, Reicka, and sister, Faray, were there to help. She quickly learned what was needed and how to do it.
Terra had been reunited with his pet slese cat, Suti, when he found his mother. He had tamed the animal as a young human when she was about to attack him. Suti was tri-colored with red and yellow fur and a black stripe down her back. She was as long as a man was tall, with teeth and claws sharper and harder than any blade. His dragon family had raised Terra to adulthood after he was taken from his parents during a trip. Suti was wounded trying to fend off the attack by the Averons who had taken Terra. She was old and hardly able to move when Terra came to his mother’s cave. Terra healed her old wounds and gave her back the strength and health of her youth. Suti now stayed near Cardana, protecting her and Fienna. Her love for Terra had expanded to include Fienna and their daughter.
One sun-rising, Fienna was feeding Cardana, so Terra decided to take a walk. He stood two heads taller than any sea nymph. Terra had massive legs that supported a wide body. His legs, hips and body were the same width until they merged into a large chest and even larger shoulders. His arms were not much smaller than the rest of him. His head was oval-shaped and framed by brown wavy hair that went half way down his back. It was tied into a tail with a piece of old cloth. His face was typical of a human, except for his eyes, which looked like ancient pieces of wood. As he left the cave, his mother stopped him. She had been resting in the warm sun near the cave’s opening.
“Terra, you need to know some things.”
“What things do you think I need to know?” he said in a gentle, questioning voice.
“Well first, why have you not asked me about your father?”
“When I connected with your mind, I felt your pain about him, and I did not want to hurt you by bringing it up.”
“Thank you, but it's time you know. Your father was killed ten sets of seasons after you were taken from us. He was killed by a mound of rock and dirt he had built to hold back the river that flowed through our planting land. Without cause, the mound tore apart and the force of the water and debris killed him.”
“From your voice it sounds as if it was not an accident.”
“Your father built that mound and it would have never come apart like it did. I think Wistack, the one you killed, did it. He wanted the land and me.”
“He is gone and it is over now,” Terra said in an odd distant tone.
“There is more,” she immediately said, trying to keep his attention.
“Yes, what?”
“After you
The sun was now peaking over the edge of the crevice and the sky lights disappeared. Terra would soon awake with Cardana and they would start down their new path. Where it would lead, she did not know, but as long as Terra was with her, it would be the path she would follow. Fienna did not know where it would lead, but as long as Terra was at her side, she would follow it.
Chapter 2 - The Request
(What can a single man do? Change the world.)
- The Time of the Draman -
Terra and Fienna’s love expanded to include their new daughter. She was a strong and beautiful child. Her face was light green with a myriad of other shades of green patterned over her tiny body. She always seemed to be wriggling and a smile was forever present on her small round face. She rarely cried, instead, she seemed to laugh, especially when her father held her. Fienna, her mother, was a strikingly tall, beautiful and powerful- looking woman. Her hair, a bluish green, was almost to the ground. Her skin was as soft as water with small marks that looked like the scales that she once had. Her coloring stayed the same as when she was a dragon, blues and greens flowing across her body. Fienna, a dragon that changed into human form, had no idea how to care for a human infant. Terra’s mother, Reicka, and sister, Faray, were there to help. She quickly learned what was needed and how to do it.
Terra had been reunited with his pet slese cat, Suti, when he found his mother. He had tamed the animal as a young human when she was about to attack him. Suti was tri-colored with red and yellow fur and a black stripe down her back. She was as long as a man was tall, with teeth and claws sharper and harder than any blade. His dragon family had raised Terra to adulthood after he was taken from his parents during a trip. Suti was wounded trying to fend off the attack by the Averons who had taken Terra. She was old and hardly able to move when Terra came to his mother’s cave. Terra healed her old wounds and gave her back the strength and health of her youth. Suti now stayed near Cardana, protecting her and Fienna. Her love for Terra had expanded to include Fienna and their daughter.
One sun-rising, Fienna was feeding Cardana, so Terra decided to take a walk. He stood two heads taller than any sea nymph. Terra had massive legs that supported a wide body. His legs, hips and body were the same width until they merged into a large chest and even larger shoulders. His arms were not much smaller than the rest of him. His head was oval-shaped and framed by brown wavy hair that went half way down his back. It was tied into a tail with a piece of old cloth. His face was typical of a human, except for his eyes, which looked like ancient pieces of wood. As he left the cave, his mother stopped him. She had been resting in the warm sun near the cave’s opening.
“Terra, you need to know some things.”
“What things do you think I need to know?” he said in a gentle, questioning voice.
“Well first, why have you not asked me about your father?”
“When I connected with your mind, I felt your pain about him, and I did not want to hurt you by bringing it up.”
“Thank you, but it's time you know. Your father was killed ten sets of seasons after you were taken from us. He was killed by a mound of rock and dirt he had built to hold back the river that flowed through our planting land. Without cause, the mound tore apart and the force of the water and debris killed him.”
“From your voice it sounds as if it was not an accident.”
“Your father built that mound and it would have never come apart like it did. I think Wistack, the one you killed, did it. He wanted the land and me.”
“He is gone and it is over now,” Terra said in an odd distant tone.
“There is more,” she immediately said, trying to keep his attention.
“Yes, what?”
“After you
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