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The castle of the dragons. Protected by the dragons of legend. Known to the world, as the place that has complete power. Pure power unknown to any kind of man. Those who rule the castle are called ‘dragon shifters’. A dying breed of mankind, that have the ability to shift into dragons whenever they wish. The mortals soon started to attack and kill the shifters ,out of terror of their power. The shifters wished to protect the mortals. They did not fight back. They ended up hiding in the castle. It was protected and guarded by the five legendary dragons. These dragons may never be killed. The dragons were full pure dragons. Never once holding a human form. They were also known as the element dragons. The smallest was the forest dragon. With a deep green armor, partly made of tree like scales and moss like scales. Wings that blend with her front legs that seem bigger that her own body. A tail that ranged for two miles behind the dragon. Tree like spikes stuck out from the back bone of the dragon. The second smallest was the dragon of fire. Armored scales the color of lava and fire. Wings that sprout out of the the shoulder blades. The wing were normal size to the dragon’s body. The dragon who is in the middle of heights was the dragon of ice. Deep blue scales cover majority of his of his body. Ice like horns sprout from his shoulders and elbows. Wings sprout from the shoulder blade. With ice also coming out where the wings began. Horns of ice form down the chin line. The second biggest dragon is the one of the sun. Scales as yellow as the sun. Spiky scales sticking out along the throat. Giant horns sprout from the dragons skull. A giant one grows from the top of his nose. The biggest dragon of them all was the dragon of the dark. Or as the humans called him the dragon of death or darkness. With scales as dark as night. Two rows of spikes run a long it’s back. Horns sprouting from the top of its skull down along its jaw line. Parts of his wing were torn. Giant scares littered the dragon’s body. The scares were from humans trying to kill the beast but failing terribly. All of these powerful dragons had one flaw that the mortals have no idea about. That flaw was their preciousness.
A preciousness is a living creature that a dragon would grow a love bond towards. Taking care of it as a child or pet. The shifters have known about the preciousness before the few had to go into hiding. The few times the last of the shifters are not protected, is when the dragons go to find their new preciousness. They must all wait to find a new preciousness, until all of the previous preciousness die off. This time the last two serving shifters had to wait for each dragon to bring back there preciousness, which all turned out to be mortal.
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The yellow dragon’s preciousness
It was a sunny afternoon in a very peaceful village. Hunk had just gotten his rolls out of the oven. He had ran the bakery in the village. He had a perfect life so far. He did what he loved to do. Had finally had been able to courter the girl he had been crushing on. Her name was Shay. She had beautiful sun kissed skin with dark brown hair. Big brown eyes that had enhanced Hunk in. Their first date in the meadow near the village. Was where the dragon had spotted him. After seeing the dark skinned man smile, he knew that this was his new preciousness. The dragon hid and watched how the man acted. For two whole weeks the dragon watched as Hunk lived his life. The day came when Shay had asked Hunk if he’d go to the lake with her. He said yes. Shay then led the way down to the man made lake near the village. This is when the dragon decided he would claim his preciousness. Out of nowhere a giant golden dragon, popped out of a small forested area. Both Shay and Hunk screamed at the Sight of the dragon. They started to run back towards the village. It was to late, for the moment they started to run the dragon had already gotten to them. With in seconds of realizing it was to late run. The yellow dragon picked hunk up and processed to fly away. Hunk started to try and get out of the dragons grasp. Failing miserably by just hitting the claws around him. He takes out his safety knife from one of his pockets and goes for the stab. The knife instantly breaks due to the titanium like scales of armor. Noticing his preciousness freaking out in his claws. The yellow dragon makes sure to knock out his preciousness, by roughly shaking Hunk’s body, to make Hunk hit his head. Hunk passes out and no longer struggles in the now happy dragon’s claws.
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The blue dragon’s preciousness.
It was one of the few days that the shifters came out of the castle. When the dragons weren’t there. Only one at a time is aloud to leave. This time is was the the beautiful princess. Hair whiter than snow, blue eyes, dark tinted skin , and the light pink of her markings. She goes through the village quickly, in hopes not to get attention of anyone. But was she very wrong. A sun kissed young man with short chocolate brown hair was following her with a smirk.
“Hey there pretty lady! You must be a dragon shifter, because you are smoking” he said point his hand in the shape of a gun. The princess had rolled her eyes and kept walking very fast. The man kept following her. He started to walk faster to get in-front of her. “Hey sweet thing! No need to run from me. I’m one of those dragon shifter lovers. Especially for you.” He said winking and doing more finger guns. “The names lance. Lance McClain, and what’s your lovely?” Winking once again.
The princess suddenly stopped and gave lance a angry look. “If you don’t mind ‘lance’ but I must get back to the castle before anything bad happens!” The princess explained while almost sprinting. Lance started to run with her. “Hey, hey, hey I just wanted to talk, and plus a gentleman like me can’t let a lovely lady like you go by yourself.” He started to walk at the same pace as her. She aloud him to walk with her since she could sense the blue dragon near by. In fact she knew he was watching, think he was making sure lance didn’t try to kill her. But that was not what the dragon was doing. The dragon had been watching lance flirt with every girl he could.
Watching to see when was a good time to grab his preciousness. Princess Allura walking though was just what he want to happen. As lance and Allura basically run to the castle, the dragon starting to put his plan in action. Once the village was out of site. The dragon got closer. Lance looked behind himself to see the faint dragon coming towards him. “Oh shit! “ lance said as he started to run away from the dragon,” I didn’t even touch her. I just used pick up lines!” Allura smirked at the sight of what looked like the blue dragon chasing this ‘lance’ away. That was until the dragon picked lance up by his shirt in his teeth, and started towards the castle.
“ ummm? Blue? That’s the wrong way, and why are you cari... please don’t tell me that’s your new ‘preciousness’.” The dragon didn’t listen to Allura and continued towards the castle looking extremely happy. With a confused lance dangling from his mouth. “ so, um am I going to get eaten in side of the castle or will I be able to go free.” Was Lance’s lasts words before the blue dragon took him to the dragons nest.
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The red dragon’s preciousness
It was a village stricken with a deadly plague. Only a few were still alive. The village went from a hundred villagers to ten in two whole weeks. A boy about the age of nineteen sat outside of his house. Tears streaming down his face. A doctor with a mask walks out from the house. The boy looks up with a sadden face. “Their gone, aren’t they?” He said in a tearful voice.
“I’m sorry my boy.... Kevin wasn’t it?” The doctor explained and asked. “I.i..it’s Keith” the boy explained with more tears streaming down. “Well my dear boy, Keith, I am very sorry, but your parents have been taken by the plague. Not only that but I’d recommend you leave. Before it’s to late for you too.” The doctor spoke before turning to leave the poor boy. “Wait!” Screamed Keith “ bu..b..but I have no where to go.” The doctor turned back to him “then you better figure that out then. Uh.”
He turned back around. “Well that or die” he ended the sentence with a hideous laugh. Keith watched as the man walked away. He then turned to go into his house, to collect his things. As soon as he walks in he’s greater with the sight of his parents. His mother’s beautiful face cold with no life. The one person who no matter what happened made him laugh. Was on their bed lifeless. His father’s body layer next his mother’s. All the love of the two people he held dear to his heart. All that love was gone. He walked past his now dead parents body into his room. Tears blurring his eye sight. Weeps that make it hard for him to breath. With a shaky hand he begins to gather his things. His fathers working gloves that he’s had since he was eight teen. The jacket his mother took three months to make for her precious son. Gathering his things know they’d want him to be safe. They always wanted him healthy, and strong. He grabbed his stuff, basically running out of the house, not able to look at his parents. Once he’s out of the house he heads out of the village. Looking back at his once upon a time house. From afar the red dragon watches. Feeling furry towards the doctor for talking to his precious preciousness. The dragons fire building up. Anger soon turned to sadness one the preciousness’s was able to be seen. The dragon of fire wanted to take care of this little human till the end of time. To take care of him until he cant. Once his preciousness got out of the village and into the woods, the red dragon leaped towards the boy. Keith quickly reacted. Taking out his father’s trusty dagger for protection. This didn’t and bother the dragon, with one quick go the dragon had picked up Keith. Starting to flap his wings, the dragon took off. Keith tried to use the dagger but, it would not go though the thick scales. The dragon flew off the put it’s preciousness in its safety nest.
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The green dragon’s preciousness
“Katie get inside now!” Matt screamed in terror. The Galra empire was closing in on their village. The empire would take all of the men for the villages they rein over, in order to keep the villages under their control. Katie knew that they would hurt her bother Matt. Matt had pushed her in the house. “Make sure you take care of mom please!” He said desperately. Katie could not believe what she was hearing, her brother was giving a little to them. She could not take it. Katie had rammed into the door. She ran out of the house towards her brother. Pulling desperately on his arm,” please Matt don’t go I need you here, mom needs you too. Ever since they took dad from us we’ve need you even more!” Matt turned to her and grabbed her arms. “Katie please! Go back in I don’t want them to hurt you!” Tears falling out of his eyes. “ I can’t let them hurt you so please! I promise I’ll come back with dad.” Katie didn’t listen, tears going down her face, pulling Matt’s arms trying to keep him with her.
“You there! What’s taking you so long.” They turn their head to see one of the garla guards on a horse giving them a face. “leave the girl and get going.” He yelled at the siblings. Katie turned around a picked up a rock. She then turned around, and threw the rock at the guard. “You little idiotic girl! What’s your name?” The guard hopped off his horse and walked up too Katie. She gave him a ugly face. “I said what’s your name girl!” He grabbed her arm roughly. “ Pidge! Her name is pidge!” Matt interjected, getting between Katie and the guard. “Please don’t hurt her! I was just telling her to go home.” Matt looked into the guard’s eyes. Katie looked up towards Matt, hurt and anger were in her eyes. “Beat it squirt!” The guard yelled at Katie. She gave the look like she was about to pick up another rock when Matt gave her a look and whispered in her ear. “Please go home Katie.” Matt gave Katie a sadden look. “For me, please.” Pidge’s tears started to go down her face again. She turned and slowly walked back home.
The green dragon watched from afar. ‘Pidge is the name of my preciousness.’ The dragon had been scouting her preciousness for about a week. She had to wait till pidge had walked out of the village to take her back to their home.
A week had passed by. This was the first time the dragon had seen pidge out of her make shift nest. Pidge has walked out of her house with a sack and shorter hair. Looking more like the male that was taken, but green didn’t mind. Then happily for the dragon pidge left the village. Walking away towards the forest. That’s where she’ll get her preciousness! She stocked pidge into the the forest. Perfectly blending into the ground. Pidge got a feeling that she was being followed. Every time she had turned around nothing was there. Until she noticed the giant body of a dragon behind her. She could see a small bit of difference between the scales and the actual trees. Pidge started to run, but it wasn’t good enough to get away. The dragon quickly, and safely, caught pidge in her mouth. Soon pidge will be safely in her nest.
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The black dragon
It’s the Galra prison. The place where all the men of the villages go to. Whether their strong or weak. Shiro was considered one of the strongest. They constantly had a gaurd on him. He had almost escaped several of times. And this is what brought the attention of the black dragon towards him. A new group of prisoners were brought there a week ago. Sam’s son was in this group. Shiro had grown close to the old man ever since he came to the prison. Pretty soon both Matt and Shiro also had gotten close. Over a span of a week they were already best friends. That night they were planning to escape. Matt was hopeful to get his father back to his mother and sister.
“Katie will be so happy to see you.” Matt said to his father smirking. “When we get out of here. We’ll defiantly get out of that shit hole of a village.” Matt said with a smirk. “ Matthew! Don’t use that kind of language.” Sam said. “Any way how are we going to get out. That’ll never work.”
Shiro looked at sam’s face. “Of course it’ll work. We just have to be careful.” Shiro stated. “We just have to make sure the moment the sun goes down. We make our escape.” With a smile from Matt and a nod from Sam, they awaited for later that night.
When the sun had finally set it was time to go. Shiro quietly knocked out the Gaurd outside of their cell. He held a finger over his mouth to silence Matt and Sam. They traveled though most of the prison. Until the alarms started to sound off. Loud “buzzzzz” started to fill the air. They were thankfully at the gate. Shiro started running. He was out and free, then he turned around. Matt was trying to help his father stand up. Sam had fallen right in front of the gate. Shiro couldn’t leave a old man to suffer. He went back. Helped Sam back up and pushed them to freedom right before the gate shut. The holts were on the side of freedom, while shiro was trapped in the prison.
“ Go! Get your father out of here, go home to your family and leave the village.” Shiro screamed at them. The belts hesitated for a moment the started to run away.
“Well never for get you shiro! I promise, we’ll come back for you I promise. Once Katie and mom are safe will come back for you.” Matt said as tears started to run down his face.
Shiro turned around to see the guards all surrounding him. He put his hands up and started to fight them, in hope to give Matt and Sam time to get away. He didn’t stand a chance. Once he started to fight the fourth Gaurd, he became weak. Pretty soon he was on the ground breathless. “ Well shit. This mother fucker almost did it.” The general smirked while saying this “ through him in the dudgeon. We’ll bring him out in a week.” He started to ride away on his horse when he turned back around. “Oh and also give him one plate of food for his entire stay.” The general laughter as he rode away. The guards pick the now unconscious shiro up, and take him to the cell.
A week had passed by. Very little food was given to him. And as torture one of the guards cut off his right arm. “try and get away now dumb ass“ one of the guards laughed. They soon bring shiro into the light of day. A giant shadow of not a cloud, but a dragon flew over. The black dragon had been flying over the prison each day trying to see if his preciousness was finally back in sight. “I thought you’d die or something,” The general said while walking by shiro, “she’s been flying over and over again. You know the dragon of death. Maybe she wants to watch.” The general laughed and gave the Gaurd holding on the shiro a nod. Shiro knew what this meant.
“ since we can’t feel trusted with you anymore, and the fact you actually help two prisoners escaped. We’ve decided to us you to make a lesson, to not break out or try and escape.” The Gaurd smirked at the general’s remark. They led shiro up to the little stage in front of everyone. Including the dragon. The general took out a whip. Held it high, and hitting the bridge of shiro’s nose. The moment the whip touched shiro’s nose the dragon attacked. Easily crushing the prison walls. Killing the guards that the dragon saw touch the preciousness. He burned the general to a crisp. One of his giant claws grabbed shiro’s whole body. Lifting the now unconscious shiro’s body. Flying away with a nest as his destinatihon.