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Skizz had made many mistakes in his life.
Most he made and then moved on from easily.
Others not so much.
But this had to be the worst by far.
He had axidentally led a group of bounty hunters back to their cave.
Back to Impulse
The hibernating dragon was defenceless
It took three hunters to hold back Skizz, he fought and struggled, trying to do anything to break free from them.
Being forced to watch in horror as the largest Bounty Hunter climbed up onto Skizz’s Best Friend and got ready to swing his massive axe down.
Planing to hack away at Impulse’s neck and bring back his head as a trophy.
Skizz screamed, he cursed and spat and tried to bite.
He needed to do something
Anything!
Anything…
Anything at all-
Skizz’s life began to flash before his eyes-
He didn’t like his past.
Choose to ignore it for a reason.
He made so many mistakes, and it cost him everyone he had ever loved before
Now he was about to lose another-
And he just-
No-
Not again!
Faint memories flashed to the front of Skizz’s mind.
He was just a kid, playing in the forest as any 10 year old boy would have down when suddenly he was met with a creature unlike any he had ever seen before-
The creature had asked if Skizz wanted to play a game.
And Skizz agreed.
They played hide and seek-
Tag-
Knights and Bandits-
They played to Skizz’s hearts content, but when he wanted to go home, he creature had told him-
“Home??” It laughed at him. “You have no more home silly little kid, you agreed to play games with me in my realm! Everyone you have ever know is long dead by now-“
Only then did Skizz realize that this creature was a fey-
And he had lost everything, now it’s prisoner and toy to play games with-
Fast forward a couple of years, or at least years in the sense that Skizz still aged in this realm and he felt a few years older.
The fey got bored of him and sold him to another.
Little did Skizz know at the time but the deal had really been a rescue mission lead by a kind Fey.
This fey told Skizz to call him Papa K, he was the one who ended up raising Skizz into adulthood-
Taught him magic and the art of the con-
But when Skizz left Papa K’s realm he swore to himself he wouldn’t use those skills, and wouldn’t use that magic-
as it had lost him everything in the first place.
But now?
Skizz was snapped back into the present, his best friend was about to get murdered before his very eyes-
And he wasn’t going to just stand by and do NOTHING!!!
Everything that happens next, happened within three seconds.
Skizz felt the familiar pull and draw of magic under his finger tips, the kind then let him slip between realms and hide.
And for the first time in years, he pulled at that magic.
His lapis blue eyes began to glow all the more brilliantly as he slipped into the in between of realms and slipped out of the grasp of bounty hunters-
Next Skizz moved freely and faster than any Human before him could ever dare to dream of-
Once he Impulse’s side he pulled with all his might to bring the Dragon into the inbtween with him.
the task was made a lot more difficult by the fact that Impulse was about 17.5 times the Size of Skizz himself.
But the FeyLost Human couldn’t let that stop him.
He couldn’t fail,
couldn’t blunder up again and lose the one person who ment the most to him all over again.
Skizz felt the magic rebel against him, its wild nature unwilling to be useful to him.
And in those mere milliseconds Skizz let himself lose hope.
He wasn’t strong enough-
He was watching now in slow motion as the hunter stood top Impulse’s neck, the downward swing of his axe only centimetres away from meeting its mark.
He failed.
“Watcha Got there Sweetface?”
Skizz looked over sharply to find the familiar face of the fry who raised him-
“Papa??? ‘K’ What-?? how are you here?”
“You think I wouldn’t noticed if one of my kids began to use my realm magic- especially the one who swore he’d never use it- hmm?”
“I-… no I just- I didn’t have any other choice! They’re going to kill Impulse!”
Papa K seemed to take in the slow motion scene before them for the first time.
“This Hibernating Dragon is important to you?”
“Yes! More than anything!”
“Well then, why don’t you let Papa K lend you a hand-“
Next thing Skizz knew he was back in Papa K’s realm, light snowing frost coated the ground and trees while the air the brisk and refreshing.
There was no birds chirping but there was soft idol chatter from the other residents of the realm,
Chatter than Skizz wasn’t unfamiliar with.
And Finally there was Impulse-
Still curled up in all his bronze dragon-y glory, sound asleep and unharmed.
Skizz rushed forward to his friend, before collapsing on his snout in relief.
Even though he was asleep currently it felt like a celebration in and of itself that they were both somehow alive.
“There, both sweetfaces safe and sound once again.”
The FeyLost Human turned back to face his Adoptive father-
“Thank you Papa, I-….. I couldn’t….. I wasn’t… I wasn’t strong enough… I was going to lose him.”
“Hush now Skizzy- you did very good protecting him- and you effectively called me as backup. If it wasn’t for you, your friend would surely be dead.”
Skizz wanted to argue that if it wasn’t for him Impulse never would have been found in the first place.
But he knew better than to argue with Papa K-
“Thank you Papa-“
“Of course Sweetface- now, let’s get your friend back down to a manageable size for now-“
With a flick of his wrist, the giant Dragon shrunk beneath Skizz, and he was quick to hop off before he shrunk all the back down into his Human form-
Thankfully due to Papa K’s magic he was fully clothed in a black T-shirt and cargo shorts.
Skizz moved quickly to his best friend’s side, before lightly shaking his shoulder.
“Impy- hey Dipple Dop, please wake up- pretty please with a cherry on top???”
The disguised Dragon softly snarled his lip and scrunched his nose “fiv…. Mor minutes…”
Skizz couldn’t help but laugh at the sound of his friend’s voice “dude! It’s been like a week and a half, Dontcha think you overslept a bit much??”
At this Impulse’s chocolate brown eyes snapped open, and his sat bolt upright “SKIZZ!”
Again the Human couldn’t help but laugh, “what dude I’m right here?-“
Impulse launched himself at his Human and a tight hug. “I’m so so so sorry man! I didn’t mean to fall sleep like that, I promise I won’t leave you alone like that again!!”
Skizz hugged back just as tight, softly smiling-
“Don’t sweat it Dipple Dop- we’re both Alive and well and that’s all the matters to me-“
Behind them Papa K gently cleared his throat, urging Skizz to not be rude-
“Oh- um right right-“ Skizz pulled away from the hug, before helping Impulse up to his feet again-
“Impulse, I’d like you to meet my Adoptive Dad- Papa K.”
Impulse finally began to clock his surroundings before his eyes landed on Papa K and his whole posture stiffened
“You-…. Your a Fey-“
“That I am Sweetface, but you don’t have worry about me stealing your name or anything like that- I’m a very Nice Fey.”
“Uuhhh- Skizz???”
“It’s okay Dipple Dop, I trust him, he saved me from a lot worse in the past.”
“Wait did you call him Dad????”
“Yeeeuup!”
“You were raised by Fey?!”
“Uhh… yes?”
“Why didn’t you tell me?!!!”
“He was going through his rebellious phase of wanting to explore on his own with out his Dear Papa K’s protection-“ Papa K added very unhelpfully
Skizz shot a half glare over to his Dad who simply grinned like the menace he was made to be.
“I’ll try to catch you up on it all Dipple Dop, but let’s grab some food first, because I am drained-“
“Uh-… yeah… o-okay-?”
And with That Skizz led Impulse through the protective realm, and find some snacks before feeling his his whole life story-
Because I mean-
Any good story needs snacks