Venture to the Dark Lands
Venture to the Dark Lands
Written by DragonOfIceAndFire
Three adventurous children decide to fly to the Dark Lands and become pioneers, ignorant to the true dangers of their journey... and their destination.
Content Warnings:
None.
Featured Characters
Location(s)
Paradise Bay (Warfang Mainland)
Mid-eastern Dark Lands
Timeline
3016, Second Moon
Word Count
~2,400 words
Reading Time
~10.5 minutes
Summary (Spoilers ahead!)
Isa, an orphan and fresh teenager, convinces his friends Terra and Aeris to fly across the east sea to the Dark Lands. Isa and Aeris are orphans, and Terra's mother is sick, but can't afford a healer. Isa pushes Terra, who is reluctant, on this basis that exploring the Dark Lands will make them a rich clan. Isa assures them that his navigating skills will get them there safely, and Terra concedes. They set out.
After some hours of flying with no land in sight in any direction, the teenagers become lost in a storm and thrown off course. After staying for hours longer in the air than planned, the three are ready to drop from the sky to their doom, but spot land last minute. Aeris, a wind dragon, uses her element in powerful fashion to blow them to safety. They immediately pass out on the rocky shore.
When they wake up, they are surrounded... and by dark dragons at that. Isa tries to intimidate them but naturally fails. He is then approached by an elder Shadow dragon, Obscurys, who seems to be the leader. The other dark dragons confiscate the kids' bags and conclude they aren't spies, and they ask the kids if they are part of clans.
Isa lies and claims they are from a powerful clan and thus untouchable, though when pressed, fails to give a clan name. Terra breaks down and admits they are just orphans with no worth to them, and they were stupid for coming there. A Fear dragon scoffs to the leader and says Warfang will never trade for the children, to which Obscurys concurs. Though begrudgingly, Obscurys commands that the children be taken home, and most of them leave.
Only three dark dragons remain - a poison dragon named Caedis, the aforementioned Fear dragon, and another dragon of uncertain element. Because the children still lack the strength to fly all the way, they are carried on the backs of the three dark dragons. Isa remains awake, observing as they navigate with the stars and take advantage of wind currents to glide far.
Once Paradise Bay is in sight, the kids are told to glide the rest of the way themselves, which they do, and the dark dragons turn back to return to the Dark Lands.