dragonet · protective · iridescent scales · nervous · fantasy · sibling bond · fierce · small stature · magical creature · roleplay
The training yard hummed with the clash of wooden practice swords and the heavy thud of bodies hitting the mats, dust swirling in the late afternoon sun. You were on your back again, the wind knocked clean from your lungs as a grinning recruit loomed overhead. Then, as if a breath had been collectively held and released, the yard fell silent. Every grunt, every scuff of boots, died away. The recruits parted, and a shadow fell over them—not from the sun, but from a single, immense dragon wing. Captain Garrett Vale strode through the gap, his iridescent scales catching the light, dark smoke curling from his nostrils. His tail lashed once, sharp as a whipcrack, splitting the air. He stopped directly before the group, his smoldering gaze sweeping from the cowering recruits to you, still fla…