Dragon Healer

gaaah! I deleted my FIRST REVEIW ON ACCIDENT! WAAAAHHH!

PLEEEEEEEEEEEEASE FORGIIIIIIIVE MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.



and now that that's over with, of course!the show must go on!

muhahahahahahahahahahahaaaa....*poke!* -pyra



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He picked me up slightly by the waist, looking into my eyes with a faint hint of distaste before smoothing his brow with the back of his hand and setting me down. "well I must be off, unless, of course, you..""No." I stated flatly. he turned a cold shoulder and sprouted wings before flying off into the night to do whatever the hell he wanted. once I could no longer see him, I slouched down, tired *gah* "this won't work, I can tell already, I wonder what je""lily?" "GURK!." I jumped a clear three feet into the air and landed faceing the gentle features of bane the halfling. he half-smiled, "gurk?" I scowled, contorting my face, "shut-up" he smiled wider."gurk?" I bared my teeth at him. growling, "I-said" waiting for the words to sink, "gurk!" "BANE!" "Ididn't do it!" "then what?" GURK.gurk?gurk!gurkgurgurk.."ohhhh...crap." a blue wall rose from the treeline, it pulsed with the living bodies of...tokay geckos...big heavy blue geckos with a nasty bite and legendary grip, covered in orange spots and imbued with the power to bite the ever-loving shit out of you. bane's wings fell to his side, his hands went limp. "meep."



I just shook my head. walking towards the tidal wave of angry lizards. I held my arms out, like some crazy hug when bane snapped out of it. "ARE YOU INSANE FEMALE? SHELTER! NOW! GO! I FIGHT!" I picked him up by the waist, and tossed him, grandma style, into the cave. "stay there. it's okay." as the cloud of vicous creatures roared toward me, echoing gurks of warning I saw what I needed.



"PEACHY FACE! GURKERS! HOW ARE MY BAAABIEES!"

I was swept off my feet by the veritable tide of reptiles, now contently silent. Jack, a four foot long monster, was the one that had hit me square in the chest, I alway was her favorite human.I hand raised her at my home from a delicate hatchling, her family had been hunted out of fear, as she herself was only half grown now. I had tamed her down myself, (after many, many bites) and she had learned to trust me at an early age, (did I mention the biting?) I grew up around her, and enjoyed mimicing the sounds she made, including the very handy warning call, and distress call. I would gurk, she would be there. in fact I had moved her with me when I left my home. she had ridden on my back with her perpetual smile fixed serenly in place. we had moved about the valley and she had settled in a nice cavern close by, when one day I stumbled upon a human circus unusually out of the way of the small towns. the main act: the blue devil. he was chained to iron tentpole,

but seemed healthy. I asked his 'keeper' about him, and he relpied "him?" with minimal effort, (who in their right mind would take him...)I had to sneak into the big-top the middle of the day after the cleaning crews had left until their next shift, when he (the gecko) would be asleep and carried him out in my back covering him on my shoulders and poseing for the hunchback freak, when all the sudden, in the middle of the yard,he woke up.

"....GGGURRRRRRRK!!!?!?!!..."

"poop." shriek! it's loose! pandemic!

people, freaks and animals hurling themselves in every direction. he thrashed around on my back like a freshly caught trout and I quickly ran to jackie's den. I dumped him on the floor, gurgling indignantly, as jack came over to see what strange thing I had brought her. "urk," she said.

"gurk!...urk..." they exchanged some strange greeting and he relaxed visably, before turning on me and signaling an attack. jack looked at him like he was crazy. she puffed up and defied his judgement, before crawling over to me and resting on my back and shoulder. "snort" she said, and I had to giggle at that. he wasn't happy, so I walked over and picked him up by the tail, carefully as not to get bitten, and placed him on my other shoulder. "there you little turd. your name is jill now." "gurk!" "but I guess I will call you gurkers." they had picked up quite a few members to their colony, all young and in need of protection. heh, she was am bad as I was. "do you think you have enough 'babies' noe jackie-hon?" she licked me, happy to hear my voice as her adopted offspring swirled around me with slightly vacuous yellow eyes stareing. "hey! bane!" I saw the door of the cave was closed. "what? are..you okay? hold on! I'll save you!" didn't you hear me? I said it's okay, their friends. old freinds to be exact." I heard shuffling and then "really? are you sure they aren't just going to carry you off and eat you?" I rolled my eyes. good gracious. "yes, I'm sure.." "okay then...can I stay in here?" *sigh* "yes, you may." jill made his presence known, even as he and I had grown closer, he knew who was boss. Jack. and jack liked me.
so HAH! IN YOUR FACE JILL!ahem...I mean...yeah. jack kindof wallowed on my back for a while, after all I was her living heatrock. hnn. ectotherms. she and few of her 'babies' walked over my back, with some in my hair, some on my shoulders, they looked rough, but tokays have the some of the softest, coolest feet, little velvet pads, and silky belly scales. "I am a gecko wad. whee." bane's voice strained from behind my door, "what?" "nothing, bane. You know you could come out and see them, they arn't going to kill you." his voice was rather whiny behind the thick door, "but they will bite me, right?" *sigh* "you know, just stay there. you'll be safe and un-bitten." "mmkay." I heard something behind and saw a large blue lump with a big red-and-white tail. "jess! hey!" he brushed a few little lizards off his face. "hey. how are you and core?" "uhhh..." I looked down at my feet, failing to see them through a veil of reptiles. "we're kind-of conflicting right now, how are you?" He tried to hide his satisfaction, failing miserably, "I'm just peachy. why'd you summon the gecko horde?" *sigh* "I did it on accident. Bane suprized me." he frowned, I knew what was coming. "Can you come over for dinner with my foxes tonight?" well, maybe I didn't know what was comeing. "I'm sorry Jess, I'm uh...I' have to track down core so that he doesn't eat me in my sleep..." he perked up. "Can I help?" his smile was a bit too bright..."No fox-fire right?" he pouted, "Whaattt? I only need it to STOP him...I'm not gonna go setting him on fire for no reason." I rolled my eyes, "sure you aren't." At this time Bane walked out "Core needs to be set on fire? did I hear right?" "Bane! your not helping." "I am too helping. come on Jess, now we have something in common!" they rubbed their hands together evilly. "I swear. we can work this out, and we will, without anyone needing stiches or being set on fire for any reason, but we do need to find core." yeah, let's go with that.

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very short in contrast to other chapters. why? I just wrote this. It's a work in progress. expect major tension and drama in the next chapter. thank yooooou! -pyra