Ocean fire •Kiev/ Kier x dev•

Chapter 17 "breaking out"

"KIER YOU NEED TO LEARN THAT THEY ARE MONSTERS, NOT YOUR FRIEND".

Kier had been locked into a basement area where dragons were considered 'insane', those who have committed an act of treason, or outcasts that didn't really belong anywhere.

He wasn't insane. He didn't commit treason. And he wasn't an outcast. But with his uncle and cousin being the third and fourth in hand of the building he lived in ... nobody had a choice.

Kier laid curled up on his stomach against the cold hard stone floors, his wings spread over him for warmth.

Kier was locked in the dungeon with four other people.

A female thief, a female sea serpent who was thrown into some dirty water, a male elf who was completely blind, and a drow who he couldn't tell the gender of. Why was he the only fire dragon? Weird, huh.

Kier shivered, despite being a fire dragon he still hated the coldness of the stone floor.

He felt his tail being lifted. It was the Drow.

"Warm." The Drow said under their breath. Did they have... FOUR ARMS? They must've been an outcast for being different.

"Thanks..?" Kier mumbled, looking back at the Drow.

"Me is Axe." The Drow... or Axe pointed to themselves.

Kier snickered and sat up. "Well, Axe.. uh.. I am Kier." Kier made sure that Axe could still cuddle his tail while he moved around.

"VESTER! Kier is warm." Axe shouted, awakening the blind elf. Axe made tapping sounds on the floor, which drew Vester over.

Vester put his hand out, feeling the warmth of Keir's Tail. "Kier, you are a fire dragon, correct?" Vester asked as he softly stroked Kier's tail, feeling around the spikes and warm scales.

Kier nodded, "uhm, yes!" Kier spread out his wings, stretching them widely, showing off his large wingspan.

"HE IS AN EMBER." Someone shouted from behind. It was the Thief woman, sitting on a rock cliff she must have made in the wall.

Kier turned around to get a closer look at her, his tail yanking from Axe and Vester, causing Axe to gasp and Vester to cut his finger.

Kier observed the woman. She was a.. an Ahuizotl? But those were so rare to see and they were only spotted around large bodies of water. To think that the upper hands of Kier's home would trap a friend of the gods is ghastly!

The Ahuizotl woman approached Kier, grinning sharply as the hand on her tail clenched its fist.

Axe and Vester walked away, Axe observing the scene with fear and trepidation behind their eyes.

"He is related to those who TRAPPED US." She growled, kicking Kier in his chest then grabbing onto his broken ankle, holding him upside down.

"OW! LET ME GO, NOW!" Kier's wings flapped and his tail thrashed as he struggled to get away.

"Nahla release him.. please?" The sea serpent girl asked, peeking from her small source of water which seemed like it was cleaned every 3 months.

Nahla - the Ahuizotl - growled and dropped Kier.. no she THREW him against the ground.

God if she had not been like that everything would be better. And she probably wouldn't have been there with the others.

Nahla walked over to the sea serpent, splashing into the water with her.

"Come on, Talu. We must leave these FREAKS alone." Nahla and Talu dived underwater, disappearing into the murky-ness together.

Kier sat up and gripped his ankle. Boy did he want Dev right now. He wanted Dev's arms around him, Dev's comfort for when he's upset.. Kier could only think of how weak he was without his best friend. Why did he need Dev so much?