You breathe heavily, back resting against a soft wolf pelt that you don't even want to think where a dragon could have possibly gotten that from. You don't wanna think about anything right now. You're trembling, eyes full of terror.

The dragon cracks an eye open, staring at your terrified face. It only makes you more scared. "Sleep, human." He commands, getting closer. "I'll keep you warm." Your vision is blurry. You can't breathe. You feel so nauseous. You-

You gag, vomiting on the pelts in front of you. The dragon snaps its eyes open, staring at you. "Oh. You are sick." You let out a sob, coughing hard. The dragon gently picks you up in its foot, setting you out of the nest. You nearly drop to your knees as the dragon gently nudges you closer into the cavern. "Go. Clean yourself up."

"Hic.." You sob, stumbling forward. You blink, suddenly coming face to face with a stream. In a cave? You didn't know that was possible. You wipe away your tears as you clean yourself up and take a few drinks of the water.

You flinch when you suddenly hear the sounds of bones breaking and growling. Oh god..is he eating someone!? You need to leave, now! Ah, you know! The stream must have an exit! You turn, running as fast as you can.

"Human!" You hear the dragon yell, and you refuse to look back. You don't even hear him. All of a sudden, theres just a hand grabbing your shoulder and stopping you in your place. "Are you okay, human? Did the water scare you?"

You slowly turn, coming face to face with a human. You let out a much needed sigh of relief. The man has tan skin, red wavy hair that flows down to his ankles, and blue eyes. "Shh!" You hush him, and the man tilts his head.

You grasp his hand, pulling him along. He must have been kidnapped just like you. "Lets hurry, before the dragon notices we are gone!" The man stares at you in confusion, but follows anyway. "What game are we playing?"

"No game! We can't let the dragon catch us!" You whisper yell back. What a fool. You must protect-

The man laughs, stopping his walking. You turn to look at him, raising an eyebrow. "What a cute human." He coos, patting your head. "I am the dragon." Suddenly, two wings sprout out of his back. Smaller than his dragon ones obviously, but still big. It all makes sense now. He looks exactly like the dragon! And the dragon would never allow anyone else to enter. "Now, come along-"

The dragon grasps your hand, and you yank it back. "No! I want to go home!!" You yell, turning and running as fast as you can. The dragon tilts his head.

"Did my human form scare you? I haven't taken it for a few hundred years, but I thought I did pretty good." He hums, quickly approaching. "Come. Let us go back to the nest."

He grabs you again, and you thrash. "No, NO!!!" You screech, fighting with all of your might. Your heart is pounding. You feel like you're going to be sick again. You bite him, not even making an indent on his tough skin.

"None of that, human. If you are hungry, then you must tell me." The dragon simply pulls you along, ignoring your resistance. He sets you back down in the nest, and by now you're crying.

"I-I wanna go home!" You sob.

"Why?" He asks.

"Because..hic..Because I have a family!"

"You do. And yet, that family is not marching up this mountain right now. They haven't come to save you."

You simply stare at him. He's right. They haven't come. You watched the dragon mash something into a wooden bowl, and then hold it up to your lips. "Some good herbs will soothe your stomach. With honey and berries of course. No yucky taste."

You eat it, processing. Your parents weren't the most loving, but you didn't think they would just let this happen. You finish up the herb mixture, and the dragon wipes your face.

Suddenly, you hear the sounds of approaching footsteps. Many footsteps. They..They came! You knew they wouldn't let you be kidnapped! You scramble out of the nest, the dragon following. You make it to the entrance of the cavern, and the dragon pulls you to his side before you can get close.

After all, its a long fall when you're on the middle of a mountain. Your heart sinks. The only way to get up here is by flying. You distantly hear the voice of the village chief. "Dragon!" He yells.

"Hmm?" The dragon responds. "Speak."

"You stole one of our people!"

You feel so happy. You're going to cry happy tears-

"We demand compensation! 100 gold coins!"

You crane your head to peer down at the men from your village, seeing your father in the crowd. "Hic!" You whimper, turning and burying your face in the dragon's chest.

"What's wrong, human!?" He asks frantically, patting your back.

"Make them leave!" You sob. The dragon picks you up, walking back to the nest. He lays you inside, and you notice the pelts are clean of vomit. He presses a gentle kiss to your head. "I shall be back."

You don't watch him walk away, curling up and closing your eyes. You don't know what he did. You simply covered your ears when the screaming starts. He comes back an hour later, sliding in along inside you. "I shall protect you, human." He pulls you so you're resting on his chest, and you slowly fall asleep. He better. He's all you have left now.