It was a very cold morning at Mount Malefor. It was snowing like it almost always is. Deep within the great mountain Bluespark was laying in a cell. He had a shackle around his neck and the shackle was attached to the wall by a chain, the chain wasn't long but it did allow Bluespark to move about his cell a bit. Bluespark was a ten year old light blue lightning dragon, he had a fringe on the back of his neck and on his back and all of his tail as well, he also had a fringe attached to his horns that went down near the side of his head. The membrane of the fringes were slightly purple, his two horns were a darker blue than his body. He had a vertical fin-like tail blade, it was blue and dark purple in the middle of it. His wings were blue. His pupils and underbelly were yellow. He had yellow stripes that looked like lightning bolts running down from the back of his neck to the end of his tail.
Bluespark also had other stripes on him, but these stripes were red and they weren't natural. They were signs of a recent whipping. Bluespark had been punished by his slave master named Ritur Coldbone. Ritur hadn't fed Bluespark for days so Bluespark had no choice but to kill one of Ritur's healthy Death Hounds and ate most of it. When Ritur found Bluespark he also found the carcass of a healthy Death Hound, and that's how Bluespark ended up being beat and left chained in this cold cell for the night. Bluespark wrapped his tail around himself and covered his back and sides with his wings to try and keep warm. One barred window was in his cell and some cold air blew in snow from the outside. The small bit of snow fell on Bluespark making him shiver greatly. His back still hurt from the lashing last night and the cold weather wasn't making it better. He shook the snow off of him and shivered to try to warm himself up. He wondered when his slave master would let him out of the cell, but Bluespark didn't count on it being too soon, since he did kill and eat one of Ritur's healthy Death Hounds. Bluespark had been a slave since he was a hatchling, he didn't know who his parents were or even if they were still alive. The only other dragons he ever came in contact with were the other slaves, who were a little older than he was but they all suffered the same fate, being slaves to the apes who were for some reason more dominant than the dragons were.
Bluespark picked up his head as he heard footsteps. The sound of the footsteps were increasing in volume. Then a white ape with a black face, hands and feet, and with rusty looking armor came in front of Bluespark's cell. The ape was Ritur. He was twice Bluespark's size.
"So, Spark are you going to apologize to me for killing one of my healthy Hounds and gorging yourself to satisfy your glutinous nature?" The ape's voice was very dark and gruff sounding. Ritur stared at Bluespark with his deep red eyes.
Bluespark slowly got up into a sitting position and looked at him "You haven't fed me all day yesterday... What was I supposed to do? I had to eat one of your pigs." He spoke in a slightly rude tone, which he knew he wasn't supposed to do.
Ritur growls darkly at the little dragon "How dare you speak to your master like that!?... You disrespectful little reptile!"
Bluespark flinched at Ritur's yelling and crouched down on the floor in fear.
"Do you want to get another whipping!?" Ritur said in great anger.
"N-... No..." Bluespark said in fear.
"Then I suggest you keep that mouth of yours shut!... Do you understand me, you stupid waste of scales?!" Ritur said with a low growl.
Bluespark looked at him and quickly nods.
Ritur growled "Good..." He opened the cell door and came in. He took a key out of the pouch of his belt and unlocks the shackle from Bluespark's neck.
The heavy shackle drops onto Bluespark's paw. He jumps up "OW!" He yells and shakes his paw back and forth rapidly, in pain.
Ritur looks at him "Oh shut up, you whelpling!" He snaps at Bluespark.
Bluespark puts his paw down, a tear forms in his eye, that shackle hit him pretty good.
Ritur growled in disgust "I swear, you'd cry even if a flea were to bite you!" He looked away from Bluespark.
Bluespark blinked a few times and the tear was cleared. He looked up at Ritur wondering as well as fearing of what his slave master would do next.
Ritur sighs heavily and looks at Bluespark while narrowing his eyes "I have some work I got to do for King Gaul. You can go into the dragon chamber for a while. Follow me!" He walked out of the cell and down the corridor lined with cells.
Bluespark followed him.
Next chapter coming soon.
A pic of Bluespark:
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