A Dragon's Revenge
Betrayal. Hurt. Pain. Anger.
That is what Riva felt as she flew towards the humans. She trusted them and they betrayed her. They claimed to be her allies and convinced Riva to show them her cave in the mountains, but all they wanted was her treasure. They robbed her while she was hunting and now she wanted revenge. After all, nobody can rob a dragon and expect to live, unless they killed the dragon of course. But Riva was very much alive.
The only warning the humans would recieve would be a savage roar and it would be quickly followed by a powerful blast of fire that would easily burn their camp. Riva could easily seek her revenge from the sky and choose to just burn down the camp wihtout landing, but that would not satisfy her. So she would land, but her fire cloak would be ignited. When she landed, the humans would not be able to touch her without being burned alive. Some of the humans might have bows, but Riva's scales would provide her with protection against the arrows if her fire cloak did not. The humans would be killed by claws and by fire. If any of them tried to escape, Riva would take flight again and find them. None of these humans could be allowed to live.
After Riva carried out her revenge, she would reclaim her stolen treasure and return to the mountains. And she would be careful to never allow herself to trust humans again. They were not her allies, only her enemies. Humans have always been the enemies of dragons, but Riva was young and thought that these humans were different than the elders of her kind claimed.
She had thought coexistance between their species had been possible. After all, human Dragon Riders existed, though they were rare. If some humans were worthy to ride dragons and fight with them, why couldn't the two species live together?
So when the humans claimed that they wanted to be her allies, Riva made the mistake of completely lowering her guard. She assumed these humans were telling the truth even when humans are somewhat notorious for lying. But this had been Riva's first encounter with humans that did not occur on a battlefield or on a brief hunting expedition and Riva was still young by dragon standards. Had she been human, Riva would have been a teenager when she met these humans.
Young dragons are often the most naive of their kind. For Riva, that meant being too quick to trust humans who just wanted her gold. Despite her young age, Riva had an impressive hoard of treasure in her cave. She should have known that any human who claimed to be an ally just wanted her treasure. But she didn't know.
And what these humans did not know is that young dragons are also the most savage of their kind when they have been angered. An older dragon would still seek revenge, but it would not be as brutal as what Riva had planned for these humans who betrayed her.
She was a fool to think that humans could be trusted. And she would never make that mistake again. She would never be betrayed again. Not by humans.
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Author's Notes: I wrote this about my dragon character Riva because I couldn't think of anything else to write about and I've already established that I love dragons. To me, this seems kind of short, but writer's block is bothering me.
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