At first I couldn't understand what I was looking at. My mind was desperately trying to pretend that this was an illusion.
But it was real. As real as wolves.
It had scales as dark as midnight. Two massive horns sat atop it's head. The trees groaned, branches snapping as it flexed it's left wing, then the right.
A dragon. A real dragon.
A deep rumbling vibrated through the forests.
My heart slammed violently against my chest.
I wasn't breathing.
I couldn't move.
I crawled back, my palm digging into the dirt.
"Please" the words were barely a whisper
The creatures eyes were fixed on me and I stared back. Frozen in place.
The entire world disappeared. There were no trees. No birds. No grass.
Just me and IT.
But something about it's eyes....made me unable to move.
It seemed...
