Without a second thought you grabbed onto the hatchling as quickly as you could and ran past the red dragon and towards the exit of the cave. You then heard the green dragon roar,"Damnit! Why do you always give them a chance!" The red dragon then roared back,"Well we have to have some honor and pride!" The yellow dragon then roared,"Can you two get your horns pulled out of your assholes and focus!"
You heard all of this going on behind you as you ran, and it only seemed like their arguing distracted them enough to let you escape. However you heard the flapping of wings and you realized that they were trying to catch up to you.
"What...who...?" The hatchling said looking up at you and you gave it a serious scowl and said,"Not now!"
The hatchling then gave you a nod and you kept running until you reached the outside of the cave, and then you proceeded into the forest. You kept running and the sounds of roars and wings kept you motivated to not let up your pace.
Eventually you found a ditch in some brush and ducked down inside it. You then heard a roar,"Damnit!" Then you heard another one of the dragon’s let out an annoyed sigh and growl,"There’s no use searching from above, and covering the ground by claw would take too long. They’re probably gone now anyways."
The first voice then sighed,"Whatever, let’s get back to the den, this day is bad enough."
Soon the sounds of flapping stopped and you were left alone with the hatchling. You let out a sigh of relief then said,"We're safe, for now. So who are you exactly little guy?"
The hatchling, who looked to be male, looked up at you then said,"D...Droze, my name is Droze...erm...sir."
You nodded then set Droze onto the ground and you stated your name and asked,"Are you alright? Can you walk?" Droze struggles to stand up on his leg then he let out a whimper and began crying at the pain. You saw this and paused then sighed, you didn’t have any sort of first-aid supplies so you had to settle on some clothing.
You looked at the gash and saw that it was bleeding pretty bad, and if you didn’t patch it up then it could get worse. With a bit of debate you took off your shirt and used it as a bandage for the wound, so you tied it over the wound and Droze watched and yapped,"Stop! That hurts!"
You looked up at Droze and said,"It will hurt a lot more if I don’t do this, so please trust me alright?" Droze paused and nodded then you tied your shirt tightly around his leg and over his opened wound. Droze winced at the pain at first but then looked up at you with tears in his eyes.
"Y...you saved m...me..." Droze said and you sighed then said,"Well you’re a kid, so of course I would. Now, were what those guys said about you true?"
Droze paused then nodded looking guilty,"My mommy and daddy are gone now, and I did steal food. I wanted to survive, I can’t hunt, but...I did something bad didn’t I?"
You let out a sigh then shook your head and said,"You did what you needed to survive, and nothing more. That being said though, try not to steal in the future, alright?"
Droze nodded looking up at you then he wiped his tears and you immediately saw his eyes widen afterwards. "Wh...what’s that...?" Droze asked pointing to your hands.
You paused not sure if Droze knew what bands looked like, but then looked down and saw your fingernails turning black, and blue scales were spreading up your arms. "Wh..What the...?" You peered down at Droze's claws and saw your hands, noticing that they looked exactly like each other.
"What’s going on!? Why do my hands look like your claws?!" You screamed freaking out then Droze paused and said,"Wow, is that story true?"
You paused then looked down at Droze and screamed,"Story? What story!? What’s happening?!"
Droze seemed to smile at this, and as you changed he smiled and said,"The story, of you save a dragon you become a dragon too. Well, it’s an island thing I think, but in the story the savior to that dragon turns into a guardian to the dragon, and become related too."
You paused as the scales began spreading to your chest and you asked,"Related? How?!"
"W...well...." Droze seemed to trail off not seeming to know the answer. However as the transformation progresses and your shoes burst off after your feet changed to claws, you were greeted by new instincts.
These were instincts of a dragon....