Collecting 'Taxes'

[Leithas the Demented]

The dragon lifted Gleadrith up on her snout. Well, whatever a dwarf is, you sure are an interesting creature. The dragon's two deep, sapphire eyes focused on the dwarf. The sun shone in on the dragon (who had it's back to the sun) making it's even lighter blue scales shine. Leviathan saw Leithas' shadow, turning her head.


Bloodmane started to stomp its hooves restlessly. Leithas, knowing he had been spotted, grabbed his horse's reins and mounted the horse, charging off. Leviathan turned back, looking at the nesting area of her den and at the three huge eggs resting on it. Then, Gleadrith still on her snout through all that, she let out a slow huff, resting Gleadrith on the ground.

Your predator seems to have left, Leviathan said in the dwarf's mind, signaling for him to leave.

[Gleadrith Goldhammer]

Gleadrith shrugged as he saw Leithas and his horse leave the cave mouth. He stood silently for a moment, searching for the right words to say."Well.. Thank you much for healing me... And I guess I wouldn't fancy bloodshed on my property as well...." He stopped feeling slightly akward for what he had just said. He looked up at Leviathan,"I guess I'll be off then..." He took another quick bow, admiring the dragon's beauty.

He quietly walked past Leviathan, but stopped when he trotted past the nest. he cocked his head, and examined the crystal-like eggs.".. Hmm.. These don't look like any kind of cystals I've ever seen before..... Why I don't even think they're crystals......"

[Leithas the Demented]

Leviathan let out a loud, mighty roar, quickly extending and curling her neck so that it stretched in between Gleadrith and the eggs. She quickly swept back, sending the dwarf flying.

"STAY AWAY FROM MY EGGS!" She screeched in the draconic tongue.

[Gleadrith Goldhammer]

Gleadrith gave out a shout of dismay and shock as he was thrown toward the cave mouth. He heard the dragon screech something through its roar, but he didn't have a clue what she had said. He landed roughly on his stomach, gasping as he pulled himself up. Demolisher had been knocked from its shealth from the sudden explosion of sound, and landed with a soft 'thud' next to him.

He picked up Demolisher and placed it back into its shealth, and scretched his head. He thought for a moment. Hmm.. A dragon with huge oval shaped crystals laying in what looked like a nest..... That could only mean................ "Oh...... So they're eggs....."

((XD))

[Leithas the Demented]

A huge blast of water shot from the cave, knocking Gleadrith further into the lake. OF COURSE THEY ARE! Leviathan quickly slipped out into the lake, curling her tail around the small form of the dwarf and dragging him under and out to the opposite end of the lake, where she whipped him out onto the shore.

Keep away from my eggs, Dwarf, the dragon said, and dove back into the water toward her den.

[Gleadrith Goldhammer]

Gleadrith coughed and sputtered as he was thrown toward the shore. Half-dazed, he got up, and rested his hand on Demolisher's shealth, hoping it was still there. It was. He breathed a sigh of relief, and got up slowly."O' course, I'll stay away from the little thingys...... Just......... Five more minutes...." He collasped into unconciousness.

He woke up about thirty seconds later. He got up and looked around, seeing the dragon was gone."Hmm.. An odd encounter...... The next time I see something shiny that happens to be oval-shaped... Well... I will evade it...." He said to himself. He walked cheerfully out of the shore, almost wishing Leviathan had forgiven him. After all, he didn't like angering things bigger than him.... Of course, that was alot of things. Wasn't it?