"Come on Kilgara, please?" Serella whined, running along beside the dragon as he took long, powerful strides across the glade in which he lived.

"No young one. It is too dangerous a journey for one so small." The dragon's booming voice echoed throughout the wood.

Serella huffed and puffed out her chest, standing on tip toe to seem bigger. "I am not too small!" She cried indignantly. "I'm ten years old!"

Kilgara sighed, rumbling deeply in his chest. "There is no persuading you, is there?"

Serella nodded.

"Your heart is set?"

She nodded again.

Kilgara huffed, tendrils of smoke rising from his nostrils. "Very well."

Serella was so shocked her feet seemed rooted to the ground and her jaw permanently unhinged. "Y-you mean..."

In answer, Kilgara knelt on the ground, allowing the girl to clamber up his scales and onto his back between his shoulder blades. Once settled, Kilgara began at a slow walk, gradually moving to a run, unfurling his wings and leaping into the air. He circled twice in the wind and took off in the direction of a small village known as Ealdor.

Seralla whooped and hollered as she clung to her guardian's scaly shoulder. Finally she was free. Finally she could see the outside world. Finally she could meet someone like her.

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A/N

HI!! Omg it's been forever since I've been on Wattpad, I'm so sorry I haven't updated this book in so long. This is a really, really short chapter, but it's all I can do at the moment. I decided to go a bit back in time to give a little insight to Serella's past.... And this is a bit of a filler until I can get a better, longer chapter posted. Thank you all for being so patient, I promise I'll keep updating, however slowly that may be.

-Miluiel