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Chapter 5 - CHAPTER 4: FACE TO FACE

Days became weeks and weeks became months, around a month and a half passed. Bobi had a good time, he got ample food regularly, learned to fly and also sometimes followed the dragon when it went for hunting, but Danny had it rough, she was getting weaker by the day. Bobi could see the condition Danny was in and really wanted to help but what can he do for that gigantic beast that it itself couldn't do? Bobi was always lost in that dilemma when he was resting.

The reason for Danny's illness was food. The meat the she ate for the past month was proving harmful for her body. It's not that the meat was poisonous but rather it was more related to her mind than the food itself. When you eat something of poor taste that you don't like for a long time your body start rejecting it. It's common. So Danny urgently wanted to find a way to catch some deers.

Due to the presence to a dragon near the elevated ground no birds were coming to that part of the forest so Bobi never met another babbler and he never left that place except to follow Danny when she went to hunt. So Bobi was getting deeply attached to Danny. Her elegance, strength, pride, skill, beauty, and determination were some of the countless things that attracted Bobi and beyond all that he was thankful to her for giving him food even though it was done unknowingly.

Although she became weak, Danny had grown more beautiful than before. Her scales were changing colour from pale white to dark grey like the rain clouds and the ones on her forehead was developing into a hard thorny crown with two deadly horns pointing upwards. Changing of scale colour is a trait seen in dragons undergoing transition from teenager to adult and that colour never changes after that in their lifetime. Colour of a dragon's scales are always same as one of its parents'. Here Danny has the same grey colour as her father. None of her elder siblings have grey scales, they have dark brown scales like her mother. She was happy with her colour because she was proud to be different. Due to her adventure and realisation of the meaning of life she has learnt to love herself and to be proud of her features.

Behind the trees near Danny's resting place Bobi was deciding whether to talk to her or wait and watch her a little bit more. He was really confused and worried. He didn't care if he lost his life in the process but he wanted to help her. He considered his life to be a gift from the dragon and a sign of its generosity.

Bobi stretched his wings, put all the thoughts behind and flew towards the dragon. She was resting on the ground with her wings covering her face. The time slowed down, Bobi felt as if he wasn't moving at all. Everything around him was motionless. Infront of him was the God of wind whom he respected very much. He didn't know whether she would kill and eat him or spare his life. He was scared. His heartbeat was audible now, It's getting faster. The dragon heard his heartbeat and the sound of him wings. She moved her wings and looked straight at Bobi. He couldn't breath. This was the first time she was looking at her face to face. He felt like he was going to faint. Before he knew it, he was standing inches away from her gigantic jaw, struggling to breath.