Tanishq was left alone in the dark forest with fifty-meter trees growing all around him. Tanishq stood at the same place where the escorts had left him for around a few minutes. After that, as impatient as he was, he could not stand his ground and started to go deeper into the forest.
The forest was dark, blocking the sunlight completely. Tanishq had heard from his elders that the forests inside the human territory are filled with beasts 'magical animals who killed and ate everyone who ventured into the forest'
Tanishq had lost all hope to liv his life, but he was still a kid and was curious and on the top of that, he was a Dragon and Dragons were bound to be brave and curious. Tanishq was not afraid of the dark and loneliness which surrounded him in the forest instead, he was ready to face off a beast and die while fighting like a brave warrior instead of a spineless coward who feared the darkness. These were the teachings ingrained in him by the person he loved dearly, his now dead mother and Grandfather.
His father had left him when he was very young. He had never managed to see his father or even if he did, he did not recall any of his features. His father's death left him with only with his mother and grandfather. His grandfather was a 40-meter tall and proud dragon who even in his death, did not let his grandson and daughter in law be touched by the cruel Monarch of the Dragon raice.
As Tanishq delved into his thoughts further soon an anger started to bubble inside his body. His eyes started to turn red, a sign that a Dragon was getting angrier. But after the initial outburst passed away, he realized that he only had some hours to liv and he could not do anything to the Monarch even if he went there and Faught him personally. After all, what a weak dragon could do against a fully awakened powerful dragon?
His physical stats were too weak and he couldn't see himself surviving more than a few hours.
With a very laste moment of anger which soon turned into hopelessness and soon fear of getting eaten by the beasts, he, he actually started to cry in the middle of the forest. His initial bravery was all gone, like it was never their at the first place. His loud shouts of pain and agony turned out to be very bad for him, because he had forgotten that he was inside a forest filled with beasts had attracted the attention of a beast. It was nothing but a small rat, Tanishq, after seeing the rat, got very afraid and picked up a big stone from the ground and with trembling hands, he threw the stone with all of the strength his 14-year old dragon could muster at that time.
Because of being a Dragon, his strength was superior than a 14-years old human kid. He was far stronger than the kids.
The rock went forward at tremendous speeds scaring the rat shitless who ran even faster than the rock and left the strange intruder alone.
Tanishq didn't moved from his spot and just sat there, sobbing slowly. His eyes had turned red again, not out of anger this time but because of crying extensively. he started to remember his dead mother. He hoped that she would soon come with his always Horty grandfather and save him from the grasp of death.
He did not knew when, but he soon fell a sleep at the same place.
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In his dreams, he was looking at a system like screen in his mind displaying his stats, just like a game. The stats were at a very large digits like 200000 and more. Trying out to feel his body, he felt immensely powerful and he felt that he could sley the monarch with a single punch or may be, with a finger if he tried now.
He looked downwards and saw, and saw nothing at all! He was just standing on the air like the gravity had no effect on him at all!
For some unknown reason, his power started decreasing at a Rapid pace, and when it stopped, tanishq was back to his previous self in the real life.
All of his stats were now only at ten points, average stats for a dragonling like him.
The space he was standing on started to collapse and he started to fall downwards. But before he fell, he heard a Wisper in his ear. The voice was like nothing Tanishq had ever heard. Nor alluring, nor bad. The nature of the voice seemed, mysterious to him. It looked like that he was in a world of trouble once again.
He soon woke up to the roars of beasts coming from around a kilometer from him.