Courtships and Displays

Keshet was flying high over a red desert, the sand turned into shades of fire by the setting sun. Wickedly sharp rocks cut through the light like claws, casting long, dark shadows, as if night had started coming up from the ground. It was pure luck that the glint glanced off her eye, that it had been caught by the sun, that she was the exact type of dragon that she was, that she immediately folded her wings and dove towards the ground, half thinking that she would have something shiny ...

Hooves skidded across the dry earth, tearing up yellowing grass and loose soil, kicking both into the air, the taste of grit left behind. Keshet teetered precariously, leather wings batting ineffectively at the air before she gave in and fell forward to brace herself against the ground. A low growl rumbled in her throat as she bared sharp fangs. Calanthe’s long, feathered tail swept through the prairie grass, her head lifted imperiously. The sun glinted off the plating along h...

Butterfly heaved a sigh of relief as he came to a stop, the heavy load he'd been carrying with him being placed carefully at his feet before he flopped onto the ground beside it. He looked up at the space before him that he'd chosen for a nest, a large, roomy alcove nestled cozily between two massive rocks, the formations surrounded by trees and thick vegetation. The floor inside was mostly flat, with only a few pebbles and other bits of debris which Butterfly had already cleared. He swallowe...

Butterfly fluttered his wings nervously as he stood atop the hill, glancing about with ever-growing anxiety. The sky was only just turning from the dark of night to a lighter shade of purple-pink as morning was beginning to make its imminent arrival known. The Jungle dragon shuffled in place and shivered as a cold breeze whisked past him, tired and more than a little chilly in this early Spring weather. 'Where can she be?' he couldn't help but think to himself as he continuous...