It’s a humid day, I'm in a grassy clearing in a forest at the border of the Ice Kingdom, fighting this Sand-Dragon, I heard in his mind that his name was Sand. I’m Blizzard and nobody cares about me, they make that pretty clear, I don’t know my parents. I pin Sand down and get my claws ready to claw out his heart. Suddenly he flips up and whacks me in the nose, and then he leaps at me. 

I try and jump out of the way as Sand pins me to the ground. I know I can’t get away without being killed because his poisonous tail barb is ready to hit me on the forehead "What is your name?” he demands. “Blizzard,” I growl, “Let me go, Sand, otherwise the whole Ice-Dragon army will be after you.” “I doubt that,” Sand hisses. Sand flings a metal muzzle over me before I can even open my mouth again. Sand leaps and starts to fly, he is pulling me with him, so I am forced to fly. 

He takes me to Queen Sun, oh no, she was the one who started the war between tribes, I growl as best I can with the metal muzzle on, I shall not surrender. “Take her straight to the arena,” she commands Sand, Sand bows and walks away, pulling me with him. Oh no, the arena is the worst place to be, I caught a thought that was passing in Queen Sun’s mind. It said, my first ice toy, how wonderful, you better be good, I should reward General Sand. That was horrible. As I am led to the arena by Sand, he is thinking, I better beat her, otherwise, she might kill me... I should have more faith in myself, yes I’m dazzling. I struggle to hold back a smile and enter the bored position that I self-taught myself to do so that everyone will see me as an ice-dragon warrior and nothing else. 

We enter the arena, it’s smaller than I thought, Sand takes off my muzzle carefully, I look around and see Queen Sun on the throne on a taller platform. I lunge attempting to kill her in a quick leap, I see a flash of pale scales crash into me and I crash into the ground a long way away from the Queen. Sand is over me growling. “Stay away from the queen!” he roars. Sand heads over to the other side of the arena and looks expectantly at his queen. “Okay, let’s begin the test,” Queen Sun declares, “Aaaaand GO!” He leaps, I feel my instincts kicking in and suddenly I don’t know what is happening, my vision is blurred, but I’m flashing everywhere attacking Sand.

“Whoa! OWWWW!” yelps Sand. I can’t feel myself, and my vision has seemed to have turned off! I can’t even talk. I enter his mind and wince as I feel his pain. I’ve never seen an ice-dragon fight like that, she must be special like me. Maybe we could be friends if she doesn’t kill me now! AHHHHH! HELP! I transmit telepathically. My vision is now fully black, and I can’t see anything. But I can slightly feel myself now, enough to know I’m not dead. Suddenly something whacks me in the back of my head hard, my body screams in pain, and I start to drift away into a peaceful blackness.

I wake up and shudder as the boiling heat hits my scales, I see Sand just outside of some bars. WAIT…. I’M IN A PRISON CELL! HOW DARE THEY! “Oh, you're awake, are you yourself again?” he asks. “Yes, Sand brain,” I snap, “Let me go, now, or I’ll rip your face off next time!” “Sorry, can’t do that, Queen’s orders,” Sand answers, calmly. Ugh, great. Loyal dragon to a horrible queen. I get up and walk over to the bars, now I see all the bleeding scratches I gave him, I’m sure some of them will scar. “Go back to having a rest,” Sand commands. “I’m an Ice-Dragon warrior, not a weak lazy human! I roar, I then turn in the other direction, cursing under my breath. I take to the coldest corner, but it's so hot it feels as though my scales are melting.

Next time I wake up, I see Sand curled up next to me, looking through a small window out at the night sky. “What are you doing?” I ask, then whack myself in the head with my tail, I sounded too soft. Sand laughs. “I’m trying to figure out a way to get you out of here,” he answers, “Because I would like to see you happy for some reason.”

Sand’s words sink in. “Wait, try to break me out?” I listen for his thoughts, Hmm, Blizzard and I can’t just hop out through the window, it’s too small. I also can’t just waltz out of here with her, unless we want to fight… but then Blizzard might accidentally kill someone, I will have to come up with an excuse. Wait……. Her scales are still touching mine…. NO, I won’t think about that. I feel someone's presence, OF COURSE! SHE’S AN ICE-DRAGON! SHE CAN READ MY MIND! HOW COULD I FORGET!? GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!! I yank my mind out of his. He is now glaring at me.

“What!?” Sand yells, “You can’t just enter my mind without my permission!” “Oh, I can…. I don’t care if you rescue me or not,” I talk back. Sand takes my talons in his, and I am forced to look into his blue-black eyes, I never realized there was a bit of dark blue in them. “I am going to rescue you, no matter what,” he whispers, “I don’t know why yet though,” I growl, even though I realize that I like dragons caring for me, I can’t have that happening, that’s how I can get mentally hurt, especially if they betray me. I realize that Sand has pulled away from me, but has curled his tail around mine, I pull my tail back and look away.

“Okay, I’ve got it, I know which hallways will have the least amount of dragons, so let's move!!” Sand exclaims, I grumpily stand up, and start to sneak after him. We creep past the dungeons, and through the servant passageways, the closer we get to the main door I start breathing easier, even though I should be breathing harder because of the melting temperature!