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Chronicle of a Drake: Chapter 1

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   The sky was clear and the sun was bright. On the coastal plateau, sat a dragon feeling the air dance around him and waited for a favorable breeze before taking off. The dragon had dark blue scales, cyan chest plates, a blonde mane, golden eyes and golden markings across his body. He took a deep breath and exhaled with a contented sigh, the winds had become favorable. The dragon spread his wings and took off from the ground. He lowered himself to a point where he could run his talons through the ocean. The water felt cool and refreshing to him and now feeling invigorated, the dragon turned to start flying through the crags and cliffs surrounding the coastline. He flew with a gracefulness that would make the most majestic birds of prey jealous. The dragon navigated through the rock faces and crags without any fear of faltering. After a few hours of flying above the sea and through nearby valleys, the dragon landed near a forest where he intended to hunt. At this point the whole world started to blur and become faded.

A young man proceeds to wake up from a dream with a stretch and contented yawn. He always enjoyed dreams like that where he could fly and often wondered what it would be like to be a dragon or a magical creature like that. After thoroughly rubbing the sleepiness out of his eye, he proceeded to get out of his bed and headed to the bathroom to wash up before getting ready for work. The man had brown hair, matching eyes, fair skin, and his name was Abraham. Young Abraham was a man down on his luck. He had completed his schooling with degrees in chemistry and biology but had no job to show for his efforts. After spending months searching for a job in his field without any success, he had accepted a job working in a bookstore in the city. It paid well enough to afford his apartment rent, necessities, and to be able to store some money in savings but it wasn’t what he had spent years of schooling for. But in any case, a paying job is a paying job and he accepted that fact. The apartment had a simple layout with a decent sized bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen/living room area and the rent was reasonable. There was also hand drawn artwork hanging throughout the apartment, mostly of fantasy creatures and scenery. Abraham proceeded to put on a pair of khaki pants, a casual button up shirt and got ready to head out for the day. Abraham grabbed his apartment key and headed out the door for work.

The walk from Abraham’s apartment to the bookstore took about 15 minutes but he always like to arrive early to work, it gave him some extra time to shake out any cobwebs he still had at that point. It sold the type of books that were popular on the Internet and yet didn’t make their way into mainstream stores which allowed the store have a fair amount of business from people who didn’t want to buy online. The store was of medium size which allowed a good stock to be carried. When he arrived he saw his boss Mr. Williams. Mr. Williams was a man in his later years with a balding head with grey hair, a neatly trimmed moustache, and a pair of Pince Nez glasses. He ran the neighborhood bookstore but it was more of a hobby for him at this point, he had more than enough money saved to never have to worry about that. He was the type of man that people came to for life advice and was well known enough that it ensured he always had enough business to keep his employees with a job. When he saw Abraham walk in he greeted him.

“Morning Abraham! How was your weekend?” he asked jovially.

“Alright for the most part, how about yours?” Abraham asked in response.

“Oh it was good. Very good, thank you for asking. I learned about a new series and I picked up the first book.” Mr. Williams was known to be quite the Romantic type and had a love of all things fantasy and magical. It was one of the things that Abraham liked most about him and it gave them something to talk about together.

“You’ll have to let me know how it is,” Abraham said. “Say where’s Angelo at?”

“Oh you know he doesn’t arrive as early as you do, the lazy sack of bones,” Mr. Williams said with a cheeky grin.

“He’s not lazy, I just like to arrive early,” retorted Abraham.

“Well in any case, we should start getting ready to open,” Mr. Williams said in a matter of fact way.

So the two proceeded to spend the next few minutes making sure the shop was prepared for the day’s business, when a dark haired man with tanned skin entered.

“Ah, Angelo you arrived. And not a minute too soon,” said Mr. Williams.

“What can I say sir, I like to live on the edge,” Angelo said in response.

“Yeah, yeah, just help us out over here,” Mr. Williams said dryly.

The bookstore soon opened up and the day really began. Abraham’s main job was to help customers if they had any questions, check the stock if the customer asked about something that wasn’t on the shelf and occasionally work the register. There was plenty of downtime between occasions when the store was full of customers which allowed Abraham to do some reading on his free time or check his online profiles. When his shift ended, he told Mr. Williams to have a good evening and headed back to his apartment. It was late in the afternoon when he left the store the sun had started to set and there was a slight chill in the air. He arrived back at his apartment and prepared some simple ramen for supper. After he had finished his meal, he went to go clean up and ready to relax the rest of the evening. He started working on a piece for a client of his. Abraham was an amateur artist but his work was good enough to where he could charge money for each piece. Another means to put some money away he figured. Luckily his work was fairly well known so business was good in that regard. While he was working he was talking with some friends online, including a girl he had met a few months ago. She went by the name of Mina and they had hit it off quite well with each other. They enjoyed speaking to one another and even confided in each other.

<So how was your weekend? Didn’t see much of you around,> Abraham typed.

<It was good, I spent time with my family so I was very busy. How did your weekend go?> she responded.

<Same old, same old. On the bright side I managed to complete a few more pieces for people and the pay was good,> he said.

<That’s wonderful news. At the rate you’re going, you’ll get rich just out of drawing. XD> she said in response.

<Thanks for the vote of confidence but I don’t think I’d be able to make a large living off of this, just a little extra in the account. I just wish I could find something in my field. Four years and thousands of dollars and nothing to show for it,> Abraham responded with a slight bitterness.

<I wytiwyg="1" wouldn't worry about it too much, i'm certain you'll eventually find something. in the meantime, perhaps I can ask you to draw me something;)> she said trying to make him feel better.

<Thank you, that means a lot to me that you have that much faith in me,> he said gratefully.

<Your welcome, that’s what good friends are for. We support each other when we need it,> she responded.

<Let me just be the first to tell you how lucky I am to have friends like you:)> Abraham said in return.

They conversed for the next few hours until Abraham needed to start getting ready to go to bed to get enough rest for work the next day.

<Well I’d hate to end such a stimulating conversation but I have work tomorrow so I need to get ready for bed. Good night and I shall talk with you more another day,> Abraham said before he signed off for the night.

<Good night,> she replied.

With deft use of her golden talons, she lightly tapped on the crystal board. The light of the screen highlighted the contours of her dark scales. With a sigh the dragoness proceeded to sign off of her profile for the night and started preparing for bed as well.
I've finally done it, I've posted the first chapter of my first story on DA.La la la la I'm doing this as a form of practice in characterization and basic plot. One thing I must warn readers is that the first few chapters might seem a little dry, I believe in setting the scene and what the characters are like on a daily basis. I assure you though, this will get much more interesting quickly. 

I couldn't have written this by myself, I had some wonderful friends who helped me review and fine tune the writing. And with that I'd like to thank VedranR, Nuwer-Designs, and StardustDragon258, you should really check out their stuff it's great.

As always, comments and critiques are welcome.^^

Story belongs to me, Azarius-Flashfang 
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Goodness, I love the style of writing here! The only thing I would suggest you'd improve is removing the gaps in between each dialogue line - it's not a compulsory thing, but it definitely does give your story a far better visual presentation, making you look more professional. :)
Excellent job, nonetheless!