Outcast

Waking up, I immediately head back to Vanor's room.

Crawling in, I see Vanor, Rentil, and the heavily scarred dragon elder I had seen before during my introduction to the clan. They all look up from a giant map thru were studying.

"So this is my youngest great-grandson, you managed to figure out what happened to your father. Something that has troubled me for decades. Don't worry grandson, we will rain Dragonfyre on the entire clan. They will beg for death by the time I am done" Says the elder while working himself up into a fury.

"Father, we talked about this, there are children there. As much as we want revenge we have to make sure we dont kill innocent children.

Don't worry Valoris, we have come up with a plan, the scouts I sent have found a hidden base of theirs in the Silverbacks territory.

Based on our intelligence gathering, Selena has a way to communicate with the leader of that base. If just Rentil, and you attack, she will come herself. Branch clan head and I will hide until she shows." explains Vanor

"What about the dragonkin she is experimenting on?"

I ask thinking about Snake, the Thinblood who helped me. Before he disappeared, he was the closet thing I ever had to a friend in the mines.

"We will help who we can, but most of them I suspect will have been driven mad by the experiments, and side effects"

"When do we start then?" I ask eagerly

They all look at each other before turning to me wearing matching snarling faces.

"Now!"

Already having everything I need, we head out of the mountain. As we do, I wonder how the elder will fly with a crippled wing. Getting onto Rentil's back my question is answered as I notice wind elements forming onto the crippled wing allowing him to fly. He is slow and awkward, but he still is able to fly.

As I cling to Rentil's back, I feel a wave of anger towards the Bloodyfang clan that I had buried deep inside. Putting aside the personal injustice done to me, the horrors they had inflicted upon of dragonkin made me furious. In another life, I easily could have been the one taken instead of Snake.

We fly for an entire day, before landing. Based on the distance we covered today, we should be able to arrive tomorrow. We all are quiet, lost in our own thoughts. After a quiet meal, I head to sleep, eager for tomorrow to arrive.

Waking up early, we break camp and start flying again. Back in the air again, I ask Rentil how she wants to start the attack.

"We want to be as showy, and dramatic as possible. So I figure you and I will show up at the front gate, you can yell something about revenge. Then we start destroying the base and killing the guards.

From the information, we have gathered the leader is just a Pureblood wyrm that's undergone mutations.

So he will definitely contact Selena, she will have to come herself, as she is the only one strong enough to fight me. Then grampa and clan head shows up and rips her apart" she explains.

Satisfied, I start looking at the horizon, eager for our revenge to begin. After hours of flying, I see a large wooden fortress in the middle of a forest. Turning back to look at Vanor and the clan head. I notice they have already disappeared.

Gliding down, Rentil sets us down right before the main gate. She looks to me, making it clear it's my turn. Taking a deep breath, I look at the guards, all apes of various species with a few kobolds.

"Bloodyfang clan! today blood begets blood! I, Valoris Taleos Stormfury have come to rain destruction, and death on you. As for the base leader, get your a.s.s out here. I have a beating set aside just for you" I yell.

"Nice, you really want to fight the base leader?" Rentil asks.

"Yeah, go destroy the base. I got this" I answer. She takes off, before circling around and opening her mouth and shooting out a golden fireball that hits of the watch posts.

The main gates open, and a large blood-red Wyrm crawls out. Even though last time I saw him, he was a kobold I recognize him instantly. He is the clan head, Rell's dad!

"Haha, surprised are you? thanks for coming all this way. Makes tracking you down that much easier. And looks like you contacted the Stormfury clan."

He says while looking up at Rentil.

"You are a clan of murderers, and race traitors. Death is all you deserve." I answer rage building up inside me.

"All that matters is power and the lengths one is willing to go to get it. You of all should understand that. I have to thank you, Once we kill you, and the wyvern you brought. We will have more of that divine lineage to experiment with."

He says as he crawls closer. Clearly trying to distract me while he gets within striking range. Disrupting his plans, I charge forward first, catching him off guard.

Slamming into him, I bite down on his neck while also clawing at him. Ripping a nice chunk out, I summon lightning down onto him.

In the background, I can hear explosions and screams as Rentil destroys the base. The clan head cowers away from me, deeply wounded before racing back inside the base.

Looking up, I can see that the entire base is on fire. Feeling satisfied with the destruction Rantil has caused, I step back and watch this horrible place burn. Rantil lands back next to me, she is looking very satisfied with herself.

"Like a work of art, nice job not killing that rat. Now we just wait" she says.

"What about the ones they were experimenting on?" I ask.

"I saw the cages, they had been broken out of, guess they managed to escape?"

"WHERE ARE THE SNAKES WHO DARE TO TOUCH MY PROPERTY"

Looking up, we see a blood-red dragon elder flying towards us. When she lands, I manage to get my first look at Selena Bloodyfang. If I had never seen a dragon elder before I might have been impressed.

But now, all I can notice is how sickly she looks, skinny, breathing heavy, her scales seem to be falling off. It's clear whatever she did to help raise her bloodline also caused serious problems.

As soon as she lands, she glares at me before speaking again.

"So it's you, the runt of the litter. Have you come back to destroy the clan? you will need more than this wyvern to kill me" she taunts.

I just smile, and point behind her, looking back her face drops as she sees the same thing we do.

Two giant storm dragon elders hovering in the air behind her, their fury palpable.

"What about them? are they enough to deal with you?"

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