Outcast

*** Stormfury Clan ***

On the mountain peak designated for the Taleos branch, in a cave far from Valoris's cave is a large storm drake. Victus Taleos Stormfury "The Vicious Storm"

"So what you are telling me Mystar is that my dead younger brother had a son, who has the same name as him, but is a Wyrm?" asks Victus, staring down at the kneeling Ice Wyvern who is his servant.

"Yes Lord, though there are rumors when he arrived he was actually a Kobold, and that the only reason he evolved is because Lord Vanor gave him some of the Sky Rulers blood" answers Mystar, still kneeling. His eyes are staring at the ground, the respect he has for Victus absolute.

"What! something's wrong, father would never waste the Sky Ruler's blood like that even if this Valoris is my nephew. I better check this Wyrm out, you are dismissed Mystar" says Victus before leaving.

****Vanor's room****

"Lightning travel eh? I don't have that particular skill, but my father does. I will talk to him, see if he can give you some pointers, or tips he has picked up from it" says Vanor, looking through doc.u.ments.

"Thank you" I say before noticing a new slab of rock leaning against the wall of his cave. Crawling over to it, I see it's the words the original Valoris had carved before he died.

"Many came, and tried to break me. I broke them instead!

Father, Selena Bloodyfang is responsible. I can hear more coming, I will let them know Stormfuries are defiant to the end! -Valoris Taleos Stormfury the Defiant Storm"

Looking at it, I can feel my dragon core pulsing. Some part of Valoris that's hidden in the core wants to show me something.

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"He's in here! come on men!"

Startled, I look around, and realize I'm back in the cave where I fought the drake rats, and I'm much taller then I actually am.

"This must be a flashback" I think before suddenly.

"Come on you worms! come and meet the Defiant Storm" I roar, taking a deep breathe and waiting until the cowardly humans surround me. Then I breathe Dragonfyre around me, burning the humans to a crisp. 2 escape with minor burns.

Then another wave,

and another,

and another

wave, after wave, kill after kill. I know I will fall here but I refuse to go gently. I will scratch, and claw, death will have to drag me kicking and screaming to the underworld. Today I will truly earn my moniker as the "Defiant Storm"

I scream my rage at the world, my enemies.

You all want to break me?

Make me submit just because you have more people, just because I'm not strong enough?

Never!

Finally after seemingly endless waves, I lay gasping, coughing up blood I pull out some of the swords, and spears that are stabbed into me.

"Who's...Next" I manage to gasp, their swords are lined with some kind of poison that stops me from healing.

"I suppose that's us isnt it" says a familar voice.

Wiping the blood that's gotten into my eye, I squint before saying " Selena? what are you doing?" confused.

it's a younger Selena Bloodyfang though here she is only a dragonling. Standing next to her is a human, large for his kind with short hair, and a huge beard.

"Seriously? are you that dumb? who else besides your family knew you had chosen this area to start your own clan?" she hisses, clearly delighting in my suffering.

"Enough! I didnt give you permission to speak!" yells the human, glaring at Selena. She cowers like a dog being scolded by her master before saying " Yes Lord"

The human walks toward me, he knows as Wyvern I can only use a limited amount of Dragonfyre, and I have used it all up.

"Submit to me, and I will let you live " he says, his voice filled with arrogance.

"Lord! he can't be left alive! if his clan finds out what we di-" stammers Selena, terrified of what my clan would do once they found out, before she is interrupted.

"Then I will crush his entire clan! I beat him didnt i?" he answers smugly, so sure in his own powers.

"Ha..haha..hahaha..HAHAHAH" my chuckle turns into a full throated giggling fit as I imagine this pompous a.s.s try and make the Stormfuries submit.

Defiance is in our very blood, its apart of out heritage. On some planes, and planets Storm and Defiance are the same word because of our history. The first technique every clan member of the Stormfuries learns is called the "Final Storm"

It uses your soul as fuel and calls down a storm so big your body flesh vaporizes, all that's left is your bones, and your dragon core. It's meant as a final move when you know you will die, but want to take your enemies with you. I look at this arrogant human, who has enslaved my race, wants to do the same to me, and my kin and I say two words before I call down the "Final Storm"

"F.u.c.k you"