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Chapter 2-- The purple predator.

"A red dragon here? Well I would not be surprised if it was not for the black hair she has instead of being hairless like the others of this region. Oh well a intruder is a intruder, time to get to work."
*The purple dragon said in a tone that seems to be a routine before going down another tunnel and coming back with several coils of rope. Few ties around the red dragoness's wings, few to keep her legs together and arms and wings at her side and now the intruder is fully trapped.*
"Okay red one... are you awake enough to hear me?"
*The purple dragon laid down for a few moments watching the intruder still laying on the ground.*
"Fine fine, you you will not talk to me then I will consider you food."
*With that said the dragon walked around to Vaeros's feet and slurped up her tail, taking a moment to savor the flavor.*

*The feeling of the dragon's warm saliva and hot throat covering Vaeros's tail quickly awoken her. She tried to move but quickly realized the bindings made it impossible to do anything but wiggle back and forth. Vaeros looked over at her feet and saw that her tail was just a bulge in the purple dragon's throat as it was getting slowly swallowed down. The red dragoness screamed out.*
"PLEASE DO NOT EAT ME! I WAS JUST HUNGRY WHICH IS WHY I TRIED TO EAT YOU!"

*Surprisingly the purple dragon backed up and allowed Vaeros's tail to slide all the way out of its throat. Vaeros heard the strange dragon speak in a feminine voice.*
"I was not really going to eat you. Just wanted to know why you were here and because your stomach was growling loud enough to wake me up, I knew that you were not here for the annoying reason... besides I have been guilty of devouring some stranger since I was hungry so I know the feeling you have."

*Vaeros was surprised that saying do not eat me actually worked. Unlike when her prey said the same thing.*
"Thanks for not eating me... I am Vaeros. Just traveling through here. But I have a question that I want you to answer that I may not like to know... how did you knock me out was it... you know?"

*The purple dragoness snickers and quickly responds in a cheerful tone.*
"No worries, that was just some musk I released into your maw. Not a fart if that is what you are worried about. But I might as well introduce myself, I am Seralth. My kind is known as the Perfume Dragon of the West Wetlands. Currently I am the Master of the Mountains, which is a title that I have grown to like."

"Well Seralth... I have not been to the wetlands... but as you have heard my stomach gurgle you know I am in no mood to talk. That and these bindings are annoying."
*Seralth nodded to her and quickly ran down another tunnel. A few minutes later the purple dragoness came back pulling two roped creatures that seem to be a mix between a bovine and a rat.*
"Looks delicious! Thanks!"
*Vaeros wiggles happily towards the large mammals, too hungry to wait for the bindings to get removed.*

*Seralth bursts out laughing at the sight of the impatient dragoness before she quickly unties ropes, finally freeing the red dragon.*
"Here, free food."
*Vaeros does not waste time and pounces the mammal prey. Her green and red jaws open wide as they take in the mountain creature's head. It does not take long for the experienced predator's jaws to separate like a serpent, engulfing the beast whole in just a minute.*
"Vaeros... you forgot to take off the rope."
*The red dragoness was hugging her swollen belly and just then realized the rope that was used to bring in the meal was still hanging out of her maw. She snaps her mouth tight and pulls the rope apart, swallowing down the rest that was already inside of her body.*
"That should be enough to satisfy you while not being too much to hinder your movement. So you have the choice to leave the Master of the Mountains cave or stay here!"

*Vaeros was still rubbing her wiggling belly as she answered the purple dragoness.*
"You gave me the choice to stay here. So I will stay here. Since you seem friendly enough to talk to. Besides you being from the wetlands and now living as the ruler of the mountains that is in a dessert region... that just raises a lot of questions. So go ahead and tell me about yourself so I do not have to keep asking you about yourself."

*A large smile went across the purple dragon's muzzle as she responded happily.*
"Well then... about me... I will try to make it short about why I am here instead of my full life story. The reason my race is called Perfume Dragon is because during the mating season, when we are mainly seen by other races, those that want to mate eat a lot of fruits so that the musk will smell sweet and attract others that want to mate. But if we eat other foods then our musk will have a different effect, like what I did to you. Now then I lived in a tribe that raised boars for food. Every warm season when the livestock was plentiful my kind had a celebration which includes a contest to see who can eat the most boars in one meal... I wanted to join in that event and be the winner the first time. So I had sneaked into the stockade and started to devour some of the livestock every week. During fall and winter I was training my stomach to stretch out and handle so much food I was about ready. Though I had to lie to the tribe that I saw a large beast taking those boars instead of I. Unfortunately I was caught after becoming immobile when I was over stuffed. So I was exiled for the lie... and eating over half of the tribe's livestock."

*The red dragon snickers and motions back to the entrance of the cave.*
"So with the mastery of eating you hunted the previous owner down, ate him and became the Master of the Mountains. That is a major leap from just being a member of a tribe. Oh, do you mind if I have the other creature for dessert?"

*The purple dragoness handed over the rope to Vaeros who quickly started to devour the second tasty mammal.*
"Actually Vaeros you are wrong in that I did not hunt that last ruler of this place. Once I got here I was hungry like yourself and I found a few of these mammals at the base of the mountains. I managed to eat until being stuffed and unable to move. That was before I knew I was near this cave and in less then a hour later the previous Master of the Mountains came out of the cave and stood next to me. He took a moment to say smugly that he was the ruler of this place since he defeated the previous ruler. At first he just wanted to scare me away, but then he noticed that I was unable to get away. So he decided I would be his breakfast instead. That large dragon lifted me up dangling above his maw and licked my rump... thankfully eating all of that meat allowed me to pass fumes that knocked him out. I landed on my cushioned fat belly and was unable to waddle away from him before he would gain back his senses and find me. Only way for me to live was to kill that large dragon... so I tried to eat him whole."

*Vaeros releases a large belch that interrupts Seralth's story.*
"Oh, sorry about that. So the meat you have been eating gave you the musk to knock others out. Heh I am jealous about that power. That and I am surprised you could contain that whole large dragon. Good thing you are nice enough to have not *URRRRP* eaten me."

"Well again Vaeros you are only partly right. My musk just fumes out, which is why my kind flies around to spread the smell of sweet scent... and why I waited until you where close to my rump before releasing my defensive musk. So... it turns out that the meat I was filled with that day gave me gas so the added... force of wind helped the noxious fumes spread over the large dragon's open maw. Back then I was still not talented enough to swallow that dragon whole. So after I took his legs and feet in I was unable to gulp down his tail, so I had to wait a few hours to digest him to make more room to get the last of the previous master fully inside of me. That was three years ago... I have ruled here ever since."

"Well being the ruler of this place, even though it is a dessert, would make many dragons jealous. Although I seem to recall that non-dragons tend to have a thing about trying to defeat dragon rulers for fame and glory. Maybe I should not be so jealous about you living in this cave after all. Unless I am wrong again and you are going to explain that this place is some large palace and I am the only one who has tried to take you down after all these years. Oh... sorry if I am being a rude guest."

*The purple dragoness sighs and waits for a moment before replying.*
"This place only has three rooms, this one that I use to sleep in. Another room that has a oasis in which I raise those things as livestock. Then another room full of supplies and the remainder of what the last Master's treasure was. It is not a palace, but it is my home."

"So... I think I have you down now. You only eat those you need to... ones that are here to kill you or to take your home. Which is why some of the native dragons are afraid of you. But you have let me live by giving a second chance... so you give others a second chance and trade with the good ones?"

*A bright smile goes across Seralth's muzzle while the red dragoness was talking.*
"Exactly, those that are just here kill me no matter what I say like some knights and other dragons are considered food. But since you were just starving I gave you that second chance to live."

Vaeros and Drawing belong to me ©  Ingeir_Palar

Story and Seralth belongs to ©  Ananda.