Unnoticed a predator stalks through the morning forest. Fresh forest kisses the landscape adding a shimmer to the shadows cast by the towering trees. the sounds of a few birds of pray caw through the grounds and then a hawk perches itself upon the branch of a near by tree. it stands proude a king hunter of his own right, and then its head and beak tuck downwards to begin to pick and clean at its own feathers.
A crashing sound of a bounding predator can be heard within the not so far off distance , the mighty hawks head tilts observingly at the setting , and then its eyes grow wide comeing near face to face with this racing creature , it caws sharply startled and in fear , as along golden tail swipes across the branch , the bird soaring up to escape form what ever this was that just passed by. the only reminces left is a scratch on the side of the tree , a indentation left where the bark was removed when the tail swiped by it. Soon this hunting creature comes to a glen not to far away form some form of castle , within the glen is a number of white-tailed deer that dot the land. With no hunters, and little more than a few peasants that know of there feeding grounds to threaten their existence, they would logically be tame creatures. Yet, possessed of that odd food-chain logic, they never let their guard down. For all their strength and hardiness, deer know their place. The beauty of their gait always contains a tinge of caution, even as their fawns run and bleat cheerfully, blissfully unaware of their sordid purpose. The cougars agree: such devotion to a Gods given attitude exists nowhere else in the world. It takes very little to alarm the entire population of deer. The beast silently halts, and has his work cut out for him. To kill without alerting every deer in a five-mile radius is a daunting task; it takes phenomenal finesse, and the situation is unique. There are no natural predators, and for all their wariness, the deer are still somewhat appeased by the calm. The conditions are ideal for a kill, but if he is not cautious, he will starve quickly as the deers' sensibilities awaken. He was not meant to have this kind of demand put on him at such an early age; for all her skill, the mighty lioness never has to keep herself secret. this beasts appearance does not help: his wings and horns are early warnings if not artfully camouflaged, and the golden scales that illuminate his body like the shimmering of the sun itself are not good for hideing.. His wings are useful tools for other purposes, but flight is the easiest way to get unwanted attention as such a large creature. No deer can ever see him and live to tell about it. He waits for what seems to him to be hours just crouched down on his hind legs watching and waiting, then a young buck wromps himself form the pack to water himself alone by the babbling brook, this creature wastes no time. An opening was given and he takes it , calming this tasty creature as his own. The sounds of its claws digging into the ground are heard well , as its sharp talons cut within the earth like swords cleaving into its foes armour. His large wings snap out each one section of its wings at a time to expand to his glorace length that is nearly one hundred feet long form wingtip to wing tip , mayhap�s someone at the castle in the distance may be able to see the brilliance of golden light reflected there , but he cares not at this moment. The beasts body leers back and then he leaps upwards into the air , useing his hind legs to prepelle himself and lift himself upwards , it is a short distance for this one to his targeded meal. this beast then swoops down captureing the main body of this buck within both of its front talons , and then its long head lashes down with the assistance of his long neck , much like a cobra biting down on its victim , he lashes down to this deers neck. but instead of the cobras venom his own raw power and strength are the deadly forces here , and within sheer seconds the sound of bone breaking is heard , the deer goes limp within this beasts talons , lifeless , its neck has been broken , nearly ripped off. With a swoop of its magnetic wings the hunter lands with its spoils of a silent war , the war between nature and predator and pray, once he lands he wastes no time to enjoy its victim , its large maw ripping into the flesh of this deer. ripping and tearing out shreds of meat which it greedily devowers into his hungry stomach. Until all that is left of its pray is a shredded remains of bone and hide .. The mighty hunter then raises its long neck stretching it to its impressive length letting out a triumphant whale into the landscape , the distinct roar of a dragon. Some may think this sight as a morbid and grotesque one , but to this dragon this is his meal , no different then when a human sits down to dine on a bowl of stew or a steak. everything eats to survive in there own ways. this beast then lifts its wings again , stretching them out once again to there impressive length , and then every muscle of its body , arching ever so slightly like a hunting cat. then its body snaps around as it hears humans growing closer to it, just out of his sight and hearing to leave them in slight mummers. No he is not ready to be seen , not like this... And then with a single bound his body takes flight within the horizon , giving the villagers or whom ever is encountering this area a impressive view of his own dragonic body. they would see a large golden dragon its body looks to be about 60 feet long , with a tail that stretches out near then half of his bodies length. at the end of its tail is a hook of blade like appanage that digs and rips into the ground at the simplest touch , much like the grim reapers scythe. Its wings that flap effortally through the air , making there own cutting sounds are approximately 100 feet long or more tip to tip. and created on this creatures head is a crown of golden horns that luster within morning sun. Soon this hunter disappears within the clouds , where it is going unknown to the others... _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp -- To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives & Other DMI Lists: http://www.dragonmyst.f2s.com/lists.php3
