A shelter to go around (open)

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Time and Date:: early morning

Weather:: Big storm coming

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"What did I tell you" said Frostbreath. "Even bears are affected by your breath."  The two of them were sitting at the lake within the forest they first went fishing together so many years before. They where, well trying to relax while fishing around a fire, but they kept arguing.

"Yeah, well tell me why no human has never mentioned this before?"

"Because they clean their teeth and they are to afraid to talk to you?"

"Says the one who kills the person their talking too"

"First of all, I cant talk, second of all, I use that as my defense, and third of all, I can control it" He sniffed his claws and started to scrap the dirt with them.

"How does mine smell that bad, iv talked with people before?"

"They were just being nice."

"Yeah ok, your just jealous that I don't kill things by breathing" A sudden gust from the south almost knocked Sticksbreath over.

"What the" He said to himself, getting up.

"Hmmm that makes me feel weird inside" Said Frostfire.

"Me too" After 5 minutes of no sudden wind gusts Sticksbreath sat back down. He cast his rod back into the lake and he caught a small perch. He cut it in half and gave the top part to Frostbreath. He cut the tail off and put the rest of it on a stick and started roasting it over the fire. "Tell me, why do we always argue?" Asked Sticksbreath.

Frostbreath just laughed and threw the half fish into his mouth. "Because that's what we do buddy" And he put his head on Sticksbreath lap and closed his eyes. A few seconds later they started humming in sync. They didn't know what was coming.

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Sol yawned as she wandered to what she had heard was a relatively good fishing spot. On her opinion it was far too early, considering she didn't have anything planned for the day, but her dragon insisted on not letting her sleep in. Since all her regular chores were finished, now was a good enough time to try fishing someplace new. Maybe she'd attempt to spear some another day.
Her dragon, Scallop followed close behind. The dragon had started a bright yellow green when she had just awoken but was beginning to turn an anxious shade of light blue. Perhaps it had been the strange breeze that rushed by or some people chatting she had heard earlier but she felt as though something was coming. Moments like these made her glad the rider couldn't understand Dragonese. Nonetheless the rider could easily tell something was wrong.
"You okay back there?" Sol slowed so the two we're walking side by side.
Scallop snorted and shook her head, which was the best she could do to tell her rider not to worry.
Sol narrowed her eyes, not liking the fact that her dragon was keeping something from her but she didn't press for now.
A larger breeze blew, which carried the scent of a dragon. Scallop stopped for a second, her colors once again changing their shade only this time much more rapidly. Fortunately, Sol knew her dragon well enough to figure out what was bothering her.
"It'll be fine. I'm sure they're friendly," Sol knew her dragon wouldn't be satisfied with this and so she continued, "come on. Let's go see them. It would be rude just to hide from them in the woods."
Walking a little bit more she spotted a boy and his acidic smokesbreath. Sol wasn't sure but it seemed they was humming? She'd love to join the two, perhaps they could break out into song, but she didn't know if she'd be interrupting something. Scallop didn't care and started a low growl.
"Scallop, please!" She hissed at her dragon.

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They hummed for a few more minutes. Frostbreath thought he heard something, but he ignored it. He was having too much fun. Than out of nowhere, a low growl was heard from behind them. “s***! What the hell. You scared the hell out of me.” He said to this new dragon. Frostbreath was already growling back. “Hey Frostbreath, calm down buddy”
“She probably want’s to hurt you.”
“I doubt it” he said coming closer. He noticed an older girl behind the dragon.
“What’s your name?" He asked the dragon. Than Frostbreath grabbed him and threw him into the lake.
“Hey what the hell!” said Sticksbreath. “Is this your idea of making new friends? Throwing the person that knows English into a lake?”
“Yes” and with that Frostbreath flew back over to the fire. “If she eats you, not my fault”
“Would you stop with the, everyone’s an evil reptile?
“Nope”
“Ahhhh” Sticksbreath got out of the lake, he was now drenched. Another blast of wind came from the south. “Damn that’s cold” He said. He went closer to maybe say hi to the girl but he realized her dragon probably wouldn’t let him. “And maybe I can know yours too?” He said to the girl from where he stood.

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"Name's Scallop dear," she wrapped her tail protectively around rider," and I wouldn't dare harm you. Though I wouldn't be surprised if, oh what did you call him, Frostbreath hit my baby with his acid breath."
"Scallop, let go for a sec," Sol did her best to move the dragon's tail frill out of the way so she could look at whoever she was talking to, "Just calm down, I'll be fine!"
She groaned, realizing her dragon was going to be difficult, "She should be fine with you. Scallop just had a problem with meeting other dragons. Give her a sec and she should be comfortable again."
This had been embarrassing at best. She was sure that whatever the hobblegrunt was chattering about was probably not making her situation much better. Did the dragon knock the boy into the lake or was it his own? Whatever the case he must have been drenched. Ugh, how she wished her dragon would at least let her see what was going on. At least Scallop seemed to be calming down. The harsh colors returning to their previous cool tones and the tension in the tail frill seeming to ebb away. Sol finally was able to push the tail away and see the boy who was indeed soaked.
"I'm Solvi by the way, though most just call me Sol," the dragon may have done an introduction but in case she hadn't," the defensive dragon is Scallop.
"I am protective sweetie, not defensive there is a difference." Scallop's eyes remained trained on Frostbreath.

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“Quit looking at me ,”Dear” Said Frostbreath in a mocking tone.
“You know, I should really just punch you, maybe then you’ll learn to be nice and shut up!”
“Fine, ill shut up”
“Thanks,” said Sticksbreath. He heard the girl talking to him so he quickly spun around.
"I'm Solvi by the way, though most just call me Sol, the dragon may have done an introduction but in case she hadn't, the defensive dragon is Scallop.”
"I am protective sweetie, not defensive there is a difference." Replied the dragon to the girl. Frostbreath let a low growl out when she looked at him again.
Sticksbreath quickly changed back to English, “Oh hi, my name is Sticksbreath, but you can call me Stick. That dragon over there is my best friend, but sometimes he needs a little… warming up time. His name is Frostbreath.” Frostbreath looked at the girl and looked away quickly a few seconds later, and then started doing again and again. “He’s examining you, like he did with me for hours when I first met him. He is actually a bucket of fun, once you get to know him.”
“Did you just put me in the same league as a bucket? Did you just call me a damn bucket!?”
“It was a joke, dude.” Said Frostbreath rubbing his nose. Another gust of wind from the south. What is this he thought.
“Joke, my ass”
“Language, there is a person standing right there!”
“My appoligies” He joked
“Anyways, you two want to come hang out and fish? I got an empty basket I want to fill?”

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Scallop kept near Sol as the girl wandered closer to the water's edge, still slightly nervous about the acidic smokesbreath. The two certainly had an interesting relationship. It didn't really seem as though Sol was in any danger.  If anything, the pair seemed to do more harm to one another than anything. Scallop allowed her concerns wander back to the gust of wind. She would like to fly and check to see if everything was alright but at the same time she wasn't comfortable leaving her rider. 
"Sure," Sol took out a rod from a sack her dragon was carrying. Scallop seemed to be thinking about something.
"You sure you're alright?" Solvi got the rod set with some lugworm bait.
Scallop shook her head in response,"I've just got a bad feeling. It's probably nothing though sweetheart."
Sol sighed before turning her attention back on Sticks, "So, I wasn't sure but it sounded like you were talking to your dragon earlier. You know Dragonese?"
Sol always thought that it would be great if she could understand her own dragon with complete clarity but she never found anyone really willing to teach her. Perhaps Sticks would at least be able to teach her the basics.

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As soon as the girl answered with “sure” Sticksbreath’s mood lightened up. He didn’t have many friends at the moment except for Dirtnag, but he probably wouldn’t be seeing him again. Now for the first time Sticksbreath bother Frostbreath, now looking into the waters reflection, and Scallop had worried looks on their faces. “You’re sure you’re alright” said the girl before he got the chance to ask it to his dragon. He saw she shook her head.
Sticksbreath looked at the dragon “Whatever is bothering you is bothering Frostbreath too.” He said. He shook his head trying to figure something out but all that came was the steady gust of wind. All of a sudden the winds picked up a little bit without going down. Sticksbreath got used to it fast, but Frostbreath was now looking around. It looks a little cloudy, how could there be so much wind? He thought to himself.
The girl looked to him holding the rod with the bait on it. "So, I wasn't sure but it sounded like you were talking to your dragon earlier. You know Dragonesse?"
“I do, but it was a bloody few years of learning it. I hardly had time for anything once I really got into it, I spent a lot of my time on it. I’m not regretting it yet, and I don’t think I ever will.” And with that he cast his rod into the lake. He caught something else now. “Oooh a brown trout, Frostbreath it’s your favorite!” He shook it around. It probably looked funny to Sol.
“Not hungry”
“Wait what”
“I don’t know, I just don’t feel like eating.”
“Wow” said Sticksbreath in English. “That a first, Frostbreath isn’t hungry, and especially for his favorite." Frostbreath just closed his eyes. What the hell is up with him today? He put the brown trout on a stick and put over the fire. A few seconds later a gust of wind too the fire out. “Great.” He looked at Scallop. “Would you please light the fire for us?”

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Solvi cast her own rod into the lake, hoping for some brown trout herself. She let a small giggle escape as she watched Sticks shake the fish around. Unfortunately she couldn't keep that attitude as the dragon turned down his favorite treat. She looked at the sky and stared at the oncoming clouds. They gave her a sense of foreboding, that's for sure, but they also could simply be passing by. She hadn't heard any news of the weather coming over here, though that could have been because she wasn't actually paying attention.
"Certainly," Scallop puffed the flame back to life but it was quickly put out by the wind again.
"Tch," she relit the flame but then guarded it using her tail frill, making sure no sudden strong gust would reach it. Scallop took a deep breath. She could almost swear she could smell a hint of rain. It couldn't be though. They were to far from any cabins, from shelter. Her scales became more vibrant with their shade of blue.
Sol's lure bobbed, to which she quickly reeled in a perch. Not exactly what she was aiming for but it was edible. 
"Maybe," she was originally going to ask for a quick lesson on Dragonese or some kind of demonstration but one look at the dragons and she changed her mind, "we should leave in a little bit?"

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“Certainly” replied Scallop as she puffed the flame back to life. "Tch" she said guarding the flame with her tail.
“Good idea” Replied sticksbreath. Sticksbreath looked at Frostbreath who was now sitting up. Sticksbreath stood up and looked to the south. The steady clouds west to them were surely not rain clouds. He turned around and saw Sol had caught a perch.
“Maybe,” She paused “We should leave in a bit?” Sticksbreath was going to agree when a sudden gust of wind knocked him down into the lake. He just got dry, and now he was drenched again. Sticksbreath looked at the sky and his jaw dropped. A huge cloud, black and huge was going to be upon them in seconds. Sticksbreath packed his bags and threw other random stuff like sticks in too in a rush. He screamed storm, but thunder blocked it out. He hopped onto Frostbreath, and took off, when rain drops hit them, and Frostbreath started shrieking. It knocked them out of the sky and he hit the ground. Sticksbreath went flying, hitting his head, knocking him out. The last thing he remembered was thinking if Frostbreath was ok.

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Frostbreath quickly looked at his new wounds, but forgot them quickly. There was no time to waste Sticksbreath was injured. Frostbreath shot his acidic breath at the ground making a huge hole. He jumped in and breathed in all directions to make an undercover shelter. He poked his head out and grabbed sticksbreath by his foot, dragging him in. He poked his out again, and more rain hurt his snout. He shook it off and looked at the girl and her dragon. He motioned for them to come and then went back inside to lie down.

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While she had slight warning, Sol wasn't able to put anything away before the thunder came. Once the sound rang she was all but helpless. Struggling in the memories in her head. Scallop reached her rider and did her best to get her to clamber on her back. Any supplies she took out would have to be fetched later. Sol gripped her dragon's neck to try to comfort herself in vain. Scallop scanned the air to see where Acidic Smokebreath flew off to. She managed to spot them falling out of the sky. 
"Please let them all be okay," Scallop muttered under her breath before running in their direction. When she thought they lost them she heard Frostbreath let out an acid blast. The dragon seemed to have made some sort of makeshift shelter. The hole was a bit of tight fit for both her and her rider to get in at the same time. 
"Sweetheart, sweetie!" she did her best to get the rider's attention. Once she got eye contact she quickly gestured in the hole. Sol half stumbled, half fell in. She curled into herself as her dragon then crawled in after. The hobblegrunt wrapped her tail around her once more, though this time much more gently. 
"What happened?" Scallop referred to their recent crash and Stick's current condition. Her tone was steady and as calm as she could make it, trying to calm everyone in the room. Her frill vibrated as she tried to spread the feeling to humans though she knew it was impossible. The hobblegrunt's abilities were only made to reach dragons.

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Frostbreath watched as Sol, and Scallop came into the shelter with him. “What Happened?” Frostbrath looked at her. He guessed she didn’t know much about acidic smokesbreaths. “Water burns my skin. You see this gashes? Damn pain knocked me right out of the sky. I saw Sticksbreath hit his head, and I just had to do something. So I made this shelter.” He looked out through hole. “Clouds look like their staying for a while.” The pain from his cuts made him howl. He wished Sticksbreath was better so he could tend to them. He went over to Sticksbreath. “Please be ok” is all he said repeatedly. A strike of lightning hit right outside the hole making a very loud sound. 

Frostbreath crawled over to Sticksbreaths bag. He was looking for fish but found a lot of sticks as well. He looked at Scallop forgetting his hunger. “Maybe we could light a fire in here. Were all wet and cold.” He started putting sticks in a pile, 1 2, 3. His determination to keep Sticksbreath warm kept him going. He also had a pile for extra sticks. He dragged sticksbreath nearer to the sticks and curled up with him. "When you wake up I am going to kick your ass for falling."

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Sol whimpered as the lightning struck and retreated closer in to her dragon. Scallop stroked the rider's back with her tail, in what she hoped had been a comforting way.
"It'll be alright sweetie. I promise you that," she whispered, though she knew her rider wouldn't understand.
She had just noticed her rider begin to shake, though it may not just have been due to the cold, when Frostbreath suggested they make a fire. Scallop hesitated quickly, out of concern that they may choke their riders with the smoke, but after a quick look at the hole in the roof she decided it was in their best interest. Her fire blast instantly lit the sticks. They wouldn't last too long as they were too thin compared to a log, but as long as there was extra wood they wouldn't have to worry too soon.
"We may have to ventilate the room if too much smoke gets trapped in here," she said as a quick precaution before looking at his wounds,"Is there anything I can do for you dear? Those look like they need tending to, especially if they are causing you that much pain."

Sol was finally beginning to calm down, at least a little anyway. She peeked at her surroundings. There didn't seem to be too much room and the walls didn't look all too natural. She looked at Sticks. Shoot, what happened out there?! She turned herself so she was facing the flame that her dragon made, not knowing if she could do anything right now and nervous that the storm would cause the ceiling to collapse.

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Frostbreath didn’t know why, but he suddenly realized Sol was afraid of lightning. He would try to help her feel better, but his own wounds where killing him. He heard Scallop say something, but what she said was a blur. Why where their two scallops? He saw her light the fire and say something else that was a little clearer. “May have to ventilate the room” He tried poking holes in the ceiling but he just let more water in. The hole that was already there was good enough. He saw scallop approach him, and what she said was all weird but he understood. "Is there anything I can do for you dear? Those look like they need tending to, especially if they are causing you that much pain." All he could manage was a nod, before he almost blacked out. He went into Sticksbreath’s bag and ate some fish, which made him feel a little bit better. He managed to say “Take care… sticksbreath first.” He felt a little sick but held on. He hoped Sticksbreath would get better.

Sticksbreath was having a weird dream. It was a time from his childhood. The time he was born? No he wouldn't remember that. He saw a man leave him somewhere and walk off, but who was he? His face was blurry. The dream changed. He was taking off with Frostbreath when... water? Oh yes, water took them down. He hit his head, or did he? He didn't quite remember. Than his dream faded into darkness.

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Scallop had absolutely no idea how to help the unconscious boy. She looked to Sol and saw that she seemed to be recovering. Hoping that she knew something, she gently nudged her. 
Sol herself was already trying to figure out what she needed to do. She was taught what to do if someone fell unconscious before but it was such a long time ago. Nonetheless, she did in fact have to try. Sol crawled toward him and checked for vitals. He seemed to be breathing which she was pretty sure was the most important thing for now. She the lifted his legs up to get the blood to his brain, or at least she thought that was why it was done. There wasn't too much to keep his legs in place that she could reach, aside from the sticks but that may not have give them enough height, so she figured she would just have to hold his legs until he woke up.
"Come on Sticks," she heard of people out too long never woke up, "Please."
Scallop returned her attention to Frostbreath, trying to sound as stern as possible,"Now really, if there is anything I can fetch you out there that might be able to help that gash tell me now. We can't have both of you knocked out in here."
If nothing else, she figured she could at least fetch a real log that they may be able to start drying for later use.

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Frostbreath nodded. “Food” He looked at Sticksbreath for a second. He really needed food to feel better. He went into the bag again to find a full salmon. He gobbled it down and then felt a lot better. He shook his head a few times before telling Scallop “I feel better now, but its sticksbreath we need to worry about. He needs a wet rag for his head. Also we need bigger logs for in here if we are going to get dry.” He lied down. He had a real bad headache.

Sticksbreath’s dream came back again. He was back as a kid with Dirtnag, learning to fight with different weapons. He remembered shooting a bee’s nest, which ended up with him getting a lot of bee stings. He remembered the axe was really heavy, but the sword was perfect. He remembered making once at the blacksmiths, the place he lost his….EYE!

Sticksbreath woke up grabbing his face. He felt the pain he suffered so many years ago. He tried to sit up but he couldn’t. He leaned over to puke, where Frostbreath had just made a hole. When he was done Frostbreath helped him sit up. “Whats your name again? Sal?” He looked at Frostbreath “Oh hey Dirtnag.” Frostbreath was worried that Sticksbreath wouldn’t feel better. Frostbreath looked at Scallop.

“Hes sick, has a concussion. I’ll stay here and rest, but for now, you need to get some more logs, food and a wet rag for his head if you can. I’ll be here to protect the girl.” Frostbreath looked at Sticksbreath who was crossed eyed and giggling. “What the Hell?”