*sniffle*
Even in my deep sleep, I could hear the sound, a human sound. A whimpering, crying sound.
The sound annoyed me.
*sniffle*
I heard quiet footsteps echo off the walls of my cave. My cave. Where humans should not enter.
*sniffle*
Rolling my eyes at this annoying interruption, I stretched my serpentine neck, yawning as I forced myself to stand up on my four powerful limbs. Coins and treasures shifted around me as I moved my long tail, clattering to the stone floor with a lovely sound.
"Hello?" a voice asked shakily, hearing my movements. It sounded small and weak. Helpless and afraid.
And delicious.
"Hello? Is someone there? I'm lost. Please help me," the small human continued, mistaking me for someone who cared.
I walked through the cave, following my nose.
My meal must have heard the sound of my scales scraping against the tight corridors, for I heard it run. I heard it trip. I heard it scream.
It's screaming intensified as I grabbed it in my jaws and swallowed it whole.
The taste was heavenly, so salty and sweet and reminiscent of better days when the tender small humans were a common treat. My mouth watered with an insatiable lust for more, trails of drool dripping off my deadly serrated teeth.
I felt it kick and scream and claw uselessly as it moved down my throat - such a fun and feisty morsel! - until the fires inside of me incinerated it before it even reached my stomach.
I didn't care. I emerged from the cave under a moonlit sky. It felt so great to stretch my wings again after such a long time underground.
Sniffing around, I soon found the scent I was searching for. Fire. Sweat. Humans. A village?
I tested my wings briefly before lifting off the ground. It was not long before I found the settlement.
Dinner.
I circled around, the night sky hiding my majestic form from the weak eyes of the humans below. A few grew startled and nervous, undoubtedly hearing the sound of my powerful wings cutting through the air. It did not matter.
I continued to circle, focusing on my sense of smell. I knew from experience that small humans often slept together in guarded buildings, safe from the attacks of monsters.
Nowhere was safe from me.
Catching the scent, I immediately located the building. Idiots, I thought as I went into a nosedive towards the wooden building, don't they know how easy a target this makes them?
I came out of my nosedive, spreading my wings at the last second and tilting up, much to the surprise of the foolish humans around. I could hear the satisfying screams of terror as I landed delicately on the roof of the building. They swarmed around me, running to grab weapons. Couldn't they see how pointless it all was?
With a massive claw, I tore a hole in the roof of the building and peered inside. The small humans were huddled in one corner, whimpering pathetically. A few adult humans stood guarding them, clearly terrified at the sight of me. Weaponless and powerless, it was nothing for me to swat them aside and enjoy my feast.
My mouth was full of squirming and screaming small humans - how delightful they are! - when I spread my wings and lifted off, satisfied. Through the shouting and the wailing from the humans below, a few spears and arrows were launched in my direction. My thick scales protected me, of course, and so these meaningless projectiles bounced uselessly off me.
I took great care to swallow the small humans individually during my flight, savouring the taste of fear and flesh.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodrtyInmxj
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All slid down my long throat with a bloodcurdling scream before the fires inside me silenced them.
With the last one, I allowed myself an added treat. I bit down on it, severing what I assumed was a leg. The small human's screams grew even louder as the taste of blood mixed with it inside my mouth. How glorious a taste!
Satisfied at long last, I returned to my cave to sleep, wondering when the next small human would wander into my lair and wake me.
I cannot wait.796Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJnYmMnsGO
