[center] [h1][b][color=f72f39]Alexander Kherol[/color][/b][/h1] [/center][hr] "Saxon, this is a bad idea. That wyvern is gonna break him into pieces." The governor's only response was adjusting his helmet. [color=82ca9d]"It's not going to stop him. He will have to figure that for himself."[/color] But to send him towards an incredibly hostile creature to humans? No matter how determined or brave they are, no one in the right mind would send a 14-year-old kid to that monster. Saxon was the one sending him to Leon for personal protection. He wanted safety for him, and yet... [color=82ca9d]"Kids his age are aimless. They play all day and they study all night. And then there is Alexander."[/color] The governor looked at the wyvern. [color=82ca9d]"I want to know if something is true."[/color] Meanwhile, Alexander was ready to go in and confront the wyvern. [color=f72f39]"Here sir."[/color] He handed his Staff Sergeant all his weapons and his ID. "All of them? What if it attacks you?" [color=f72f39]"I'll be dead either ways. Don't worry, just chalk it up as an idiotic daredevil's death if you want to."[/color] At least that would not tarnish his reputation. "Wait-" He didn't have a chance to finish what he said as Alexander had already walked in. Now, it is a staredown between a man and a beast. Noticing one particular human suddenly getting too close to its territory, the wyvern's eyes turned red in response. A furious growl echoed, with its bared teeth in full display. Alexander had the instinctive reasons to run, but he was determined. He had set course on his goal, as he took his steps forward towards the wyvern. And another. And another. [color=6ecff6]"Stay away from me human!"[/color] Finally pushed to the point, the wyvern spoke, its voice harrowingly booming. Alexander wasn't flinched. He opened his palms wide, as he took yet another step. [color=f72f39]"I shall not."[/color] His eyes did not once look away from the wyvern's, still glowing red in anger. To the wyvern, this is an unacceptable act of trespassing. By a human nonetheless. The one species that ruined the lives of its ancestors. And here this one subject thought it had the audacity to try and ruin its lives as well. But his arms continued to be wide open. The tool he requested wasn't even in sight. It was just a slim man in two layers of fabric. He looked so defenseless, yet every look in his eyes was an indication that the wyvern was the one defenseless. One small step at a time, Alexander made it to its six toes, each claws on them large, long and sharp enough to pierce through an Ascendancy transport vehicle. He placed his hand on each of them, one at a time. [color=6ecff6]"Are you trying to deceive me into trusting you?"[/color] The wyvern bent its neck down to Alexander's level, its voice much deeper than before. [color=f72f39]"I don't need to deceive."[/color] Alexander replied almost immediately. [color=f72f39]"You're wounded."[/color] [color=6ecff6]"That's none of your business."[/color] It snarled again. [color=f72f39]"It's not a business. I am just helping."[/color] [color=6ecff6]"I can do it by myself!"[/color] [color=f72f39]"But it hurts for you."[/color] Alexander now approached the head itself, feeling its bone-numbing freezing breathe down his spine. He removed his right, revealing his bare hand to the wyvern, along with the dark line that sliced through his palm. [color=f72f39]"There. I have nothing. I also have nothing to ask."[/color] Confusion sowed. Everything just felt surreal to the young wyvern. Everything told it to just snap this human in half, but his touch was so gentle. It wasn't vengeful, nor deceptive. His imitation of the wyvern's usual bonding gesture was also strange, well beyond being amusing. What was he even thinking at this moment in time?[hr] [color=gray][i] SWISH! ... SPLAT! ... "Are you alright?!" ... "You have to let him go with us..." ... "You say I have the intellect beyond others. And yet you say I am to sit here helpless?" [/i][/color][hr] The wyvern let out a sudden puff of ice, blowing over the human before it. Carefully, it swirled its wings around, letting them lay on the ground with its wounds exposed. The eyes were still red, but his breathings had slowed down much. Alexander had earned its trusts. "What is this even?" As Alexander made his way up there and using his special tool to accelerate wyvern healings on the wounded area, both men were just as astonished as anybody present. The wyvern was literally putting its guards down just for him. The Dragon's Brigade commander wasn't sure if this is something he would ever see again in his life. [color=6ecff6][i]"What's your name?"[/i][/color] The wyvern's voice suddenly echoed in his head. [color=f72f39]"Hmm, I'm sorry?"[/color] Alexander was a bit caught back by the Mind Magic use. [color=6ecff6][i]"You humans like to use names. What's yours?"[/i][/color] [color=f72f39][i]"Alexander."[/i][/color] He replied with his thoughts. [color=f72f39][i]"What's yours?"[/i][/color] [color=6ecff6][i]"...I don't have one."[/i][/color] [color=f72f39][i]"Oh right, right."[/i][/color] He forgot how this young wyvern was already out there by itself. After having finished patching the wing, Alexander, instead of climbing down from there, climbed up onto the wyvern's head instead. [color=f72f39][i]"Athenia. That's what I'll call you."[/i][/color] [color=6ecff6][i]"Hmph..."[/i][/color] It snorted. [color=6ecff6][i]"I thank you human...no, Alexander. Is every human like this, or are you just one of the good ones?"[/i][/color] [color=f72f39][i]"Hmm..."[/i][/color] Alexander hummed both in thoughts and outside. [color=f72f39][i]"I would like to say they are not, but I'm sure there's something you also feel confused about your own species as well."[/i][/color] [color=6ecff6][i]"How the hell do you know about it? Your Mind Magic can't be this strong."[/i][/color] [color=f72f39][i]"I don't have it. I just know."[/i][/color] His thoughts whispered. [color=f72f39][i]"How about we set an example?"[/i][/color] [color=6ecff6][i]"Is it even going to change anything?"[/i][/color] [color=f72f39][i]"I don't know, but I will try anyway."[/i][/color] Alexander crouched and brush through its fins. [color=f72f39][i]"Will you, Athenia?"[/i][/color] This funny little human. Weak, feeble and powerless, yet here speaking about changing the world. To a system deeply rooted in centuries of bloody history. He wished to change that, as someone who probably had never seen a wyvern in his life. And yet Athenia let him. It felt...empowering. It wasn't merely reasons, the empty husk of words and letters often conjured up for a convenient cause. Perhaps they were more similar than it was led to believe. The difference is that he is more courageous. And he'd probably succeed. That, Athenia shall see for itself. WOOSH! Its wings, fully healed, opened to its full majestic beauty. Its eyes turned white. It stood up, carrying its companion to tower over everyone else. [hr] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a0A6iNjOIM[/youtube][hr] [color=f72f39]"Thank you for trusting me."[/color] Alexander said. [color=f72f39]"Be the flow, Athenia. Let's go!"[/color] [color=gray][i]It took off. Carrying the young ambitious Earthling. Standing firm and proud. With courage and ambition. Ambition that would take him to the end of the galaxy. Courage that guarantees it. He would succeed. Or die trying. And it took heed. That a common soldier was too small a fate. Two men witnessed his glory. "He tamed it?!" Leon exclaimed. The governor saw it differently. He wasn't a tamer...[/i][/color] [center][h3][b][color=f72f39]He is a leader[/color][/b][/h3][/center][hr] [@Landaus Five-One]