Opening ceremony
Mirazan
Mirazan looked up at the sky feeling the sun bathing her scales that silently absorbed the light. It was time. She made her way over to the ceremonial place. A arena on 3 sides hugged by cliffs that had many caves craved in them. She landed on a lower edge where she had the perfect close by view of the arena. It wasnt a full minute when 4 more grand grand parents arrived and landed by her side. Greetings were exchanged between them as they all watched over the cliffs and the arena.
All of them were sitting in their normal dragon form. Watching as many other dragons fly and settled in the many cave openings peeking down at the arena. Just as many started to settle in the craved seats around the arenas edge in their respective compact form. The dirt floor of the arena completely untouched on first glance. Several dragons were sitting on its edge under the shadow of the cliff, all waiting for something.
Mirazan closed her eyes dimming the lights bringing most dragons attention to the ring. Over it a heavy thunder cloud pulled over, making the sky appear completely black. The light wind breeze caressed over the many faces. It was starting, a silence of awaiting settled over them all. All the grand grand parents gave a nod one after another, the signal for the dragons that marched proudly in their dragon form out.
Five of those dragons marched in the middle of the arena looking up to the thunder clouds.One after another they shot fire balls up. Each one being a different color.The red, green, blue, yellow and violet meet each other just under the black clouds. Exploding like a colorfully fireworks as they touched each other. Skies colored in the countless color of the many sparks. The five started to shout fireball after fireball, the skies were a mess of colorfully swirling flames, like a modern artwork. The dragons moved back to one side of the arena the skies still brilliant from the sparks and flames as from the shadows a little blue dragon snake raised himself on its tail and sung, the first rain drops starting to fall in response. But the rain was carrying the colors of the flames as it started to drop down on the arena. It gave the feeling of a rainbow coming down on the earth.
It wasnt even seconds later when rain poured down as a veil over the earth, creating thousands little rivers as the earth moved up and down, making it look as hills and mountains, soon grass covering them, trees and flowers growing from it and up. The by now crystal clear rain started to stop, the thunder clouds opening a hole in them self letting sunlight bath over the view. It was clam and beautifully, the sunshine starting to vanish as the cloths returned to the closed state. A silver dragon started flying over the view, the cold and chills could be felt to the top of the cliffs, the first snowflake fall on top of a red rose. One after another, flake after flake, the snow carpet covered the plant life until it wasnt snowing anymore. The silver dragon had stopped making his rounds around the arena. A thick snow carpet was covering everything, a yellow adult jumped in the snow in a childish manner, rolling around the snow and shaking his body off before breathing a ice breath making everything be covered in deep ice. A few more dragons jumped on the icy fields playing around their tail flicking around, the ice breaking under their jumps and rolling, until there was nothing left. They run after each other off the arena a happy deep laugh rolling over the field. The ice and snow melting away and being absorbed by the earth. Drying to its dusty untouched floor like on the start.
It were the grand grand parents turn next who sat more upright. First it was Mirazan, eyes glowed and from her body many little lights balls started to fly out. Hundredths of fireflies filled the view, all too soon followed by small birds made out of electricity that were trying to catch those fireflies. Created by chuckling 3 headed grand grandpa to Mirzan left. Several fire puppets in form of cats and little fire fairies started to jump up and down trying to catch those birds. All the while several fluffy white could bunnies were jumping out of the arena and on the lap of the few dragons in compact form that watched. Flying fishes started to jump out of the earth, made by earth. It was a lively hurricane of motion.
The demonstration soon vanishing one after another the puppets made out of the elements melting away into thin air.
The arena wasnt for too long empty as a pair of twin dragons slowly landed. They touched each other with their foreheads and started to fly again. They fly around each other and a another magic started to spread, the noise was manipulated into a nice feeling music that followed each of their movements. They danced in flying, their tails that separated into two tails for each of them constantly mixing with each other. The music picking up as they started to separate more often, when they started to fly around the arena, loops and tricks done symmetrical and in sync towards each other. On the end both exploded upwards reaching the thunder clouds and soon breaking thought it. The music slowly diminishing.
Two dragons entered from the thunderclouds that were up. But those were not the same that left. They were different sizes one was as big as a horse the other was several floors big. The clouds used as another way in and out of stage where the opening ceremony was happening. This dragons landed with a thud. Growling at each other before they turned into their respective compact forms.Now in the arena there were two ladies, one wearing armor that showed off the metal colored scales on her back that just barely stand out as miniature wings. On the other side of the arena a woman with white eyes and silver white scales over her chest, wearing a deep cut short dress. They walked around each other never letting the other out of their eyes. Then in a moment they launched at each other. One punch after another flu and got blocked, parried and returned. Kicks were shoot to get avoided. The fight looked impressive as it was, but like it wasnt enough both took out swords, the girl in the armor a old looking one, while the other woman took a much more modern looking sword. And the swords clashed.They didnt just show battled they were really clashing the swords in a passion of the battle.
It was the smaller dragon who turned first back to their dragon form, going after the armored woman. Teeth and claws were meet with the sword. It looked nearly as the smaller dragon was winning when the armored girl trow away the sword turning into her own dragon form. It was quite simple as she attempted to stomp on the other dragon what stopped her were glowing white breath the little one released. It was beyond hot turning the air into a wave of plasma catapulting it in the bigger dragons face. It hit a shiny metal wall.
Metal verse plasma was the magic battle. Dodging, jumping, shielding and battle roaring, all those could be seen as the two dragons didnt give each other a break. Some dragons in the public looked to the grand grand parents and seeing them calmly watching the worried dragons calmed down, it was still part of the show such a fiercely battle.
The metal shield got hit several times and it melted in a poodle. Both dragons attempting to control the over heated minerals. The two magic starting to mix and fuse together. Growing over the control tail snapping and stitching of wings in a taunt all could be seen as the metal figure started to take on form. A fluid metal dragon higher then either of the ladies was standing, spikes on its back flowing like waves. The belly swirling from the glowing metal. The creatures ripped and dripping wings stretched and started to flap soon the dragon figure was flying in a spiral upwards. Lighting bolts hitting it attracted by the metal, one after another, it looked nearly as if it was being bond with thunderous ropes. It lost the metal dragon flying, falling towards earth. A heap of molten over heated metal was falling down right over the two dragons. The two dragons went towards each other, the metal hitting the ground and a explosion of sound and light was heard as the metal discharged into the earth. The same earth was drinking the metal up like it did with the molten snow a while ago. Reliving a scene, the fate of the two dragons that fought with their all.
The smaller dragon was looking up to the bigger, the metal like scales dripping from the metal dragon. She protected the smaller one with her body. The smaller one shifting showing a figure of a dragon egg. The smaller one protecting that. Even in the highest of the caves on top of the cliffs one could see the two grinning at each other. They both turned into their compact forms. Water flowing around them making it look as a comfortable water nest where the two stood, holding hands over the egg. The came closer to each other until their lips didnt touch, a sweet and loving kiss shared between them. For everyone to see, until the water didnt raised as a veil to hide as the kiss got more carried away. The two ladies partying both having a small blush on their grinning faces, hands still locked into one another.The water moving around them as a carriage and carried them away.
The water lever raised and swirled, making it look as a sea shore. Babies soon starting to swim and jump out, some sitting in their compact form, playing around. Soon the happy playing started to be replaced by driving in and out of the water coming closer and closer to the middle of the arena. Where all the babies at the same time in a thigh circle dived under, to have just a moment later a big shadow raise on that spot and a black 4 horned drag swirl up and out of the water. Its small four eyes opening as the water started to pull away. A grandpa a fog lay on his black wingless back as he proudly started stepping towards the grand grand parents.
With each step he took, the cape fog started to change colors from white over yellow pink and red, all the way the the deepest black. The dragon looked in eyes of every grand grandparent that was siting and kneed down his head bowing in front of them.
It was Mirazan who roared first shortly followed by every grand grand parent. The roars were deep and melted in one power. The black grandpa started roaring next followed by all grandparents. Adults soon followed suit, joining the choir of roaring. Teens and children joining too, trying their best to roar with their full lungs. It didnt mattered if they were in compact form or dragon form they all roared equivalently. The babies joining last one after another, the noise was ear deafening and spread over the whole tribe. Even in the nearby Gold village town people could hear a weak dragon roar. But never they figured what it meant. Once ever ten years that they heard it. The sounds lowering and slowly stopping. It was waited until the last dragon stopped roaring, before Mirazan looked at the grand grand parents around her. Getting a nod from each she fly up and in the middle of the arena. Speaking with a loud and clear voice to reach ever dragons ear.
''Another Festival starts now. Welcome dragons all the ones young and old, first time and 100th time visitors. Welcoming to the days where we dragons age, love and be what we are. Unique!
Today is the first day of our celebrations. You saw the opening ceremony created by babies, children, teens, adults, grandparents and us the grandgrandparents. All the ones who wanted to be part of it.
If you desire to be part of the opening for next festival feel free to come a whole year earlier before the next ceremony.
Like every festival the first day are the babies showing their discovered magic ability to grow into children and be recognized as such by all of us.
The next day is for children growing into teens
The day following this is for teens growing into adulthood.
And after that day for adults who grow into the respected grandparents.
The day before last is for the grandparents to grow older to the most powerful dragons. But please, try not to destroy the tribe when showing off your miracle level magic. ''
Mirazan lightly joked, before continuing.
''The last day are for all those who missed their age group for one reason or the other.
Do not fear, each day it will only be taken a few hours for the aging. And every dragon that wishes for it will be given the opportunity to age. Even if a age groups need to last over five and more days. It shall be so! No dragon shall be cut short.
How do you age? For mostly the sake of babies I will explain it. You can either step in front of us and demonstrate your magic, making a show or simple showing each trick you have. We the Grand grand parents will then together deiced if you magic level is enough for you to be Ageing. But we are not perfect our opinion may not be correct thats why any grandparent can speak up and explain why they think we are wrong in our judgment.
We then may accept or reject the reasons that were given for changing our decision.
But thats not the only way, if you feel strong and proud you may request to age by fighting. Who do you fight? One dragon of the age group above yours. You are a child you fight a teen, you are a teen you fight a adult and so on. Your fighting partner will be a volunteer, if there are none who wish to volunteer you may challenge a dragon by calling their name out. They must accept your challenge. If you dont want to call out anyone out we the grand grand parents shall decide on your opponent.
You two fight then until one is passed out or unable to battle.If you win you age, if you lose its not yet time for you. But I warn you do not dare to take a dragons life in this fight.'' The lights dimmed until only Mirazan and the other GGP were the only visible thing. Surrounded with a completely lack of light. A low grow from each one could be heard as a warning. Then everything was turned back to normal.
'' So shall it begin now! Let the first baby step forward shall we all become stronger!''
And the white grand grand mother fly back to her own seat. Watching the first shy baby stepping out in front of them.
