Christi’s Quest
Once, very long ago, before mankind had banished dragons and fairies and all sort of beautiful and terrible creatures to the pages of children’s books, one such dragon terrorized a small village in a remote area of a forgotten country. It had long since been the time of many dragons, when such beasts were common and not looked upon with such terror and suspicion. Perhaps this dragon, whose scales belied description–for they were wont to claim the colors of the earth and sky of their own accord–perhaps he was one of the very last. Still, he preyed on the livestock of the village, not really eating more than a hungry fox or wolf, but being so frightening and inexplicable to the villagers, they thought him much greater of a menace. So that they complained to …