There he stood, speechless. His dragons screeched above as they played and for a moment Malachai couldn't believe his reality. He looked around the throne room once more as he stood below the giant chair.
The young male wondered if being alone was what he actually wanted right now. Oddly enough he was only a little bit interested in scoping the royal home - he was more focused on seeing his friends again. Were they safe? Did Jafar and John need him? These thoughts only made it easier for him to leave the palace and so he did. He began walking towards the way he came in which was the same way Huuppa left. The dwarf was just as amazing as his dragons considering he never seen a dwarf in his life. You would think because he was from Tundra that there was nothing he hadn't seen. "Emerarudo! Rubi! Let's get out of here." The little flying creatures hardly knew what he was saying if they knew at all, but they recognized their names. Malachai's tone of voice indicated that he was calling them forth. The two dragons screeched and soared to their father, flying around him a bit more to finish their playful bonding time, then landing on his shoulders. "I bet you two are hungry huh?" As if they understood they purred lightly, looking around frantically for something to do. Rubi used her head to rub her owner while Emerarudo began to climb upon his head. "Let's find my lil homies some grub." Being around new people forced him to change the way he spoke a little. Obviously he had to speak more professional but he had some down time now, he could speak how he wanted. Besides, he was basically royalty. Walking forward, the guards at the door opened the giant golden doors immediately allowing him to exit. The people who once bowed before him now all went back to their daily lives, cleaning cooking or doing whatever it was that they usually did. Many of them were shoeless. The sand glistened as the suns rays beat against it as if the tears of diamonds were dropping onto the grains. There Eazim stood. "Young Pharaoh, are you liking the palace?" Malachai smiled before nodding. Rubi snapped towards Eazim, but the large man was not phased. Malachai raised an eyebrow and watched Rubi as she seemed to grow upset because of this. "No joke, this plac-" Then it happened again. Rubi screeched loudly at Eazim. The little dark creature seemed to be intimidated by a man much larger than her father. However, the dragon didn't react this way the first time she saw Eazim of the red sands, so Kai didn't understand why now. Eazim immediately turned towards the dragon and looked her dead in the eye. Emerarudo began to screech too, but not because he was trying to attack. He was the calmer of the two. He was telling the man to leave his sister alone. The last Ryu was shocked. He thought that these two would never act out like this but at times he often forgot that they were animals. "Rubi! Stop it now." His voice was strong and loud enough to calm the dragon. Eazim chuckled before approaching the offensive Rubi. Although she did peck at him, she soon realized that he only wanted to pet her and allowed him to do so. Emerarudo moved towards the man, crawling into his owner's arms. Before Kai knew it they both were getting petted. "What a pleasure. I am Eazim." The man spoke to the little creatures as they grew fond of him in seconds. "You have experience with animals?" "Nope, but if they're your "children", than I have no reason to fear them. They will bring no harm to me." Malachai chuckled and nodded. "I like you, Eazim of the red sands." For a while Malachai allowed the man to build a small relationship with his children before deciding that he would leave. "I should get going. Gotta go see my friends before I do anything else, plus these two need some food. I don't know if I want them hunting in around here by themselves, they're still babies." Eazim nodded. His eyes widened and a look of glee came across his face as he looked at Malachai. "Little Pharaoh! Below the throne room there is a large area where your mother used to keep her pets... if your dragons have nowhere to rest they can rest there. I'm sure we can get food for them. You are royalty now. Anything you want or need will be provided for you. What do they like?" "Oh? Uh... they like fish, and sometimes they feed on other birds. Uh, they'll eat any type of vegetable as long as you give it to them in bulk but they love Lamb, goat, horse & oddly enough frogs." Eazim nodded. "Then it shall be provided for them. Do you trust me, your highness?" Kai nodded and shrugged. Rubi and Emerarudo liked him, there was no reason for him not to trust him with them. After that Eazim would nod as well, before reaching for them. Willingly the dragons would go and the three of them would head back into the castle. Now it was Just Malachai. Stepping down the steps that lead to the city below, it was time for a little stroll. The Guards attempted to follow him, but instead he told them not to. "Stay. The last thing I want is for these people to think that I think I'm better than they are. Besides, I am not officially the Pharaoh yet." With that he stepped into the city and began his small journey. Hopefully nobody hated his mother, because then he'd have to deal with a different situation. Word Count: 970/750 |
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