Freestyle Combat

Fireclaw took off into the air, she nodded in farewell to the mentor and flew away from the academy.
She flew Salas over hills and plains, rivers and lakes until finally she reached the northern mountains.
There was a vast plateau in the centre and Fireclaw headed right for it. She landed near the edge beside one of the vast mountain caves.

An old dragoness with faded green scales walked out into the sunlight and greeted Fireclaw with a friendly smile and a curious look at Salas.
"Hello Acantha" Fireclaw said, bowing her head with respect "Is the egg ready?"
Acantha understood at once and hurried back inside the cave, after a few moments she came back gently holding a black and violet egg in her teeth and gave it to Salas, then spoke in a voice that was like the rustling of leaves.
"The egg has now felt your touch so the dragoness inside will hatch very soon, look after her well. It is a great honour to become bonded with a dragon" she told him then retreated back inside the egg cave.
As if one cue, the egg began to hatch.

The egg crackled in the center. Salas began to shake nervously, he didn't know how to act in front of a newborn child let alone a newborn dragon. A small purple and black head emerged from the egg.
Giving a small chirp of joy, the stretched its small wings as the egg fell apart.
Noticing Salas, its golden eyes seemed to glimmer. It crawled ontop of his head and chirped in obvious triumpth.
"I'll call her Krysis." He said, his voice filled with joy as Krysis sat on his head.

"Good name" Fireclaw said smiling "What you have there is a shapeshifter dragon like me, from what I can sense when she's older she'll specialize in stealth and mild magic" she finished

Salas grinned at these news as he patted Krysis on the head. He was happy to hear this as he scooped her up in his arms. Krysis giggled as he swayed her in his arms.
"Thank you both for this blessing..."

Fireclaw grinned.
"It's not a problem. Krysis is going to be hungry soon so I suggest that if you don't want her to eat your socks, we should go hunting" she said, smirking "She might even eat your wallet, who knows?"

He chuckled at this little joke. But he knew this would be a good time to find food anyway he was getting hungry too. Climbing onto Fireclaw's back he kept one arm to hold Krysis in. He was getting nervous since she was just a hatchling and wouldn't know what to do in situations that involved flying.
"Please Fireclaw, be careful." He said, his voice sounding concerned.

"Sure thing, she'll love it anyway" Fireclaw reassured Salas.
She took off more gently than last time and flew over the mountains, she quickly spotted some mountain goats and circled the area. Fireclaw raised a paw and shot a bolt of electricity at the goats, the bolt split up and took out three of the prey.
"Dinnertime" Fireclaw said cheerily, landing carefully.

Salas drew his blade and sliced a piece of the goat off and set it down near him. He chuckled as Krysis chirped hungrily, tumbling off his hand and landing next to the slab of meat.
She began eating the meat slowly, looking up to Slas after each bite as if trying to unsure it was ok to eat. He replied with a simple nod and stepped up to Fireclaw.
"Are all dragon hatchlings this loving?" He asked, laughing for a second.

Fireclaw chuckled.
"The one's bonded with humans, like Krysis is with you, are. The wild ones are loving, but in a more....Wild sense, they will eat your socks, and probably your feet too" she grinned again "I was a wild hatchling"

Salas looked quite confused by what Fireclaw had just said.
"You were a wild hatchling? I thought most wild dragons grew to hate humans." He said, his eyes watching Krysis carefully.

"We don't hate humans, if we do hate them it's for a reason" Fireclaw replied "We might hunt a human if food is scarce, but I grew up near dwarves and they taught me about you humans and how to speak your language. I don't hunt humans" I explained.

Salas chuckled, his father and mother had always told him that he was far more than just a human. Just the thought made him smile with pride.
Krysis had just finished eating and sat down close to Salas's feet, her eyes gazing up at him happily.
"Finished already? What a little fatty you are!" He said, laughing. Krysis seemed to find that little joke not so funny as she began to whmper.
"Oh I'm sorry I was just joking." He said, picking her up in his arms.

"You should watch what you say around us girls" Fireclaw joked, amused. "Speaking of er...Speaking, you should start teaching her how to talk human" she advised "I can hear her thoughts and you will be able to soon but when she shapeshifts into a human she needs to know the language"

Salas's mouth dropped, he had no idea he had to teach her how to speak his language. However, he tried to keep a calm composure before answering.
"Ummm... I'll try but when does she..." He was interrupted by a sudden voice in his head.
" Daddy shouldn't have called me fat." The voice said.
The voice made Salas almost lose his balance and fall.
"Nevermind." He said, looking at the mildly-annoyed Krysis with shock.
He slowly put her down and in a sudden burst of light Krysis changed.
She now looked to be a young girl with slightly long red hair and fair-looking skin. Her green eyes were her most obvious feature of a shapeshifter and her strange blue dress.
"Holy shit!" He said, falling backwards.
Krysis copied the words with her own modifications.
"Haly sit!"

Fireclaw laughed and changed into her previous human form too. She smiled at Krysis.
"Let's try that again while your daddy picks himself up: Ho-ly shit" she snickered then spoke in Salas' mind "Teaching a dragon to swear? Whatever would your mentor say?" she smirked.

Salas got up with minimal effort. Brushing the dirt off him, Krysis spoke to him proudly.
"Holy shit." She said, giggling.
Salas heaved a sigh and then laughed for a minute it was actually pretty funny.

"What else would you like to teach her to say?" Fireclaw asked still giggling slightly.
She pushed her blood-red hair out of her eyes and smirked "Red hair and green eyes seems to be the human form of choice among dragons" she thought

Night began to draw close, Salas's eyes caught a glimpse of the moon. He noticed it was not full like previous incidents.
"Daddy... What... Wrong?" Krysis said slowly.
Salas shook his head, the whispered to Fireclaw.
"She can tell my emotions changing too?" He asked, nervously.

"Yes" Fireclaw said in Salas' mind "She shares your emotions to an extent"
The shapeshifter looked at the moon curiously.
"There is only one moon out, how strange. Where are the other two?" she said out loud.

(is ok that i join?)

A shadow could be seen in the dark clouds, searching for something. The clouds dissapeared and you could see a young adult Dragon fly around in the sky. It was a female Dragon. She was light blue and yellow, with two horns on her head and sharp spines from head to tail. She was about 50 feet tall and she was hunting. She could see something on the ground below her, and she could see humans. "food," she thought. She decided to dive and in a powerful move she was about to attack and kill her prey.

(sure)

Fireclaw looked up and saw a dragoness diving towards them. She turned back into her own dragon form and leaped at the other dragon, tackling her out of the air. When they hit the ground Fireclaw bared her fangs menacingly, vaguely noticing that she and the other dragoness were similar colours to each other.

Salas immediately drew his sword only to have Krysis latch onto his leg in fear for him.
"No....Fight." She cried.
Salas looked down at her with sadness as he lifted her up. He had to help Fireclaw, she was his only friend and did not want to see her die.
"Daddy has to, understand?" He asked, looking into her eyes.
She slowly nodded in reply as he set her down. He could feel his blood boil as he charged toward the other dragon.

"Wait!" Fireclaw called to Salas "Don't worry about me, I can handle this dragoness. Protect your hatchling at all costs!" she finished.
She growled at the dragoness she had pinned down
"Why are you here?" she asked telepathically.

(just so you people know, my Dragons name is Razkhel)

Razkhel got up on her feet, using her tail to knock the other Dragoness off her. She growled and and decided to answer the other Dragon.
"Why else would i be here? I am hungry today, and these humans are easy prey. Why would you protect them anyway? Most of them kill our kin. I've had Dragonslayers after me for months. Humans killed my family. I am the last Dragon of my race now."

She turned her head to look at Salas and gave a roar, trying to scare him a little.

"You've heard of dragon riders I assume?" Fireclaw retorted "Look at what the human has" she jerked her head in the direction of the hatchling.
She glared at the large dragoness.
"I only protect the riders"
Fireclaw shapeshifted to the same size as the other dragoness.