HOTD x HTTYD CROSSOVER
Where Lucerys mother and father had perished in the dragon seige many years ago and were taken in by Harwin Strong, who became the new chief of their village.
Lucerys was never great at killing dragons, having never done so before.
But he tried. He tried so hard, yet could never get the killing blow.
His older brother Jacaerys, and younger brother Joffrey were great warriors. They had slaughtered many of the firey beasts, and Lucerys failed to capture even 1.
Until one night, a dragon gets caught in his snare and tumbles out of the sky. None witnessed it, so Lucerys will only tell once he'd made sure the dragon didn't escape.
Once the sun rises, Lucerys is out with a blade in hand.
He will not come back empty-handed.
It took many hours before he saw trees shattered and broken, and he stalks closer.
He cannot help but gasp at the sight.
The dragon is large, much larger than most he's seen– which is saying something, as Harwin enjoys taking his sons on adventures.
But not only that.
It was stark white. The scales were nearly blinding, Lucerys was forced to squint lest he loses his eyesight. The dragon was lean yet broad– likely built for both speed and strength. Horns fading into purple covered the beast.
The web of the wings was a light purple as well– the beast was the most gorgeous thing Lucerys had ever seen.
It lay on its left side, and a pool of blood grew under its head.
Lucerys tried pushing the worry out of his head as he moved closer.
A branch broke and the dragon's body tensed, not yet looking up but prepared to fight back– if only several ropes from Lucerys contraption had not tangled themselves around it, leaving no movement allowed.
Pushing through the fear, Lucerys stopped before the beast's head.
(It was nearly as large as Lucerys himself. Perhaps another year or so, and the dragon would be able to swallow Lucerys whole.)
A purple eye opened and stared at Lucerys, unblinking as Lucerys held the blade above his head.
Breathing growing ragged, Lucerys could not look away from the eye of jewels, limbs trembling as the beast stared back at him, unable to distinguish what it was feeling, what it would say if it could speak.
He could not break eye contact.
Heart in his throat, choking on it.
His brows furrowed as he bit his bottom lip.
The Dragon closed its eyes.
Lucerys brought the blade down.
A purple eye opened again, puzzled, as the rope around its body began to loosen.
Lucerys grit his teeth, staring down at the beasts moving belly as it inhaled and exhaled, focused on cutting through the ropes.
He was a failure.
He could not bring himself to kill a dragon.
"I'm sorry... I'm sorry I cannot do it."
Lucerys murmured, tears clouding his vision as he cut away the last of the rope.
He knelt there, both boy and Dragon unmoving.
And then the Dragon lept up and Lucerys fell against the ground.The beast towered over Lucerys– even in its hunched form as spits and hisses fell from its maw that could easily tear Lucerys apart.
The sound stopped as both took in one another, properly.
Lucerys, lay back against the floor, breathing erratic as tears slipped down
cheeks of a rosy red, lips spread with puffs of air leaking from them. Terrified.
The dragon, large and white, ichor slipping down the left side of its face from its eye, staining its scales a pink.
It was silent, as the guilt grew in Lucerys at what he'd done.
He failed to stifle the sob tearing his throat, and the dragon looked surprised before it hardened once again.
"I-I am so sor–" a scream slipped from his lips, cutting his words short as a talon the size of him covered him.
Lucerys tried scrambling away, jumping up and running.
The claws closed around him, and the beast took off.
Lucerys screams did not dim, in fact, they grew louder. Staring upside down as his village grew further and further until it was gone.
Black clouded his vision and Lucerys passed out.