So, This is an original idea. Don't steal it, or there will be consequences. kthxbai.
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The sun shone brightly on the forests of Relcore where Rana, a girl of age fifteen, stood silently, stroking the snout of her twenty-seven foot long black ardur.
Normally, an ardur would be weak and dreary on Relcore, far away from its home planet, Reiflem, but Ryuu, Rana's ardur, was just fine thanks to a collar that was crafted from onyx found deep in the volcanic rock of Reiflem. Ryuu treasured the collar, and often found himself just allowing the heat of the black stone to seep into his tough, scaly skin.
Most people by this time had moved to the airport to be transported to other planets, but Rana never took place in that activity. She was a loner, and a loner she would stay.
Or so she thought.
Rana and Ryuu looked very much alike. Ryuu was as inky black as the onyx collar around his neck, and the tips of the mysterious metal that they were hunted to near extinction for was a deep, dark red. Rana had black hair, as dark as a moonless midnight, and, strangely enough, deep red eyes that would pass for brown if you weren't too close; however, Rana's skin was as pale as porcelain.
Given that little to nothing in the forest was the same color as Ryuu or Rana, they were bound to run into trouble eventually.
And then it happened.
The entire ground beneath the two of them began to rumble and shake. At first, Rana thought it might have been an angry herd of malal, but it was much to strong of a shaking to be any creatu. In an instant, Ryuu stuck his snout between Rana's knees and slid her onto his back, careful not to slice her on any of the metal projections on his spine. Rana wasn't surprised by Ryuu's action at all. She knew that to Ryuu, protecting her came instinctively. After all, she had saved him from poachers.
In a few long, bumpy seconds, Ryuu had safely gotten both of them out of the danger zone. Rana dismounted her ardur quickly and looked at the wrecked forest behind them. Given that they were completely out of the forest now, it wasn't hard to see.
Several large trees that had been living peacefully on Relcore for hundreds of years had toppled over. The ground had split open like a cracked egg, leaving a giant fissure in the land. Rana's eyes widened.
"That was some earthquake. They're usually not that bad. We may need to go to Scria soon, Ryuu." She reached out to stroke his neck.
Ryuu nodded, and though no words came out of his mouth, Rana could clearly hear him say, "Yes, Rana. We may have to."
And that was what made Rana so... different. She could understand creatu.
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