branches. He turned around, ready to cast a spell, but froze mid-motion as he watched a black dragon trying to get up and pull himself together under a nearby tree. Draco lay on his stomach, stretched out to the full length of his reptilian body, his wings standing upright. The boy shook his head fiercely, blinking his golden eyes.
-Master?- Draco yawned loudly and slowly sat up. The dragon rubbed his eyes and flapped his wings, folding them behind him. -What happened?- he muttered uncertainly.
-I think I woke you up.- Darius spotted a branch in the treetop from which his student must have fallen. It was high, very high. A human would not have made it out unscathed, but the dragon showed no signs of injury. -Are you all right?
-Hmm?- Draco looked at his master for a moment, and only then seemed to understand what was going on. The reptile quickly glanced at his wings, moved them in different directions, and breathed a sigh of relief. Then he glanced at himself, brushing off the leaves and twigs caught on his scales and spikes.-It's all right.- He finally said, getting up. He stretched and turned into a human.
-That was quite high.- Bleist restrained his urge to examine the student himself. -Are you sure you haven't hurt yourself?
-No, definitely not.- The boy shrugged. -I've fallen from greater heights and come out unscathed.- Draco yawned loudly again.
Darius bit his tongue before asking why he had fallen from somewhere. He suspected that the answer to that question would be another grim story from the dragon's life. The mage decided to change the subject before emotions got the better of him.
-It seems you like this forest.- Bleist said, glancing at the place from where the dragon had fallen.
-Um... Yes.- Draco kept yawning and rubbing his sleepy eyes.- Actually, it's the first one I've been to. It's so quiet and peaceful here... Unlike in the city.
-You sound like you've never left Dagos.- Darius was a little surprised. He looked at his student, who seemed oblivious to everything around
