The sound of flapping wings resonated under the astral start of the night. The green wings raised and dropped as fast as it could with the sound of the friction made by the metal of his shoulder and chest plates lightly covering his pale green underbelly. He moved his green head equipped with a black helmet with a blade pointing backward behind him and watched carefully with his dark yellow eyes and saw nothing.

"I've lost them," the green dragon said.

He continued flying, but he slowed down the pace as he passed over a green forest with hills and mountain. He used his nostril and smelt nothing.

"There's no dragon around here. This is good," the green dragon commented. His voice sounded tired and exhausted: "I have to quit the Dragon world right now. They will get me eventually if this continues."

He flew over the forest until he reached a mountain with a tunnel. He looked at it perplex and said: "What is this place?"

He asked himself if he should go there or not. The positive part was that he could hide there for a while and rest, but the problem is that he couldn't escape if anyone blocked the entrance. He decided to land in the cavern and rest. He landed in the cavern and entered inside. The cavern had only brownish color, but it was difficult for the dragon to see the color during the night. He used his smelling ability to check if there was anything inside and smelt something. He decided to explore and walked deep into the cavern. He took a few steps and followed his nose. He continued until he found a pool of water with a few floating bubbles. He saw a pedestal at the middle of the pool and walked closer.

"This is...a teleporting device. I knew there were a few ones in the Dragon world, but I thought they were all sealed to stop me. Hum...This one seems to still work," the green dragon raised his arm and concentrated his energy. He saw the bubbles starting to showed different world. He looked at each of them, but grunted. "All of those worlds aren't the place I could go. The dragons will know I'll escape to all of those worlds. I cannot hide in the Continental world, neither the Magic world. No, no, no and no. This is no use-" he stopped at mid-sentence when he saw one world he didn't recognise. It was barely visible through the bubbles of the device. He raised his claw and moved it closer. He saw it was a blue world that didn't look like any world he knew.

"Maybe this is a perfect world for me to hide," he said.

He raised his claw with two digits and pressed on the pedestal and activated the teleporting device. The light shined in the cavern and after a few seconds, the light died. In the darkness of the cavern, nothing could've been found, the green dragon disappeared.

Arc 1: Give Us The Head Of Jackknife

Chapter 1: First Contact

A young boy wandered alone in a mountain. He walked on the gray rock of the mountain with only a few green plants around him. The boy lost his balance for a few seconds and managed to keep it. He kept walking mindlessly, looking at the ground with his back aching forward.

The young buy with peach skin, blue hair with spikes going toward the right side. He looked around him for a few seconds with his reddish eyes. He wore a black shirt with the red part around his shoulder and a greenish short. His skin was covered with a few bruises and a few cuts on his body. His skin was also paler than usual as the cold of the mountain was slowly affecting him.

He continued walking for a while until he was close to a cliff. He looked at the bottom and sighted. He felt on his knee and dropped his head. He moved his arms around his body as if he tried to maintain his body warmed. He closed his eyes and felt the despair invading him.

He suddenly saw light coming on his face despite closing his eyes. He opened it and raised his head and gazed at the light. He saw something coming from the light and his mouth slowly opened. He saw a green dragon coming down and expanding his wings. He slowed down. Their gaze crossed and the green dragon flew near the boy. The dragon took a few seconds to think before deciding to land on the ground near him.

The green dragon put his hand on his head and shook it confused: "That was one hell of a trip," he turned around and looked at the boy and said: "You must be one of the creatures of this world."

The boy with the blue hair didn't reply. He didn't show any fear. The green dragon moved his head to the side and wondered why the boy didn't fear him. He looked in his eyes and saw red veins around his reddish eyes. He didn't know what to say and walked closer to the boy.

"Hello young one," he said to the boy.

The boy didn't reply, but raised his head and looked at the dragon.

"I am Jackknife Dragon," he told the boy. He moved his claw at his direction and said: "Who are you?"

The young boy remained silent for a few seconds and final spoke to him: "Tasuku Ryuenji."

Jackknife lightly smiled and said: "Finally you are talking young one. What are you doing here alone?"

Tasuku lowered his head and said: "I...don't know."

Jackknife looked at Tasuku and his face had some doubt in it. He lowered himself to the boy's level and asked, looking in his eyes as he saw the state of the boy and the gray spot under his eyes: "Are you sure? You are injured young one; something must have happen to you."

"I just don't know."

The green dragon knew something happened that the boy couldn't process in his mind; something that happened too fast for the boy to understand it. He noticed the boy shivering and said: "You are cold right?"

"Y-yes," the boy replied.

Jackknife lied down and rested on the ground. He moved his left eye at the boy and said: "You are cold Tasuku, and clearly tired."

Tasuku was too tired to think clearly as he looked at the stranger. His body reached its limit and needed to warm himself up. He took a few steps and rested against the neck of the green dragon. He felt the warm body coming out of his scales and slowly, he closed his eyes as his exhaustion overcame him. He breathed slowly and quietly. Jackknife did the same and closed his eyes and felt asleep.

The next day, Jackknife opened his eyes and saw the boy a little away from him looking at the blue sky. He stood up and walked at his direction. He stopped when he heard:

"Why did you help me?"

"Tasuku. I helped you because you needed help. I'm not the kind to leave anyone behind," Jackknife simply replied with a small smile. "I do not need another reason."

"Jackknife...right?"

"That's my name. Where are your parents?"

The boy didn't reply and turned around. He looked at the blue sky again. Jackknife didn't ask anything about it. He walked closer to him and gently put his hand on his shoulder. The boy put his head against the flank of the green dragon and watched the blue sky for a while. After a while, a loud sound resonated on the mountain and awakened the senses of the green dragon, looking around him; alert of anything dangerous that could come to him.

"Rescue is coming," Tasuku said.

Jackknife knew that other beings like the boy were coming to help him. Jackknife looked at the boy and opened his wings.

"I have to go Tasuku. Maybe I'll see you once again one day," Jackknife said before leaving him.

"Wait!"

It was useless as the dragon already disappeared from his sight. Tasuku looked at the helicopter appearing and stopping when it was near him.

The boy looked at the empty space where Jackknife was. He knew that the dragon was real. He asked himself one question: Will I see him again?

AC: This is the end of the first chapter.

Next one is: Chasing Jackknife