Eve's Story Outtakes

Chapter 1 - Ddraig 'club-hopping'

The public house was a dingy little hovel; the tables were grimy and the glasses chipped, and people were complaining that the booze was being watered. Ddraig wouldn't know that though, as he wasn't drinking, simply helping himself to a selection of nuts instead.
"Hey hun'..." Came the voice of a slightly drunk female dragon. "You seem loney over her by yoursen'..." She spoke.
"I'm fine..." Ddraig snorted. "Really."
"Oh ok!" She slurred. "Don't get in a tizzy or nuthin', just thought you could use, some alone time."
Ddraig froze, and glared at her. "No, I'm fine..." He spoke again, standing up. "In fact. I was just leaving..." He snorted, storming out the place.
"Well..." Spoke a patron. "What's his problem?"

Ddraig walked out into the street, as it began to rain.
"Never again..." He spoke to himself. "Right... I'm gone. This was a bad idea..." Ddriag turned, and left. Heading in the direction of Frostbite Forge, where he could take a shortcut through a state foundry...

Chapter 15-28 - Ddraig changes his mind on the adoption...

That night, before Ddraig went to bed, Eve plucked up her courage, and went to Ddraig. Just as he was about to walk through his bedroom door, she tugged at his tail.
"Eve dear..." He spoke. "What is it..."
She looked up at him tearfully. "I... I really need to talk to you Daddy..." She sniffed.
Ddraig looked at her, and couldn't say no...

Ddraig sat the child in a comfy chair next to a fire, and sat down next to her.
"Ok Eve, tell me. What do you need."
"You'll... you'll get mad at me again." She croaked. "I know you will."
"I'll try not to." He spoke.
"Do you promise?" She asked.
"I promise."
"Cross your heart."
Ddraig made a little crossing jesture on his chest. "Cross my heart."
"O-ok..." Eve spoke. "I know... I know that you want me to be adopted by the Sure'Oh'Nharti clan. I overheard you reading their letter."
"Oh..." Ddraig blushed. "You..." He stopped, remembering his promise. "Ok... Go on."
"And, I really really don't want them to adopt me. I know they could be really nice people. But I..." She stopped, it was getting too much for her, and she was scared to say the last bit. "... I don't want to be adopted by them..." She sobbed. "I want to be adopted by you."
This startled Ddraig. He cared a great deal about Eve, but he daren't think about adopting her himself.
"You... You do?" Ddraig stammered, and she nodded. "I do, I double do."
Then, Ddraig's own mind turned on him.
"For Gods' sake Ddraig! Can't you see you love her!?! Say yes! Adopt her you wyvern!" There was nowhere for Ddraig to turn; his friends were telling him to adopt her, his family were telling him to adopt her, SHE was begging him to adopt her, and now his own mind was FORCING him to adopt her. Everywhere he looked, there were clear signs screaming: ADOPT HER!! And there was one last thing too: His heart.
"I..." He stammered, and she looked at the floor; then something clicked in his head. "Oh sod it! I'll do it." He smiled, before nuzzling her.
"You will?" Eve cried, in disbelief.
"You're not changing your mind now, are you?" He joked.
"Oh! No! Of course not!" She cried, hugging his face. "I love you!"
Ddraig grinned, and another part of his head clicked. "I... I love you too." He spoke...

...But now this left Ddraig with a problem: The Sure'Oh'Nharti couple were coming, still believing that Eve could be adopted by them. So, he had an idea, and whispered it into Eve's ear...

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On the day of the visit...

Ddraig looked around nervously, he'd told Eve to stay in bed, and he'd wrapped her up in various blankets and bandages, but not before painting on her scales a pussy green substance (In reality, it was jelly, but Ddraig hoped to pass it off as 'something else'); he'd also asked her to bathe in very cold water, so she would shiver and feel cold when touched (he asked her to act in a very perticular manner too).
The bell rang, and Ddraig put on a grave and worried face, before opening the door. The second he saw them he sighed.
"Oh, oh... I'm so sorry. You... You never got my letter, did you?"
"No..." The dragoness, Ellaynor, looked worridly at her husband Copernicus. "What's wrong?"
"It's Eve... She... She's become really ill. The doctors... They... They thought they could treat her, but she's gone really downhill recently, and..." Ddraig then burst into tears (he should've been an actor). "They... They're saying she... She won't last the year... And, that she shouldn't be moved around too much... So she can be comfortable, in..." He croaked, before crying harder. "...in her final months..."
"Oh, oh no..." The dragoness began crying too. "Can... Can we see her?"
"Oh, it's a nasty sight..." Ddraig sniffed. "But... But I suppose. I mean, what harm can it do. She really was so keen to go live with you after all..."
Ddraig maintained his girm face as he lead them up to Eve's room; he knocked, and entered. Then, it was Eve's big proformance.
"Da-Daddy..." She then feigned a cough. "Where... where are you? It's so dark..." She faked blindness, looking around desperately.
"The... The condition robbed her of her sight." Ddraig explained. "She first went colourblind, then, lost all perception all together, so the doctors say." He walked over to Eve, and sat down next to her (in his mind's eye, she looked hilarious, crudely bandaged like she had a fight with a toilet roll, and covered in green jelly, but Ddraig maintained his act). "How you feeling?" He asked.
"Where are you? I can't see you..." Eve cried, fumbling around.
"I'm here... shhh, shh now. It's ok, everythings gonna be fine." Ddraig told her, gently taking hold of her paw. "Just rest. Ok?"
"I feel really cold Daddy..." She stammered, feigning shivering along with the genuine shivering her body was making, to make it look worse. "I... I can't feel my tail..."
"I know dear..." Ddraig spoke, putting a paw on her forehead. "God. You really are cold." He gasped.
"What's all that stuff on her?" The male asked.
"Oh..." He flicked his eyes to the jelly. "It's some kind of... Well, the doctors are calling it some kind of gangrene. It's seeping out of the sweat pores in her skin, and... Well, it's blocking them all up. Making her get all kinds of skin infections." Ddraig spoke sadly.
"What is she suffering with? Do the doctors know?"
"As far as they know, it appears to be a herieditary disease. They're unsure what it is, or who she got it from. But it's rare that a child as young as Eve contracts it THIS bad." Ddraig shook his head, lowering it close to the floor in grief.
"My head..." Eve groaned. "Everything's so loud..." This was the cue-phrase to get them out of there.
"Ok, I think she needs some rest now. I'm so very sorry to have dissapointed you like this. But she really can't move. They... They think she may become paralysed soon, should her condition get worse."
"No, no." Copernicus reassured Ddraig. "She should stay with you. She needs stability... in her final months. And she clearly has a guardian angel in you sir." He nodded.
"Thank you. Goodbye."
And he closed the door. Once he was sure they were gone, he burst out laughing. "Ok Eve!" He smirked. "You can come out now!"
There was a little thud, then she ran from her bedroom, down to Ddraig.
"You..." He smirked. "You really are a good little actress, aren't you?"
She shrugged happily. "I have my moments." She replied.
"Look at you..." Ddraig chuckled. "You're covered in JELLY!" He couldn't contain his laughter, she looked rediculous! "Well, we won't be seeing them again..." He told her...