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It came as a surprise to Ion and even more so to one of his comrades, Lazar, that he had a dragon form he could call upon due to the dormant dragon blood running in his veins. There was only one problem though, Ion didn't really know how to use the new found abilities his dragon form would give him, especially the most important one, the ability to fly. A dragon isn't really a dragon unless they could fly and since Ion wasn't born into one of the dragon villages where he would have been taught these basic skills at a young age, Lazar brought it on himself to teach Ion on how to be a dragon, it was one of the few ways in his mind that he could repay him for all the help Ion as given to him over the years. They hiked to a small valley near a short mountain range and once arriving, Ion transformed into his dragon form as he was still learning on how to hold this form for a longer period of time, this giving him the maximum amount to soar through the skies. Lazar went over some of the basics, as Ion practiced his wing control on the ground, Lazar from time to time pointing out to him some mistakes and how to correct them. "Well you are getting the hang of this, are you ready to take to the skies?" Lazar asked, as Ion took a deep breath before giving a small nod, a little apprehensive of fully going for it. "Ok, but there is one more thing before we do, Ion I need you to take off your clothing" Lazar answered back. "Wait what do you mean I need to...." Ion tried to answer back before getting cut of by Lazar, "I thought you were a naturalist, why would this bother you?" "It doesn't but... I just want to know why?" Ion asked as he began disrobing. Lazar answered back "well when you have never done something like this before, it is best if you don't carry any extra weight and clothing can cause a lot of drag making it harder to learn the basics." "Look, you won't be the only one flying clothes less" Lazar continued as he began to disrobe, " I will do it as well so you have nothing to worry about and besides..... up there feeling the wind against your bare fur, is one of the best feelings in the world." Ion just gave a soft smile at Lazar's reasoning before he asked him again "are you ready?" Ion took a deep breath before answering more confidently back "yes" as Lazar suddenly bolted up to the sky, then diving back down, grabbing Ion by the arms and skyrocketing back up to the sky.
Ion closed his eyes as the wind rushed around his body, opening them again when Lazar leveled off far above the ground. Ion looked down at the ground far below is feet which made him a bit anxious, fearing that he would now not be able to keep himself afloat and plummet back down. His memory of when he was out doing some parkour training with Zephyr as a kid, where he missed a jump and fell a couple of stories, breaking both his legs and one of his arms, his left arm which thinking to himself wouldn't be so much as an issue this time. Ion was frozen as Lazar supported him, not really contracting one anything else but the ground below him before he could hear Lazar call out to him, "come on Ion, you need to flap your wings." "I... I don't think I can..." Ion replied back but Lazar kept on encouraging him "yes you can, I know you can do it, take a deep breath and just start flapping." Ion closed his eyes and took the deep breath before slowly starting to flap his wings, which he now realized were spreading out farther, catching the wind beneath them as he was starting to feel himself leveling out with Lazar and not just hanging off of him. Opening his eyes, Ion saw himself floating there, not feeling the weight of him wanting to go back to the ground, "see I told you, you could do it" Lazar called out from what seamed to be behind him, as Ion looked at his hands and only now noticing that Lazar was not holding on to them anymore. Ion's heart began to race a bit but his confidence was building as he was able to keep himself in the air on his own, but as he was just getting comfortable, Lazar called out to him again "well now lest get on to some actual flying." Lazar then suddenly bolted towards Ion, grabbing his arms again before spinning around and throwing him through the air. Ion was taken by surprise by this as the fear came back as he started dropping to the ground again. "Ion just flap your wings" he could hear Lazrar calling to him, as he recomposed himself and began the process of flapping his wings again, the air getting under them as he was able to level off again, this time pushing himself forward and actually flying through the air. The wind was now rushing through his fur as Ion was having the time of his life, soaring through the sky, as the world seamed to move around him, he was loving this feeling of freedom flying was giving to him. "ok Ion, maybe you should slow down a bit" Lazar called to him as Ion was now trying to pull off some advance aerial techniques, but it seamed like Ion was having too much fun and couldn't hear Lazar's warning. The experience was just too exhilarating and Ion just didn't want it to end.
Then all of a sudden during one of the maneuvers, Ion seamed to hit some drag, as suddenly he couldn't keep himself afloat and he started falling towards the ground. The fear came back to him, as he could hear Lazar calling out to him but couldn't make out what was being said. The ground kept getting closer and closer as Ion feared the worst but suddenly he felt something grab his arms as he stopped falling towards the ground below. "don't worry I got you, I would never let you fall" Ion heard from Lazar who was above him, holding onto his arms again, "but there is just one thing you need to remember, you need to flap your wings." It was not like that wasn't true Ion thought, as each time he was told to do just that in a situation were he felt like he was falling, the wind would catch under his flapping wings and level him off, he just needed to remember they were there. While holding onto Ion, Lazar slowly continued the decent, landing safely on the ground, to where he let go of Ion arms as he fell on his back onto the ground, panting heavily. Lazar stood over him, telling Ion "you did well for your first attempt, though you might want to stick to the basics for now, don't worry, we will get to more advance stuff eventually, but for now just focus on getting the hang of flying." Ion, still panting on the ground, only let out a small smile before raising his hand up in signal that he got Lazar's message. "well after your break, we will practice getting yourself get off the ground on your own" Lazar said, but Ion replied "I think I have enough for one day, maybe tomorrow we can pick this up again." "well the thing about that" Lazar answered back, pointing at the small mountain range in the distance, "we started in the valley on the other side of the mountains, all of our clothing and equipment is over there and really the only way back is to fly there." Ion sat up, surprised on just how far they went in what seamed like a short amount of time, but maybe he lost track on just how much ground they were covering when he was trying to pull off some of those advance maneuvers. "Don't worry, you got this" Lazar continued, taking a seat next to Ion, "all you need to do this time, is remember to just keep flapping your wings."
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