Calamity

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"Wh- who's there?" Cal called out into the darkness. He hated the dark. Lil loved it of course, but he thought it left too much room for thinking. He was less than pleased to find this time, the darkness wasn't empty.

A set of huge eyes, approaching through the darkness, reflecting back his lantern light - he'd had nightmares like that, hadn't he? He shuddered a little. "Show yourself!" he demanded.

"Oh hey kid, seen any vampires?" He blinked. A bright, bubbly coatl was peering at him, squinting a little in the light of his lantern. His peacock spots caught the light as his head moved. "I heard there were vampires in this part of the caves, and I would just LOVE to meet them!" He stared at the other dragon - surely he was joking? But no, he kept prattling on about vampires and ghosts without a single ounce of fear. Cal swore to himself that he MUST have descended to wherever it was that poorly behaved dragons went when they died.

"Hey, kid! What's your name, anyways? I'm Foxfire, Fox for short!" He blinked again, sending a ripple down his many eyes. "OH WOW, COOL!!!" Fox exclaimed. "How many eyes you got kiddo? How do you see with that many eyes? That's so neat!!" Cal shuffled awkwardly.

"You... you really think they're cool?"

"Oh yeah they're awesome!!! I want eyes like yours!!" Fox was unequivocal in his response, and Cal privately decided that he might just be weirder than he was. Weird or not though, he was undoubtedly friendly, and he found himself warming up to the stranger.

"Oh! Oh, yeah - I'm Cal," he told him. "Or, I mean, the full name is Calamity - Calamity Despair Mystica Darkness van Dusk, but just call me Cal." He waited for the inevitable laughter. All the dragons his age thought his name was ridiculous, and they never let him forget it.

"Hey Cal! So, you seen any vampires?" Fox asked, undeterred. Cal pondered him for a moment, then smiled. His fangs flashed a little in the torchlight, but he didn't even mind for a change - he didn't think his new friend would mind.

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