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Nothing. More nothing. Red. Red can be water. Have tried. Something always stops him. From getting water. A bunch of red. More than usual. He tried to get water. Could not. Like always. Tan. No. Brown. No. Silver?. No? Blue?... blue? Blue! Water! Water! Could not get water! He want water! Could not see water! Blocked by wall on left. He want water.
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Tapping. Time pass. Could not count. Red had food. And water. He no water. Food dry. He saw a bowl. Move from left. It water... water? He jumped at it. He licked. Water! He rammed his head. Through the bars. He drank. He finally drank. He kept licking. Then Tan grabbed bowl. He growled. His bowl. He bit down on Tan. Blue showed. He licked the Blue. His mouth forced open. And Tan and Blue gone. He sad. He happy. He got water.
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He looked out window. Sun. Sun... son? He has son...sons? Yes. He looked the other direction. Bars. Jail. That is why. He could not get water. Except once. Bowl gone. Came from left. Given. Someone helping. He walk to bars. Tried to look left. Could not. He growled. Brown pressed against left bars. Large brown. Head? Head. Green eye. Green eyes? Like home. Home?... home is water.
Head speaked. To him? Yes. To him. Could not understand. But spoke. He tried to speak. Garbled. Like his life. Is all life garbled?... no. He remembers. Love. Home. He wants home. He wants love. He wants water. He can not get them. Why?... no. He got water. From Brown head. No home...love?... no?... love at home. He needs to find home.
Noise. To right. He looked. Another red. Carrying gold. Gold?... royal? He backed up and growled. Red passed. Red talked to brown. No! Don't talk to Brown! Red and another roaring. Didn't sound like Brown. Two more reds passed and other stopped. Red then left. He went to bars. He whined towards left. Brown appeared against them. A green eye looking at him. He hope. Red did nothing. Brown gave water. He wants Brown to stay.
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He woke up. Dry food Again. Reds left. Bowl slid over. He went over and drank. Stopped. A little water left. That is two now. Brown needs water. He slid the bowl. Tan hand slid back. He spoke. Could not understand. Faintly heard sand. He slowly drank the rest and licked the bowl. No more water. He slid bowl back.
Reds came back. A bunch of them... Guards? Yes. Guards. They went to Brown. He growled at them. They are not taking his Brown. He gives water. Red Guards ignored him. Ignored! He beat against the bars. No! He then saw Brown leave the jail. He big. He big big. He not Brown. Only head and legs. Mostly yellow and blue. Not blue he knows. Lighter.
There were blue he knew. On spines. Chest. A fin. Like him? Neck lines fluttered. He fluttered his own. Remembered he has them... gills.... gill...Gill. That's his name. When he looked back. Now Brown and Red guards gone. He roared. He wants Not Brown back!! He want his water!!
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His water is gone. He heard their roar. His water is gone. He is never gonna get them back. His water is… steps. He raised his head from his curled body. Two red guards walked past before he saw them. His water. His water is alive! He quickly stood and made his way to the bars. Growling at the red guards who were pointing spears at his water. And again, they ignored him! Their water squeezed themselves into the jail left of him before it was shut. The Reds locked it and they walked out.
He whimpered towards his water. Their brown head leaned against their bars again. He then purred… he also opened his mouth.
"…h….he…." He needed more water. He whimpered at his dry throat. He wants to be home. He wants to see his love. He wants water… He's got one of them. He could tell their brown head was talking to him. But he could only hear a few words. He never realized it but his hearing was constantly ringing. He enjoyed their voice nonetheless. He lay down against the bars as he stared at their one eye he could see. He could faintly smell death on them. He didn't want his water to die.
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He didn't even realize he had fallen asleep until someone smacked his head. Blinking, he looked around and saw the red guards… Sky?… SkyWing?…. Yeah. SkyWing Guards. They dropped his usual dry food and he chowed down on it. After they left, the usual bowl of water was slid in front of his cage. Going slower, he enjoyed how refreshing it was. But he stopped halfway and slid it back. And as soon as their talon tried moving it back, he stopped it with his own.
"N…. N-no…" Having relieved his throat, he managed to get a word out. The hand stopped momentarily before dragging it back into their cell. He mumbled happily as he lay down again. The head reappeared again, making him rumble louder. His eyes were lidded looking at them. His water. He will leave. Find home. And find his Love. Then he will have all three. Home, Love, and Water.
[Thank you for reading. I hoped you enjoyed this short bit. The second part of Scarlet should be out today. Comment if you have any questions.]