Nocturne

Nocturne(talesaga) In the night, the glittering ray of light began to shine in the sky. The beginning of the day will come. The mightiest creature, the Moen, standing on top of the hill, watching every creatures movement, began to move.

However, he is not watching to make a move on any creature, because he is a nocturne. He will prepare himself to fly back to his home. He jumped, and opened his wings as he fell because it is enjoyable for him to do so.

His mouth has sharp teeth that can tear any flesh, and even hard woods, his arm has 5 sharp claws that looks similar to human hands, but bigger, his eyes are big and yellow and he can see at day and night and his tail is strong and tough just as his skin. Some say he is a dragon, but he is not, some says he is a griffin, but he is not, but the most said he is a cursed being, a being who devours and destroys any creature that comes to him.

However, nobody could tell the truth, because nobody knows the truth.
He looks around on his way home. It’s as if he's searching for something in his eyes.

Yes.

He searches for his kind. Long before, when Moen was young, he lived with his parents, the only beings that he has ever seen in his life. His world revolves around him and his family.

However, Moen’s family is gone, leaving him all alone in this world.

But Moen can survive, his instinct and power helps him to survive. Now he is the most powerful creature in this valley. All animals will run from him. He can eat even the strong tiger as his lunch.

Yes,

He is strong, but he is not really strong. He is not strong because he’s dying with loneliness. He needs a mate. He needs somebody who can save him from loneliness.

The sun rises, and again, he can’t find what he really wants. He saw a river. He landed near a river although he is not thirsty because his primary instinct told him to come here.

After he lands with his 4 feet, he stands with 2 feet and closes his scaled wing to walk around the river. He looks a little bit like a human, but he's never known what a human is as he's never seen them. He walks, and walks.

As he walks, he can feel it; his instinct tells him there is something, something that can fulfill what he really wants.

And he realizes that what he feels is not an instinct, it’s a pheromone, a power that connects the being to be a mate.

He is happy.

He found his mate. A female Moen, a similar being just like him lying down near the river. He comes to her, but when he comes near her, she growls against him. She is injured, and wants to be left alone.

Seeing how badly injured she is, he roars angrily to those who hurt his precious bride. She must be treated, but she still doesn't want any creature to get near her. And by his instinct, he flies through the forest and searches for the herb. When he found the herb, he rolls his body to crush the herb and stick the herb to his body. He flew to his bride. When he arrived, she still snarls against him, but the smell of the herb relieved her pain a little bit. She slowly let down her guard, and let him near her.

Daylight has come, and this can make her uncomfortable with the sunlight. He lifts her up and flies to his nest.

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Inside a cave

The sun has risen, making the world warmer with every light that comes thru the world. But lying in the corner of the mountains, a cave unseen by the sun, makes the cave still act as a night for the poor female Moen. She lies in the bed of hay made by him, the male Moen whom brought her to his nest. When she lies on the hay, her pain is relieved a little. As her pain eases, she feels sleepy and sleeps on the hay. The male Moen arrived with his prey. And as he sees her lying comfortably, he puts aside his dead prey and opens his wings a little and curls around her body to keep her warm.

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Time has passed; the female Moen’s body is recovered. But she still rests inside the nest because the sun is still up. And she is not resting alone, she's resting together with the male Moen. During the time she's injured, he keeps giving her herbs to cure her pain, and food. She couldn’t eat the raw prey so he had to burn the food with his fire breath until she can eat it. If she is thirsty, he brings a bowl of water to quench her thirst. And most of all, he always curls around her to keep her warm. This skin ship makes her comfortable to sleep and makes his loneliness go away.

He is really happy because it is not a dream for him. She is real. And she is alive.

Night comes. It is a full moon, the night where moonlight illuminates the land. He comes out to go hunting again.

But this time, she comes out and meets him. This is her first time she came out from the cave. She walks near him and looks around her surroundings. By the time she finished looking around, she realizes he is the king of this valley. And she is fascinated with her discovery.

And he makes a howl; a howl where every corner of the valley can hear the howl. The howl echoes and slowly dies down. He repeats and again it echoes and it dies down. Usually it is done by animals like a wolf to call for his pack, but for him, he calls her to ask to mate with her.

She looks at him. Their eyes meet. He stops his howling. She comes near him and smells him. She tries to know him. She studies carefully his distinguishable figure, his sharp teeth and claws, and his eyes.

Slowly, she rubs her head against his shoulder. She caresses him with her skin slowly and gently.

It is the sign. She sees him as her soul mate. The moon has become their witness. This pair of Moen are now soul mates.