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It was a bright summer’s day within the woods. The sun was shining through the trees, beams of light shot down toward the ground, and made for quite the lovely scene. Tito was taking this time to relax and enjoy some glow-berries in a glow-berry tree. He was a Miniature-Dragon, not many of them were left in these parts, since more often than not they were eaten by larger predators. Most of Tito’s brothers and sisters had already gone out this way. Making Tito one of the last in his family to have not yet been eaten.

All seemed to have been going well for Tito so far. In fact he’d never really even seen one of these large predators before. Tito was about 3½ inches tall on all fours and 7 inches long. His skin was tough, colored a bright dull yellow, and in fact he sort of looked like an extra-large glow-berry himself if he were to curl up and hang off the branch. The Miniature-Dragon also did not have any horns, however, he did have short spiked dark brown fur that covered mostly the middle of his head and back of his neck. He was laying back against the trunk of the tree enjoying his glow-berry snack when something caught his attention. It was the sound of walking that made his little ears twitch.

At first there didn’t appear to be anything in sight. Carefully he scanned the area for something big nearby. Could this be one of the large predators his remaining family had spoken of? For a time there was nothing, but then all of a sudden it appeared, and it was enormous! It looked to be a big blue dragon, feathers covered the backside of its head, and from the looks of it- it was a female. Tito would have considered her beautiful if she weren’t a million times his size and suddenly looking at his tree licking her chops. Worriedly the Miniature-Dragon kept himself out of view.

It was then that the enormous dragoness placed her paw against the trunk of the glow-berry tree. Closing her eyes she opened her mouth upward, just beneath Tito, and he received a perfect view of it from above. At first he was mesmerized by it. Never before had he seen such a giant maw, perfectly salivated, and eager to consume. Strangely enough he wanted to step inside- if only for a moment. However, he knew the consequences of doing so, and his will prevented him from ever attempting such a foolhardy action. Suddenly the enormous dragoness pushed against the trunk of the tree. This caused it to jerk back with significant force, berries immediately began falling toward the direction of the open maw, and Tito had almost fallen too.

Holding on for dear life as the tree jerked back and forth proved difficult. Tito’s claws were dug into the branch tightly, though he still felt himself sliding over slowly, but surely. Finally he slipped off the top of the branch and was not holding on by only his front claws. Looking down once more he knew this was it, he was doomed to fall down into the maw of this enormous beast, and be swallowed down her mighty gullet. Just like many of his brothers and sisters had been eaten by other beasts before him. It somewhat seemed inevitable. Despite the fact that if he had kept a clear mind, he probably could have thought about swinging off the branch, and leaping out of the way. Though a part of him didn’t want to escape. Gazing down into the maw of this beautiful giant, Tito wanted to fall in, and he did.

The Miniature-Dragon let go of the branch of his own accord. Allowing himself to flip and fall down toward the open maw. He landed on the squishy slimy tongue with a flop, looking up to see himself sliding headfirst into the hungry gullet, but before he was swallowed down; Tito spun himself around to look out one last time at the light of day. Knowing full well that this was a one way trip. He felt his bottom half slip into the enormous dragoness’ gullet. For a moment he tried to hold onto the tongue and take one last gulp of fresh air, but the tongue was way too slippery, and the muscles in her esophagus were just too powerful for him to keep himself where he was. Quickly the Miniature-Dragon was pulled backward and downward. Sliding through the hot and slimy throat until he reached the stomach.

Tito stumbled and fell over backwards upon reaching his final destination. Now covered in saliva and chunks of glow-berry. The stomach began to contract around him. Slowly coating him in a thick, hot, and slimy batch of stomach acids. He could hear many of this enormous predators bodily noises. The most noticeable being her heart beating within herself. Though one noise caught his ears quickly enough as well, the sound of a stomach gurgling, and churning. This was his final destination and he knew it, but there didn’t seem to be a hint of regret on his face, only wonder and amazement.

-=[Description]=-

Hey everyone,

So first and foremost this short story was written ages ago! After seeing a particular imagine drawn by the MARVELOUS artist  gonnaneedabiggerboat, I was inspired to write a story based off that specific image (which I will link below), and with the intention of sharing it with him. Unfortunately my activity on the internet became seldom after a particular incident that made me feel like absolute shit. Seriously it did quite the number on me. I'm better now though, no need to worry, or ask any questions! : ) One day I was browsing my favorites again and noticed that image... That's when I realized I had offered to show him what I wrote and never actually came through. Wow was I a little embarrassed. So I posted it in sta.sh at first, linked it to him, and a few others. Everyone seemed to like it for the most part. That's why I decided maybe I could post it here too? Get a few public thoughts. Just to me a favor and try to keep your comments PG. ; )

I also would like to personally thank  goldelite for commissioning this image from gonnaneedabiggerboat

Anyways, that's all for now, so ciao!

Story based off this image: Shaking Down the Glow Berries

- p_Paradox