Igneel wakes up with a big yawn as he exits his cave, this was a calm morning for him, no noises, no explosions,no other dragons around here, which was a plus, he loved the area, he walked towards a river and slowly drank from it to queel his thirst this morning.

He stopped drinking the river and wiped his mouth with his claw, his ears perked up to a noise nearby, the sound of crying caught his attention that was on his right so he investigated it, once he pushed a brush out of his way, there, in the middle of a clearing was a child, who would leave such a vulnerable child here ?

Questions for later he suppose, he marched his way towards the child, the child seemed to know he was there and looked up. It stopped crying for a second, the child had big green eyes and hair that flowed down their shoulders.

“Child, where are your parents?” he said calmly

The child sniffed “i don’t know, i don’t remember being here” they said, ‘did their parents abandon them?’ he thought

“Well, what do you remember?” he asks, the child seems to think for a moment before answering by shaking their head, he sighs as he looks over the child again, he really didn’t want to leave them here all on their own

“Looks like I'm taking care of you for now, call me Igneel, what is your name ?” Igneel says, the child brightens up “im izumi!, thank you for taking me in igneel” izumi says

“Come izumi, i’ll show you where you’ll live for now” Igneel gestures izumi to follow him and she did, both walking towards his cave

“I’ll show you how to hunt your own food, as well as cooking it” he says, as izumi sat down on his tail “but for now, rest, we have a lot to do tomorrow” he said

He lays down as he looks down to see izumi was already asleep next to his snout, he didn’t mind this so he her alone and fell asleep himself

Deep down, he really was a softy