Alteco was hatched on the southern coasts of Australia to a flock of four. This is where he spent the first few weeks of his life adjusting to living. However, he is abnormal. He is both rodent and bird. Along with his siblings and parents, he is a mixture of two creatures that should never be mushed together. When the humans discovered this, they were amazed. They would make a pretty buck. When his family is a victim to poachers, he is forcefully taken from his family and home who escape safely; caged away in a dark crate to be shipped off. This would be the last he sees of his home.

When he awakens, the crate he is in is rattled before he is hit with the feeling of free falling, the walls of the crate shaking him around. This ends with him unconcious and broken wings. The next time he awakens, he notices that it is cold. He is cold. So cold. With a battered body, he would wander the Tibetan Plateau, climbing the Qilian Mountains on tried paws. Then at his lowest, a seemingly celestial being would descend upon him. He'd hear the rumbling voice echo inside his mind. Perhaps he is hallucinating.

Dialogue

"A stranger to this land has stumbled upon my abode. What brings you to the brink of waste in my presence?"

"I see, you are lost."

"..."

"Come. I shall nurse you back to health. Until the day comes that your wings free you once more."

Once again, Alteco would awaken, this time to warmth and comfort surrounding him. Upon inspection, he notices that he is being sheltered in the fur of an unimaginably large being. A dragon, he calls himself. Mèng Wèi, he calls himself. A deity that reigns over the land of the Qilian Mountains. He learns that he is in a land known as China. A land far from his Australian home. Across a vast ocean. He wants to go home. He wants to see his family once more and to feel the warmth of his family. And yet, with broken wings and little knowledge of the world outside of his home den, he is hopeless.

"You wish to return home, little one?"

"..."

"Very well. Your wish has been acknowledged. I, Mèng Wèi, shall be your guide in your journey home."

"May our journey together be filled with memories, 'til we part at the end of the line. Then, you shall find the peace that you seek."