The Dragon Queen

20.

The man puts the knife down and laughs nervously "the mother dragon?" I nod slowly and he points towards the back of the castle "if the Blacksmith had anything to do with it you will find them in there." I look towards it and shrug "the Blacksmith?" He smirks as he shakes his head "you are not from here?" I look towards the ground and shrug "in a way."

I hear a door squeak and a boy around my age walks out "she's Princess Ashley." The man looks at me with the same look the solider gave, like he seen a ghost "what?" I look at the boy and shake my head "how did you know?" He nods towards a photo on his wall "you have not changed."

I look towards the castle "but clearly this place has? What happened?" The boy sits down and nods towards the chair in front of him "how long you got?" I sit down and shrug "I want to hear everything." He smirks and leans forward "it all started the night you apparently died I guess."

As they continue to tell me about the last few years I cant help but believe it. They tell me about my father passing away 6 months after everything happened "so Melinda took over and brought a bunch of criminals in that call themselves the blacksmiths?" The boy nods and smiles "that sounds about right."

I look towards the castle and shrug "what happened to the other rest of the towns people?" He looks out the window and sighs "half of them left when she took over and the rest of them stayed because they didn't have anywhere else to go and believed in hope that you would come back and take over I guess?" I laugh sarcastically and shake my head "they thought that?" The man shrugs and looks towards the floor "we all did."

I shrug and smile nervously "I have no intension in coming back and running things?" He looks towards the castle "got to be better than that."

The boy looks out the window and laugh nervously "is that a dragon?!" I run towards the widow and see Phoenix sniffing around "that is mine!" I run out and look around as I drag him towards the house "get him inside the barn before someone spots him." The boy nods towards a barn beside the house "ok." I follow him towards the barn with Phoenix behind me.