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Chapter One

"I gave everything. I'll torch everything."
- J. B.

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Breanne

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I don't think I ever actually understood how important it is to notice your surroundings.

But when I'm held by a dragon that if I recall correctly, is a mythical creature that doesn't exist, I start to rethink my life choices.

It's a dream. Bree. You're dreaming. Great Bree. Now you're talking to yourself.

God. How did I even get here?

My arms are sore from the dragon holding me by my fucking arms. "What do you want from me!?" I yell to its rider.

The big green dragon just looks down at me and back up and ignores me. Ugh!

Finally, after kilometres upon kilometres of ocean, I see land. The land looks nice from afar. All greenery, I can see a big, huge castle but other than that, all I see is forest.

As we get closer there are two towers. Castle tops? It looks like both. Covered in moss and looks to be abandoned.

The more we fly towards the castle the more actual land I see. The dragon flies closer and closer to the castle and lands on the top of it. There are more dragons and more creatures I don't know but was sure were myths.

The only thing I do recognise is that isn't a dragon. Is the one and only Phoenix in the whole space. Like the fucking fire bird from Greek mythology.

"Take this." A person next to me said making me jump up 2 meters in the air from how terrified I am.

I look to see a gorgeous girl with long curly hair, and dark skin. She has a cloak over her head covering most of her face but her hair hangs from the sides. She hands me an identical cloak and urges me to put it on.

I slip it on over my silver hair and hide it under the cloak. I pull it over my face like her's. "I'm Anabelle. You are?"

"You kidnapped me and you don't even know my name?!" I whisper yell at Anabelle.

"I didn't kidnap you. Fang chose you." I look back at Fang. Or the giant green dragon. "You are?" She asks again.

"Breanne. But Bree works just as good." I mumble.

"Bree. Got it. Well Bree, let me explain to you some things. This is a base of the Riss and Krishna families. What my squad does is find potential warriors to fight in the war between riders and dark souls. Does that make sense?"

"No! Not at all! This," I point to Fang. "Is a mythical creature! In books! Stories! Not real life!"

"Wait! You're Human?!" She asks in equal shock as me.

"Yes! I'm Human! Why did your dragon choose me!?" I yell at her. Heads fly in our direction. Some are tied up some aren't.

"I don't know. But keep your voice down. You don't want to deal with Lady Krishna." She said that like I should know who this 'lady Krishna' is. I tilt my head to the side a little but I don't utter a word.

A woman with her face covered by a mask and her head covered by a cloak. In a fighting suit with the cloak going all the way down to her feet. She's wearing black boots that fit with the rest of her attire. This woman lands on the same grounds we are on with the biggest dragon of them all. "Good job everyone." Her silky voice booms out.

She jumps down from her seat on the dragon. She's small. Like... Cute small. I may be 189cm and 79kg, but I believe this probably 155 cm-ish woman can take me out with just one hit.

"Please tell us who you caught." She demanded. Anabelle pulled my arms behind my body and pushed me forward to the floor. I caught myself and landed on my knees rather than giving the ground a passionate kiss. "Cadet Rhian." One perfect eyebrow was up in a questioning stare.

"Breanne Joy ma'am." So she does know my name.

"Hmm, good. Continue. Cadet Jo." A girl opposite us pushed her catch to the floor.

"Danielle Cyrus ma'am." She nodded.

"Could've done better. Next. Cadet Kery." Said the cadet pushing a girl with dirty blonde hair onto the ground. She managed to catch herself with her shoulder and go to her knees like me.

And so on. I try to gather information by the reaction of the woman to us all and it seems the ones who can handle themselves and not kiss the ground earn her approval.

Red cloth is wrapped around my eyes blocking all light from my vision. I try to listen to what's happening around me. I hear girls screaming and hushed whispers. I feel myself get picked up and dragged somewhere.

Suddenly I'm squeezed between two grimy surfaces whoever is dragging me is maneuvering us through the slick path. The ground is just as slick as if I will slip any second. Then the sun is back to burning my skin. I'm already so pale I just look at the sun wrong and I get burnt.

Let's hope I don't get burnt seeing as I can't look at anything. I try to keep my head levelled with my shoulders. High and proud. No matter where I'm being taken I will not bow down. I'm way too proud of that.

We stop and a feminine voice is talking to the person dragging me. "Who's that?"

"Breanne Joy. From Gol district." Says the voice I identify as Annabelle, "Fang Chose a human."

"What?! How did this happen?!" The feminine voice is no longer soft but alarmed.

"I don't know. But look. I don't think she's entirely human." Anabelle explains. I feel her hands on my hair showing the woman.

"Hmm... Unique indeed. But that's no excuse! We can't have humans here. Get her tested immediately cadet."

"Yes, ma'am." And with that, we're on our way. The wind hitting my skin and it hurts from how cold it is here. Feels like we're on a tall mountain in the fucking sky from how freezing it is.

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Sunday came way too soon 😭 Anyway I was hospitalised for two days, Monday and Tuesday. And we still don't have an answer. When I say I love medical negligence you better know I'm sarcastic as fuck.

Anyway good to see y'all fucking homosexuals... See? You know what I mean you cunts.

Bye.
— Alex