Dragon life

Dragon Life Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Hasse Jespersson is a lively and curious 39-year-old man who lives in Mölndal just outside Gothenburg. He has been married to a woman named Kerstin but the marriage never worked very well so they divorced after three years together but he has chosen to stay in the house they bought together. They unfortunately never had any children together. Hasse enjoys both the house and the small community in which he lives.

Mölndal is a quiet community but still so close to Gothenburg that it's easy to drive to the big city and shop and, of course, go to Liseberg. Hasse doesn't ride any attractions, but usually just walks around the park and looks at all the people and meets friends.

Sometimes he goes to concerts and drinks beer with those he hangs out with the most. There are also many shops in town where he buys groceries and other things, but it also happens that he shops in his nearest ICA store so that it can still be open.

One beautiful day in June 2025, Hasse is out walking in a forest that borders Åby. Åby is also a small community and is smaller than Mölndal.

Hasse loves to go for long walks. On the one hand, it is nice to get fresh air, but it also strengthens the mind and heart. Kerstin also liked long walks. Hasse never listens to music when he walks, but only to all the sounds of nature.

Hasse has never walked in this forest before, but he finds it exciting. This forest is really old. He can see that. It doesn't seem like that many kids have been here and messed up. The path he walks on is full of moss. Sometimes the path is rocky, but often it is completely green and soft from all the moss. A few woodpeckers are pecking at some tree nearby.

Further along the forest road where Hasse walks is a very high hill. There is something about it that attracts him. Hasse walks towards the hill and is soon at the top of it and he enjoys the view. Hasse can see very far into the forest from the high hill. Hasse thinks that the next time he comes here, he will bring a coffee basket and sit on the hill and have a coffee. Hasse starts going down the hill, although not from the same direction he went up it.

On the way down from the hill, Hasse steps on a bed of leaves and green moss and suddenly he feels himself falling down and everything rushes past his face. Finally he has solid ground under his feet but he is under the hill in a kind of cave. It's really dark down there. Hasse looks up at the hole where he fell down and hopes he doesn't have to climb up there to get out of the cave.

After a while, Hasse's eyes have gotten used to the darkness and can see that the cave he fell into is huge. He wants to be able to see a little better so he doesn't run into something hard and hurt himself. Hasse knows that there is a flashlight function on the mobile phone that he can use. Hasse takes his cell phone out of his trouser pocket and logs in so that the menu with different choices appears. Hasse sees to his disappointment that there is no phone coverage in the cave so he cannot call anyone. But the flashlight in the mobile works as it should.

The floor of the cave consists of small hard stones and they are easy to walk on. Hasse discovers something strange about the stones. It looks like quite a few of them are burnt and sooty from heavy fire but the funny thing is that the fire trails are not at all what it looks like when using a fireplace.

It looks more like someone used a flamethrower and sprayed the fire in all possible directions. Hasse doesn't understand how it can be like that. Such flamethrowers have not been around for a long time and it seems that it has been a long time since anyone was here last. A thick gray blanket of dust covers every available surface.

Hasse continues to walk around the huge cave and while he is exploring it, he is also looking for an exit. Finally he comes to a place where the cave divides to the left and to the right. Hasse chooses to go to the right. The further in he gets, the fewer the signs that someone has been here and after a while he goes back where the cave splits and chooses to go left instead.