The Lost Heir

The Prophecy

 "I know, Mom! You've said it a million times. I'm happy working here," Brennan yelled into the phone, frustration evident in her voice. Brennan hangs up needing to get in the last word, knowing they will never agree on her working situation. She is staying late at the marine centre to help clean the filters in the fish tanks.

On her way home, she sees something out of the corner of her eye, but she ignores it. Again, she sees the silhouette! "Hello???" she says.

Nothing, just eerie silence.

She continues her stroll down the street. Once more, she knows she saw movement from the corner of her eye and yells, "Hello?? Whoever you are, this isn't funny ! Please show yourself!".Nothing...

She continues walking. Only to turn around once more and a thug was running straight at her. As she screamed for help, she was relieved when she saw a man, whose face looked oddly familiar. "RUN!!" the man yells. So Brennan runs, her mind reeling, fleeing along the empty roads.

She doesn't even remember the journey with the panic and adrenaline coursing through her veins and realises she is now at her door. She reaches into her pocket and grabs her keys. Lifting her shaky hand to the door. She slides the key in, and the door unlocks. She rushes inside, locks the door, and sits on the couch.

A sudden knock frightens her. Could it be the stranger from earlier?

She looked sceptically through the peephole. " if you let me in I can explain everything to you, and I have your bag" he yells, the second part more like an afterthought. Brennan opens the door, relief making her shoulders relax at the site of the helpful man. He walks in and gives her the bag "I'm pretty sure this is yours " he says. "Oh, ... thanks? I will make tea" she says on autodrive, walking into the kitchen.

Immersing herself into a simple task to help calm her. She gets the tea, walks back to the lounge, hands the stranger his tea, and sits opposite him.

A few awkward moments pass as he slowly finishes his tea but then he starts talking, "That man from earlier, the one that attacked you? He is here for a reason. He is following Dr. Kane's orders, he wishes to have you killed ..." The man says, "The reasoning for this is that you are a changeling from birth. A changeling is where a dragon swaps their child for a human child. This means that you are a dragon".Silence fills the space. He then says, "There is a prophecy that you are the saviour for the dragon race....To end the War."