Dragon's Pride

The Move

DIPPER:
Ever since I can remember Mable and I have always taken on the world together. I was different from other kids since I had an outfit I could never take off and truthfully I didn't want to. The outfit its self was fused to my body like a turtle shell and turtle. The difference was that the said outfit looked like that of a black dragon with cyan blue patterns. The fabric was scaly, tough, light, and flexible. I also had the ability to change it from season to season, I could wear clothes over it too since it was as thick as a layer of extra skin so it wasn't all bad. Nah, the real problem was that my eyes were like a reptile's. Slit pupils, fiery colored irises, and able to perceive things an average human couldn't dream of. I also had sharp teeth, retractable fangs, and claws. There was a tail attached to the outfit along with horns, spikes, and wings, that felt like second nature to me. The wings could be tucked into the hoodie's back so they couldn't be seen and the tail would move according to how I was feeling. Mable always thought it was cute and said it reminded her of a puppy. The horns and spikes would be hardened depending on if I was calm or not but the spikes on my arms, I was able to choose when they'd be hard or soft.

Mable and I discovered that because of the strange outfit I was found with, that I was able to do things a dragon would. What made me curious about it though was the fact that it seemed more powerful than the dragons I read about and have studied. I also picked up on hoarding crystals, stuffed animals, and skulls as well as having a strong diet consisting of fish and fruit. I was relieved that Mabel accepted me the way I was even though she was human. I knew from a young age that I was not human and my parents reminded me of that every day. My parents had finally had enough of me and Mable, along with the weirdness that followed so they decided to send us to live with our great uncle in a sleepy town called gravity falls. "Mable, are you okay?" I asked as I packed my numerous pine tree notebooks filled with anomalies and research. "Yeah? Why you askin bro bro?" She smiled and looked at me. "Well, we're moving because of me...." I said sadly and she frowned. "That's not true Dipper. We're moving because of US!"  She said smiling and stuffing a bunch of sweaters she knit into her suitcase.

She always knew how to cheer me up. "She makes me feel....human." I thought and finished packing. I looked at our room and it was cleaned naked. I grabbed my bags and offered to carry hers as well but then she quickly grabbed hers and said she wanted to look "grown up." I shook my head and smiled then we made our way downstairs where our crappy parents were tapping their feet impatiently. Mable bid them a somewhat good goodbye and I just "thanked" them for everything. They said "good riddance!" And we walked to the bus station with all of our things. While we were waiting we ran into a group of bullies from our school and I felt the spines stiffen. "Hey dipshit! Hey morble! What's up? It the freak and the beast!" They laughed which made my blood boil. I wanted to lunge at them but Mable stopped me. "At least I'm a pretty freak!" She said back. "But still a freak." The leader replied and she frowned. I was furious and my tail thumped on the ground. "Listen here you little shits, I'm in a rather good mood today and if you don't stop tormenting my sister... I'll eat you alive." I said and the last bit of my voice had a strange distorted sound. I spread my giant black patterned wings, causing a shadow to make the area they were standing in dark, the only thing was my eyes glowing in intensity. This made them all fall back on their butts and run away crying. "Monster!" And "freaks!"

I tucked my wings in then wagged my tail since I felt content with how things went. We boarded the bus and put our luggage next to us. The bus driver looked at us suspiciously but then Mable spoke up, "I can't wait to meet our Grunkle!" She said with excitement. I nodded and the bus trivet went back to minding his own business. I was the quietest out of Mabel and I. Mable was the fun, loud, and silly twin while I was the nerd, quiet, and cautious. It was only natural that our grunkle would love Mable more. "Just like everyone else." I thought sadly. It didn't matter though because Mable would always have my back and I was content with that. "Mable." I asked using telepathy, it hurt my head when I did but that was because "Mable land" was obnoxious and hurt my eyes. "This is rare bro bro." She replied without moving her mouth. I knew she could hear me. "I think I'm going to try and conceal my dragon abilities here." I thought to her. "Why? They're cool bro bro." She asked. "Just a hunch. Let everyone believe I'm just a weak kid with a weird dress up thing." I thought back. She frowned but nodded. "Truthfully, I agree, but you need to show them when you meet the right people! That's the condition." She thought. I nodded in return.

"So what do you think it's going to be like?" She asked me (out loud) with a smile on her face. "Well, from the looks of it, for me fun. For you.... Who knows?" I said returning her smile with a smaller one of my own. She punched my arm playfully and then the bus came to a stop. "Last stop, Gravity Falls." He said. Mable thanked him and I nodded as we carried our stuff off and to the entrance of a pathway in the forest. We told to follow the path to a place called the mystery shack so we did. We then arrived to a creepy cabin, surrounded by pine trees and birch trees. "Mystery Hack." We said in unison and giggled. I don't know why, but it felt oddly familiar and like "home" in a sense. It was comforting. Mable found it creepy but cool.