A Boy and His Dragon

Prolouge : Stray Sheep

My name is Michael, I am a  human with the blood of a dragon.

I reside in Drakveria. A beautiful  land where humans and dragons live in harmony. 

Long ago.. I was only six years old. I was little when it all happened..I lived in a countryside  just a few miles away in Drakveria.  My village was a peaceful one, where everyone could come by, and be friendly to one another. Ocassionally, I saw full blooded humans, bringing in things I have never seen before, and would trade goods with villagers.

My dad told me a legendary story when I was little. It was about the "Six Who Were There.." Zeus The Executioner, Shu The Silent, Connor the Knight King, Mesia the Sorceress, and Venus the Planetary Gaurdian Angel. These heroes saved the world from a mysterious meteor caused by Alma, a shadowy, destructive spirit. Capable of possessing people, filling them with thoughts of corruption against their will and causing despair everywhere. My dad, Efren the Dragon was also apart of the heroes. Since then, the world has not been in vain.

Thirty years later...the heroes went their separate ways.
My father was the chief, and my older brother, Salem, was to be his successor in two years.
I was bored of all the study work, so I would always leave the house in order to visit the nearby Draco Village, our land.
I always helped the villagers, doing errands and playing with the other kids.

Instead of study works, I like to do physical and mental tests with dad, he taught me to punch boulders and use my dragon instincts to defeat bigger foes in a pinch. I wasn't very talky as a kid, as studying most of the time didn't leave much room to really talk about things.

After all that training,I usually sleep on the tall dangling trees nearby the temples and markets. With all the noise and liveliness of my people, making me feel safe to go to sleep. 

It was the evening, and crickets were crawling and singing next to me. 

I smile.

The cricket bows and I pat t gently.
A fine relaxing tune is played which made me almost fall asleep.

It was one of the most beautiful pieces of song that I have ever heard during those final moments.

I heard screaming villagers and smelled smoke in the air. The crickets panicked and hopped away. I began to run towards the village...

I saw flames and bodies all over the road, and ran towards the temple, and as I entered, the roof of the cathedral collapsed, leaving people crushed under the rubble... I climbed over it and saw the priest, who looked at me with a faded expression.
"Dear child...save...our legacy...and take..that egg with you...and protect...."
He kept coughing and he touched my face gently..as he slowly closed his eyes...
I ran to the other hall, and found an egg surrounded by warm water.. and gently picked it up and ran out of the building.
"This eggy heavy!! Me no run...I fail church man's pwomuss."

As I began to jog a bit,I saw my Dad fighting a shadowy figure who had silver hair and red glowing eyes..I saw spider like thorns stick out of his back...but didn't think much of it, I ran towards my house and saw Salem, who was underneath the burning house.

"Michael!! Help me!!"
He had tears in his eyes, helplessly flailing his arms around."

As I took a step my Dad pulled my arm and walked towards a cave nearby.

"Son..I need you to run far far away..."

I look behind and see Salem nearly unconscious..

"But Dad I-"

He pulls my arm tighter and shoves me a little..

"Run! Before I lose All I have left!!!"

He looked at me ferociously, and I began to hold back..I ran as he started to stare at me more..

It seemed like forever... And I was scared to look back. So I looked up at the sky, and it was the dawn of day...
I hid near a bush and laid down a little, covering the egg with twigs and leaves... A tear flows down my cheek...
I woke up and the egg starts to crack.
I look at it in awe and it looks at me with his head tilted. It turns and looks everywhere and he speaks gibberish.
He smiles at me and I let him sit beside me...
I smile at him.
"You name Draco wittle guy"

We sleep again...and this time I hear voices...I wake up quickly and put Draco behind me.

It was a man who had brown hair, and a lady with brown bangs and a bun..she had a nice smile.

The nice lady walks up to me slowly..
I take a few steps back..

"Aw don't be afraid now.. I promise I won't hurt you..."
She reaches her hand out to me..

For some reason, I sniffed sincerity out of her... and honestly..that word.

Promise..

I liked that word. It felt...soft..with a bit of fuzzy.

I take her hand as she picks me up and ruffles my hair gently, taking out the leaves outta my hair.

"Are you here alone kid?"
The man says.

"Me run away from home from fire fire.Ghost Man hit us."

The man and woman looked at each other shocked.

"Come with us...we'll look after you. Plus you kinda stink little one."

I frown and grumble. But I go with them. They smelled of tasty fruit.

This was the start of a new day.