The Last Dragonboy

Chapter 5

I was up early this morning when I went downstairs to have breakfast. My parents were already downstairs. My father was reading the newspaper and my mom was drinking tea. I sat down at the table. 

"Son, we saw what happened on the news. And your mother and I have something to tell you"

I didn't like the sound of that. Whenever they have something to tell me. It's never good news. "What? What is it?" 

"You see...the reason you're not like the other humans is because...you're not our blood son. We adopted you..." 

What? I was in deep shock. They said that I was their son. Their human son. They said they didn't believe in dragons. "But...but..."

"I know this is hard for you to take in, son. We don't know who left you here. But your parents must have been dragons. We don't know who the parents exactly are. But we put a protective circle around this house to keep anyone from taking you when you aren't ready..."

"You mean you've lied to me this whole time? How could you?!" I roared angrily and without a word, I turned around and stomped up to my room. I couldn't believe it...everything that I was told was a lie. I love dragons...but I never wanted to be one! I never wanted dragons as parents either! I flopped on my bed face down and screamed and cried into my pillow. I felt like my whole life changed and that my life was over. 

I reread my Dragon Defenders novels to try to lift my spirits. When reading the latest novel again, the word "dragonboy" still haunted me. I thought this was just a graphic novel. But it's also for real. I still had to find Ignatius, Fenris, and Percival. Was the shadow dragon really my father? How would I bring peace between the Dragon Defenders and the shadow dragon? I had to get to the bottom of this...

I stared at Percival's illustrations. I looked at the white cross on his underbelly. Where have I seen that cross before? Where would I be most likely to find him? That's when it struck me. My parents used to drag me to church when I was a little kid. And on the top of the building was a cross. That's it! Percival is likely to be in the church! 

I asked my parents for the address of their church. They were wondering why I had interest in going to church all of a sudden. I told them it was to find a dragon. I got in my car and drove straight there. Percival was my favorite of the good dragons. I loved his shiny golden scales and was fascinated by his cross. He was a true humble knight. Pretty ironic, since I'm not a religious guy. But something drew me to him...I wish I knew what it was...

I parked at the old church. I got out of my car and walked up to the front entrance. I felt nervous and intimidated. I had not been to church in ages. I gripped the door handles of the front door and I gulped nervously. Should I go in? 

I slowly pulled open the door and went inside. I walked through the hallways. The windows had old classical religious pictures of God the Father and Jesus Christ. I reached the worship room. I looked around for a dragon. 

"Hello?"

I heard my voice echo back to me. I was startled since I didn't realize this room was prone to echo. "I'm Ezekiel...I'm the dragonboy. Are there any dragons in here?"

"Shhh...not so loud. Yes, there is a dragon"

I turned around when I heard the echo of the other voice. 

"Where are you?"

The voice didn't answer back. Instead, I heard organ music. I followed the sound of the music until I saw a dragon playing the organ. The dragon had golden scales and wore a red cape. When he finished playing, he turned around to face me. And I could see he had the white cross on his underbelly. "Are you...Percival?" I asked the gold dragon.