Short Stories/Drabbles

Heart Of A Dragon

I feared to move away. I feared to live here. I feared for her safety. I feared for myself. I just simply feared of what I could and couldn't do.

But I couldn't, not with my bloodline. Not with my power. I am Shang Zhang. The last of the Dragon Shifters. My tribe had been wiped out twelve days after I was born. My mother, a nonshifter and descendent of the Monkey Shifters, took me away and brought me to a village far from home. The village that took us in knowing what and who we are were kind enough to see past that to a level.

My mother has told me the story of how my father fought bravely as any Dragon Shifter would for his family and clan since I was a baby.

He was the leader, he needed to be the strongest, fastest, and wisest. The Rabbit Shifter clan took us in, each knowing exactly that I would be nothing like them. And mixed in the village are normal nonshifters who carry special blood, descendents. Others are just mortal humans with no special abilities or family ties to the twelve.

A girl, Lee Jin, is a Rabit Shifter who helped me around when I was young. Tought me the proper way of her home. She had shifted at a young age which made me think about if that was good or bad luck bestowed to her.

Her Rabbit looked darker and when I realised it was black I knew for sure she would have luck on her side. Very social as she is, or tends to be rather, I am the only one she'll ever talk to. I think it's because of her other half, the way it's pure black might bring her fortune but others may not have that same gift. She tends to my needs as if she were my little sister, I don't mind seeing how she's the one I need to protect and in turn she heals me. She uses her words to end fights, I use my fists when that doesn't work to our favor. As a dragon I have easy go to luck, I'm quite energetic which leads to me winning physical things as well as getting me into lots of trouble. I'm imaginative too. My mother says if I hasn't had my head screwed to my neck it would run all over the place. I fall into a silence more rather than speak my mind, normally thinking over things such as my past and how it would have changed if I had grew up in my own clan. Though Lee Jin tells me to never dwell on those thoughts because it would throw my aura off.

We all have one. Mine just seems to be a little moodier when I think about that. Lee has a happy uplifted aura that can make anyone feel better. Probably why I stuck with her. She's shy but that never stops her from being the light to others days.

CRASH

My head snapped up in one single fluid movement. I scanned the area, the outside of the school building. To my right is the lake and to my left is an open field. Father down the road ahead of where I sat on the porch is a winding road that leads back to the village. My eyes finally spotted what made the noise that pulled me out of my thoughts.

Lang Shee, a tall male with the heart of a worrior rather than a Rabbit stood hovering over Ray Fu, a boy with who has been kissed by the moon herself. His features were more feminine than masculine and normally I wouldn't care for such fights but Ray Fu is a friend of Lee Jin. With no teacher around as the day was coming to an end I knew I would end up having to fight for someone. Sighing I stood up ready to throw the bully down to the ground. But Lee Jin stepped in out of no where. Which is like her in many ways.

"Stop!" Her voice was small but it held power of her ancestors before her. She is smaller than most girls in the village, kissed by both Moon and Sun she held the perfect balance of beauty and grace. Which is why her father thinks he can get a rich man to ask for his daughter's hand.

Lang Shee glared at her before leaving Ray Fu on the dirt to groan in pain. Only now had I realized that he had multiple fast appearing bruises on his face and blood seeping from his nose and mouth. No doubt having a broken bone somewhere in his body. Lang Shee leaves no one unharmed when they enter a brawl. But everyone knows Lang Shee will pick on the weakest to seem the toughest.