The Dragoso Series 1: Discovery in Hardship

Chapter 1

Dragons. Beautiful, yet misunderstood creatures. Nobody knows how these creatures came to be. Magic? Science? Humans have heard stories, but never has anyone been able to get up close and personal with these beasts.

Or so many have thought.

Dragons gave humans the chance to know who they were, in the guise of a human. Dragons began starting families, but time is not always kind to them, nor was their genes. Powers and even the ability to become a dragon was being passed down to offspring. A gene is what enhances the magical ability within a child.

Only a few humans know the true secret of the dragons. And one family would experience something no ordinary dragon would ever encounter.

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The giggles of kids and splashing of pool water was up in the air in a backyard. Blue eyes gazed at the children as they played. Trevor Williams had gotten out a while ago to dry off and have a sandwich that their neighbor, Linda, made for them for lunch, now watching his siblings and their neighbors play around.

"How are they, Trevor?" Trevor's mom, Evanna, asked as she approached him from the house.

"Really good, Mom. We could use the fuel, seeing as Aya and David are always on the go," Trevor noted, pointing to his youngest sister and little brother. His eyes landed on the older of his sisters, Brenda. She sat at the edge of the pool with her legs in the water. Watching the four younger kids.

"How's the college search?" Evanna questioned, brushing a blond lock away from Trevor's eyes.

"I'm limited with my choices with the scholarship I was awarded, there's a decent one in Wyoming that I can get a good degree with," Trevor mumbled. School was out for the summer and Trevor had just graduated. Plans for the future were beginning now, and he wasn't too sure about it. Brenda, Aya, and David had relied on him for years. Without their father, the younger kids looked to Trevor as the man of the house.

"That's pretty far, baby, you sure you want to be all the way out there, away from your siblings? I know Brenda is just starting her Junior year in high school, Aya is in eighth grade already and David is just starting middle school. It'll be a hard without you around," Evanna advised and Trevor exhaled.

"I know, but what else am I supposed to do? Not go and let my full ride for a year go to someone else?" Trevor questioned and Evanna nodded.

"Think about it, you have some time." Trevor nodded to his mother as she headed back inside. He looked up when Brenda approached, sitting in the second chair.

"What's wrong, Trevor?" she questioned. Trevor exhaled and ran his fingers through his hair.

"Mom's worried about me leaving for Wyoming. It's not exactly my choice on where to go if I get offered a free ride for a year. I'm just trying to take advantage of it."

"And you should! We'll be okay here. David and Aya will rely on me, but that's just fine. I'll stick around, go to the local college after I graduate. Just so I can take care of Aya and David through the hard times ahead. You worry about what you need to do, okay?" Trevor smiled at his sister.

"Thanks." Trevor looked towards Aya and David in the pool. "Crazy kids! Come eat lunch!" Aya and David scrambled out of the pool and towards the sandwiches. They each grabbed one and Trevor wrapped a towel around David, Brenda doing the same with Aya. Trevor ruffled David's darker blond hair as he ate his sandwich, looking up at Trevor with his deep blue eyes when the towel was removed. David clawed at his hair to tame it before shoving the last of his sandwich in his mouth.

"Are you two having fun?" Brenda asked and Aya nodded with excitement. Britney and Kevin, the neighbor kids, clambered out of the pool finally and headed over to where the Williams kids sat and they grabbed sandwiches as well, sitting on their towels.