THE DRAGON EMPEROR

Chapter 1

      (picture of the sky dragon queen)

"Many many years and very far away, on the mountain of a great legend, was the gate. The gate of No Return, guarded by the strongest, to stop the foolish curiosity from unleashing the never ending terror. This is the legend we all supernatural beings are told as a bedtime story, this is the story of our origin. The story from where it all began, how it began, and why it began. For this semester you all will be researching about this legend and how your particular species evolved through the years. For this your trainers will be telling you the original version of this bedtime story today" our old professor said.

Our professor is a Menehune, an old man with a short height but a burly built. Menehunes are known for their intelligence and craftsmanship. Our Mythical Creatures' History ended with the professor handing us our projects. I like MCH, it always intrigued and amused me how all the creatures were created, what their early form was, and how they evolved with time, grew stronger, faster or gained new abilities.

As the class ended I stood up with my books collected, and started to head out with my friend Scott towards my locker to get my gym clothes."God! I am so sleepy!", Scott said as he yawned with his canines protruding a bit. Scott here was one of my few friends and a werewolf, a beta level at that. "When are you not sleepy Scotty?", I said teasing him with the petname i had given him. "Shut up Al," he retorted obviously annoyed.

Begrudgingly i took out my gym clothes, and yes i hate gym. And not because i am bad at it. Nobody is bad at gym in the supernatural world, it's just that i am an average, and being an average doesn't go well with being of the strongest species and being the only son of the 'Mightiest Dragon Hunter'. My father is a Dragon Hunter, the strongest hunter, so i am also a dragon hunter but i am very weak for one.

We reached the locker room where i saw that everyone was almost ready to go out to train. Being a supernatural creatures comes with the problem of ADHD, we were made to hunt or be hunted hence it it is in our blood to be on edge most of the time. I swiftly changed into my gym clothes and went out in the terrain field. It is specifically designed field with different terrains for different creatures. For example open field for werewolves, centaurs, minotaurs, satyrs, wendigos, vampires, the lake for water nymphs, mermaids, elemental witches and warlocks, and rocky field for goblins, ogres and trolls and other terrains for other creatures.

For me? Well for me basically the whole field is my terrain. That is because I train in the sky because, I am a sky dragon hunter. Sky dragons are the ones with the power to control the winds, hence I also have the same magic power.

I saw my trainer, who was my neighbour/senior/my dad's warrior/friend, Luke, doing some stretching exercises. Luke like me is also a Dragon hunter, though a much cooler one, Lighting dragon hunter. As soon as he saw me a 1000-watt smile lit up on his face. Get it? 1000-watt? Good right? No? Whatever.

" Hey Al, Luke said with a bright smile when he saw me, i only grunted as a reply. "How was the MCH? Did they tell you about THE legend?", he asked. "Fine and yes", i muttered. "Good because i'm gonna tell you the whole legend for your training and project, 'The gate of No Return was guarded by the strongest creature to have ever laid foot upon Earthland, the strongest, Dragon King Of limbus, The Undead King Dragon. He guarded the gate so nothing could come out, but one day an Earthland being came to quench his curiosity. He asked the dragon to open the gate but the dragon refused so he challenged him to a war.

"The war between the dragon and the human raged on for 3 days, impressed by the man's determination and strength the dragon assumed that the Earthlandians were ready to face the other side of the gate. So he granted the man's wish and opened the gate. As soon as the gate was open the man realised his mistake, for, the very gates of hell had been opened. Every creature that walks this land, be it the mighty and rare dragons or the weak and small fairies, all of the supernatural poured out of the gate and thus commenced the second great war", everyone knows this story but more in a less gruesome manner, well except for me because my dad didn't believe in sugarcoating. So i kept my mouth shut so as to not to spoil Luke's enthuse and piss him off, because trust me you don't want an angry lightning dragon hunter to train you.

"But once the gates were opened the Undead Dragon King disappeared. The war between earthland beings and supernatural stretched on for hundreds of years until a peace treaty was signed by both sides which resulted in this present scenario. But during the war a new species emerged, the species stronger and more mightier than the dragons, THE DRAGON HUNTERS.

" The Earthlandian who was able to kill a dragon immediately gained it's ability to live thousands of years, by drinking the dragon's blood he gained the powers equal to that of the dragon's and eating it's meat gave him the physical strength and other attributes. These powers are a hereditary thing, well except in your case because you just got only your mother's air dragon slayer powers. Well, since the end of the war the supernatural creatures and earthland beings have been living in peace and harmony, training and preparing for the return of the Undead Dragon King, Titulus Morte", Luke finished with a huff of breath.

"Well that's it, that's the true story. Also all Earthland beings over the centuries were turned into one or the other supernatural being", Luke said looking proud to be able to 'teach' me something. "Yea thanks for that I appreciate it", I told him. "Well geez don't be so excited dumbass", Luke said rolling his eyes at me. "Come on let's do some stretching then we'll train", He said as he pulled me off the ground.