"Alaida has the dragon gift. She can morph into a dragon at will, or just grow a dragon part while staying mostly human.
In this world, lucky children are born with two consciences, a human soul, and that of a mythical creature. Alaida is a dragon.
She divides her time between exploring ruins among the jagged peaks and ravines in the valley of Ethurra (say EH-theh-ruh). Along with her team, she's made dozens of archeological breakthroughs.
And the other thing she does?
Well, she just tries to live a normal life. Not doing homework, regretting it later, crushing on the worst of people at the most inopportune times, the works.
Being normal when you could sprout scales and a tail at any time is just as hard as it sounds.
You would think she gets bullied a lot, for, you know, being so drastically different from everyone else.
But having blades of keratin three inches long pop out of your fingers generally deters the people who would mess with you."
After all, I should know.
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Alaida: Meaning- Winged
Fantasy"What is she doing?" "Dude, did you see that girl?" "Yeah, she's taking her coat and sweatshirt right off! In winter!" I ignored the whispers and stuffed my coat into my backpack, barely managing to zip it up. Then I wrapped the sleeves of my sweats...
