Ice Dragon

Grandpa's Wisedom

I couldn't sleep for the night, and Uncle has been noticing it more and more as I become touchy with the word "tired". It's not like I had been going out at night, it's just that those nightmares began to get stronger. About the terrible stories of knights slaying dragons for the fun of it or to be a real man. Too me it was nothing like that, it was scary.

"Angel?" Maxwell asked knocking on my door, I was sitting my room holding the book on dragons sadly. He walks in hugging me as I cried for a bit, not loud but silent tears. He told me to relax about the nightmares, I never told him why I had them. Just shaking next to him was enough for him to know.

No wonder our touch came out the way it did, out bodies pretty much gave us warning. I doubt Yoshiro noticed but I am not fully sure. I walked to visit Grandpa, it my normal weekend routine that I enjoy. It wasn't that far and the doctor was fairly nice. He did what he thought could benefit Grandpa.

"Angel, you came." Grandpa said happily. I smiled happily, it was better when he was awake. We would have a better time together, smiling and I would show him many books. He would also teach me some morals and also about my dragon side. Something about hearing messages from within himself. Ever since he got to New York he was able to get more into our connection since the day he touched my shell. It was like that he became my caretaker, the day he became the person II look up to most, the person who understands me the most.

"How are you?" He asked. I smile even though I was lying and he saw right through me like glass. He gave me that look, the one when your parents give you when they see perfectly that you spilled the cup over. My smile disappears and I push back some hair. I get out a pencil and paper out writing down what I wish I could say out loud.

"I have a strong feeling that this guy I know is a dragon slayer." I wrote showing him the message. Grandpa read and sighed softly. He patted my head calmly.

"Yes their were dragon slayers and today we have people with the blood of those knights. But even those people don't do that. They believe dragons are just fairy tail stories, just mystical creatures made up." He replied. I showed him the book that Yoshiro and his sister was looking for.

"I understand that but this guy and his sister were desperately looking for this book for their father. I had a deeply detailed dream he wore a traditional knights ring. I'm still scared." I wrote back. I always trust Grandpa and I knew what he was talking about, but instinct are the best thing to follow by if you have no other way to know. Grandpa thought for a moment trying to figure out how to explain what he was about to say. I became nervous as Grandpa's happy emotion turned a bit dim.

"You say a traditional ring, what actually did it look like?" He asked. I looked around making sure no one would see as I quick draw out the ring, with it's red blood colored sapphire stone. It was extremely well designed for the symbols of knight's honor. When I finished the drawing Grandpa nodded in understanding.

"Make me a very big promise Angel." He said. I nodded as I crossed my heart. "Promise me to not lose control of your dragon side. Don't get involved with that family. I don't want anything to happen to you."

I nodded understanding every word. But I looked at my hand remembering that small slight shock. So I explained to him, I had put my hand toward his seeing what would happen. Nothing, as usual. He smiles, "Maybe there's something more to this other stranger."

"I guess, but I won't jump to conclusions." I wrote back. Grandpa told to think something else, about friendships and things ahead of that. But I wasn't paying attention right after that friendship talk. That whole love talk was boring. A dragon doesn't fall in love, to be more specific a dragon is sort of fated for it's mate. When they find that one other dragon they are simply made to be with each other. But anyway I zone back in when Grandpa pats my hand and the Doctor walks in with medicine. My visit was over then, so I get my things and leave.

As I walk around the park Grandpa's promise runs around my head. Losing control of my dragon side? But that's my real side, the real me on the inside that's trapped.