The Legend of Arouga

Discovery

Everyone thinks dragons are extinct. But i know that isn't true. You see I have this secret. I've kept this secret for years but I think I'm going to tell you. I need to turn back the pages to years before now.

At this time in my life I was very short, I had long red hair that hung down to my waist that was always a mess, I had big blue eyes, and lots of freckles. I stood out from my family. They all had brown hair with hazel eyes. My mom always said I was special but I never understood what she meant so I just brushed it off. My dad was Lord Blaque. Everyone knew who I was. Since i was the daughter of a lord everyone had high expectations of me even as a small child. But one afternoon after supper I decided I was going to skip my lessons for the day and go on a walk. We live in Gardune, a village surronded by woods so I knew my way through the trees pretty well.

It was kind of cold. The leaves began to change color and fall on the ground. That always made me happy because I'd kick up the leaves or jump into them. After playing in the leaves I didnt recognize where I was but I stayed calm and kept walking. It began to get rocky and the dirt paths disappeared. I came upon these jagged rocks that formed a circle around this clearing. I climbed up one of the rocks and peeked over. My jaw dropped in amazment. Everyone told me for my whole life dragons were extinct but here they were up in the mountains close to our home.

My foot sliped and I drew the attention of a giant blood red dragon. I duck down so it didn't notice me. When I was sure it went back to it's business I peeked back over the rock and this beautiful emerald green dragon kept catching my eye. It was smaller than the others so it must have been younger. All of a sudden I get a vision of me but not me now. An older me with this man with beautiful green eyes and we're standing very close holding each other. I snap back to reality and I became scared so I ran all the way back to the village.

Once I got back to my village it was night fall. I sneaked back to my house. Since I had been gone all day and missed my lessons I slid in through the window and crawled into bed because I was exhausted. I drifted into sleep and all I could dream of was that emerald dragon. But he wasn't a dragon at all, he was human. He spoke to me but I couldn't hear what he was saying. He reached out and took me into his arms and held me close. His mouth began to get closer to mine and right before we kissed I woke up.