Zara's New Life

Chapter 10: New Arrivals.

I appeared at the end of my street. It was the same time I left the Autobots. I was back, I was home. I saw my house a few meters up. I ran all the way home, excited to see my real pod again. Ok I should try to talk normal now, not like the Autobots. As I stopped at the end of the driveway, Anna came out of the front door onto the porch. Anna stopped dead at the top of the stairs, one foot in mid-air ready to step down onto the first step, one hand on the railing and wide eyed. Anna mouthed my name and I nodded. She turned her head back to the house.

"ZARA'S BACK!" She yelled. Anna came down the steps quickly, skipping the last three and ran over to me, and practically jumped on top of me in the biggest hug she could give me. My mum came out next followed by my Dad and my brother Patrick. My Mum and Dad also joined in on the hug, as for Patrick, he just stood there and smiled with his arms crossed over his chest. The three of them pulled back and mum started shooting the questions of "Are you ok?" and "Where have you been?"

I reassured them that I was ok and there was no need to worry. As for the "Where have you been?" question, I knew they wouldn't believe me.

I remembered my promise to Mikaela.

"Mum, Dad, Patrick..." I glance at all of them, knowing I have their full attention. "There's something I want to show you. Before I do, I didn't get this while I was away, I had this my whole life." I looked to Anna who was a little bit surprised, she knew what I was about to show them.

"Are you going to show them what I think you're going show them?" asked Anna.

"Yes. And I might look a little different to the last time you saw me like that Anna."

"What on earth are you two talking about?" asked Patrick.

I took a couple steps back. "Please, don't be afraid of what I'm about to show." My family looked confused. I sighed; knowing that after this, there was going to be a long explanation. I closed my eyes and I changed into my dragon form. When I opened my eyes, everyone was wide eyed.

"Y... you..." mum said.

"Can change into a DRAGON?" Patrick finished. I smiled weakly with my ears folded back.

"Why didn't you tell us?" asked Dad. My ears pricked; there was no sign of rejection in his tone.

"Y... you mean you're not scared? You're not freak out?" I asked.

"Of course not." Mum said walking over to me and wrapping her arms around my neck in a hug, I put my head over her shoulder and brought my paw up and put it on the middle of her back, the best I could hug people in this form. A little purr escaped me; no one seemed bothered by it either. Mum pulled back and stood beside Dad again, giving me a pat on the head as she went.

"What changed your mind? I have been trying to get you to tell your parents for ages." Asked Anna.

"I made a promise to a friend."

"A friend? I thought you said that I was the only one to know about your ability? And since when did you get those scars and that collar?"

"You mean those scars and that collar are new?" asked Dad.

I sighed getting a little frustrated. "Yes, ok. The scars, the collar and the still healing, broken wing are fairly new." Ok I shouldn't have mentioned the broken wing, everyone looked at me wide eyed. Patrick started to sneak around behind me while I answered question from the others. For some reason Patrick always like to course me more pain by touching the places that I hurt. When he was right behind me and was within distance of my tail, I swung my tail to the side bringing his feet out from underneath him. As he fell and landed on his back, I backed flipped over him and landed over the top of him.