A Siren's Song to a Dragon's Heart.

Chapter 6 (Just a Baby!?)

“Well this is certainly where my life ends,” I thought as I cowered against the wall petrified with fear and my friends huddled close to me.
               The piercing gaze from her daunting eyes wove an invisible web that kept us locked in place. No one would dare to move but instead just sat there, sweating profusely awaiting there demise like lambs to the slaughter. A wave of silence washed the room leaving it with an eerie presence.
               “ So Jay I have a question for you, do you live by yourself?” her smooth voice broke the silence and the level of calmness to it sent chills racing up my spine.
               “ Um n-no mommy I do not.”
               “ Then please explain to me why my son feels he is too grown to tell his own mother that he’s finally awakened?”
                “ I was going to call you, I have a lot of questions but I just caught up so I didn’t remember.”
                 “ Oh that’s fine then my little dragonnewt you just didn’t remember, “ she said with a tender smile.
              Seeing the smile and hearing her calm voice everyone started to relax a bit, everyone, but me that is.
                    “ You didn’t remember !!” She roared in fury.
                    “ How could u not remember to talk to your own mother!” her voice boomed.
                    “ I see you think you’re grown don’t you? You’ve gotten too big for your mom? Well let’s she just how grown up you are,” she pounced at me and bit my neck causing me to wince on instinct but to my surprise there was no pain. Vonté,Noya and Brittia sat there wide eyed as they saw thick leathery wings erupt from her back. The wings were covered in small crest shaped scales dark enough to rival the night.
                   “Mom what are you doing!?” I screamed in fear of his life however he got no answer his mother just made one flap of her wings and they were already past the clouds. The result wind generated from that single flap sent my friends flying across the room in opposite directions. Brittia landed on the fluffy carpet outside the kitchen, Noya in the couch and Vonté landed on his head as he started upside down in awe her might.
                      “Aagh that was exhausting,” Vonté said flipping onto his before rubbing his head.
                      “Why are you so calm!?” yelled Noya.
                      “She just took him to God knows where.”
                       “ I’m sure u heard but that’s his mom she has that right, plus honestly there’s nothing you or I could do to stop a fully grown dragon, especially one that’s a mom.”
                       “ That’s true but...”
                       “ Look there’s no need to worry she would never harm her son....or maybe I should say she would never kill him? Anyway nothing will happen to him and if something does happen she or I can heal him so it’s fine. What we need to do is fix that hole in his roof and this mess before they get back. She’s really smart too she put up a barrier before she got here so this whole space is now her domain no outsider will be suspicious or suspect a thing. What a scary woman this level of control far exceeds anything I’ve seen.”
                         “ Really so we should just sit here and wait?”
                         “ Well u can wait I’m gonna fix our house. Hey beb you ok over there ? You’re not hurt are you?” Vonté asked looking in Brittia's direction.
                         “ No I’m good this carpet is just really comfy,” she said while making a carpet angel.
                        “ That’s great come give me a hand with the repairs knowing her they’ll be back soon.”
                     In the meanwhile I was being dragged through the sky by my mom, then suddenly and intense heat started to build in the air. I started to notice sparks of fire appearing around mom as we rose higher into the air. I’m normally impervious to heat but this felt intense like it could actually scorch a dragons scales. Mom then suddenly made another powerful flap of her wings this time causing a sonic boom, that propelled us exponentially, it was to the point I felt like my skin was going to be severed from my body by a blade of air. During our speedy ascent the flames around mom became more prominent as they completely engulfed her and started to burn me a little. How weird that a dragon can be burnt but I soon realized these flames were different as they melted my mother’s skin making tiny meteors of flaming flesh. Beneath her skin emerged shiny black scales, elongated teeth formed around my neck as her head took on a more slender form, towering spikes ran along her back and she more than tripled in size turning to a true dragon before my very eyes. Just  when I thought she could get more terrifying she goes and turns into a giant fire breathing reptile, with me right in her jaws yaay for Naphro. After her transformation though I noticed we had slowed down considerably compared to before. It’s as if mom had to put more effort into flying like this however it was still quite fast as it only took mere moments of smashing through clouds and wind resistance for us to make it to the thermosphere. I don’t know if it was the speed at which we got here but I honestly didn’t notice I could no longer breathe until now I was basically about to flip out but then I heard a voice directly in my head.
                           “Here we are Jay this is where you prove that you are a grown boy.”
                            “ What the hell mom I can hear you in my head also I can’t breathe and icicles are forming in my lungs I’m gonna die.”
                             “Is that weakness I hear? Aren’t u supposed to be a big boy? A grown up? Yet here u are bitching about oxygen depravation and a bit of cold? How pathetic.”
                               “Mom I get you’re upset I should’ve called but is that a reason to kill me I mean I’m you’re son.”
                                “Yes you are my son and like a baby bird it’s time to prove you are capable of leaving the nest because you’re grown.”
                                 “ I’m really sorry I didn’t call just take me home before I die up here.”
                                “Sink or fly I’ll see you on the ground son.”
                                “ Wait whaaaaaaa.....” before he could finish she opened her jaws and dropped him from the sky.
                           What the hell she dropped me she actually dropped me from the damn thermosphere at that this woman is crazy. She’s going to catch me I know she’s going to catch me. I’m her son she loves me right ? Right? Damn it damn it I’m still falling she’s going to catch me. Oh well I guess I’m dead killed by my mom, the irony my life giving taking me out. On the bright the view is lovely at least I get to see something beautiful before I die. Space looks amazing from this height, for some reason the stars and planets look a bit closer. The surface of the earth is also magnificent being brilliantly illuminated by the lights of the night life I’m almost at peace making it my grave. Why did I have to die now tough I just became an awesome dragon, sigh, it’s not fair could my flames or tail even save me from this kind of fall? I mean I could try breathing fire as a form of propulsion or maybe I have wings like mom but my body isn’t responding right now it’s paralyzed, I wonder if it’s the constant bombardment of frigid winds piercing my skin like tiny daggers or am I just entranced by my life flashing before my eyes. The experience of falling from the slowly started to become more serene. The of wind rushing past me as I sliced through the air was strangely relaxing and the heat that started to generate around me due to the resulting friction became quite comfy, at this point I don’t kind dying this way. Turns out falling to your death is quite a tranquil way to go, well, for me at least, anyone else would’ve died from the journey up. If I somehow survive this I need to try it again. I suppose I must be getting rather close to the ground by now might as well turn my back so I don’t see it coming, I wonder if I have time to make a neat pose before die? What pose should it b............
                 “Booooommmm,” the sound waves raced through the air as my body collided with the earth’s surface. Damn I didn’t get to make my pose after all, wouldn’t it even have mattered though I’m pretty sure I must be Naphro jelly right now. Wait hold up I’m still in thought am I still alive ? If so why the heck is it so dark ? Oh yeah I closed my eyes before hitting the ground. Well I don’t seem to be in any pain so let’s open these eyes up a bit. Well damn this crater is huge, ha so that’s the impact my body makes nice. I’m surprised I didn’t die though, nothing feels broken either, unless I’m paralysed and can’t feel anything. I opened my eyes but all I’m seeing is this huge dust cloud so that was useless. Well let’s run diagnostics shall we. Can I wiggle my toes? Wiggle wiggle yes I can now can I wiggle my fingers? Ha yes ash and cinders we got fingers. Thank God that rhyme was in my head and no one else could hear it. It seems every thing is in working order so time to get out this crater and look around. Damn dust obstructing my damn view I know it was a great impact but you particles doing the most for real. Ok now let’s go no sight no problem one foot before the other is the way to go, or that’s what I thought till I face planted into the side of the crater I guess we crawling then. Hand over hand while legs grate on this rugged surface I made it to the top of the crater and man what I saw made me livid, this damn crater was in the middle of my flipping house, a house that’s not even mine I’m just renting it why mom why ? You know what I’m done with this I’m just going to be a flat face pancake right here plus I’m sure she broke the no one should see us rule sigh I can’t deal with this right now that’s a problem for the future me.
                                “Poke poke dude are you dead? I legit just fixed the house and u came and broke it again am I a joke to you?”
                                “Wait Vonté you can fix the house ?” I said with my face still on the ground.
                                 “ Yeah I can with a little help from Brittia it should be a breeze, also you don’t have to worry about being seen or anything your mom basically owns this space with her barrier it’s one of the most sophisticated ones I’ve seen.”
                                “ Well that’s good to know but if you don’t mind I’m just going to lye here I hope u guys can fix around me.”
                                “ Unfortunately we can’t because we need to fix that crater but you can borrow the cloud I got from visiting omg of our friends.”
                                 “ A cloud that sounds good honestly.”
                                 “Aite fam say less.” Said Vonté snapping his fingers, immediately summoning a golden cloud that enveloped my body and lifted me above my damaged house. The could felt amazing it was like being swaddled with a herd of sheep while having each individual cell of your body massaged by tiny professionals. The comfort I felt made the sight of my dilapidated house worth it. I mean the whole place was just in shambles Vonté must’ve placed a shield around the parts they were standing in or else there’d be nothing left and it would explain why half of the place looks totally fine and the other half looks like it’s been hit with a nuke. There was broken furniture and splintered wood all over the place, come to think of it shouldn’t the damage be a lot worse ? Sigh I can’t be bothered to think about this right now this cloud is taking me all the way to lala land.

At least that’s what I thought before receiving a swift kick that sent me flying off my cloudy paradise.
                               “Uggh what the hell?”
                                “Wake up Jay how long do you plan to sleep?”
                                “Oh mom you’re here I had a dream u dropped me from the sky and destroyed my house.”
                                 “ Yeah bro that wasn’t q dream you did get dropped like hot garbage and ruined my hard work but it’s no sweat we fixed it a lil ago.” Vonté said floating with Brittia on his lap.
                                  “ Dude you’re still floating doesn’t that get old ?”
                                  “ Ha I can’t believe I’m hearing this from Sir Flightless do u know how tiring it’s been having to walk beside you all these years walking sucks leave a boy let him float man don’t hate.”
                                 “ Ha Sir Flightless nice and that does make sense carry on sir.”
                                 “Thank you good sir now if you’ll excuse me I’ll leave you to get chewed out by your mom, I think she’s getting impatient.”
                                “ No don’t leave me alone with her you traitor.” I said suddenly feeling the weight of my mom’s gaze as we ignored her to have our own conversation.
                                 “Jay outside now!” said mom as she stepped outside.
                                 “ Sigh coming mom.”
                                 “ I didn’t want to embarrass you in front  of your friends but I’m so proud of you come give your mom a hug.”
                              “ I’m not embarrassed to hug you in front of my friends mom.” I said going in to give her a hug and as soon as I did out came her wings thrusting us into the air again but this time we just stayed suspended above my house.
                                 “Jay how much do u know about the mythological world ?”
                                  “Well I don’t know as much as I thought I did I learned a lot of new things in the space of just a few days my entire existence changed.” I explained while still in her embrace under the moon lit sky.
                                   “ Well son you’ve awakened into a whole new world things are going to be different and a whole lot more difficult especially for a baby dragon such as your self.”
                                    “ Mom come on I’m 19 I’ll be fine.”
                                     “ No as a human you’re 19 as a dragon you’re just a new born  you can’t even fly yet, even though your defence is astounding to survive the fall the way you did. I noticed you didn’t try to use flames to propel yourself while falling was that because you didn’t want to be seen?”
                                    “Well to be completely honest I was just enjoying the fall and for some strange reason it just didn’t matter if I hit the ground or not because I knew it would be ok.”
                                 “That must be your instincts as a dragon. Well nothing would’ve happen to you anyway because of my barrier.”
                                  “These barriers seem to be quite handy.”
                                  “ Yes they are a barrier is a high level descendants best friend they are like our own personal pocket dimension which we control by manipulating the flow of energy between the realms it’s a very delicate skill and quite useful to learn.”
                                   “ Oh I see I guess I have a long way to go huh?”
                                   “Yes you do and most of the journey you’ll have to face alone but you still have good friends who will stick by and teach you what you need to know. All I can do is guide you by providing tests for you to over come and by the way you barely passed this one.”
                                   “ Well that’s harsh.”
                               “It is the way my son you need to get stronger, the supernatural world already knows of your existence and it can be quite dangerous for a baby dragon such as yourself, but for now it’s nothing to worry about just have fun and grow to the best of you ability.”
                                 “ Thanks mom I will.”
                                 “Good I suggest you learn how to create a barrier and fly before venturing to the other realms. You’re already quite powerful at your young age but these skills will help u avoid detection and survive but that’s enough of the doom and gloom let’s enjoy our mother son time I’ll have to leave you soon.”
                           “ Ok mom thanks for visiting.”