Dragon Saga

Ok, I write... a lot. Here's a story I made about four days ago (I have more ready, if you post a reply):

Chapter 1: The Mysterious Book


“Honey, wake up.”

“No mom, I‘m still sleeping…”

“Don’t you know? You’re going to miss the Dragon Festival and the graduation!”

Malick immediately jumped out of bead and ran downstairs as fast as he could. His mom ran after him while he dashed out the door.

“Wait! You forgot your,”

Malick was already far away in the direction of the Dragon Festival.

“… breakfast.” his mom concluded.

Malick was a young eleven year old boy with blond hair. His hair was parted to the right and he always wore a bright red shirt and black pants. He was never upset, always happy and very intelligent. Just like his classmates, he wanted to train, raise and befriend his own dragon. Sadly, he was too young to receive one. Same with all his classmates. When a boy or girl reaches the age of twelve, he or she is given their own dragon.. The dragon is a valuable partner, friend, and ally. However, some dragons are evil because their masters are evil. Everyone in the city of Windmill, where Malick and his parents lived, and all over the world had competitions with each other. The people that graduate from school, who are the age to own a dragon, can leave the city to battle other cities and their dragons. It was an ongoing competition that the whole world was submerged in. For Malick, he didn’t want to battle, but have a friend.

“Dang… I’m late! The Festival already started!” Malick thought as he rounded a corner that lead to the Festival. He took as many shortcuts as he could until finally he reached the Dragon Festival. The Festival was a very important part of history. When a person graduates from school, he is awarded his own dragon. The Festival is held every year for those who graduate. Malick has attended every one of the Festivals on time except this one.

Malick looked around at the graduates and the enormous crowd. All of the graduates were lined up in a horizontal line with the principal facing them. Some of his buddies in the upper grade were in the line of graduates. He ran over to them and shook their hand. He commemorated them and the principal started to speak to them while Malick was standing next to them.

“Welcome! I see all of you graduated and passed the final test. Congrats, come with me and I will introduce you to your dragons.”

He pointed to a square-shaped building conveniently located right next to them. Malick waved to them and started to walk away. Before he knew it, a hand grabbed his shoulder and turned him around.

“Where do you think you’re going?” asked the principal.

“Uhh…” Malick muttered.

“Come with us! Don’t be shy! You’re one of the graduates!”

“Wait, you don’t understand! I haven’t-”

“I can’t believe you’re that shy! Come on we haven’t got all day!” the principal finished.

He dragged Malick on the ground by his arm while he was confused. The principal dragged him to the registration counter. The principal let go and Malick stood up.

“We missed this graduate,” the principal said frustrated.

He turned to Malick.

“And you, you shouldn’t be scared. Dragons are like people, except they can fight well. They’re not big and scary. Just relax, we’ll pick out the dragon that best suits you.” the principal concluded and smiled.

The man at the registration counter flipped through his book of graduates and asked, “You’re name is… Malick, right?”

Malick gulped and replied, “Yes…”

The man smiled and said, “Come this way. Your dragon awaits you.”

There was no expression on Malick’s face. He didn’t know how he felt; confused or happy. Whatever it was, it didn’t last long.

“Hold on… I DIDN’T graduate! Is this some kinda joke?!” Malick shouted angrily and confused.

The principal looked at the registration manager behind the counter. He calmly walked up to him and whispered in his ear, “He’s very scared.”

Malick overheard this and shouted, “I’m not lying!”

The man at the counter flipped through his book and frowned.

“It says here you graduated.” he said.

Malick fell back on the ground dazed. He felt sweat run down his head because his brain was overwhelmed from the day. He got up moments later and nodded. He wanted to make this as easy as possible. Was it a mistake that the book says he graduated?

“Sorry about that, I was scared. So… where’s my dragon?” Malick asked.

The principal turned to him and said, “Ah, right this way.”

He led them into a huge, black room. A light was shining on him and in his face so he couldn‘t see. The principal made him sit down and the light faded. The room lit up and a dragon was sitting right in front of him across the table from where he was sitting. The dragon was blue, had blond hair, had a brownish white stomach. He had blue eyes and wore a brown, leather vest. He also had angel wings. The dragon looked slightly annoyed, but in a cool manner. He was about twelve feet tall, could stand on two legs, very calm and had his eyes closed while crossing his arms. He was one cool dragon.

He looked at Malick, smirked and then asked, “This is it? This is my partner? Are you sure you got the right guy? How sad.”

Malick looked at him, frowned and asked, “Are you sure this is my dragon? He’s really mean…”

“Yes, this is your dragon, Malick. Ignore his personality. His name is Pilot. He is one of the wors- I mean best dragons around. Have fun.” the principal said.

He pushed both of them out of the room eagerly and shut the door. Pilot looked at the door and sighed.

“This is going to be a long life.”

Malick turned to him and said, “At least we have one thing in common… we both have blond hair.”

Pilot sighed and replied, “… You’re annoying.”

Malick frowned and said, “It’s going to be tough to train you…”

Pilot smirked, turned his head and looked into the deep blue sky.

“… and you’re mean.” Malick concluded.

Pilot looked down on Malick and said, “Let me say some things about you. You’re annoying,”

Malick frowned.

“You’re too kind,”

Malick grew sadder.

“And, you’re not funny in any possible way. I should have been picked by someone stronger. This was a mistake.” Pilot finished.

Then, Pilot walked down the street to a Root Beer Bar close to Malick. This showed that he had no respect for him whatsoever. Malick turned around in the opposite direction and headed home saddened. This had never happened in the history of dragon ownership.

When Malick arrived home, he stomped upstairs angry while his parents watched from the living room next to him and heard a slam from his door. They dashed upstairs to find that he was crying loudly. They reframed from opening his door and respected his privacy by not entering. Malick was laying in his bed which was right next to his window and gazed at the moon and stars filling the entire night sky.

“Why did they do this to me? They assigned me a dragon that I can’t control and he made a fool out of me! They did all of this on purpose! Why?!” Malick thought.

Just then, a pink and blue dragon flew up to his window and greeted him.

“Hey.” she said quietly.

The dragon flew down to the ground and landed next to a girl who was her owner.

“Hey Rin.” Malick said sadly.

The girl wore a blue dress and she had short, orange hair. Her dragon’s name was Tarin and she was one of the graduated students in the upper grade. She knew Malick, because he was his best friend.

“What’s the matter? Why are you so sad? You got a dragon today!” Rin exclaimed while smiling.

Malick frowned and replied, “A dragon who hates me.”

Tarin looked at her and Rin said, “Just forget about it. Do you want to come with me? I’m going to our favorite place with Zero. Well actually… he might come.”

Zero was also in the upper grades, but he was two years younger than his classmates. He was very intelligent, but he hid it. It seemed he was always sad and he never cracked a smile, but he was one of Malick’s best friends. He also received a dragon. He had grayish white hair always wore a white sweatshirt with white pants.

“His dragon’s name is Zenos. For a small kid, he trains him well.” Rin said and smiled.

Malick wiped his tears away and shouted, “I’ll be down in a second!”

He quickly got out of pajama’s and slipped on his normal red shirt and black pants. He dashed downstairs and ran out of the front door. His parents smiled because he was happy once again.

“Are you ready?” Rin asked.

“Yeah.” Malick replied.

Both of them hopped on Tarin’s back and she took off. They watched the full moon as they flew by all of the tall buildings. It was about nine o’clock in Windmill city.

When they landed, Tarin waited outside and both of them hopped off. Malick thanked Tarin and walked inside with Rin. Malick noticed a bunch of thugs wearing black suits beating up Pilot! They chained him up and put handcuffs on him.

Malick ran up to them and shouted, “What are you doing?! Stop this!”

One of the thugs pushed him to the ground and said, “Stay outta this! This dragon won’t pay for all of that Root Beer he drank! Now he’s gonna pay!”

“He’s my dragon!!!”

Everyone stopped beating up Pilot and one thug asked, “So he’s your dragon, eh? How’s about you pay for it!”

Malick looked at the hate in Pilot’s eyes as he looked at him. He sensed him say, “Stay out of this.”

Malick gave them all of his money and Pilot was set free. He smirked, crossed his arms and walked out of the Bar. Malick frowned and walked out. He followed Pilot for a couple seconds, but then a strange black dragon with blond hair jumped him! They both fell to the floor and each struggled. The dragon yelled, “So I see you’ve improved!”

“Why are you here?” Pilot asked.

The dragon flew up and landed a ways back. Then, he disappeared into the shadows of the night. Pilot ran to where he disappeared and shouted, “Dang it! He got away!”

Malick walked up to Pilot and asked, “Are you ok?”

Pilot turned around with even more hate in his eyes. You could see a burning desire to fight also.

“What do you know? You’re just as annoying as ever! Get away from me… I don’t need you.” Pilot said angrily.

Unexpectedly, Malick ran up to him, jumped up and punched him across the face. Pilot fell to his knees and felt his wound. Even more hatred was in his eyes and he tightened up his fist. Pilot jumped up quickly and grabbed Malick by the neck. Tarin, who just left the Bar with Rin, flew to the rescue and kicked Pilot in the stomach. Pilot fell backwards to the ground, defeated. Rin walked up to Malick and asked, “Are you ok, Malick?! He almost killed you!”

Malick looked at the ground and replied, “Yeah… I am.”

“What were you thinking kid?! Don’t you know who that is? That’s Pilot… the most despised, cruelest, and toughest dragon around!” Tarin explained.

“…He’s my dragon.” Malick said quietly.

Tarin and Rin both looked at each other in shock while Malick walked over to Pilot. He grabbed a small bucket of water next to a water fountain and poured it on his wounds. Pilot opened his eyes slowly and asked, “Why are you doing this?”

Malick smiled and said, “I once asked the same question to you… when I was alone. If you haven’t already noticed, I’m your partner. I must take care of you… no matter what.”

Pilot was enraged by this. Even more hatred than before was inside his eyes. He clenched his fist hard and he started shaking. He got up slowly and walked away. Malick tried to chase after him, but a familiar hand stopped him.

“Stop… just leave him alone.” Tarin said.

Malick turned hung his head low and sighed. Rin walked up and put her hand on him too.

“It was a mistake that they gave you Pilot. I’m… sorry.” she said quietly.

“It was a mistake that I even got a dragon in the first place.” Malick said sadly.

Rin and Tarin both stared at each other confused.

“You know that I was a grade lower than you. They gave me a dragon early out of confusion.”

Tarin looked at Rin and said, “I had a feeling he wasn’t ready yet.” Rin sighed and nodded.

“Let’s just get you home, Malick.” she said.

Malick’s eyes opened wide. He felt angry that she said this so he replied, “I’ll go alone… just like I will be always.”

Then, he stormed off towards his house. He had always been happy, never sad nor angry. This was a first for him. About half-way there, a man ran into him wearing a black hood and cape. His face was covered by the hood’s tip which was drooped over it. Both got up and the man brushed himself off. Then, he dashed off unaware that he dropped a book. Malick made a circle with his hands, placed them next to his mouth and shouted, “Hey! You forgot your…”

The man was in such a hurry, he ignored Malick’s words. Malick walked over and grabbed the book, noticing all of the strange markings on it and thought, “…Huh? What kind of book is this?”

The book had a black cover with red symbols on the it. There was a lock on it so he couldn’t open it. Malick sighed and returned to his walking. It was a long day for him. First, he found out he could have a dragon; second, his dragon ran away from him; third, his dragon almost killed him; and last, a mysterious man bumped into him and left a locked book without a key. Hopefully the next day he would be prepared for the upcoming trials.

[Leoshi]

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Chapter 2: Change of Attitude


“My lord… I apologize.”

“So you didn’t bring the book?”

“I bumped into some kid…”

“How am I supposed to rule the country of Alkerion without the book?”

“I apologize my lord…”

“You think that will help your fate?”

Then, the black figure grabbed the servant by the neck and crushed it. Blood leaked to the floor and the figure shouted, “Guards, come and clean up this mess. This pathetic fool soiled my claws.”

After that, a guard ran up to the dragon and wiped off his hand. Several more came in and cleaned up the dead servant and the pool of crimson blood. Then dragon smiled and patted one of his guards on the head.

“Once I retrieve that book, Alkerion will fall to my will.”

The guard smiled and replied, “Yes lord Goshiin. May all that stand before you fall.”





Morning came just at its regular time and Malick woke up viewing the sun through his window upstairs. His mom and dad walked upstairs to greet him with a good morning. It was very bright and beautiful outside and you could hear the birds chirp pleasantly. As soon as his father opened the door to his room, Malick turned his attention towards them.

“Hi Malick, good morning. Can we… uhh… talk to you about something?” his mom asked.

Malick nodded and they closed his door.

“We’re sorry about what happened to you… and your dragon. Rin’s parents told me what happened last night.” his mom explained.

Malick looked down at the black book he was holding and replied, “I’m not too sad about it. It was just a mistake that I got a dragon.”

His mom reached her hand out towards him, but then it limped down. She had no way of cheering him up. His father walked a little bit further, but then stopped before he got to Malick. He couldn’t help him either. But just then, he heard a familiar voice call to him.

“Malick! What are you doing up their? Come on out!”

It was Rin’s voice. Malick held his head low and sighed.

“Yeah… come on Malick.” another voice called.

Malick’s eyes grew wide as soon as he heard this. It was Zero! He rushed to the edge of his window and he was even more surprised! Zero, his dragon Zenos, Rin, her dragon Tarin and Pilot were below his window standing up and looking up at him! Pilot was in chains not looking at him, but looking to the right. There was hatred still in his eyes. His mouth was chained together, his arms were bound, and his wings were also bound. He had shackles and cuffs on his hands and feet, and there was a giant lock in the middle which all of the chains were hooked to. He was secure. Pilot gave him one look that explained how he felt, “I hate you, stop trying, and you’re annoying me.”

Then, Pilot turned his head and continued to look to the right. Malick witnessed all of this.

“Let him go.” Malick said sadly.

Everyone below his window were shocked. Even Pilot had his eyes opened all the way with shock! Tarin walked closer to the window and shouted, “Why?! He’s your dragon and he should behave like one! We went through all this trouble just to-”

“I said, let him go.” Malick interrupted.

Zenos walked up to Pilot with a key and opened the lock which released him. Pilot felt his wrists and stood still. Then, Malick walked past his parents who were watching the whole thing and slammed his door behind him. Malick had no where to go, but he went downstairs. He turned to the left as soon as he reached the bottom step and headed down into his basement.

Rin turned to Pilot and shouted angrily, “See what you’ve done?! You’re so worthless! Poor Malick… he has to deal with you! You disgust me! So no wonder no one else would pick you,”

Pilot frowned.

“You’re no better than a rock for a dragon!”

Pilot didn’t know how he felt; sorry, or angry. No one would pick him, because he was too nice to everyone. Similar to Malick, he wanted to make a human friend. But now, he had grown mean to impress his soon to be master. Sadly, he didn’t realize the difference of strong, and mean. He was always treated poorly.

Pilot fell to the ground under him and grabbed his head while closing his eyes and shaking. Thoughts were running in his head about everything that has happened to him in the past. Sweat was running down his forehead as he shouted, “Stop… stop this!!!”

He fell face first into the soft soil and shouted, “Leave me alone! It wasn’t my fault!!!”

He was still gripping his forehead and now he was rolling over in the dirt like he was in intense pain. Everyone gasped and just stared at Pilot. He then got up and flew away.

Zero sighed, Tarin looked at Rin, and Zenos walked over to the door and rang the doorbell. Zenos was a brown dragon with long, black flowing hair. Malick’s parents opened the door and said, “Umm… hi. We’re not used to speaking with a… dragon.”

Zenos smiled and replied, “It’s ok, I’m not that used to speaking with humans. Where’s Malick? We need to talk to him.”

Malick’s mother pointed to their basement next to the staircase. Zenos ducked to enter, because he was tall and walked inside. He made his way down to the basement and stood still in shock. The whole basement was like a windmill room. There were steps that led to the right which led further down and there were giant cog wheels mixing the water and rotating around and around. There was a stream flowing through the basement which the wheels were moving and small plants growing around the cracks of the old walls. Zenos walked down the stairs even further which at the end, there was a room. He opened the door and found a room with mirrors, doors and staircases that were scattered throughout the enormous room. Some of the staircases were upside-down. He straight walked a little bit further until he reached a pulley attached to a floor. It was similar to an elevator, except without walls. Zenos stepped onto it and it started to go up. When he reached the top, he noticed that he was in a plain room with another door. He stepped out of the elevator, opened the door, and walked through it. It led to the sewers beneath the city! He gasped because there were waterfalls of pure water and no rats. He continued walking and when he finally reached the last part, he found one last door. He opened it and found a beautiful garden with sunlight beaming down on Malick who was located in the center of the room. The ceiling was cracked and there were trees in the room. Zenos walked up to him and asked, “Where is this place?”

Malick turned around and replied, “This is my secret hideout I found one day when I was a kid. It’s under the city’s floors where the sewers are.”

Zenos walked up and sat next to Malick.

“My house used to be a windmill. It’s the oldest house in this city. Long ago they named this city, Windmill City after this house. Even today the cogs rotate endlessly… as if they’ve done it forever. Why have you come?”

“To get you. You shouldn’t be alone.” Zenos replied.

“Why do you care? I barely even know you. I hate dragons.”

“That’s not what your heart says. Even Pilot doesn’t hate you. He’s just confused.”

“My… heart? You ask me about it? It says that I hate dragons. There’s no point to even training, befriending or talking to you monsters. Why are you talking to ME?” Malick asked.

“Please Malick. We care about you.” Zenos said.

“You’re annoying me.” Malick said exactly like Pilot.

For a second, Zenos saw Pilot saying this to him. It was almost as if Malick turned into Pilot. Zenos pictured Pilot’s face as he said this.

“You’re too kind, you’re annoying and you’re just a dragon. You’re inferior compared to me.” Malick said calmly.

Zenos fell back and gasped.

Malick smiled cockily and said, “You can leave now.”

Zenos got up and said, “And I thought you were good. I’m really surprised, Malick.”

Then, Zenos left and Malick resumed his position of looking into the sunlight. When Zenos left the house, Zero walked home with him. Rin looked at Tarin and said, “They really have a strong bond. They can tell what happens to each other even if one of them is not there.”

Tarin looked at her and replied, “We have that kind of bond too… we just can’t do that.”

Then, Rin walked home with Tarin.

It was around noon and everything outside was silent. The birds didn’t chirp and the locust didn’t either. Even the wind wasn’t howling. Malick left his house and started to walk down the street. He walked to the Root Beer Bar a little bit away from his house. As soon as he reached it, a group of dragon trainers stopped him from entering.

“You’re not allowed in.”

Malick closed his eyes slightly and asked cockily, “Why not?”

One of the trainers stepped in front of him and replied, “Because, you’ll have to battle us first.”

He then pointed inside of the Bar.

“As you can see, the Bar is empty because all of those who battled us have lost.”

Malick pushed him aside, entered the Bar and said, “Move out of the way. Dragons are so pointless.”

The dragons next to their trainers looked at him astonished. No one in the entire world thought this way, but Malick. Even the trainers were shocked to hear his words.

Malick sat down at the counter and the bartender walked up to him and asked, “Why hello Malick! What would you like to have?”

“A milk.” he replied.

The bartender looked at him confused and asked, “You never order milk. What’s wrong?”

“Just leave me alone and get me my drink.”

The trainer that was talking to Malick earlier walked through the double doors and said, “This is the same guy who hates dragons sir.”

The bartender dropped the milk carton on the floor and gasped in horror.

“Malick! Surely this isn’t true!” he shouted.

“What he says is true.” Malick said.

“But… why? You loved dragons more than anyone in the world! You have collectables in your room of the champions, the best trading cards, and posters everywhere! You even have action figures!” the bartender shouted.

“That’s none of your business. As for now, just get my milk ready.” Malick replied.

The trainer put his arm around Malick and started to speak.

“I once thought that dragons were just dumb animals,”

Then, his small white dragon walked up and sat next to him. He was very small compared to the other dragons and he was about three feet tall.

“But they’re our friends.”

Malick smirked and walked to the double doors and stopped.

“You’re pathetic.” he said.

The trainer’s jaw dropped and his dragon looked angrily at Malick.

“Until you graduated from school, you had a great life. All that time in school you didn’t have a dragon.”

The trainer frowned.

“You lived just fine.”

The trainer grew angry.

“You don’t need them to live.”

The dragon growled at Malick.

“They’re just dumb animals.” Malick concluded.

The dragon tried to jump on Malick, but he dodged him. The dragon skid across the hard, wood floor and hit a wall. The trainer got up from his seat and helped his dragon get up. He turned to hit Malick, but he had already left. As soon as he left, he noticed all of the trainers were gone. He turned to the right and he saw Pilot standing there looking at him!

“What do you want of me?” Malick asked.

Pilot walked over and asked, “Since when did you use my attitude?”

“I asked you a question… or did you forget? I’ll just ask you a new question then. Who sent you?” Malick asked.

“I came alone.”

“Why?”

“Because… I needed to apologize. I’m sorry.” Pilot said.

“I don’t care. Go away.”

“Do you know why they picked me to partner with you?”

“I don’t care why.”

“You do realize I’ve been searching my whole life for you.”

“What?” Malick asked confused.

“Everyone’s rejected me for a partner. You didn’t give up on me… and you were the first one.” Pilot replied.

“I used to be nice, but no one these days likes a nice dragon. Instead, they wanted a strong dragon. I changed my attitude… but instead, it was for the worst. All is I wanted was someone who loved me. That person… was you.” Pilot said.

“What do you mean?” Malick asked.

“Kid… you have a big heart,”

Then, Pilot pointed at Malick’s heart.

“And that’s all I wanted. I was always looking for a kid like you.”

Malick smiled and hugged Pilot. Pilot wasn’t expecting the hug, so his eyes shot open, but he calmed down in a matter of seconds. The trainer, the bartender and everyone around witnessed this. The trainer looked at his dragon and said while crying, “This is the happiest thing I’ve seen in my life! I wish we had this strong of a bond!”

Then, the dragon hugged the trainer and they both started crying joyously. All of the people around them clapped their hands and cheered. For Malick and Pilot, this was the happiest day of their life.

[Leoshi]

Wow... what can I say. Twists, more twists, emotions running wild... and relationships are being formed and broken! Very awesome! Keep on going!

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Chapter 3: First Battle


“My lord… we found the book.”

“Excellent. Where is it?”

“It is in the old windmill house. It seems Pilot is with that Malick kid.”

“Even better. Everything is going as planned. Soon, Windmill City and the whole country of Alkerion will bow to me! If I rule the superior country of Alkerion, I will rule the world!”

“But lord Goshiin, what about your brother?”

“He will fall. I am the strongest dragon in the world after all. Send my guards over to the house.”

“Right away, my lord.





After they hugged, Malick said, “You ready to go my house? It’s about four o’clock now. It’ll take us a bit to get home.”

Pilot nodded, but before they could do anything, something startled them.

“Hey, I owe you a battle, kid.”

It was the trainer! Malick was so surprised that he jumped back a step.

“Look, I just want to go home! This was a long day.” Malick replied.

“Well… since you entered the Bar, you have to defeat me now. Rules are rules.” the trainer said while smiling.

Malick looked at Pilot and they both smiled. Malick then looked at the trainer and shouted, “Fine. This will be our first battle.”

“Ok then. Let’s start!” the trainer finished.

The small dragon looked at Pilot and sighed. Then, he jumped on Pilot and pushed him down to the ground! Pilot struggled, but the small dragon had him pinned.

“Now! Use your special attack!” the trainer shouted.

“S-special… a-attack?!” Malick questioned.

The dragon smiled and opened it’s mouth. A green gas leaked out onto Pilot. Pilot watched all of it leak onto his face nervously. Then, he gripped his throat, the dragon calmly leapt off, and Pilot rolled around on the ground.

“What is this stuff?! Augh! It smells so bad!!!” Pilot screamed while rolling on the ground.

The trainer and his dragon both laughed.

“My partner has a special type of breath that can render any dragon to the ground. Ha-ha! You just caught the worst case of dragon halitosis!” the trainer said while laughing.

The dragon laughed and said innocently, “Too bad you were defeated in one move.” Then, the dragon and trainer laughed and they slapped their hands for a handshake. Pilot looked angry at them and then looked calmly at Malick. Malick nodded and in an instant, Pilot punched the white dragon which sent it flying. Pilot got up so fast, it was impossible to track. The white dragon slammed against a wall next to the double doors of the Root Beer Bar. The trainer ran up to him and yelled, “No!!! Neron! Hold still and let me help you!”

He bandaged up Neron, his dragon, and picked him up. After that, he walked away. Malick ran forward and shouted, “Wait! Don’t I get a congrats or anything for winning?”

Pilot walked up to him and patted his head.

“It’s ok, he lost. His dragon is hurt badly.”

“Yeah, but what about your special attack? What is it?” Malick asked.

“Heh, I don’t know. It’s probably something good, though. After all, I’ve never had a partner.”

Pilot immediately fell to the ground and grabbed his hand. Everything he saw became blurry. Malick ran over to him, but it was too late. He fell unconscious.

“…Pilot…Pilot…Pilot… Wake up brother!”

Pilot woke up and was shocked to see he was laying on a beach! He looked to his left and saw his older brother looking at him. Pilot got up and asked, “Brother? Why are you here?”

The black dragon with blond hair, Pilot’s brother, got up and smiled. He stabbed Pilot with his sharp dragon nails! Blood rushed to the floor and Pilot twitched violently. He fell to the floor dead.

“…Pilot…Pilot…Pilot… Wake up Pilot!”

Pilot woke up and found himself in the hospital. He was laying in the bed with the covers over him. It was a dragon hospital where sick, injured, or dead dragons were sent for recovery or for burial. Pilot looked in the other direction and noticed Malick sitting in a chair staring at him.

“Are you ok? You fainted back there!” Malick said.

Pilot slowly rose up and rubbed the back of his head.

“Yeah… I guess I’m ok.”

“Great! Are you ok enough to come back to my house?”

“Sure. Last time I was there, I was chained up and held captive.”

Malick smiled and started to laugh with Pilot. After a few minutes, Pilot got up and they left the hospital. While walking home, Malick was talking to Pilot. They actually liked each other and had many things in common. As soon they arrived, Malick unlocked the door. It was about 6 o’clock in Windmill City. They walked through the door, Pilot ducked through and Malick normally walked in, and felt something wrong. Both of them ran into the kitchen and found Malick’s parents tied up to chairs!

“Very good… you’re an expert at falling traps.”

Then, Malick heard something horrible. A gunshot echoed throughout the household. He turned and saw Pilot on the floor soaked in blood! He rushed to him and heard Pilot mutter, “R-run… away…”

Then, Malick turned around to see five men wearing black hoods and cloaks. The leader in the middle carried a gun. One of the men asked, “Where’s the book?”

Malick looked confused and asked, “What book?”

“It has a black cover and it has red text encrypted on it. Where is it?”

Then, Malick turned around, jumped out of the window and ran for the Root Beer Bar. The book was located in the basement of his house, but they would get lost in the sewers. He hoped he could find Zero and Rin at the Bar. As soon as he arrived, Zenos looked angrily at him.

“What do you want?” he asked in a mean way.

“I need your help!” Malick shouted.

“Why ME? I’m just an inferior dragon. Besides, I only take orders from Zero.”

“There’s no time! My parents are captured, Pilot’s dying, and I’m being hunted down!”

Zero got up from his seat along with Rin and they followed him to his house. Tarin and Zenos also came. Before they could get to his house, the trainer along with his dragon Neron halted them. Malick showed an expression that told him “We’re in a hurry! Stop this!”.

“Sorry, but it’s time for our rematch. I won’t let you get any further!” the trainer shouted.

“No! You got this all wrong! My dragon is dying and I HAVE to help him!” Malick desperately replied.

“Really? Fine. I’ll challenge you when he gets better.”

As soon as he said this, Zero, Malick, Rin, Tarin and Zenos dashed to his house. They busted through the door and ran into the kitchen. There was Pilot’s blood all over the floor and Malick’s parents and his dragon were gone. Tarin gasped in horror of the mess. She was overwhelmed by seeing a fellow dragon’s blood. Zenos was a little queasy too, but he held back his feelings. Malick had already run downstairs and retrieved the book that the strange men wanted. It was safe from them, but Pilot was gone. Zero and Rin both looked at each other, then the note that Malick was reading. Malick found the note floating on top of Pilot’s stream of blood.

“If you want your precious dragon and your parents back, meet me under the bridge at nine sharp. Late arrivals call for penalties… You guys, we better go there now! It’s eight fifty seven!” Malick read and shouted.

Everyone gasped and followed Malick as he ran to the bridge. It was a small, arched bridge that connected the business area and school to the residential area where Malick’s house was. The distance from Malick’s house to the bridge was about two hundred feet. Malick and the others ran to the bridge which suspended over a small river and slid down the hill to the right of it. They turned left facing the bottom of the bridge and ran a few feet further. They were now under the bridge. Malick looked to his left and spotted a door. The door was used for working under the bridge. Malick immediately opened the door and ran down the stairs. He sensed Pilot down at the end of the staircase. His friends couldn’t fit their dragons through the small door, so they just waited. Malick could handle it.

As soon as Malick finished the last step, he paused in fright.

“Welcome. Did you bring the book?”

Malick looked and saw a large, black figure. He could barely make it out, but he guessed it was a dragon. He was sitting on what looked like a throne. The room was pitch black and no one was there except him and the dragon.

“Yeah, I did.” Malick replied sternly.

He gripped the book tighter and shouted, “Where’s Pilot?”

He heard the dragon chuckle for a second and then a torch was lit next to the dragon. Pilot was kneeling with his eyes closed and with chains all around him. They even gagged him.

“PILOT!!!” Malick shouted.

“Bring the book here first.” the dragon said calmly.

Malick walked forward a few steps, but Pilot stopped him with a look that said it was a trap. Malick stopped and hung his head low. Then, he ran in the opposite direction up the stairs from which he came from. The dragon growled and shouted, “After him!”

Some of his guards chased after Malick as he fled up the stairs. He knew this is what Pilot intended. He would rather sacrifice his life than let that dragon get the book. Malick shed tears and then ran faster. This meant he would be handing over his best friend to an evil dragon. If it meant to stop the dragon from whatever he had planned, it was worth it.

He dashed upstairs and when he reached the top, he slammed the door. He held the door in place while the guards on the other side tried to push it open. Zenos, who was the only aware of this while the others stood their place facing the other direction, ran over and helped Malick. Malick looked at him and he looked at Malick. He smiled and then both of them pushed harder. Amazingly, together they pushed the door so hard, it busted and pushed the guards down the stairs with the door. Malick and Zenos both rubbed their heads and called for the others to follow. It was about nine thirty, so they returned home to go to sleep. While in bed, Malick started to weep at the thought of his dragon dead. He cried the whole night.

[Leoshi]

wow... quite another interesting plot twist. If you ad a bit more deials here and there and increase the lengths, I can could see this becomming a great novel!

Thanks! If it was a novel, I would add my sketches into it of all of the scenes. ;D

(Post Scripta: I am not very good at descriptions. My art describes for me)


Chapter 4: Shared Pain




“Well, well… it seems you fell into my hands. Just as planned.”

“My lord, sorry to disturb you, but we found the book.”

The dragon smiled and patted the servant on the head.

“How could I be disturbed by my best servant telling me my plans are finally going to be accomplished? Great work. You easily replace my other servant.”

The servant smiled and then asked, “What does this book do anyways?”

The dragon smiled and replied, “You will know soon enough.”





Morning struck in all of its brilliance the next day. Malick woke up and felt the softness around his eyes from all of the crying. He got up sadly and made his way downstairs. He then cooked pancakes and eggs in the kitchen. His parents were gone, his best friend was dead, and he had nothing to do. Malick was so saddened that he walked to his basement and walked down the stairs. When he got to the bottom, he walked to the right of all of the cogs down a pathway and went down another staircase. When he reached the bottom of it, he opened the door and entered the room with all of the strange mirrors, staircases and doors. He was told never to open them for his safety. He walked straight ahead and hoped on the elevator. After walking through the next room and the sewers, Malick entered his secret hideout. He was shocked to see Zenos sitting there looking right at him! He walked over and asked him, “What are you doing here?”

Zenos smiled and replied, “Waiting for you.”

Malick parked himself next to him and looked up into the sunlight beaming down like usual. Everyday that Malick sat in this room, sunlight was always shining through; rain or shine.

“Malick, I’ve been meaning to tell you this…” Zenos trailed off.

“What is it?” Malick asked.

“Do you like me?”

Malick looked down and replied, “Yeah, of course I do! You’re one of my best friends!”

Zenos looked down sadly and asked, “Then you won’t mind me being your partner, right?”

Malick’s jaw dropped and he frantically asked, “W-wait… w-why? What about-”

“Zero? He was the one who suggested it. He’s already re-registering me to you and he’s getting a new dragon.”

Malick looked at him horrifically. He sensed sadness deep within Zenos’s heart. Malick calmed down and asked, “Won’t you miss him?”

“No. I’ll get to see him, so I won’t miss him.”

“It won’t be the same though!” Malick shouted and stood up.

He clenched his fist and then tears started to rush down his cheeks. He looked at Zenos and smiled while crying. Zenos didn’t know what was happening, but he was ready to face whatever Malick said.

“I’m sorry Zenos… but no one can replace Pilot. He… sacrificed his life for me. He wouldn’t like it if I replaced him,”

Zenos stared into his eyes and felt Malick’s pain.

“I’m really sorry, Zenos. You have a partner already. Pilot and I were meant to be together…”

Then, a tear rushed down Zenos’s face. He got up and grabbed Malick’s hand.

“I’m sorry, Malick. I know how you feel. I wasn’t looking at you with pity, but with friendship. For now, how about I be your temporary partner,”

Malick looked confused.

“Until we can find Pilot. I’m not convinced that he’s dead. We don’t know if he is or not.” Zenos finished and smiled.

Malick grabbed his hand and ran out of the hideout. Zenos looked confusedly at Malick while he was being pulled up the stairs. He sensed determination, excitement and cockiness in Malick. He smiled and thought, “He might not be dead. Hopefully, we can reach him before he is.”

Malick ran all the way to the door underneath the bridge. He opened it and headed down the stairs. They must have installed a new door from the last situation. This time, Zenos tried his best to squeeze through the door and he made it. Malick actually left the black book near his bed instead of bringing it.

“So, you’ve come again.”

Malick looked and spotted the dragon who was keeping Pilot captive. This time, a light was over his head. The dragon was black and had blond hair. It was the same dragon that attacked Pilot a while back!

“Where’s Pilot?!” Malick shouted.

The dragon smiled and said, “Oh, you mean him? Don’t worry about his safety. For now, worry about your own.”

Malick frowned and replied, “I’ve come for my dragon back!”

The black dragon laughed and asked, “That’s funny. Do you really think I would let him go? How sad.”

“Do you really think we came here to give you the book? We don’t even have it with us!” Zenos shouted angrily.

The dragon’s eyes shot open. Then, his eyes slimmed and he looked annoyed with Zenos.

“I’m sure you want to die in battle to someone powerful,”

Suddenly, spears shot out of the ground. They had black poles and golden guards. The spears drove through Zenos’s side and blood splattered on the floor.

“…and now you get that chance.” the dragon finished.

Zenos’s eyes shot wide open and he fell to the floor surprised and shocked. Malick didn’t move one inch. He was so terrified, that he started to sweat. A thousand memories flashed through his head. Memories of his friends, memories of his dragon, and memories of his school days thinking of his future dragon. It was making him shake.

“Why is this happening to me?!” Malick yelled. He grabbed his forehead and looked like he was going insane. He turned around and ran up the stairs. He didn’t care about dragons anymore. All is he wanted was freedom from all of his oppressions. That’s all he cared about and that’s all he strived for.

He slammed the door behind him and started crying. Now two dragons were dead; Zenos and Pilot. He had no where to go, but his home. He ran home his fastest trying to avoid as many people as possible. He hated people, dragons and himself. As soon as he reached his house, he opened the door and ran up to his room. Much to his surprise, the book was gone and his room was trashed! He jumped on his bed which was still intact and started to weep. He lost his parents, Pilot and Zenos. Who would he lose next? Those thoughts still ran through his head.





“My lord, we retrieved the book.”

“Excellent work. How did you get it?”

“We were watching the boy the whole day. When he confronted you, we stole it.”

Then, the dragon picked up Zenos’s limp body with one hand. The dragon was very strong to easily pick up another dragon of the same size.

“I guess I had no reason to kill this weakling.”

Then, the black dragon threw Zenos and he hit a wall. Blood splattered all over the wall and the dragon cringed.

“Servant, send for some guards to clean up this mess.” the dragon said disgusted.

“Right away, my lord.”





Malick slammed his fist on his bead. He had reached the point where he wanted to do something so evil, it was about to burst right out of him. He got out of bed and traveled to the bridge again. He walked calmly down the steps and when he reached the bottom, the black dragon greeted him.

“What do you want? Both of your dragons died and your parents. When will you learn?”

Malick stared at him and asked angrily, “You have to give me some answers first! Where’s Pilot, Zenos and my parents?!”

The dragon chuckled and asked, “Aren’t you a little demanding for a kid? Didn’t your parents teach you manners?”

“Aren’t you a little stupid for a dragon? You should know us humans are superior.”

The dragon looked in amazement at Malick. Not only did he have the courage to stand up to him, but he actually made fun of! This really ticked him off!

“You should pay more attention to your feet.” the dragon scowled.

Malick looked down and was shocked. His feet were bound by darkness! Apparently, this dragon’s special ability was to use darkness.

Malick looked up at the dragon who now stood in front of him and looking down on him!

“Do you want to die the same way everyone else did? Do you want them to think that you were too weak, because you ran away and left your dragons and own parents to die? You humans are so predictable!”

Malick smiled. The dragon looked confused at him. Then, Malick started to laugh like crazy. The dragon asked, “What’s so funny?”

Malick stopped and said, “Look at yourself.”

The dragon looked all around his body and saw that Malick had driven a spear into his side!

“It’s called an illusion. While you were too busy coming towards me, you didn’t notice me picking up a spear from earlier! And you thought I was looking at the shackles! How sad. To truly win, you must always observe your surroundings!”

The dragon looked horrified by this. He concentrated all of his energy to his body, so the shackles of darkness collapsed. He felt his side and then muttered, “…Very good. Heh… I see your true potential,”

Then, the dragon fell to the ground and started to whisper, “You are a very good partner.”

Then, his vision started to blur. Before his vision could completely blur, Malick ran over to him. The dragon opened his eyes and questioned, “What?!” Malick was helping him!

“Come on… COME ON! Do your best to get up! I have to get you to the hospital!” Malick shouted.

The dragon tried his best and Malick helped him up the stairs. The dragon fell asleep and Malick stopped walking.