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Tiebreaking time!
Starts: NOW
Ends: 11:59 PM NST 13th of July
Entry #3
Gen was pissed. She had no way of telling Kailey, but kittens with green eyes like that were bad news. They were the kittens people loved and adored, not the grey-eyed ones like Gen. Gen hadn't been around long, but she thought her and Kailey had an understanding, a relationship. "How dare Kailey rescue that THING from the fireplace. Where did it even come from?" She decided right then that this wasn't going to work and made a mental note to go out to the forest tomorrow to talk to the dogs. The dogs were wise and could tell Gen how to get rid of the THING.
"Gen, Gen, look! I found you a friend! What should we call her? It? I didn't look." Kailey peeked under the tail. "She's a she," Kailey announced proudly. "Let's call her Lynn. Lynn and Gen. BFFs."
Gen haughtily walked past Kailey and that THING without giving them another glance. She lept up onto a chair and pretended to fall asleep. She could hear Kailey talking to the THING about her food, Gen warming up to her eventually, and how she'd sleep in bed with them... What. No way. The bed was Gen's spot. Not Gen and the THING's spot. She was going to the forest right now. This couldn't wait for tomorrow. She went to the door and started mewing.
"Now, Gen?" said Kailey. "It's already dark."
Gen went louder.
"Fine." Kailey opened the door and gave Gen a little nudge with her foot.
Gen started running. She didn't want to be gone too long and make Kailey more upset with her. She was almost to the edge of the trees when she realized she was having a hard time seeing. Where did the moon go? She looked up and it was totally blocked out. Then she heard the unmistakable hiss of a dragon. She started running faster, but she was no match for the dragon's speed. Then dragon dipped down and took Gen's whole body in her mouth, and then in one swift move, swallowed her whole.
Inside, Lynn started meowing and tossing herself toward the door. "What is WITH you cats today?" She opened the door and let Lynn out. Lynn playfully bounced beyond the back fence, where the dragon lay digesting Gen. She rubbed over the dragon's neck and started purring. "Thank you for getting rid of that other cat for me. Now me and Kailey can be together." The dragon nuzzled her softly, then gestured toward the house with his head. Lynn ran back toward the house, looking back right before she got to the door to see the moon being blocked out again by the dragon's body flying away.
Entry #4
“Hello sweetheart. We just wanted to say goodnight”
“Goodnight mama, goodnight papa”
“Sleep well” her dad said as he closed the door.
She waited until they were safely in the living room, and took the rock out of its hiding place. It was a large rock, she thought to herself, roughly the length of a loaf of bread, but flat. It must have been at the bottom of the river for a long time, considering how smooth it was. That in itself was odd, but the really peculiar thing about it was that the rock seemed to have..depth. She looked at it, and under the black surface there seemed to be swirling blues and greens, like there was a galaxy hidden in this rock. Eventually she fell asleep, but not before putting it back under her pillow.
The next few weeks continued in a similar manner. She would wake up, eat breakfast, put the rock in her backpack, and head down to her favorite spot of the river, where she had found the rock.
One afternoon in July, she had her feet in the water with the rock in her hands when she heard footsteps approaching from behind.
“Hey Kailey, what ya got there?” asked Bill.
“Nothing. Go away.”
“Give it here.” commanded Steve.
“No! I found it! It’s mine!”
The two boys reached down and grabbed the stone. Kailey held on tight, and they wrestled for control.
“Stop pulling it!” Kailey implored. “It’s going to-” The stone flew out of their hands. Kailey watched it fly through the air and land on a boulder, splitting down the middle.
“Look! You’ve ruined it!” she cried.
The boys were about to respond when an ear-shattering noise erupted from the stone. Scared, they ran away.. Kailey was prepared to abandon her prize and flee when the noise stopped. There was a faint light emitting from inside of the stone. Curious, she began walking towards it when something made her stop dead.
A head had emerged from inside the rock.
Kailey stared.
The head stared back.
Kailey wasn’t sure what to do. She didn’t understand what she was looking at. It seemed to be some sort of lizard. But it was too big to be a lizard. She felt frightened, and thought about running, but the gaze from the creature held her in place.
“What are you?” She asked, rhetorically, since she knew she would not get an answer.
“I’m a dragon.” said the dragon.
Kailey was in shock. “A dragon?” she thought. “That’s impossible, dragons don’t-”
“Yes, Kailey, we do exist. Thousands of years ago we ruled the world, flying where we pleased, eating whenever we wanted. Then Man evolved, and we were partners for centuries. Eventually Man’s greed overtook them, and they destroyed us because they were threatened by the power we possessed. They betrayed us, killing us in our sleep, destroying our eggs. My egg was lost, and I have been waiting hundreds of years for the human that would set me free and help restore the dragon race. I have been waiting for you, Kailey.”
“How can I help you? I’m only 12. I can’t even go to school without bullies picking on me.”
“Little human, together we will be unstoppable. Tell me about these bullies.”
“Their names are Bill and Steve. They pick on me at school and they’re still bothering me even though it’s summer vacation. What can we do about them?”
“Patience, Kailey. They will pay for what they’ve done.”
Kailey and her dragon, who she named Peter, would go out to the forest and play everyday. Peter would practice catching food, which he subsequently devoured, and also work on his fire breathing, which was becoming dangerous to the vegetation in his vicinity. In a month, he had grown to almost six feet in length and was three feet high. He would sleep in the trees behind her house since he could no longer fit under her bed.
Kailey and Peter were out in the woods, enjoying some fish from the river when Billy and Steve showed up. Peter was submerged, but could sense their presence. For now, he remained hidden.
Billy spoke first. “What’s up loser? Where’s that stupid noisy rock you had last time?”
“You jerks broke it.” replied Kailey.
“Too bad for you. Look at you sitting here by yourself. What a baby.” sneered Steve.
Peter felt the abuse towards Kailey and decided it was time for these two youths to learn a lesson.
Billy was just about to use all of his available wit to construct a hilarious remark when Peter sprang out of the water.
“What the hell!?” the boys cried in unison.
Eagerly, Peter swooped down and bit off Billy’s arm.
Billy collapsed, crying, while Steve finally convinced his legs to start running.
Kailey was completely surprised, but felt an odd feeling growing inside of her, as if seeing Billy’s arm get ripped off by her dragon brought her some immense pleasure.
Knowing that Billy would not be going anywhere, Peter gave chase to Steve. He caught up with him quickly, lowered his head, secured him in his jaws, flew to the tops of the trees, and then released the body. The boy screamed as he fell through the canopy, right up until the moment that Peter loosed a stream of fire from his mouth, cooking the boy. Not wanting any more harm to come to his dinner, Peter caught him again before he hit the ground, and bringing him back to the campsite, lowered the tasty morsel gently down beside his friend, who was quiet now, having lost a good deal of blood.
Kailey surveyed what remained of her tormentors.
“Please, Peter, hurry up. I’m hungry.”
The bloodlust had consumed them both.
Peter cooked the two bodies and cut one up into manageable pieces for Kailey, while he happily tore away at the other body.
“I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.” remarked Kailey.
Edited by cassiopeiic, 12 July 2014 - 03:57 AM.
