Every morning when you wake up, you hear birds chirping and horse carriages rolling by, but where I live. It's such a different story. My name is Leo. I have short black hair and emerald green eyes, I am about 5 feet tall and have a knack for getting in trouble, but I'm just curious, and you would be too if you knew what was hidden from me for almost 13 years. But let me start from the very beginning.

I was sitting in my living room playing with my toy dragon. It was the ender dragon, and on top was an action figure of our village's king, Sir Jorge, who actually owned the Ender dragon. This dragon and king were my favorite toys ever. I would pretend I was King Jorge and the dragon was my brilliant beast. We would win all the battles I fought and not once did I get hurt. But one day when I was playing, my father came up to me and bent down beside me and said, "Leo, I have to go away for a while, and it will be some time before you see me again." I looked up at him confused. I was only 3 years of age then so I wasn't quite sure what he meant. "I need you to look out for your mother and your little sister Julie, ok." He said. I nodded, then tears broke into my eyes, he was going to leave me, I knew that much. I reached out for a hug but then on of father's fellow trainees come through the door and said, "We need to go, now." My dad gave a quick hug and kiss then headed out the door. I ran after him but my mother scooped me up in her arms. "Leo, daddy will be back soon. It's going to be ok." I shook my head, "No. He leaving mommy. No." She sighed and nodded. "I know sweetie I know." And that was the last time I saw him. Ever.

Ten-Year Time Skip

"Max! Wait up!" I called after my friend. He looked behind him and said, "Come on Leo your not going to let me bet you to the store again are you?" I laughed but said in a tired voice, "We have to wait for Julie remember?" Max looked at me like I was crazy, "What are you talking about she is already up there." I stop in my tracks. "Nu uh." I say in a smirk. Max snickered, "Don't believe me; look up ahead." He pointed up the ally way, and there was Julie looking through the display windows. "How did she get there so fast?" I exclaimed. Max shrugged maybe she used an Ender pearl." He laughed. I rolled my eyes, that would be the day; my little sister killed an Enderman, the worst mob in the forest, yeah right.
When we finally made it to the window Julie had already bought something. "What is that?" I say. She looks at the object then back up at me, "It's called a disc, you put it in a Jukebox and music comes out." I snorted at her, "And were did you get the money?" Max and I laughed at her. She just smiled and said, "From my new job at the pet store." Max and I stopped laughing. "You got a job?" Max said surprised. Julie rolled her eyes, "Yeah, it's called a summer job. You guys should really get one," she looked at me then said, "and it would help mom out a lot too." "Hey I can do what I want!" I growled at her. "Well its not helping, whatever you're doing." She spat back. She jogged off down the street and left. "Your sister is funny when she's mad." Max joked. I rolled my eyes, "Please the last thing I need is you teasing me about her." Max chuckled and walked into the Stock n' Buy store. I followed him.

Once home I heard music coming from the kitchen. Yay, she bought a jukebox to go with it. I turned down the hallway and walked into my room and locked the door. Inside my room I sat on my bed and looked out the window. I stayed in my room for ten minutes, until I heard my mother call me from the living room. I unlocked my door and entered the living room where Julie and mother sat on the couch. There was a chest on the coffee table sitting in front of them. "What's in that?" I ask. Mother looks up at me and said, "A present from your father to both of you." "What!" Julie and I exclaim. Our mother nods solemnly, "He found these gifts during his special operation-" "You mean the war." I said in a hurt tone. Mother looked up at me then said, "Yes. But during that…war, he found something he knew you two would like to have. He had one when he was a child so he wanted to give one to you too."
Julie leaned in close to the chest, "Well what is it?" Mother slightly smiled. She reached for the chest but then turned to us both. "You two must promise me you will never tell anyone what you have, not your friends or other family members, do you understand?" Julie and I looked at each other nervously but nodded in agreement. Mother finally opens the chest and pulled out two large eggs, one was blue and the other was gold. She gave me the blue, and the yellow to Julie. We both started wide-eyed at the eggs. "Dragon eggs." we say together.