The Demon Queen

By: Lady Danielle

I'm going to make it like this instead. I think having two would make it difficult for me.

Riku Shibuyai

Hi, my name is Riku Shibuyai and I'm a fifteen year old high school student living in Japan. I come from a normal Japanese family and look like most of the others kids around me. You know, black eyes and hair. And if you don't know all ready, I'm a girl. Some people will calm me a tomboy since I love to play basketball, baseball, and soccer but my main sport is swimming. I hate girlie girl clothes like dresses but I wear them sometimes for my mom. I can't help it that I'm different. I grew up with two guys in the house, my brother and father, and with one woman, my mother.

In school I'm head of the schools festival, carnivals, dances, and other school activities which bring in the public for more money. It's finally spring of my first year here and it's time for the Cherry Blossom Carnival at my school. Families and friends are invited to the school yard, pay a small fee to get in, and go on the rides and play games. Also every half an hour clubs like Karate, Dance, or Music come up and perform. So far its going good and everything is according to schedule.

I'm behind the stage with a walkie-talkie in my hand and about to give the order to put on the next act, a Magic act from the Magic club. I'm the only one in my uniform with a ribbon sticker on my shoulder says Manager. My uniform is a black top and a black skirt. And since the skirt doesn't feel right to me I put on black shorts under it. My hip length black hair is in a high pony tail so it can be out of my face. I've been back here for at lease five minutes now to make sure everything is in order. This is the first year the school did this kind of thing so I want it perfect.

A girl from the Curcus club runs to me. She hasn't performed yet and she seems in a panic. "What's wrong?" I ask.

"I can't find my rings, Riku."

"Rings?"

"Yes, my rings I need to do my special act. The surprise one I told you about. I go on next and I can't find them! I think I left them in the pool area." she explains to me and I talk into the walkie-talkie. "I'll be right back. If I don't making it back in time put the act after the Curcus club in front. Got it?" I ask one of my helpers.

"Rogger."

I cut off my walkie-talkie and look at the girl with a smile. "Let's go."

She nods her head and I run with her to the school building. The pool is way in the basement and you can easy get lost if you don't know your way. Running through the busy hallways and yelling at people to move out of my way.

When me and the girl make it to the deserted pool area I look around for this girls ring. I have no idea what I'm really looking for but I know it's a ring that can be any color and any size.

"Oh, I found it." the girl says while at the lower bench as I stand on the top.

"Good, now go back."

"Thanks for helping!" she runs out of the pool area which leaves me alone.

The pool. My second home in this word. I look at the pool sparkle with light by the sun shining from outside. This year I'm going to play baseball which I played in jr. high.

I jump down on each bench to get to the side of the pool walk way. When I jump on the solid ground I didn't realize I jumped right into a small puddle and that makes my skirt wet. "What the heck!" I smile and feel the water in my shoes. I shouldn't be wearing the shoes in this area since the ground can be very slippery. I take a few steps carefully and one step my leg felt as if I stretch too long and my body turns. I have no idea how but I fell in the pool with the walkie-talkie.

Oh, great. I fold my hands under water and feel myself sink down to the bottom near a drain pipe. It's cold but it still feels good. But I can't enjoy it forever. I start swimming up to the surface but it seems hard. Something grabs my foot and when I turn it seems like a dark whole is sucking me in. What the heck is that? I start swimming as fast as I can because I'm feeling I'm about to get sucked in. And I think I did because my whole world goes black.

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The sun. I open my eyes and I can see I'm still underwater but the sun is really over my head. I take with all my energy to swim up to get some air. Arriving above water I reach for the solid side of the pool but all I get was dirt. I lift myself out the pool and I lay on the grass coughing.

"What happened?" I lay on my back then take in the site. It's a forest. I'm in a forest with thick trees and grass. "Where am I?" I sit up and look around. "Yep, I'm in a forest but how did I get here?" I stand up with the help of a twig-like looking small wall. I look inside and I find a large nest. "A bird nest?" No way. A bird nest isn't this big. I look around in the next and find one egg. It's a large egg too. I jump into the nest and walk over to the egg. "What kind of egg is this?" the egg comes up to my hips. I touch it and I feel movement. "What's in the egg?" I start to think about what's inside the egg and thought about a bird. And then a short movie in my head about how the mother comes back with food. "Time to go." I Turn around and start climbing over the nest wall. Riku, time to concentrate where you are then what's in a very large egg. I look around the forest to recognize any thing but nothing. Ok, I fell in the pool and some kind of drain or some back hole sucked me up. Did I come through a end drain or something? But why lead to the forest? Why the large egg? What is going on? Where am I?

I hear a growl behind me and I turn pause and turn around slowly to come face to face with large red eyes and black scales. What... I look at the sharp teeth in its mouth. It's shaped like a lizard type creature with bat wings. It's a...dragon. I look into its eyes, hear the growl, and watch a long tongue lick the lips. And it's very hungry. I start stepping back and it starts stepping forward, leaving the space the same. My body is shaking and my heart is hitting against my rib cage. THIS HAS TO BE A DREAM!

I take the chance and run for it and I didn't get anywhere. I blink for a second and large teeth pressed against my skirt and I start being lift off the ground. I scream as I try to reach for anything to keep my from going into the air but nothing.

It's too late and I'm in the air, flying, well more like being carried by this dragon. I'm too young to die. THIS HAS TO BE A DREAM! IT HAS TOO!

"WAKE UP! WAKE UP!"

BAM!

I hit something which has a floor of the nest I was in before but thicker, wider, and it has no egg in it. "Ow." I'm on my hands and knees to quickly get up to see where the dragon took me. I don't know where but it seems I'm dinner. And not for an egg. I look around the nest and I find different color dragons around me with a 'Lunch' face. I'm food!

"No, I'm not good at all. I'll just give you cramps!" I try to talk myself about it while sinking into the nest. I'm trying to disappear.

A large purple dragon with purple like eyes come close to me with teeth first and I start waving my hands. "No! Don't eat–

It licks me gentle on my face. Gross. I had my mouth open.

I made her different. What you think?