Disclaimer: I do not own the American dragon.

This Is My Secret

They hear me coming and scatter around the room shushing each other.

We're a family. Why the secrets?

I plant a happy face on and walk into the room with a fake positive voice.

We're a family. Why the secrets?

I took my son on a trip hoping I might find out the secret, but he invited his friends and avoided me.

We're a family. Why the secrets?

I tell them I love them, hoping they would trust me enough to tell me.

We're a family. Why the secrets?

At breakfast I smell smoke. I look up and see Haley smirking at Jake and my wife glaring at them both, before telling them their grounded. Grounded for what?

We're a family. Why the secrets?

When I sleep I dream of drifting. I dream of a wall. And when I wake I feel the drifting and I see the wall between my family and I.

We're a family. Why the secrets?

I hole the needle above my vain and push it through. I feel happy, I see no wall and feel no drifting.

We're a family. Why the secrets?

I walk into the room laughing and adjusting my tie, talking about how fun Christmas is going to be. They all gave me strange looks. I heard a voice "But Daddy, it's March." The voice of an angel tells me.

I hear a scream, a gasp and a 'Daddy' before I hit the ground.

I feel my soul being lifted from my body and I hear the cries of those I loved.

All I wanted to know was the secret; I didn't want them to know mine. And now I know their and they know mine.

We're a family. Why the secrets?

I'll tell you why. We were afraid of each other. They afraid I may hate them, they were scared of me. A non-magic. And I afraid if I lost my happiness we would drift and the wall would become thicker.

We're a family. And we don't have secrets.

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By Jessica