Dragon's key

Prologue

The blazing red stunned my eyes. The body was huge, almost as large as a skyscraper. Its wings were long and wide. Its body design consisted of bright yellow lines that traced along upside its waist till it reached the design of its eye where all you could see were two bright yellow eyes staring down at you. The creature was magnificent. And yet, as I saw the creature standing tall and large before me, I didn't flinch an inch (although most people would, I guess that makes me sort of a weirdo especially since this is a dream). But, for some reason, I didn't feel afraid…or at least something inside of me was telling me I couldn't…instead I felt something else…I felt…sort of connected with this creature. Like somehow it was apart of me, that I've known for a very long time but never really wanted to look deeper within… but really I had no idea what or from where this creature had appeared from. Where had it come from? Why was it here, inside of my mind? Was I imagining this? Obviously I had too much milk before going to sleep but…I felt so weird; Like I wasn't myself. I mean hypothetically thinking, I was me, of course; my mind was still sane, but to have this miraculous of a beast to be imagined? Made no sense. As I stared at the beast, I knew and I think it did too, that this wasn't made up.

This blazing red beast in front of me. Was in fact real.

Chapter 1

A sad misfortune of the past

My eyes shot open as I sat up in my bed; sweat dripping down the sides of my head.

"The same dream again huh?" I said to myself wiping the sweat off my forehead. For the past week nothing but that same dream has been occurring in my mind over and over again like a movie reel. I sighed and jumped out of bed, quickly rushing to find a towel in my closet and hop into the shower. I scurried into the bathroom. As I undressed I couldn't help but think of the dream.

"A blazing red dragon. Strange. I feel like I've seen it somewhere before, but it wont come to mind." I said speaking quietly and softly to myself, not really wanting to be too loud. I knew that grandma Chi never got up this early. I giggled, just thinking about my dear grandma snoring soundly in bed, all sprawled out like an old man. Aha! I remember that grandpa used to always-

I stopped myself from continuing on. I looked into the mirror.

"Grandpa." I said sadly; frowning. My grandpa max was a kind, generous man. He was always there for me when I needed him most. But…Last year, my grandpa went missing.

When I was on my way home one Tuesday night from school, I had arrived in front of my house only to see a bunch of police cars parked on my driveway. I hesitated then quickly ran inside. I burst the door open and saw my grandma on her knees crying (more like bawling) to the police to "Please find him!" Shock crossed my face as everyone stared at me with concerned faces. I felt weak in my legs as I found what had happened. Grandpa had gone missing. After leaving for work in the morning, seeming all fine and saying goodbye to grandma chi, the day passed by quickly as he hadn't arrived on regular time in the evening. Police officials asked the people that worked in the same shipping area that he worked in, if they had known if he had come into work today. They said yes, but only until lunch when he suddenly said he had to leave and took off. Grandma wouldn't stop crying for days.

It frightened me how on a regular day as this he would be all fine in the morning and then later in the same day he would be gone, just like that. And the police hadn't found a body or a trace of where he had gone…so it seemed very suspicious. Grandma finally stopped crying suddenly after a month had passed after the incident, when suddenly on a morning of a Friday she came and told me that she knew where he was and that he was fine and that there was no need to worry and she was fine after that. I wanted to ask her where but I didn't want to see her cry again and if she believed that he was okay then I believed it too. So I held my mouth shut. The police officials said that they would keep searching for him, but it's been six months since then…and I really do wonder where he went. I hoped that he was okay, and not in any trouble. Because I truly did believe that he was out there somewhere, but not for nothing, no…he had a reason to be. I did miss him a lot though.

I mean I loved grandpa with all of my heart. He was precious to me. Especially when I needed his support the most; 7 years ago.

When I was 8, when my parents died in a car accident. It was my grandpa and grandma that came and took over me. But, at that time grandma chi wasn't too fond of me. She didn't like me because of how her son (my dad) had gone off and married some blonde French woman without a word to either of his parents. And even to make the matters more troubling between me and her is that I was given the middle name of my mother. Rosette. Which I loved and respected very much but grandma chi wasn't too happy about it. She said I reminded her too much of my mother with my vibrant sapphire green eyes.

"How a red rose can wait and lie asleep overnight and in the morning when the sun is at its brightest it can turn into the most beautiful flower in the garden…never lose hope in what you hold true to you're heart my dear darling adelie. For one day what you hold most precious to you will become the most powerful force and then that's when you will be at you're strongest." I remember that day, that my mother told me that.

It was the day before my parents were killed in the car accident. I can't remember much at all. The only thing that comes to mind is when I had awoken in the hospital and grandpa max and grandma chi were there right beside holding my hand and supporting me. I couldn't remember anything though. Who I was, where I had come from, who my parents were…nothing. They said that I must have hit my head really hard in the accident and had gotten a case of amnesia. They described that I had been in a car accident with my parents on my home from school, and when we came to a stop at a stop light, our light turned green so we went and a pickup truck ran a red light, and it hit the drivers side first and killed my father, and due to the cause of so much blood lost from my mothers wound on her stomach, she died too. I had been saved because my mother and father had protected me and ducked my head down just in time. I really didn't feel any affect of this; it was all new to me.

I hopped into the shower.

Just thinking about how much pain a normal person would be in and yet I couldn't cry even a little bit. No tears or anything. I felt like something had blocked me from seeing anything done before the hospital. I don't know why…I just had a feeling. I turned the shower knob off and grabbed a towel. I dried myself and walked out of the shower.

Only after I was told who my parents had been and what they looked like I felt sadness. I know that even though I had the mother and father like vibes coming from grandma chi and grandpa max, I knew that deep within my heart I would never know what the true feeling of having a mother and father at my side would be like (or at least I had known until the accident). I quickly ran into my room and shut the door behind me; I changed into my regular school uniform. Tacky and plain high schooler's uniform (a plaid skirt, white button up shirt with a neckline decorated and detailed with the most smallest prints, and of course the long white socks…well I guess the uniform was all that bad but I hate having to move and get a new uniform, especially when I'm nearing the end of my junior year…). I walked over toward my mirror and brushed my medium length; dark brown hair. (Even though I had been gifted with my mothers beautiful green eyes doesn't mean I received her blonde curls though. I had my dad's dark brown wavy hair (or at least so I have been told). I blow dried my hair quickly and clipped on a barrette to pull away any loose strands that were part of my bangs. Then I looked at myself. Hair, check. Clothes check. Bag… I looked around but I couldn't find it then I suddenly remembered!

"Aha! The closet!" I said. I quickly dashed to my closet door and threw it open with such strength, making everything on the shelves come crashing down on my head and sending me to the floor. I had thrown the door open too hard and with too much force. I sat up and noticed something that had landed directly in my lap. I looked down at the mysterious black box that lay right in front of me. The box looked about as ordinary as any other box I had seen but there was something about this box, something about it that just made me feel insecure. I picked up the box and observed it.

"I don't ever remember receiving this box." I said to myself suspiciously. I shook the box and heard something rumble around on the inside. It almost sounded like…cards? I touched the smooth black surface and tried to pull the box open when I suddenly felt a stinging pain in my left leg. I dropped the box and fell on my back clutching my leg.
"Tssss…ahhhhhhh...It burns!" I said feeling pain in my left leg. The pain was burning me! Like literally I felt like there was a certain spot on my leg that was on fire! I quickly pulled down my sock on my thigh and saw a red outlined mark. The mark almost formed a very detailed looking…key? But it didn't look like it was finished yet. I screamed loudly at the burning pain and suddenly out of nowhere…it stopped? What the? I looked back at my thigh and the mark was there…like there was actually a black outlined mark on my leg! What the heck! What was going on here! I suddenly felt light headed…dizzy…

"WH…what's going on here…!?" I said falling back on the ground, hitting my head really hard. I slowly started to close my eyes when I heard a distant voice calling my name. Was it grandma? No. this voice was sweeter sounding; more delicate…it sounded more like a familiar voice that I have heard of before but can't remember. But who's?

"Addie." said the voice. My mind went fuzzy as I closed my eyes drifting off into a lost distant memory.

Chapter 1 end.

(A secret memory from Adelie's past about to be revealed!? And what about that mark! And the black box!? Find out in the next chapter "The Secret of the Black box"…please comment nicely and not too brutally, _! Thx! Can't wait to get the next chapter out, I'm excited for it!! And if you have any future ideas feel free to express you're thoughts Id love to hear your advice!! Thx!)