Part 1

I told you I was gonna start that night we'd been at the movies and I will. There had been an action/family-movie. Scott had gone with us to make sure we didn't get ourselves into any trouble. Something Gordy and Allie are professionals at. It was dark and I was holding Scott's hand, I'd been a bit scared for one of the bad guys, I was only nine so sue me! Anyway, the sky was clear and the stars were out and the moon was full.

"Scotty", Gordon who was walking ahead of us said. "Have you heard anything about those strange rumors in the papers?"

"What rumor are you talking about squirt?" Scott asked and smiled.

"That about dragons!"

"Oh", Scott chuckled. "It's not true Gordon. It was just some drunken man who thought he saw a dragon."

"But Scott", Alan said, Scott was holding an arm around his shoulders. "He got a picture of it!"

"The picture was blurry Al", Scott said softly. "It could have been anything."

"A man in town told us he'd seen dragons here", Gordon continued. "You think we'll see one?"

"No Gordon", Scott said with a chuckle. "Dragon's only exists in fairytales."

"But Scotty", I said. "I believe in fairytales!"

Scott chuckled and bent down to me. "Jenny dragons are not real."

"Don't say that young man", a voice said and an old man walked up to us. It was the village idiot. "Dragons are real, I've seen one myself. In the woods here in town, I saw him and his little student too!"

Scott rolled his eyes and we walked past the man as a policeman came to take the village idiot into custody. Suddenly everything went dark and we all stared up at the sky. A big, dark form was blocking the moonlight.

"What the", Scott said and we saw, whatever it was crash into the woods on the other side of the road.

"Come on", Gordon called and ran over with Alan following close behind.

"Guys wait", Scott yelled and we, with some more people from the town ran after our brothers.


Alan and Gordon were working their way through the bushes when something came out before them.

"AH", they both screamed because the thing they'd met was taller than both of them, dressed in a black polo neck sweater with a small bag/pocket-thing strapped to its arm. It was wearing camouflage trousers and black hiking boots. Around the waist hung a tool belt and the boys saw a knife strapped to it. The thing's face was painted in colors that camouflaged it and the eyes were covered with night vision glasses.

"Gordon, Alan what the heck are you two doing here?" the thing exclaimed and my brothers screamed again, if they ever read this they will deny it. Soon Scott and I came to them too, with the rest of the people. Scott recognized the thing right away.

"John", Scott said. John was dressed in his wild life gear. He took of his night vision glasses. John used to go out at night to watch the stars or the wildlife.

"Scott", John said and looked at all the people. "What is going on?"

"Did you see something come down to the ground?"

"No why would I?"

"There was something big crashing in here", Alan said and bounced up and down. "It was a dragon!"

"A dragon", John raised his eyebrows and laughed. "Kiddo you got wild imagination."

"It was a dragon John", Gordon said and pouted.

"No it's impossible", John continued.

"We saw something we can't explain", Scott said and looked at Gordon and Alan. "But it wasn't a dragon."

"It was", the village idiot said. "I've seen the sneaky bastard before. He takes the form of other animals!"

"Now Greg", the policeman said. "Time to go."

"It's the truth! Dragons will kill us all!"

John looked at Scott. "So are we gonna take the trio home or what?"

"Yeah… Hey what were you doing here?"

"I was watching a fox hunt a rabbit."

"Did the rabbit get away", I asked, I loved rabbits back then.

"Yeah, something came running in the way."

"What was it", Alan asked and grabbed John's arm. "Was it the dragon?"

"If it was it was the size of a human Allie."


The three of us continued to try to convince Scott and John that it was a dragon, but they wouldn't listen. When we got home, dad and the others were already there. We only closed in on the door when it shot open and dad snatched Scott by the collar and pulled him in with the rest of us following quickly. Virgil shut the door and pulled the curtains over the windows.

"Dad what is going on", Scott asked and massaged his sore throat.

"I'm sorry if I hurt you Scott", dad said as he helped Virgil pull the curtains over the windows. "It wasn't my intention."

"What is going on", John asked and put his bag down on the floor. "It's obvious that you guys are afraid of something."

"Yes of course we are", Virgil snapped at him. "Don't you ever watch TV John?"

"Huh?"

Dad motioned us to the TV where Amy was staring at a live news report from New York. We all startled when we saw it. It was not one but two dragons fighting over Madison Square Garden. One of them was red and had horns, spikes, claws and teeth that were black, its eyes were dark blue and it had a huge scar over the right one. The other dragon seemed to be the one losing. It was dark green with blue… hair? It also had blue eyes and white teeth and claws.

"What the hell is this", Scott exclaimed.

"Language Scott", dad scolded. "They appeared from nowhere. There were some kind of trouble outside the Garden and the news station sent a camera. Then suddenly that dark green beast appeared and aimed for a man in the crowd. The man raised his eyebrows and turned into that… that other beast!"

"Wait you mean", Scott said and looked at me, John, Alan and Gordon before looking back at dad. "That thing is a human?"

"Yes", Virgil said.

"Johnny maybe that's why you didn't see it", Gordy said, he never knew when to shut up.

"Didn't see what", dad asked.

"We saw this big thing", Scott explained. "Fly across the street when we went from the movies. it was probably a bird."

"It was a dragon", Gordon protested. "I'm sure of it!"

"It crashed into the woods", Scott continued, ignoring Gordon totally. "But when we got there all we found was John, and he told us something, about a human's size, had run past him."

"It was a dragon", Alan said and pouted. "The village idiot said so!"

Dad looked at John who just shrugged.

"I don't know what it was", John said softly. "It was too dark to see."

"Right", dad said. "But John-"

"Holy shit, Jesus and Mary", Virgil exclaimed and we all turned to the TV and saw the two dragons crash onto the roof of a building. They were both bleeding a lot, but then the red dragon opened his mouth and fire came out.

"Oh. My. God", Scott said.

Even from that distance the microphone from the reporter picked up the loud roar of pain. Then the dark green dragon took off and fled. The red dragon hovered in the sky for a while.

"The green monster is heading west", the reporter said. "We don't know where it is heading."

Then everyone saw the red dragon land on the roof and turn into a human again. The man came out from an alley not long after and was surrounded by armed policemen and military. He raised his hands and then took off running, transforming as he did so, and then flew off.


The reporter continued to talk about the horror shown in the city but dad turned off.

"That other dragon might come here", he said and then turned to John. "John I'm sorry, but until we know what it was that ran past you and if that thing is coming here you'll have to stay home at night."

"What", John yelled. "But dad-"

"It's final John, you are not allowed outside after nightfall to watch stars or nightlife."

"But dad that dragon might not even come here and if it was a dragon that ran past me, why didn't he kill me? Maybe they are friendly."

"What we saw on TV was not friendly John", dad yelled at him. "You saw the damage they did to each other! It could easily kill you!"

"But dad I have to-"

"No John, don't make me ground you!"

John angrily left, but I heard him muttering: "As if that would stop me."


TBC

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