Chapter Two

He couldn't stop thinking of his sister.

Ever since recess had been dismissed, the only thing on Max's mind was Emmy. Not even the sing along of the days of the week could snap him out of the trance he was in.

The more he thought, the more he was concerned for Emmy and her safety.

The four-year-old never thought that his sister would be so sacred that she would have to lie to him.

Emmy was always the brave one, the leader, the one that knew how to color inside the lines, someone Max could look up to.

But now he had to be the brave one as his thoughts were interrupted by his teacher.

"Max? Is everything okay?" The teacher asked, her warm smile was felt with concern.

"Everything is fine, Mrs. Stacy," Max lied. He had never lied to an adult before as he was taught to tell the truth, but his sister had lied to him on the playground so it was only fair for him to lie as well even if he knew the consequences of lying from television and his comic books.

Mrs. Stacy walked off, a bit concerned for Max as he was usually the loudest in her class of nineteen students but shrugged it off, realizing that he may be having a bad day and didn't feel like talking much.

Max didn't know it but after school, Emmy would become someone that he thought he would never knew in his life.

She would become a moody person towards him.

...

"Leave me alone Max!" Emmy yelled as she slammed her bedroom door.

She had been that way even since school had finished. Normally, Emmy would talk with Max on the ride home and they would laugh at the silliest things that they would see on the road.

None of that happened as Emmy had her arms crossed, sticking her tongue at him when Max tried to speak to her about what had happened at recess between her and Destiny.

He tried to speak to her again when they got home, only for Max to stand in the hallway by himself before deciding to go to the playroom.

In the playroom, Max found the dragon box sitting on the coloring table.

Emmy was normally responsible for putting the dragon box back in the drawer so their parents wouldn't find out about it or the existence of the dragon scale and Dragon Land. Then again, their parents never went to the playroom much.

Max opened the dragon box. Inside, the dragon scale glowed brightly, almost as if it was showing off his reflection.

Max held the dragon scale close to him. He had been to Dragon Land on his own twice before when Emmy was gone but while she was at home was a new experience for him.

"I wish, I wish with all my heart. To fly with dragons in a land apart," Max muttered quietly as the dragons on the playroom's wallpaper flew off and spun in different colors while they wrapped themselves around Max's body before he disappeared with a light glow.

...

"Max! Buddy!" Ord, a big blue dragon that was not so brave at heart, cheered as he hugged Max tightly.

"Ord, you're squishing me," Max said, feeling his lungs being crushed by the hug.

"Oh. Sorry."

Ord had let Max down as Cassie, a pink dragon that was so shy but very smart and Zak and Wheezie, a green and purple two headed dragon that were two tails of fun, came forward.

"Hi Max! Where's Emmy?" Cassie asked, wondering why her best friend wasn't there with Max.

"She's mad at me so she's at home," Max grumbled in misery.

"What did you do?" Ord asked in worry.

"I-" Before Max had a chance to explain, Zak and Wheezie walked over to his side.

"If you don't want to tell us, Max, we all understand," Zak said, patting a hand on Max's shoulder.

"You're right Zak! If Max doesn't want to tell us, he could tell Quetzal what's going on!" Cassie smiled at Max, signaling him to come forward and ride on her back.

Would Emmy be mad at me for this? Max wondered, climbing abroad Cassie's back as she, Ord, Zak, and Wheezie began flying to The School in The Sky. Going to Dragon Land by myself when she's at home acting all grumpy? I hope she's not.

"Hola ninos!" Quetzal, an elder yellow Mexican dragon who was the teacher at The School in The Sky, greeted the dragons and Max as he was putting away a storybook.

"Hola Quetzal!" Ord, Cassie, Zak, and Wheezie greeted while Max looked at the floor.

The four-year-old knew that the elder dragon would help him but wondered if what Quetzal would tell him would work out.

"What's the matter, Max?" Quetzal asked, noticing the boy looking at the ground and not making a sound.

Max looked up at Quetzal as he nervously began to speak. "Emmy's mad at me because I found out she was being teased at school by a girl named Destiny who wants her to fight on Friday. I'm really scared for Emmy, Quetzal. I really, really am!"

"I see," Quetzal said with a gentle, understanding smile. " You're concerned about Emmy, Max. That's normal for humans and dragons to worry about their familia in times of trouble or anything else."

"It is?" Max asked, a bit unsure as Quetzal nodded before turning to his friends.

The dragons smiled at him as Ord took Max's hand.

"Even I worry about my mommy and daddy, little buddy. Like I worry if my mom packs me dragonberries or..." The blue dragon rambled on about what his mother and father do for him, causing Max to giggle.

"I sometimes worry about my older brothers and sisters when they go somewhere new but when they're at home with my mommy and daddy and me, I know that they were safe at the new place they went to," Cassie smiled as thinking of her seventy-two siblings always made her happy.

"And I sometimes worry for Wheezie," Zak admitted, putting a hand to his face. "And not just because she's apart of me."

"Aww Zaky!" Wheezie exclaimed, giving her brother a kiss on the cheek.

"Ew! Sister germs!" Zak spat, rubbing his check as the purple dragon laughed.

"Thank you guys for your help but Emmy's never going to tell me what's wrong. She'll just be angrier." Max looked at the floor again as the hopeful look in his eyes began to drain.

"That's not truth, nino," Quetzal told the boy as Max looked up once again. "Emmy will understand that you care for her."

"Thank you, Quetzal," Max said as he started to wave goodbye to his friends.

"Max! Where are you going?" Ord asked,upset that his little buddy couldn't stay longer.

"Home. My tummy is making noises," Max giggled as he said the rhythm to take him back home until next time.

...

"There you are Max! Mom said it's time for dinner," Emmy told Max as he appeared in the playroom.

"Emmy, can I talk to you?" Max asked in concern.

Emmy looked at her little brother with a smug smile. "Maybe tomorrow, Max. I'm not feeling too good right now. Okay?"

Max could only nod in disappointment as the two siblings went downstairs for dinner.

Though the dragons at Dragon Land had helped him, Max was still worried.

What if Destiny hurt Emmy so badly that she could never heal?

Max pushed the thought out of his mind as he tried his best to be happy in front of his parents so they wouldn't suspect him of being worried.

Author's Note: Sorry for not updating for a month, I've been pretty busy with college and I've been watching the episodes on Netflix (I'm around episode nine of the first season by the way). I forgot to mention in the prologue but this takes place in the early part of Season One. Also I'm sorry that I butchered the number of Cassie's siblings as in "The Big Sleepover" it's revealed she has seventy-four but I went by the number used in Cassie's song just to make it easier on me. Anyway, I hope you read and review. (: