What A Wonderful Alternate World

Chapter Ten: Dragon Revealed

Alright, Rose. Rose thought to herself as she walked down the sidewalks. You have all day to do whatever you can think of. The only thing you have to do is avoid home at all costs. So, what's it going to be?

How about going to get my camera?

Rose froze when she heard that voice in the back of her mind. With Brad getting off the hook for his crime against her, Rose had completely forgotten about her camera, which had been confiscated from her after she brought it into the skate park. Getting it back seemed like a good idea for her plan for the day.

Having made up her mind, Rose stopped at the nearest cross walk, and after crossing the street, started on her way to the skate park...

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Rose could feel a twinge of nervousness as she reached the skate park. What if the employee wouldn't give her back her camera? He had said that her parents needed to claim it for her. Still, Rose knew she had to try.

As she walked through the open gate into the park, Rose immediately saw the stand, where the employee was seated. There were skateboards, roller skates, pads and other supplies. Rose had no doubt in her mind that there was also a lost and found, or in Rose's case, a stolen and to be gotten back, as well.

Rose took a deep breath as she slowly approached the stand. She could see that the employee was reading a comic book, and he didn't look up from his book until he realized that there was somebody waiting for service. "Can I help yo..." He asked, but then he stopped. "...Well, look who it is? Have you come here to skate rather than take pictures?"

"I came here to get my camera back." Rose stated calmly, and after a moment, she decided that it would be wiser to be polite. "Please..." She added.

"No can do..." the employee replied. "...I told you when I confiscated the thing, your parents need to come get it..."

"But..." Rose tried.

"There's no arguing this matter..." the employee replied, returning to his comic book. "...It's park policy. Why should I risk my job for some girl I don't even know?"

"Well, because..." Rose tried to think of a reason, but before she could officially decide, Rose could hear a loud thud coming from behind her, followed by a loud wail of pain. Rose figured that some younger kid must have fallen off of their skateboard.

"Oh, shit!" the employee quickly jumped from his chair, and he reached down, apparently fishing for something. Finally, when the employee pulled his arms up, Rose could see that it was a first aid kit. The employee got out of his chair and ran off to the scene of the accident, leaving Rose alone.

At first, Rose just stood there, unsure of whether to help or to just leave. Then, it suddenly hit her as she looked at the empty chair that the employee had been sitting in. She could just take her camera back. While Rose had always been taught, and believed, that stealing was wrong, she couldn't help but think that her camera had been stolen from her. She was simply...just stealing it back...

Walking around the stand, Rose could see that there were three shelves on the other side. The top one was where the cash register was stashed, the second was the lost and found, and the third, was a separate rack, where she could see various items, and one of those items just happened to be her camera.

As Rose wrapped her fingers around her camera again, she couldn't help but smile, but the smile soon faded as she looked up to see if the employee was coming back. The employee was still kneeling beside the injured kid, but Rose knew that she had to get out of the park and make her getaway.

Rose quickly started to walk away from the stand and she started to make her way to the exit, but out of the corner of her eye, she could see the boy with spiky green hair and red jacket holding onto his skateboard as he also walked toward the exit. Just my luck! Rose thought excitedly as she hurried her pace, making her way out through the gate just seconds before the boy reached it.

Outside of the park, Rose took a step back and raised her camera, just as the boy stepped out and turned his back to her without even noticing her, preparing to walk the other way.

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Jake felt worn out, but happy by his time skateboarding. To Jake, there was nothing better than letting off steam at the skate park after a long day. Doing a few tricks, impressing a few hot girls...

Jake took a glance to both his sides to make sure that there was no-one watching him before he finally calmed himself and shouted: "Dragon up!"

Blue light and flames engulfed Jake's body as he morphed, transforming into a tall, scaly dragon. As soon as the transformation was complete, Jake flared his wings, and was about to take off, but before he could, he heard a click, and he could feel a bright light hit his back as the camera flashed. Then, he heard something drop, breaking into several pieces.

Quickly reverting to his human form, Jake turned around, gasping when he saw Rose standing before him, her eyes wide, her mouth slightly open, and her body completely stiff.

"Aw man!"

END CHAPTER

A/N: It is finally here, and it is kind of short for once. Sorry. So, can you please tell me what you thought with a review.