Originalty? "Thanks for the vote of confidence, Brenn!" (Dennis, Star Wars: Force Commander, computer game) Anyway, thank you for your courteous reviews. Now, enjoy part 12 of this lovely saga...


By the way, I have a new story up, Wizard Genius, if anyone's interested. It's located under Video Games, Mega Man.


Chap 12

Kaleb, Jake, and Grandpa flew out to a secluded area of rooftops to train.

"Now," Grandpa said. "Show us what you can do."

Kaleb started out with a few fire-breathing exercises, going from small bursts to long-range explosions. Then, he did ice-breathing; the same power that he used on the Huntsgirl back in Seattle. Afterwards, he gave a show of his psychic abilities; moving both Grandpa and Jake by sheer force of will, telepathically communicating with Grandpa, and teleporting straight from one rooftop to another.

"Wow!" Jake commented after Kaleb's latest show of teleportation. "I didn't know a dragon could do all this."

"They can't," Grandpa replied. "At least, not usually."

"OH NO!" Kaleb shouted. He hadglanced at a clock on a nearby windowsill. "It's almost 6:00! I need to get home!"

"Ok, ok," Jake said, trying to get Kaleb to calm down. "Why are you so worried? We can go right now, can't we G?"

"Yes, yes," Grandpa agreed. "No need to get worried."

"Okay." Kaleb conceded.

The three of them started back; Kaleb leading the way since neither Jake nor Grandpa knew the way to Kaleb's place.

"So," Jake started, hoping to get a nice conversation going. "Does your family know about you being a dragon?"

"I thought I had explained that." Kaleb muttered. "No, they don't, which is why I want to get home on time before they start to worry."

"Why don't you want to tell them?" Grandpa asked. "It would make things much easier for yourself and for your training if your family knew about you being a dragon."

"Because," Kaleb started to answer, and then stopped. He started again. "When I was trying to become a 'full dragon,' my mother walked in on me with a dragon tail. She freaked out. I don't remember what happened next. But, somehow, she never asked me about it again. Whenever I even dared to talk to her about dragons afterwards, she didn't even know what I was talking about. Other than that, she was my mother."

"So, you think that because of that one incident," Grandpa summarized, "your family won't take to you being a dragon?"

"Yes," Kaleb replied, "especially since I did something to my mother's memory because of her reaction. I don't want the same thing to happen to the rest of my family."

"Well, it won't have to." Jake said. "You'll have us along."

"All right then." Kaleb gave in. "If you guys will come along to make sure I don't do anything harmful to my family, I'll tell them."

The three dragons set down behind Kaleb's apartment complex and transformed back to human. The time, according to Kaleb's now apparent watch, was 5:58.


Apparently, the Black family is about to get a real shocker. How will Kaleb be able to explain the last four years to his parents? Reviews please!