Chapter 2 – Orphanage
London has always been a city of business and one filled with history. The city is always bustling with activity. London's streets are filled with shops and historical places to visit. Double-decker buses pass by in the street and the red telephone booths can be seen occasionally. Tourists flock to see Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, the Tower of London, Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum and the London Eye. English pubs and the underground railway are packed with people from many different cultures. While London is packed and busy everyday, an orphanage sits between buildings unnoticed and never paid any attention. Here live the unwanted and abandoned children of London.
One child in particular, Alden Draco Pendragon, would be influenced by England's history more than he knew. Alden not only had the last name of a famous knight and a constellation for his middle name, but a very interesting past he knew nothing of. Alden was 13 years old and would be in the eighth grade if he didn't live at an orphanage and went to public school. He was tall for his age with dirt-brown hair and bright green eyes that made you feel like he could read your thoughts and knew everything about you, sending shivers down your spine. Alden was also very intelligent for his age and wise beyond his experience and years. He was well-built and very athletic with many skills that would make a father proud; he was flexible, strong, quick, agile and muscular with a lot of endurance. Alden was very mature and the girls say even attractive. His life wasn't that bad at the orphanage.
Alden liked to play sports with the children at the orphanage. The children loved him and looked up to him like an older brother. Alden had a very creative imagination and would tell the other children stories about dragons, magic and damsels in distress. He loved magical creatures and read a lot of fantasy books donated to the orphanage.
Alden had not been adopted because he was thought to be too high spirited and unfit to be in a family. He was the oldest kid at the orphanage since he wouldn't be adopted. Alden had always been told, while growing up, that his parents had been killed in a plane crash. He absolutely had no idea who his parents were and where he even came from. He always asked Mrs. Smith, the lady who ran the orphanage, but she had no idea at all. The police had dropped him off in the middle of the night 12 years ago.
Alden always thought that he would live at the orphanage his whole life until one day…