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Drew started to resurface to consciousness, it had been several days since he came here and the first thing he did, was stretch his body out even if he could only stretch it so far, however, his feet immediately hit something hard behind him.

What this that? He thought and looking around, everything was so dark with only a little light peering through the top.

And then he realized the 'floor' below him was moving.

Was he being kidnapped?

He began making noise, even if it was only small due to his small throat.

However, he quickly felt something touch his body.

It was a little girl's hand.

"Shoooosh. Ming Ming. We'll get caught" Said, the voice of the little girl who he was slumming with.

What the hell was she doing?

"Please be quiet. I promise, I'll let you out later, but not right now" Maria said, they were at school and people were looking at her bag strangely.

It had taken a lot to sneak him out of the house.

No doubt, the servants know he was missing right now and would know that she took him, but the real question was if they will tell her daddy or grandpa about it.

Drew realised what was going on, the little girl was sneaking him outside without an adult's knowledge.

But this was dangerous.

She had no idea how big it was that he existed amongst humans or the dangers of discovery.

Well, he might as well chill in her bag.

He got nowhere to be.

However, sitting in her bag brought back memories, he was too old to relive.

School in fact, incredibly boring.

Ch 3: Drew get's exposed.

Drew couldn't remember how long it had been since he had been in a classroom but he was fairly sure it wasn't like this.

The teacher gave out new methods of solving questions that he had never heard of before and yet his brain absorbed it like a sponge.

If he was let out, he very sure that he could give Maria all the answer's, once he saw her paper.

He was right.

Being a dragon was the best.

But when break, came for the kid's, the top of the bag opened and Maria gently tipped the bag over making him stumble out.

He was still hurt and gave a cry.

"Sorry, Ming Ming," Maria said, she tried her best to be gentle but it turns out she wasn't careful enough.

The sound of his cry attracted attention.

"What the hell, is that?" Suddenly one student said, their teacher had escaped.

Every student turned to see Drew struggle to get up, he wasn't a stuffed toy but a living and breathing thing

Drew looked around and was stunned to see the giant classroom that looked way nicer than the one he had been in, in his school years.

Suddenly, he was being crowded by lots of curious eyes.

"Everybody, this is Ming Ming. He's a dragon" Maria said, finally she had something to show off to her classmates.

Drew gave her a look as he was being stared at by the whole class.

He was a monkey.

"But don't tell the teacher." Maria said, "Ming, Ming. Might not be allowed to come to school with me, no more."

"Can we pet, it?" Asked one girl, the animal was incredibly cute.

"Not too hard," Maria said, "It's hurt"

That was the girls cue to gently pet him, they were amazed that they only felt the heat from his mane and his skin was smooth.

"That's a dragon? Yeah, right" Said, one boy. "Can it breathe fire? Can it fly?"

His words hit Drew where it hurt, he could breathe fire but his throat was still too hurt and he could only glide a short distance.

He was a failure of a dragon.

"I'm sure Ming Ming can do that but he's too hurt right now," Maria said, "I'm only taking care of it until it grows big and strong. I'm sure when it's healed it would be able to fly."

Drew felt even more pathetic and depressed.

Everybody was amazed by the very visible depressed cloud over his head.

"It's hurt?" Said, one girl. "Let's nurse it back to health"

A bunch of girls would love to nurse him back to health because he was so cute.

And Drew had had enough.

Drew walked to a nearby pencil and used his teeth to grab it, then he pressed it on the paper he was on and then began to write very slowly.

Everybody began to gather around.

Dew know his handwriting was terrible right now but he had to convey the message.

"What does it say?" Maria said she couldn't read it.

"It's English" Said, one of the students recognized it and was amazed.

"He wrote 'I'm a He. Stop calling me an It. That's rude.'" Said, one boy amazed.

"Wait... you're a boy?" Maria said, stunned as Drew nodded his head.

All this time, she was dressing a boy dragon?

Drew then went back to sleep, apparently, the writing had taken a lot out of him and his jaw.

When he woke up again, he know immediately he was in a different environment.

"Big Sis. I found something amazing" Maria said, speaking to the person she viewed as a big sister. "Magical creatures are real"

"Of course, they are," Kyoko Mogami said, instantly.

While the surrounding people sweat dropped.

"Look," Maria said, taking off her bag and what she took out next had everybody staring in shock. "Meet, Ming Ming"

Little, girl. How long are you going to parade me? Drew thought, with disgust, until he noticed the golden eyes that stared at him in absolute shock.

However, everybody thought he was a stuffed toy or a machinal toy, only to see him roll his eyes and puff his nose's!

"What the..." Kyoko said.

"I found him in my back garden," Maria said, as everybody continued to stare. "Do you want to hold him?"

Kyoko slowly nodded but the creature stubbornly refused to get on Kyoko hand.

"Please, Ming Ming" Maria said, "I'll make sure the servants by you a big sack of prime meat"

Dew gave her a look as he thought Little Girl. I am not somebody who you can just parade around because you feel like it.

This was insulting, even though he couldn't fly, he felt like the only reason why he became an animal was to entertain those around him.

"Okay, two prime meats," Maria said.

He got on and Kyoko was overcome with the strange feeling of his body in her hands.

Then Dew sneezed, everybody watched as smoke came out of his nostrils, along with hearing the cutest sneeze they had all ever heard.

"I found him in my back garden, he was hurt really bad." Maria said.

Then her grandpa showed up.

The man couldn't even appear like a normal person, he was dressed in a zebra costume.

"Maria.." Lory said, looking unusually stern.

"Hi, grandpa," Maria said, sweating.

Meanwhile, everybody watched as the creature suddenly leapt of Kyoko hand and began walking away.

"Ur, Maria." Kyoko said, finally finding her voice, after some time. "He's gone"

Then both Lory and Maria looked.

He really was gone.

"MING MING!" Maria suddenly cried out.

#With Dew#

I'm not a pet. Drew thought, walking around ignoring the wide eyes from people who saw him.

He might not have an opportune like this again so he was going to explore.

He walked around randomly, he had no idea that he was being filled by people who happened to be filming themselves using their phones.

He somehow wondered onto Ren Tsuruga live interview.

About a million people saw him walk into shot.

Both he and Ren Tsuruga eyes met, the man was just as shocked to see him like everybody else.

Drew sneezed multiple of times letting out a cute sound and smoke each time, he blow himself back and hit the nearby table.

However, when the glass at the edge tumbled, he jumped up to avoid it and landed onto the table, he looked down to see the smashed glasses on the floor.

He know, he was in trouble.

"What the hell is that?" Finally, the interviewers said. "That looks like a baby dragon"

The camera moved away from Ren Tsuruga to him.

Ren Tsuruga was then surprised, when the animal gave him a look of annoyance when he saw him.

The same look that countless guy's gave him when they saw how good looking he was.

"MING MING!" came the voice of a little girl.

Drew decided to bolt right there and then, he leapt off the table and into the ground of spectators, the people in their seat froze as he leapt on them, one at a time, jumping his way to the top, before walking through the open door.

Everybody stared when the dragon left and Maria appeared.

She had screwed up big time.

Drew then went in search of meat, all the time, the cameras from the interview were rushing to follow him.

The sight of him in the kitchen behind the cafeteria was something that the talents and the workers of LME did not expect to see in the afternoon.

Seeing him expertly, dodge everything before going straight for the raw meat that was about to be cut up, was enough to have people staring.

However, just before he could chow down, a pair of small hands grabbed him.

He let out a low growl, as he being taken away from the meat.

"No." Said, Maria.

She know, she was in so much trouble.

Drew was turned away from the meat.

Little girl, do you think I would care after you paraded me to your classmates and a good portion of where ever this is? Drew thought, did she honestly think those children were going to keep their mouths shut?

He didn't sign up to be a monkey at a birthday party.

He would have been fine if he had stayed in the mayor until he was healed, then left quietly.

All these people she showed him to, thought he was a play thing.

Something to be owned.

He could see it in their eyes, because they were surprised when he showed even a little bit of intelligence.

Even as a human, he never thought a dragon should be chained and made to preform tricks for him.

She had screwed him over.

Maria could see he was beyond mad at her, the anger in his eyes took her back.

Why was he angary at her?

All she did was...oh.

Maria finally replayed the whole day back.

She had taken him against his will, forced him to spend most of the day in her backpack and parada him around.

He wasn't a puppy, he could understand her and write back.

What if she had treated a human like that?

"I'm so sorry, Ming Ming." Maria said, stunning everybody with her apology."I was just so caught up with having you here that I wanted to show people. I don't care about your feelings at all."

With the camera still trained on them, the fierceness is his eyes lessened.

Those who watched from the Television were amazed.

What was this creature and why did it look like it could understand her?

"Will you forgive me?" She said.

Silence.

Was he ready to forgive? Drew asked himself.

When was the last time, he had encountered somebody so pure and remorseful?

Everybody from his past, had been terrible, that's why he closed himself off and stuck to Dragons so much.

It was the freedom they had that draw him in and having the power to not care about what other's think.

So, a human being can be like this as well?

Wouldn't he be dragon scum if he didn't forgive her?

He preened and rubbed his nose against her own lovingly.

"You've, forgiven me?" Maria said, he nodded much to everybody watching absolute shock.

HE REALLY COULD UNDERSTAND HER!

Then Drew fell asleep and was suddenly dead weight in Maria hands.

Maria almost toppled over from the sudden weight.

The smoke that rose as he snored made him look absolutely adorable.

Then Maria, was suddenly very much aware of her stern grandfather.

From his face, she know she was in trouble.

Her guess was correct.

When Drew woke up next, he found himself back in Maria room and felt shame when he thought about what he did.

He was a grown ass man and he acted like a child.

"Ming Ming, you're awake?" Maria suddenly said.

What happened? Drew thought.

"Grandpa, banned me from his place of work for a bit and talked to daddy, so I can't leave the house except to go school." Maria said.

Oh...

Now he felt really bad.

"But I get to spend more time with you!" Maria said, suddenly turning around with sparkling eyes.

Drew was shocked, since when were little girls so happy to be grounded?

But then he realized something.

When he was at her school, not a single classmate talked to Maria without mentioning him.

Wasn't that a bit strange?

And from what he saw, the female he was shown to, worked for her grandpa and was an adult.

And what about her father?

Ever since that day, he hadn't seen the man.

And he hadn't seen her mother.

Even he, in his past life at least, had internet friends.

Even today, she had shown him to get other's people attention.

"Let's watch television," Maria said, with a bright smile.

Behind that smile, he had to wonder.

Maria...how lonely are you?

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Next chapter, both Drew and Maria enjoy their grounding together and even though Lory managed to stop it from being front page news, there are just too many videos's to be deleted and the world is aware of Maria and her dragon. People want to know the creature that is making women everywhere go crazy because of his cuteness. Review/fav and follow!