White. A bright light. Was this it? No. There was something else. A silhouette. And voices. My mother perhaps? Jack thought to himself. He willed himself to wake. His vision returned to him and he focused on the shadow. The silhouette cleared and it was not his mother that sat beside him. But a girl no older than himself. Her eyes a dark blue and her hair was black. She was wearing a yellow dress. He slowly turned his head, realizing he was lying in a hospital bed. Bandages covered the entire bottom portion of his face. It was difficult to breath. A woman was sitting in the chair next to him, and there was a man standing behind her, arms crossed, and a serpent protuding from his shoulder. As peculiar as it was he did not care. He only had one thought in his mind. His mother. He tried to right himself but a piecing pain in his chest prevented him from doing so. The movement drawing the attention of all three people. "He's awake!" The girl jumped as it suprised her. Jack tried once more to rise but the man rushed to stop him. "Jack you have cracked ribs and severe third degree burns!" But Jack was not listening. "Where is she...!?" He said his throat raspy. "Who Jack?". "My mother!!" He responded as loud as he voice would allow him. The man and woman looked at each other. A few painful seconds passed and finally the man spoke. "She...she didn't make." He said in a soft voice. Jack felt tears well in his eyes. "Who...did?" Jack said fighting to hold back tears. "You... you were the only survivor...". "No...NO! He yelled as he rose from the bed, ignoring all pains. Tears now freely streamed down his face seeping into the bandages and stinging his burned face. The man fought to keep him down at the same tried not to hurt him further. "Jack stop this now, you're on life support!" A nearby docter heard the struggle and rushed into the room and injected Jack with a seditive. The effects where near instant and Jack collapsed back into the bed. Still conscious he looked at the people now all now standing. Jack was panting but calmed. "Who are you people... and why are you here?" Jack asked in contempt. "We are the Conciellos. We were friends of your father. When you were born he asked that if anything were to happen to him we would take care of you. My name is Roberto this is my wife Selene and our daughter Siena." Jack glanced at them. Selene wore a smile of pity. Siena's smile on the other hand was genuine. She reached a hand out in greeting. "You can call me Squigly if you'd like!". Jack went to shake her hand but found that he could not move his arm. "Oh, right." Squigly said and she put down her hand. "And the dragon?" Jack said focusing on it for the first time. "Yes Robert how could you ever forget about me?" Said the dragon in a calm voice. It had sharp fangs and a rather small head and body that resembled a snake. "Oh of course. This is Leviathan. He is our family parasite." Roberto said. "It is a pleasure" said the dragon, and it smiled at him. Jack never thought he would see a dragon smile in his lifetime. Jack all of a sudden felt very tired. The little energy he had was spent trying to escape the bed, combined with the effects of the seditave now taking their full effects on him. He quicky passed out. The doctor still in the room asked Roberto and Selena to come with him to fill out some paperwork. "Stay with him" Selena told Squigly. "Yes, of course" she replyed and looked at the boy that lay before her.