A Place For Us

A/N Sorry for not updating until yesterday. I got to watch Dragon Tales yesterday and it was awesome! I'm glad others like this. Here's more.

It was a few weeks and Kimora had recovered from her cold but had been happier since her human friend along with Leah visited her and Dragon Land every day or sometimes at night but sometimes they didn't come. Qutezal knew that made her sad when those days came but knew they were busy.

But she was in the Dandelion Forest, she was nervous about starting a new school in a week. She knew that the other kids including Emmy and Max sometimes attended the School in the Sky but Qutezal had decided maybe she would be happier in a school with dragon kids like her and in the same age group.

"What's wrong Kimo?" Leah said. Kimo was the nick name she and Carley had made for Kimora which suited the pre teen dragon perfectly.

"..... I'm scared." she whispered softly.

They didn't understand what she was talking about.

"What of Kimo?" Carley asked her confused.

She hated seeing her friend sad.

"I-I'm scared about going to a new school! My Uncle Qutezal told me that going to this new school would make me happy but I don't think it will." the snow scaled dragon told her sadly.

"Why is Qutezal sending you to a different school in Dragon Land? I thought you were going to still be at the School in the Sky for a while." Leah said to her.

"I was and so did my uncle but he said that at this new school, there are other dragon kids like me but I don't want to go, no matter what my uncle says!" Kimora told her as they flew off.

Kimora wondered why Carley was so quiet as they flew.

Normally she talked a lot to her but today was different.

"What's up with her?

Is she worried about something?" the dragon whispered.

"She's starting high school for a while with kids like her and she's really nervous. When she gets like this, she doesn't calm down until everything's okay and that she feels safe.

Maybe your uncle can help.

She likes him just as much as you and me." Leah whispered softly but as they landed and entered the School in the Sky, they noticed something was going on.

"Maybe it's something really neat!

A lot of neat things are always going on in Dragon Land." Carley said.

"Yeah let's go see!" Leah replied as they followed her and saw Qutezal there.

"Holka ninos.

I had a feeling you'd be here.

Yes something special is going on. A new student has joined us but..... he's a little shy just like you Kimora. He wanted to play with the others but nervous.

Maybe you could help." the huge but patient and kind teacher said.

"Sure Quetzal but there's something I want to talk about in.... private." Leah said as she went into a room with him.

"I wonder what they're talking about?" Kimora asked.

"I'm sure we'll find out.

Come on let's go find this new dragon kid.

Maybe we can help him." Carley answered.

They then went into the classroom and saw a dragon kid with browny red scales, hazel eyes and had a back pack over his shoulde. He was reading a book.

"Wow he or she seems nice.

Let's go talk to him.

I bet he's feeling nervous.

I know how the kid feels." Carley said as she and Kimora came over.

Emmy smiled seeing them with the new kid. She and Max had heard about the new dragon kid from Ord and the others but they knew the new kid was shy.

"Maybe the new kid will come around with Kimora's help along with her friend." Max said as they were playing.

"I hope so.

Maybe..... never mind." Cassie mumbled softly.

"Maybe what Cassie?

What were you going to say?" Emmy encouraged her friend.

"Maybe we should try to get Kimora to not be nervous and shy around us and then..... maybe we could be friends." the dragon explained to them.

"That's a great idea Cassie! I know she's shy and always hides whenever we're around. Maybe if we show her we want to be her friends, maybe she'll want to play with us!" Max replied.

"LOVE IT!!!" Wheezie yelled to the annoyance of her brother Zak. They heard soft laughter coming from the other side of the room where Kimora, Carley and the new kid were, near the book case.

Carley had laughed at Wheezie's outburst.

"That was funny. Does she always do that when she's excited?" Carley asked shyly.

Max and the other dragons were shocked to hear her speak. Normally she and Kimora just stayed on the other side of the room reading or drawing or something quiet.

"Yeah she always does that when she's excited.

You're Kimora's friend, aren't you?

How come you always stay over here?

You and Kimora know it's okay to come over and be with us if you want to." Zak answered.

She nodded.

"I-I like your necklaces. They're like music notes.

What're they?" Carley asked.

"They're our dragon bages. Whenever we do stuff like not giving up, they glow with light." Ord explained.

"Cool!

I wish we had those in my world.

That way..... I could be braver amd stronger inside.

I like your scales." she said to Zak, Wheezie and Ord.

"Really?" Max asked.

"Yep. They're some of my favourite colours. I'm not a big fan of pink.

But I am a little like Cassie because I'm shy and not very confident and it's hard for me to come out of my shell around new people and speaking up." she explained.

Qutezal was amazed by watching this.

So was Leah.

"I guess she came out of her shell now." he said.

"Yeah you're right.

Thanks about the tips for our problem." she told her.

"De Nada Leah.

I like to help others even friends." he answered seeing her go into the new room.

She saw the new dragon kid in the room smile seeing her.

"Hi I'm Enai. My Mom and I moved here to Dragon Land a few days ago. This is sort of my first day here.

I like your scales." he told Leah.

Leah and Carley giggled at that.

"Did I say something wrong?" Enai asked nervous.

"No you didn't. In our world we don't have scales, humans have skin. But it would be cool." Leah told him.

Enai nodded in reply.

"Yeah it would be cool." Carley told them.

She saw baseball stuff and was excited.

"We're going to play baseball.

You guys wanna play?" Emmy said.

"Sure!" Leah said as they followed them outside.

Carley was wearing her New York Yankees cap as they played.

They were having lots of fun including Kimora.

She'd forgotten about being worried about her going to a new school. But she remembered hearing Quetzal talking to a teacher from the new school.

Zak and the others wondered what was wrong as there was a sad expression on Kimora's face but was hiding it.

"Is something wrong?" Max asked her.

"It's nothing.

Let's just keep playing, okay?" Kimora replied to them but Leah decided to tell them what was bugging Kimora.

"She has to go to a new school and she's nervous just like Carley at the minute." Leah told them.

Max understood how they felt. He'd been worried about starting at a new school but things turned out okay. "Maybe you should tell Qutezal.

He'll know what to do." Ord said.

"I already did.

He gave me some ideas along with a dragon bafge for Carley to help her with confidence and other stuff." Leah told them.

It was a necklace in the shape of a dragon.

"Wow that's neat.

She'll love it." Emmy said as Leah put it in the bag Qutezal had given her.

"Yeah I know but..... we'd better go soon.

If we stay for too long, my Mom will notice we're gone and get worried.

Where's Carley?" she said.

"I think she's with Kimora." Cassie told her but Enai liked Leah.

He knew that Ord, Cassie, Zak and Wheezie were Emmy and Max's friends and Kimora was Carley's friend so maybe Leah could be his friend.

"Carley there you are!" Leah said hugging her.

She was in the Dandelion Forest with Kimora as the dandelions roared.

"Hey I was with Kimora making her feel better." the girl told her.

"I'm glad you're helping but now we've gotta go.

If we don't go now, my Mom and David will be upset and they can't know about the Dragon Scale.

You don't want them to find out about Dragon Land, do you?" she told her.

"Yeah you're right." she answered.

"You're going now?" Kimora said sadly.

"Yes but don't worry we'll be back tomoorow, I promise." Carley replied hugging her.

"Yes you will.

See you later." she said as Leah and Carley put their hands together.

"I wish, I wish, to use this rhyme, to go back home until next time." they said and in a flash of light, they vanished.

Kimora smiled sadly as she flew off back to her and Qutezal's house.....

Carley was amazed as Leah gave her the dragon badge when they were in Leah's room.

"Wow thanks." she said putting it around her neck.......

She couldn't wait to go back tomorrow and be with her friends especially Kimora.....