A Dragon's Crimson Cry

By: Tippi

Ch 15 What of a Dream

Jake was about to die nothing could save him. The one responsible for his family's death was going to strike him down but a warm sensation wrapped around his entire body and then he drew a blank. Next thing he remembered was darkness but he found a ray of light in the darkness and as he emerged from the darkness into the light he found a world only found in stories.

Jake stood there in the center of… he wasn't sure where he was. He looked around him to see woods, open grass meadows, a running river, and large buildings in the distance on one side and mountains in the other. He figured he must have been in Central Park it was the only place he could recall in New York that looked anything like this minus the mountains. But there was more that separated this from the park. As well as humans in the park there were also creatures right out of the story books given to him, when he was a toddler, by his grandfather.

Trolls, ogres, elves, pixies, nymphs, mermaids, unicorns, even a talking dog or two it was all there of every shape and size. The humans and other beings went about their business like it was any other day.

The sun shown down on the scene heating up all it touched as well as Jake's body. Jake realized he wasn't wearing what he was before any more but instead was decked in a red and yellow t-shirt. The t-shirt had a golden outline of a dragon on it making it look like a red dragon with golden lined scales and wings. He had jean shorts to his knees and even weirder he had on his knee and elbow pads.

Jake looked around again if he had his skate gear on he must have his skate board and helmet but they were missing.

Then a whistle caught his attention. Jake did a 180 degree turn to see who made it.

Not far from him on the edge of the woods in front of the mountain side was a boy. He smiled at Jake and held up a familiar skateboard and on his head was Jake's helmet. Jake gave him an angry look but the boy kept smiling.

He was wearing black jeans, a black button up shirt with a blue pattern, like waves, going across it, and a bracelet and necklace with weird symbols on them. His eyes were an amber color and due to wearing the helmet lop-sided he could see the boy's hair the color of ocean blue and a pointed ear.

He reminded Jake of an elemental elf, and judging by his hair color he thought water, but his amber eyes suggested fire.

Jake took a step toward him to retrieve his things but then the boy took off into the woods.

Jake ran off after him fallowing him through the thickening trees. Then the boy disappeared from view. Jake ran toward the place he lost sight of him and found it lead to the end of the woods. Jake was now looking at a giant canyon separating the small strip of grass land from the mountains.

There was a small jut of land sticking out over the canyon making a cliff. On it were his skateboard and helmet. He walked over picking them up but as he was to leave a flock of dragons emerged flying out of the canyon. All were of different colors, and shapes, some with wings others without, others had horns. It was one of the largest verities around.

He'd never seen any of them before but some how it was like he knew them. He watched them fly, the way they moved was almost like a ballet in the sky.

Then a red dragon with a yellow belly, green ridge, and wings flew up right in front of Jake and hovered there. It's green eyes started into Jake's never wavering.

Jake backed up a few paces and once he felt he was a good distance he stopped.

The dragon came forward landing on the ground on all fours putting less distance between them again. All the other dragons began to glow gold and flew at the red one.

Instead of hitting the red dragon they seemed to fly into his body as if merging with him.

Once all dragons had merged with him he lifted his head and released a steam of fire at Jake. The fire engulfed him but it didn't burn it gave him the warm felling he felt before. Then the fire stopped and the dragon lifted him self from the ground to fly away but then did a half circle and was fly straight for Jake. But instead of impact he did as the other dragons did and flew into Jake's body.

Once his tail disappeared into Jake, a tingling and burning sensation run through his body. Jake shut his eyes and it grew then suddenly he body was glowing gold and he opened his eyes slowly to reveal glowing gold orbs.

Then Jake was in darkness until a voice above him asked him if he was okay and he swam up out of the darkness. Jake opened his eyes but his vision was fuzzy and he was still so tired and weak he fell asleep into the darkness again only to awake later to being carried.

Jake laid in the bed his eyes open and dry, staring into space thinking of what that dream meant.

A/N This may get confusing later on if it isn't already so any questions just ask. Review