3. The Rock
1161 Words
A couple hours into my ride, I see people heading to the fields. "Wow Butter, I wonder how many people he invited to tell about his horse. Let's get you back to the barn."
My parents are standing with all the advisors and Tre. I sneak in and put my arm threw Tre's, "Hello everyone."
"Hello princess. Do you know what the announcement is?"
"I do not Advisor Gunner. Does anyone?"
Dipak stands on the other side of me. "Only Miculai does and he's not sharing."
I look at my father. He starts laughing and puts his hands up. "I've been sworn to secrecy."
"Probably that dumb horse." I mumble under my breath.
Dipak and Tre both start to laugh.
I see my brother walking to the center of the field. "Thank you all for coming. I have an announcement." I don't see the horse anywhere. That's weird.
My brother jumps and turns into a dragon. A fully black dragon. It's huge and flying. I stand there staring with my mouth open.
Everyone starts to clap and cheer.
He flies above everyone flapping those huge wings. It is a magical site to see.
He lands again by the biggest group of people and immediately turns back into a vampire. He still even has his clothes on. I can see a lot of people giving him congratulations and pats on the back. He seems happy and I am happy for him.
The people slowly go back to what they were doing before, but Clay talks to everyone remaining. "It's nice to see him this happy Tre."
"Yea, and he should be. He did good today."
Gunner smirks at me. "When are you going to show us your dragon princess?"
"What?"
My dad nods his head. "You will transform into a dragon some day too."
"What?"
Tre laughs and nudges me. "Try it."
"How?"
Dipak throws a stick at my dad. "Miculai, did you not tell the girl about royal blood being dragons? How did you forget that? Princess, close your eyes and imagine being a dragon." I close my eyes and try. "Imagine your arms being wings."
I feel Tre let go of my arm and rub my back. "You got this. Imagine it."
"Now jump into it."
I jump and open my eyes. I'm 4 feet off the ground flying. I have huge wings and I'm a dragon. I can't see myself well, but I do know I have red streaks on my wings. The advisors and my parents all clap. I even see Tre smiling and clapping. But I don't know how to get down.
I drop myself on the ground and waddle over to Dipak. I hit him in the shoulder with my head.
He starts laughing. "Do the same thing in reverse to get back to vampire."
I close my eyes and imagine being a vampire. I take 1 step and open them. I am back to normal. I stand there for a minute staring at my arms and feet.
They all tell me congratulations and how pretty my dragon was. Everyone seems to like the black and red together. "Your dragon is beautiful princess." Tre puts his arm back out for me to take it.
I take his arm. "Thank you." Then I look at everyone else standing there smiling at me. "Thank you everyone. It means a lot to me that you were here to see it."
Dipak smiles. "Wait until she finds out she can shoot fire."
Gunner starts laughing. "The entire place is going to be on fire."
"What? Are you serious? I can shoot fire?"
Dipak laughs. "Only in dragon form princess, please don't blow your nose at us."
My mom laughs and snorts.
Dad shakes his head. "I'll help you work on your dragon skills more later. They are hard to master and take a bit of time."
"Thank you daddy!" I can't help but to stand here and smile.
"Two dragons in one day. Congratulations Miculai." Frode pats my dad on the back. "That is something to truly be proud of sir."
My dad smiles and looks at me. "Yes. Yes it is."
They all start going back to the castle.
Tre puts an arm around me. "I need to finish up with the guards princess."
"Yellow room an hour before dinner sir?"
"Yes ma'am." He winks at me and starts running to catch up with the rest of the group. I am going to attack my spot later. Just you wait sir.
I'm going to try this dragon thing again as soon as everyone else leaves. There's not to many people left now, but I really don't want to make a fool of myself in front of anyone. Maybe Clay will help me when he's done getting all of his congratulations. I lay down on my back and watch the clouds float by. It's a beautiful day.
After a few minutes, I watch Clay turn himself into a dragon again for the last group of people. It really is a magical sight.
He starts walking towards me as soon as they leave. I see him pick something up off the ground but I don't think much of it. I sit up and smile at him.
Something seems off. The way he is walking seems angry.
Maybe I am imagining things.
As he gets closer, I stand up and start clapping. "That was beautiful Clay. It was magical."
I get hit right in the face with a big rock.
"Why?"
He grabs me by the shoulders and throws me to the ground. He starts kicking me hard.
"Clay stop please."
"My perfect sister..." I feel a kick to the face. "Can't let me win at anything."
He sits on my stomach and starts punching me anywhere he can land a hit. "I hate you sister."
All of a sudden the weight of him sitting on me is gone. Then I feel the rock hitting me in the face.
"Stop please."
"You're so f*****g weak. I could kill you right now."
I try to block him with my arms but it doesn't do anything. My vision is starting to go dark and it's getting harder to move at all. I feel my arm get cut by something sharp.
"Brother stop."
"Die already."
I feel something go through my dress and into my stomach.
"I HATE YOU!"
"GET OFF HER! GUARD! GUARD!"
I hear the alarm go off.
Blackness.
I feel myself get lifted up.
"The princess has been attacked."
Someone is running with me. I try to open my eyes but they don't work.
"Momma"
"She's on her way princess."
"What happened?"
"MOVE! GET OUT OF MY WAY!"
That was Tre. I try to reach for him but my arm falls. "Tre."
"SIR STAND BACK!"
I hear a door slam open or closed. I can't tell anything. I can't open my eyes and everything is black. I stop fighting and go unconscious.
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