Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-34320391-20181119131046/@comment-37150451-20181202043623

Isla

This had to be the most surprising thing ever.

Kate, a dragon rider and lover, is descended from dragon hunters.

No wonder she kept it a secret. I mean, I would have too if I was in the same situation.

I will definetely keep her promise. I've never broken one in my life.

Inferno landed in front of my friend's orphanage window where Kate had found me earlier. Since I'm now in a home thingy with other initiates in it, I need to collect my things the caretacker didn't let me pack before I leave the orphange. So my good ol' friend offered to pack my things for me and meet here, so I can get them back. I hop down from Inferno and quickly whispered, "Hey! It's me! Isla!"

Melissa, that good ol' friend I was talking about, popped her head through the window. Her long, sort of curly red hair all in a mess hanged down. "ISLA!" she nearly shouted, and eventually quieted down. "Where were you! You were gone for about an hour! I thought something happened!"

I smirked and chuckled. "Hold your dragons, Meliss, hold your dragons. Calm down." Melissa scowled. I continued, "I was just doing something for an initiate. She needed help with something." I didn't dare expose Kate's secret, even if Melissa was my friend ever since I've been in the orphanage.

I feel so sorry for Melissa, it turns out she had been in this horrible orphanage since she was born. I offered for her last week she can be an initiate in the trials, and go in the initiates hotel, or in Meade Hall, but she denied it. She (for some reason) doesn't want to leave the orphanage. It's been her home for 15 years. She doesn't feel ready to be leaving.

Melissa, while frowing, pointed out, "Couldn't you at least tell me you were going?" I pulled a funny face to make her laugh and forget about it, but it didn't work.

"Now you sound like a parent. Look, Mel. I'm fine. It's fine. Everything is fine. If your so desperate to know, I needed to go early urgently, so that's why I couldn't tell you, mother," I added sarcastically. Melissa finally laughed.

"OK, OK, fine, child. Here t'is." She carefully passed a big bag of my things to me, and I thanked her, leaving.

I ended up walking, well, running, past Aud and Rita's house. I peered through their window, seeing what they were doing. Rita was nowhere, but Aud, surprisingly, was on a couch with a tear in her eye. I shouldn't interrupt her. It would be rude. I quickly looked at what she was reading, and it had her with...a woman...hmm...she looks exactly like Aud...

Then a sudden realization hit me.

Rita explained to me how her mother had sadly passed, so this must of have been their ''mother. ''I really didn't want Aud to see me, because I didn't want to interrup her, so I left.

Just thinking of this made me have a flashback I really don't want to think about, but I thought it anyway.

(Flashback)

I was hiding under a table, giggling uncontrollably.

My mother slowly walked around the table, whispering, "Where are you, my little sweetie pie?" A laugh escaped my mouth, causing mum to snatch me from under the table and start tickling me. "Aha! There you are!" My 7 year old self yelped and squealed, something I don't do often now, while dad arrived, smiling at the sight.

Dad picked up mum, so I can escape. "Desmond!" mum laughed. "I just had her!"

Dad cheekily grinned. "And now ya don't!" He lowered his voice. "I have got her present." Mum's eyes widened as dad released his grasp off her. "I got her a Nadder."

"A Nadder?" I was now back in the room. "OOOOOO can I see it?"

Dad laughed. "She has got that from you, Rachel. Eavesdropping." Mum smirked with a reply of, "Thank me later."

Dad picked me up. "Have we mentioned, Isla. That your mother and I will have to leave tomorrow morning for some time." I gasped. I hated when mum and dad left for a while. It meant I had to be with that hideous babysitter. "Well, yes, we have to. So we thought we'd give you a present before we leave. And maybe, you could be who you always wanted to be with this dragon. A guardian." He showed me a purple egg. A Deadly Nadder egg.

I leapt out of my father's arms. "Oh, thank you, daddy! Thank you, mummy! Oh LOOK! IT'S HATCHING!" Like I said, the egg hatched, showing a cute, little Nadder head. "Oh, she's AMAZING! I'LL CALL HER SWORDTAIL! I HAVE A DRAGON AND I'M GOING TO BE A GUARDIAAAAAAAAN!!!" I squealed, while running around the house with Swordtail in my arms.

"Whoa, careful, Isla, careful with Swordtail!" mum informed me. Fortunately, Swordtail was enjoying his ride.

I loved Swordtail, and I loved my parents.



The next week, I was crying my eyes out. My babysitter who babysits me whenever mum and dad goes away came up to the man who just revealed some news to me. "What's wrong? Why is she waking me up from sleep?"

The reporter looked at the babysitter with sad eyes.

"Isla's parents are dead."

(Present)

"Isla! Earth to Isla! Are you there?!"

I was back in the real world, only to see Ar in front of me, waving her hands at me. "Oh! Ar! Sorry, I was off in IslaLand. What's up?"

Ar narrowed her eyes at me. 'Were you crying?"

"No, no, no. Ha, ha. No. What are YOU doing?"

"I was going to Meade Hall, but I noticed you crying and thought I'd see what was the matter."

"Oh, I'm fine. Inferno had onions and it's really kicking isn't it?" In fact, where was Inferno? I noticed him trying to impress the same Deadly Nadder from the trials day.

"Hmm, OK, I will go now. Bye." Ar left in the direction of Meade Hall. Was I imagining it, but was she crying? She sounded sound, betrayed. I didn't think I should bother her with questions.

Just think about trials tomorrow, I told myself, and was off again.

-

Sorry, I tend to write a lot.

I just realized, DSL and my flashbacks of our Nadders was similiar. Sorry DSL.

Soon you'll realize where Swordtail is.

And yeah, there ya go!