My Dragon: A Short Story

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This story is not for the faint of heart nor for the ones who accept just what they can see or for the ones who fear the unknown. I have seen things that some will say is nothing but absurd. Things that are hard to swallow. In fact, they are so indescribable that I don 't know where can I start. But I 'll do my best to tell you something incredible that happen to me 16 years ago when I was but a child. I had spent the day at my friend Tommy 's house as I normally did every Saturday. As always, we played to our heart 's content in his backyard making stories and talking about the big adventures we had. If I remember well, that day Tommy had almost caught a dragon, but he was very upset cause it got away in the last second. We schemed about how …show more content…

As I got closer I saw smoke rising from my backyard. 'Nice! They must be cooking something outside ', I said to myself. I didn 't notice the hole and the grumbling in my stomach until that moment. As I got closer and closer and so did the smoke but I couldn 't smell anything closely related to food. Once I was in front of my house, I threw my bike on my front yard and rushed into the house almost knocking everything out of the way. I was really hungry then. I passed through the kitchen and saw a someone moving. "Hey, mom!" I call while rushing to the backyard. Afterwards, I pull the curtains to the already opened door and I saw a big metal container with carvings that I haven 't seen before crashing in the middle of the yard. My heart started to beat faster and faster and my hands started to tremble frantically. "Mom?", I whisper trying to go back in the house but my feet wouldn 't respond. The truth is that the curiosity I would rather have faded replacing it with terror. But I try. I try to keep walking. Little by little I was getting closer to the giant container. Soon enough, the fire was dying out. While circling the structure I noticed that there was a hatch door at the very top. An open hatch door. "Wait, if its open, what was inside of it? Where are Mom and Dad? Wait they must be in the kitchen!" Without noticing the lack of oxygen in my lungs I was forced to take a deep breath. Now I was heading inside of …show more content…

The door to the refrigerator was open and if it wasn 't because of the door hiding the person on the other side I would 've been able to tell who it was. "Mom?", I whisper but no one answered. But then someone...no, something grabs the handle in the refrigerator door. It was a pale thin hand with three fingers. I couldn 't do anything but stand there and hold my breath. Then, the hand closed the door and I was able to see what was behind it. A tall thin creature with long arms and big black eyes. It was an Em. 'What can I do ', I thought, but neither my brain nor my body reacted. The creature gave me his back. At least it hasn 't noticed me. That was my chance to hide. Thus, I walked on my tip toes towards the stairs on the left in a hallway leading upstairs. At that moment, one of the wood planks on the floor creek and the creature turned around abruptly. In fear, I left a scream go out of my mouth. He also panicked and banged his back against the wooden food compartment behind him. I then hid quickly behind the counter in the middle of the kitchen. 'I 'm going to die! I 'm going to die! What do I do? ' I tried to take a pick. I couldn 't see him anywhere until I looked down at the other side of the counter. He too was hiding. 'Hiding from me? ' My curiosity won the fight this time. As a result, I stand up and looked at the floor right beside the Em. It had food cans and pieces of food. "Are you hungry?", I told him as calm as I

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