Chapter 3- Rain

"Vivian! Put him down for Pete's sake!" Isla tells me.

"But why?! He tried stealing my bread!" I say as I pointed to Puppy, the dragon.

"Magic shouldn't be used without a good reason" She tells me.

"You tied me to a chair just 2 years ago" I say sarcastically as I put puppy down.

"That was 2 years ago, Vivi" Isla says.

it's been exactly 2 years since I moved in with Isla, I can't tell if she's my sister, mother, or aunt because sometimes she's all of them. She taught me a lot of things, like how to wash my clothes, how to fetch water from the lake, and how to float things.

I grab the bucket and motion puppy to follow me. I should really change his name. I told Isla that it's dumb how a dragon is named puppy. But she insists on calling him puppy. She says there's a reason behind everything she does. But she still hasn't told me why one of them was calling a dragon puppy.

I walk out of the cave, which was disguised as an ordinary hill in the middle of the forest. Then Puppy sees a squirrel and starts chasing it.

"I guess I'm starting to see why she calls you puppy" I say as I chuckle.

We go to the secret lake right next to the hill to fetch water and I take a sip of the fresh water as I sit down on the rocks near the lake. It feels cold as ice. I inhale the fresh cool forest air and close my eyes as I listen to the birds singing, the twigs snapping, the rushing sound of the water. If any noble lady saw me right now, they would probably faint, but I prefer this simple life much more than my life back at the castle. I wish I could show my parents this. I wonder if they ever found this cave, even before Isla discovered it. Puppy senses that I'm feeling down and comes near me and rests his head on my lap.

"Thanks Puppy" I smile as I stroke his white scales.

Puppy's still a baby dragon that's why he is tiny and cute, but soon he will become big, a beast, that everyone will fear. He will be able to live independently and roam the forest freely with nothing to fear. I wish I could be like that. Puppy stares at me with his dark brown eyes and for some reason I feel at comfort just by looking at his eyes.

"You're gonna be something amazing one day, Puppy" I whisper to him as I hug him.

He sneezes instead, releasing a white frosty air.

I laugh as I say "Okay! Time to go!"

I grab the heavy bucket and start carry it trying not to spill any of the water. Back at the castle, I didn't have to worry about that, I would just ring a bell, and one of the really nice maids would bring me a cup of water and we would chat about our days. Now I try my best not to waste the water and use it wisely.

Then Puppy starts to make noises. Angry ones.

"What's wrong Puppy?" I say.

That's when I spot a Black Wolf. Her fur is as black as the night and her eyes are icy blue. Looking at her beauty runs as shiver down my spine. But she's also dangerous. Very dangerous. She starts Walking closer to us. Puppy breathes out her fire trying to protect me, but that just makes the wolf mad. The wolf starts running at puppy. Puppy dodges and runs behind me. I drop my water bucket and I freeze. I don't know what to do. Wolves are known for their strength, stamina, and sharp teeth. If I run, it's game over. I look at the wolf and realize it's very skiny. It looks like it hasn't eaten in days. it looks like it wants to eat us. I start to slowly back away. It starts walking towards me.

Suddenly Puppy leaps at the wolf fearlessly and the wolf scratches her and throws her to the ground. Puppy starts bleeding. Since she's only a few weeks old, her scales aren't fully indestructible. I look at Puppy on the ground and I glare at the wolf.

I feel this anger raging in me, I feel my hands burning like fire as I clench them and don't know if I wasn't thinking or I was thinking stupid because I started walking towards that man eating wolf like I was indestructible. Talk about big ego. But then, to my surprise the wolf quickly runs away. What a weird wolf. I look back at Puppy and he looks scared. Not because of the wolf, but because of me. I look at him in confusion. I walk towards the waterbucket and realise my blue eyes are glowing neon blue. I scream. I look like I'm possessed. I look evil.

"Puppy, it's me Vivian" I say softly as I walk towards him.

But Puppy starts to back away.

"I'm sorry that I floated you thus morning" I say as I step forward.

He backs away again.

I grab a stick and slowly wave it at him.

"Puppy want to play fetch?" I say in disbelief as i watch him back away more.

"Please?" I feel a tear coming out of my eye. I haven't cried in years. I didn't even cry the day my parents died and I still don't know why. I remmember Luka, my best friend, who got killed when he was just 8, I remmember the blood on the swords of the red masks as I sneaked out of the castle that day. My head starts to spin and my eyes start to fill with even more water. My face feels warm and my head feels heavy. It's getting hard to breathe and I slowly lose my sight. That day was the first day I cried. And I think the whole forest heard me i couldn't hear anything other than me and because it was crying with me. it started to rain and I just sat on the ground my head laying low and tears dripping from my eyes. I heard thunder strike and it brought me back to that day.. I pounded the ground and started yelling.

"God. what did I do wrong?! did I upset you?! I'm just a kid!! I didn't do anything!!" I cry louder and I start having trouble breathing. the cold hard raindrops tap my skin leaving a shiver down my spine.

"I'm sorry If I did. but please bring my parents back. I promise I'll be good. I swear." I calm down and bury my head in my skirt. I close my eyes and slowly start to drift away.

I wake up to see Puppy resting his head on my stomach and looking at me sadly.

"Puppy?" I say as I slowly get up.

I look at the sky. it's stopped raining and it's almost sundown.

"we have to get going" I say as I walk over to the waterbucket motioning Puppy to follow me.

I glance at the waterbucket to see my reflection and my eyes are back to normal.

"I'm sorry if I scared you Puppy" I say as i pick him up and hug him.

He let's me hug him and breathes softly.

"I'll never ever ever get mad at you ever again." I say as I hug him once more and put him down so that I can carry my water bucket home.

Ever since that day, I despised the rain.

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