• THE AGE OF DRAGONS


    Once in the mid-evil times there was a kingdom and in the kingdom there was a castle called Dragon’s Palace and of course there was a town below the castle that was filled with big houses because only the very rich people could live in that town or kingdom. The castle was called Dragons Palace because every year they would hold a tournament to see who could become the next king of Dragons Palace and of the whole kingdom. The tournament was to see who in all the lands could kill the highest number the dragons. The rules where simple, any of the Knights from any of the kingdoms or castles that were of course good and friends with the kingdom could compete in the competition. The Knights always had to get permission from their King and also the old King of the Dragons Palace then the Knights and his team of Squires were able to come and if there where any Knights left after the great battles with the Dragons, they would all fight to the death to see who would become the new First Knight of the kingdom. Also the other dead knights would be burned with the dead dragons and the ashes would be proudly put right below a painting of the new King and the new First Knight.

    But there weren’t only kingdoms and castles because down below them were the villages where all the people who had just enough money or no money at all lived. Also nearby the villages there were many farms that always provided the villages with dairy products and many other things they needed to survive. Now farmers where very skinny and poor because they worked very hard on the farms in a place not to far away from Dragons Palace and the farmers provides Dragons Palace with so many farm related products for the King that the Farmers and their families never had enough of anything. Now on one of the farms there was a small child about the age of 7 his name was Joey and he lived with his mom and dad. Then one fateful day on the day when they hold the tournament Joey heard a horrible scream from the cow milking place barn so he ran as fast as he could with a shovel but when he got there he saw a dragon with red hot flames, scales and horrible black eyes. There Joey gazed in fright at the dragon then finally when he realized what was happening he saw in the corner of the barn his Dad and Mom were being burned to death by the dragon’s fire and he began to cry and yelled “this is your fault isn’t it. Then he suddenly charged with all his might at the dragon with the horrible scar across its face but the dragon with just one swing of its huge tail hurled Joey up against the wall. When he woke up he found himself in his bed so Joey got up slowly and ask himself did I hit my head was it all a dream? Then he heard footsteps coming and he said “Dad, Mom, is that you? But no one answered as he heard them slowly coming toward him so he got frightened then yelled “WHO ARE YOU? Then it stopped and Joey heard a voice say “I am the next King of Dragons Palace. Then he emerged from the stair well with a yummy looking meal on a big silver platter in his hands and he said “how are you doing? Joey replied pretty well you’re Majesty but what are you doing here and where are my parents? Then the king said, sitting next to Joey “I am going to be your parent now and would you like something to eat? “What are you talking about I have my own parents. Then he stood up and said “I am King Arthur you must not have seen your parents killed by the dragon. “But I thought I dreamed that” Joey said, “How do you know about it? “That was not a dream” said King Arthur, “there was a dragon and it did kill your Parents”. “I can’t it really happened” said Joey, “what else happened?” The King told Joey that he came into the burning barn and found Joey unconscious on the ground.

    “I took you out of the barn and the Dragon flew up into the clouds toward the dark mountains”. Then Joey swore that until he was in his grave he would kill every single dragon he saw. Then King Arthur thought to himself that if he wanted to improve the boys skills so he would survive that he would have to train the boy himself so the boy agreed that from then on he would learn everything he could as if King Arthur was his Dad and so the King became his teacher and Joey learned so much from his new Dad and Arthur became so close to Joey that sometimes Arthur called Joey my little knight. Over time Joey forgot his childhood.


    11 YEARS LATER

    When Arthur won the tournament again he was such a good and famous King that the council agreed to let him be King again so they had a great feast and everyone at Dragons Palace loved it. Now when Joey turned 18 and it was his birthday he had forgotten about his tragic childhood. This time for his birthday he got a new horse a new shield and finally the famous sword Excalibur from his Dad the King. “Hey son how are you doing” said King Arthur “Hello Father, what can I do for you on this fine day”? Asked Joey, “I just want you to understand how important it is to take good care of that sword because that very sword was the one that made me the King you know?” “Yes dad I know that but it’s not like I am going to be King because that’s not the way it has been done in this land or at least it has never happened” Joey stated. “It could happen” said the King.

    “Hahahahahahahahahahahaha” laughed Joey “Joey I am serious you can’t be the King by doing nothing, you must be the one who kills the most dragons” yelled Arthur “WHAT Dad, it’s not possible, I’m not even a knight” said Joey “I know but I want you to be a King like me I also think it is time I tell you a little bit of your childhood” said king. So King Arthur told him his real childhood story and not the one Joey thought happened “I can’t believe it, I never thought that I could live on a farm and I swore that I would go far to the dark mountains and slay that horrible dragon and avenge my real Parent’s death” said Joey. “Son I will send you my greatest Knights and Squires to help you” said the king. “But father why didn’t you tell me the truth, I don’t understand” said Joey? “Son I had to wait for the right time and that time wasn’t before now because when you were younger you weren’t prepared to face the dragon because you weren’t as strong as me and I think you will continue to grow much stronger on your journey. I know you will fight hard and strong”. So Joey went into the Tournament to kill the most dragons in the 90 days of the Tournament. So Joey set out with his many supplies and his men and had a long and furious trip until they came across an odd looking cave but it was night time and there was no sign of civilization so they decided that they were going to stay there in the cave for the night until the next morning. When they woke up that next morning something was playing around with them and guess what it was, a baby dragon! One of the squires had a book about dragons and as he looked up baby dragons he found that all dragons live in groups so then in a instant he told everyone to get out because the baby dragon made a horrible screeching sound and they heard huge footsteps coming near so they knew that the dragon made a type of call to more dragons. They all tried to run but Joey refused to go because he had made that promise to himself and he wanted to stay and fight. Joey said, “run and I’ll catch up”. Then they made a promise to each other that they would return to the kingdom and live there forever. Then Joey said “show your dreadful self you filthy dragon or are you scared of me”? “HA scared of a human like you, not a likely story, why would I be scared of you I am the Royal King of the Dragons and you are only a pitiful human”! “Yes just like you I am royalty I am going to be the King especially when I kill a Royal Dragon. I’ll kill the dark dragon that lives in the mountain for what it has done to my life” he yelled while he charged at the dragon. “you don’t have a chance to kill the Dark Dragon anyway because I want to kill him myself because he killed so many other dragons who were my friends and why do you want to kill him”? “Why should I tell you” said Joey. “Wait a second what is that sword you are carrying”? “It is the sword Excalibur and why should you care” asked Joey. “RRRRRRRRR my greatest friend had that sword and he became King so how did you get it”?
    “I got it as a gift from my father”. “You are the son of Arthur, my apologies Sir I didn’t know you were the son of my best friend” said the dragon. “How do you know my Dad and Friend” said Joey confused “yes do you know how he killed all those evil disgusting dragons, it was by riding me, those were our glory days”. “HEY dragon” yelled Joey “I do have a name you know”, said the Dragon, “its Draco”. “Ok Draco let me ride you” suggested Joey. “Excuse me” the Dragon replied. “I mean let me ride you to the dark mountains and we can finish the dark dragons and then you will be treated like a King at Dragons Palace” offered Joey “Well, that is a good idea but first you will have to prove it” said Draco. “Ok I’ll get my men to go back to the Kingdom and get permission from my Dad while we go to the mountain. How long do you think it will take”? The dragon thought and thought and finally said 2 months and they had two months and one week so they had just enough time to make this worked. So they started their plan and the Knights and Squires made it there and got back with the good news of the King’s approval. Draco and Joey also got through the gruesome traps and obstacles and were about to fight the evil Red Dragon. “Are you ready Joey” asked Draco. “Are you ready Draco” asked Joey? Then Joey got on Draco’s back and charged in and fought for 5days and 5 nights but they helped each other survive and then exhausted from the fight with nothing to drink or eat the Dark Dragon collapsed as they killed the Dark Dragon put it in a barrel to take with them and flew off to hear the great news of their work together. Then they went to Dragons Palace and changed the rule so that there was no killing of dragons from that time on it was a Kingdom and with a prince heritage and there was never the need for another Tournament again. And all the living things including people and dragons in Dragon Palace lived happily ever after for hundreds of years.

    THE END