New Places and New Faces, Chapter 2
A nice trip to the lake turn into a discovery Alain wont soon forget.
Some action in this chapter.
The next morning I woke up at 9:30 like I usually do on weekends. I got up, used the restroom, made myself a bowl of cereal and went to watch the childish cartoons that are usually on at this time. I particularly liked the yugioh one and even collect a few of the trading cards. At noon I decided to go outside for some reason. I usually don't like going out but I felt today I felt really good and happy. I jumped in the shower to fully wake up. I love hot showers, or just showers in general, in fact I loved to swim and be near water because it just felt right. It always calms me down and refreshes me. Its almost like I was born to be in water. Then again I do love a windy day. The feel of the wind on my scales and how it just feels like it wants to carry me with it and be free.
Most people hate it in the stormy weather but it always makes me happy because both my favorite elements work together. I can see the beautiful way the wind carries the rain in loops and streeks across the sky before it lands on the ground to nourish the plants and animals. Anyways I decided to go to the park near the lake and watch the water flow.
The lake was about a ten minute drive but my dad was on call so I decided to walk. On second thought I should practice flying again. I absolutely love to fly but don't usually have the chance to because school work and they don't allow you to fly "on school grounds," which I think is stupid but whatever. As I got ready to leap the wind picked up towards the direction I was wanting to go.
'hehe how convenient ,' I thought.
The wind was absolutely perfect for flying today, it almost as if it were reading my thoughts because I thought I was going off course and the wind shifted to accommodate my flight pattern. Within a few minutes I was at the lake. I landed near the water and sat down to relax. The sun was shining brightly through the light canopy of the trees. The wind was a little breeze just enough to feel and be refreshing.
After a while a voice called out to me" hey you. What you do'in' here," I could tell it was one of those "gangsters" that liked to try and mark out territory like they owned the world. I really hate people like that. I mean don't get me wrong most gangsters are cool but the wanna be ones try to act cool by steelin and killin where the real ones only protect their neighborhood from outside or inside dangers and are pretty friendly once you get to know them.
"just sitting here enjoying the view" I answered calmly. I guess I said something wrong because walked up to where I was sitting. "What did you say? You dicin me in front of my homies?!"
I looked up to see that it was a black panther who was speaking to me. He had a tank top on and was wearing pants that sagged a lot. He was also ripped. I personally don't like fighting but there were a few times that I almost snapped and blacked out but when I came to every buddy was just looking the other way like I wasn't even there. This confused me greatly since I had no idea what happened. Most of the time though I just ignore it so it wouldn't distract me from my work. Although, I sometimes here a voice in my head telling me to hurt someone I find detestable. I'm glad that when that happens my body doesn't move even if I tell it to. I guess it's just not in my nature to hurt people for my own selfish desires.
"The only one who dicing you is yourself," I answered calmly. Did I mention I hate it when people do this sort of thing. Trying to hurt someone else just because of something they said. It's just so annoying. Apparently he doesn't agree with this notion because he got that look in his eye that said he was wanting a fight. I don't really think I have ever been in a real fight before but I train myself mentally for things like this, I just hope I don't black out again.
"you bett'a shut yo mouf 'fore I shut if fou you," he just doesn't know how to pronounce proper English so I just stare at him with a 'are you seriously talking like that' look on my face. I stood up to get a good grip on the situation. He was a whole head shorter than me. He had two friends with him, a mean looking fox and a devious looking rat. I assumed they would join in the fight if there leader was losing or if they just wanted to beat somebody up.
Now the panther just wasn't having it and swung a punch. I steped a little out of the way so that the punch would hit me in the shoulder to size up his strength to my own. When the blow landed I knew I was going to be in one heck of a fight because that one blow which I don't think he even put all his strength into hurt like hell, and that was just my shoulder covered with thick scales! I started to dodge and weave but he was fast and agile like most felines are and kept on grazing me. I didn't notice that the rat and fox had snuck behind me until they both grabed my arms to hold me while the panther beat me with his sledge hammer fists. Oh how it hurt. I had never really been hit like this and I was starting to black out from the pain.
"Had enough yet tough guy," he retorted as he punched me one last time before his friends decided to carry me over to the water to dunk my head and wake me up for another beating. In hind sight no one not even me could have predicted what had happened next. As soon as my he4ad hit the water I felt perfectly fine and since they were off guard I threw them both into the water. The rat squeeked and the fox yelped as they both hit the freezing cold water. The panther was a little surprised but quickly recovered and was going to attack me again. At that moment I felt something in me snap and it felt wonderful. As anyone who obtains a great power feels. Before the panther could reach me he was swept off his feet by a huge gust of wind and thrown head first into the freezing water.
I just stood there staring at the three who were trying to attack me swim back to shore to escape the cold water. I stayed in the ankle deep part of the water wondering what had just happened. The three wet creatures took off without a word as I stood there. I steped out of the water ten minutes later and felt exhausted. I decided to just go home and rest and forget about this. My stomach felt pretty bruised but not as much as I thought it would be. I didn't feel like flying back home so I walked. As I walked I thought about what had happened and how it had happened. That feeling I got scared me a little bit because if that thing that happened was due to me then would that mean I have some supernatural ability to control wind? I thought this abserd since dragons can only use fire, ice, electricity, poison, and in some rare cases darkness but that's only the ones I know about the rest are all clouded in mystery.
Plus how could I be a wind dragon if my mom was an ice dragoness and my father was a fire dragon. It just doesn't add up. One hour later I found myself back at home. I noticed the car was in the drive way. 'Yay dads home' I thought to myself. As I intered the house I smelled fresh cooked meat. My dad was in the kitchen making some dinner.
"mmmmm, pork-chops," I said surprising him a little.
"Hehe, home so soon son? Thought you'd be out with your friends still," he said in his deep barrotone voice of his that I have become so familiar with.
"Heh ya, I went to the park near the lake for a bit to relax. You should go there some time when you aren't so tired and have some free time," I thought about telling him about the fight but I didn't want to stress him out any more than he already is with work and all. Not to mention how to explain how I got wailed on and got home with barely any damage except a few bruises.
"Well maybe we can go check it out after din--," he was interrupted by his beeper. He answered it and looked like he aged 5 years right there. I wasn't all that surprised because this usually happens. "Sorry son gotta go back to work already cause I'm on call.'"
"That's ok I was getting tired so I think I'll go to bed early tonight. Night love you dad and drive safely."
"Ok son, goodnight. I'll see you in the morning."
Wow this took me only 2 and a half hours to write and type. Surprising what you can do when you put your mind to it. Please leave a comment the more coments the more chapters there will be. I'll try to make the action seens a bit more actiony next time though.