The Dragon Prince

I wake up and see the book on my dresser. I smile and walk to the bathroom to take a shower. I look into the mirror and see the choker the dragon prince gave me in the dream. I lightly touch it and then take it off so I can shower. The room suddenly feels different and looks dimmer. 'Okay then,' I think while getting in the shower.

As I pat myself dry I notice a small mark on my ankle. It's an oval shape going around my whole ankle like an anklet. I look on my other ankle and see the same mark. 'What happened to my ankles? Oh these must be from those shoes,' I think as I carefully pat them dry and realize they're burns. I walk into the living room and smile at the book. 'How do you move on your own little book?'

My phone rings and I see that it's Issy, "Hello?"

"Please, come get me," she says. It sounds like she's been crying.

"Are you okay?" I ask worried.

"Just come get me, " she says and hangs up.

I hurry and get my things ready then I remember that her car is there. I look at my old skateboard and think, I could take that to the hospital and drive her car back. I decide to go with the skateboard and pack a backpack with what I was bringing with me.

I go into the bathroom to make sure my hair and make up looked okay. I see the choker lying there and put it on. The room seems brighter again.

As I close the door behind me and go to lock it I see a small envelope sitting on my porch. I pick it up and notice that it doesn't have anything on it. Slowly turning it in my hands I see a small symbol appear on the flap holding it closed. I touch the symbol and it feels like it's burning hot. This is quite strange, I think putting the envelope in my pocket.

"Open," I hear a voice whisper. "Open the gift..." I slowly do a 360 turn on my heel to try to find where the voice is coming from. I don't see anything but I feel heat coming from my pocket.

I pull the envelope out and the heat instantly fades. I look at the small symbol and slowly open the flap. Inside is a small pentacle (a circle with a pentagram inside) and a little hoop to connect it to something. I pull out the letter that was with it.

It is said that you have chosen to try to heal the Prince. Please accept this gift. It will let you be in our world within this one, whenever you want to. Attach this gift to your "choker" as you would call it and it will show you how to activate it. I feel you will do great things and be a great leader when the time comes.

Our sincerest regrets for your losses and apologies for the pain it has caused.

From the counsel of His Highness, Dracome, we conclude this letter informing you of the task of healing. Please enjoy our home.

And let it become your home too.

I got confused, 'Let our home be your home?' I thought it sounded like an infomercial about a children's hospital that the children had to nearly live in. Or it sounded like a foster home ad "Our home is yours" Yea that's more like it, well, it made more since because my family was dead. Just then my phone started ringing and I put the stuff in my pocket and answered. "Hello?"

"Are you coming to get me?" Issy asks me impatiently.

"Yea, I'll be there here in a minute," I say starting on my way to the hospital.

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At the hospital I put my skateboard in her car before walking inside. I go to her room and knock on the door. "Come in," she says. I walk in and she jumps off the bed and hugs me.

"Hello," I say laughing. When she pulls away I see she had been crying, "What's wrong?"

"I just wanna leave," she says starting to cry again. I walk her out and check her out.

"It'll be okay, Issy, let's get back to my house," I say walking her to her car.

"How did you get here?" She asks looking around for my bike.

"I rode my skateboard," I say pointing to it in the backseat.

"What took you so long though?" She asks looking at me sadly.

"I'll show you when we get back to my house," I say starting the car. She sniffles and turns on the radio.

~~~♡~~~

Pulling into my driveway I feel heat coming from the pocket with the small pentacle in it. 'I'll put it on later, please don't burn my coat,' I think to it. The heat dims down but is there enough to be noticed.

"Come on, Issy, let's go inside," I look at her and see that she fell asleep on the ride home. I smile and get out of the car. Opening her door to carry her inside I notice the same symbol that was on the envelope on her neck. I pick her up out of the car and close the car door.

When I get into the house I lay her on the couch and cover her up with a blanket after shutting the door. 'Poor Issy, probably scared because of what she might've been through with that whole dragon thing,' I think as I walk to my room and pull the pentacle out of my pocket with the envelope and letter. I lay the letter on my bed and turn the pentacle in my fingers. I guess the only way to know is to do, I think while slowly taking the choker off so I could see what I was doing.

When I finally got the pentacle on the choker I put it back on and a voice started saying, "Press the pentacle and turn it." It repeats it and I do as it said and am instantly teleported into the big bedroom that I've been in during my dreams. I look at my clothes and am in the dress and shoes I was in before. I walk to the closets and change my dress and shoes. I walk down the hall and down the stairs. My feet don't burn this time but they are very warm. I get to the hall with the char on the floor and walk to the room the Prince was in. I open the door to see him laying on the giant pillow. I smile and walk over to him. "Hello, Prince Dracome."

He lightly nods in acknowledgement and I reach over to lightly touch his head and he says, "Lägg av mig."

I slowly climb onto the giant pillow next to the Prince and lightly hold him in my hand. As I lay there I feel myself falling asleep and I look at the Prince, whom is laying in my hand asleep, and fall asleep.

The room turns into a sea of lava and somehow me and the Prince are floating on the giant pillow without dying. I look at the Prince, whom is now sitting on the edge of the pillow looking out on the sea of lava, "Prince?"

"Tallia, this is the only place I can actually speak your language and move around on my own," He says turning towards me. "Now while we're here I must tell you what is making me so sick." His voice sounds like he's a little older than I am but his dragon form is so small.

"I will listen and do my best to save you," I say looking at him curiously.

"Yes my dragon form is very young. Yet, my human form is only a year or so older than you."

"How can I save you?"

"There is only one way, if you wish to risk the book."