Chapter 33: I told you all! (Joseph's POV)

I few weeks had gone by, I was really despising this day. I had gone back to work last week, everyone there knew what had happened but no one had said a single thing. I was expecting a lot of sorry, but instead everyone just seemed to ignore me.

Honestly I could not complain about that, I really just wanted to be alone right now. I could tell that Tom had wanted to say something, but he could not bring himself to it. Jim had given me a big much needed hug the moment I walked in the first day.

It made the day go by a lot faster, it cleared my head of some things I had just been thinking about none stop lately. I wanted to go to Padre and ask what all my uncle had told him, but at the same time I didn't... It was Padre, I couldn't be doing that to Julia.

I shivered and just sat there on the couch with my sister Mariah, she was smiling while reading a book. I wish I could just read a book and take my mind off of everything. I knew that was exactly what she was doing too, she normally wasn't a big fan of reading stories like I was.

I shook my head and then pulled myself up, I knew that Julia was at work right now, and someone was taking my shift in the back for tonight since I was going over for my father. I so badly did not want to believe what my father had told me, but at the same time I did.

I didn't want to think about my father possibly killing my mother, I felt sick and felt like I was about to pass out when I saw the remnants of my mothers dead body. I had gone to the funeral and all, not many people were there.

It surprised me because my mother had a lot of friends always, but now that I realize it, they all had died at such a young age as well. It was all so confusing and I just wanted to sleep with my sister by my side.

I knew it was true though, they had been following me in my dreams, Jim had told me that he believed they were real, my uncle always told him his stories about them. I'm glad that I was not the only one that believed, my sister and Julia both did not want to believe.

Jim had told me that, I could see and do things special just like my uncle could, I had shaken my head when he had said it, I felt like a normal person there wasn't much special about me.

Now that I was thinking on it, maybe there was... I could see and hear the dragons, they were following me randomly in dreams that I would have while just doing normal things. People thought I was crazy, maybe I wasn't, I didn't want to wish that on myself either.

I thought back on the last dream, I was worried for Julia and Mariah, they had found the place where we used to live. I was glad that we did not end up going back to live there now. They did it at night, always... They were black dragon's we could not see them in the sky.

"That's it Plyma... I found it, they aren't there anymore... She lied, but they are close somewhere I can feel it... I will kill them just like I killed their uncle, slow and in pain." The black dragon said to the purple dragon. I thought back when the purple dragon had told me to go meet up with him.

It was a bad idea, and I smelt death, and I knew it. Now I was happy that I had not gone and done it. They were looking for me and Mariah, they weren't looking to be friendly either, they were out to kill. I shivered and the purple dragon looked at me.

"Ah... Joseph... You think you are so smart I bet... You are nothing compared to me. However I might have misjudged you. Come here and Ill make the death of you and the rest of your family fast and quiet." He said to me. I looked at him and then shook my head, I wasn't going to play his silly little mind games.

He may think he is smarter than me, but I knew... That these dragons were all strength and no smarts. If it came to a game of chess, I would absolutely destroy the poor little dragons. In a fight though, I think that would be a much different story.

"Why would I do that? So you can kill me and the rest of my family? Then destroy the city? I can use you to destroy you. And all of your pathetic dragons. I'm in your head and you know it." I said to the dragon. He began laughing but I could tell that he was afraid.

Of what? I wasn't all too sure, I had seen the soft spot on the bottom of his belly near his bottom legs. If I could just get a shot there with an arrow, maybe... I could kill the dragon, if he got anywhere close to me though I was a gonner. He was just a bit taller than me when he stood up, maybe twice my size, but the width of him, I was nothing compared to.

"You do realize... There are 100 thousand of us... And just less than a billion of you. You humans are weak compared to my species, after I destroy you I will destroy the red dragon's too." He said to me. I looked at him, maybe he was not as smart as I had first thought.

That is all I needed to hear, the red dragons, who were they? Were they friendly to humans? If I could just somehow get in contact with them. I shook my head and I realized I was somewhere different now.

I was in a little cave, there was 2 dragons there with me. I was confused, but I instantly noticed they were different dragons based off of their skin. I moved around silently trying to catch glimpses of what they might be saying.

They might be like the black dragons, they might be planning an attack on us just like them. They didn't realize if they were helping those dragons, after they beat the humans then they would come after the red dragons and then kill them as well. I had to tell them something.

I coughed, they did not seem to notice me. Maybe they were like the black dragons, they could not see me, and they could not hear me either. I coughed a bit louder this time, now the dragon's turned around a slight bit confused this time, wondering where it was coming from.

The bigger male dragon looked at me and then looked surprised but then he nodded to me. The other red dragon noticed me as well and she nodded to me. I was surprised that they could both see me unlike the black dragons.

"You must be from the Buck's family line..." The female dragon said to me. I looked at her a bit confused but then I nodded, I realized my great grand parents whom I had heard stories about were named Buck but they only had one kid which was a female that had her named changed and she had 2 kids... My uncle and my mother.

"Yes... My name is Joseph Capil but my grandmother was named Piper Buck." I said to them. They nodded and they looked at each other. I was wondering what they were both thinking, they then said some words to each other thar I could not quite catch.

I tried sneaking up on them but for some reason something was stopping me from walking forward. So I just stayed there and waited for them to pay attention to me again. After a few more moments they turned back around and they both looked at me.

"If that is so... The war must be true... Can you tell us what you have seen so far." He said to me. I was a bit hesitant to tell him, but these dragons seemed like okay dragons. Much unlike the purple and black dragon.

"Well... They are planning an attack on us. I don't know quite how, they said after they destroy us they will destroy you. So who's side are you on?" I said to the red dragon. He looked at me for a few moments then lowered his head. I was a bit confused but maybe he was trying to tell me that they were planning on attack on us as well.

"So it is true... They have to be coming soon then, make sure that everyone knows right now Socra..." The male dragon said to the female. She nodded and then she flew out of the little cave that they were in.

"So who's side are you on?" I said to the red dragon. He sat there for a few moments as if he had not heard me. I was about to repeat it to him when he turned around and he nodded to me. He had a bit of a saddened look on his face, but I could tell what he was about to say was going to be truth.

"I wouldn't say we are on a side... Whoever attacks us we will defend. And whoever is evil we will destroy." He said to me. I looked at him, the words were well spoken. I could tell that this dragon was not evil unlike that purple dragon.

Suddenly everything began to disappear, it disappointed me a lot because there we so many questions that I still wanted to ask the dragon, but I just sat there solemnly and then I closed my eyes and was back at the bar.

I looked at Mariah, I wanted to tell her about it, maybe she was having the same dreams. I was about 100% sure that they were real right now, surely I could not be going this crazy. I had heard from so many people that what I was seeing was real.

I wanted so badly to believe that it was not... I wanted everything to go back to normal, I wanted my uncle back... I wanted my mother back... Most importantly... I wanted my father back. He was in a whole different world right now, I knew it was true.

My father was not one to lie, he was going crazy, much like it felt like I was as well. Maybe I was not going crazy though, I wanted to wish I was but at the same time I didn't want to go crazy. I looked at my sister and smiled, she noticed me and she smiled back at me.

It was about time for me to go, it was court day and I knew that I had to testify on my fathers side, no one would believe it, he was probably going to get hung... Everyone would think I was crazy... They could think I was crazy til the dragon's attack us.

"Alright Mariah, I'm going to go try to help our father. Stay here and stay safe okay? I don't want you to leave here, and when Julia gets back make sure to tell her the same." I said to my sister. She looked at me for a few moments and then she nodded her understanding. It was more Julia that I was worried about anyways.

"I will stay here and I will take care of her... Go now Joseph..." She said to me. I looked at her for a few more moments making sure what she said was true and then I nodded to her. Then I got up from the couch and walked into the kitchen.

I realized that there was going to be a feast there so there was nothing that I really needed to eat. I then closed the bin and took the keys with me just to make sure that they did not sneak out especially in troubling times like right now.

Once I was out of the door I locked it just in case we had another Padre instance as well. I was still not willing to believe what he said about changing his life for the better. Besides he's not the only mobster in our city.

I began walking down the steps. Once I was down I began heading to Pop and Susan's place. I knocked on the door and waited for them to respond. After a few quick moments I heard Pop surprisingly be the one to respond.

"Come in..." He said. It seemed like he sounded a bit worried about something but I shook it off as I walked in. Once I was in I saw Pop sitting on Susan's seat a bit sadly at the front desk. I wondered what was going on... Had something happened to Susan?

I wanted to believe that it could not be true, but with so much going on with me lately I couldn't just straight up think that way. I was always so worried about losing them as well. Jim I was always worried about too, he was in good shape but he was in his 60s now.

"Are you okay? Where is Susan?" I asked Pop. He looked at me for a few moments and then shook his head. I couldn't tell if it was because of Susan or whether it not he was trying to tell me that he was not okay.

I walked over to him to give him a hug but he pushed me back and lowered his head to the ground. I felt bad for him, I was scared for him as well, now I was beginning to really think that something had happened to Susan.

"She's mad... She's blaming me for I don't even know what. She said she just wants a few days apart." He said to me, I looked at him, I could see the sadness on his face and I could hear it in his voice. I was surprised tio, I had never seen them ever get in a fight so this was definitely something new to me as well.

"Well... I'm sorry, I hope you guys work it out and get back together... I just came in here, figured I would ask for your luck in trial today." I said to him. He looked at me a bit sadly but then he shook his head. It saddened me a great bit, I could see that he was really hurting. I loved Pop's and I hated to see bim like this.

"You don't want my luck... You see where that has gotten me and you so far." He said to me. I looked at him for a few moments and I could see the tears falling from his eyes. He was trying to hide it, but it was hard to hide things like that from me. I walked over to him and gave him a big hug and this time he did not deny it.

We were silent for a few moments, I could hear his cries and I felt bad for him. It surprised me so much because I would have never thought something like this would happen to a couple like them.

"Well... Thank you Joseph, I will try my best to work things together between us. You go see your father now." He said to me. I nodded to him and then I walked out of the place. Something did not seem right in the air, it seemed a bit too warm to be comfortable for me.

I shook it off and then I walked over to the street. I held my hand up for a cab, I made sure the I had cash on me and I thankfully did. Then a guy pulled up and nodded for me to head in.

I got into the passenger seat and then he looked at me and nodded for me to tell him where to take us.

"To the court please." I said to the guy. He looked at me a bit surprised and he moved back a little bit which confused me a little bit. Was he afraid of me or something. I shook it off, surely it could not be so.

"So your the Capil boy... Hope you don't end up like your father kid." He said to me. I looked at him for a few moments, it was a smart comment but he was not looking at me he was too busy paying attention to the road. What I did know is that I was not going to pay this guy a tip.

I was tempted to say something back to him but I managed to stop myself and just relax as I enjoyed to nice little cab ride to what was about to not be a nice thing that was about to happen. I would try my best to help my father but I did not think this would end well for him.

In fact if I tried to help them they might think that I was a part of this somehow, that was not something that I wanted to bring myself into either. Now that I was thinking about that, I really did not want to say anything. I knew that if I didn't though, they would sentence my father to be put on death row.

"That'll be 2 gold coins..." The guy said to me. I knew that he was overpricing it, at most it would be 15 silver... He was using me because he knew I had large amounts of money. I did not say anything though and I gave him the 2 gold coins and he headed off with a bit of a scared look on his face.

In the end if none of this dragon stuff was true, I knew that I would have to deal with that the rest of my life, same with Mariah as well. If she ended up not working I would not blame her 1 bit. We had plenty of money to get us through several generations anyways.

I still had not told them about the 2 million coins my father had given me, and the 10 million that had been weirdly added to my bank for some reason. It was still sitting there, I went over and I asked them every few days.

I wondered where I had gotten that from but I shook my head not wanting to think too deeply into that. I then sat there for a few moments and I walked through the doors of the court room.

As soon as I walked in the security guards nodded to me, they knew who I was so they let me go through, one of them nodded to the court room on the far left... There were 4, my father happened to be in that room, I could here another court room session going on in the near right side.

I walked over to the one on the far left and I walked through to opening. I could see the judge put all of his stuff together making sure that he was ready, he weirdly had a strange smile on his face like he was about to enjoy what was going happen. I shook my head not thinking to deeply into it.

I saw my father in the front, there were about 20 jury all sitting as far away from each other as possible in the room. Clearly none of them were friends or knew each other at all. I sat down beside my father, he almost seemed like he had not noticed me coming in.

"It's okay dad... I will help you as much as I can... I believe you, I will tell you all about what I have been seeing after we win this court case." I said to him. He seemed like he had not heard a word I had just said to him. I shook my head and looked at the front. The were almost all ready.

My father laughed and a few of the jury looked at him a bit scared. I had this feeling that this jury was not going to be on his side at all, no matter what I tried to tell them. I sat there for a few moments wondering why he was laughing, now he was looking at me signifying that he knew that I was here.

"Joseph... They won't believe you... No one does, I want to die anyways, I want to go see my wife again, I want to repent for all the wrong that I have done to her and you and your sister." He said to me. I looked at him for a few moments, I could see the red on his eyes, he had not slept in who knows how long.

I could not blame him, if I had seen my wife die to a dragon I don't think I could think right at all either. He was laughing over and over again, the judge slammed his hammer down trying to get him to shut up, everyone in here thought that he was going crazy, I knew no matter what I said... No one would listen, but I would at least try.

"No... We will win, I will save you. You will not die, I don't want you gone yet." I said to him. He looked at me dead in the eyes for a few moments and then he shook his head at me. I looked over and say Jim walk in, in a fancy suit and he sat down beside me.

"Joseph... You do want me gone, I have treated you like shit your whole life. I will burn in hell for what I have done or I will have a chance to repent to god." He said to me. I looked at him, I could tell... He was already dead, and I saw Jim looking at him sadly as well.

I loved my father though and I could still try and save him, I believed him and I knew what he had told me was true. Jim looked at both of us sadly and then he gave my father a quick hug.

"David... We will win, if Joseph believes you then I believe you too. Your step brother told me a lot about dragons, I am sorry we didn't tell you sooner." He said to my dad. I looked at him but then my dad pushed away from Jim's hug.

"No... I am crazy, let me die." He said to us. I looked at Jim and just shook my head at him. We sat there for a few moments and then the judged slammed his hammer to notify everyone that the trial was about to begin.

"Order in the court! The trial is now beginning." The judge said to everyone I heard a few people laugh when he said order in the court. No one in here was talking and the judge let out a bit of a crack as well.

"First we will let the son talk... Then, we will let the opposing side talk." He said to them. There was no opposing side, they were just lawyers that looked like they did not want to be here and wanted to get this over with as soon as possible.

The judge looked around the room and then he nodded for me to start talking, I gulped real quick and then I nodded to him and got up from where I was standing and looked all over the court room. I saw the jury, and I saw one guy was asleep, I coughed loudly to wake him up.

"My father... He did not kill my mother, dragon's are real, she was killed my one of them and they are coming after our city next... I have had dreams tha-" I began saying but one of the lawyers stopped me and then began speaking from the other side.

"Kid... You are just trying to help your father, we know... We saw all the proof we needed, stop trying to make up bullshit stories." The lawyer yelled at me. I moved back, I was not expecting the judge to just let the guy step in front of me like that.

That was not how I had heard that was supposed to happen in a court room. I looked at the judge but he was laughing just like the rest of the jury was. I yelled loudly for everyone to shut up. Everyone stopped laughing and they all looked at me a bit surprised to see me do that.

"Everyone shut up! I grew up hating my father! If anything I would not take his side... I have had dreams about dragons, so shut up there little guy. You're not supposed to interrupt me while I am talking that is against the law." I said to everyone in the room. The lawyer looked at me a bit surprised but he nodded for me to continue.

I waited for everyone to get settled and get back on their feet before I began talking to everyone that was in the room. Once I figured that everyone was ready I started talking once again.

"I have had dreams... The dragon's are coming for the city... No one will believe me, I know that. You soon will all find out. I man could not hold a woman down and put gasoline and burn her to death at the same time." I said, once again the other lawyer stepped in to interrupt me this time.

"Your father there, he is a big guy he could have easily knock-" the guy started saying but surprisingly the judge stepped in this time. He smacked down his hammer for him to be quiet.

"Bill, you should no, you do not speak when the other one is talking." He said to the guy that had just stepped in. The guy looked at the judge a bit surprised, I could tell that the judge had done it just because he was interested in what I was about to say.

Suddenly a guy stepped up that I had never seen before, he did not look like he was from around these parts.

"The boy is not lying... His uncle was a part of the 13th division, they were a division specifically out to hunt dragons... I was a part of that group, we killed many dragons, his uncle died because of that, he was the captain of our battalion, let him talk..." The guy said to everyone. I was a bit surprised, but now I knew that everything I was about to say was true and that I was not going crazy.

Everyone in the room looked at me, I knew that I had to choose these next words wisely as best as possible. This was all or nothing, this was for my own fathers life, no matter how much I did not like him, he was still my father and I still did love him.

"Thank you... My father is not lying...  They are real and they are out there, my uncle had a special gift that I also have, I can see and hear the dragon's from far away and can watch what they are doing." I said to all of them. Suddenly I was in a different place I looked around a bit confused.

"There he is... He's in there!" A black dragon said. I looked at him, he was with another black dragon. That was not what I was looking at though, there were dragon's everywhere, all over the city burning places up that I could see from far away, I could here people screaming on the streets.

I was back, I could hear the same people screaming, and everyone in the court room looked around a bit surprised. They all looked through the window wondering what was going on. I looked through it from far away and I could see fire everywhere on the streets.

"We are being attacked! Everyone run!" One of the jury members yelled. Suddenly the place became chaos and everyone began running out of the building. I looked around surprised, then I grabbed my father and I grabbed Jim and pulled them back.

"They are here!" I yelled to the both of them. Jim looked at me a bit surprised and a bit scared at the same time. My father was just laughing as I grabbed on to him and I began pulling him with Jim to the exit of the room. The judge ran over with the lawyers to look and see what was going on.

I was tempted to follow them and see if what it was could possibly be true. I knew that it was already though, and something was telling me that it would be a bad idea, there were still jury in the room sitting there not believing what was going on.

The judge turned around and yelled to everyone in the room. Now the jury was beginning to pull themselves up after they heard what the judge said.

"It's true! They are everywhere! Everyone run!" He yelled to everyone in the room. Now Jim looked at me a bit surprised but he nodded for me. He knew just like I did that my father was right, I had told them about the dreams but Jim just said they were because my mind was in a different place.

He was right, my mind was in a different place...

My father looked at us and then he began laughing at everyone in the room, he then pushed me and Jim off of both of us. Suddenly the glass of the window shattered and 2 large black dragons landed beside the judge and the lawyers and they tore them apart. Not using any fire. My father was yelling and laughing, the dragons looked right at me and smiled...

"I told you all!!!"