Chapter 9 (Josephs POV) Wake Up!

I sat there for a few moments, as I waited, get a bit antsy, and a bit afraid at the same time. This was the dragon that I had heard about, the dragon that the black dragons were afraid of. I felt a bit afraid myself, even though I knew that he could not do anything to me.

I wondered what he would look like, when I saw dragons in the first place, they had been nowhere near as big as all of the stories had said. I suppose that you should not let looks deceive you however, as they did manage to destroy the entire city that I had been born and raised in.

I shook my head, not trying to think about it. I was still a bit afraid to see the dragon however. I wonder if he looked scary, based off of what I had heard the black dragons say, we very well should be. I looked down at the ground, not even daring to put my head up, to look at the dragon.

It seemed as if it was taking quite a long time. It did not make sense, maybe he was not actually there, and he had left Socra. Maybe he was afraid, maybe he was not actually the dragon of destiny. If he was not, then it made a lot more sense as to why Himla was acting the way that he was.

Maybe he knew down deep inside, that his son was not actually the dragon of destiny, like everyone thought he was. I sat there for a little while longer, just keeping my eyes closed, and waiting for quite a long time, as it began to stretch for what seemed like forever.

After a few more moments, I then began to hear footsteps of a dragon. It did not sound like very loud footsteps however. I was not sure if that was because he was a smart, silent, and sneaky dragon, or if he was just a small little dragon in fact.

I did not dare open my eyes to see the dragon that was in front of me though. I just held it off for as long as I could. I felt a bit of a strange trimble in the air. I was a bit afraid of the dragon, and I was not going to lie about it. I did not want to open my eyes to meet the dragon quite yet still.

After a few moments of silence, which I thought that I might have woken up, and I had missed my chance to meet the dragon. Due to the fact partially that the air was beginning to warm up around me. I did not know if that was because of the dragon in front of me was so great, or if I had just woken up.

I did not dare move either. I then heard the voice of Socra then begin to speak to me, telling me that I had in fact not woken up from my dream quite yet. It made me feel a lot better, but it also made me feel a bit scared at the same time as well, which was something that I did not want to show the dragons.

Especially a dragon like Plyma, none the less. I sat there for a few moments longer, and then I realized that Socra was speaking to me. I focused in on her voice, but I still did not dare open my eyes and see the 2 dragons that were laying in front of me.

"Joseph... You can open your eyes now. He is not going to hurt you, this is the most real, and friendly dragon you will ever meet... That does not mean that he is a weak dragon though." She said to me. She seemed like that she did need to add in the last part just to reassure me that this was the dragon of destiny that was sitting in front of me.

I still did not open my eyes though, even though she had told me too. I still was a bit scared to open them, I was not going to lie. I was doing my best not to show that on my face still. I was just pretending that I did not want to think that all of this was real I suppose.

After a few moments though, there was still silence. I could tell that both dragons were starting to get a bit annoyed that I was waiting it out. I could sense that both of the dragons were quite a bit tired as well. It seemed like they just wanted to get this over with so that they could go and get some sleep in their cave.

I opened my eyes, and I saw the dragon that was in front of me. I blinked a few times wondering if this was real. This had to be some sort of joke right? This was the dragon that the black dragons were afraid of? Had they even met him in the first place?

He was not even near the size of his father, and he did not look to be as muscular as him either. I did my best to hide the disappointed look that was swarming me at the exact moment. I could tell that both of them had seen the look before I could hide it as well.

Jangra lowered his head down to the ground, as if he was a bit disappointed as well. Socra looked at him a bit sadly, and then she looked over at me. Not with an angry look, as she shook her head at me not to say anything.

We sat there for a few more moments, as I could tell that Jangra was trying to calm himself down. I could tell that he was a bit hurt with the look that I had just given him. That was also not a good sign to see out of him either. If he was so easily hurt like that, should he really he the next leader?

Surely they must be mistaken, this could not be the dragon of destiny. This was really the dragon that we were leaning on to save not just their own species, but also the human race from going extinct? I stayed still, and I squinted my eyes at him, even though I knew that he was not paying attention to notice me doing that at all.

Socra looked over at me, she could see the look on his face, and I could tell there was a part of her that was thinking the same thing that I was. This could not be the dragon that everyone was talking about right? The dragon that all of the black dragons were so worried about?

Socra stared me down though, and I could tell that she was about to say something to me. I could tell that she was going to try to get the spirits up of the dragon that was beside her. The new deputy dragon of their tribe none the less. She then began to speak up to me.

"He may not look like he is, but you have not seen the things that he can do. He is only getting better as the days go by as well." She said to me. I looked at the both of them, and I could tell that neither of them really believed what she had said about that last part had actually been true.

It was not a good sign to see for the dragon that was supposed to save us. Maybe they were thinking of a son of a different dragon from a different tribe. There was no way that this could be correct, surely right? I looked at her and then I looked back at the dragon that was in front of me.

The dragon that had his head on the ground, and was showing signs of his weakness already. I felt a bit bad for him though, if he was not actually the dragon of destiny, all of the other dragons that were in his tribe must be looking at him, expecting him to be.

If he acted like that around all of the other dragons, than surely they could not actually think he was right? I looked back over at Socra, and then I shook my head at her. This was not right, they surely knew that right? This could not be the dragon that everyone had been talking about.

I looked at her for quite a few moments longer, staring her down, trying to see if there were any signs of weakness, or not believing what she had just said was true or not. But it did seem to me as if she was sticking with what she had just said to me however. I then began to speak up to her, I had a lot of questions that needed answering to still.

"You talk like you do not actually believe what you say... This is a small little dragon, this is the dragon that all of the others are speaking so highly about?" I said to her. She looked at me for a few moments, and then I could tell that what I had just said seemed to make her quite upset.

It seemed as if what I had just said, had really struck a nerve in her. The dragon that she was with seemed to look the complete opposite. I could tell that both of the dragons were quite a bit upset at what I had just said. Just one was angry, and the other one was hurt with what I had just said.

Socra looked at me, and I could tell that she was quite angry with what I had just said about the dragon that she was training to be the next successor of their tribe. I wondered if she was paying any attention at all to the dragon that was standing right beside her.

I stared her down, letting her know that I did not believe in the dragon. It seemed to make her even more upset as well, which was not the intent on any of it at all. She stared back down at me, as she then began to respond back to me with more of an angry rasp in her voice.

"What more do I need to prove to you? The prophecies have all come true so far... He is not big because he is not fully grown, he beat one of the strongest black dragons that you can imagine in a fight..." She said to me. I looked at her dead in her eyes, and it still did not look like she believe a word that she had just said to me.

I looked down at the ground, there was a part of me that realized that she was right as well. Maybe I was being a bit too harsh on the young dragon. I could tell that he was not an adult still, and he had to step in to his fathers role before he had even reached that age as well.

I had also not been there to see the fight either, so I had not seen the full power of this dragon yet either. I also knew that my mother had told me, "first looks can be deceiving" she could be right as well, I just did not like the look that Socra had on her face, it looked like she did not even believe what she said.

Both dragons still had their heads at the ground still, even Socra had just about given up at this point in telling me any more about him. I figured that I may as well speak my own case about all of what was going on. I looked at both of them to make sure that they were paying attention, as I then began to speak back to her.

"Maybe you are right... But with his head down at the ground like that, it is not a very good first impression." I said to them. Mainly pointing it at him, so that he knew that I had noticed it, and I knew that it was not good to look weak when you were supposed to be strong.

It worked that way for both dragons and humans, it was a main part of the reason that I had won the fight with Julia's boyfriend as well. If you did not add in the part where life had seemed to go extra slow at the exact moment in time as well.

After a few moments, Socra then lifted her head up at me. She realized that what I had just said also worked both ways as well. They did not look like they were very strong leaders of their tribe with the way that they were looking at me right now.

I shook my head, trying not to have a bist judgement on them either. Socra sat there for a few moments, as I could tell she was thinking deeply on what she was about to say to me as well. She tilted her head over to Jangra, as she finally then decided to speak back to me about what I had just said as well.

"That is what I am trying to get him to stop doing, if he shows his weakness, then other dragons will use that against him... Just like Pinta did... There are so many things that he has done to prove it that he is the dragon of destiny, you just have to-" She was saying to me, but then Jangra came in and began to speak for the 1st time, rudely cutting her off as well.

I looked at him a bit surprised, it was also the first time that I had ever heard his voice as well. His voice was so clean and soft, even though while he was speaking over his leader, he was speaking out of anger and hurt at the same time.

"I am not the dragon of destiny Socra... He is right, and I lied about talking to my brother... I have not seen him at all." He said over her. She turned her head at him, a bit upset that he had interrupted her while she was speaking at first.

Suddenly that look then turned into a bit of a surprised look at the same time as well, she had clearly not seen that coming as well. Jangra sat there completely still for quite a few moments, and then he got up from where he was at in the middle of the clearing, and he then began to fly off.

Both me and Socra just sat there and watched as he disappeared into the sky, it came as such a surprise to the both of us. Neither of us had expected that to cone fron him. It had just proven that what I had said was right though, he was not the dragon of destiny.

I must have really gotten into his head, which was not what I was trying to do at all, but it seemed as if I had somehow managed to do that. It had shown some light in all of that, maybe I was right... This was not the dragon that everyone had expected him to be.

I suppose it was better to find that out now, before it was too late... I shivered, as a cool breeze began to flow over my head. Socra looked at me a bit surprised and a bit upset. She did not look upset at me though, it looked more like she was upset at herself.

"He does not realize it yet... He is still young, he is the dragon of destiny... There are so many things proving it, not everyone is perfect though." She said almost as if she was speaking to herself, just trying to make herself feel a bit better after all that had just happened in front of us.

I sat there for a few moments, I had not seen all that he could do, so I was not going to say whether she was correct or not about all of that. I just sat there for a little bit longer, as suddenly I felt a bit of warmth sensation flow through me... It felt like something was pushing against me as well.

I looked around wondering what it was. I then shook my head, and turned back over to Socra, but she was gone now. I looked around the area, and then the pushing against me kept on going. I then heard a voice begin to speak out to me.

"Joseph... John needs you! Wake up!"