"Here we are. Umm…how do you want to do this? Do you two want to sleep in here and have the dragons sleep on the other side, or let them have their own house so that you can have privacy?"
"Move!! You kidding, bro? This will be the best sleepover party with dragons, normals, magics, Pures, and Hopegivers all living and sleeping under one roof the world has ever seen. This party will be lit, both figuratively and maybe physically; that is if they feel like it."
"Before we choose beds for the night, I was thinking of…. sleeping with someone else!!"
"Adel, we know what you mean. Go with Timmy and have fun. We can hold down the fort here."
"You hold down the fort all you want. We have some praying to do. Come on Star."
"Here, catch!!"
"Oww…hey!! What was that for? Why did you hit me on the head with a pillow?"
"Addy, we are at a party. Now is not the time to be serious. Now is the time….to enjoy!!!"
"Enjoy!! How many sins do you think we will break before the nights done?"
"That's what your prime concern is? You are so worried about following in the Truth, that any even small instance where we might conceive a 'sin' is considered evil. Party pooper!!
"Hey, in the Bible, Jesus tells Peter and the other disciples that if you can't figure out how much sin is acceptable, then just refrain from it all entirely."
"Yes, but that's where your generation bases its beliefs. Inside of deciding how much is too much, you just use the, refrain from it all technique. That's not Jesus is…. wait, why am I even arguing with you. You are too young to understand what the Bible really says. Stay in here and pray all you want; I'm going out to find some drinks and hang with the other Dragons. You are more than welcome to join us, that is, once you stop being a kid!!!"
"DRINKINGS BAD FOR YOU."
"Yes, YES, IT IS!! BUT IT IS NOT A SIN!! Drunkenness is a sin but drinking in and of itself is not a sin. Get your priorities straight."
"Star, are you done talking to your…mhmm…young associate? Come on!! Come join the fun."
"Be right there!!
Last call, Adalyn. What will it be? Do you want to stay in here and lock yourself in your room like the Bible says, or do you want to come hang out with us and find out what the Bible really says concerning topics that your generation has seemed to simply sweep under the rug?"
".....huh!!!!!...Don't get me drunk!!"
"SHE'S IN!!! That's my girl. Everything here is only 10% and nothing higher. That is how much alcohol content the Israelites used to drink and consider as wine, so that is how much we will drink and no more."
"How much do you know, that I…do not?"
"Pour her a drink.
Well, to start off with, Wine back then was only considered as strong grape juice. You know, there are the sweet grapes you pick and then the grapes that you let sit on the vine for too long and they start to taste bitter? Well, that is where they got their wine from. That type was later fermented and only served at parties and gatherings; never individually. You need yeast to make wine and anything else alcoholic so the more yeast, the more flavor. Sadly, most times out of the year, Israelites as well as others were limited by the kin on how much yeast they could have per family, and then weeks before the Passover, they had to throw out their yeast and wait till afterwards before they could buy more. There goes your key ingredient. So, since yeast was in such short supply and they needed it to literally make everything else in the house they needed, they could only risk using a very small amount of it to help ferment their drinks. So, when you read the Bible and read the word 'wine', you picture a modern day 12-20% alcoholic drink, right? Back then, no one could risk making a wine that would be higher than 10. 10 in and of itself was a lot of yeast and cost a long amount of time to create."
"What about Jesus. What type of alcohol did He make when He turned water to wine at his parents' wedding?"
"None!! Jesus only turned water into bitter grapes. It would not have been a miracle if he turned it into modern day wine because anybody could have used grapes to do it. The reason it was considered a miracle is because grapes and yeast were already long depleted prior to the Passover and since his parents' big day was only weeks away from the Passover, they were short on 'wine' as is. That is why they ran out within the first hours and asked Jesus to make more. Now, all the freshest grapes had been picked so that they could be served first, while the least amazing grape, 'wine', was served last. It was least because it could be made out of any type of grape and didn't need to be fresh grapes. So, if Jesus turned water into regular fermented aged alcoholic wine, it would not have been a miracle. People could've just said that he went to the back storage and picked up a few of the wine coolers. The people didn't need alcoholic wine because they knew they were about to be served it, so it made no sense to ask Jesus for it. The 'wine' they asked him for was the wine that had just run out which was the freshest grape wine. So, Jesus made that, and nobody could claim that it was made by someone else because….as I said, all the vineyards were already depleted of all the 'fresh grapes'. So, there is no way that anybody including Jesus could have physically found and made wine, especially as many barrels that Jesus did. That is why it was considered His first miracle because no one was able to say that they could create what He did.
Now get down and grab a pillow. We are slowly becoming outnumbered. On three, we will throw. Ready!! One….two...hey!!! That's not fair. You dragons cheat. When a pillow is being thrown at you, you can't use your breath to burn the pillow just so that it won't touch you. We don't have fiery breath!!"
"LIFES NOT ALWAYS FAIR!!! DEAL WITH IT!!"
"Oh I'll deal with it all right!! I'll deal with it just like I dealt with your master. Get close and personal."
"Sixth Star, wait. The Bible says not to associate yourself with them. Stay on this side of the line. It is safer."
"And.....perfect!!"
"Hey girls, I almost forgot to ask you some….*poof*"
"Timmy!! Uh..um…what are you doing back here so fast. I thought you were out with someone special."
"Who just hit me on the side of the head with a pillow?"
"Her!!"
"I shoulda known. Should I make it my jurisdiction that you and Adalyn act like this all the time before you are about to give a big speech?"
"More or less!!"
"I expected better. Maybe I have to report this behavior of yours to the king."
"Wait!! Timmy, what did you expect us to act like when you opened that door?"
"I don't know. I expected you to be…idk…Christians!! You know, praying by your bed, in a bent position, reading your Bible, and talking to God."
"Timmy, the Bible says that we are indeed aliens once we become Christians, but you have to remember something about us all Christians."
"Oh yea, what's that?"
"We are still people and know what the meaning of fun is!! It's people like you that stereotype us and force us into hiding because we don't want to act like ourselves or else you all will shame us for practicing….. 'sin'!!!"
"Join us. The teams are outnumbered as is, but I believe that you could change the tide."
"Me stoop that low!! Ha!! If you forgot, I am trying to move up in the world, not down. I don't associate myself with girls, especially ones who are old enough now that they shouldn't be playing child games anymore."
"Oh yea, that's right. You have a date with Adelheid. Why don't you bring her here as well?"
"Star, stop talking to him. We are playing lava tag and Adalyn has already fallen in the fire. We need you."
"Ummm….that's the thing."
"What?"
"I…..I….."
"Out with it boy!!"
"I lost her!!"
"You what?"
"Now, now!! Adalyn, I can see where you are concerned but there is no need to be."
"I made a promise with her dad that I would keep an eye on her. Should have never left her out of my site, no matter how close her friends were."
"I'm sorry."
"What happened?"
"I don't exactly know specifi….."
"WHAT...HAPPENED?"
"....We were walking hand in hand along the night sky. I looked up, saw two dragons flying around the moon, and then pointed them out to Adelheid. She looked up and couldn't make them out at first, but then they made a heart, and she could see. Once I saw the heart, she squeezed my hand tightly and I thought that was my que."
"You thought a squeezed hand meant that it was your que? Boys!!"
"Anyways, I leaned in to kiss her and she started fidgeting."
"Fidgeting?"
"Yea, like she was having a seizure or something. I asked what was wrong, but she kept blaring out that 'he was here!!! He was here!!!"
"Who? Who was here?"
"She said that she saw the king letting him in because they had made a trade."
"What trade?"
"Her for the stone!!!
After that, she said she needed air and took off. That was the last time I saw her on the ground."
"Saw her on the ground? Timmy, you are making no sense. What happened?"
"...She associated!!"
"Partys over. Star, take Summer and a few other dragons to search the hillside for her. It's time to get serious."
"Yes Maam. We won't return until we have her safe in our talons."
"You can't go out there. Remember what the king said. He said that if people saw that dragons were back, they would freak out and cause a panic. We need to play this safe."
"Safe went out the window the day you lost our girl. Now get out of the way before I cut a piece through you."
"It's dark and cold out there. You could get lost just like Adel."
"Did that ever stop Jesus from searching for one of his sheep's? It says that Jesus will leave the ninety-nine sheep just to find the one that ran away. Shepherds of that day did the same thing, and are we not Shepherds?"
"....You'll never find her!!"
"Timmy, don't give up the faith. Adelheid would not want any of her friends to lose it."
"It's not that I lost the Faith, but more that Shadow found it!!