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Chapter 2 - CHAPTER 2: THE DRAGON

The name of our dragon will be Danny. She is the youngest child of her parents but surprisingly she is bigger than all of her elder siblings. Her parents weren't dragons of high status, they were nothing special. The dragon community is divided into two sections; the strong & superior section, and the weak and inferior section. They belonged to the latter and were always subjected to cruelty by the strong ones.

When Danny was born her parents were shocked and delighted at the same time. She had features of a superior dragon but she was born to inferior dragons. This would create a lot of problems in the dragon community. The superior dragon will never acknowledge Danny's strength and talent, conversely they would try to suppress her and make her life miserable.

Danny is only 7 months old now yet she is twice as big as her parents. She will be a full grown dragon in 3 more months. She had a hard time surviving those 7 months. She was too strong and big for dragons of her kind to play with, so she had no friends and she would always be bullied by older superior dragons as her size made a lot of them jealous. Her parents couldn't teach her how to hunt properly because their methods were not suitable for dragons of her size and bigger dragons won't teach her how to hunt. She was too lonely that she felt like living in a world where her existence was a curse to everyone around her, so she became numb towards emotions like happiness, love, anger and envy. All she felt was never ending waves of sorrow.

At the age of 7 months dragons were suppose to leave their home and discover their strengths on their own, most dragons would be thrilled to go for their first adventure but not Danny. She had no training in fights or proper hunting and lacked proper guidance on survival in the outside world. Her parents feared that she wouldn't make it back alive. Nobody had any hope for her, neither did she.

After the sad departure from home she saw the world beyond the mountains for the first time. No newborn dragons were allowed to leave the dragon valley before they attain puberty so this was something new to her. Deep inside her she sensed something that she had never felt before, curiosity. She could see the infinite possibilities and opportunities that was beautifully laid infront of her. The lack of training and skill didn't seem to matter to her anymore. Maybe she is not as hopeless as everyone thought. Her adventure that will change her completely is about to begin. She spread her gigantic wings wide and roared with maximum ferocity and confidence.