By Chuck, Hudson, Seb, Nick, and Lanie
Once upon a time, there was a little dragon named Dragonathaniel. He
was just a baby at the time, about a year old. Since dragons mature quickly,
this is close to five years for humanoids; darn bipeds. Dragonathaniel was very
shy and all he wanted was to go on a long flight over the beach without
interruption. He liked to be alone, and the beach was notoriously a busy place.
So one night, he decided to try a new place at a new time. So he packed a bag,
containing a nice scarf and mittens (it’s always cold at the beach), and some
travel snacks; dragon trail mix, Scooby snacks, and a case of Lava Sauce™ on
the chance he got thirsty. Lava Sauce™ was basically liquid fire, the hottest
drink on the block, literally and figuratively. Despite being shy, Dragonathaniel
longed for social interactions and he hoped Lava Sauce could *spark*
conversation with a new friend. He said goodbye to Cloudtowne, his home, and
began his flight. Don’t worry, Dragonathaniel did check to make sure Chuck,
his humanoid father, approved of his vacation.
After a couple of Scooby snacks and Lava Sauces under his belt, he was
well-fueled and halfway into his perfectly lovely flight to the Sandtowne beach,
approximately fifty miles due east.
Out of nowhere, Dragonathaniel heard a BANG! He was quite scared as
he tucked his tail and dove for cover. He found a place to hide… a sand castle
that had a door (extremely conveniently) shaped exactly like Dragonathaniel.
Once safely inside, he peeked out to see where this loud sound had come from.
On the beach, he saw John Sailor, a twenty-five year-old lad who had
slicked-back naturally blue hair and wore a yellow tuxedo. John Sailor, who2
went by Timothy Bob for short (or potentially longer), looked into his
binoculars with a frown on his face. He didn’t understand why these rockets
kept exploding. He erupted in anger and tossed his binoculars into the sand.
Dragonathaniel whimpered without realizing it and covered his mouth
in fear. John looked around, wondering if someone was there. As he moved to
the sand castle, Dragonathaniel hurried out of the sand chimney at the top.
Dragonathaniel flew up to the sky and just when he thought he was free and
clear, he stopped moving. He tried to fly up again, but he was stuck. His scarf,
which he had put on for warmth, had gotten caught in the chimney of the sand
castle. Dragonathaniel tried to tug himself free and just when he thought he
had made headway… the sand castle imploded, and brought him down swiftly.
Dragonathaniel tried to look around, but all he saw was darkness. He
was buried underneath the sand. He could hardly breathe. He wiggled around,
trying to get the sand off him, but it was too heavy. He hoped the man hadn’t
seen the sand castle implode. But if he had, Dragonathaniel prayed he thought
it was just the wind. Suddenly, the sand started to fall away. Dragonathaniel
could see the light of the moon breaking through the sand. He could breathe
again. Someone was digging him out. Dragonathaniel’s breath started to
quicken again. The scary man must’ve found him. Dragonathaniel shook in
fear as the sand fell away in front of him.
Above him, stood a small fluffy figure with a heroic expression and
sandy paws. Dragonathaniel looked around, wondering why it wasn’t John
Sailor who found him. John Sailor said to himself,
“Huh. Must’ve been the
wind.
” John returned to inspect his rocket and Dragonathaniel thanked his
lucky stars that this man was a fool.3
Dragonathaniel looked back at his hero as he put his hand out to pull
him from the rubble. A young dragon, with yellow shaggy fur like a mountain
goat, smiled at him, showboaty.
“How did you manage to get yourself so stuck
under there?” Dragonathaniel pointed to John and whispered,
“I’m trying to
get away from that humanoid over there. He tried to kill me!” The yellow
dragon grabbed Dragonathaniel’s hand and quickly led him to a caved area
obstructed from John Sailor’s view.
“I’m Luke, by the way.
” “Dragonathaniel.
” Luke then turned to show him
the cave, pointing,
“This is my home. I live here, I sleep there, and I surf over
there.
” Luke then pointed to the ocean. Dragonathaniel dropped his mouth
open in awe,
“Cool!” He looked around the cave that had a surfboard bed, a
surfboard table, and a surfboard surfboard. Dragonathaniel turned back to
Luke,
“Don’t you ever get annoyed about all the people at the beach?” Luke
smirked,
“Nah, dude, it’s totally chill all the time.
” Dragonathaniel looked at
him confused,
“Sorry, I don’t speak Pidgin.
” Luke blushed,
“Oh, I mean, no, no
one ever comes around here.
” Dragonathaniel then explained that where he
lived was always crowded.
Luke said he could come hang here any time he wanted. Dragonathaniel
said he’d like that. Luke,
“If I’m not here, look out in the water.
” Dragonathaniel
wanted to return the offer and asked him if he’d want to fly to his town
sometime. Luke gestured to his back, saying he didn’t have wings.
Dragonathaniel was shocked. A dragon with no wings? “You can still breathe
fire though, right?” Luke said no, he couldn’t breathe fire.
“But I can breathe
under water.
” Luke pointed to his webbed feet.
“I’m kinda like a fluffy fish.
”
Dragonathaniel gasped, he’d never met another species of dragon before.4
Dragonathaniel wondered if Luke ever wished he could fly. Luke,
“Nope, never wished. I didn’t even know there were dragons who could fly.
”
Dragonathaniel’s eyes widened.
“I didn’t wonder that out loud.
” Luke,
“Oh
yeah, I can also kinda read minds.
”
Dragonathaniel smiled at his new friend. He then told him he better get
going. His father Chuck was probably worried about him. Dragonathaniel said
the only thing preventing him from leaving, besides his budding friendship, is
the scary man with the rockets on the beach. Luke,
“Oh that guy? His name is
John. He tries and tries to get his rockets to work and they always fail. He
really just needs better fuel.
” Dragonathaniel asked if the man told Luke this.
Luke said no, he read his thoughts.
Dragonathaniel then smiled the biggest smile he’d ever made. He
realized he had the solution to John’s problem. He wanted to tell Luke what he
was thinking, but then realized what’s the point, Luke already knew. They
walked over to John, who was inspecting his binoculars for cracks. When he
looked through them, he saw two fuzzy figures dashing toward him through
the lenses. He pulled the binoculars away from his face, startled. Who were
these two two-feet-tall, absolutely adorable dragons hustling toward him?
“Hello.
” Dragonathaniel said, having more confidence than he ever had.
John was too stunned to speak. Not only were these dragons the cutest things
he’d ever seen, they also spoke English?! Luke scoffed, having read John’s
mind,
“We’re not cute, we’re dangerous!” John was taken aback.
Dragonathaniel then procured a Lava Sauce from his knapsack and held it out
to John.
“This is why your rockets are failing. Put this in instead of rocket fuel
and it’ll work. But don’t drink it, it’s only digestible by Dragons.
” John,
apprehensive, took the drink from Dragonathaniel and moved to his launch5
pad. He poured the sauce into the engine of the rocket. He then lit the fuse on
the rocket and held his breath.
Dragonathaniel and Luke took a few steps back, because their fur was
very flammable. Even though they breathe fire. The fur is resistant to their
own fire. It’s science. (By own fire, we don't mean dragon fire, we mean
specifically the dragon that the fur is on's fire. It's biologically linked to the fire
DNA)
The rocket galloped into the sky and rode away into the sunset. John was
pleased. He ran over to Dragonathaniel to try to pick him up, but
Dragonathaniel swiftly dodged him and leapt into the air. John told him he had
been trying to get his rocket to gallop like a horse for years and nothing would
work. Dragonathaniel said while he was happy John was happy, he already had
a new friend and didn’t need any more. Dragonathaniel and Luke high-fived as
the sun began to set.
One day in the future, when Dragonathaniel grew up, he would become
the CEO of Lava Sauce, as he would help them branch out selling to humans in
addition to Dragons (Not to drink, drinking was still just for Dragons). He
would also help fund John Sailor’s dream of starting a successful “business.
”
And he would boost Lava Sauce’s sales by 42% after becoming a sponsor of
Luke’s successful surfing career.
Dragonathaniel, Luke, John, and everyone else would live happily ever
ever. The End