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Everything began to click like an old lock as I realized my nightmare may have been a vision…
This flowed to the edge of the forest where the cursed forest ended and the rest of Charleston began. Near the water was a cave and a large red X was placed there.
“I bet that is where the potion is,” Candi said, a bright smile appearing over her face.
“If it’s so easy to find, why hasn’t anyone gotten it yet?” I asked.
Candi let out a loud laugh and then quickly covered her mouth. In a whisper she said, “The problem is, the forest isn’t just cursed– it’s deadly. Look at what has happened so far. People are being lured inside, never to be found again. Not even our magic can save us right now.”
“We have to find a way,” I said, even though I felt defeated. It seemed too simple, yet it was anything but easy. And, what in the world was I thinking? I didn’t even have magic yet, I was a lost cause.
As I began searching through the book again, a heaviness seemed to fill the air around me. A shadow was cast over the table, blocking the ambiance lighting of the space. Turning my head, I spotted Ason stalking toward me.
With a heavy scowl plastered over his face, he seemed to be coming straight toward us.
“What now?” I asked, more of myself, but Candi turned to see who or what I was talking about.
When Ason stopped, I noticed that his chest was rising and falling rapidly, like he had been on a wild mission and was now out of breath.
“What are you doing in here?” Ason asked, sounding alarmed.
“Uh, Sherlock. We are looking for books,” I snapped, not bothering to hide my annoyance.
Rolling his eyes, Ason dismissed my attitude. “You should be in your dorm room. It’s not safe to be alone,” he shouted, causing me to shrink into my chair.
Candi leaped into action, ready to fight Ason. “Man, you need to chill. We are following the rules; we are still in the academy,” Candi shouted at him.
Shaking his head, Ason’s brown shaggy hair fell over his eyes. Taking his hand, he swiped the hair out of his face and scowled. “You have no idea what you are doing. Go back to your room,” he said again, this time more tense and severe.
Opening my mouth to argue, a powerful roar filled the entire room, shaking the ground and causing me to tumble out of my chair.
Was this an earthquake?
Ason leaped over the table, pulling me up in one, swift motion. He took my hand and began running. Candi barely had time to register what was happening before she began sprinting after us.
“What are you doing?” I shouted, as Ason ran us through the library.
Out in the main hall, I could hear screams as students ran frantically for their lives. The ground shook again as a large beast raced toward us.
It was a dragon and not just any dragon. This was an angry, fire-breathing, beast with a deadly look in its red, blazing eyes.
“What is that?” I asked, my voice shaking as I stood close to Ason.
“It’s Stella,” Candi answered for him.
“Stella became enraged when the school told her they couldn’t go look in the forest for her friend. I came looking for you…” Ason stated, but his words were cut off by an ear-piercing roar that caused my body to go stiff.
I stared in awe, petrified and mesmerized, as Stella lunged forward, her body twisting and contorting into something much larger and more frightening than the tall, thin girl I had known disappearing before my very eyes. She was being replaced by an enormous creature with leathery scales that glittered like jewels in the moonlight. Her wings stretched for what felt like miles and they beat the air with such ferocity, that it kicked up gusts of wind in the hallway that threatened to pull me off of my feet. A sickening crackle of bone breaking had my stomach dropping. Her skin rippled and twisted as hunter-green scales erupted across her entire being, each one glinting in the light like polished obsidian. Her eyes blazed with an ancient fire that seemed to have been sleeping for eons, waiting for this exact moment to awaken. A low growl rose from deep within her throat and echoed off the walls. The ground shook beneath me as she emerged fully from her once-human form—a massive dragon now stood before me, stretching out its wings in triumph. It was the most terrifying and amazing thing I'd ever witnessed. A chill ran down my spine as I realized this was not just any dragon, but it was Stella and her wrath and anger mixed together to create the perfect time for this dragon to go on a rampage.
I couldn’t even think about the fact that Ason had come looking for me. Why? To feed me to the beast to keep her away from the rest of the students?
The dragon– I mean Stella, stomped toward me, her mouth opening and allowing a flow of hot fire to spread. The heat from the blaze almost burned my skin as I tried to take a step back.
“Stella, you need to stop,” Ason shouted, but Stella didn’t falter.
She was on a deadly mission and I happened to be in her way.
“What is she doing?” I asked through clenched teeth.
