My Brother, The Dragon Book 1.
My Brother, the Dragon by Drake
Prologue
My name is James and I am your average 5'9" human male, and my life is a little messed up, first my father is a 8'9" tall red and black dragon, his name is Reduge pronounced Rouge, weird right?, it gets better, while my mom is a normal 5'0" human, my brother, my OLDER brother is also a dragon, he lucked out in the genetics, see we are real blood-brothers same mom, same dad, but genetic pattern is a little picky, for me I got scales for skin, EXTERMELY HOT breath, and well...other things. My brother, Lane, is your average 6'1" dragon. And unfortunately for me, quite the ladies' man, but for some unknown reason he doesn't like them, any of them. While me, the smarter one, can't even go up to one, without being laughed at. Great life right? Well I guess I should tell the whole story shouldn't I? Well here we go.
Chapter 1
Mom's Story
Before, you guys were even born, I was a scientist. I worked with the military; I was supposed to create a device, that if needed, could allow the entire earth to escape. Well first we, the team and me that is, had to build a prototype, and being the over achiever that I am, decided to build very large one, it was about 10 feet tall, and when it came time to test it, it malfunctioned a little. Instead of taking things in, it started to blow things out. And the first thing to be blown out....was your father. Now that I remember it, it was actually kinda funny, because when he saw us he was about a scared as us. About 23 min after the device stopped on its own, we were still staring at each other, me and your father that is, mainly because I was the only one closest to it. I believe what was going through my mind was, "Is that really a dragon? Is he going to eat me?, Why doesn't he do something already?" I was the first to speak, "Uhhh....Hi, mmmm my my name is Lisa, what is yours?" then I notice something, his face seemed to soften, then he spoke, "Mrr, Ah hum, My name is Reduge, It is nice to meet you Ms. Lisa, I have never seen a human before" I was surprised by the fact that he knew what a human was. "How do you know what we are?" I said. He looked at me very strange then said "I am guessing that I am confusing to you, aren't I? Well to us, you are fictional characters." Then, I said something unexpected, something to this day I still can't figure out, "Reduge, would you like to stay with me?" Then everyone in the lab just busted out laughing, but me and him just stood there, staring into each other's eyes, long after that when he was officially no longer a threat, we got married and three years after lane was born, then a month after that you were born.
Chapter 2
Dad's story
Well my tale is very long and somewhat sad, but here it goes. I was an inventor, I used to bend metal using my firebreath and make structures out of it, anyways I used to live in this very large home, surrounded by make creations, I was bitterly lonely, then one day there was a very strange storm, and since I was the smartest one of my world I went to investigate, that is when lightning struck me and I blacked out, until I saw I was in a very large room, very white and full of creatures that only seemed to be in fairy tales, then my eyes locked onto this beautiful creature, time seemed to stand still as we looked into each other's eyes she began to ask me questions which I answered and years after I was granted permission to stay her, then a few years after my first son, Lane, was born, now although he was my first born I didn't stay to close to him, then when my second son, James, was born, that was a different story I was mystified by what he was, a Full dragon and a Full human inside one body, a dear friend of your mother and me, came up with the technical term for this, although it is considered a disorder I will always believe it was a miracle, he called it HDDNA Disorder, or Human-Draconic DNA Disorder. Anyways that is about it.
Chapter 3
School
Alright enough of memory lane, let's get to current things. Ah yes, school, my haven, Lanes prison. We are both in high school so it is a little odd; you see Lane is on the Football team, the Basketball team, the Baseball Team, and the Swim Team. I am in Chess Club, Advanced Calculative club, I am also on the Swim Team, and I am in the Photography club. Now some of you are wondering how does a Dragon go and fit in a school, right. Well when mom was pregnant with me, she developed the NANOMatrix Watch for the military but since it only lasted, like 9 hrs. Then shorted out for the rest of the time they didn't use them so instead she gave one to Lane and to dad so for 9 hrs. They appear to be human, my mom is such a genius, of course dad hates to wear his, and he feels it makes him less of a dragon. I think it was a magnificent idea, because how would the world react if they knew dragons existed, well, let me put it this way, even seen the Incredible Hulk? That is what it would come to. So the only people who know about this are, well a lot of government officials, everyone in my family, except my granny, she would have cardiac arrest if she found out, and my closest friends, Sam, one of the smartest, and meanest girls you will ever meet, Daniel, or Danny; the world's greatest spy dude ever. I am not joking, his dad, who knows our little secret, owns all of the major government spy equipment available. And my handler, also my Gym teacher, Lt. Colbert, Rico Colbert; we call him Coach Colbert. So anyways let me tell you what happen today, you see me and Lane have the same Gym class, so naturally he has to show me up in every single way, well this is what happened, it was "Water Wednesday" we swim in the nice pool on the roof, well me and Lane were the first ones there so we both got in, then like almost every day his watch shorted out, and since this is not new I didn't freak out, but uhh the next few kids did. I mean what would you do if you saw a dragon in your high school pool, pass out right? Well that is exactly what happened. Coach took them to the nurse, and after I, once again repaired that stupid watch, we went too. We explained to them that they slipped on their way up and must have dreamt that. Then at lunch my ex-friend Darren decided to completely cover me in soda, so when Lane saw that he had have a mind to eat him, but I calmed him down then after the rest of a normal day we went home.
Chapter 4
The incident
Well what is a story without a battle? Well here it comes full swing; today I got a call from none other than Darren. "Hey guess what, Dragon-boy, yeah I know. Ha-ha, well guess what I have my own little secret, I am a hybrid. Yeah just like you. Meet me in Central Park and we will talk." oh boy, what am I going to tell my parents. So around 12 I left for Central Park, there I saw Darren with his dad, Dr. Donald Henry Allen, or as my mom called him Dr. Quack, he has a bad habit of making up stuff and he is always illegally experimenting on himself and Darren. "Hello, Mr. Draco. How are you?" said the half-insane doctor. "I am fine, now what is this about Darren being a hybrid?" I said losing my patience. "Ah yes, you see I found out your little secret, I know that you and your brother and father are dragons and I intend to rid of you at once, so I have developed a chemical that will turn my magnificent son into the ultimate dragon hunter. I have made him into a hybrid of a werewolf and a typhoon." oh boy this guy has really lost it hasn't he? "Prove it" I said in my most threating voice. "Oh I intend to, but not now, do you know what tomorrow is?" I thought for a minute then I remembered, it was the 20th year since dad was sent here, I was dumbfounded. "Uhh no?" I said trying to sound unsurprised, but he could tell I knew something, "Oh come on, I know you know" he said, "Yeah we know" said Darren acting brave. "Hush!" he shouted at Darren. "Is it the day Darren realized he had only 1 brain cell?" I laughed at that. "Yea-what NO!, (sigh) It is the day you father came out of that awful machine" he said losing his temper. "Come now Darren we must prepare, say goodbye half-blood." then he walked away laughing evilly. When I got home it was nearly after 1 am, so I snuck in. "Where you been, Lil' Bro?" I jumped at least 3 ft. "Uh, wha wha what are you doing up so late?" i said trying to sound as though i had not been scared out of my life. " Dragons use Micro sleep remember?, Now WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?" he said as sparks started to fly out of his mouth. "I was out for an uh, uh w-walk, yeah I was out for a walk." i said "Right, and I know how to divide advance quadratic equations. Now where were you, really. Come on you can trust me, I'm you big brother remember?" he said looking hurt. "(Sigh) I went to Central Park to talk to a friend. That's all." i said cleverly telling the half-truth. "Uh huh, fine don't trust me. Good night lil' bro" he said as he slowly walked away. "D-Lane,.." I said feeling sorry that I couldn't tell him everything. "Hmm?" he said turning his head. "(Sigh) Good Night".
Chapter 5
Dad's big Day
"Kids, get down here!" I was awoken by the sound of mom, which meant she had cooked breakfast for us, like she always does on Friday, for me it would be fried eggs with bacon and a glass of milk, Dad (in human form) would have coffee, toast with butter. And Lane (in human form) would have the same as me. "Lane, get up" i said groggily, He sat up and look at me although he didn't know what to say, then said "You know, today is dad's birthday too". "Yeah I remembered, i got him a new NANOWatch Upgrade, what did you get him?" i said trying to avoid his stare. "I made a statue of him out of extra sheet metal I got from Fred". "Kids, if you're not down here in the next 3 minutes I am going to let your father eat your breakfast". Then we went down stairs had breakfast, dad was wondering why Lane and me weren't speaking, Lane just said that we didn't feel like it. Then the doorbell rang. "I'll get it" mom said, happy as always, then BOOM, everything went black.
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"Huh, wha, where am I?" i said. "Oh good your up" that voice i knew that voice, "I thought you would never wake up, then I would have wasted my idea" Dr. Quack said. "Dr. Allen, where am I, where is my family?" I said quickly freaking out. "Oh relax I'll get to them eventually, but now I thought I would deal with you first. Oh Darren, our guest is up" He said then turned back to me, "you are due for a demonstration." I quickly looked around and noticed that I was chained to a wall, then I heard this awful wail. "Oh, good he is on his way". Uh oh, I was in trouble, then I saw him Darren, if you could still call him that, he was a mangled mess of feathers and fur, with to piercing red eyes and a snout. "Hi James, remember me?" he said, well more like growled. I freaked out, then he lunged at me, that am when I noticed the NANOWatch Upgrade i was going to give my dad was on my wrist. I quickly tried to reach it, but Darren was faster, he ripped me off the wall and threw me at the other wall. It hurt, Then like any dragon child I attempted to blow fire at him, but all that came out was superheated breath that seemed to only anger him, he lunged at me again but this time I was ready I turned on the NANOWatch and turned into my dad, then, because of the upgrade blew a stream of fire straight at him, but he dodged and I missed. Then he leaped onto me and bit my ear, which in turn short-circuited the watch, I was defenseless. "Good going son!" yelled Dr. Quack.
"Shut Up old man" Darren yelled back. And then i leaped, but this time I didn't come back down, I looked around and I noticed i was floating, while Darren and his dad just stared. I HAD WINGS, "Awesome" i said to myself then Darren lunged but this time i grabbed him by his back and threw him against a wall, but unlike me, he didn't get up. "Darren!, what have you done?" said Dr. Quack freaking out. "The same thing i am going to do to you if you don't release me and my family !" i said, surprised at how violent i had become. "Fine, fine. They are released and so are you, but you will pay for what you did, I swear, you will Rue this day, Rue it!" he said as he pressed a switch, then BOOM everything went dark.
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"James, James. Dude wake up" Lane said shaking me. "Huh, LANE!" I said as I hugged him, "Where is mom and dad?, what time is it?, where are we? When.." I said but then was cut off by Lane. "Dude chill out, you went missing so me and dad, went searching for you, And I found you here in Central Park passed out on the trail, you were out cold, why were you here anyways?" He said. "Lane, I have something to tell you".
Chapter 6
Help from the Family
"So Dr. Allen, is trying to weaken you?" Lane asked stunned. "I am not sure, I know he is trying to kill us, But I don't understand what the dream thing was about" I was still reeling from the experience I had, while Lane was still reeling from the story I told him. We were still at the park, I had called dad to tell him we were alright and we would be home sometime soon. "So what do we do?" Lane asked as though he didn't already know. "We have to tell dad, there is no other option" I said. "Tell him what, 'Oh hey dad remember that crazed scientist Dr. Allen, yeah he wants to kill off of us and he is starting with James', he is not going to take that well" Lane said looking rather upset. "What I don't understand is why me?, and how did he find out about us?" I said thinking. "I don't know, but I do know he is not going to mess with my lil' bro, even if he is a smart-allec" Lane said laughing. Then we felt wind, we looked up and saw dad, "Hey guys, what is going on?" Lane and me just looked at each other. "Dad, do you remember Dr. Allen?" Lane asked. "Yeah..." dad said as he activated his NANOWatch. "Dad he wants to kill us, and...." then Lane finished, "And he is torturing James". "WHAT!, no one tortures my son, or my family" he shouted. "Dad, dad calm down, one you are going to short out your watch, second I don't want to attract any attention" I said trying to downplay the situation. "I don't care! No one threatens my family, I am going to find Dr. Allen and do what I have always wanted to do to him.." i gulped, "what?" I asked. "James, I am going to torch him." oh boy, even though Dr. Allen is trying to kill us, I don't think we should kill him, wait why am I saying this in my head? "Dad, even though Dr. Allen is trying to kill us, I don't think we should kill him" He looked at me confused, almost hurt. "Why not? He said almost furious. "He threaten to kill us, and is torturing you, he dissevers it" he said now short-circuiting his watch, and beginning to show his scales. "Well I, uh, he, Darren, he has to take care of Darren". He sighed, "This is true". "But we have to do something!" Lane said suddenly upset. "I think we should go home and have a good night's rest" Dad said. Later that night while it was storming, me and Lane talked. "Lane?" i asked. "Hmm, yeah?" Lane said sleepily, "Lane why do you really care about me?" i asked. "Well one because you are my Lil' bro, and two without you I think I would be in a lot of trouble all the time" he laughed. "Thanks bro" i said. "No problem".
Chapter 7
The final battle
It was Friday, the real Friday. I had breakfast as normal then went to school. It was normal till the anouncement. "Attention, there will be a convo today at 2:30 all students must attend, no exceptions" I had a feeling I knew what this was about. "Ladies and Gentleman, there is a line between, right and wrong. You should know this, since your parents have taught you this, but occasionally this is not a lesson taught" the entire time of listening to the Dean me and Lane just stared at each other, probably thinking the same thing, "This has to be about us". " Ladies and Gentleman, Dr. Allen PhD in genetics." Our fears were confirmed. "Ladies and Gentleman, two of the students that go here, two of the best known people here, are not what they appear to be." oh boy, this is not good. "James and Lane Draco, could you please come up here on stage please." he asked as the spotlight lit us up. Me and Lane stood up, for some reason my stomach started to feel strange, but I couldn't worry about that now. "Yes, Dr. Allen" Lane said. "What can we help you with?". "Lane, you will later. James could you stand here for a moment" he asked, I was now freaking out, because every eye was on me, all my teachers everybody, but I noticed something, Coach Colbert was missing. "Ladies and Gentleman, this young man is an abomination, everybody.." Then something happen, something I knew would happen, his voice change, he sounded like the coach. "Ahem, sorry, I must...AHEM, have a cold..AHEM," then I saw my proof, he was wearing a NANOWatch. "Anyways, this boy is a Dragon and so is his brother, and father" as soon as he said that, everybody just stopped what they were really doing, and stared. "That....AHEM, that..AHEM..That is right" Then they must unexpected thing happened, the fire alarm went off. Everybody ran through the doors, even Dr. Allen. Then, someone ran back inside. It was none other than, Darren. "DRACO!" he growled. "Darren" I breathed. Then everything that could happen did. He leaped toward me, and without thinking I blew a stream of fire toward him, and I know it hurt by the way he looked. "Draco, we must end this!". "Brilliant Idea" I looked toward my right, Lane, in dragon form, said that. "No, it is between me and James only." I dared to ask. "Why?" Then he leaped, and so did i, and just like in my dream I didn't come back down. "Draco, that is not a fair!" Darren growled "All is fair in love and war." I cleverly answered. "That makes no sense!" then he jumped on to my back, and bit me then i grabbed him, and threw him, but he caught the flag pole and swung back and kicked me in the chest. "James!" Lane yelled. "Stay back, i don't want you to get hurt" I said. "DRACO!" Darren yelled. Then i stood back up. And lunged for him, he tried to dodge, but I caught him, and this time slung him at the wall. He hit with some force, but he got up. It seemed that he wasn't even hurt. I grabbed the flag pole, and slammed it on his head. He staggered backwards till he fell off the stage. Then I made the hottest fire I could, and set his fur and feathers ablaze. He screeched, then something happened which I didn't expect, Dr. Allen shot Lane, then dad broke through the roof, and grabbed Dr. Allen, then Darren ran into me, so I bit him. That is when the fight with Darren stopped. I ran over to Lane, he was unconscious but he was okay, the bullet only just missed his heart, I had to get him out of there. Then I saw mom, I quickly activated the NANOWatch on Lane's left wrist, and took him to mom. "Ahh, what, what.." she tried to speak but tears broke through. "Mom, he is going to be alright as long as you get him help now!" I said. "Okay, okay" she said through the tears. She quickly took Lane and ran, I turned back to help dad, but him and Dr. Allen, were gone. So i flew out the hole dad had made in the roof. I tried to look around but people started to stare at me, so I flew to the house.
Chapter 8
Time for recovery and the truth
When I got back home I changed into some clothes that weren't ripped, and went to the hospital. When I got there, everyone from school was there. But I managed to get through the mob. When I got to the room that Lane was in, he was awake. "James, hey man, thanks for saving my life" he struggled to say. I laughed, "It was nothing, really, hey mom" I said. "Hey James, Dr. Rhondenback said he was going to be fine, but he has to stay here for a while. Where is dad?" she asked, I could tell she had been crying. "I uh...." I was cut off by a knock at the door, it was dad. "Man it is a mad house out there". "Dad" me and Lane said. "Reduge" mom said. "Hey, guys!" he said, I could tell he was exaughsted. "How did you find us?" mom asked. "Simple really, this is the only hospital with a nation in front of it." we all laughed. "So what happened to Dr. Allen?" i asked, then I saw his face go from happy to annoyed, "I don't know, he hit me in the chest and I accidentally, but when I went looking for him, he wasn't there" everybody looked at each other. "Guys there is something I have to tell you" I said. Everybody looked at me. "I think Lt. Colbert is Dr. Allen..." I looked to see the expression that each one had, and it was the same on each one, dumbfounded. "When I was up on stage with him, I noticed his voice started to change, and I saw he had a NANOWatch on" I finished. "You know now that you mention that, I did notice that Coach wasn't there when Dr. Allen was." Lane said. I looked over at mom and dad, and I noticed that there looked like they had seen a ghost. "I think it is time they knew the truth" Dad said. "I know, James...Lane, there is something we need to tell you. Dr. Allen was supposed to be my husband".
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THE END
OF THIS BOOK
Book two: Another Time, is coming soon.