by Laurie Lovegood
It's been a month since we moved into our new house. It's also been a month since I found Topaz.
That fateful day a month ago, I was looking for my brother. We were in the middle of a nerf gun battle, and I was winning. He was angry about it, because he didn't understand how a thirteen year old girl could be beating him. I just needed to fire the kill strike, he just needed to fall to the ground in mock agony, and we'd be finished. As I walked past the trunk of the tree nearest me, I kicked a pile of leaves. Under the leaves, there was a shining light blue stone. It was
the length of my forearm and the width of my brother's head. And, to be clear, my brother's head is pretty big. I've always laughed about it with him.
I picked the egg up and slipped it into my backpack with the rest of my ammo. As soon as I slipped the backpack back over my shoulders, I was shot in the chest. My eyes widened and I looked down to see a nerf arrow stuck to my vest. I slowly grabbed it, feigning injury, and
looked up to see my brother behind the tree. I shot him once more and he fell down. That was the end of our battle.
I blew on the end of my gun, and dropped it into the basket next to the back door with all of our toys. I threw the vest in there, as well as the rest of the ammunition, without letting my brother see the inside of my bag. I left the backpack up in my room until after dinner, when I went up to examine the stone again. It was warm, even though it'd been sitting in my cold bedroom. I got into bed and laid the stone next to me.
The next morning, I could feel my bed moving, so I rubbed my eyes and woke up. I started to scream at what I saw, before I clamped my hand over my mouth. I didn't want to wake the rest of my family up, and the walls of the house were thin.
What I saw, curled up and seemingly sleeping, was a light blue dragon, the color of blue topaz. I reached my hand out to stroke one of its wings, and it woke up with a loud SCRAWWWWK. It
That fateful day a month ago, I was looking for my brother. We were in the middle of a nerf gun battle, and I was winning. He was angry about it, because he didn't understand how a thirteen year old girl could be beating him. I just needed to fire the kill strike, he just needed to fall to the ground in mock agony, and we'd be finished. As I walked past the trunk of the tree nearest me, I kicked a pile of leaves. Under the leaves, there was a shining light blue stone. It was
the length of my forearm and the width of my brother's head. And, to be clear, my brother's head is pretty big. I've always laughed about it with him.
I picked the egg up and slipped it into my backpack with the rest of my ammo. As soon as I slipped the backpack back over my shoulders, I was shot in the chest. My eyes widened and I looked down to see a nerf arrow stuck to my vest. I slowly grabbed it, feigning injury, and
looked up to see my brother behind the tree. I shot him once more and he fell down. That was the end of our battle.
I blew on the end of my gun, and dropped it into the basket next to the back door with all of our toys. I threw the vest in there, as well as the rest of the ammunition, without letting my brother see the inside of my bag. I left the backpack up in my room until after dinner, when I went up to examine the stone again. It was warm, even though it'd been sitting in my cold bedroom. I got into bed and laid the stone next to me.
The next morning, I could feel my bed moving, so I rubbed my eyes and woke up. I started to scream at what I saw, before I clamped my hand over my mouth. I didn't want to wake the rest of my family up, and the walls of the house were thin.
What I saw, curled up and seemingly sleeping, was a light blue dragon, the color of blue topaz. I reached my hand out to stroke one of its wings, and it woke up with a loud SCRAWWWWK. It