Destiny

“I don’t know, and this one was so scary that my legs…”

Axel comforted me with a hug, “You’re sleeping in my room tonight.”

I broke the hug and looked at him, “What?”

“You heard me. With all these nightmares, it’s better for me to keep an eye on you. Besides, the only one who’s supposed to give you nightmares around here is me.”

I laughed a bit. He was clearly trying to cheer me up. With a smile, I agreed to his terms. “Good sister, wash up and get changed. I’ll be in my room,” he said as he left.

“K.” I washed up and changed at my brother’s request, then I went to his room. Of course, I brought my pillow with me. When I got there, Axel was waiting for me. The right side of his bed was against the wall, so I laid down on that side. Axel laid next to me; I felt safe.

“Night, you little weirdo.”

“Night, moron.”

After our insults, we went to sleep. For a while, it slept peacefully, but it was not meant to last.

*

I awoke on a stone floor. It was cold. I got up and looked around. I couldn’t see anything, for it was too dark. All of a sudden, torch lights lit up the area, which turned out to be a hall. The hall was paved with tapestries. They were so beautiful, they bore such detail, and they told a story. Each one was in a certain order, from the beginning to the middle to the end.

From where I was, it was obvious I was at the beginning. The first one was of dragons, then of humans, the next was of the Duine Naga War, and after was a man with yellow slit eyes and fiery red hair. I stopped and looked at his picture.

“Only one person has ever had eyes like this.” That’s when I realized what story these tapestries told. “This is the story of the Dragon Tamer.” My curiosity got the best of me as I continued on.

The following embroidery showed the humans and dragons with the Dragon Tamer in-between. Succeeding showed the Dragon Tamer with a dragon; I assumed it was Otamd. The last tapestry was the Dragon Tamer dead in a glass coffin. The tapestries came to an end after his death. I went back to look at his picture and got lost in his eyes. I broke out when the hall turned dark. I felt a cold gust of wind rush by me…I kept still.

The torches’ flames returned, and I saw a ripped tapestry. It was the one that showed the Tamer’s death. The embroidery was ripped by what looked like claws; I hated to say it, but they were dragon claws. I reached out to touch it when the tapestry caught on fire and burned before my eyes. All of them did, except one. The one of the Tamer himself remained unharmed. I walked over and looked at it. The eyes glowed causing me to be entranced. As I reached for the picture, I woke up.

The first thing I saw was Axel drooling and snoring. I looked out the window and saw it was sunrise, which meant mom and dad were out. I got up to bathe first. When I was done, I changed into my chore/normal clothes. I washed my face, relieving it from all the dirt and grease. I dried my face off with the towel, but when I looked in the mirror; I could wish I was still dreaming.

I pinched and slapped myself hoping it was a dream, but it wasn’t. My eyes were…yellow?!

“AHHHHHHH!”