Hair check, clothes check, bag check, sword check, and crystal check. Today is my day to check the forest for any "suspicious activity" to prove to my village that I am worthy. My village doesn't trust me because I'm gay and I have a stupid scar on my around my right eye, and all I come to rely on are my mother and brother. Due to this mistrust it's my job today to check the forest. 

I pick up my bag and sword and walked to the forest, ignoring the looks and whispers trying not to make eye contact as I pass. "Head held hight," a motto my mum taught me, and one I repeat everyday.

A fey minutes go by, and I make it to the forest finally away from the stares keeping an eye out for any threats to our village. Apart from woodland creatures, the birds in up hight, I see nothing. I sit by a tree near the running creek to calm my soul and mind. I take out my lunch and start eat as a few rabbit and birds surround me as I gave them some of my food.

Another hour goes by, and I'm stroking a rabbit, cuddling deers and foxes, feeding birds and more rabbits telling them my thoughts. I mean there not going to judge me on anything, right?

The name calling from my people is upsetting. The endless stares and being treated differently. Being told what to do, like I'm weak. I'm not weak. If only they believe me!

I'm trying the best I can, but I'm going to have to try harder. 

"What am I supposed to do?" I sign to myself. Tears start traveling down my face as the bunny I was stroking tried licking them away, "At least you like me, huh girl?" I say to the bunny as she looked up at me.

Another hour goes by, I sigh to myself, getting of the floor as the animals go away, " Right, back to it," I say, as I placed the rabbit on the floor and walking away only to see she was following me, "Haha, looks like I have a friend."

It's so beautiful the sun shining bright and hot through the trees and as the creek glistens. With sweat dripping down to my cheeks, I carry on walking. Strong, long hours become night, blissfully increasing more shade. 

Leaving the rabbit with my stuff I seek for some wood to build a small fire to set up camp.

I put a pot on top of the fire an waited next to the fire stroking the rabbit, suddenly overwhelming emotions became unstoppable even the small rabbit on my lap couldn't help. I fall quiet with tears streaming down my face, I ask the night sky, "Why, why am I so useless," expecting the stars or moon to answer back, but no response came.

Feeling my self damaged I cuddled the small rabbit and feel asleep.

BANG BOOM!- What the heck, what was that, I jolted up as the rabbit ran of with fear. Oh no. The barrier.

I ran as fast as I could, only managing to grab my sword, "How is this possible, the barrier is unbreakable!" I scream at myself feeling my legs weaken from running.

I got to the village and realized what happened, Dragons.

Shouts and screams came from everyone as dragons started picking them up, "What is going on," I whisper to myself as I watch more elves get taken.

"This is your fault freak!" a shout came from behind me.

"What!" I shout back with shock.

"Your bad luck caused all of this!" He replied as he ran of.

All kind of shouts came all around me like, "Alex! You idiot!" "Where were you freak!" "You useless excuse of an elf!" "I knew we couldn't trust him!" 

I let them down, bad luck, my scar, everything about me they blame. I'm useless, I'm worthless, I'm every name they call me and more.

I run to find my brother and mother but with no luck I back up near two cottages and watch more elves being taken, about to burst into tears.

I look down at my crystal and saw it glowing, "What in world," I mutter in shock. 

I look up and I see a dragon with the same glow as me in his hand, he slowly came to the ground and was about to say something when the glow got brighter until I c ouldn't see a thing. It got brighter and the brighter it got the heavier my crystal felt, it felt so heavy my neck was bleeding. 

Blood kept dripping on my clothes, it burns, it's pulling me down. I reach out hoping something would catch me. It's to much it feels like I'm going to...