Dragon Short Story

Once upon a time far, far away there was a dragon that lived in a castle, her name was Sal. This castle had been a home to many dragons, of all different sizes and colors, before her. They all came in different varieties, some had stripes and others had spots, the colors were plentiful. Sal’s colors varied from bright green to a deep blue and every color in between, she did not have a specific pattern, instead the colors softly blended together. The only word to describe her appearance was beautiful, simply beautiful. Although she was beautiful, her appearance did not matter. She lived in the castle with her mother and father and there were no other dragons around to impress. That did not matter to her though because her family was her …show more content…
With this being said, she was raised pretty well. Her parents taught her to love like they loved her and only hoped to someday meet a wandering dragon that she could first become friends with and get to know him and eventually make a family. She could not wait to be able to love and get love in return from another dragon. Until that day came, she would work her hardest to be her best and never give anything less. Sal wanted to be the best possible dragon that she could be so she would stand out for the one that will be hers someday. She was taught to work hard from a very young age as she was the only child and would someday need to learn to survive on her own. Every day she practiced to put forth her best effort and learned the skills of …show more content…
The number one rule for her family was that they must always stick together no matter how tough life got. The tougher life got, the closer the family needed to be because when in trouble, a family needed support. That is a rule that Sal learned to follow fast because her family was always in trouble. For some reason, human men were always coming to the castle trying to get to the highest room in the tallest tower, and they would always pick a fight with her father. This is where Sal learned to stick together with her family because with the three of them fighting, they were unstoppable.
One day as a group of heavily shielded men were attacking the castle, Sal was nowhere to be found. Her parents were searching for her like scurrying little rats, they moved quickly and tried to be as silent as possible so they would not be heard by the men. They had looked in every room in the castle and Sal was nowhere in sight, they began to panic. All of a sudden, Sal’s parents heard the most deafening roar and it sounded like it was coming from down the long corridor that led to the highest room in the tallest tower. The only thing that could make that noise in the castle could be Sal.
“SSSSAAAALLLL!!!!” her parents roared as they were hurrying to the spot at which they heard the noise.
Sal replied, with a softer roar this time, “Help