Week 7: Storytelling : The Egg

The Egg 

Many years ago there was a Dragon King who lived in a cave in the middle of the ocean. This king had been around longer than anyone or anything else around. He kept to himself with his Dragon-Queen and lived a quiet life. Their cave was in the middle of the ocean where very few could even get to. Yet, no one knew how or why he was a king. There were a million different stories and rumors going around. No one knew the true story. Many had never even seen the Dragon-King. Some did not even believe he existed. The people would argue that if he was alive he wouldn't be hiding in a cave in the middle of the ocean. People would ask if he was a coward? Was the king even alive? Why didn't he ever leave his cave? How did he even become king? Why has no one seen him? Questions were rattled off each and ever day.

One of the popular stories that went around was the Dragon King never leaves his cave base of all the treasures he holds. The King had no reason to leave his home. This story brought many people out to sea in hopes of finding the hidden treasures. Eventually, people stopped trying because no man had come back alive. The monsters of the ocean were loyal to the king and helped protect his treasures.

Hidden Island Cave: Wikipedia

One day not far from the hidden island a girl was wandering around the mountains. She was scouring the side of rocky cliffs when she came upon a mysterious object. She had found a dragon egg. It was solid black without a singe scratch on it. The egg was about the size of a newborn baby. Finding this egg would change the girls life forever. 

The girl had only heard of the Dragon King but never truly believed in the stories until this day. The girl wanted no trouble and was afraid of what could happen if she was found even near this egg. As you can imagine Dragons are not known to be friendly creatures. This girl couldn't help but wonder what that egg was doing all alone. How could the Dragon King leave his egg unattended? The girl wondered if something had gone wrong. She was torn between fear and keeping the egg safe. 

The girl had come to the conclusion that no one else would find the egg and it should remain safe. The girl packed up her things and right as she was about to climb down the rest of the mountain, she heard a crack. It was the egg. The egg was beginning to crack. The girl froze, and to her amazement, she watched the egg hatch. 

It was the most magnificent creature she had ever seen. It was surely enough a baby dragon. The baby dragon was a metallic black with piercing red diamonds marked down his back. His wings had spikes on the tips and his claws were as sharp as blades. His eyes were a stunning deep purple and his teeth were fully grown. The baby dragon had soon spotted the girl sitting next to him. 

No one made a move. Until the small cliff, they were both sitting on began to give way. There was fear in both their eyes. Knowing the cliff edge was about to fall the girl grabbed the baby dragon and began to climb down. She made it down in the nick of time. The edge they were sitting on fell, crashing down into the fierce waves of the ocean below them. Once the girl was on the sturdy ground she set the baby dragon down. 

Frighted by everything that had recently occurred the girl took one last look at the baby dragon and took off running. The baby dragon let out a cry and started to run after her. The girl heard and started to slow down. She looked back and saw the baby struggling to keep up with her. The girl stopped running and the baby came running up to her and lay down on her feet. 

The baby dragon had become attached to this girl. The girl knew it too. She was no longer scared but now felt a sense that she had to protect this little dragon. As the days went on the girl and the baby dragon began to grow closer and closer. They had been together for almost a month now. The baby dragon was not so much a baby anymore. The dragon was growing fast. One day the dragon was big enough the girl was able to ride him. The dragon bowed down to her and she knew he wanted her to ride him. The girl took a leap of faith and got on her dragon. He took off and they flew up into the sky. The girl was amazed and truly happy she had found this dragon. 

The dragon started to slow down and make his way back to the ground. The girl noticed a little island that seemed to have a cave on it. This is where the dragon landed and the girl hopped off. The dragon looked at here with worried eyes then wrapped himself around her. The girl grew worried she knew something was going on. Then the dragon let out a call and a call back is what followed. Two other dragons came out of the cave. The girl looked at her dragon and she knew these must be his parents. 

The dragon had found his home and brought the girl with him. The life of the girl is now in the hands of what once was the baby dragon she had saved. The young dragon knew he would have to come home but couldn't leave the girl behind. This is the story of how dragons and humans came together. 

Author's Note: I based my story from The Dragon-King. In the story, there was a very powerful monkey that could overcome any element. The monkey was able to walk across water and get to the Dragon-king. The ape had travel to the king to ask him for a weapon that could suit his strength. Here the king presented him with a rod. This rod was able to adjust size and weight with the apes command. I was not a huge fan of this weeks reading I choose so I really wanted to mix it up. If I could have any creature as a pet it would be a baby dragon. This is where I got the idea once I read about the dragon king. The only thing I kept from the story was the cave the dragon king lived in and the treasures the king had. In the end, I wanted the dragon and the girl to become friends. I ended the story leading to the beginning of dragons and human friendship. In other words the first dragon rider. 

Bibliography: Story source- The Monkey King Unit, Story, The Dragon-King by, R. Wilhelm and translated by Frederick H. Martens (1921.)