A few months back the kids at school were assigned to write a story. Spencer did as he was assigned and wrote the following story. He had some help with the editing (mostly just punctuation and past and present form of verbs) from mom, but all the dialogue and idea was completely his. Today we were excited to hear that his story was chosen as one of the top three for his grade. He wanted to share it here with all of you (though if we're being honest, he really only cares that Uncle Eric reads it).
The Dragon World
By Spencer Corry
Mating
season of the dragons is about to begin.
By tradition, five of the ten types of dragons will meet at the Great
Crystal Land for this annual occasion.
These five types include Ice dragons, Fire dragons, Lightening dragons,
Water dragons, and Crystal
dragons. The other five types of dragons
are not invited to the Great Crystal land because they are evil dragons. They are Darkness dragons, Death dragons,
Vampire dragons, Werewolf dragons, and Shadow Magic dragons.
The King
and Queen of Crystal Land are the only 2 Crystal dragons in
existence. Legend tells that some day the King and Queen’s magical power will
be threatened by evil that will use it to unleash a mystical power that would
destroy all dragons forever. But the legend also offers hope. It was long ago prophesied that a son would
be born to the King and Queen and that he would quest to find gifts from Ice,
Water, Fire, Lightening, and Crystal. These gifts combined would give him the power
to combat the evil arising. Each year
the dragons hope for a son to be born to the King and Queen. A son that they
hope to call the Dragon of all Dragons.
Mating
season has begun. The King and Queen
through magic were able to create a single dragon egg. They eagerly await it to hatch, but so far,
there are no signs of life.
A newborn
girl lightening dragon crawls up to the King and Queen’s nest and says “What’s
wrong?” in her little voice.
“Maris”,
calls the girl’s father.
“It’s
okay”, says the King.
A newborn boy
fire dragon ambles up to the nest and says “Wakie, Wakie”
“Ronae”,
calls the boy’s mother.
“Its fine”,
says the Queen.
Just then,
with all gathered to watch, a small crack forms in the egg. A head pokes out, followed by a claw, and
then an entire baby dragon spills out into the world. The prophesied son has been born! The King and Queen named their awaited son
Aliber.
Ronae,
Maris, and Aliber grow up and become best friends. Maris is the fastest, Ronae is the funniest,
and Aliber is the most determined.
Aliber’s parents, the King and Queen, told him of the legend when he was
very young. He is always trying to find
his gifts, but to this day he has found none.
“Stop
trying to find the gifts, let them come to you” says Maris.
“Yeah”,
says Ronae, “It will all turn out okay.”
“Maybe, but
I need to find my gifts to fulfill the prophesy and protect Crystal Land and
all dragon kind” Aliber says.
One day
Aliber, Maris, and Ronae flew up to the highest Northern mountain peak to look
over Crystal Land.
BOOM!!!!! Aliber, Maris, and Ronae know that sound can
only mean one thing. As the dust settles
in the Southern part of the land 5 evil dragons enter Crystal Land to wreak
havoc. A Shadow Magic dragon leads and a
Vampire, a Werewolf, a Death, and a Darkness dragon all follow in his
wake.
Aliber,
Maris, and Ronae fly as fast as they can to the Southern part of the land to
help protect Crystal Land’s dragons.
When they arrive, they see their Fathers have already arrived. Ronae’s father is fighting the Death dragon
while Maris’s father is battling the Werewolf dragon. The King is locked in battle with the
Vampire dragon. Ronae and Maris quickly
engage the Darkness dragon which left Aliber to fight the Shadow Magic
dragon.
“This is too
easy! You are weak.” says the Shadow Magic dragon in a raspy voice.
“I may look
weak, but I will be one of the strongest dragons you ever meet” says Aliber
Aliber
looks around and sees that his friends and their father’s are losing
ground. They are in need of help. Suddenly, Aliber feels strength running
through his veins. His eyes begin to
glow light blue and in a flash BAM! Where 5 evil dragons once were now stood 5
ice sculptures. Aliber had found his
first gift. The power to surround his
enemy in a cocoon of ice that drains their magical power.
The dragons
speed back to the Crystal
Palace to meet and
discuss what has happened. They know
that this is only the beginning. These
were just scouts and an army of evil dragons is sure to follow. The council decides the only way to stop the
evil dragon’s invasion is to send Ronae, Maris, and Aliber to the Cave of Darkness, where they hope Aliber will be
able to find his second gift.
So Aliber,
Ronae, and Maris leave that night for the Cave of Darkness. When they arrive they find there are no
guards at the cave entrance.
Ronae says,
“This is bound to be a trap.”
They have
no choice but to go in so they begin walking.
In the cave they hear voices.
Suddenly, they are surrounded by a whole herd of Darkness dragons.
“We will
take you to our Supreme Master” says one of the dragons.
They are
shoved down the hall and into a central room.
“Supreme
Master, we found these worthless dragons searching the cave.” says the guard.
“Take them
to the dungeon. We will do the usual and
they shall become more than nothing.” says the master in his deep voice.
“Aliber,
what does he mean we will become more than nothing?” whispers Maris
“I don’t
know” Aliber whispers back, “just stay close to me”.
Aliber, Ronae
and Maris and shoved into the dungeon where they find several incarcerated
Water dragons.
“We have
been here more than 50 years” says one of the dragons, “and you are our
rescuers.”
“Rescuers?”
asks Ronae.
But Ronae
can ask no more because a Darkness dragon enters the dungeon and forces a Water
dragon to follow him out. The other
Water dragons move to the window and Ronae, Maris and Aliber follow them.
In the
central room, the Water dragon is surrounded by Darkness dragons. In unison, they blast the Water dragon with a
beam of darkness. As the dark lifts
Ronae, Maris and Aliber gasp to find that the Water dragon has been transformed
into a Darkness dragon.
“That’s
what he meant by we shall become more than nothing!” says Ronae.
“They will
do that to all of us unless you help us” says the oldest Water dragon.
“Okay,
here’s what were going to do” says Ronae.
Later, a
darkness dragon comes to take another victim to become one of their kind. As the darkness enters the dungeon it is
surprised to be shot in the back with water blasts. Ronae had figured that if all the Water
dragons shot together that even in their weakened state it would be enough to
knock out the guard.
All of the
dragons leave the dungeon and as they do they feel their power return to
them. The dungeons magic shield no
longer affected them. The group enters
the central room and begins firing blasts of water, fire, and lightning. Aliber fights his way to the Supreme Master.
“Your journey
must end” says the Master.
Aliber
stares at the Supreme Master and feels boiling water rushing through his
body. His eyes begin to glow deep blue.
“By the
will of my mother and father, the King and Queen of Crystal Land, Our journey has just begun!”
declares Aliber.
WHOOSH!!! A flood of water crashes through the cave
walls surrounds the Supreme Master and rushes out the cave entrance. When the water clears, the Supreme Master is
gone and all what used to be Darkness dragons have been transformed back to
Water dragons.
Aliber,
Maris, and Ronea return to the Crystal
Palace to share the news
that Aliber has discovered his second gift.
Hopefully, with it, a time of peace will come. But, the prophesy is not yet fulfilled. There are still three more gifts to find.
