I lay back on the blanket and eat a bag of cookies. “So what do you think of Dom?”
Brenden shrugs his shoulders. “I mean, I don’t really know. But have you ever heard of elder dragons?”
I nod my head. “Yes, my dad spoke of them before, but they’re all supposed to be dead.”
“I thought so too. What about the legend he spoke about?”
“I’ve heard about it but don’t know too much. I’ll have to check the book,” I say as I pop another cookie into my mouth.
“So why don’t you just check the book then?” he asks as he lights a fire in front of us.
“I really don’t feel like checking right now. I’m tired. I just want to relax and then sleep.”
“Well, you’ll need to check it later if that’s who you need to defeat.”
I roll my eyes. “Yes dad, anything else?”
“Yes, what do you think was really in that potion?”
“I don’t know, but I didn’t trust it or the creepy guy holding it. I don’t have a problem staying in my dragon form so I know that there had to be more to it than that.”
“Yeah, I think so to. I actually think it may weaken you or something, because when I woke up it was hard for me to resist the transformation and then I couldn’t pull it all the way back in.”
“I wonder how long you were affected by it. Did the water taste funny?”
He shakes his head no. “It just tastes like water.”
“So, whatever it is it either dilutes in water or it has no taste at all.”
“Yep. Pretty much.”
“So we have no idea what it can do to you once in full dragon mode?” I ask.
He shakes his head. “No, shortly after a dragon goes full-size, your dad takes them back to the castle. No one has come back yet.”
I start to form a plan in my head, but I don’t think he will go for it or like it that much. “Brenden, I need you to do something.”
“And what’s that?” he asks suspiciously.
“I need you to drink the potion.”
He stares at me in disbelief. “Why do I have to drink it? Why can’t you drink it?”
“Because it already affected you, so it’ll kick in sooner.”
“What if it kills me?”
“I don’t think it’s going to kill you. He’s not trying to wipe out the dragons, he’s trying to do something else.”
“And you don’t know what and you want to put myself at risk?”
I nod my head. “Yeah, pretty much.”
He sighs. “I swear, sometimes you are…words just can’t describe what I feel right now.”
I smirk. “Come on. It’ll help us get closer to saving the world and you can be back home in your comfy house sooner.”
“Okay, well, just know if I die, I’m haunting you forever.”
I laugh. “Good, I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
“Mm hm, now get some sleep. I have a feeling tomorrow is going to be an even longer day.”
I curl up under my covers and close my eyes, but I couldn’t help but feel like something or someone was watching me. I look around and don’t see or hear anything but it still feels weird. Maybe I was just on edge from earlier. I mean, I was attacked by giant fireballs. I fall asleep thinking about how awesome I was in training. I really can’t wait to see what else I can do.