It all started about
three months ago when he accidentally bumped on Meesha.
The most beautiful dragon he'd ever seen. They were even the same species! At
first Meesha was thrilled! A Deep Rocker! In love
with her! A commoner! But as days went by she realised she was in love with his
fame, not him self so she broke up with him and started dating a dragon she
knew she loved.
The phone distracted his
thoughts. It was a friend of his "Yo... I
have bad news" "Cut the intro! Just shoot!" "It's Meesha" At the sound of that name James jumped
from his seat. "She... got married!" Meesha? Married? What
happened? He felt the ground disappearing under his feet. "James...?"
"I'm going there!" "No James, wait! Don't do anything
stupid! You'll get hurt trust me!" But he got no answer. James
was already flying his way to
Pash
city. A newly married couple was enjoying each other in a small cafe.
"Meesha" She turned back and
saw a familiar Common dragon approaching her. He looked so tired! His face had
a weird expression. She'd never seen him like that before, it scared her. Meesha's husband was surprised at the sight of him. "Err...
isn't he a Deep Rocker?" "Why did you marry him Meesha?
I thought you loved me!" "I never loved you! You're the one who had a
crush on me!" The husband lost it "A Deep Rocker? In love with you?" But no one was paying attention
to him "What more does he have that I don't?" "He's
handsome" "Aren't I?" ok that
wasn't a good excuse "He's more handsome!" Meesha started poking him» And that's not all! I hate
your character, I hate your outfit, I hate your manners, I hate... I HATE
YOU!" At the last poke, James fell on the ground. "So
don't come near me ever again!" She turned her back at him and
headed towards her surprised husband. "I don't think it's a good time
to ask for an autograph..." "Unless you want him to
eat you alive!" She was being sarcastic. James tried to get
back on his feet. Life had no meaning anymore... Out of the blue, a bunch of
reporters run towards him "Mr Elias, any comments?" He tried
to avoid them but it was no use "Leave me alone, please" "Was
she your lover?" "I SAID LEAVE ME ALONE!!" He started
breathing fire to the panicked reporters who struggled to find a secure place
to hide.
Back to Yann city to another house we've never visited before. In
the dark bedroom, two dragons, different species but deeply in love were
bonding with each other. Pik and Kia,
both Deep Rockers had been in love with each other for a long time but none had
the guts to tell how they felt. Until Ace
The TV was on but of
course no one was paying attention to it. : And now something form show
business. The famous Deep Rocker James Elias also known as Player was rejected
today by the girl he loved when..." At the sound of that name, Pik stopped everything he was doing "Did he say
Player?" "Pik don't stop" Kia pulled him down but he resisted "Wait! They're
talking about Player!" "What happened?" That's when they
heard the yell that changed James' life "I HATE YOU!!" "Oh
no... Poor guy..." Kia was feeling sorry for
him. So was Pik. No more sex for tonight...
Next day at the studio,
the Deep Rockers were rehearsing for the concert which would take place in four
months. But something was wrong. James wasn't himself today. He kept doing all
those terrible mistakes and during break time, he just sat at the window,
staring nothing! Ace decided to go
talk to him. "Player, what's wrong? You keep doing all those
mistakes..." "I... don't feel so good today..." Ace was
surprised! Every time James was sick, he would bear it and keep playing, but
not today... "What's wrong?" "I wanna
go home..." "Ok... no problem!" He turned to the others! "Guys! We're done for today!" Pik started jumping up and down "Yay!
Let's go fu.. Err... home1"Looks like Pik and Kia already made plans
for the night. Ace run after Pik
before he left. "Pik!
Do you know what's wrong with Player?" "He's in love, she got
married!" "Player? In
love?" That was something new for him. Player never loved...
anyone!
After leaving the
studio, James headed off for a deserted cliff. He needed to be alone. He needed
to get away from everything and everyone. As he sat there thinking of only one
person, he heard a faint voice calling him «JAMES..." He looked in
the sky and saw a cloud looking just like Meesha. "You're
not real! You hear me? You're not real!!" James had no control over
himself. He flew with the greatest speed he could reach against the cloud and
broke threw it. "I guess this is love! This is sick! I hate it!" He
wanted to get away from her, get away from his feelings... so he broke the most
important dragon rule: NEVER LEAVE THE ISLAND
* * * * *
Something more familiar with everyone: The human world. A zookeeper was sitting
with his 11-year old daughter. Business wasn't going well. The zoo need
something that would make people WANT to pay to see
it. They recently bought a white tiger but that wasn't enough. They needed
something... more. Suddenly, David, the zookeeper's best friend (and helper
with the zoo) came running "
* * * * *
As soon as she heard her father's truck arriving, Christina quit her
toys and run outside. Half an hour ago, he called her saying that he just
caught the most amazing creature and she was curious to see it. "Where
is it?" She yelled "Over there" she run to the cage her father was pointing at "Wow!
What's that?" "That, Christina is a Dragon!" answered
David. The dragon was awake but not moving. He was just sitting in the dark
corner, not doing anything. Then in one slight movement, she noticed a small
"detail". "Daddy... its wearing clothes..?" She was confused...
an animal... with clothes? How come? "It's still a dragon"
During lunch, Christina
couldn't stop thinking about the dragon. It was an animal... with clothes...
was it like the rest of the animals? Was it like a human? Could it think like a
human? She decided to go and see him after lunch.
And she did. The dragon
was still in the corner but it was sleeping. "Poor thing..."
He opened his eyes "You must be miserable in there..." She
still didn't finish her phrase when the dragon attacked her! Thankfully the
bars were protecting her. He reached his arm to slash her. Christina backed up.
The dragon was still roaring at her. "I... I don't believe you wanna hurt me..." She
reached her arm towards him. He stopped roaring but he was still showing his
teeth at her. "You're just scared... aren't you?" Her hand
touched his face. As soon as he felt the child's warm hand on his face he
calmed down. He realised she didn't want to hurt him. His skin felt rough for
her. She'd never touched anything with scales before. "Wow. You're
beautiful" "CHRISTINA!!" It was her father. He
grabbed her by the arm and pulled her away from the dragon. "I told you
to stay away! It’s dangerous!" As soon as James saw
The next day, the zoo
was full of visitors who came over to see the dragon. James was used to crowds but
they usually came to see him with the rest of the Deep Rockers performing. And,
besides, these creatures were no fans! They were talking about how weird he
looked, how wild he was, how he would tear them apart if he was loose! A kid
threw a stone and hit him on the face. That was the last drop. He started
roaring as he reached for the boy. The boy run away
screaming. The other people watched "Whoa! That thing is a
monster! It'd eat us alive if it was loose!" "That kid was
throwing stones!" Christina said "He'd had enough!" Christina
couldn't stand watching animals being mistreated and misunderstood. Especially not this one. Despite the fact that he nearly bit
her arm off the day before, she grew affection to him and didn't want him to
get hurt.
That night, David and
Roy were talking about the dragon. Christina was pretending to be watching TV
but in fact she was listening to them. "He just won't eat what we give
him" Said David "If this keeps up, he'll die of hunger" Die?
No I mustn't let this happen, Christina thought. I have to do something!
Later that night, James
was walking up on down in his cage. He was trying to figure out a way to escape
from this situation. He tried breaking the bars, he tried burning them, he even
crashed on them but they just wouldn't bend! Desperate, he sat in
"his" corner and held his head "Meehsa...
this is all your fault!" Suddenly, he heart
the gate open . It was the little girl. She was
holding something in her arm. "Dragon...Are you awake?" James
stepped into the light. Only then did she realise how big he was! For a moment
she thought of running away, but she changed her mind. "I... I brought
you some food..." She was holding a bag full with food. James tried to
approach but something stopped him. Christina looked at his leg. A chain was
tied around it. It was giving him a hard time walking. "They chained
you? Why?" Then she remembered that her father saw him attacking that
boy earlier in the morning. That was unfair. The boy was throwing stones!
"Will you let me approach? I have the key..." James sat down.
He wanted to show her that he meant no harm for her. With small and hesitated
steps, she approached him and unlocked the chain while he was eating his
dinner. Christina looked at him "You're not so dangerous, are
you?" She was just one meter away from him but he didn't hurt her. She
sat and watched him eat. "Big teeth you have, huh?" He didn't
answer. He just kept on eating. She touched his tail. James was watching her
with the corner of his eye. He didn't mind her touching him. In fact, no one's
ever touched him before... not even Meesha. He liked
it. As soon as he saw her hand approaching the sting, he grabbed his tail away
from her. "Huh? What is it?" She saw liquid drops
falling from the sting. "Is that poison? Wow!" "I have
to go now dragon... If my father sees me here he'll start screaming!"
She pets him for goodnight. She pet him as if she was
petting her puppy, but still he liked it. It was the first time he was feeling
anyone's touch...
Days went by and James
was still in the cage. Christina was visiting occasionally. She was talking to
him about insignificant things but, surprised, he found him self paying
attention to her. Christina loved him... and he was "afraid" he might
start caring for her. Maybe he already has... At nights he was thinking of the
Deep Rockers. Were they searching for him? Alan is sure screaming now... If
only he was there he was give him a strong bite on the tail. For some unknown
reason, he loved biting his tail. Poor guy is surely having nightmares!
It was a cold and rainy
night. James was sitting in "his" corner. He lit a small fire but the
water was coming in from the bars and was having a hard time keeping it on. He
was so cold... and lonely... he never thought he'd feel lonely. He always liked
being alone, away from everyone... but this was too much! "Dragon..."
The voice startled him. It was Christina. He didn't hear her coming in. She
was soaking wet. She was holding a blanket. "I was waiting for the
others to go to sleep... I brought you a blanket..."
He took it and wrapped it around his body. It wasn't enough for his wings
but that was the last thing he was worried about. He noticed that Christina was
shaking. She was cold too. He moved aside a bit as if asking her to sit by him.
She got the message. As soon as she sat, he wrapped half the blanket around
her. She cuddled close to him feeling as warm and safe as ever "I love
you dragon..." James felt a tingle in his heart. He loved her too...
He loved her more than anything he has ever loved before. More than Meesha... He cared for her... he didn't want her to get
hurt. He hugged her close to him and she fell asleep in his arms. Outside the
storm was building up. But inside that cage, a child's love made the
unfriendliness environment look like heaven...just for one night
* * * * *
"CHRISTINA!" That yell woke James up. What was going on? He
got up slowly trying not to wake the little girl. He looked outside the bars "CHRISTINA!"
It was her father. He was searching for her. "What's going
on?" Christina woke up. "CHRISTINA WHERE ARE YOU?"
"Oh no! Daddy! He's looking for me!" She
hurried outside the cage and run towards the house. As soon as her father saw
her he hugged her "Christina... where have you been?" "I was
just walking around..." "Don't you ever do this to me again! »: I’m
sorry" He noticed that she was sad "I'm sorry... I didn't mean
to shout to you... It's just that... you're all I've got! I don't wanna lose you!" "I understand..."
"Good girl! Now go inside"
James noticed that
in her hurry, Christina forgot to lock the gate. This was his chance. He waited
for Christina and her father to get inside the house and then he approached the
gate and gave it a push. It opened! Looking around carefully, he stepped
outside the cage "Hey! The dragon is loose!" It was David.
"Finally!
I'm going home!" James thought. But suddenly, he felt a sharp pain on
his wing bone followed by a faint bang. He couldn't flap anymore. He roared and
crashed on the ground. Christina run outside the
house. She saw the dragon trying to get up. He had a huge wound on his right
wing and several smaller ones all over his body...probably from his fall. "No..."
She thought "This is not happening... the dragon... My dragon... he
needs help!" She looked at her father. He was aiming at him with his
gun. "You're not going anywhere dragon! If I can't have you, the no one
will!!" James took a deep breath.
James opened
his eyes. The pain was so sharp! He could feel him self dying. He felt
someone touching him on the face. Without knowing who it was, he gathered
all the strength he had left and reached his arm to slash him. It was
Christina! Thank god he missed! Seeing that the dragon attacked her,
"Christina..."
It was David. He was feeling guilty about what happened and he couldn't
stand seeing her crying. "I'll help you take him to a
hospital" "you two do whatever you
want!"
* * * * *
James woke up. He was
numb and so he couldn't feel the wound on his wing and chest. "Was it a
dream?" He wondered "the strange creatures... the cage...
Christina..." He realised that he was lying on a bed so it must have
been a dream... there was no bed in the cage. He was glad it was just a dream
but kind of sad as well... For Christina was the only true friend he had ever
made. He knew she didn't want him for his money or fame. She became his friend
because she loved him or whom he really is... "You're
awake!" A child's voice woke him up. It was Christina! So it wasn't a
dream after all... He looked around. It was clear from the smell of medicine
that he was in the hospital. His wing, chest and arm were bandaged. Christina
noticed that he was staring around with an empty look in his eyes. "It's
ok...you're safe now" "Excuse me?" It was the nurse. She was
outside the room hiding behind the door. She was obviously afraid of him.
Fortunately, David paid enough money to keep the dragon a secret. "His
lunch..." she said and showed the dish she was holding. Christina took
the dish and placed it on the special table in frond of his bed. As soon as he
saw it, James forget how disgusting hospital food usually is and started eating
with greed. Christina stayed until he finished his meal. I have to go now
dragon... I'm on detention... I'll come and visit ok?"
So James was left alone
in the hospital. He stared around "Wow... so that's what's outside the
island... These creatures can't live in peace with other species. Now I
understand why we are not allowed to leave the island. I'm different from them
so they caged me... Like a zoo? Oh damn! I miss my guitar! I need a cigarette!
I need a tail to bite! Where's Alan? Speaking of Alan? What happened to the
Deep Rockers? Are they rehearsing without me? Well they should! I sucked the
last time! I was thinking of Meesha... Meesha? Meesha who? I don't need you! You can have your husband!
Player is back! He's not for those mushy-love things! He's for crashing
guitars, biting tails, smoking and swearing! That's Player/// and maybe loving
a little girl for showing him what pure love really is. Cause, Meesha, if you show Player love, he'll show you love too.
But if you ignore him, then you don't exist for him! He'll ignore you
too!"
Days went by and
James kept having these thoughts. Until his wing healed.
He could flap again. At last! Time to go home! He put on his clothes and
approached the window. He spread his wings. He was just about to jump when he
heard a familiar voice "Dragon! Wait!" It was Christina "Are
you leaving? Going home?" He looked outside the window. Home... yes!
That's where he was going. Christina needed no answer. She understood what was
going on. She run and hugged him with all her might, it made him fall on the
ground.
"I'm
gonna miss you!" James held her close to
him. He wanted to feel her loving touch one last time. "I'll miss you
too" At the sound of his voice Christina smiled "I knew you
could talk... I love your voice..." She let go of him. "Do you
have a name? Something to remember you with?" Name..?
No... You don't need my name... He grabbed his DR Chain. The only thing he
loved. He wore it wherever he was going. He put it on
Christina "Just remember me as your dragon..."
"He's
gone... my dragon is gone... he went home... I'll always remember you... I love
you"
Christina is sitting on her bed looking at the chain and remembering Her
Dragon. The chain had something like a D and an R. Was
it DRagon? Yes... that's what it was: Dragon!
DR means Deep Rockers. And somewhere far away from where Christina is now; a lonely Deep Rocker plays the guitar. He remembers a little girl and smiles. The one of the very few who loved him and became his friend in his lonely life. And in the future, the two will meet several times again. But that's another story..
