Awakening by G. Clatworthy

Author:G. Clatworthy [Clatworthy, G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy, Urban
ISBN: 9781915516015
Google: Puw6zwEACAAJ
Publisher: G Clatworthy
Published: 2021-07-30T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

I awoke early. My dreams had been confused visions of massive dragons trying to eat Aloora and fire surrounding me. I shook my head as if that would get rid of the uneasiness I felt. Errol grumbled as I pushed him aside to get some cereal. I had forgotten to get milk with all the excitement yesterday, so made do with toast and some out of date jam. I figured it had so much sugar in it, it was bound to be OK.

I took a long shower in peace before shoving on an oversized iron man t-shirt and black jeans and heading down to the forge. The Royal Arcade didn’t open until eleven a.m. on Sundays so I had some time to myself before I would open the shop. I gave Errol a bucket of coal and refilled his water bowl as I contemplated my tools and materials. I wanted to make something that would help us, but what could help against dragons…if it came to the worst.

I chewed my lip as I thought, and eventually decided that protection from fire would be useful. With Errol’s help I forged five flame-shaped golden charms, imbued with magic to stop the wearer being burned. I had given them a cartoonish shape and they looked quite sweet, so I made an extra couple to sell in the shop, glad that my dwarven heritage meant I was a quick crafter. I strung my charm onto my key chain alongside the anti-elvish glamour charm that Gunther had given me and decided to test it. I gave Errol the command for “Fire” and pointed to my shoe. Errol was well trained but he gave me a look and didn’t spout any flames until I gave the command a second time. Then he blasted out a spurt of fire that flickered on my boot. It felt warm, but not unpleasantly so and I was pleased to see that the rubber sole on my leather boot was undamaged. The charms worked. Errol snorted and I rewarded him with a piece of charcoal and a scratch behind his ear before he curled up and went back to sleep.

It was with a self-satisfied smile that I opened up my shop that day. It was slow trading compared to Saturday but I still managed to sell a few pieces of jewellery including one of my new fire charms. The hours passed slowly, but finally it was time to close up and get to the museum.

I arrived at the same time a number of tourists were leaving but the steps outside were so wide, I avoided them easily and stepped inside. I scanned the lobby. It was surprisingly light for such a large building. Pale coloured columns drew the eye upwards to the light open galleries upstairs. My eyes alighted on the huge black dragon skeleton arranged as if it were about to take off. I gaped, it was larger than Dippy the Diplodocus who had been doing a tour of the UK and I thought had filled the space when I had seen it in the museum last year.

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