Prophecy by Gregory Cholmondeley

Author:Gregory Cholmondeley [Cholmondeley, Gregory]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cholmonco, Inc.
Published: 2020-03-23T22:00:00+00:00

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The room was dark, and it took a moment for my eyes to adjust after I closed the door. It was a windowless room illuminated by an exit sign, some dim emergency lighting, and the hallway light shining through the small window in the door. The place was littered with chairs and tables haphazardly piled throughout. It reminded me of my closet after Mom yells at me to clean my room, but before she tells me also to straighten my closet. I guessed that somebody was in a hurry to clean up after another event and just crammed everything in here before going home.

I hadn’t seen any dragons yet but heard something clatter to the floor and spun around to witness a small chigon standing fifteen feet away. It was less than four feet tall, but I was filled with fear. This kind of surprised me because Stavius would’ve considered this guy as nothing more than a pesky rodent on Mearth. Of course, I wasn’t Stavius, and this wasn’t Mearth. Still, I shouldn’t be as frightened as this.

I kept trying to explain to myself why this wasn’t scary. But my fear kept intensifying, and I was also starting to feel hungry. This was really strange because it wasn’t time for lunch, but I couldn’t stop thinking about the cantaloupe I was carrying instead of the chigon across the room. The thought of melons and chigons reminded me of when the chigon in Mrs. Marlin’s garden got the melon stuck on its beak, and I involuntarily chuckled.

The chigon immediately squawked and flew to the far corner of the room to precariously settle on a stack of chairs. I was startled but no longer afraid and instantly forgot about being famished. Those feelings began to return as the small dragon eyed me again, and I understood what was happening. I was sensing the chigon’s feelings.

I opened the cantaloupe container, closed my eyes, and took a deep sniff. I tried to fill my mind with feelings of security, love, and delicious food. I wasn’t sure how to project my feelings, but it seemed to be working. The dragon had hopped off the chairs and was swaying toward me with his head suspiciously bobbing right and left.

I placed the open container in front of me and began to talk to the dragon in a soothing voice as though I were coaxing a young, shy puppy or kitten to come over and play. I didn’t think Juice understood what I was saying, but he was now feeling more suspicion and hunger than fear. Two feet away, he stopped and cooed at me a few times. Then he cocked his head to get a good look at the fruit in front of me before rapidly darting forward to grab a piece.

Three pieces later, mini-Juice, as I decided to call him, was standing so close that I dared to reach out and touch him. He stopped eating to stare at me for a moment before returning his attention to the rapidly-emptying cantaloupe container.

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