Real Dragons by Rebecca Shelley

Author:Rebecca Shelley [Shelley, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, middle-grade fantasy, children's book, fairy, dragon, magic, Unknown
Publisher: Wonder Realms Books
Published: 2011-01-29T23:00:00+00:00

Tom couldn't believe Weldon had been willing to let the muggers kill him rather than tell them where Tom was hiding. That was just crazy. Listening behind the door, he'd been shocked and knew he couldn't let Weldon get hurt because of him. He hadn't expected to survive and get away. All he'd planned to do was give Weldon a chance to escape.

Now they both ran out the other end of the alley into the street. Weldon went straight across, right between the cars that were stopped for a traffic light. Tom followed, gasping for breath. Apparently he wasn't used to running so hard, though no memories came to confirm what his body was telling him.

Blood trickled from a cut on Weldon's forehead where the mugger had slammed him against the bricks. That makes two of us with a big fat headache, Tom thought.

He sucked polluted air into his lungs, making them burn, and kept running. He was hard pressed to keep up with Weldon. "Where are we going?" he asked as they turned down another street.

Without answering Weldon led Tom down a flight of stairs into the subway station. He stuffed some money in a machine and got two tickets and a map. Then led Tom through the turnstile. Tom glanced behind them back up the stairs but didn't see their pursuers in the dozens of people moving up or down.

Weldon tapped the map against his palm as they waited on the platform. He glanced around at the gathering crowd. "Train gonna be here soon," he said. "Hey, put the bandage back over that dragon."

Tom had forgotten he'd unwrapped the dragon to get the thugs attention. He tore off a piece of the gauze and handed it to Weldon then wrapped the rest back over the wristband.

Weldon pressed the piece of gauze against his forehead until the bleeding stopped. Tom didn't think the injury looked too bad, but the sight of the blood had churned his stomach. The blowers meant to cool the station did little more than spread the smell of urine and body odor around the crowd that pressed in on him, which only made his nausea worse. He grew nervous in the mass of people.

"I don't think this is such a good idea," he told Weldon.

"We need time to figure out what we gonna do," Weldon said. "They can't kill us so easy right here in front of all these people. If we try hiding in some alley again, they gonna get us for sure."

The buzz of voices swelled around them. Tom shoved his hands into his pockets and tried to take calm even breaths.

The train rattled up and stopped with a faint squeal. The doors opened and more people poured out onto the platform. Weldon grabbed Tom's arm and maneuvered him through the crowd to the front car and dragged him on. They'd been swift enough to get a pair of seats together. The car filled up around them. A chime sounded and the doors closed.

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