MGS- pg32

My Guardian Serpent
Page #32



     "What was all that, Alan?! I could've heard more about everything if you hadn't done that stunt!" I yelled out, as we flew into the air. I couldn't believe he actually slapped his own best friend in the face for him to shut up, all because I wanted to know why Alan is the new Dragon Prince. Just completely and utterly immature!

"Look I'm sorry, but I had to do what I had to do. You know too much already, besides I don't want anyone, not even you, to be hearing about my life! Understand!?" Alan shouted back. I stayed quiet for a second, then turned away and made a "humph" noise at him. I even kicked his scaly cheek for not giving me a chance to settle myself on his back, since he actually grabbed me on my shirt and almost made me fall. No sound, but he did shake his head and fly even faster.

For the past 3 minutes, it's been nothing but silence. All that remained heard was the rapids of the ocean waves clashing into each other, the seagulls chirping and making such strange sounds as they flew by us, and the smooth wind blowing beside my ears…as if something is whispering to me. I could've sworn I heard something in the wind call my name in a whisper, a faint call "Miranda…" was all I heard. It's either if someone drugged me to hear such stupid noises…or something is really calling me.

"Alan, did you hear that?" I asked, breaking away the silence from the moment of flying. He picked up his ears to check to hear if he heard the noises also, and then placed them back down.

"Don't hear nothing, you're just sleepy that's all." said Alan. Well, so much for asking a serious question to a fairytale creature.

"I'm serious, Alan. I could've sworn I heard my name being called…like the wind calling me or something." I explained, but it looked like Alan wasn't even buying it. "I still didn't hear anything, Miranda." said Alan.

"Ugh, you're just like my mother, she never listens to me!" I complained. But, I decided to just stay quiet for the whole flight. Apparently, Alan didn't even reply to that, he just shrugged and kept on flying. I was about to doze off, until another question came to my mind; what ever happened to the Dragon Queen and her husband Luziqious? Are they still alive today and living somewhere else other than Isla Nublar? Who was their child, and am I suppose to know her? Are they dead…?

I shook my head from the thought of that last question, but I still wanted to know about what had happened to them. From the looks of it, I couldn't even ask Alan why and how did he lose his parents when he was just a dragonlet. He was already angry and annoyed enough for me to even ask him one simple question. But…what do I have to lose?
"Alan…" I whispered.

"Hmm?" he asked, not even wanting to answer back in his correct way. I fiddled with my fingers a bit, trying to find the right words.

"Umm…what did…do you…know anything about the Dragon Queen? Do you even know anything about what had happened to her?" I asked, a little scared if Alan ever was thinking about eating me or something for asking him another question. But thankfully he didn't do anything; he just turned to me a little and looked away.

"Well, what I do know is that she gave birth to her first born child on the day we were born. And that Luziqious left her stranded in the human premises of America with her new born child."

"What happened to Luziqious?" I asked.

He shrugged. "No clue, other stories say that he went back to his home land."

"What about the child?"

"Couldn't figure out who the child was, it's been lost for 15 years so we suspect the child must be dead by now."

"What about the Dragon Queen…?" Finally asking my last question before I stayed quiet during the flight back to the hotel. All I heard from him…was a "sigh".

"She died…a dragon had killed her. Others say that the dragon took her child away and sacrificed her for power, I'm not entirely sure though." Alan's voice began to fade away, as he began to concentrate on his flying trip.

"When did she die?" Okay…I guess that was a little lie, but I wanted to know. I'm always such a curious girl, that I can sometimes go overboard…but this was a serious situation in my hands.

"Well…she died a week later after her child was born…including us both." I was completely shocked for a moment, but shook my head. How can some dragon just kill the Dragon Queen? Why would Luziqious leave his own wife and his first child stranded in human territory? Who was the Dragon Queen's child, and was she still alive or dead just like everyone says? Questions kept on popping into my head from just thinking of the whole situation, this was even better than learning the history of my ancestors and other history crap about the all those bloody wars and what not.

"Alan?" I said.

"What?" he asked softly.

"Do you…know the Dragon Queen's real name?" I asked.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean her real name. What did God give her for a name?" I asked, hoping that Alan can understand what I'm trying to ask him. He was completely silent once again, just hesitating about her name. Finally, he shrugged and spoke…
"From what I've learned from Bowen…her birth name was Telgarra. That's all I know." he finally answered. Telgarra? Where have I heard that name from? I tried to remember the name, but nothing appeared. I could've sworn I heard that name from a dream or something…but I never knew it was like a real name for someone that's already…dead. I was completely confused, and craving for more answers about my dreams, about Telgarra and her missing child, about why Alan is related to royalty...and why this is all happening to me now.