by Dorothy Baum

Created on: April 03, 2008   Last Updated: February 20, 2009

Dragon Love

"Look Draco! There she is!" Sir William hissed.

I pushed my snout as quietly as possible through the foliage, not wanting to frighten the creature we had spent the better part of the day searching out. Then I spied her. She was beautiful! The late afternoon sunlight glinted off her golden horn and made her porcelain white body shimmer. The unicorn surpassed my initial impression of what a unicorn would look like. I had never seen one before; these mystical creatures had become that rare.

Humph! It was not as if dragons like me were any less rare. However, the more I looked at this lovely creature, the more I felt a strange tightness in my chest.

"Drat! The unicorn is with an ogress and she's an ugly one," the errant knight whispered disgustedly. Sir William wiped a sweaty hand on his legging before gripping the hilt of the sword tucked in his belt.

I looked to the left and saw the ogress dozing on a tattered blanket in the shade of a great oak. She lazily scratched her head where a tiny acorn had bounced off. I was not too concerned by the ogress and returned my gaze back to the unicorn. She was much more pleasant to look upon, standing quietly at the edge of the blanket.

Again, I felt the strangeness come over me. Then it occurred to me. I was falling in love with this wondrous animal! Was that a possibility? More so, could the unicorn fall in love with me? I am not an entirely ugly creature. My scales are a lovely sapphire blue, with golden flecks. I have what I had always considered my best attribute, large golden eyes. Though I do have the bad habit of belching black smoke, I thought she might be able to overlook this one flaw when she comes to realize how much I love her. Anything was possible.

Sir William backed away from the scene, taking me about the neck and drawing me with him. I suppressed a desire to chomp his hand off. William could be very demanding when he had his mind set on a goal.

"So, how should we go about getting the unicorn away from that brute? What do you think Draco? Do you have a plan in mind?" Sir William had taken a seat upon the ground, rubbing his chin thoughtfully.

I said nothing. Although I was in a forced allegiance with Sir William, we generally ended up doing what he wanted, regardless of what I thought. Things always went with him that way. I feared that, one day, his foolhardiness would land us in deep trouble. Something neither of us would escape from unscathed.

"Okay," he said, "here's the plan." With that, William cupped

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