The Dragon in Our Midst

6: an uninvited visitor

I woke up with a new lease on life. time to get some shiny things, I went back to the store in my dragon form, letting them stare, after yesterday, no more climbing. I saw some shiny crystal sun catchers and I bought tools and nails so I can decorate the walls with shiny things. I also got some paint, bright and colourful,it was an oily colour, like the trend of jewellery colour, with the dark with the blue green and purple shifting. I got a mirror, more clothes, and I had to buy a cabinet for my toiletries. no running water, no electricity, I will become gross. when I come back I see a shape slumped on my mattress. still in my dragon form I roared. the shadow sat up as surprised to see me as I was to see it. Ur on my territory. why? I ask,dropping my new bought things. he looks at me, a sharp jawline, the same age as me, with large green eyes, he had brown curly hair that was thick and fell like a swoop across his forehead, he wore and old pair of jeans and an even older hoodie with a picture of a dragon on it. he doesn't say anything. but he sees me, just as I'm seeing him. I, raised human, didn't understand this feeling, but he did. he told me. "mate" I knew werewolves existed. and vampires, the world is full of supernatural creatures, but werewolves, who have a fated mate by their dirty, had a inner wolf, literally, a voice in their head w

full of instincts and things the human side couldn't pick up. I didn't have that. I had a necklace. and no second voice. I was a shifter due to a magic peice of jewellery, not a moon deity. yet they instinct was deep in my bones, what he said was right. he kissed me passionately, then without a second thought, I kissed back, it was stupid, I would never do this with a stranger, but then before I could ground myself, my necklace was stolen. the boy had it. "its my turn" he claimed. I tried to explain what happened when my friends tried it, but it was too late. and as soon as he put it on, I expected nothing to happen. but after a few seconds a dragon was beside me, as beautiful as my dragon, but the tail was longer, he was larger, and while I had bright colourful colours, he had dark swirling colours, dark even. he took it off. the threw it back to me. i looked at him baffled. 'Ur a dragon too?' I ask with uncertainty, looking at him carefully. "yep. each female dragon comes across a magic necklace. it belongs to the women of the species. the males find the females by instinct then cement it by trying the necklace. if it works, and I look like a similar dragon to the female, then I'm their mate. if I don't, I apologise and move on. dragons have only one mate for life, I'm only allowed to shift once when I find my mate. its a very matriarchal system. Im unable to get a response from the necklace. I'm a dragon, without the ability to shift." he explains as I put my necklace back on. ok so now U know I'm your mate, U are unable to turn into your dragon again? that's not fair, I love my dragon. I can't think of a time where I would NOT turn into a dragon. I found the necklace a few days agoand I have not stopped switching from beast to human. if I had to stop id cry." I say. he nods solemnly. do U want help decorating? I know some great shiny things, also U will need a hoard." I agree and we spend the rest of the day together painting and putting up these amazing this he found called glow worms, they glowed in the dark. they were so cool. his name is Max and I was right, he was my age. by sunset we got tired I went to my bed but he had nowhere to sleep. but he slept on my floor regardless.