Hunting Down the Dragon Prince

*ASHER* We have all heard the stories. There are the ones about werewolves, vampires, demigods, demons, etc. But then there are the dragons. The stories that not many people know or do not pay much attention. But my story sure is interesting. Because I life in a world where those hideous things people call dragons, rule our lands. But not for long, they won’t. Because I took a vow, one which said that I will rip every single dragon off their scales. I run through the forest as I can. The ground beneath me shakes every time the dragon takes a step forward. I look at my surroundings for anything that could be helpful. I decided to climb up a tree that was near me. I climb to the very top and wait. Wait for the dragon to show its ugly face, so that I could attack. As predicted the dragon walked right towards me. And taking this to my advantage, I reach onto my boot and take out my dagger. Once the dragon is close enough to the tree, I jump onto his big face and stab his left eye with the dagger. I snatch his left eye out of his face, and I let the big eye fall to the ground. The dragon cries in pain and brings his big paws to his face to hold his now empty hole, the same hole his eye is supposed to be. I jump of the dragon and onto the ground and look near a bush to find my sword which was placed there before head. I grab my sword and I s***h his tale of, and the dragon turns around to face me with smoke leaving his nostrils. I begging to charge at him with full force and the dragon meets me halfway there. I then stab my sword right into his chest and heart. Killing the beast right on the spot. I retract the sword from his chest and clean it’s blood off on my pants. I also clean the sweat that formed on my forehead from the action that I just did. I let out a heavy breath of relieve, knowing that I get to life another day. I kneel to the beast and look at his sharp teeth, it’s so unfair that they have such power and us mortals have to life under their control. I roll my eyes at the creature and get up. But not before smiling and reminding myself that there is one less of those things running around on this world. As I’m walking home, my smile falls and in crawls a frown, remembering that if Anthony didn’t do his part of the work, I will have to kill him. - “That was stupid and reckless!” My best friend Anthony screamed at me. He was really angry that I had ditched him at the party and ran after the dragon all by myself. His red hair is neatly styled back by all the times he has run his hand in it as a sing of stressed. His light brown eyes are throwing daggers at me. The freckles in his face complement his looks and so those the shaved left eyebrow. I get lost in his looks that I forgot he was angry at me. I let out a breath as I play with the fork on my food. “I was just doing my job” I say as I roll my eyes and keep on eating my dish of spaghetti and meatballs. “I know but you could have waited for me” He whined out with a frown on his face. “If I had waited for you, that dragon wouldn’t be dead right know” I say as I let out a frustrated sigh. This guy can be so stubborn sometimes. “You know I only do this because I care about you and you worry me, by always running towards danger all by yourself” He says as he puts his hand on my shoulder and gives it a firm squeeze. I nod my head, knowing that he does it because he truly cares about me, but this is my life. I live to kill does hideous things. And if running towards danger all by myself, gets me to kill another dragon, I will sure as hell do it. “Just lease tell me you go it. I didn’t pass all that time in that stupid gown and with those girly girls for you to not get the invitation” “I got it” Anthony waves the invitation in front of my faces and I let out a scream of excitement. I run towards him and hug him so tight. I snatch the invitation from his hand and take a close look at it. The letters are engraved in gold and it gives you the vide of royalty. “This is out ticket into the prince’s choosing” Anthony said, and I look up at hi with a smirk on my face. Every time that a royal kid is up to age, a big party is through on his honor. And every year the prince invites every girl in the kingdom, just to choose one as his future wife. This invitation that Anthony snatch from a very rich girl will be our only opportunity to get an identity on the prince and to finally kill him. Another very important detail is that no one knows how the prince looks like. His identity is kept a secret so that it is more difficult for us dragon hunters to get a face to the name. But once I see his face, he is a dead man. - I take a deep breath as I look at myself in the mirror. This is so not my style. I have never been the type of girls who wear makeup or the ones that the guys fall in love with, and I’m okay with that. But I’m not okay with having to wear a dress. But I must think in the price, by the end of this night the dragon prince will be dead and by none other than by Shadow the Dragon Hunter. I take one last glance at myself in the mirror. My brown hair showering down my back, the black dress that makes my green eyes pop more, and lastly my scar right across my eye. I’m quite lucky that the scar didn’t make me lose my sight on the right eye. I’m not embarrass by it, on the contrary, it’s a reminder of what these dragons are capable of. “You have everything ready?” I asked Anthony once I stepped into the living room. He looks me up and down and I can’t help but blush as I feel his eyes on me. “Yes, everything is ready, and you look stunning” “Then let’s get this show on the road” The castle was nothing be perfection. The decorations where on point, the color silver, white and gold, making everything look even better. Once Anthony and I got up front, the security guard asked us for our invitation, and we handed him the one we stole. The guard looked at the invitation and the looked at us from head to toes. “Have a nice evening” The guard said and opened the door for use. Just like the outside the inside was as spectacular. A chandelier hangs from the ceiling and it shinned bright. The walls where painted white with small gold designs. We walk around the crowed, looking for anyone suspicious or to be prince like. We decided to take a rest and sat at some booths at the small bar hat was on the left corner of the room. “You know that this is difficult right?” “I know” I said looking around the room, and not facing Anthony “And we can die doing this, right?” “As long as he is going down as well, then I’m okay with it” “Good” It’s been about an hour and still nothing. We don’t have any leads and we are running out of time. At 12 o’clock once the prince announces his chosen one, we only have a small window of 5 minutes to stick and kill him, but with that we are both dead by the end of the night. We need to work faster. “Can I have a dance?” A voice from behind asked me. I turn around and see a handsome fall. He had his black hair styled back; his dark blue eyes looked like the night sky. He is wearing an blue buttons colored shirt, but some skinny dressed pants. “Um…” I was tempted to say ‘no’ but by the things are going, I have a feeling that I won’t have the princes head on a stick. “…Sure” I say, and he takes my hand and leads me onto the dance floor. At the moment a slow song was being played and he places his hands on my waist and pushes me body onto his. I placed my hands around his head and look at him. “Can I get a name, for the pretty lady?” He asked smiling “I’m Ash” I say, and his face says it all. “My parents liked the name Asher, what can I say?” I said and the guy let’s out a chuckle and I couldn’t help but to blush. “What about you? What’s your name?” I asked “I’m Lucian” He said with a wink and I rolled my eyes at that. “You think you will be chosen to be the prince bride?” He asked out of the blue and I could not help but chock one my own spit. “I don’t think so, I’m not quite the type that guys fall for” I give the most normal answer I could think of. But Lucian only smile at me and nod his head. “Who know maybe he is ugly and that is why he was kept from the public. I would actually be saved if he didn’t choose me” And once again I am rewarded with a laugh of Lucian, a laugh that is quite beautiful. But I must remember that I am here on a mission and that is to kill the dragon prince, not to find myself a boyfriend. I notice that Lucian looks at his watch and curses under his breath. “I need to go” He said, and I let go of his and give a weird face “What are you, Cinderella?” I asked with a laugh, and Lucian only chuckles and looks at me. “Something like that” He said and walked away from me and through the crowd of people. I return to the bar where I met Anthony. He places his hand on my shoulder and gives it a squeeze, that’s kind of our thing. I take out my phone and see that it is almost 12. My luck has just run out. I guess I will be dying today.