《The Dragon Of Eternal》


 Prologue Part 1: The Life Of Hell

    Home. It sucks. My house has only one story, and three bedrooms. I have four siblings, which makes it hard to concentrate on things that actually matter.


    My siblings are little devils. Me being the oldest means that I have take full responsibility. Those little devils blame stuff that they do on me all the time, even when I¡¯m not home.


    I¡¯m walking home from the store when I here my siblings fighting behind me.


    ¡±Hey, stop it! We are in public,¡± I said.


    They just looked at me and stuck their tongues out at me. Then they went back to fighting. You do not want to know how many times this has happened to me.


    I grab my youngest brother by his hand and he just starts yelling at me. He yelled stuff at me like to let go, he had rights, and a bunch of other crap.


    I was too tired for his crap today. I just dragged him across the sidewalk until we got to our home.


    Once we got home, my siblings went into the front yard and started playing with each other. This was the only time when I actually liked watching them playing with each other made me happy. They weren¡¯t bothering me was one of the reasons why I liked watching them play. Another reason is because it reminds me of how me and my old friends used to be like before these little demons were born. I always loved remembering those times. I am sad that those times ended a long time ago.


    I went back to unpacking the things I bought. I got food, some drinks, and one toy that my younger sister wanted and wouldn¡¯t stop shouting and crying until she got it. I hate sisters and brothers.


    Once I finished unpacking the stuff, I went to my room and began reading a book about knights.


    *Bang* I fell out of my desk and nearly hit my head on the ground. Thankfully my chair stopped me, barely.


    I ran downstairs, thinking someone did something bad. But it turns out that my dad got home and forgot his house key, so he just kicked the door down. My dad looked at me and said, ¡°Eric, clean this up. Now!¡±The narrative has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.


    I rolled my eyes and went into the garage to grab some tools and wood. I had materials ready for this scenario. This wasn¡¯t the first time he forgot his keys and had to kick the door down. He always made me fix it every time he kicked a door down. Yes, he has kicked multiple doors down in our house.


    As I was replacing the door hinges, I saw my dad sit in a chair and drink a beer can down without a break. He has watched too much TV. I chuckled at that thought. That was a mistake. Dad looked around his chair and at me and said, ¡°Hey! No laughing while fixing, or else.¡±


    Dad wasn¡¯t always like this. About a year ago, my mom and dad both lived here. But then my mom cheated on my dad with one of our neighbors. My dad, siblings, and I all found out around five months ago. My siblings were almost too young to figure out what was going on. But I knew perfectly what was happening. My dad was furious with mom, our neighbor, and my siblings and I. That night, I was in my bed listening to my parents argue. Then I heard something that sent me into a panic. I heard a loud thump.


    I left my room and saw my mom on the ground with blood pouring down her face. My dad had his pistol in his hand with a silencer on it. My dad didn¡¯t notice me. I quickly ran into my room and locked the door behind me. That night I fell asleep curled up in the corner and cried myself to sleep.


    I have never done anything my dad wouldn¡¯t like since. It was moment like this when I realize that I am sorry for my siblings. They didn¡¯t know what happened that night. My dad told them that mom moved out and left us and that she isn¡¯t coming back.


    I have had it with my dad. I dropped the hammer and walked over toward dad. Then I said, ¡°You broke the door. So you fix it.¡±


    Then I began walking towards my room. But then I felt him jerk me back and then push me down. He then kicked me in the side multiple times. Once my dad stopped, he bent down and said, ¡°Listen, you don¡¯t ever say that kind of stuff to me again. Understand!¡±


    I just punched him in the face and then ran for his gun. Once I got it, I pointed the thing at my head. Dad ran at me as fast as he could. But my finger was faster. Inches before he reached me, I pulled the trigger. I felt a burning pain in my head and ringing in my ears. I fell down thinking about my mom. No wonder she wanted away from him. He hated us.


    I always wanted away from dad. And now I finally get to go away. I was happier than ever. My siblings can go to hell for all I care, same with my dad.


    Everything around went dark and in front of me was a large tunnel of light. So it is true, there is a tunnel. I practically ran up the tunnel. I had no regrets.


    but then I felt something jerk me back from the tunnel and into a grey area. From there, I heard a voice say, ¡°Not so fast, Eric. You don¡¯t get away that easy.¡±


    After I heard that, I heard laughter of a sorts. Then everything turned to darkness and I was lost in some sort of place where there was nothing for miles, I think.

 Prologue part 2: the afterlife of Hell

    I was no where but everywhere all at the same time. I couldn''t feel my body. I couldn''t speak, smell, or feel. This place was dark gray with a void like area. Then, I suddenly found myself sitting in a . . . court room?


    I looked around at the seats. My dad had been in a court room multiple times for drinking and driving, assault, and even theft. Now that I think about it . . . how did he manage to keep custody over us after all of those charges?


    anyway, the seat I was in was where the guilty person sat. Behind me was where people who were on my side were supposed to be. But the entire area was empty except for a single ball of light, sitting at the very back.


    on the opposite side of the court room, an angel looking person sat in a seat with a briefcase. Behind the angel, an entire row was filled with glowing balls of light.


    The jury area was filled with angels who looked like they were reading something. The judge place  had a large angel with a light green robe.


    Then the green angel picked up a piece of paper and said, "Today, this court has chosen this young soul, Eric, for us to decide how he shall move on from his life. His charges are "suicide, lying, and . . . Three cheese burgers? Alright, who wrote down their lunch order on the list of charges?"


    I laughed hard. The judge looked at me and said, "Silence! You do not speak or make noise unless asked too. Do you know where you are?!"


    I said, "No. What is this place?"


    The judge said, "This is the court of eternal. We decide the fate of the few souls we deem should have justice, or punishment, or another chance. Now, on with the trial."


    The angel in one of the seats stood up and said, "Due to Eric committing suicide, he only has three of the four choices that are available. He can either, go to Hell, become a servant of the Eternal, or become reincarnated."


    The angels in the room all spoke in once with whispers floating through the room. Eric processed the choices. He didn''t like any of them.


    He was going to say something, but then the judge said, "Remember, these choices are only temporary until we here from one of Eric''s family. Thankfully, we have one here with us. Mrs. Yangsten, please come up to the stand.This narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon.


    The ball of light on my side floated up to the stand and then formed into the shape of a person.


    I was speechless. "Mom . . ."


    My mom was here. I hadn''t seen her for months. I was so happy. But her face didn''t look to be happy.


    The judge looked at my mom and said, "Mrs. Yangsten, what do you have to say about your son, Eric?"


    My mom looked at the crowd and said, "My son has had a life well lived. He was a sweet, young man with hope deep within his heart. It broke my heart to find out that he saw what happened to me. He didn''t tell anyone, even the police. I was sorry that you had to see that, Eric. But the fact that you didn''t tell the police makes you as bad as your father."


    My heart dropped. If only she knew why I didn''t.


    The angel from before stood up and said, "As you have heard, this soul has been deemed guilty by both the jury, and the only family that is for him."


    The judge sat up and said, "Not so fast, Raken. The jury hasn''t decided on anything yet. Besides, Eric has to tell his part of the story."


    The judge snapped his fingers and then I was suddenly in the seat for witnesses and stuff.


    The judge looked at me and said, "Go ahead, Eric. Share your story."


    I had a bad feeling about this. I just told them what happened and how I shot myself. Then I said, "I dan''t want to do any of those three option. Send me to hell, NOW!"


    The jury wrote down stuff on paper and then a person brought all the papers to the judge. The judge looked through all the papers before saying, "The jury''s decision has been made. The Jury finds Eric Yangsten . . . guilty with all charges, along with being incompetent."


    Eric''s heart sank. He looked down at the chair.


    The judge said, "The jury now must leave the court room and decide among themselves what the fair of Eric shall be. For now, we shall all just wait."


    With that, the jury left the room. Everyone else began leaving. My mom came up to me and said, "Eric, I had no idea what you were going through once I died. I just hope you don''t become a servant like me. It''s the worst."


    I let out a slight laugh. Then I realized that she really cared about me.


    a few minutes later, only the judge, my mom, and that angel were left in the room. The jury came back with a piece of paper and handed it to the judge. The judge looked over the paper and nodded at the jury.


    The judge looked at me and said, "Eric Yangsten, the jury has found you guilty with all charges and has decided your fate shall be . . . reincarnation into your what your afraid of the most. Your ego has gotten you into the worst scenario."


    The jury left along with everyone else but the judge.


    The judge looked at Eric and said, "I shall make it to where your terrified of everything that your new life shall be, along with you losing all memory of your bad life except for common knowledge. Goodbye Eric Yangsten, or whatever your new name shall be."


    The judge snapped his fingers and then everything went dark.

 Chapter 1: a long period of whatever this is

    I woke up in a dark place. I saw nothing around me. I also couldn''t hear or feel anything. It was like I was nothing but thoughts. That doesn''t sound right for this, but it''s the closest I can think of.


    I was able to feel one two things. I felt heat, and something that made me feel like I had five cups of coffee. I felt energized and excited. But where was I. There is no place that I can think of except for one place that''s warm and makes me feel like this . . . Starbucks.


    but I don''t think I am at Starbucks. I feel like I''m floating in nothing, like an astronaut in space.


    A few minutes later, that feeling of a lot of coffee disappeared and left me drowsy and sleep deprived. I tried to stay awake, but whatever I was cut off from had me awake. Everything went black after that.


    I don''t know how long I was asleep, but I think it woke me up physically. I could feel now. I felt my arms, legs, and head. I also felt three new feelings. Two were on my upper back and the other was at the end of my spine.


    Besides my body, I felt weird fluids all around me. It wasn''t cold, but actually warm. I still couldn''t see or hear, but I was making progress.


    The warmth from before was still there. The coffee feeling came back as well. I felt slightly less energized, though. It was as if this feeling is what keeps me awake. I tried to find what was making that feeling, but I couldn''t move. So I just sat there in the fluid thinking about what happened to me.


    I have no memory of anything except the first time waking up. I tried to make myself fall asleep by thinking of boring stuff, like paper or card games.Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on.


    It didn''t work. Whatever this feeling was, it was not letting me sleep. I just hope it somehow got cut off.


    As if something was reading my thoughts, the feeling was cut off and I found myself drifting off to sleep. Finally.


    I woke up again with better options. I could see now. I still felt the warmth, fluid, and feeling. But now I can see things. Whatever I''m in looks natural or something. I saw orange colors from the other side of the walls. I still couldn''t move, though.


    As I was thinking to myself, I saw a silhouette on the wall of something massive. It was to big to tell what it was, but it was definitely big.


    I didn''t know what it was or why it''s here. But I don''t like it.


    I felt the feeling get cut off. This time lasted shorter than the last two times.


    Before I went to sleep, I saw the silhouette again. It was passing the wall.


    That time when I fell asleep, I had my first dream. I couldn''t do anything in my dream but see and hear.


    In the dream, I was a person who had been torn to shreds by a large white creature that was eating my intestines.


    I woke up horrified, That was it. I forgot about after a few minutes. I think I had that dream because of that thing I saw last time I was awake.


    It didn''t matter now, though. I could move now. I touched the side of the wall and felt something smooth, but hard. I think I''m stuck in something.


    That feeling from before had disappeared and now I was awake. Whatever it was, I don''t think I need it anymore to stay awake.


    I now fell asleep on some occasions, but not much. I can also hear now. There''s nothing to hear, though.


    At this point, I''m bored. There''s nothing to do but sit and wait. At least till now.


    This morning, I woke up and felt uncomfortable and cold. This place I was in was way too uncomfortable for me anymore. I moved toward a wall and then did whatever I could to break it.


    I don''t know what I did but I cracked the surface of the wall. The fluid around me started to drain through the crack.


    I looked at the crack and then hit the crack. The crack made a large of the the wall fall. I was left blinded by the light from outside. Now I lost my sight . . . again.

 Chapter 2: New Life

    My eyes burnt slightly. Whatever was out there made my eyes hurt a lot. I thought I was fine in this little thing I''ve been in. But then something grabbed whatever I was in and slowly made me fall onto the ground. The ground was warm and actually comfy.


    I opened my eyes in the slightest way possible. I saw dark gray things around me along with slightly orange lines around the edges of the dark gray things. I moved around slightly and looked around. Since my eyes were barely open, I couldn''t see much. The area was the same all around based off of what I could see.


    As I was looking, I froze when I saw a bright white thing in the corner of my eye. I stopped and looked in the opposite direction, hopefully not letting whatever that was know that I''m here. I stopped again when I saw another bright white thing. This time I just stayed still.


    As I stayed still, the white thing didn''t move. It must have been at least an hour before I nearly had a mini heart attack. Something nudged my right side. It made me tense up into a ball or something.


    I felt another nudge in the same spot. I stayed still. Hopefully what ever it was would go away soon.


    As I was waiting, my eyes started to get better. I opened them more and in front of me was the most terrifying thing I have ever seen . . . a bright white claw. The claw was small, though. I started to move away when the claw moved with me. It took me a minute to realize something . . . it was my hand.


    Well, now it''s a front foot.


    It was very bright white. The claws were a light gray. It freaked me out, a lot. I had a scaly, bright white claw that only had four fingers, counting the thumb.


    It freaked me out so much, that I forgot about that thing that was nudging me. I remembered it when it nudged me again, sending me back into my secure, ball position.


    I waited for at least three minutes. Then I moved slightly. I tried to stand up on all four legs, but when I got halfway up, I fell flat on my stomach.If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.


    I didn''t try to get back up.


    I could, however, move my head. I looked around slightly and saw the same thing, rocks with orange lines around the edges. I looked up and saw a large, white lizard head with horns.


    I froze in fear. I just stared for at least five seconds before passing out.


    I had the same dream as the one I had before. With the large white creature tearing me to shreds. I realized that the thing I saw was from my dream.


    As I was dreaming, everything turned to nothing. Then an angel in all white appeared in front of me.


    He looked at me and said, "Welcome back to the land of the living, young soul."


    I just looked at him confused. What did he mean by welcome back. I didn''t know how to speak to him, so I couldn''t ask.


    He then noticed I couldn''t talk and said, "Oh, right. You can''t talk. Oh well."


    he chuckled and then snapped his fingers. We were all of the sudden floating above a large cave. I saw my body passed out. My body had bright white scales, a tail, wings, and four nearly identical claws on each limb. I also had very small horns on my head. I was in what appeared to be a . . . nest?


    It was surrounded by lava that went out what appeared to be like 5 feet. The walls were made of stone. Inside the nest was me, and a large, hollow egg. Okay. So I was in an egg. That explains a lot.


    the large lizard from earlier was standing above the nest looking down at me. This creature had the same kind of features I have. Except it''s claws were sharper, it had spikes running down it''s back, it''s wings were larger, and it had slightly larger horns on the back of it''s head. It was a dragon. A freaking dragon.


    It was laying down next to the nest. It was watching me. I really hope that if it eats me, it will do it quick.


    As I was looking, the angel said, "In case your wondering, that is your mother."


    WHAT! How? It doesn''t make sense.


    I looked at me and my ''mom'' and compared how we looked. Besides her sharper claws, spikes, larger horns, and size, she was also a brighter white. Besides that, we looked the exact same for the most part.


    My brain was practically dying from confusion and shock.


    The angel said, "It must be a shock, isn''t it? Knowing that both you and both of your parents are what you fear the most."


    Wait . . . both?


    As if on que, another dragon entered the cave. This one looked exactly the same as my ''mom'' but with larger horns.


    It looked into the nest and saw my body. It nudged me on the side. I actually felt that from here.


    After that, the angel said, "It''s strange seeing these two dragons with a child."


    I looked at the angel confused.


    As if the angel could understand me, it said, "The reason these dragons are not mean to be seen with a child of their own is for one good reason the all realms must bend too."


    I looked at the angel again, even more confused.


    The angel said, "These dragons are . . . Eternals."

 Chapter 3: Eternals

    I looked at the angel confused. What did he mean by eyeernal.


    The angel looked at me with a puzzled look on his face. Then he said, "I can''t take this silence anymore."


    He then formed a ball of golden light in his hands and through the ball straight at me. I closed my eyes and waited for the impact. But it never came. I looked at the angel who stood there like nothing happened.


    ''What was that?''


    The angel said, "That was an orb of inner thoughts. it allows whoever is hit by it to speak with only their thoughts."


    ''Wait, you can hear my thoughts right now?''


    The angel nodded. He then said, "Now that this is all sorted out, I bet you have a few questions. But just so you know, I can''t answer them all."


    I looked at him and thought, ''What is eternal in the sense that you are talking about?''


    He looked at my ''parents'' and said, "Eternals are an entity of sorts. Throughout all the realms, each realm has two life forms that are Eternals. They are created from the dawn of time and live forever. They have powers unlike anything anyone can imagine."


    I just looked at him like he was mentally unstable.


    He said, "In simple terms, they are very powerful and very old."This book''s true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience.


    I thought, ''Why are you here?''


    He looked at me and said, "I came here to warn you. Other Eternals want you dead."


    I just stood there shocked.


    He must have sense my fear some how. He said, "Relax. Your parents are the only Eternals in this world. But that doesn''t mea your safe from the Eternals though. The Eternals know where you are and how to get to you. All they need is someone from this realm to find and kill you."


    As I processed this, the angel said, "You are what the Eternals call forbidden. There can only be two eternals in each realm. And the child of an Eternal, let alone two, is strictly forbidden by all Eternals."


    He looked at me with a seriouse expression and said, "Soon, you will be taken."


    The angel started to dissapear. But before he did, he said, "I shall make sure this won''t happen. Hopefully."


    Then the angel dissapeared into nothing. I was left in a dark place. But slowly, everything around me began to turn into my dream. I just had enough of this shit and decided to call it quits on sleeping.


    I focused hard on my mind. Then I woke up. I had no idea how long it had been since the angel visited, but everything was quiet. My eyes were still adjusting to the light. But thankfully it was dark enough for my eyes to almost open all the way. I managed to get a better look at my new home.


    My new home was hard to see from where I was. I was in the center of the nest. The nest was slightly high around the edges to where I couldn''t see over it.


    I tried to stand up to see over the edge. But just like last time, I got halfway up and then fell down. I gave up and decided to look around the are I actually could see around.


    Around me were some small pieces of shells from the egg I was in. That was it.


    That night, I couldn''t sleep. There were a multitude of reasons I couldn''t sleep. The main two were pretty obviouse.


    1. I was trying to sleep next to large, meat eating, fire breathing lizard who are supposed to be very powerful.


    2. Things called Eternals wanted me dead.


    Well, The only thing that can make this worse is a jump scare. Thankfully, that never happened.


    I managed to fall asleep that night. It took about three hours to fall asleep.