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A New Adventure	By : reves_damour Category: +1 through F > Dragon Tales Views: 6636 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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    Meanwhile, Cassie, Ord, Zak and Wheezie, and Max had taken the time to inquire about why the dragons weren't able to get the feelings that human children could. They first went to Cassie's house, and Cassie asked her sister what her trick was. She told them to ask Quetzel; he could explain it much better than she could as he was their teacher and an old, wise, and caring dragon.
   So, the group set out for the School in the Sky, reaching it after a short flight. They found Quetzal inside, who greeted them warmly: "Hola, niños." The children were happy to hear Quetzal's reassuring voice. "What seems to be the matter?", asked Quetzel, to which Ord replied "Well, when Max touches himself here (pointing between his legs), it feels really good, and when Emmy touches herself, it feels really good too, and, but, when I do it, I just don't feel anything." "Ah, I see," said the wise dragon. "It's actually quite simple. Humans are born able to feel pleasure just by touching themselves, but dragons are special. They need to prove that they are ready for these special feelings and emotions." "So, what do we do?" said Ord is his usual low voice, to which Quetzal said "Ah, I'm glad you asked. You need to activate your dragon badge by helping out a friend. It can't be any friend, but must be a friend that you truly, deeply care for ... I have an idea: Why don't you go into the cave network under the Stickleback Mountains and bring me a butterfly crystal.
   This is a very rare and special crystal that only grows under extreme pressure. The crystal has many tiny planes, each of which reflects light, creating a beautiful and sparkling display of colors[1]." Cassie then shyly added in: "I know this crystal is beautiful, but, uh, how does it help us with our badges."
   "A very good question. For you, Cassie, it will build confidence and leadership, which is why I am selecting you to be the leader of the expedition. For Ord, it will build courage and bravery, which travelling to such a dark place will build." Ord interrupted "Oh, that doesn't sound so good." Max climbed onto Ord and patted the scales on his head, saying "Don't worry, we'll all be with you, and you can hold our extra flashlights. That way you don't have to worry about the dark." "And can I carry the food?," to which Emmy chipped in "Just don't eat it all." "Don't worry. Just having the food in my pouch makes me feel better."
   There was a short pause, and then Quetzel continued: "As for you, Zak and Wheezie, this will give you a great opportunity to learn how to understand each other better. As such, I am placing both of you in charge of selecting and preparing provisions for your trip." "That'll be easy," said Zak. "Love it! We'll need drums to scare off any ghosts and trumpets in case any of us get lost," shouted Wheezie in her high-pitched voice. The two dragons began to bicker, but Quetzel and the other children moved to the other side of the classroom and he was about to continue.
    "Hey, where's Enrique?" shouted Max. "Oh no," said Cassie, "we left them back on the grassy hill." "Not to worry, niños. Zak and Wheezie, would you mind finding and bringing Max and Enrique back to the school?" "I'd be glad to," said Zak, while Wheezie responded "I'll LOVE IT!" in her loud, high-pitched voice that made Zak wince a little.
   Wheezie and Zak flew over to the sunny hill where they had left Emmy and Enrique, and they were still there, sleeping. They landed a few meters away from the couple, and they looked at them. "Don't they look so peaceful?", said Zak, to which Wheezie interjected "They're so CUTE!" "Shhhhh. You'll wake them up."
   Enrique and Emmy rubbed their eyes and then opened them. Emmy slowly sat up, letting out a large yawn and holding her arms over her head. Enrique then let out a yawn in sympathy. Zak apologized for his sister's actions: "I'm sorry that my sister's loud yelling woke you up, but I couldn't stop her." Wheezie had a frown on her face, not liking the insult coming from Zak.
   "It's okay.", said Emmy. Enrique then asked "Did you find out anything?" Before Zak could answer, Wheezie answered for him, saying "I'm sure you'll love it. We need to go to the School in the Sky right away. I'll fill you in on the way there."
   Enrique and Emmy climbed onto Zak and Wheezie, and they flew back to the School in the Sky.
   Enrique, Emmy, and Zak and Wheezie ran through the doorway into the classroom and then stopped, panting. "Is everyhing all-right?" asked Max, to which Wheezie said "We're better then all-right. They came here as fast as we could as soon as they heard what's going on."
   Quetzel then proceeded: "Let me continue. Emmy, as the scientist of the group, you will be in charge of identifying the crystal and safely transporting it back to the surface." Emmy was happy to be given this task, and politely thanked Quetzel after he had given her a small book filled with scientific information about crystals.
   "So what do WE do?" said Max, putting his arm around Enrique's waist so that Quetzel could see who he meant by we.
    "Enrique, you have the very important task of navigation. You will help the team find their way in the caves and not get lost."
   "As for you, Max, you have the most important task of all. You need to make sure that everyone is happy. Caves can be a lonely and scary place, and you will need Max's boundless enthusiasm and Enrique's sweet charm if you are to succeed." "Don't worry," said Max confidently, "I'm really good at having fun." In his mind he was thinking of the new ways of having fun that involved touching, as well as the usual loud energetic activities that he likes.
   Now that everyone had their assigned roles, the children started to leave the classroom, eager to make their plans and preparations. Enrique was about to leave too, when Quetzel called him over.
   "Enrique, come here." "Tienes una problema?" replied Enrique. "I want to share with you these two items that you will need on your trip. This first item is a map of the caves. Here, open it up." Emmy opened up the book, in which each pair of pages depicted a different vertical layer of the caves, like a map of a large and complex video game dungeon. "What are all these light-blue lines on the map for?" asked Emmy. "Ah, that's what this second item is for. It's called a barometer[2]. It measures how far down you've gone, and the lines on the map correspond to numbers you'll see on the barometer when you arrive there." "So they work just like the lines on the hiking maps we used to use back home in Colombia?" asked Enrique. "Si, exactamente.", Quetzel replied with a smile. He patted Enrique in his hair and, after addressing everyone "If you have any questions before you go, ask me.", Quetzel went to a corner of the classroom and began tidying up a cabinet. Enrique placed the two items into the front pockets of his jeans, and walked out of the school to join the other children.
   Outside of the school, all of the children were busy preparing. Enrique sat down on a bench and started studying his map book and barometer, to familiarize himself with them. Emmy sat down next to him. Just being near Enrique made her feel good, but now wasn't the time for play, so both kids excercised self-restraint and focused on their books, knowing that they would have plenty of time later to have fun with each other. She sat close to Enrique, jumper touching jeans a little to let each other know that they were still there, but other than that they just sat and read.
   Cassie felt very shy about her role. Quetzel had placed her as leader. Cassie knew that leaders had to be confident to be good leaders, and Cassie's knees were trembling just at the thought of having been assigned the role of leader. "Why didn't I speak up and tell Quetzel that I would make a bad leader? Emmy or Max or Enrique or even Ord or Zak would have made much better leaders than me." thought Cassie to herself.
   Max noticed that Cassie had her head down and she was facing away from the rest of the group, and decided that, being in change of fun and morale, it was his duty to cheer Cassie up. He walked up next to Cassie, reached up, and placed his hand on her shoulder (Cassie, even though she is the smallest of the dragons, is still almost twice as tall as Max). "Cassie, what's wrong?" asked Max. Cassie explained to him how she thinks Quetzel made a mistake and asked Max to go tell Quetzel for him. Max saw right through this, and instead told Cassie "You'll make a fine leader. I just know you will, and, if you have any questions, you can always ask me." "Are you sure?" "Definitely," answered Max, doing an Emmy impression. Cassie chuckled a little and a smile returned to her face.
   Things weren't going so well for Zak and Wheezie. They couldn't agree on what to pack. Zak wanted plenty of pillows, bandages (both adhesive and traditional), kneepads, elbow pads, and helmets, along with at least 20 spare batteries for each flashlight (he wasn't afraid of the dark like Ord, but he sure didn't want to run out of supplies). Wheezie wanted to bring colorful pendant, a drum, a trumpet, party hats (you can never be too prepared), assorted balls, and a jack-in-the-box. It quickly degenerated into bickering.
   Cassie didn't know what to do. She hadn't even been leader for ten minutes and already those two were fighting. Fortunately, Max stepped up to her and whispered in her ear "Tell them they need to compromise. Zak can bring exactly 20 kg of whatever supplies he thinks we'll need, and Wheezie can bring exactly 20 kg of whatever supplies she thinks we'll need. As the leader, you need to set the rules sometimes." "Okay, I guess," said Cassie in a low voice, followed by "Yes, I will tell them!" in a much more confident voice. In fact, she was so confident that she interrupted Zak and Wheezie, who simultaneously asked "Tell us what?" "You can both bring what we need. Zak, you can bring up to 20 kg of pillows and helmets and all the other important safety gear we'll need, and Wheezie, you can bring 20 kg of toys and horns and all the other fun stuff we'll need to, well, have fun down there." Neither Zak nor Wheezie were able to argue with that.
   Ord was preparing by gorging on a nearby bush of dragonberries. He ate one berry, then place one in his horde, ate another, placed another in his horde, and so on until both his belly and his horde were quite full. "You can never be too prepared." thought Ord, purple dragonberry juice slightly leaking out of his mouth.
   All of the children continued to prepare diligently for their excursion, with Zak and Wheezie, the last of the two, being finished right before sundown. "It's getting late." said Ord. "Then we'll see you tomorrow," said Max, with Enrique adding "bright and early;" and Emmy a "definitely." The three humans said their goodbyes and said the rhyme to go back home.
    The three children were exhausted from their long day and couldn't even be bothered to change into their pyjamas, instead just brushing their teeth, doing a quick pee, and retiring to their beds. As much as Max, Emmy, and Enrique did want to explore each other, all three were way to tired for fun tonight. Instead, Max just said "Goodnight Emmy; Goodnight Enriuqe; I love you." Emmy had never heard Max say that, but considering that she loved all of her friends, she liked it and replied "I love you too." Enrique replied with a simple goodnight, though he made up for it by crawling over to each of his friends by and whispering it in their ear, followed by a friendly lick to the ear. He then lied down too, curled himself into his sheets, and dritfted off to sleep.

[1] Technical Note: The colors are created through destructive and constructive interference, and is the same process by which butterfly wings and bubbles have color. The materials are naturally white, but their thicknesses are on the order of the length of a single wave of visible light, allowing the wave properties of light to create beautiful patterns.
[2] Technical Note: A barometer is a device used to measure air pressure. Common Earthly uses of barometers are in explaining the weather (low pressure = rain, high pressure = sunny) and as altimeters for aircraft (low pressure = higher altitude). In Dragon Land, pressure at sea level is a nearly constant 101.3 kPa, as there are no large-scale weather patterns or convection, and a barometer will work as a precise measurement of your altitude above or below sea level. Barometric maps as used in the story don't exist (aside from weather maps), but given the stable conditions in Dragon Land and lacking GPS or Loran-C transmitters, it would be an invaluable tool in a cave. The lines on the map are called isobars and denote areas of equal pressure, which, in the abscence of weather, function the same as contour lines.
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