MOTHER OF DRAGONS



She held the crawling dragon baby tightly across her chest. She didn't want to ever let go to these precious things that were in grave danger. They wined and moaned clearly wanting food, although Zoya wasn't completely sure what dragons were supposed to eat. She walked to and fro from the great emerald forest just behind her, and eventually came back with quite a feast. Zoya still didn't know what dragons ate so she got everything. There was fruit, seeds, vegetables, some delicious wild hare and chicken peaces that had been stole from the village.

It seemed that the dragons liked chicken and hare, not so much fruit and vegetables.

An hour before Zoya had been daydreaming whilst on her way to the village grocers when she heard a whining noise. This made her stop dreaming and look around. She was curious. What had made that sound? It didn't sound like a human or any animals she had heard of. Then she saw it. Just behind a small butchers tent was a cage, but in it was no ordinary animal. It was a dragon. In fact there were two dragons, both tiny babies the colour of fire. Their tails where slapping the side of the cage, making it rattle, and calling out to their imaginary mother. Then to her amazement the two dragons turned, but instead of ignoring Zoya they stared right into her eyes and moaned. It was as if they were calling for her to save them.

The next thing she knew, Zoya was being chased by the grumpy butcher. She had stolen the dragons (and some chicken) and was running for her life. She had seen how badly treated they were and just couldn't stand it a second longer. So that was how it happened,how her life with these dragons started.

They grew up fast and soon were the size of elephants! They had a massive appetite too. It was hard but Zoya knew it was worth it. The dragons, now named Zork and Maya, loved Zoya like a mother and Zoya loved her dragons like children.

They all had a happy life.

THE END