Fanfiction

[hugin08]

A Dream

I had a dream

last night,

In the dream there was a dragon

A dragon with red scales and blue eyes

And sharp teeth

Though his sharpest teeth were not in his mouth but in his mind

 

With the dragon

There was a man

Who was a servant or a treasure

It is hard to tell

With dragons

Maybe

He was both

 

The man, who was a servant and a treasure

Of a dragon

Told me a story

A story about his first love

And the dragon listened as I listened

When the man, who was a servant and a treasure, told us

About the price

The price for the life of his love

The dragon smiled with sharp teeth

Because trading a snack

(A woman that was neither a princess nor a virgin)

For a man with emerald eyes

A man that would be his servant and his treasure

For years and years and years

Was no hardship

 

Gentle and greedy

The Dragon touched him

Leaving red marks on him

For a gentle dragon

Still hurts a human

But the man who was a servant and a treasure smiled

Being a dragons servant and treasure

He said

Is better than having to bow for a human

Because a dragon may be cruel

But would never break a treasure

Or throw it

Away

 

Later I told them my story

For it was polite

And required

By the logic of a dream

I told them about the fire

And my parents

Who died in the fire

And my brother

Who is still dieing

Slowly and painfully

Even if the fire

That destroyed my family

Is long gone

 

I told them how

My brother

Tries to extinguish

The fire in his heart

With blood

I told them how

He is used

 

I told them that I have been

Dreaming since the evil king

Cast the fire

To destroy my family

 

When I was done

I asked the dragon

If he would find an other dragon

(Because every dragon has only one priced possession and this dragon had already found his)

Who would keep my brother

As a treasure

 

Yes

He said

And that he was hungry now

 

I smiled

My brother

My beloved brother

Will be a treasure

For a dragon

And I’ll be food

For an other one

 

I breathed with relief

The man who was a servant and a treasure

Looked at me

With understanding eyes

He told me

That it wouldn’t hurt for long

I wouldn’t care if it did

I just wanted to stop dreaming

And finally I will