Daoming woke up the next day. He was exhausted after climbing the mountain. When he went to
Dragon’s room, Dragon was nowhere to be seen. ‘Dragon? Dragon? Where are you?’ shouted Daoming,
searching for him all over his house. Later, he found a note on the floor.
‘
Dear Daoming,
I’m sorry, I had to leave. Yesterday was the last day that I could spend with you. You’ve been my one
and only friend. My best friend in my whole life. I’m really proud to be your friend. I want to stay with you, by
your side. However, I cant.I had a lot of fun this month. I experienced a lot of things that I have never done
before. Take car, my friend, and always remember to stay strong. Wish you all the best.
Dragon.’
Tears rolled down Daoming’s cheeks. He too, had a lot to say to him. He wanted to tell him that he was
also happy to have a friend like him.
‘
Where have you been?! It’s been a month already!’ asked Nian. ‘ Somewhere…You don’t need to
know.’ replied Dragon coldly.Still thinking of the fact that Nian killed Daoming’s parents. ‘Oh really?
Uh ..yea…whatever…I wanted to tell you that I wanted to play around with the villagers. Remember five years
ago? Yea,just like that. It was so much fun!’ said Nian. ‘What?! Again?! Don’t you know how much the
villagers suffered? You treat them like they are your toys! They have life too. How can you be that cruel? Don’t
you know they all hate us?!’ cried Dragon. ‘Woah…woah….calm down. Why are you so kind all of a sudden?
Well, they are like toys, they have no power. They do what I tell them to do. I am their master. And there are
lots of villagers. Even if some of them die, there are still lots of them left.’
A flash of lightning and the sound of thunder woke Daoming from dreaming. ‘Hurry! I heard that Nian
and his brother are fighting! And it seems like they are going to kill each other!’ ‘Really? Why are they
suddenly fighting?’ ‘I don’t know…but then they had some kind of argument…’ ‘ I knew this would
happen…They don’t have good hearts…..this is called karma….’ ‘I wonder if they will kill us….’ all the
villagers were talking about it. They were all so worried and scared. The village was in a mess. ‘Nian and his
brother are fighting? Then….should I take this opportunity to kill Nian?’ thought Daoming. He was ready. All
this time he had been waiting to get revenge, now it was his time.
A drop of blood dripped, it was silent. There was no more fighting, no more screaming, no more
thunder, no more lightning. Only rain. Only tears.
‘
Dra…dragon?? Is it..yo..you?’ Daoming said in shaky voice. ‘Ye..yes…I’m sorry I didn’t tel…tell
you earli….earlier…’ Dragon was in pain as a knife had stabbed him,a knife…held by…Daoming. ‘Why didn’t
you tell me earlier?!’ cried Daoming. ‘I’m….I’m…sor..sorry….I thoug…thought…that you would hate me
like….like…the other villagers…I was ..scared that you wouldn’t be my friend any more….so…I’m
sorry….Tak…take…care Daoming….Now that Nian is also dead….Your wish came true….Thi…this is my
last…and only gif…gift…to you…Goo..goodbye.’ Dragon closed his eyes and fell on top of the mountain
where Daoming and him went on the last day. His long body laid on top – which formed a long wall for the
villagers,a long wall to protect them.
Villagers had found out that because of dragon, their village was in peace. There is no more Nian.
Dragon had saved China. Therefore, they respect Dragon a lot.
‘
You were gone too soon…Wish you were here…’ said Daoming sitting on top of the mountain looking at
the golden sunlight.
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