The First Dragon God

Today was finally the day. The day that Leo has been anxiously waiting for for the past two months.

It was the day that he would finally leave the orphanage home where he had grown up all his life and moved into the real world.

Today, Leo clocks 16 and would leave the orphanage, gaining his independence into adulthood.

"Leo, the administrator would like to see you." Leo heard a voice from behind the door.

'Is it time already? Finally!' Leo thought to himself as he stood up from his bed and moved to the door.

He opened it to find a beautiful lady dressed in blue jeans and a white tank top standing in front of him.

"Ms Ves." Leo greeted when he saw the lady.

"How are you, Leo?" Ves smiled at him.

"I feel great," Leo smiled back.

"Hehehe. Are you really that excited to leave us?" Ves giggled.

"Yes," Leo replied without mincing his words.

Ves could only smile when she heard his response. She had known Leo for three years now, and she was completely familiar with his character.

She knew how badly he wants to leave the orphanage and start experiencing the outside world. But as someone who grew up in real society, she knew that it wasn't exactly all rainbows and roses.

But how could she bring herself to tell that to young Leo who looks so ecstatic.

She knew that it would be better for him to go out there and experience it for himself; maybe then he will know that it's not really worth all the hype he has been heaping on it.

"Come, you don't want to keep the administrator waiting. Or don't you want to leave anymore?" Ves asked and started leading Leo towards the administrator's office.

They walked through a hallway that had multiple doors connected to it. As they passed, the doors opened and children who looked to be almost the same age as Leo started popping their heads out.

"Is big brother Leo really leaving?" A young girl asked as she stared at the receding back view of Leo walking beside Ms. Ves.

"Yeah, he's already old enough and besides, you know just how much he wants to see the outside world." A boy standing at a door opposite hers, replied.

He sighed as he thought of how much time he still have until he also leaves the orphanage.

"The outside world... There's nothing to it. All I hear Ms. Ves and Ms. Nora talk about it are very scary things." The girl pouted and stomped her feet lightly on the ground.

The boy scoffed and shook his head when he heard what the girl said, "You're definitely saying that because you don't want to see him leave. Do you like him that much?"

"Yes, big brother Leo is so handsome and so cool! I'm definitely going to marry him after I leave here." The girl responded without hesitation.

She giggled happily as she daydreamed about how her future with Leo would be.

"Eww...." the boy made a face of disgust when he heard what the girl said, "Aren't you too young to be thinking about marriage?"

"Don't you have other important things you should prioritize?" The boy asked with a face filled with disgust.

"And besides, 'your big brother Leo' doesn't even pay any attention to you." He added.

"Tch... What do you know about a girl's life? You're just jealous because it's not you." The girl said and made a mocking face at him.

She knew that the boy was right about Leo not paying any attention to her but she didn't care.

"Okay, that's enough talking, kids. You all go back into your room." A female voice echoed throughout the hallway.

The children obediently went back into their rooms and closed the door when they heard the female voice.

*****

Ms. Ves and Leo arrived at the door of the administrator's office and knocked.

"Yes, come on in," a voice came from behind the door.

Ms. Ves looked at Leo and gestured for him to go inside, to which he nodded. He opened the door and walked into the office.

After Leo walked into the office, Ves smiled and and left. She knew that after Leo came out of the office, he would no longer be part of the orphanage.

.....

Inside the administrator's office, an elderly-looking lady who looked to be in her late 50s watched Leo as he walked into the room and took his seat.

"Good morning, Mrs. Anna," Leo greeted the elderly-looking woman as he took his seat.

"Good morning, Leo. I don't need to ask you how you are feeling to know that you are pumped for your departure from the orphanage." The lady called Mrs. Anna smiled, as she looked at Leo with an affectionate gaze.

The affectionate gaze of hers turned complicated the next moment as she remembered the reason why she called Leo to her office.

"Leo, the reason why I called you into my office isn't related to your departure from the orphanage but for something else," Mrs. Anna said as the expression on her face turned slightly serious.

She reached into an open drawer and took out a peculiar-looking envelope, brought it up and placed it on the table.

"On the night that you were brought here, this envelope was found in your crib. Since you are now an adult and ready to leave the orphanage, it's time you have it." Mrs. Anna said as she slid the envelope to Leo.

Leo was a little surprised when he heard what Mrs. Anna said. This is the first time he has heard anything related to how he got into the orphanage. No one had mentioned anything related to it to him before.

It's not like he had bothered to ask but that didn't mean that he hadn't been curious about it. He has been very curious but he just never knew how to ask.

Leo stretched out his hand, picked up the peculiar-looking envelope and brought it closer to examine it.

The peculiarity of the envelope was due to its odd design and its pure whiteness. The whiteness of the envelope made Leo wonder if it had been soaked in a bleaching agent for the past 16 years.

Of course, he knew that it was impossible for paper to be soaked in a bleaching agent but this analogy is to explain just how white the envelope is.

Another reason for the oddness of the envelope was due to every single inch of its corner being plated in gold. Yes, every end of the envelope was plated in solid gold.

What was even odder was that Leo felt something stirring inside him when he saw the gold. Just a look at the gold and he felt an urge to possess it, but he quickly suppressed it, and the urge slowly disappeared.

Leo didn't understand what just happened but he decided to not pay anymore attention to the envelope. He put it in the pocket of his pants and nodded at Mrs. Anna in appreciation.

"That would be all for now. You can go back to your room and wait for Ms. Ves. She would be the one to escort you to the accommodation we have prepared for you." Mrs. Anna said, and Leo nodded before standing up, and taking his leave.

After Leo left, Mrs. Anna continued to gaze at the door as she slowly got lost deep in her thought.

She remembered that night vividly. The night that Leo was brought to the orphanage.

*****

16 years ago.

"I hope the storm passes quickly," a lady said as she looked at the stormy night beyond the window, with different thoughts occupying her mind.

The worried look on her face was evidence that something was bothering her.

"Sigh. The orphanage is running low on funds. Do I really have to close it? Why can't I come up with a solution? There has to be a way to solve this funding issue." The lady sighed and was about to look away from the window when she noticed a vague figure standing in the rain.

She wouldn't had noticed it if it wasn't for the lightning that just flashed. She was surprised and looked closely to confirm if she was really seeing correctly.

When she looked closely, she saw that it wasn't one but two figures that were standing in the stormy rain.

"What are they doing out there in the storm and why does it look like they are looking at me?" She asked herself.

She watched the figures for a few more moments and she saw them started to approach the window

She noticed something peculiar about the two of them: their eyes were glowing. One of them had eyes that were glowing with a soft, dark purple, almost blackish color, while the other had eyes that glowed with golden color.

The lady couldn't believe what she was seeing. When did people's eyes start glowing? She had never heard of such a thing before.

She thought she might be hallucinating but she knew that what she was seeing was real. Fear gripped her when she realized this and she wanted to move away from the window.

She wanted to run. To get away from the window but she found her body to be out of her control. It refused to respond and her feet felt like it was glued to the ground.

She was still trying her best to regain control of her body when she saw the two figures bent down, a couple of distance away from the window, stood up back a few seconds later and started walking away.

The lady's attention was drawn to the spot where the two figures had bent down and she was shocked when she saw what looked to be a baby crib right there, and in the rain!

She didn't know when she regained control of her body and rushed outside the building to the baby crib's location.

She thought she might be seeing things and everything was an illusion caused by the accumulated stress of the past couple of days. But when she got to the spot and really saw a baby crib right there in the rain, and with a baby inside it, she knew that everything was real.

She immediately bent down and picked up the crib before rushing back into the building. Before she walked into the building, she turned to look at the two figures to berate them for dropping a baby in the rain when she saw a dark, shadowy figure standing right in front of her.

"Thank you. Please take care of him." The figure said and bent down, placing a finger on the baby's forehead, before disappearing the next second as a streak of lightning lit up the stormy sky.

The lady instinctively looked up to the sky to see a massive creature flying in the sky. She looked closely in curiosity and she was shocked when it turned its long neck to look at her.

"Is that a dragon?!"