Alicia's Dragon

"Help! I'm stucked!"

Okay. Not the best way to get shaken out of a deep sleep, but the little girl sounds terrified! Then again, I'm not sure I heard that. Felt more like it just popped up in my head.

Maybe I just dreamed it, right?

Nope. Now I have to get out from under these warm quilts, get dressed, and see if this little girl, who sounds like she's only... like... two? I need to see if I can find her mommy, get her unstucked, and then get some sleep!

Worse? I'm here at my memaw's house way up in the woods. Yeah, my grandmother. A place I've been forbidden to come to all my life. Apparently, memaw's a witch. That's according to my mom of course.

But things in my life brought me here, and now, at twenty-two, I need to know where I got certain talents, emotional ones, that I can use to feel another's... well... feelings.

"I'm gonna die!"

Okay, little girl. I'm coming. That is, if I can figure out just exactly where you are. Sounds like it's coming from the frame over there in the corner covered in a black sheet. But that's just weird, right?

What have you gotten yourself into this time, Alicia?

R.L.Pool is twice retired, US Army and Metrology Technician for the US Army. He lives on top of a mountain in Central Texas where he writes Fantasy for his young relatives and sips coffee on his front porch.