Friday Fictioneers – Dragons

~ neilmacdon
eggcelent-from-todd-foltz
PHOTO PROMPT © Todd Foltz

I set my ear against the curve of the giant shell. This is a ritual every time we come to the palace. The police guards stiffen to attention because it’s odd. Harve looks panicked because it’s his friend who’s being odd. But it’s a thing I have to do.

“You know they’re not real eggs, right?” Harve always asks. “Those are decorative barriers against truck bombs.”

Nobody knows except me. Inside these eggs, dragons are sleeping. And when the country’s in peril, they’ll scream forth into an angry sky. Inside the shell, I hear a tapping.

 

Friday fictioneers is a weekly challenge set by Rochelle Wisoff Fields to write a 100-word story in response to a photo prompt. You can find other stories here.

76 thoughts on “Friday Fictioneers – Dragons”

  11. I think the dragons have well and truly hatched now and I hope they’re about to save the humans on planet earth from themselves, Covid 19 and life in general.
    Best wishes,
    Rowena

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  31. We all like to think when we crack an egg we get the standard contents. What if it was a guess and we did crack open to release dragons – those one-hundred year-old eggs must be a challenge.

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