The Legend of Dralion

Juan Jos Crdenas Cornejo English A2 Cuento Corto

3 de diciembre de 2015

Nothing is eternal, only time . . . altough . . . sometimes, just sometimes there are acts that survive everything
and become legends, this is one of those few deeds that have vanquish eternity . . . the legend of Dralion.
Beyond where the sun sleeps . . . hidden among worlds that we can only imagine, was born a long long time ago, a
colosal dragon with hard golden scales and the bluest eyes ever. His voice was deep, sweet, peaceful, and capeable
of calming the storms, blizzards and the roaring sea.
Dralion used to spend days and days wandering the galaxy, admiring the beauty of the stars, naming them all
and talking to each one of them to know their stories where do they came from? What was their purpose? Wich
were their dreams? . . . what was laying deep within the heart of a star? . . .
So, day after day, night after night, and aying from star to star, the good Dralion became the guardian of the
deepest and sacred secrets of all stars. He knew very well why, what for and where stars where going, why and by
who they had been created (but that, is another story) And as a guardian and as a dragon he swore to protect
them until the end of times.
But one day on his customary route, the colosal dragon noticed that one of the most beautiful and gigantic stars
of all, called Sun. was deeply sad, the Sun stood in silence, with his eyes lost on the horizon, and little by little
his light began to fade. Dralion knew something big and very important was happening (altough even the tiniest
event can be huge in a star
s life) and very slowly the dragon began to get close to the Sun, because contrary to
what we might think, stars can very shy and keep to them selves.
At rst the guardian just sat dawn on one of those meteorites in plain silence, later he sat down closer, and
closer . . . and closer . . . and the closer he got, the curiouser and curiouser the Sun gazed at him. And just like that
they began to spend a lot of time, in silence, next to eachother . . . we could say that Dralion was listening to the
Sun
s silence . . . yes, because even in silence we can say many things. That was how the dragon noticed the Sun
became brighter and his re grew stronger everytime a huge white rock rised up in the horizon, that was the satelite
of a planet called Earth, and her name was Moon, and she blushed everytime she looked at the Sun.
But then the Sun turned really sad, he looked down and sighed . . . then the dragon knew it, the Sun was in
love with the Moon!






My dear friend Sun  said Dralion  your heart sighs for that Moon, you should go with her.
I can
t  said sadly the Sun 
Why not? All stars travel , all of them join other stars
Do you see that planet over there, far away? The blue one?
What about it?

In that place there
s a lot of life, and all of it is beautiful, and fragile, very fragile, if I went away, they would
not be able to exist, everything in there needs me . . . and, I need them too, I have seen them grow, I know each
story, each large or small creature, each leaf and ower . . . just like you know all stars, just the way you love us and
give us your protection, that
s the way I love them, and the Moon is also their guardian, she knows all of their
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dreams, she can calm down their every fear.

They are really unique creatures the ones who dwell in that place! Humans think are so strong, but the thruth is
they don
t like to be alone, and they don
t like darkness either, they are so happy when I rise up and hold them
and calm them down, and I tell them that I, from high above am always by their side . . . oh no! I could never ever
leave them Dralion! They are my protg!
After that converstation the dragon went away, he ew to the Earth and he saw it all, admiring its changing
beauty and watching carefuly all people, and then, he saw it, those creatures of amboyant behavoir were like
sunowers, all of their lives revolved around the warmth and light of the Sun; but not only that, in those creature
s
eyes and smiles were the same shinning the Sun and the Moon had.
So one once he saw his eyes that
s what his friend Sun told about the planet Earth, that Moon oribited and
protected. Dralion at the samte time felt a great admiration and also a deep sadness for Sun.
Dralion, he was the dragon who knew all secrects of stars and the all in the galaxy, also he was his guardian
and his duty was to preserve the balance.
Therefore he found one predicament in the sitution of his friend, he wanted to help, but not to coast all the
life in the Earth, thus making use of their knowledge, strength and volition try to nd the answer to the suering
of his friend and relieve his loneliness.
And so using his authority and strength, he found the way to make be together, even for short time, he called
a this fourtuitous event
.

Eclipse

Eclipse, that was time, when using their authority darkening the skies, making believe to people of the Earth
that the night had arrieved and seending to sleep. While Sun and Monn, for a short moment could forget their
duties and delivered into hug.
And so,Dralion, making use of most of his authority, could alleviate the loneliness of his friend, after this he
go to borders of galaxy to restore his strenght. He has not been see again.
But despite this, he is remembered as the
and Moon.

Dragon Legendary Guardian of Secrects , who joined the Sun

The end