Portfolio Paper #1

Narrative Paper
Josh Reel

‘My story begins many years ago in a simpler time. A time when my species ruled over and protected the human race. At times we would be considered monsters and not very reasonable, for when certain men got to much power and exploit that power we would eat them for we are dragons.’
‘My name is Quad. I am a dragon and I have been watching over mankind for three hundred years.’
‘Now to tell you more of my story. There is a man by the name Jonathan Winchester who had come into to much power and his protector came to end his rein of terror on the people of his lands. As his protector was coming Jonathan was warned by one of his followers. When his protector arrived to fulfill his duty Jonathan was ready for him. Jonathan had created a very large crossbow looking machine with a very large arrow, that was about twenty feet in length. When the dragon was nearing close Jonathan fired the arrow and killed the dragon giving him the idea that if he could rein over all mankind.’
‘Jonathan’s lust for power was greater than ever now that he believed he could declare himself a king and rule the rest of his life as long as he killed every last dragon. However Jonathan knew that he needed to convince all people that all dragons are evil creatures that deserve to die. Now he had to come up with a story to tell people, so as to scare them into wanting him to kill all dragons.’
‘Jonathan knew it would be difficult to convince people of his story unless they believed that he was in fact a simple farmer. For Jonathan knew that the people have loved and trusted dragons for millenniums to keep them from being turned into slaves by men with to much power.’
‘Now that he had his story Jonathan grabbed his ten best men and they all dressed themselves in raggedy clothes and dirt to make their story believable. They set out going from one province to the next killing off the dragon of that province.’
‘For a long time Jonathan had to retell his story each time, but after a few years his story was known everywhere. Everyone was now engulfed with rage toward all dragon kind and no longer trusted them. Jonathan was now getting more and more powerful with each dragon that he killed. He now was getting paid by each province to kill their dragon protectors.’
‘As the years went by the dragons started hearing the story and decided no longer to protect their provinces. Instead we tried to stay in hiding and let mankind fend for themselves, before we became extinct. Although hiding didn’t stop Jonathan from gathering followers and hunting us down.’
‘It has been fifteen years since Jonathan began his quest and now I am the last of my kind. I have decided that I can no longer stay in hiding and I must find a way to get the people back on my side. But first I must trap and kill Jonathan.’
‘The day has come at last and I am camouflaged as a large boulder. I wait for Jonathan to arrive as he is always at the back of the band of hunters so as not to be the most vulnerable. He is nearing closer and then he stops and rests right next to me and he is now alone. I wait for a while because I see he is tired and may fall asleep soon. Even though he is alone he has destroyed my kind and I don’t want to fail at killing him. He is asleep now is my time to strike. So very quietly I lean up open my mouth and go in to have the sweetest meal that I could have in my entire life.’
The last of the dragons is dead. The entire time Jonathan was in front of Quad he was pretending to be tired and falling asleep. Meanwhile all around the area there are people devoted to Jonathan’s cause hiding in the bushes and trees. Everyone is waiting in exhausting excitement for the dragon to make his move so they can spring there trap and kill him. They have several of Jonathan’s machines with the giant arrows on them ready to fire and kill him. The time has come the dragon is making his move and everyone is in a state of great anticipation as they wait for the signal from their commanders to fire.