Kendra McFadden

The Green Sun

Chapter 1 - Nia There weren't always dragons in the Valley, and the people of the town couldn’t have been more vexed when they arrived. “Dragons” is what younger me called the loud, smoking trains that ran along the tracks behind our house every day in Stone Valley. I'd just turned nine the first time I saw a dragon. Soon after was the last time I saw my mother, riding away on one. One night I watched her dash through the back door and skip across the grass as the dragon slowly made its way toward her. Me and Grandma just watched.