An Argument

This is for the Vocal Fantasy Prologue Challenge.

This is entirely fiction and it ignores timelines (but it doesn’t involve time travel, no Doctor Who here.

"There weren't always dragons in the Valley."

“But there aren’t any dragons here now, and there never have been. I’ve never seen any. I think you are just making it up”

“You are only seven, the dragons were here before you were born, but then went away”

“You are telling fibs, dragons wouldn’t come and live on a housing estate, would they? Where would they live, sleep, and eat? And what would they eat? Dogs? Cats? Rabbits? People?”

“No, the dragons were here are they lived in Grae Park. There is lots of room there and they lived in the woods. Well I say lived, they didn’t really live because they were stone statues, and when I was young my parents took me to Grae Park and let us play on them

I had some great adventures then, and when I got older I was allowed to go with my friends where we had lots of magical adventures. We were Princesses and Princes, King and Queens, Sorcerers and Witches, every time we went it was magical

Then one day they were gone. They had been taken to Crystal Palace, and where they once were they put up the play area. So where you play on your swings and slides that is where the dragons lived, although in reality they were statues of dinosaurs but you can still see them today at Crystal Palace.“

“So the dragons weren’t real, that's no good is it”

“They fired our imaginations, like when you read your Harry Potter books. We could climb on these, ride these in our minds and we knew we called always come back. Your imagination is far better than watching films and TV.

Think about when you play with your models and toys, and you do like your dragons don’t you. So really there ARE dragons in our valley still, and they are yours”

“But they are not real, Harry Potter is not real, so there were never real dragons in the valley”

“Did I say they were real?”

“No, but when you say there are things you expect them to be real. If you say there is bread in the kitchen it has to be there otherwise you are telling lies”

“So was I telling lies when I said ‘There weren't always dragons in the Valley’? Because stone or real they made an appearance, they are gone now but different dragons have appeared. There are dragons in your bedroom. We could go and visit big dragons in parks like Crystal Palace, Museums or even zoos if we can find one with a Komodo Dragon”

“Komodo Dragon? Are there dragons in zoos”

“Komodo Dragons are not dragons but are ten foot 150lb lizards that hunt and eat prey like birds and mammals, and they wouldn’t be averse to tackling a human. I wouldn’t want to be attacked by one”

“Komodo Dragons still sound cool. Could we go to a zoo and see one? I would love to see one. Please, Please Please”

“So you didn't believe me when I said there had been dragons, and you said stone ones didn’t count so how do you know that I am not telling fibs about Komodo Dragons?”

“I know they might exist because they are ten-foot lizards, and if you take me to the zoo to see one then I will know you are telling the truth”

“So do you want me to find a zoo with Komodo Dragons and then go an make a day of it and see what else we can see? You could bring a friend too”

“Yeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssss Please”

Now what happens?