[ WP ] When everyone turns 18 , they receive a pet which is figurative of their personality . You 're the first person to receive a dragon ...

My 18th birthday had finally come. The step to adulthood, the leap towards life. 
 
 I looked around, and all of my friends who were older then me brought theirs, wondering what I would get while the rest were wondering what they would get soon. 
 
 The cake was beautiful, with animal figurines all over it, each animal hoping to be chosen. One was missing though.. you could see the spot of which it used to stand. 
 
 `` THREE! TWO! ONE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!'' everyone chanted as the clock struck noon, the exact time of my birth. 
 
 I looked outside the window. The `` 18th birthday animal service'' had come with an unusually big package, the size of a mountain. 
 
 We all went outside to see what it was. My mom put her hand on my shoulder and said these exact words, 
 
 `` Hope for the best, for only the lord knows what this could be. Strive to keep your animal healthy and come to us for any help. We know what your going through.. now get ready and open light to whatever is inside.'' 
 
 I nodded with tears in my eyes. What did she mean by that? I passed it to the back of my mind and looked up at the mountain of cardboard and tape. 
 
 `` We now give you... a...'' 
 
 Everyone froze. I gasped. A dragon? No one had ever gotten one before. 
 
 I looked up at it and it looked down at me. Smoke came out of his nostrils and it grunted with pleasure. 
 
 The news team was just down the block when I mounted the fiery beast. It was time, no one could deny it. 
 
 Time to be free of childhood and fear. 
 
 

