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

There were three knocks on the door, I already knew it was Bob. He belched in right after and started shouting: `` Hey, have n't you heard? Someone in Australia spotted a dragon! A dragon!''. I sighed, knowing Bob's a bit mental about these things. Sometimes I wonder what his'll be. It certainly wo n't be this mythical creature he's talking about. `` Dude, the lore says those are extinct. Besides, my birthday is n't for another week and we're in the Netherlands. Not fucking Australia.'' 
 
 Three weeks since its appearance and the dragon has the world grasped in its havoc. The creatures are known to be feral when they have n't reached their collectors, it's how they call their owners. Normally, if it's a big game like a lion it'll get some articles in the local newspaper. Last time an elephant appeared around here it was in the national news. Christ, this dragon would be the fear of anyone. No matter, I've got more important things to focus about. There's the army try-outs next week and I need to get ready. 
 
 They were a piece of cake and I've been accepted. Top honours, but I'm getting concerned about my own pet. It's been two months since I turned 18 and mine still has n't shown up. Would it be the dragon? Surely, it ca n't be. There are 7 billion people in this disgraceful fucking earth. It ca n't be! But it was last spotted heading into Croatia. Could it be my nephew? He does turn 18 in a month.. 
 
 I'm waiting in the break area just after finishing my last exam. The local troublemakers are picking on a scrawny kid three years younger than them. I head in their direction knowing they'll stop as soon as they see me. I stop dead in my tracks as the school starts announcing that the dragon has been sighted in a nearby village and requests everyone that is applicable for a creature to gather in the outside sporting fields. One of the bullying dicks jokes he's coming for me once the dragon is his. `` Yeah, I doubt it buddy.'' 
 
 There it was, a colour in-between of dark blue and black and its wings darker than a burgundy red. The news said it was 10 meters in size already, greater than any creature they've ever seen but it barely made the two meter mark. It's small, infantile even. At first glance it looked as if a large tiger could snap it in two, until the idiot ran towards it. It roared and set the ground ablaze between itself and the bullying dick. Then it locked with my eyes. In that moment, I knew. I knew it was mine. A boiling heat could be felt across my lungs, as if the fire that was stored in my very own heart was flowing through my very fingertips. And then I noticed, his eyes. Pitch black yet enlightened with the very same feeling of warmth. 
 
 I looked at Bob with astonishment but he had a smirk across his face that shouted `` Go!''. So I went, and it bowed down his head to accept my touch. It was mine. Fucking hell. 
 
 This is the beginning of my story, but in the few years that since have passed it's become a gigantic creature. I'm fortunate that they do n't eat as it'd probably devour a whole ecosystem before its hunger could be stilled for a single fucking day. Space has n't been a problem as I invested in a couple of booming companies which made me millions, backed by the attention of the world's news. I'm now a veteran, after having fought in the Russian Second Millennial War. I ca n't complain, I'm officially retired but here I am. I'm bigger than the so-called `` Iron Man'' and instil more fear than that darned Hulk when I need to.
