CHAPTER SEVEN – THE BOOK When I was at school, the others used to fold paper planes and throw them through the classroom. It was amazing what you could do just with a piece of paper and some folding. Even though it seemed easy, I never actually managed to fold one myself. These constructions always crashed right in front of my desk, making the kid who sat next to me laugh and mock me. “The outsider” was how I constantly was called. No matter how I tried to get integrated in the class, nothing worked, not even adapting myself. The world was against me, so why even try anymore. I was excluded. But this did not matter anymore, or at least not right now. Cold, sharp air was blowing past me when as I was falling with not unimportant amount of speed. I could not scream, nor breathe as too much air was blown into my face. I saw the ground slowly but surely coming closer and I started to regret to not have let Xenix go before and instead having told him that I would like him even though he

CHAPTER SIX – CONCEALED TRUTH The fog outside had started to slowly disappear, and the sun was shining on Xenix's green scales, making them look even greener than before. I was having a look at him. It seemed like he was full of secrets, which I would have to find out. He was a proud looking creature and I had to admit that I had started to like him. But what if he manipulated me to force me liking him? It didn’t seem to be very probable, but it surely wasn’t impossible to be the case. In the end, how could I even resist against his manipulation? Putting an aluminium foil on my head surely wouldn’t work. Suddently, he sighed and turned his head away from me. “It’s time that I talk more about myself”, Xenix said with a calm voice, “it’s better if you get to know things this way, rather than as surprises in dreams”. He placed himself in a more comfortable position, looking towards me. There were things about him that I could not have imagined. I just sat there in front of him, while he