A Wayward Dragon (Book 1): From Komodo to Places Unknown

By Mark Mulle

The biggest hunger is the hunger for adventure.

Komodo National Park. Home to beautiful forests, wonderful beaches and some of the most unique wildlife species around. It is a popular tourist attraction and thousands flock there every year with excitement in their hearts.

Nevertheless, it might not be amazing enough for some. Yes, believe it or not...

Blake, a young Komodo dragon who lives in the park is tired of his surroundings and wants a change. He wants adventure. And he is not alone. Mike the macaque and Sammy the Rinca rat, his friends, are desperate to leave and travel around the world as well. This can only mean one thing.

An adventure is about to begin.

However, danger awaits the trio. They just don’t know it yet...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mark Mulle
• Release date: Aug 1, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370364237

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A Wayward Dragon, Book 1: From Komodo to Places Unknown

Copyright 2017 Mark Mulle

Published by Mark Mulle at Smashwords

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Author’s Note

This short story is for your reading pleasure. The characters in this Minecraft Adventure Series such as Steve, Endermen or Herobrine...etc are based on the Minecraft Game coming from Minecraft ®/TM & © 2009-2013 Mojang / Notch

Table of Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

About the Author

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Chapter One

The rain started slowly.

It began as a drizzle that fell on the steep hills of the island, but soon turned into a powerful shower of water that drenched the dry earth and the thirsty vegetation far beneath the sky. A collection of yellow-crested cockatoos — a species of critically endangered birds with white feathers and a beautiful yellow crest stretching from their heads — chirped and screamed, rising from their tall branches and flying up to wet themselves in the cold rain before returning to their trees.

A few macaques — small monkeys — watched with curiosity, avoiding the cold rain from reaching them by keeping themselves concealed under the branches with the most leaves. One of them stood on a wet branch and looked up at the sky, silently thanking the rain for falling when it had. They hadn’t seen rain for the past few months and it was a welcome event.

Michael, get back here! an older monkey cried. The macaque’s father, a slightly larger monkey with a few grey hairs on his chest stepped forward. He didn’t want his son to get wet or he could get sick. The rainy season had just begun and they would need to stay healthy if they wanted to survive it.

Mike looked up, only now realizing that his father had been talking to him.

Sorry, pops. He hopped forward and ran down the branch back to the safety of his family.

As he sat there, he stopped looking up and glanced across the coastline beneath them, his eyes following the beautiful pinkish sands that were being drenched by the summer rains. Suddenly, his eyes stopped at one of the large rocks that stood on the very edge of the coast, its outwards face being hit by the waves that slammed into it every few seconds. Is that…?

It was definitely who Mike was thinking it was.

The large, young Komodo dragon stood with his long head leaning forward on the edge of the boulder, his eyes looking out at the sea with longing. Although the rain was drenching him entirely, the lizard didn’t even react. He, like Mike, was too distracted to realize what was happening around him.

That’s why he’s my best friend,