My Roommate Owns a Dragon (Illegally): My Roommate, #1

By Devon Mulvihill

Daniel, an average college kid; Praise, his roommate.. who also happens to be the chosen one.

Daniel struggles hard with college, he's a hard worker but often his life is thrown upside down by his roommate always attracting the craziest people.

 

He's so popular literal other universes find ways of contacting him. In this classic adventure, Praise finds himself a baby dragon who he decides to keep, unfortunately this brings chaos and danger to both his and Daniel's lives.

 

through their journey into the land of fantasy they meet several people both friend and foe.

Along the way they end up meeting Moss, the level headed enby & Cindy, the stoner jock girl.

 

When a kingdom is in danger and a group of unprepared college kids are sent to save a world they know nothing about.. What could really go right in this Absurdist comedy? 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Devon Mulvihill
• Release date: Nov 3, 2022
• ISBN: 9798215832493

Devon Mulvihill

Someone who views the current system of writing as this scramble for perfection. Instead of enjoying flaws in stories and allowing authors to be themselves people have put such high expectations on everything being the same. when in reality there are no rules for creativity, Shakespear doesn't follow our grammer.. but that doesn't prevent him from being held high. In reality, "flaws" should be celebrated as it allows the author to create a unique basis for their stories. But who am I to say? I'm just an Author for fun.

Book preview

Chapter 1: A Morning To Be Had.

The gentle tapping of a pen echoed through the large classroom, below the students stood a teacher, his dark brown hair flowing over his shoulders. He paced back and forth throughout the room, reading from an old book as he spoke in a triumphant voice to the class.

Sitting in the corner of the class, scribbling down notes as fast as he could, was Daniel Solomon. He was 19 and stood at a fair height of 173 centimetres, that’s 6’ if you were wondering. He had fair light skin and blazing red hair which seemed almost natural... although it was probably dyed. He wore a simple blazer and tight trousers, his eyes filled with panic and concentration as he tried to make sure to catch everything the teacher was saying.

As Daniel kept scribbling down his notes something kept lurking at the back of his mind, he tried not to let it get to him... Just focus on the work, he thought. Don’t let that bastard get to you he pinches the bridge of his nose and opens his pale blue eyes to get back to writing down notes... except an odd silence filled the room, and he quickly blinked.

Daniel: ...Oh...

Daniel looked around to see that the class was empty... had he focused too hard again? Was the class over? He checks his watch and realises... No, the class should still be going. He then hears the panicked muffle of multiple people talking outside. He quickly gets up and rushes to see what's going on, accidentally tripping on his bag and falling flat on his face.

He gets up with a groan and leans down to get himself untangled but ends up bashing his head into the side of the desk, he yelps in pain and shoots up straight, stumbling backward and tripping over the desk behind him, finding several pens and pencils jabbing into him.

Daniel: FUCK!

Outside a large crowd had gathered, Daniel managed to stumble his way out of the class and fell again. He pulls his face out from the grass and looks to the group and then to where their gazes pointed him. He paused...

The library was pouring smoke from its windows, thick pillars of blacks and greys swarmed together as they rose into the air. Daniel narrows his eyes as he sees a single figure running from the smoke...

He had smooth brown skin, his hair was a fade into short black dreads, a few of which had a blue tint to them, he carried something large, red, and shiny in his hands and he dashed across the campus as he dashed from the fire with panicked eyes and sweat pouring down his face.

Daniel took a breath and groaned to himself, doubling over as he let out the extended noise of frustration and irritation. The entire class turns to look at him as he continuously makes this sound. He pauses and looks up at them... he nervously smiles and stands back up straight.

Daniel: I..uh..sorry, I should just.. Yeah..

Daniel steps past the group before quickly making his way across the light green grass of the campus, heading straight for his room.

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Daniel busts into his dorm room with a clatter, clearly tired and annoyed.

Daniel: Praise!

The man from earlier peaks his head out, he blinks, smiling.

Praise: Heyyyyy Danielllll

Daniel groans and pinches the bridge of his nose.

Daniel: Praise... what did you do to the library!?

Praise: Hey I didn’t do anything!

Daniel: I have to study Praise! I got shit to do! I got exams to work on!

Praise: Look it wasn’t me it was Carlos!

Daniel: Who the fuck is-

Suddenly something bright red blitzes through the air, crashing into his face and causing Daniel to fly back, hitting his bed and bouncing off it, landing on the floor with something crawling all over his face.

Daniel: AH! AAAH! GET IT OFF ME GET IT OFF ME!

Praise shakes his head and picks up the creature.

Praise: Tsk Tsk, it’s she, not an it

Daniel, panting from the shock, looks up to see what had landed on him to find... A baby... red... dragon.

Daniel: ......OH PRAISE FOR FUCKS SAKE!

Praise: Whaaaaaaaatttttt?

Daniel: WHY ARE YOU HOLDING A BABY DRAGON!?

Praise: CAUSE IT WAS ON YOUR FACE!

Daniel: NO I MEAN WHY IS IT HERE!?

Praise: Cause I got a baby dragon egg, duh

Daniel raises his clenched fist before stopping and holding his breath. He takes a sharp inhale and a low exhale to let out the excess stress as he stands up.

Daniel: Get rid of it

Praise: What!? No!

Daniel: Yes. Praise we’re not having a baby dragon in our dorm!

Praise: Yes. Yes, we are.

Daniel: No, now we’re not

Praise pouts adorably, holding up the baby dragon.

Praise: You want to get rid of this cute little thing?

Daniel narrows his eyes, he looks at the dragon... It makes a cute blep face. He paused... It was quite cute...

Before he had time to make a different decision the dragon burps, sending hot steam and fire in Daniel's face. He screeches and runs in a circle, trying to put the fire out.

Praise: SORRY! JUST HOLD-

Daniel runs face-first into a wall with a bang, sending him flying back and crashing onto the floor.

Praise: Oof...

Daniel groans as the fire goes out, he slowly sits up, clutching his head...

Daniel: ...why...

Praise: Well you see I didn’t know what dragons ate so I gave her one of everything... Pretty sure she’s got indigestion...

Praise cradles and pats the dragon with his arms, smiling kindly at it. It purrs and curls up into a cute baby dragon ball.

Daniel: Is this... is this even legal?

Praise: No, from what I can tell she counts as a weapon of mass terrorism!

Praise smiles with innocent excitement. Daniel looks in befuddlement.

Praise: =D

Daniel: ....

Daniel stands up, taking a deep breath.

Daniel: ..I am indeed not in the mood for your fantastical adventures... So good luck, I have shit to do and an actual college to take seriously instead of having a fuckin TERRORIST WEAPON in my ARMS!

Daniel huffs as he walks out of the room, Praise peaks his head around the corner.

Praise: Where are you going?

Daniel: To study for my tests!

Praise: ...Where?

Daniel: "In the...the library was nothing but ash now. With my... he left all his equipment and materials in the classroom..."

Daniel: Dammit!

Daniel speedwalks off, almost jogging down the hall. Praise looks down at the dragon and pats her.

Praise: "It’s okay Carlos, he’s just stressed about last week when I accidentally flooded