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A long time ago, near a village called Townsville, there lived a dragon. He was the color of midnight and in the legends he was huge and covered in sharp very, pointy scales. The fire he breathed could light up the night sky and it is very dark fire.

He lived in a nest high above the village in an old, scary tree.

Everyone in Townsville was very scared of the dragon...everyone but one precocious girl.

Isabel wanted to be a knight. She was strong and super brave and not afraid.

Sure, the dragon breathed very dark fire. But there were people with the worst breath ever. And sure, the Dragon looked very very scary. But there were dogs in the village with scarier faces.

One day, the dragon had come down from his scary tree and was hiding in the cornfields.

Everyone ran to escape from the dragon. Everyone except for Isabel.

gold Armor with her homemade sword, helmet and shield, Isabel ran through the deserted village toward the cornfield.

When she spotted the dragon, Isabel snuck up right behind him.

“Excuse me!” Isabel yelled. The dragon roared. He lowered his head to her level. Isabel felt the dragon’s super hot breath on her face.

“I’m Isabel,” she said. “I’ve come to tell you to go away. You’re scaring everybody in this town.”

The dragon’s breaths quickened. Huff! Huff! Huff! It looked like the dragon’s fire was about to blow quick! Isabel braced herself. But instead of fire coming out his mouth, tears began pouring down the dragon’s small snout.

“I’m so lonely. Nobody likes me here,” the dragon said.

“Why should anyone like you?” Isabel replied. “You burned down the big castle.”

“I didn’t burn down the big castle,” the dragon said. “It was struck by lightning. I would never do that in my life.”

“Wow,” Isabel said. “Sounds like you’re the victim of a big smear campaign. We’ve got to fix this once and for all. What are you good at?”

“Breathing dark fire,” replied the dragon.

“Well, let’s see it,” ordered Isabel.

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