because of me : a short story

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4/2026 FULL SCREEN RECOMMENDED PLEASE READ BEFORE READING: Hello! This is a story about Iris. She's a member of the Pull clan, and one night, her family is taken violently from her. She feels empty, and is battling the guilt of being the only survivor. She sets out on a pilgrimage to find them, but she has a sinking feeling that it might be too late. This story is set in the book I co-wrote with my best friend! You don't need to know the whole story to read it, though. It ends right before Because of Me starts. In case you're confused about the clans and powers: Before humans were created, there were three dragon clans: one blue, one red, and one yellow. They each had their own powers: the Blue dragons, who called themselves Blair, had the ability to control water; the Red dragons, also known as Routh, had the power to control fire; and the yellow clan, known as LeBlood, had the ability to bend light and create masterful illusions. The dragons, however, did not live at peace with each other. They fought meaningless, unnecessary wars, stole food, and kidnapped dragon children from other clans to use their power for their own malicious ends. After multiple wars, they decided to attempt to live at peace with each other and married from other clans to keep the peace. However, if two different colored dragons had a child, their offspring would look like a mix of their parents and share the same powers. Many years later, and there were all sorts of different clans that sprung off the beginning three. The colors started to smear together and the newest generation were all brown and gray and extremely powerful. Sometimes the genetics worked out so you did not inherit the powers that created your parents, sometimes you inherited all the powers from your ancestors. The original three, pristine dragons created a law that you could not marry another clan color besides your own. This created an uproar, and the world of Dawnmoore was in havoc. War threatened, and irresponsible (but powerful) young dragons set fires and ended many lives. The Originals decided to create humans to protect the powers as their species was dying out. A special clan was decided to create them (that clan has since died out and the color is unknown) and they voted to have several humans created and gave them the powers of the original three. The humans inherited their chosen color and had yellow, blue or red hair of varying shades. Though some dragons exist today, not nearly as many are still around now, and most of them are the usual vibrant colors. Except one. This is the prologue and it might help you differentiate each clan. The Pulls are descended from Blair and Routh clans, by the way :) Anyways, I hope you enjoy this story about hope, because I really enjoyed writing it! Time Taken: a whole month No AI was used in this TN from google Word Count: 8,234 I apologize if you can't read it! Scratch ruined the quality of the screenshots. Lemme know if something is too blurry. Music: No Good Deed from Wicked. Press the M key if it gets annoying or you're listening to other music. Hope you enjoyed! I am always open to constructive criticism!