The boy steps into the clearing, he sees the Dragon and drops to his knees, saying aloud “but, I thought Dragons were extinct!”

The Dragon hears him and turns to face him “You’re kidding me right?” She says. “You actually believed Dragons were extinct? Have you never read any kind of fantasy story? The Dragons are never, ever extinct, if they mention Dragons being extinct, that’s just confirmation that at some point the story is going to have Dragons in it. Now stand up properly, I assume there’s some sort of evil we have to defeat?”

“I, I, I, I” spluttered the boy, his eyes still wide open. The Dragon starts to look annoyed “Oh come on, surely this isn’t a suprise to you? Or do you have a stutter? I’m not fighting evil with someone with a stutter on my back, no way.”

“I don’t have a stutter.” The boy finally manages. “Well that’s a relief.” The Dragon replies. “Right up you get, tell me all about yourself on the way, we’ll form an unbreakable bond in a bit, I guess I should know something about you.”