Fiction: Group 2
again. If the only way to bring it back is to kill me, please do so. I’m just asking you to return the pearl.”She
paused as the cave and the dragon faded away, and blackness took over.
As Luólán slowly bled to death, the dragon watched with tears in his eyes. “I’ve never known
someone to risk lives for others.” Then he muttered a few ancient words and slowly but surely, the wound
began to heal. The unconscious girl opened her eyes and sat up groggily. “I thought I was supposed to be
dead…”She trailed off. The dragon shook his head and sympathetically said, “I have healed you. Take this
pearl back to the dolphins. Hurry!”
Luólán jumped to her feet and grabbed the pearl. Running outside, she spotted the donkey and
rushed up to it, swiftly mounting. They galloped up the riverbank and reached the dolphin’s area. She
quickly played the tune on the flute, and the pink dolphin appeared. The dolphin slid its head above the
surface and gazed at Luólán. “I have brought you the Pearl of Sacrifice.”She spoke hurriedly. The dolphin
was quiet. Then it spoke softly,“Your act of sacrifice, love and courage had truly moved the dragon. Now,
the antidote I have promised you…”The dolphin gently tapped the pearl. A silvery essence started swirling
around it, before floating off. The dolphin conjured a bottle and caught the essence, before it threw the
bottle onto the ground. “Give it to your mother. Make her drink it and she will be well.”And with a swish
of its tail it was gone.
