Reluctantly

The woman sighs in defeat. “Fine. I talk human, now get off me.” You slowly move your sword away from her as you get off her. You made sure to stand by the window to block her only escape. “Now tell me everything, starting with who you are.”

The clocked woman signed as she got back on her feet and finally took off her hood. She was a pale woman with straight silver hair. You were also surprised that she look so close to your age. “I am Petra. I am acting leader of my tribe.”

Wanting to lower the tension you lower your sword slightly. “Ok Petra, why did you come here and what is in the woods?”

Seeing you lower your guard made her seem more relaxed as she answered. “My people are in the woods. We.. had to flee from home.” She seemed close to crying. “I came to warn you so no else gets hurt.” You see tears running down her face. “Mother... Father.”

Hearing her say those words made you think back to your parents. Fighting back your own tears you continue to question her. “Was that a real dragon I saw outside?”

Petra wipes the tears from her face. “T-That... was my servant Alistair.”

“What are you exactly? You keep calling me human.”

Petra sighs and removes her cloak and revealing royal looking clothes that are very ripped up. You suddenly see her hand change it morphed from a pale human hand to a more scaly clawed hand. “I am a dragon...”

Seeing this was a surprise. Not only did you learn that dragon were real, but that they can morph into human bodies. That also explained how she ripped through the drapes without a weapon. “So the dragon I saw earlier?”

Petra nodded. “Yes, he is like me.”

“How many of you are there?”

Petra seemed **** to answer. “There is only me, my younger brother and two of my servants.”

You knew you had to ask this next question as calmly as possible. “Did you attack my people’s farms a few nights ago?”

“No.... it was my brother.” Petra tried to fight back the tears. “When we escaped it was not just the four of us. My mother was also with us.”

“Did she...”

Petra nods. “Her wounds were fatal and she died a few days ago and my brother got so angry that he lashed out and burned the near by farms.”

“And... what about the messing people?”

“I was able to stop my brother from harming anyone, but we had witnesses and we didn’t want to risk being exposed. So we were keeping them with us until we left.”

“And you came to warn me so no one else would get hurt?” Petra nods.

Hearing her story made you sympathize with the dragon girl. She is just someone trying to do what’s right for her people, not unlike yourself. Still that question is what to do now?