as i walked home, i heard my mobile phone ring. i dug it out of my bag and looked to see who was calling me. willow? why? she never called me, we barely knew each other, or respected each other. but it must have been important, so i answered

"yolo bro, i got some really important news" said willow's voice from the mobile phone

"okay, what?"

"well, you know that dragon egg thing we ordered?"

"yeah?"

"just ask your parents if you can come to my apartment. its 45 boulevard menilmontant and the code is 5569bc1 okay?"

"yeah... uh sure..." 

"bye!" willow ended the call

i called my mum 

"hi, we have to do a school project, is it ok if i go to willow's house?"

"sure honey, come back by six thirty though" she replied

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i knocked on the door to willow's apartment. she opened the door.

"how did you figure out i lived on the third floor?" she asked

"it was on your mailbox"

"well, good. then come in." she led me in and we took off our shoes. she went into  the kitchen to get a snack. i looked around at the apartment. it was very neat, in fact the exact opposite of willow. the walls were mostly empty,  or had old paintings on them and the floor was parquet, with some fancy carpets. there was a piano in one corner. willow returned carrying a bag of chips, a box of cookies, and two glassed of juice precariously balanced on the cookie box.

"lets go to my room" she said. we walked through the door. it was probably the messiest place in the apartment.the floor was covered in pieces of string, assignments, tissues, and socks. posters of harry potter, hunger games, and lord of the rings plastered the walls.her desk had a computer and was covered in candy wrappers she pointed at her bed, then set the snacks on her bedside table

"my parents aren't here today, it's a good thing too, they don't usually let me invite people" she explained

"won't they know if you use two glasses?" i asked

"i always use, like sixteen, they'l be relieved that i only used two"

"and that you finished a bag of chips and a pack of cookies by yourself"

"i like chips"

"whatever"

"so, right .  . ."

willow said once we hd finished our snack. she went and got her school bag and when she returned she pulled out a package and carefully opened it

inside was a large yellow egg dotted with orange designs on it. it was as big as an ostrich egg, probably bigger. it had a label on it that said EUROPEAN in old fashioned letters. probably the species

"its awesome! what do you reckon we should do with it dude?" asked willow

"i don't know. " i replied "maybe there's some kind of guide on how to hatch it. look inside, maybe"

willow rummaged inside the package and pulled out two little books. the first one was labelled "how to hatch manual" the next "dragon keeper's guide" .

"this seems promising..." willow said

"  but how do we know that it's real?" i asked

"i dunno, like a microscope maybe .. .  and even if it isn't it's not like it'll kill us if it's not" "and now, let's go on youtube and watch squeezie*

but we soon found out it was real in the most unexpected way

*an awesome french youtuber and yeah you should totally watch it