Now this is nowhere even near done, and I'm not even sure if I'll end up using much of this past the first paragraph, but it's too perfect for me to not use it for the start of a story.
I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story. One person told me that it started several years ago, someone else said just weeks ago. One said it began in ancient history, another said the end was where the story truly began. Another simply didn't care when it started, only what happened afterwards. It could have started with the attack, although a better place would have been the volcano. It could have started when the experiments began, or in the spell dump, but I believe that to get a full account of the story you must go even farther back than that. Back before the first visitor, before even the wars. Finding accounts from that far back is difficult, near impossible if you want them to agree, but I believe that I have discovered the true history behind the cataclysm and the rise of the Dragon Riders.
According to the journal I read, it all began, truly began, with my great-grandfather, although really everyone agrees with that. But where in his story to start? I believe that the journal I read tells the true account of the beginning. At the time he wasn't the man that I knew, the wise yet approachable, old yet powerful, friendly yet stern leader. In fact, at the time, he was not yet even an adult, he was younger than I am now. He was only fourteen, and yet he had already accomplished so much more than I have. At age eleven he defeated the shade of a powerful wizard, at age twelve he killed a Basilisk, at age thirteen he was able to drive off over a hundred minor demons(Dementors to be specific) with one spell, and then at age fourteen he was entered into a tournament for those older than him. He was my great-grandfather, Wyreleader of the first Wyre, Grandmaster of the Order of the Dragon Riders, Senior Councilman of the Magical Guilds, and master warrior and politician. He was Harry Potter. And this is his story, recorded from his journal.
So yeah, this is all I have so far. I'll post more as I write more, who knows, maybe I'll actually finish a story for once. As long as I don't get sidetracked...like I usually do.
