Free Forced Magic by Jerod Lollar

gone. I opened and shut my hands,
totally marveling at this incredible miracle. I looked up to see the dragon
hovering in the air with an astonished look on its face. I looked at the
remaining creatures. They were all staring at me with looks of shock and
disbelief on their faces.
    The flames began to burn brighter. I yelled and started to
wave my hands around wildly, frantically trying to put the fire out. Small
balls of flame began to fly off of my hands in all directions hitting the now
panicky little green monsters. They scattered and ran away. They all ran toward
the blue orb as it pulsed.
    I finally got control of myself and stopped shaking my
hands. The dragon had flown toward the creatures roaring in rage. It was trying
to herd them all toward the blue light. There was a scattered fire throughout
the parking lot. I watched the dragon swooping down at the snot brigade as they
ran for the ball of light. It was busy keeping all of the things running. So
busy that it didn’t see the one creature with the wicked looking spear. It was
Booger. I’m not sure where he had gotten the weapon. He had a twisted smile on
his face as he pulled his powerful arm back aiming the spear at the dragon. I
yelled out trying to warn it, but there was no way I could be heard over the
screams and roars.  The spear was going to hit the dragon and there was no way
to stop it.
    In a moment of mad inspiration, I raised my still burning
hands over my head and flung them like I was throwing a heavy object. The fire
shot away from my hands like a rock from a sling shot. It flew like a ball
through the air and hit the spear, knocking it away from the dragon. It landed
through the roof of a car and hit the horn. I didn’t have a chance to be
surprised at what I had just done. The dragon had looked back at me with a
confused look on its face. 
    Not missing a beat, Booger began to bark a ruff growling
shout.  He was standing next to the blue ball of light. How did he get there so
fast?  All of the remaining creatures ran toward him, then they turned in a
line to face me. The dragon had landed by my side. I was surprised that it
would do this. I guess we had a common enemy. Whatever it felt about me, it
wanted to stop these monsters from causing more destruction.
    With a whooping sound, they charged us. The dragon crouched,
ready to attack. The fire had finally burned itself out on my hands, so I had
no idea how to fight off so many of them. I didn’t want another fire burst from
the dragon.  Too many people still running through the parking lot could get
hurt. Another burst of flame and our luck of no one seriously getting hurt
would end. They were getting closer. I was at a loss as to what to do. I was
too tired to attack like I did before, and I was sure I had lost the element of
surprise, so I doubted that I would be able to do what I did before. They all
stopped short of us, sneering and growling, waiting for us to make the first
move.  I could smell them. They really smelled bad.
    The buzzing feeling I had this whole time intensified. It
seemed to be feeding off my frustration and anger.  It was the most
uncomfortable feeling I had ever had. I started twitching and shaking my head
trying to get the feeling away. The green things were about twenty feet from us
now.
    “Uh oh,” I said, as a man, who was trying to escape from
this nightmare, ran in between us and the creatures. He tripped over his own
feet and fell flat on his face. As he struggled to get up, I could see the
wicked smiles across the snot brigade's ugly faces. I could hear the dragon
gather its breath, readying itself for another blast of fire. I had to get that
guy out of the way before he got fried. If it let it loose, there was a good
chance this guy would get hurt. The green things moved in closer as he covered
his head and started yelling for help. The buzz took over my whole body. I
couldn’t see straight. All I could hear was the hum of this force, which had
built up