Chapter One | Margaret Emily Blackwell | Dragonomy’s Waiting for Dragons

Trigger Warning: This chapter contains references to the death of a parent and a tragedy stemming from violence. Please read with care if these subjects are sensitive for you.

Description: In this first chapter, we meet Margaret “Emily” Blackwell, a young woman whose ordinary world is turned upside down by a mysterious invitation from Sorell Hall. As Emily prepares for a year-long internship — and a chance to honor her father's legacy — she finds herself drawn into a hidden world of dragons, ancient knowledge, and her own remarkable future. It’s a story about embracing ancestry, honoring the past, and following a path paved by those who came before.

Prologue II — The Keeper’s Awakening

As I grew into adulthood, the questions that gnawed at me as a child blossomed into something more—a deep, inexorable pull toward a fate I hadn’t chosen, but one that seemed to have chosen me.

The more I pressed forward, the thinner the wall between my world and theirs became. There were nights when I awoke to the rush of wings in my mind, days when I felt the tremor of an ancient power beneath my feet, and moments when a spark fell from my fingertips without a match to light it. Whatever this thread tying me to the dragons was, it flowed through my soul just as surely as my own pulse.

I realize now I am not a scholar observing from a comfortable distance; I am a keeper, a guardian — a link in a chain that extends back countless generations. The dragons are not creatures of the past; they are alive, hidden in the margins of our understanding, influencing, protecting, and sometimes challenging us.

In embracing this path, I must learn to navigate more than the physical — I must move through a rich, invisible world made of elemental magic, ancient messages, and the memories of those who kept this knowledge alive. I must piece together the stories, gather the ashes, and illuminate the hidden chapters of our shared past.

This is not a quest for the faint of heart. It is a pilgrimage for those who, when the dragons call, cannot pretend not to hear. Whatever lies at the end of this path — renewal or destruction, legacy or oblivion — I will follow it. I will become what I was meant to be.

The Keeper. The keeper of knowledge, the keeper of promises, the keeper of dragons.

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Dragonomy’s: Waiting for Dragons —

Prologue (Part One) In this dramatic prologue, we journey back in time with Suki Warren, a young woman marked by fate and regret. Once a keeper of knowledge and dragons, Suki finds herself stranded between two worlds — the person she was and the keeper she might become. As the sea carries her away from the island that stole her hope, a hidden thread of magic, sacrifice, and renewal begins to illuminate her path forward. The dragons are gone, but their legacy lives on — and the greatest story has yet to unfold.

This isn’t just a fairytale — it’s a rich, fantastical journey of love, fate, and transformation. Prepare to be swept away.

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