Elizabeth "Liz" Drake grinned approvingly at her new poster. The majestic beasts of myth were exactly what her bedroom needed to spice the décor up. After all, dragons were the most metal thing ever, and Liz was all about being metal. Her bitchy sister Amber was always giving her crap about her tattoos and piercings or untamed mane of wild hair dyed neon red, but Liz loved the look. Let Amber wear slutty tube tops and bleach her hair blonde! Let the bitch listen to Katy Perry and Taylor Swift! Liz would be sticking to Dragonforce, Manowar, HammerFall, Blind Guardian, Gamma Ray, Freedom Call, Kamelot, Rhapsody of Fire, Powerwolf, Twilight Force, Ancient Bards, and Iced Earth, thank you very much!
Liz admired the four dragons on the poster, each a different draconic breed. The 17-year-old metalhead suddenly wished that she could be a dragon herself. Dragons didn't have to go to high school and be taught a bunch of useless data to pass a standardized test. Dragons didn't have to put up with stupid teen social politics. And Dragons certainly didn't have to put up with a bitchy sister and her gaggle of gossiping friends! Dragons were free to leave all cares on the ground and fly off to freedom. Liz wanted that kind of life, a life of adventure and liberty.
Liz was snapped out of her thoughts by the sound of Amber's voice. "New poster, Liz? Heh, looks like something Eric from the D&D Club would like. Who knew you'd stoop to his dorkiness level? Pathetic."
Amber Drake strutted into the room, flanked by her friends Courtney Knightley, London Washington, and Jade Wong. Together, they made up the most popular clique in Liz's high school. Amber was a tanned cheerleader with blonde hair straight from a bottle. Courtney was a beauty with brilliant green eyes and auburn hair. London was a tall African-American girl with hair done up in box braids. And Jade was a petite Chinese girl with glossy black hair in a pixie cut. Amber approached the dragon poster and grimaced.
"So stupid," Amber sneered. "What kind of moron wastes time on dragons like a five-year-old? Everybody knows dragons don't exist!"
"How the fuck would you know, Amber?" Liz scoffed.
"Don't talk bullshit, Liz!" Amber snapped.
"Maybe we should listen to her," Jade advised. "My grandmother always says to never disrespect dragons."
"Then your grandma's just a..." Amber choked on her works as she saw the surface of the poster ripple. "What the fuck is that?!"
"Is it some kind of special effect?" asked Courtney.
"Not that I know of," Liz answered. "It's just a regular poster."
"Coulda fooled me," London responded.