Lee Bradbury

Secret Diary of a Snake Demon Lee Bradbury

Christina seemed like a normal girl who enjoyed playing with her friends and day dreaming about being a Princess or travelling around the universe with Doctor Who. When she had a strange dream about being turned into spaghetti she wasn't sure if this was a warning. Her parents dismissed the suggestion that dreams could have meaning but the dreams kept reoccurring and becoming darker. Maybe imagination was over-active but she felt there had to be more to the dreams. When Christina's Grandmother told her about the Chinese legend of the White Snake, something about the story resonated with her and she said her dreams were of becoming like spaghetti then turning into a huge snake. Then her Grandmother revealed she was descended from the White Snake demon. But her parents said her Grandmother only told fairy tales. Now Christina wasn't sure she could not believe anything that adults told her. As the dream became stronger she felt that she was developing some superpowers. Maybe these powers were only in her dreams but just maybe they were real. When she dreamt about a fight where she knocked down some trees, the next day she saw those trees had fallen over. She was afraid to tell her friends that she might be a snake demon: she was the only Asian in her class and being a snake demon might further isolate her, would her friends remain loyal if they knew she was a snake demon?