by Platt, S. P.
‘It felt strange, but good and as you said your magic allowed me to clear your paths all the way down. It was a funny feeling for your magic is really different from mine. But I was able to work it.’ There was a new feeling in Aura’s mind, one of completeness. This was meant to be.
She told Angel this and he had agreed ‘There is now completeness with us.’ They found it had taken all afternoon to do this so the others decided they would do it the next time they came back to their dragons. They were all hungry so got out some food and started to eat.
Angel and Aura were hungry so while Angel ate Aura went hunting. Now while they were eating Angel asked what they thought about the other dragon. ‘We must find out why a dragon is coming here in such pain, anger and hate. You would think it had a wizard with it to show that much hate and anger. That’s what a dragon feels when around a wizard.’ Angel stopped talking after that last remark and started to think.
‘For that much pain, hate and anger, there must be a wizard somewhere close. This can’t be, no wizard would go near a dragon unless there was no other way. A wizard would no sooner harm a dragon than himself, so who would it be.’ The feelings he had received from the dragons would indicate a wizard real close.
‘We’re going to have to find out what’s going on with the dragon here, with it showing such pain there also must be a wizard here at the same time.’ Angel, looking at each of them.
‘We will have to wait till the next time it comes back and then sneak out and find him.’ Medwin had a determined look on his face as he said this.
Maive stood up and went over to her dragon and started talking to it and the others. ‘Well till that happens I’m going to go for a ride on Whitefire as I’ve never done it before, Angel can you show me how?’
Angel got up and went over to Maive. ‘You had all better come over here with Maive and me. To ride a dragon you can sit in only the one place on a dragon and that is where the neck joins the body. You use you legs to hold around the neck and with yours hands you hold a neck plate. Normally there would be a harness that you have around you and hook yourself too’
Aura had arrived back and Angel called her over and showed them all how to climb up on, as he did this to Aura. Once he was up there he showed them how to hold on without falling off. ‘Ok now give it a try and take it easy no silly stuff.’ He was letting Aura slowly turn into the breeze so she could get better lift.
Up they went gently so as not to knock any of the others over as they were all close together. It was a gentle rise into the air and looking at Aura as she climbed it was a magnificent view. She was a graceful creature with all her fluid motions. Angel held on tight as she went higher and higher.
This was only the second time he had ridden Aura, for they had not had a chance since that day up in the mountains. They flew around a couple of times before coming back to rest just as gracefully.
Climbing down he walked to the others who had been speechless as he flew around them. ‘Ok now try it; just let your dragons have full control as you have nothing to do about it. Now go up into the air.’
The others did as they were told and first Shylyns dragon was airborne, followed by Medwin. Maive was the last and they all took a little flight around the deck not wanting to go out over the sea at this time.
Angel watching them decided he was going back up again and climbed back on Aura and away they went. They flew around for a while doing loops as they got more confident. Angel gave them a wave and indicated to go back down as it was getting late.
When they had all landed, Angel burst out laughing. ‘Ha ha ha you should see the look on your faces, there is so much joy and wander in them I don’t know how you are going to take that look off your face when we get back to school, you look so happy you could just about bounce off the walls.
They all started talking at once till Angel yelled at them to be quite. ‘Come on come back down as we must get back to the school so say goodbye. We’ll try and get back tomorrow. But before you fly you must clear the dragons’ magic paths and they must do yours.’ Angel had the same silly smile on his face as well but it didn’t worry him he had enjoyed the flight just as much as the others.
They gave their dragons a scratch behind the ears as a goodbye and told them they’ll be back tomorrow. Heading to the door they suddenly heard their dragons and in their minds came the anguish, pain and hate as before. They knew the dragon was back.
Turning back to their dragons they comforted them and told them they were going to go and have a look on the way home and see what it was.
They came to the door of the deck where they had found the scent of a dragon and peeped through the door, seeing nobody or dragon they slowly went to the rock face and then hugged the wall moving towards the cave. Angel could feel the dragon this time so went ahead slowly till they were at the edge of the cave.
Angel put his face around the corner and looked. All he could see was dark, but there was a faint light in there but not much, the dragon scent was strong. ‘I want you to remember what it smells like just in case one day you need to know if a dragon was near.’
Angel knew the others would not like what he was about to do. ‘I have got to go in and see what dragon is in there.’ Slowly moving in till he was part of the dark as well, before the others could try and stop him.
As his eyes adjusted he could make out a very large dragon at the back of the cave. It had seen him but remained quite.
He looked at it and could see a very faint light blue colour close to his legs and as he looked closer could see them to be bound, holding the dragon to the one spot. It could not fly away or move very far. The dragon had been bound so as not to escape but who would do such a thing it was evil.
Angel called the others in to have a look at the dragon so they could see the spell that bound him. ‘I can not help you at the moment.’ Looking him in the eyes as he indicated to the others to leave. Going over to the other side of the cave they made sure there was no one outside. As they moved across the cave the dragon watched them but did nothing. Seeing no one they slowly moved through the door in to the other deck.
Angel looking at the old spell holding Nirvana to the rock face, he stopped and had a closer look. ‘It seams to be getting weaker and I can see the pattern of the spell. I can see around the edges how it’s weakening we might be able to use a healing spell on it?’
Angel called Aura and explained to her what he wanted to do. ‘We need to combine our magic like we did in class yesterday when we made the fire go high. Now look at the spell and see the pattern, now we need to follow the path of the spell like we followed our magic path. As we do this we use our magic to enhance the old spell so it will try to fix itself.’
‘Now let the magic flow as we follow the spell in the pattern, clear and make it stronger. You can feel the flow of the spell as it does what it is supposed to do hold Nirvana against the rock face. Feel the spell it’s different to our magic in a way, it’s so old compared with today’s magic.’ He looked at the others as he spoke of the spell.
The others had joined him in fixing the spell; they let their flow of magic work through Angel and Aura as they were the ones who strengthen the spell. They followed the pattern and wove their magic into it to make it stronger.
When they had finished their work, they looked at the old spell and it was very hard to see where the spell had been weakened. They were proud of themselves for fixing it but it had taken a lot out of them. They were hungry and very tired and still only halfway home and they had just done magic they have never tried before. They had combined their magic which was unheard of.
As they headed off they spoke of the spell. ‘Angel did you feel how old the spell is, it was so different from anything that I’ve seen so far? It’s a strange magic and I was having trouble keeping up with what you were doing to it.’ Medwin said as they walked back.
‘Shylyn what did you think of the magic, could you see what we were doing with the old spell. Could you
understand it?’ Angel looked at her as he spoke.
‘I was the same as Medwin I had a lot of trouble understanding and following what you and Aura where doing.’ There was a puzzled look on her face as she tried to explain to Angel.
‘Maive were you the same as Shylyn and Medwin, or could you understand what we were doing?’ Angel was trying to work out why they did not understand, as he asked Maive.
‘The same as the others I could help but I couldn’t understand what you were doing. I could not see the pattern that you were seeing. I was able to let you have the help of my magic and that was all.’ Maive looked at him in wonder as she told him.
‘The spell was so old but the strength in it was incredible, without your help we would not have been able to fix it. We could clearly see the pattern in the spell where as before when we went to see our dragons I couldn’t. The only thing we did different from the rest of you was when Aura and I cleared each others magic paths. That’s got to be it.’ There was a sparkle in his eyes as he spoke of what he was seeing in the old spell.
Medwin spoke as they come to the door to the next dragon deck. ‘You must have joined magic’s when you both cleared each others paths. That altered the magic and allowed you to see the pattern. Your magic has changed and I think is now stronger than any others.’
As they were about to go through the door into the next deck their dragons come into the minds as they picked up on the dragon in the cave. Their dragons let them feel what they were feeling from the dragon. They could feel pain, a lot of pain and then in their minds their dragon could pick up what the adult dragon was seeing and feeling.
They could see a wizard and he was angry, his anger was directed at the dragon and they could feel the pain of the spell the wizard threw at it. For no reason the wizard had cast a spell of pain to hurt the dragon. They couldn’t understand a wizard using magic to hurt a dragon, this was unheard of.
The dragon was reeling in pain as the wizard did it again, why he was doing that when he was going to have to ride it. They could see he was angry but why, and then they heard him say something to the dragon. ‘Someone has fixed what took me weeks to do, I had a nice hole in the spell and then someone fixed it, all that time for nothing. Move you miserable creature before I really fix you.’
They could see through the dragons eyes the wizard climb on to its back and remove the spell holding it captive. Then the wizard spoke again. ‘Up creature and home, I’ll find who fixed what I had done and when I do they will wish they had never messed with me. I’ll be back and I’ll have that spell destroyed.’
That was all they got from the dragon as it took of into the air. Angel looked out to sea and just saw the dragon and wizard flying. There was no indication of where it was going to end up. Turning back to the door they found they were very tired and with watching what the dragon showed them, it took a lot of work just concentrating on what it was showing them. That made them even more tired and they still had a couple more decks to pass through yet.
Finely arriving at the door to their deck and quickly having a peek to see if there was any body around. They found that hardly anybody there so quickly went through the door and locked it behind them. Going into the meal hall they quickly got some food and took it up to their rooms where they ate it quickly and went to bed.
This morning they were hoping to get to their dragons today so Medwin, Maive and Shylyn could do the clearing exercise with their dragons, then they could see if they would be able to see the pattern in the spell. Again they found Gavrie was unable to take them in the Crystal chamber and were going to go to their dragons when another wizard come up to them and told them that they where in his class this morning.
They were to be working with weapon spells, ones that charge the Dragon Lances. Lances were laid out on tables some of them in bits as they were being fixed or used for training propose. The lances were all the weapons, a Dragon Rider could have and they were very good with them. When in a fight with Renegades the lance was their best defence.
Angel looked at Dareed their teacher and was about to speak but stopped. ‘You, have you heard of a Renegade before?’ As the teacher looked right at Angel
‘No sir who are they?’ He was now very interested in what the teacher would tell him.
‘A Renegade is just what it implies they are renegade wizards who enforce their magic on dragons so they can ride them.’ Dareed turned back to the lance he was holding as he spoke.
‘Where do they live sir, and how many of them are there, do they ever attack the school?’ Angel wanted very much to see if Dareed knew where they come from.
‘No one knows where they have their base but it is believed to be on one of the planets in the realm. They never attack here as they are not strong enough. Now let’s get on to loading the magic into the lances.’ He was pulling a part out of one and didn’t see the looks the four exchanged.
They spent the morning learning how to recharge the magic in a lance. Dareed would be taking them for the next four mornings as the head was not expected back till then. In the afternoon just after the meal they were gathered at the door leading out of the school and into the dragon deck when there came the warning to clear the decks as there was a dragon about to land.
Angel and his friends quickly stepped down by the door before all the students pilled into the school to get off the deck and away from the dragon. As they stood there they could see the dragon coming in from the sea and for a minute thought that it may have been the Renegade they had seen yesterday. They now knew who they had seen in that vision from the dragon. It was a Renegade.
Angel was looking at the dragon as it was coming in and could see another two coming in behind them. It was not long before Angel cold see it was his mother coming in and the other two were probably his brothers.
Tish landed NightWing with such grace; the two of them looked good together. Angel could see she had Gavrie with her. His brothers landed and climbed down off their dragons and made sure they were not upset being close to the wizards and the magic.
Tish and Gavrie come up to the school door and looked at the four and told them they should be inside. That was all he said as he hurried into the school leaving Tish to talk with Angel.
Angel introduced his friends to her and then Angels brothers come over and he had to do it all again. ‘Now you’ve meet my friends what are you doing here?’
Tish looked at him and gave him a cuddle. ‘Just come to give you a nice big hug in front of your friends. No I’ve got to be with Gavrie as he speaks with the school teachers so I will leave you with your brothers, love you son.’
Rho-Marin came up to Angel giving him a smile. ‘We’ve come to guard the school in case of attack.’
‘Encase of attack but who from and why?’ Angel was in shock when he heard this.
‘Renegades have brought dark creatures into this realm and they have just attacked the hatchery. We fought them off, but this is the first time anything like this has happened. We were lucky there were a lot of Dragon Riders home from other worlds or there would have been a lot more damage. No young dragons or eggs were damaged.’ Rho was still in shock that their young dragons and eggs would be attacked.
‘You now think they will attack here, but why would they attack the school there are very strong wizards here that can protect us all?’ Angel was starting to get worried.
Just then Tish came out and stopped by them. ‘Gavrie will not take protection from us; says he would not upset the dragons with all the wizards here, says they can protect themselves. They are going to get more lances ready as it looks like we are going to need them.’
Angel come up to his mother and gave her a hug. ‘Don’t worry about us we’ve got some very strong wizards here to protect us. You had better protect the young dragons if they have attacked once then they will attack again?’
Tish gave him a hug and turned and headed for her dragon. Angel’s brothers gave him a wave and followed her. It was not long and they w
ere in the air waving and gone. Angel looked at his friends and they knew they would be attacked as the Renegade Wizard tries to work on the spell again. But they were not going to let him; they headed to their room to decide what they would do next.
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Renegade
They had only been here about a week and all of a sudden they have to confront a bad wizard. Something kids of their age should never have to do but that’s the decision they have made. They would stop the Renegade Wizard, but by themselves and they will not tell anybody for fear they will lose their dragons.
Sitting looking out to sea, thinking of a plan that will let them defeat the wizard. Angel could see the fear in their eyes just like they could see it in his. He knew he had to be strong and the decision of what they were going to do was with him.
They all knew they could not stand by and let the wizard destroy the spell, but what were they to do. Finally Angel got up and looked at each of them. ‘We have to find out more about the wizard and the spell he is trying to work. That means we have to get as close to him the next time he comes and see if we can feel the spell and see what it looks like. Our dragons are the best way for us to know when he comes as they pick up the pain his dragon gives out.’
‘We will need to learn more spells so we’ll have to spend as much time in the library as possible. We need more defensive spells and some to attack, but which I don’t know. If we see what spell he is using and the one holding his dragon, that might give us an idea as to what he is capable of.’ He headed out the door knowing the others will follow.
They all fell in behind him and as they got to the floor with the library on it, angel stopped. ‘We must find some defensive spells, that will be you Medwin, Maive, and Shylyn and I look for weapon spells.
Not knowing what to look for they had to look at every page to see if there was some way of getting to the right spells. After it was quite dark outside they had not achieved much and decided they would have to have another think on how to find the right spells.