I spent the next few days in the library studying dragons. Ever since my mother and father told me about them they haven't left my mind. Now I know almost everything about dragons.
There used to be 5 tribes, forest, mountain, ice, water, and last but not least, fire. Something about fire intrigued me. I love the color and the element is just so powerful. I also knew that forest eggs were green and have a layer of poison on them so no animals would want to smash the eggs.
I know that mountain eggs were harder than rocks and the dragons inside enter the world stronger than any other dragonet. The ice egg is only found in the coldest of places. So no one, no animals, would want to go there to get the eggs. Water eggs are at the very bottom of the ocean hidden under sand so nothing can find them.
Lastly, the fire eggs are the rarest, you could only find 1 fire egg every 20 years at the top of volcanoes where the heat can feed them and make them stronger. They can, although it is tough, survive in the coldest climates because the fire within them keeps them and their riders warm. That fact hit me the hardest.
You can tame dragons... No, no if a child that would become a rider is born a dragon is born at the same time and their hearts are bound. If I am a dragons rider I need to find my dragon.
I searched through every book in our library and found no specific books about markings of dragon riders. I will have to go somewhere where only the king has ever gone. I need to go to our sorceress.
After I told my father of my plans he reluctantly agreed to take me. Even though he wasn't excited about taking me to the sorceress he was excited about riding there.
We share a horse because I don't have one yet. When we got out to the stables after getting changed I️ was met with the sight of a beautiful, new horse. It was white with brown splotches with a white and brown mane and tail.
It had one eye dark brown and one eye bright golden. My father said, "I found him at the market, it will be your mothers but you can share because I'm sure soon you'll have... a dragon of your own." I laughed and ran to the horse. I waited for father to get seated and then spurred spirit into a trot behind my father.
I loved how smooth he trotted so I spurred him to go faster, in the end, me and dad ended up racing to the forest, I won by a lot. The horse wasn't even out of breath. I patted his neck and turned to look for Spike my “father”. He was almost here. I waited till he was next to me to say "I win you lose I'm faster than you!" We laughed and I let father take the lead again.
He said "we aren't much farther. The sorceress is just a little further into the forest. I didn't bother looking for dragons; in the books, it said that the forest dragons died out first. No one really knows the truth though. People were scared of dragons and dragon riders, they hated the fact that there were people more powerful.
I was so caught up in my thoughts that it startled me when I heard my father say "here we are." I looked up and gaped at the small shack. "THIS is where the sorceress is, I would have taken it as a tool shack!" I looked around more to see if maybe it was a joke but father got off his horse and walked to the shack. He turned around winked at me and stepped through the wall. I gasped at this and got off my horse. I walked to the "shack" and felt it with my hand.
I pressed and my hand went through. I stepped back and tied the horses and when I turned back I drew up all the courage I had and stepped through. I felt a pulling sensation and then everything stopped. I didn't know I closed my eyes until I opened them. My father was sitting in a chair talking to a lady who was very stunning. I looked around, we were in a big room with doors on three sides. Where there wasn't a door there was a desk and two chairs. I walked over and sat down and said "hello." The lady nodded. She looked towards my father and he said: "Metin, this is my daughter, Lily, and Lily (he turned to me) this is Metin, the sorceress." I looked back at Metin and nodded.
I brought forth my courage again an said "I'm very intrigued by a certain subject and wondered if you have any information about... It...for me." She replied "well I know that you didn't come here just to ask about a subject in a book you came here because you are certain I will have answers... But what exactly?" I leaned forward and said one-word "dragons." She laughed and looked at my father and said "Leave us, I will have her back at the castle an hour before sunset" he nodded briskly and stood, kissed me and left. I, alarmed, looked back at Metin.
She stood and opened a door to her right and said "Lily dear come through here. We must not be disturbed by any outside forces." I nodded and walked through the door. We were in a meadow. I was confused as I️ turned to look at Metin; she said with a smile "I know I said outside forces but if you look closely you can see we are indeed inside with an outside interior." I tried to wrap my brain around her confusing sentence but decided I better just leave it. I looked around and noticed that there were shimmers every so often. Like on a hot day when you look at the horizon and you see heat waves. I smiled and turned towards Metin who had somehow brought out a desk and a stack of scrolls.
I walked over and picked one up, it was blank. Metin looked it over and said a few words under her breath and when I looked back at the scroll there were words and pictures I read and when I read over a word it seemed to be another voice it said:
dragons have intrigued me all my life, I've been studying all that I could, I've finally found one, a fire egg! I took it and brought it to my place where I put a bunch of blankets an warm objects near to keep it warm. I waited and waited but it never hatched. I knew something was wrong. I looked through all of my paper and read as much as I could while tending the egg, I finally found my information. For the egg to hatch a child must be born to it. I waited and waited.
For years nothing stirred. I was beginning to think the dragon died. Finally, after about a decade the egg moved. I finally had proof that the dragon inside was still alive. I celebrated. I waited with new found enthusiasm. After about 3 more years the dragon moved even more. I knew that there must be a child out there unborn ready to be bound to this dragon.
Finally, word got to me that a princess had been born to the southern kingdom. I knew this was it. I looked at the egg but before it hatched a man came demanding I had the egg smashed. I tried to reason with him but he took a knife to me. I said I would, that I would take it and smash it somewhere. He looked satisfied and I grabbed the egg and took it away.
Far away. I was almost to my destination when I heard the crack. It was hatching! I took it and laid it near the volcano I was trying to get to and left. I never stayed to see if it hatched; After a few days I wanted to go back but...
I looked up "that can't be it! What happened, who was the princess?!" Metin looked at me and smiled and said: "here this is another scroll about the same dragon." I looked at it and gasped. It was the same dragon from my dream! Wait... the dream... IT WAS REAL!