//------------------------------// // EPS 21 // Story: The Dragon Riders // by Dragontamer99 //------------------------------// Blueblood P.O.V I woke up early, I had gone to bed last night late. I was up with Briggen as he worried over Aradace. I knew she was fine and after I finally convinced Briggen I got up and had gone to Lily room. I had walked in to see Lily sleeping beside Aradace's head. I smiled and lifted Lily into my arms. For a moment I held her as she snuggled into my arms. I sighed and kissed her forehead and laid her down on the bed. I covered her up and left The room since she would probably hate me if I had changed her into her night clothes. I had fallen asleep rather quickly thinking about Lily. I smiled at the memories of last night and got up out of bed. Changing into some training clothes. Which to me was a tight shirt with some loose fitting pants. I grabbed some shoes and went to go to Lily's room. Before I even got up Lily came into my room basically bouncing. She looked at me and said "Great we can go now!" I laughed and mumbled to myself "Where does she get that energy." I followed her through the castle to the kitchen. Me and Lily had some biscuits and some drink. After our quick breakfast we hurried to the training area. When we got outside no one was there yet. Lily laughed and said "They'll be down in a little. We are early." I nodded and said "Great You can show me how terrible you are at sword fighting!" Lily laughed and said "I was just about to say that!" we laughed and both got swords. They were practice swords of course and I'm betting my life that Metin put enchantments on them so that no one could get hurt. We stood in the center of the arena and shook hands. I laughed and Lily smirked. Above Briggen was watching and he said to both of us. "Okay guys I want a clean fight. No tickling." I looked up "Awe Briggen you totally ruined the fun!" we all laughed and then we turned to face each other slowly getting serious. After a minute Briggen said "Go." Me and Lily didn't spring at each other we slowly started to go in a circle around each other. I smiled slightly and noticed Lily foot twitch toward I got read but what happened next was not what I was expecting. Lily sprang to the left and swing her sword to the right. It his me squarely. I recovered and faced Lily. I blocked the blow I knew was coming. She threw blow after blow. She swing to my right and when I went to defend she swung it to the left. I blocked swiftly and squared my feet. I started to push her back she blocked every blow. Though I started to hit harder. She then tripped me and I fell. I didn't have enough time to get up so I blocked from the ground. I blocked left, right, right, left, overhead, right, left. It went on until I was pushed back against the arena walls. I was still desperately blocking. After a moment I tripped her and bolted up. She was up just as fast and I blocked some more of her blows. I felt sweat riding down my forehead. I switched left hand and started to attack just as hard. Hesitation flashed across her features before she switched left to. I was surprised. She was good. We kept going on before after a while she put on a new burst of energy. She hit hard. I blocked and she got faster. She kept throwing blows faster and faster. I could keep up and she finally hit a blow on the left shoulder. I switched sword hands and she did too. I put my arm behind my back because I couldn't use it anymore. We dodged each other and she just as fast as before tripped me. I yelped and went down. I raised me sword to bock her but she hit the sword and with a loud ring it was shot away. I was defenseless. I looked up at her before she pointed her sword at my throat. I swallowed and held up my hand slowly surrendering. She laughed and held up her sword triumphantly. I smiled and she helped me up. I noticed that all the Guards and new trainees were here now. They had watched as we had fought. She walked over and high fives some of the Guards. She clapped some on the shoulder and some just told her she did great. I came over and the Guards greeted me. Lily said "And that gentle men is why you do not underestimate you opponent." they all nodded. We continued and showed all the new trainees how to fight and defend themselves against different things. We showed them how to defend against archers and other projectiles. After we were done it was a little after lunch Lily said "Okay, training is over. You may all go have lunch now." I looked at her and she said "We have so many guards here that we have different raining times. The guards that train in the mornings are replaced by guards who train in the afternoon. When the Guards that train in the afternoon come then the Guards that train in the morning take over then. I nodded. We put the swords and other stuff away and then we left. We headed to the dining room where her father was already. He looked at us and smiled He said "I see you've been training the new trainees huh?" we both nodded and Haven said "Me and Blueblood also had a mock fight. It was a lot of fun." The king looked at me and say d"You didn't win I bet, huh?" I shook my head and said "No sir I did not win." the king looked back at Lily and he said to me "You probably won't ever win, but if you do, tell me how to win." we all laughed and I nodded "You have my word." Lily laughed and said "Too bad you'll never win." I looked at her and said "I'll win one way or another." she blushed and right on que the Maids came carrying platters. Just as the kids came down and took a seat. Lily and I turned out attention to them immediately. Lily asked "How did you all sleep last night?" Caspian said "I slept wonderfully thank you." Nico came over and sat on my lap. She looked up at me and said "I slept okay. I was with Orchid. We both slept fine." I mentally screamed at how cute she was. I looked at Lily and said "That's great sweetheart I'm glad you slept okay." she smiled and leaned back against me. The maids opened the platter and there was sugar rolls and Chicken that was cut up and put on a thin stick. I smiled and whispered to Nico, this will be a great meal. Go sit down and I'd advise eating the sugar roll first. She laughed and went and said down. We had made a chair to fit her size. She picked up the till and looked towards me. I winked at her and she giggled taking a bite. She smiled big and said to Amber "Eat the roll, it's so good!" everyone at the table smiled and laughed at Nico. I smiled and dug into my food. Savoring how good it was. ( "There is no greater journey than the one that you must take to discover all of the mysteries that lie within you." ~ Michelle Sandlin) Blueblood and Lily have become Queen and King of the dragons. father has stepped down so they may rule together. They are always finding a new species of dragons and have been content with their two kids. Their children are in for a huge adventure when something dreadful happens at the castle. Will the two children be able to stop whatever is coming at them or will the age of dragons end as soon as it has begun? Lily P.O.V When we had all finished eating I stood and waited for attention. When I had it I said "Guards, Training in two hours. Morning trainees will be taking over position in around and hour in a half. Be ready. She turned to the rest. There is a meeting in 30 minutes please be ready, we will be discussing matters with dragons." they all nodded. I looked at father, we had talked about Matthew during lunch a little. He had agreed and even suggested a guard for all of them. I nodded and listed names. I had a few female guards so I suggested them for Zane, Nahla, and Amber. My father agreed and Rang the bell. All the guard were in here after a minute. Father and I stood a dressing the 6 we had picked. I said "Matthew, Blake, Luke, Sara, Rose, and Persephone. The guards that I had called stepped forward and got on one knee bowing their heads. Blake was tall with black hair and green eyes. Luke had short brown hair with blue eyes. He also had lot of freckles. Sara had long curly brown hair with blue eyes. And some freckles on her nose. Rose was a strawberry blonde with bright green eyes. She was young but had experience. Persephone had midnight black hair with dark brown eyes. Her eyes almost blended in with the color of her pupil. She was actually a lot paler than you would think. I told them to ride and said "I promise your not in trouble so please breathe before you pass out. Everyone except for Matthew let out a big breathe. I smiled and said " I have assigned you all for something important." they all nodded and I looked at the other guards. Some had jealousy in their eyes. I quickly dismissed them all and turned back to the six guards. I said "Matthew, you probably already know your job so you may take Nico out and maybe show her around the gardens and the stables? Show her my horse." I smiled as Nico excitedly ran towards Matthew. He walked behind her as he directed her through the doors. I looked back at the other guards I said "Now, I want you all to know that your status has now... Risen, you will be guarding the Dragon riders because them being Dragon riders immediately puts them in harm's way. We cannot forget why we have to go looking for dragons in the first place." they all nodded and I said "Blake you will be guarding Jax. Jax had been mute for his whole life up until now. Be kind and patient." Blake nodded and said "Come on Jax, I Show you where we train." Jax nodded looking excited. I continued "Luke, you will be guarding Caspian, he may be older than most of them but he has lived in a cave for his whole life. You can leave his side 2 hours before dinner. Luke nodded and motioned for Caspian to follow him. I looked back at the three female guards I said "Rose you will be guarding Zane, show her around and show her how to use some of the things we have here." Rose nodded and her and Zane walked off through the door to our right. I looked back and said "Sara, you will guard Nahla, take her around the castle, also, show her the huge lake we have." Nahla looked up excited and the two basically ran out of the room together "I muttered to Lily, Those two will be great friends. I tried picking young guards." Blueblood nodded and I looked at Persephone "Persephone you will be guarding Amber." I turned and whispered to Amber "you better not kill the guard." She winked at me and was already talking to Persephone before they got out the room. I looked towards father who said "Now that is cleared up, when will you be leaving for the mountains?" I shrugged and said "I planned on leaving tomorrow morning." my father looked slightly sad and I said "Maybe we will find a Dragon for you?" my father's eyes lit up and Metin suddenly appeared next to us. I don't move or flinch but Nico jumped and yelped a little. I looked at him and he regained his posture and said "Sorry." I laughed and turned to Metin I said "You got the letter? Is there a way I can do it?" she nodded and handed me some parchment. She said "The directions are on here." She gave me the things and disappeared again. I read the parchment along with Blueblood. I've been studying Dragon riders, they intrigue me. I've learned that a Dragon rider is born to a Dragon baby. When a rider doesn't know where the Dragon is but wants to find it, there is only 1 thing you can do. The way to find the Dragon is to look at the connection and figure out what Dragon the person is attached to. It usually has to do with which Dragon species the feel a connection with. Sometimes people feel a certain pull to a certain Dragon species. When you figure out which species it is then you have to go and look for that species. For example if say someone is attached to a water Dragon the would go to the ocean and say the words "Dragon of the sea before me, come meet your fate at the hands of your mate." the Dragon your attached to would feel a sensation in their head and they will eventually follow a mental connection right to you. Water Dragon - "Dragon of the sea before me, come meet your fate at the hands of your mate." Fire Dragon - "Dragon of the Fire so dire, come meet your fate at the hands of your mate." Forest Dragon - "Dragon of the trees before me, come meet your fate at the hands of your mate." Mountain Dragon - "Dragon of rock so distraught come meet your fate at the hands of your mate. Ice Dragon - Dragon of ice so nice come meet your fate at the hands of your mate. I looked at Blueblood, that was so weird. The rhymes created special connection with that person so the Dragon could find their rider. I looked at my father. I said "What Dragon species are you pulled to, my father immediately said "Ice." I nodded and said "Repeat after me, Dragon of ice so nice come meet your fate at the hands of your mate." my father said "Dragon of ice so nice come meet your fate at the hands of your mate." after a second my head was filled with images I smiled and grabbed Blueblood hand, we walked towards the door. I looked back as I got to the door and said "I can do it. Don't worry." + TBC