//------------------------------// // EPS 23 // Story: The Dragon Riders // by Dragontamer99 //------------------------------// We flew for about 3 more days after talking about our dreams. I spent those three days talking to Aradace thinking of baby names I think we have decided that we will name the baby after its looks and personality. Because we don't know how it will turn out. After a while I looked over at Blueblood. I smiled. He looked very excited. I asked Briggen. " Blueblood looks excited are we almost there?" Briggen looked at me for a minute and then said "Yes Lily we are almost there. Right over this mountain." I nodded and looked towards the mountain that we had started to fly over. We got higher and higher. We finally reached the top and saw a beautiful castle. I think my jaw dropped. We flew slowly towards the castle. We finally landed at the gates. The guards there took a step back and shook in fear. Blueblood said in a stern voice. I would have expected you all to raise your weapons and take a step forward not backwards. My legion does not have time for cowards." their eyes widened and the dropped to the ground in their knees. They all said "sorry Blueblood." Blueblood said "You're forgiven. But this shall never happen again." they all nodded and stepped back out of the way. Aradace and Briggen walked through the village. People lined up like my village had done. We smiled as we reached the castle entrance. We both hopped off our dragons and Blueblood rang a bell with a speaker type thing beside it. Blueblood after holding the button down said "Ma, father? Come down please I have some surprises that I want to show you." Blueblood barely finished his sentence before a woman rushed out of the doors. She squeezed Blueblood so tight I thought she would an app him in two. He managed to whisper out. "Can't... Breathe...!" his mother I guess stepped away and smiled she said " Blueblood I'm so glad your...ho-" she stopped talking as Briggen nuzzled Blueblood neck. Aradace let out a chuckle and his mom looked towards me. She took a step back towards the door. I took a large step towards her and said "Hello, they won't hurt you I promise. These are our dragons. The grey one is called Briggen and this is Aradace. She smiled and nodded. I gently took her hand and guided her next to Aradace I said to Aradace "Lay down." Aradace happily sunk to the floor and I kissed her head and stroked her nose. I gently placed the queens hand on Aradace's nose. She held it there and Aradace blew hot air out of her nose. She smiled and then stepped back again she looked at me still smiling and said "And who might you be darling?" I smiled and said "I am Lily, Blueblood brought me here to meet you?" she turned to Blueblood "Is this the girl you talked about?" Blueblood nodded and said "She is my soul mate..." I smiled and grabbed his hand. He kissed my cheek and we looked back at his mother." she looked very excited. And as if on cue Blueblood father came out of the doors. He looked at me and Blueblood and then to his wife and then he looked at the two dragons. He opened his mouth to say something but closed it. He looked to Blueblood expectantly and waited patiently to explain. Blueblood said "Okay, Father this is Lily and Lily this is my Father. My father bowed to me and then I curtsied and he took my hand and kissed the back of it. He said "Call me Jack." the queen stepped forward and said "Call me Ella." I nodded towards each of them and the nodded back. Ella said "I would invite you in but..." she motioned to the dragons. Blueblood was one step ahead of Ella he already had the glass like orbs. He gave one to Briggen and we watched as he shrunk. It was funny to watch. I looked to Aradace and she said, "I'll go explore around the castle. I won't go outside the perimeter." I nodded and she took of. Ella stepped forward and watched as Aradace started to circle the perimeter of the castle. Ella asked "Why doesn't she shrunk too?" I smiled wide and said "Because she's pregnant." they all looked stunned. I smiled and Jack said "Well, dinner is waiting why don't we all go talk over a nice meal. We all went in and we sat down. I was to the left of Blueblood who was on the right of his father. As we sat down the maids brought out platters of food. They opened them and I was presented with Steak with a side of Asparagus and corn. I smiled and we started eating. Every now and then Blueblood would give Briggen bites to eat. Before long Blueblood just asked for a plate of steak for Briggen. I almost laughed at how happy he looked. Once everyone was finished eating Jack dismissed everyone and we all left for the library. It was big. I smiled as we entered. We sat down and Ella and Jack looked at us expectantly. So I started from the beginning. 2 "First it started with the marking I was born with. It was a pair of dragon wings on my back. It also had a crown on top. I grew up with my mom always telling me I would be a dragon queen and that I would have a dragon army. When I turned 16 my mother sat up a party in the castle. Villagers would come and bring me gifts and then we would eat and go home. I was confronted by a man who was very sinister looking we all were a bit tense when he came up to my eat and spoke the words Two queens will rise and the new age will start, a species that has been dead for years never died completely. Two will rise and change everything. I passed out after he said that but not before seeing him explode into ashes. I though it was truly terrible. I then woke up to find a new mark. It now has a marking under the wings a symbol. No one knows what it means because it was written in a dragon language. My parents came in a then told me about a species that they had tried to save. It was dragon's. After that I couldn't get dragon's out of my mind. One night I had a dream that I was in a forest under a giant flaming tree in a clearing around that was a dragon. A red and black dragon. I woke up and went to see the sorceress and she told me that she knew where that was. I followed her instructions and I eventually found my dragon. We spent a week together before I decided to go back home. When we got home I was told the news about my mother the Queen. I cried so much. After that I vowed I would find all the dragon's. I studied with my sorceress until we found our information. I then learned that my father had a fellow who had traveled far to see me. So I met with him and we started off well. We went to my sorceress and when we stepped through the door magic happened before our eyes. My sorceress told us we were soul mates. We studied some more before I decided to leave for a store in the mountain of mazes. I found it and it led to the coast. We found two species of dragon there. Forest and water dragon's. I loved it. We met other riders too. We eventually after maybe a month we all flew home and we set up rooms and guards or personal combat assistants and then we left the next morning. We were on our way North so we decided to stop by the mountains to see Blueblood home. And now we are here." I finished my story and everyone even Blueblood was looking at me I smiled slightly and I said "That's how we got where we are." It all started with a Mark. + TBC