Dragon Rider (DragonMage Saga) Read Free

yell. ‘I will be back for you
later don’t go far’
    She gave him a wave, turned the
dragon and flew out of the dragon hall. He and his friends gave her a wave and
settled back down to watch more dragons coming in. They never tired of this and
would sit there for ages.
    Much later they could see it was starting
to darken with the attendants lighting torches around the wall. His friends got
up talking about time to go. ‘We have to go before it gets too dark. The path
home is lit but we still got to be careful, see you in the morning.’ As Pol
nudged Tas into movement.
    Angel getting up. ‘I had better
get down to the hall before mum gets back. What are we going to do with the
dragons in the morning now that we beat them? We’ll have to find something else
to do with them, something different.’
    ‘Lets think on it over night and
we’ll meet you at the dining hall.’ Tas waving as he left them.
    Angel and Pol waved to each other
as they went different ways. Angel walked down to the great hall but his mind
was still on what happened as he had left the young dragons earlier.
    Why did it nip at me, strange
they’ve never done anything like that before? I didn’t hurt it, we’ve played
harder and rougher why would it nip at me. My friends were in front of me and
they walked closer but it didn’t nip them, just me.
    Suddenly he stopped, bumping into
someone; his mind had been on the little dragon that nipped him, he had not
been watching where he was going, and was lucky it wasn’t a wall but his
brother Rho-Marin. Stopping, he looked up and suddenly realized who it was.
‘Rho what are you doing here mum said you and Etha wouldn’t be back till late,
so she was going to take me home.’
    Rho looked at him with a smile on
his face. ‘I got back earlier than I thought and decided to see what you were
up to. Want a ride home as I think mum will be late she was sent to sort out a
problem with the wizards.’
    Rho-Marin was Angel’s oldest half
brother; he had another half brother Etha-Wyn. Both were dragon riders, with
Rho riding a white named Moontear and Etha riding a blue named MoonSkin. They were
ten years older than him and with their father having died in an attack by
renegade dragon riders. Angel’s father, no one knows who he was as his mother
would not tell anyone. He gets ribbed about it at times but it doesn’t worry
him.
    His half brothers are really good
to him and have taken care of him when their mother is away. Angels name is
single. All Dragon Rider names are two part names but his is not. His mother
told him she liked the name Angel as she was lucky not to lose him, so she
decided his name was to be Angel. She did not adhere to the double speaking
name the dragon riders have.
    So Rho asks him again. ‘Want a
ride home as I’m going there now?’
    ‘Well I’m not going to wait
around half the night so let’s go, race you.’ Angel was quick off the mark
being down the hall before Rho could move.
    Angel was about to climb up onto
the dragon when Rho got there. His dragon was just a little jumpy while Angel
was getting on and so Rho was holding him to calm him. ‘I don’t know why he’s
playing up like this maybe it’s the long day, common let’s go home.’
    He jumped up in front of Angel
and they took off. The dragon rose into the air with a quick jump, the wings
starting to flap in gentle rhythmic motions till it left the Dragon Hall. Once
outside the wings beat faster lifting it higher and quicker. Rho could still
feel Moontear was a bit jittery, giving him a pat on the side of the neck to
try settling him down. At least they didn’t have far to go.
    They climbed up high above the
Dragon Hall cave where there were homes built into the mountain. These homes
had caves for the dragons that lived with their Riders. Once inside the cave
and on the ground Angel jumped down and thanked his brother and dragon and went
inside to get a meal ready.
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