The Dragon Knight Order Read Free

obligation of the Dragon Knight, regardless of rank, to ensure that all other branches of students follow the rules’. In other words, Dragons police Knights and Knights police other students. Aside from that, I was obligated to take mandatory classes with battlemages, healers and commanders, as well as my Dragon Knight classes, whatever those might be.
     
    Once I arrived at the Dragon Hold, I found the very same dragon from the Ceremony hall standing by the entrance to the Sky Dome.
     
    “I know you have questions young one and you will have your answers in due time. For the time being, allow me to welcome you to the Sky Dome. Since I know you won’t be able to sleep if I don’t answer at least the basic questions of what a Dragon Knight is, I will try to explain it as best I can. I am afraid I’m a bit out of practice with being a teacher of new Knights. If that’s all right with you, I will begin my explanation.”
     
    “Yes please do.”
     
    “Dragon Dealing or Dragon Riding, is the secret human art of forming a pact with a dragon which, based on the dragon's attribute or ability, with training will give the user full control over that dragon's particular attribute. For example, as a darkness dragon my powers vary from controlling shadows to creating total darkness or condensing it into spheres that consume everything in their path. If you form a deal or pact with me, you will gain these abilities to a lesser degree than me, yet far stronger than any battlemage can ever hope to achieve in all of his life. We dragons call it dragon riding or dealing because you are in essence riding on our power, but in the old days Dragon Knights referred to the pact as ‘deal’ or ‘contract’.
     
    “I understand it somewhat.  So what you’re saying is by performing a deal with a dragon my magical power will increase? Only that? I remember being taught Dragon Knights were strong in all aspects.”
     
    “That is correct. Aside from increasing your magical power, you will be physically stronger, smarter, much more agile, and will live four times the regular life span of a human. You are also immune to most human illnesses. However, you will be able to contract dragon illnesses. It’s an extremely complex form of magic.”
     
    “I don’t feel any different than before,” I said while considering the idea of living to be more than 300 years old. Watching my friends grow old and die, and all the other things I would see. The vastness of the concept scared me so I shoved it into the back of my mind. 
     
    “You won’t feel different for quite some time; in fact most Knights don’t notice the changes until they see their normal friends start to age or when their skin turns pink because they contracted a dragonian rash. In any case it is not an instant ordeal it will take time for the changes to set in.”
     
    Then I said something really stupid. “Wouldn’t it be easier to just let me be a battlemage like the rest of my friends?” I said looking down.
     
    “You have no idea of what you speak of.” He was clearly upset by what I had just said. “As head dragon here at the Academy, I will not accept the first Dragon Knight in twenty five years to be disrespectful enough to suggest he is not ‘cut out’ to join our Order because he wanted to be a battlemage. That is the most pathetic thing I have heard in years. After performing the third contract, a Dragon Knight in training can defeat the average fully trained battlemage. A fully trained Knight with four contracts can defeat a team of battlemages and still have enough energy to take on a legion of regular soldiers. A Dragon Rider which has mastered all contracts can single handedly bring a dragon to its knees. Who ever heard of a Dragon Knight abandoning their training to become a battlemage?”
     
    “I am sorry for saying that. I just don’t understand why you picked me.”
     
    “I am sorry for letting my anger flare like that. Remember, I am a bit