Dragon Rider (DragonMage Saga) (24 page)

The Dragon Decks were like half
circles stuck to the side of the mountain. Then they all had a tower with a
wall that went to the mountain face. The wall had a door that took you inside
the wall where you could go up the tower or walk through to the next deck. At
their dragons end was a castle just the same as the one the school uses.

Angel suddenly had a thought as
they flew above the end castle, would there be any books in there. If their
dragons were going to stay here they would have to have a look and see what’s
in there. But that will have to wait till they next get back here, and Angel
was dreading the parting as they needed the bond that was between them.

They so much wanted to be with
their dragons it was going to be harder to part from them each time. They must
come up with a solution and soon as time was running out. The Renegade and the
creature attacks were going to make it harder still. Angel knew they or he
needed to come up with an idea soon.

They come down two decks over
from the school and said their goodbyes and headed off. They get to the door to
find Gavrie was standing on the other side talking to the wizard who is going
to be on watch. Standing there they could hear him talking.

*

‘We don’t expect an attack for a
few days but we must keep our guard up at all times. The Dragon Riders are
having the same problem with all the attacks and so many riders off world at
the moment. They are trying for a hit or miss at looking for the Renegade base,
but may have to pull them back soon if the attacks don’t stop. Keep a close eye
out as I don’t think they will leave us alone for long.’ Gavrie waited for the
wizard to go before turning his head around to scan the deck looking for Angel
and his group.

Not seeing them around he started
to head off to check the library to see if they were there or not. He was going
to keep an eye on them but there is no time to do that. Thinking on what he
would do he headed to the school and the library just maybe they are there.

*

Seeing Gavrie finely go they
quickly went through the gate and walked into the cave and went across in the
shadow of the cave encase Gavrie turned and saw them. They waited before
entering the school and trying catch site of Gavrie before he saw them. If they
could get to the meal hall they would be fine.

They got there with no sign of
him and get their meal and take it back to their common room. They enjoyed
being able to do that as it was not uncommon for wizards to do, so they might
be able to be alone to study their magic.

They have a peaceful meal and
just sit quietly thinking of the fun they had today. That was the first time
they simply just played and not thought of what was going on and what they were
going to have to do about it.

Angel come out of his thoughts
and looked at the others. He could see the near panic on their faces and
quickly got up and went over to the window. ‘We all know what will happen if
the Renegade is left to finish what he’s doing. If we tell Gavrie what is
happening we could lose our dragons, we might not but for them to find out our
dragons have magic, we don’t know what they will do.’ He turns to them looking
each in the eye, they see his determination. ‘They might not do anything, we
just don’t know. I believe that what we do now is for the best, we work behind
to keep our families safe. We have our dragons there to help us and with their
magic and ours together we are stronger, we just need to learn how strong we
are.’

Medwin looked at him and seeing
the hope in Angel’s eyes and determination he knew he was right. ‘We know you
are right, we’re just afraid as we have never been in anything like this
before, it’s all so knew. We will try but we’re still afraid but we’re with you.’

The girls stood and went over to
Angel and gave him a hug with Medwin joining in. There were tears on their
faces as they come away from each other. They were the guardians of their follow
wizards at the moment and they had to make sure nothing happened to the school.

They went back to their seats as
their dragons entered their minds. The dragons could feel the out pouring of
emotions and were worried. They had also been a bit down after Angel and the
others left them. They could feel the bond they had now was to be very
important in the future. They felt they are a start of something that was going
to go on for years.

They all had a feeling what they
do here was going to change a lot of things in the future. It was just going to
be a hard road ahead with them being so young they were going to have to learn
a lot in a short space of time. They knew they would make mistakes along the
way but it was something they would have to live with.

Sitting back down at the table
they had to work out a plan that would get them to their dragons as much as
possible. They knew the dragon of the Renegade would warn them when they come.
They knew somewhere out at sea Renegades would open portals into the Dark
Realms and let creatures come to their world. They knew that the most important
thing was they had to be with their dragons as much as possible.

Angel was thinking when he had an
idea. ‘We know when the Renegade comes, for his dragon will tell us. The last
time he came the creatures come so tells us that when he comes next the
creatures will also come so will give us a warning. We just need to let the
wizards know when the attack comes so they could try and get some Dragon Riders
here. What do you think?’

Shylyn spoke with a new zest in
her voice. ‘Yes we get the time in between to be with our dragons as much as
possible. We will get the afternoons and in the evenings we work in the library
and learn more spells. I also think we need to find more on the Renegades and
on the Wizard School and the whole of Nirvana.’

Angel stood and smiled before he
reminded them what they had to find out about the spell the Renegade is using
to destroy the spell. ‘We will have to. Next time he comes before the creatures
attack go and be ready to get a feeling for the spell he uses. It also means we
are not going to be around when the creatures attack the school. We need to
think off a reason to tell Gavrie why we’re not there. So I think we will have
to find a new secret place so that Gavrie can find us there but also have the
reason why we were not helping with the attack. So it must be in the quietist
part of the school where we will not be able to hear anything?’

‘Tomorrow we go hunting a nice
quite place and let Gavrie know about it after the attack.’ Maive looked with a
gleeful simile on her face.

Contents

The Secret Room

It dawned cloudy with what looked
to be storm clouds on the horizon. Going out and standing on the deck before they
went in for their breakfast, they could see it was a storm brewing. They found
standing out by the wall around the deck was so peaceful, as no other student
or teachers were out here.

They felt they needed just a
little peace and quite for what they planed today. Trying to find a place was
not going to be easy as other students would have had the same idea. It was
lucky the school had hundreds of rooms that were not used and students were
allowed to find one and seal it with a spell.

It was that student’s room and no
one was allowed in it but that student. The teachers’ encouraged students to
find their places of solitude so they could learn their powers and work on
their own spells. All wizards are like this except Angel, Medwin, Shylyn and
Maive, they found they needed each others company.

They could see the storm was
nearly on them, so moved back inside to get something to eat. They did have a
class with Gavrie before they were to have the afternoon free. Having finished
their breakfast they grabbed a drink to take to the Crystal Chamber with them
as when in there, they find they get thirsty.

Entering the chamber they find
Gavrie sitting in the middle of the floor waiting for them. ‘Come sit in a
circle with me and we will start. I would like you to just let your magic flow
through you and around you.’

They sat there for an hour just
letting the magic flow through and around there bodies. Angel could feel the
magic finding all the parts of his body and learning about his body. He never
knew there was so much to his body for the magic flowed through his blood and
his heart and all his organs.

The magic seamed to want to learn
how everything in his body worked. A feeling he has never experienced before.
It was a wonderful feeling that he was getting back from his magic. He could
see from the look on the others faces they were experiencing the same feelings.

Gavrie watched them and a smile
came to his face as he could remember the exact same feeling when he was that
age. He could see they were nearly ready for the next part of the class but
gave them just a little bit longer. It was one of the most exquisite feelings
one got. It brought the magic into harmony with the body and now made it
possible for them to learn the next spell he would teach them.

‘Ok now just let the magic flow
back to normal, letting it flow as before. Now I will teach you how to shield
your body with your magic. Your magic needed to be able to feel every part of
your body for it is your only protection.’ They all looked at him not understanding
what he was meaning. ‘You can learn how to cast spells but can you stop spells
from harming your body. Your magic needs to be able to shield your body when
under attack.’ Looking at their faces he could see they were starting to get
the picture.

‘You can cast spells at wizards
and they can cast them at you but to shield yourself you need to be able to
have a spell that can place a shield in front of you to deflect the spell.
Trying to cast a spell to change the spell being cast at you is very difficult
so a wizard needs his magic to do that for him at a moments notice.’ Getting as
he carried on explaining.

‘It's not foolproof but it will
stop a lot of spells or deflect them. So it left the wizard to work on his
spells of attack. Letting your own magic know your body, lets the magic protect
it without the wizard being conscience of it.’ Looking closely at them, and
watching their reactions.

‘Now you must let your magic feel
your bodies again as you picture the magic putting up an invisible bubble
around your body at a moments notice. Soon as a wizard or creature fires a
spell at you your magic will have the bubble up to protect you. It will not
work on all spells or very powerful spells but it will help to deflect part of
it so that you do not get hit to hard.’ He could see they were a bit sceptical,
so he would have to give them a little demo.

Now with the magic flowing around
and through their bodies Gavrie tells them to tell the magic to protect their
body let no harm touch it. They must tell the magic it is their protection, the
bodies’ guardian. They could feel the magic change slightly and could feel
protectiveness with it.

The magic was a part of him and
as a part of him could protect him. The magic felt protective, where as before
it was a part of himself to use. The magic could now feel part of the body.
Magic before just flowed through the body now it was part of him.

Angel looked at Gavrie. ‘Will it
protect me now from a spell or do we have to keep practicing with the magic?’

Gavrie suddenly cast a fire ball
spell at Angel; there was no time for him to cast another spell that would
block it. The fire ball all of a sudden stopped in mid air, not moving an inch.
Gavrie had a smile on his face at the expression on Angel and the others faces.

Angel sat there looking into a
small ball of fire just a foot away from his face. He could feel nothing, no
heat at all. The fire ball just hung there in mid air not even moving, if you
wanted to you could put your hand out and take it.

Gavrie spoke to them as he moved
over to Angel who just sat there with this ball of fire in his face. ‘Now Angel
you can pick it up with your hand, go ahead try it and tell me what you feel?’

Angel slowly moved his hand to
the ball of fire and placing his hand around it. His face turned to a great big
grin as he grabbed the ball of fire and threw it out the window. ‘Wow I never
felt a thing, it was like touching nothing but you could see it there in my
hand. The magic was stopping me from hurting myself by putting up a shield over
the skin of my hand.’

‘That is what the shielding will
do as there is no spell to cast but you have told your magic that now it is a
part of me and so you will protect me as much as possible. You don’t have to
let the magic flow through and around your body again as it knows it is a part
of the body and will protect it best it can.’ They all had similes on their
faces now that angel had got rid of the fire and for what they have just
learned from Gavrie.

They realized they now had
another line of defence against the Renegade and this they loved. It was
getting close to lunch so Gavrie let them go and he knew they would be throwing
balls of fire at each other when they were away by themselves.

They had to let their dragons
know how to do it as well and their room was a good spot to do that. Calling
them into their minds they showed them how to let their magic flow through and
around their bodies. Angel had a disturbing thought about what they have just
learned.

‘What if our magic won’t join together
now like it did before, as we have now taught our body to fight other magic? We
will need to find out how it will react to joining the magic. I think we had
better try it now, and let the magic join through our mind link?’ Angle looked
worried as he told them his fears.

Angel and Aura joined their minds
and did the magic flow exercise finding they were still able to do that to each
other. Now he created a ball of fire in mid air, it wasn’t a big one. He then
did what they did on the dragon deck with their dragons and called Aura’s magic
in to the spell and made it bigger. The ball of fire got bigger with no sign of
the magic fighting the different magic.