Dragon Rider (DragonMage Saga) (51 page)

What happened next was most
unexpected, for the creature when hit with its own energy ball just exploded.
They had their shields up right away as the energy backlash hit them. The ball
of energy was very powerful and it did not like the creature for it to react
that way.

The four of them looked surprised
at what happened. ‘It can’t stand its own energy and when the ball hit it there
was nothing it could do. It’s funny to create something from your own magic and
then for it to react that way is strange.’ Maive looked a bit perplexed as she
tried to figure out what happened.

Shylyn had a strange look on her
face as Medwin looked at her. ‘What, why are you looking at me like that?’

‘It’s just the look on your face
it’s so strange.’ Medwin tried not to smile at her but could not help it.

‘Ok you don’t need to laugh, but
I think I might know why the energy ball reacted like that.’ She looked at
Medwin and poked her tongue at him.

Angel stepped in and smiled at
them both. ‘What have you come up with Shylyn why did it react that way?’

‘The magic it used was its own
but using the energy from this world meant if the energy hit itself it would do
what it had just done. Now if it had used its own energy from its world then it
would not have affected it like it did. I think it would be the same for us if
we used magic in their world.’ Shylyn had a far away look in her eyes as she
explained what she thought happened.

‘That is good for it means when
those other creatures attack all we have to do is repel the energy ball back at
itself and our problems are over.’ He sighed as he spoke and felt that bit of
relief.

Shylyn shook her head in the
negative before answering Angel. ‘No I think it won’t work with fire and some
other spells but mostly with the energy balls. We must find out sometime.’

Medwin tapped Angel on the
shoulder and pointed to what was happening just outside the cave. The spell
they had put on the walls to act just like the shield room, were working very
well and the amount of creatures were nearly all gone with just a few small
ones and the three big ones.

The deck was covered in dead or
dying creatures but the three big ones still flew just above the deck. They now
stopped what they were doing and kept an eye on what was going to happen. The
creatures would not come any closer for it was if they could work out that it
was not safe for them to come closer.

Gavrie looked at the carnage that
lay scattered across the deck. There were dead bodies just everywhere piled
high. They were going to have one hell of a cleaning job to do when this was
finished but at lest now they will have that chance.

Now all they had to do was
getting rid of the big ones who didn’t want to come in close. It looked as if
these big ones had a brain. We must try and get them in close so as to have the
wall spells fire balls of fire at them.

Angel was hoping they would fire
their energy balls at us so we may grab them and send them back at them. But
they waited and waited as the creatures just flew around in a circle waiting
for something but what they could not know.

Angel was using his brain to see
if he could work out how to make an energy ball here and be able to get it to
hit the creatures. He was very reluctant in case it got into the wrong hands.
If the creatures would fire another lot again then he could turn them back on
the creature.

‘Come on I want everybody to use
their shields and push this rubbish of the deck and see what the creatures are
going to do.’ Gavrie looking at Angel to see if he had anymore ideas.

As they did this Angel kept a
close eye on the creatures waiting around up there, they will not stay flying
around for to much longer. They have a brain but it’s not that big but they can
still think of something to try. Angel was thinking about other ways to bring
them down and within range of the spells on the walls.

He knows what happened to the other
creature when the fire balls hit it; they just bounced off and had left no
mark. The only way was to try and get them down or to at lest fire one of their
energy balls. They carried on pushing the dead over the side of the deck.

The creatures still just flew
around and around, staying out of reach of the wizards and their spells. Angel
looked up at them and Gavrie come up behind him. ‘What do you think will be
their next move and when will it take place?’ Gavrie looking up at them as he
spoke.

‘They want to work out what
happened to the other big creature then they might attack.’ He looked at Gavrie
and could see there was still worry line on his face. These creatures were
something they could not leave lying around so they needed to get them to come
closer so they could kill them. The creatures flew around for a little longer
and then flew off up into the sky and away.

Angel suddenly thought of Aura
and the others, as the creatures had flown off around to their end of the
decks. ‘Aura can you see the creatures, where are they?’

‘We see them and they have seen
us and are climbing to meet us.’ Aura did not sound too concerned at the
moment.

‘Aura stay away from them and
keep a close eye on them, we are going to get to a place where we can help if
you need us.’ Angel turned as he finished talking to Aura and indicated to the
others to follow.

Angel with the others headed off
to the school when Gavrie intercepted them. ‘Where are you going?’

‘We are tried and thought we
could get a bit of a rest, is that ok?’ Angel just wanted to make sure it would
be ok with Gavrie as he was a little uptight at the moment.

‘No that’s fine as you have been
working very hard, I will come and get you if we need you. We will have some
wizards up in the tower and on the roof of the school to keep an eye out for
the creatures. As soon as we can I’ll let the Dragon Riders know there are
three large creatures free.’ Gavrie indicated they go on there way.

They headed into the school and
to the meal hall where there were a lot of wizards in already getting some food
and rest. They still did not know how long this period of no action was going
to last. They grabbed some food and drink and headed off to there room.

They took their favourite place
on the cushions by the large window. Getting into a good position as they were
going to be with their dragons and needed to be comfy. They quickly ate as
Angel contacted Aura to see what was happening.

‘Aura where are the creatures and
are you keeping away from them?’ He worried as the creatures and their energy
ball could take them very easily.

‘We are ok but the creatures have
fired their energy balls at us and they are getting closer. We don’t know if we
can get away from them.’ There was a little fear in her voice but it was only a
little.

‘Aura we are coming into your
mind and will show you how to control the energy ball and send it back at
them.’ Angel felt she was coping but only just and he needed to get rid of the
creatures and this might be the best time to do it.

They entered their dragons’ minds
and got them to look around and see how far the creatures and energy balls
were. As the dragons turned their heads they could see the energy balls were
still a little ways back but gaining.

The creatures were just back a
bit further and still following, and they were not going to stop chasing them.
They had lost getting back at the school as it was to dangerous with all the
little creatures getting killed. Then there was the other big creature that
just disappeared.

Angel got Aura to stop and turn and
face the energy ball with the others doing the same. ‘Now using the magic like
so we sense the energy ball and feel around it and then we gently hold the ball
so it stops and now we wait as the creatures come closer. Now when they get
just a little bit closer we give it a hard push. The speed will increase and
the creatures should not be able to get away.’

They watched as the energy balls
speed at the creatures and the creatures were not that quick as the energy
balls hit two of the creatures with the third missing. The two that hit, got
the creatures in the body where they exploded.

The third creature was able to
turn and the energy ball just missed. Angel was thinking hard as he could see
the third ball was going to miss. They watched to see what the creature was
going to do. They hovered there till they could see the creature was going to
move off. This is not what they wanted so they followed.

Angel urged Aura to try and catch
up as he was going to try something. ‘Ok Aura we are going to create a ball of
energy just like they do but we will try and make it a bit better. Now I think
I can weave it like the ones they do but will make it a bit finer.’

The others watched as Angel and
Aura wove the spell into a ball. The pattern was different to anything they had
seen in the magic they use and even the old spell. They were using alien magic
which was unheard of. The ball of energy appeared in front of them and they
fired it at the fleeing creature.

The creature turned to look just
as the energy ball was about to hit, but the creature had turned and seen it to
late as the energy ball hit. This time the ball of energy had a different
reaction to the others. The ball hit the creature and it enveloped the creature
in a dazzling ball of energy.

 The creature tried to get
out of it but it held him and it just scrammed and thrashed trying to get out,
Angel and Aura could not believe what they were seeing. They were still in
control of the energy ball and Angel gave it a little tweak and the ball
tightened a little. The creatures’ energy balls were course and made roughly.

Angel and Aura’s one was woven
with great care but done fast. But the result of the energy ball compared to
the creatures was not what they expected. The creature was caught and was not
hurt inside the ball but it just could not get out.

Angel and Aura looked at the
spell with their magic to see where they had made it different. They looked at
every little piece of it to see where it can be altered to do something
different. They found the spot in the pattern that differed from the one the
creatures make.

Angel gave it a tweak and the
creature exploded within the energy ball, as the ball collapsed in on itself.
They decided they needed to create the spell in the Crystal Chamber so they
could see it better. If they could change it that easy there might be other
uses for the spell.

They thought about using it in
lances as it would be better than fire balls. More powerful and the Dragon
Riders could do with something with a bit more power. They headed back home and
Angel and his friends left their dragons and come back to themselves in their
room.

As they come back to their bodies
sitting watching them was Gavrie. They got a fright for they had not expected
anyone to be there. Now they had to explain what they were doing and it had to
be good. Angel looked at Gavrie and realized he was going to need something
more than any old excuse.

Angel looked at his friends and
he got up along with the others. ‘I think we need to show you something that we
have been working on since that creature exploded this afternoon. So if you
come with us to the Crystal Chamber we will show you what we have been working
on?’

Gavrie indicated to lead on and
they left the room and headed up to the Crystal Chamber. Once they arrived there
Angel went out to the centre just a little away from the crystal and proceeded
to create and weave the pattern of the energy ball but the one that exploded
the creature.

Angel performed the spell and in
the air just in front of him an energy ball appeared, it was not a big one but
just big enough that he could throw it out the window at the sea where it
exploded. Gavrie looked and a look of amazement appeared on his face.

‘That is what we have been
working on and it would be very simple to load that spell into the lances and
you would have a much more powerful weapon for the Dragon Riders as well as the
Wizards. When you came in we were looking at the patterns in our heads to see
if we had it right.’ Angel could see they had diverted his attention from the
look that we must have had on our faces when we seen him there.

‘This is incredible you have
given us a powerful new weapon against the creatures and I had better get on to
this right away. Can you show me how you make it and then I can show those who
load the lances and make them. We will have to get them under way right away
for we don’t know how long it will be before they decide to attack again.’ He
was so thrilled for what they had done, this was very special at there age, it
was unheard of that someone so young can do this.

‘I will get in touch with your
mother and get some Dragon Riders over here to pick up some lances. We will do
so many for the Dragon Riders and so many for us until we can get half all
lances changed over. Thank you for what you have given us, you four are
something else.’ He muttered as he turned to leave the room.

‘Headmaster, can you not tell
anyone who created the spell as we want to remain in the background and not
have anybody think us strange?’ He looked at the head a pleading look on his
face.

‘That will be fine I will tell
them I had been working on it when I saw what the big creatures did with them.
Now I must get this pattern back to the weapons teacher and maker as we will
need them quickly.’ He was out the door and down the hall so fast.

They just laughed as he ran down
the hall and they headed back to their room and some sleep as they felt very
tried. The day had been very taxing but they had held out very well considering
all the magic they have been using today. They feel they are now settling into
their magic and it is keeping them from getting too tired.