Dragon Rider (DragonMage Saga) (58 page)

The Renegade stopped and looked
at the young boy who appeared beside the black dragon. He could tell this was
the leader of their little group and waited to see what he would say. He knew
he was almost getting through the dragons shield so he was not concerned about
stopping and letting them get a rest. He was very confident he could take them
at anytime.

The Renegade looked at the boy
before he spoke to him. Giving him a good looking over and all he could see was
a very young boy out of his class. This will not take long his thoughts on
getting back to the spell that would seal the fate of the Wizard School, now to
deal with this boy.

He was just about to deal to the
boy when all of a sudden he was flying across the deck his shield flaring as an
energy ball had hit his shield hard. The shield only just comes up in time, but
the shock of it hitting him had flung him across the deck. He slowly got up and
as he managed to get to his feet he was hit again, but this time it was even
stronger than the last.

Again he found himself on the
deck and further back across it. He looked at the boy but there was no smile on
his face just sheer determination. As he got to his feet again the boy fired
another energy ball and this time it was bigger and his shield only just
stopping it. But again found himself on the ground and back further on the
deck.

Angel looked at him as he flew
across the deck after his energy ball had hit him. He could see the Renegade
had not anticipated his attack and he had done it another two times with the
Renegade flying across the deck with each impact from the energy balls. He knew
he could not let him get control and as the Renegade tried to get up each time
he threw another energy ball to keep his mind from being able to fight back.

He could see the Renegades shield
had only just managed to stop the last two shots he had fired. He needed to
keep firing and as the Renegade was again trying to get up he fired again but
this time the Renegade stopped himself from getting up and instead rolled over.
Angel’s energy ball hit the ground where he had just been and this caught Angel
off guard. The Renegade was up and on his feet again and this time he was
firing balls of fire and they were large, hitting his shield and flaring it
into a full body shield.

As Angel stood there with his
shield flaring and the Renegade still firing so his shield stayed up. The
Renegade knew that if he could keep Angels shield up full then he would not be
able to fire any spells at him. Yet how did he do it before, Angel stood there
and waited for the Renegade to approach.

Angel waited knowing he could
still fire spells if he so desired, but he waited. The renegade stopped a short
distance off from him and also kept an eye on the dragons.

That was what he just could not
figure out why the dragons just stood there and watched. They were able to
shield against magic and if they could do that then why not use magic
themselves. So he approached very cautiously with an eye on the dragons just in
case. They just watch him approach the kid who was trapped in his shield with
the fire all around it.

Keeping his eye on the
approaching Renegade Angel held Aura and the others back from interfering.
‘Leave him to me for he doesn’t know I can use magic at any time to hit him.
When I fire I will give his the strangest energy ball I can when he thinks I
can’t do anything. For we will only get this one shot, for if he gets away he
will know there are dragons with magic and we don’t want them to know that.
Just give me your magic when I ask for it?’

Aura moved just a little to the
side to let him have a bit more room. ‘We will be ready when you ask.’

Medwin, Maive and Shylyn had by
now got back on their feet and had moved over to their dragons and stood beside
them. They were still very groggy as they stood beside their dragons. The
Renegade had seen them move over to the dragons but he could see they were no
threat to him and just ignored them.

He stopped not to far from Angel
and looked at him, before he spoke. ‘So boy you would try and stop me but as
you can see it is too late the spell is failing even as we speak. Everything
here is going to fall into the ocean it’s just a pity all the wizards will not
be with it when it happens. The spell was a very old one and hard to master so
it would only work slowly until I got some help and managed to make it work
better. It’s not the best but it will do the job as it is doing it now.’

He was about to turn and walk
away from Angel when Angel called on the others. ‘Now give me your magic.’

The Renegade turned as he heard
Angel call to the others. He had almost turned to look at him when the first
Energy ball hit his shield. He put the shield up as soon as he heard the boy.
But what hit him was something he had never felt before. The power of the
energy ball enveloping him was something he had never come across.

His shield was only just holding
and he had to reinforce it with extra magic. It was taking all he had to hold
that ball of energy back from destroying him. As he struggled to hold it back
he looked at the boy. The boy had just unwrapped his shield and pushed off the
spell that had held him.

As he looked at the boy fear came
to his face as he could see the boy walk up to the black dragon and stand
beside it. He gave it a hug and turned back to look at him. Then comprehension
dawned on his face and real fear came to him as he could see the boy casting
another spell.

Angel standing by Aura gave her a
hug and turning back to the Renegade he knew what he had to do and fast for if
the Renegade could get away he would be gone, they couldn’t let that happen.

Angel looked at the Renegade and
could see the fear on his face as he started the last spell he would cast at
him. As the spell cast and the energy ball formed, he cast it at the Renegade
and as it hit he heard the last words of the Renegade.

The Renegade knew fear for the
very first time as the energy ball hit, and his last words he yelled out.
‘DragonMage’

Angel watched as the Renegade was
engulfed in the energy from the ball and his shield failed, Angel could hear
the Renegade say something at the last and turned to ask his friends. ‘What did
he say I was too involved with the spell to make out what he said?’

Medwin was about to answer when
from behind them a voice spoke. ‘He said DragonMage and when he said it there
was real fear on his face.’

They turned to see who had spoken
to them and got a big surprise as Gavrie walked from behind the dragons. They
looked at him as he walked over to where the Renegade had just been burned what
remained was just a black lump. He looked down at the spot and then back up at
Angel, he was just about to speak when there was a great flapping of wings as
four dragons lifted of from the next deck.

The dragons flew up and over them
before they headed out to sea. In Angels mind there came just two words. ‘Thank
You’

Angel and his friends turned to
watch the dragons fly off, and gave a wave of their hands to say goodbye.
Gavrie looked at the dragons and then back to the kids and the dragons they were
standing next to. He was trying to find the words but it was very hard.

Angel looked at him. ‘Do you know
what DragonMage means we have heard of it from one of the books in the library
but it told us nothing?’

Gavrie was about to answer when
another ripple hit their magic and the deck they were standing on shook. They
just managed to stop from falling over as the ripple stopped. The shaking of
the deck slowly stopped but as they blew a sigh of relief a great piece of the
deck by the wall fell into the sea and then another shock happened.

‘The old spell it is failing we
must try to fix it now.’ Angel looked at them and then ran to the rock face so
he could feel the spell.

The others all ran over to join
him and as they stood with their hands against the wall Gavrie looked at them
and went over to join them. Angel using his magic to sense and could feel the
spell starting to break up. ‘Come on lend me your magic so I can stop it and
heal it?’

They stood and gave their magic
to Angel as he tried to get the healing back in the spell. He let his mind feel
the spell and using the magic of his and his dragons and friends tried to get
the healing working. But he could not for the spell was just about to far gone
for healing to work.

‘It’s not going to work; it’s just
too far gone for our magic to fix it. I can’t see the whole pattern of the
spell to see how bad it is. If I could see the full pattern of the spell we
maybe able to fix it or see how long we have before the deck and the school
fall into the sea. I just can’t think of anything else to do, can any of you
think of anything?’ There was a bit of panic in his voice as he asked?’

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Power Of The Crystal

They just stood there looking at
him, not believing what they are hearing. Gavrie looks at Angel not
comprehending what he had just seen. ‘What did you just do there Angel, and
what was it you were saying about not being able to see the whole pattern?’

Angel looked at him knowing he
would have to tell him things so they may as well start now. ‘I can see the
spells and the patterns that make up the spells. It is one thing I have been
able to do and the others are able to as well but nowhere near as much as me.
But the old spell holding the school to the mountain is so big, I just can’t
see the full extent of the damage that’s been done. I just can’t see the
pattern.’ There were tears streaming down his face.

Gavrie looking at him and his
friends was quite impressed telling them so. ‘You really are a very special
four and I could tell you would be very strong in your magic. It’s a pity you
can’t bring the crystal from the Crystal Chamber and try using that to see the
pattern in the spell. It might have helped.’

Suddenly they looked at each
other and they all said the same thing. ‘The other crystal.’

Gavrie could not understand what
they were on about and was about to ask when they just bolted for their
dragons. Gavrie watched them and ran to join them and find out what they were
on about. He just got to the dragons and suddenly realized he was very close to
a dragon which is a no, no.

Gavrie stopped and turned to go
back when Angel yelled to him. ‘It’s alright our dragons aren’t afraid of magic
so you can come close. We have to go to the end deck where we hope we might be
able to heal the old spell. We can’t leave you here in case the deck falls and
you would not be safe going back to the school. So come I will see if Aura can
handle your weight.’

Angel asked Aura who looked down
at Gavrie who looked back at them with a bewildered look on his face. ‘Aura
will be able to carry us both so come and climb up behind but be quick as we
don’t have a great amount of time before the spell will not be able to be
repaired.?’

Gavrie came over to Aura and knew
how to climb up onto a dragon which he did. Sitting behind Angel Gavrie settled
himself down and spoke. ‘I’m settled in ok so we can go anytime you’re ready?’

‘Hold tight here we go. Left Aura
lets go.’ Angel bent close to Aura as he spoke to her.

Aura lifted into the air and
hovered just above the deck as she got use to the extra weight she was
carrying. Then she lifted further and they were of around the tower and flew
close to the deck all the way around to the last deck.

They flew up to the deck and
Angel spoke to the others as they landed. ‘We now have to run up all those
stairs.’ Angel looked up at the top of the building where they had to get to,
when he noticed flat areas around the tower where the crystal room was.

‘Back on your dragons quick and
head up to the tower as I think we can get them to land up there where we can
get off.’ Angel was already back on Aura and helping Gavrie up and behind him.

They were up there like a shot
and found areas for dragons to land and drop off people. Landing they were soon
off the dragons and had come to the windows where they found they could get
through and into the crystal room. Gavrie looked at the crystal that was
floating in the middle of room just about head high of the ground. Walking over
to the crystal he was about to reach up and touch it when there was a yell.

‘Don’t touch it headmaster, if
you do you will lose your mind to the magic, I nearly did.’ Angel walked over
to him as Gavrie pulled his hand back with a jerk.

‘We found the crystal a while
back when we were looking for something to help us defeat the Renegade. I made
the mistake of touching it and letting my magic touch it as well. I was nearly
unable to get out, it was just through the others helping that I was able to
get out. The crystal is linked to the old spell and I may be able to use it to
see the whole pattern with it. It may also be able to help me fix the spell.’
Angel was just standing just below the crystal as the others circled it.

Gavrie moved back as the others
moved around the crystal. Angel turned as there was another ripple in their
magic which nearly had them on their knees. ‘Stay back over by the wall and
just watch. I will try and see if we can fix the spell from here.’

Gavrie looked a bit panic
stricken when Angel said this. ‘Be very careful what you do and are you sure
you will be able to get back out?’

‘My friends will keep an eye on
me as will Aura and if I get into trouble she will let the other dragons know
and they will tell the others. They will then pull back their magic and I
should come back out of it?’ He turned back to the crystal and slowly raised
his arms.

As Angel raised his arms Gavrie
could see the crystal slowly move down to just above the floor. Angel looked
around at his friends and out the window where their dragons waited. He placed
his hands on the crystal and brought his magic to the crystal and let it be
taken.