Dragon Rider (DragonMage Saga) (6 page)

‘Will I be the same after I learn
how to do this, it will not change me will it. I don’t want to be different.
Will I look the same as I am now; I’m not going to turn into a monster because
the magic came on me early?’ There was near panic in his voice as he said this.

Tish gave him a big hug as she
tried to reassure him. ‘No, you will be just like you are now except you will
have magic in you and you must learn how to control it. That’s all, you should
feel a funny feeling deep in you well this is your magic and Gavrie will show
you how to see and feel it better.’

Angel sat on his mothers’ knee
and gave her a hug and then stood up and went over to Gavrie who had sat back
down. Standing in front of him Angel spoke. ‘Thank you for what you are going
to do to help me.’

Angel asked if he could go to his
room till the meal was ready so he could think about what had just been told
him. Watching him go there were tears running down her face as he left the
room.

Gavrie walks up behind Tish and
speaks. ‘You knew this day might come knowing who his father was, it was always
likely to happen and now it has.’

Tish turned with a look of utter
surprise on her face. ‘How did you know, no one knew but me. It was something
not heard of and so I could not tell anyone. Yet you know, how?’

Gavrie looking at the shocked
look on her face, and smiled. ‘Angel’s father was my friend and asked me if
anything were to ever happen to him to keep an eye on you. I have been keeping
that promise now all these years. When Angel was burn I had a very good idea
who the father was and I had an idea this day would come. I just did not expect
it to happen two years too early, he is very young. With the father being who
he was, this could be understandable.’

Sitting down he indicated to Tish
to do the same. She sat back in her chair and Gavrie carried on. ‘When he turns
14 his powers are going to be on him in full and so he is going to need these
two years of training that I will give him. This way I can keep an eye on his
magic and see how strong he’s going to be. Then when he goes to Wizard School
at Nirvana I will be there to watch over him.’

Just then they heard the flapping
of wings as Tish’s other boys come home so they stopped and Tish got a meal
ready before she would take Gavrie back. After the meal was over, Angel just
played in his room, but all he could think about was NightAura and when he
would see her again.

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NightAura

The following morning after eating,
asks if he could do a little climbing. ‘I won’t go far or high just find a
little place to sit and use the calming exercise I learned working with the
young dragons. I think they’ll be good for me.’

‘Don’t go far as I’ll be going
away for a short trip and I want you at home here and not up climbing, ok?’ She
finished cleaning up and felt that little bit happier as Angel was smiling.

*

Angel’s brothers had gone earlier
so when his mother left later he would be by himself. Tish wasn’t happy about
this, but there was nothing she could do as she would normally have taken him
with her or dropped him at the hatchery. Now this was not possible, she had to
let him stay at home.

Letting him do a little climbing
wouldn’t hurt and would take his mind of what had happened. Until he could go
to Wizard school, she will have to leave him alone at times. It’s wasn’t going
to be easy as there was nowhere else she could leave him. Every other place
there were just too many dragons so it had to be at home.

She watched him start climbing,
and after a while was out of sight so she went down to the dragon cave to check
on Nightwing. When she got there Nightwing was a little restless so went to
soothe him stroking and talking to him. She looked around to see if there was anything
around that could be disturbing him but found nothing so stayed for a short
time.

*

Angel took one last look at his
mother watching him and started to climb but not up to the cave straight away
but in the opposite direction, just in case she looks for me. Now out of sight
I can head to the cave. Suddenly stopping, someone was calling him. NightAura
was calling him, it was her NightAura.

As he got closer to the cave the
voice in his mind got stronger, calling his name. As he got to the mouth of the
cave she was waiting there for him. ‘Hi NightAura how are you today?’ There was
nervousness in his voice as he spoke to her.

He found it strange the voice in
his mind. ‘Angel I hoped you would come, Grandfather is not happy that I am
talking with a human. He’s worried others will find out about us and hunt us.’
He could feel the worry in her mind speech as she told him.

‘Don’t worry I will never tell
anyone and all we have to do is be very careful when meeting. Maybe we’ll have
to find a cave a bit further away just to be safe.’ Worry on his face as he
told her for he did not want to lose her now they are together.

‘As I flew in I could see another
cave a little bit further around the side of the mountain. Hop on and I’ll take
you there now.’ Her mind speech was a little bit more relaxed.

Angel’s face lit up when she said
ride, for him he loved the feeling of being on the back of a dragon flying. He
climbed on and she walked to the mouth of the cave and launched herself into
the air turning quickly and headed for the other cave. As they went Angel made
sure he was going to be able to climb around to the cave.

Angel wanted to know more about
her. ‘Can I call you Aura as this feels good?’

‘Yes I like it, so you can call
me Aura.’ She turned and settled into a better position as she answered him.

Aura could see Angel wanted to
ask something but she could see he didn’t know how to ask. ‘What is it you want
to know Angel, I can see by the look on your face there’s something, ask me?’

‘Aura, why do you not hate me
like other dragons now hates me?' Speaking quickly and getting it out fast, for
he had been thinking about it all night.

‘Why would I hate you?’

‘All dragons hate wizards because
of their magic. A wizard can’t go near a dragon without it trying to hurt or
kill him. But a wizard won’t harm a dragon no matter what they would do to a
wizard.’ He was trying to get across to Aura that this was a big thing,
something that is very important.

‘I feel no hate towards you, I
feel a bond, I can feel your magic, and do you feel mine?’ Looking into his
deep blue eyes.

Angel looked at her and seeing in
her eyes no hate for his magic. Then looking deeper and using his mind at the
same time. ‘I feel something in you; I feel a difference like me, what I now
feel in me, is that the magic I can feel?’

‘Yes magic can you feel it
flowing through every part of your body. Can you feel that same feeling in my
body as I can in yours, magic is running through our bodies but it is
different? My magic is earth magic, and yours is different to mine.’ There was
a sense of excitement in her speech as she told Angel.

‘My magic is elemental and works
with all magic, I can feel it in me now. It is new just been born in me for it
is looking at every part of me. It can make me stronger, it is a good feeling.
Your magic is new to you as well.’ The feelings he conveyed to Aura made her
happy.

Aura looked at Angel with a new
light in her eyes, a new understanding for he can help her with her magic. ‘Can
you can help me learn my magic and I can help you with yours. We can learn
together, yes?’

Angel looked at her with a big
smile on his face. ‘We can for a wizard is going to show me how to relax and
feel my magic, to control it. Then I can show you and we can learn together.’

They sat in the cave just talking
getting to know each other, just being close to one another. Angel could tell
they had bonded like the Dragon Riders do to their dragons. He knew he would
give his life for her and she would do the same for him. They were bonded.

‘Aura you know that we are now
bonded together forever, I could not ride or be with another dragon now or
ever. I will protect you and look after you, can you feel this?’

She could feel his mind speech
was getting stronger. ‘I feel the bond very deep and the magic feels it to, it
is the magic that brought us together and Grandfather is not going to like it
one bit, but it is to late now. I am going to have to think about how to tell
him, but not for a while as I am going to have to be strong when I tell him.’

They found it was starting to get
late and he had told his mother he would not be climbing long. Angel went out
to the front of the cave and told Aura he would go just in case his mother was
out looking for him. They said there good byes and Angel headed back home.

The next day found Gavrie at
their door and Angels lessons were about to start. Gavrie had been showing him
exercises for two days and stayed with them while he was doing this. The
exercise was a type of meditation, that involved him sitting in a comfortable
position and letting his mind follow the flow of magic. When it got stuck he
had to learn how to free the block and then follow on to the next block.

It was hard and took a lot of
concentration to master it. Being told I have to follow the magic. It was easy
for the start because the flow follows the nerves, but as I followed I kept
going deeper right down to as far as I can go. Gavrie said to follow the main
lines but I kept going for it felt right.

Angel found it hard and was getting
distracted very easy, he needed to do this with Aura but till Gavrie went home
he had to stay put. Gavrie told him till he could show he could follow the flow
longer than he was doing he was going to stay around. So Angel had to
concentrate on what he was doing so he could get rid of him. He didn’t want to
tell Gavrie he was going deep so made out he was doing the channels Gavrie had
said to do.

Gavrie finely went home after two
solid days of working with Angel. Telling him that he would be back in four days
and he wanted an improvement. ‘Angel this is the most important exercise in
magic, until you can follow the flow of magic, your magic will not be strong.
You must practice.’

‘I’ll try Gavrie so that you will
not be disappointed.’ Speaking as he walked Gavrie down to where Tish and
Nightwing were waiting.

Now I can see if Aura is up in
the cave as mum will not be back at lest till late evening. I can show her what
I’ve learnt and we can work together. The feeling of her being close is not
there so I hope she comes soon. I’ll wait and see if she comes, anyway I can
practice up there.

The climb to the cave takes him
the rest of the morning as Tish and Gavrie left just after breakfast. The cave
is quite and there is no sign that Aura had been in here. He finds a place to
sit at the front of the cave and relaxed himself.

Angel had been there for a short
time when a feeling came over him in the middle of clearing a block.

‘Aura you are coming, I can feel
you near. Aura can you hear my mind, Aura?’ I must try harder concentrate on
her, maybe if I pictured her in my mind it might help, here goes. Now picture
her when we were flying together, concentrate now try again. ‘Aura can you hear
my mind?’

Then all of a sudden she was
speaking to him. ‘Angel not so loud, you are yelling at me, just relax.’ Angel
tried to relax a little as she spoke to him.

‘I will be there soon; this is
wonderful you can talk to me like this it will make things so much easier. I
can see the cave now so stand back.’ Speaking in his mind, a sense of extreme
joy.

Angel moved to the side of the
cave as she landed, just at the mouth of the cave. He ran to her speaking
normally. ‘Aura it worked I tried and it didn’t work then I pictured us when we
were flying and I concentrated on that picture and next minute you could hear
me.’

‘Yes and you nearly deafened me,
how did you do that?’

‘I think it’s the new mind
exercises I am being taught. You can learn them to; I can show you as it is
good for the magic inside you.’ This time he spoke with his mind and found it a
little easier.

Angel and Aura found a place at
the front of the cave over looking the great valley so far below. They could
see in the distance the ocean and a great mountain on the peninsula. Angel
pointed out to Aura that just at the bottom of the mountain was the Wizard
School in Nirvana where he will learn to use his magic.

‘There I will learn and what I
learn you can learn for I will show you, as I can show you what a wizard has
shown me. Now relax and feel the magic inside you now feel how the magic
follows the path of the nerves in our bodies. But there are places that stop it
and places where it has to squeeze through. We must free these areas where it
is blocked and where it has to squeeze through. To do this we use the magic
itself and change the magic a little to clean the path so the magic runs smooth
and free.’ As he spoke he showed her mind what he had learnt.

They sat there for the rest of
the day working with their magic until Angel had to get home. As Angel went to
go Aura spoke. ‘My grandfather is very angry with me and has forbidden me to
come here but, I didn’t listen to him so I will stay here in the cave for a few
days before going back to speak with him.’

'Will you need me to bring you
some food or will you catch it yourself?’ Coming up to her as he could feel the
pain of what her grandfather had said to her.

‘I will be ok as I have eaten and
will not need any for a couple of days.’ She moved to the mouth of the cave as
she finished speaking and looked out over the great valley.

‘I will come as soon as my mother
and brothers have left in the morning, but we will be able to talk with each
other now that I can use the mind speech. You will not be alone for now we are
truly together as Rider and Dragon should be.’ This last he spoke in her mind,
still a little rough but he would get better as the days go bye.