The Dragon Rider's Chronicles

Matthais shrugged and said, "I don't care much for prophecies in general. I am in control of my destiny. My actions are what have brought me here today, not nebulous fate. The things I have done, I have done. My skills, I earned. My accomplishments are mine, as are my mistakes.


"If you think fate has conspired against you, and maybe it has. But your reactions to it are all your own and if you don't do anything with your destiny that is on you."
 
....yes. Yes we will surprise one of the others. But which one? Auntyrmarun scanned backwards at the others who were still on the beach.


Ardra screamed bloody murder and Majeir roared angrily. "What the hell are you doing?!?!?!"


"....you can argue this all day with me. But I am here by order of my High Priestess. I'm following her orders at the moment. And until she changes her mind, I'm stuck here. Which means you people are stuck with me, which I'm sure you're just thrilled about." Irisvar's words took a sarcastic turn at the end.
 
Matthais sighed, "I don't mind you being here in the slightest. I am sure your skills will be incredibly useful to us as well as your insights. I also would like to apologize for last night, I'm sorry I threatened you. If we half to work together I'd like to be on better terms with you."
 
Sanz opened his eyes and turned around in the saddle, eyeing the different groups


I'm . . .


He wanted to say he wasn't very good at this sort of thing, but such a lengthy thought was difficult to force at this point.


Your pick
 
Kenzo deftly landed on Bane, still holding onto Ardra tightly as they started spiraling downward. "As I said, I don't intend to force you to tell me...but I cannot very well ignore the fact that something is bothering you so much," he said as the touched down on the beach, and he leapt off, setting Ardra on her feet. Please, leave us...for now. Don't...let Ardra's dragon...interrupt, he projected to Bane, who nodded and launched back into the sky to intercept Majeir and tell him to let the people talk.


Kenzo gave Ardra some space and took a knee, respectfully. "I accept whatever punishment you see fit for my actions, but I couldn't leave this alone on my conscience. Please, Ardra...let me in," he said, in his last effort to get her to open up to him. Ironic, considering how much he was shutting his own feelings off.
 
"....well I did break into your room." Iris chuckled. "I'm not really surprised. Sorry about that, by the way. I just wanted to figure out who I was going to be working with before I actually had to work with you."


Auntyrmarun looked around and saw Draconas sitting on the beach against a tree, his nose deep in a book. Maybe Draconas? He then saw Elise laying behind the tree. ....no....don't want to upset Elise again. He noticed Ardra being slung around by Kenzo, with Bane looking amused and Majeir looking angry. Those four look like they're busy. He then saw Matthais, Iris, and Sikstaxen. ....I choose them.


Bane stopped Majeir, the two exchanging thoughts. Majeir was loathe to leave his rider when she was obviously upset but.....it looked like everything was under control.


"....you're already in." Ardra sighed and put her hands over her face. "...it's just....difficult to....deal with....I'm not used to people getting close to me....and you kinda got close to me...."
 
Kenzo stood up and sighed. "I know how you feel. I apologize for causing you discomfort. It's just that...well..."


He couldn't find the words...what was he doing, anyway? He was still struggling with Iris' words...screw it. They were alone. He would talk since there was no one else around to hear.


"Iris told me...apparently if I die, you wouldn't survive alone. The inverse is also true, at least according to her. I..." he hesitated but forced himself to continue. "...I have a hard time believing that you would need me...but she was very insistent that what she said was true." He took a couple steps closer. "...Can you make any sense of it?"
 
Sanz eyed the three, looking through the wisps of cloud cover


above


It was only one word, but accompanied by the thought of a blade falling from the sky
 
"Consider it forgotten." Matthais closed his eyes and focused on his dragon. Let's head down to the beach with the others, Sikstaxen. And maybe find out what we'll be doing today.Sikstaxen circles down and lands near Draconas. Matthais dismounts and helps Iris off as well and then turns to Draconas, "What are we doing out here sir?"
 
".....she said what?" Ardra looked at him in confusion. "....who is she to know these things?"


Auntyrmarun went up above the cloud cover and began flying towards the others. Just don't hit anyone with that sword. I think Draconas would actually kill us both.


Draconas sighed. "You interrupt my reading....okay just connect psychically with your dragon and direct them with your mind, not your words."
 
Symbol


Sanz wasn't literally going to draw his sword, but that blade had been a part of his life for most of his memory. It was the easiest thing for him to imagine. He clung tightly to the saddle as Auntyrmarun dove straight at them


Careful
 
"Good point but...I'm unsure how to describe the feeling I got from her. For starters, I knew that if I attacked her, I would die without even making a scratch. If it was someone more...normal I would have dismissed her words. Something about her bothers me..." He scratched his chin thoughtfully but otherwise didn't give away what he was thinking or feeling.
 
"Well that's fine sir. Any sort of-" Matthais cut himself off as he saw a shadow cover his feet. He looked up and saw a black figure back-lit by the sun diving at him. He moved quickly and put himself between it and Iris.


Watch out! He screamed in his mind to Sikstaxen.
 
Auntyrmarun dropped down right in front of Sikstaxen, roaring bloody murder. Sikstaxen jumped and shrieked in terror, nearly trampling rider and passenger as she ran towards the swell.


".....she is odd." Ardra shook her head. "....who is she? We need to know that badly...she seems powerful but we've never seen her do anything. You said that she talked to you about this so you've actually had direct contact and conversation. Anything weird about her?"
 
Kenzo closed his eyes to think. "Hmm...well, I could feel an immense psychic pressure just talking to her. That..." he opened his eyes and stared at Ardra, "...and the fact that she's apparently an agent of the Great Dragons makes her very interesting...and potentially very dangerous. However, she swears that she is on our side, and is here to keep us alive until our fates come to pass." He sent Bane a message to return to him. "That reminds me...apparently Matthais was awoken by her as well. We should speak to him."


Bane landed and Kenzo once again leapt onto her back. Majeir seemed to have gotten the message from Bane and was coming down to land as well.
 
Sanz prepped himself for the impact, holding onto the front of the saddle with a single hand. He was chuckling slightly as Auntyrmarun went wild . . . it was the first time he had shown any joy since he had joined the others.


You're pretty scary when you want


Sanz had to close his eyes and force himself to think on nothing but the words to send the sentence
 
"Stay here Iris," said Matthais as he jumped onto Sikstaxen and strapped his legs in.


Fly after them. Sikstaxen lept into the air after Sanz and Auntyrmarun, roaring as her wings beat the wind.
 
Ardra boarded Majeir. "Then we'll talk to Matthais. Draconas seems to also know something about her, though I doubt he'll tell us anything." She stopped for a moment. "The Great Dragons? She speaks as one of the old religions. She must be a servant of the cult of the Moon Dragon, Welunaariv. It's the only survivor of the old ways."


Auntyrmarun noticed that they were being chased and took off quickly. We're being followed, I do believe.


Sikstaxen sped up as the offending dragon did. Any particular strategy of punishment?
 
Bane launched off high into the sky, Majeir following not far behind. Once they'd gained some altitude, they located Sikstaxen and Matthais and flew in their direction. "It looks like they're pursuing Sanz. I wonder why...?" Kenzo said to no one in particular. Bring us adjacent.


Bane nodded slightly and pulled up next to Sikstaxen. "Playing 'follow the leader'?" Kenzo asked with a raised eyebrow, glancing at Matthais.
 
I'm thinking nipping the tail. Matthais thought to Sikstaxen. There dive there over those rocks. He thought of the feeling of warm air beneath Sikstaxen's wings. Rise faster than them and then dive to gain speed.Matthais and Sikstaxen dove when Bane pulled up next to them. "More like tag." Nip Bane instead then catch that thermal.
 
Sanz turned his head and looked at the dragon following them, who was quickly joined by another


Indeed


Sanz pulled himself around so he was backwards in the saddle, strapping only one leg int securely


Watch yourself
 
Sikstaxen did as she was told, rising up much faster than the other two then diving. Her teeth clinked as she caught the tip of Auntyrmarun's tail. I do good?


Auntyrmarun shrieked in surprise. We've got to shake them. But how? He made a sharp right, out towards an outcropping of rocks along the seashore. I'm going to go into that maze of rocks and try to lose them.


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Draconas looked up from his reading. "Looks like they're doing quite well, Elise. Who said that training couldn't be the same as playing?" In chasing and playing tricks on each other, they were strengthening their bonds dramatically. His plan was working perfectly. "....Iris, you seem interested in Matthais. Any particular reason?"


"....yes." Iris looked back at him. "The prophecy is him."


".....sonnuva....okay I'm retiring after this. Of all the people to fulfill that prophecy...." Draconas sighed. "....does he know about the prophecy? What he will become? What you will become?"


"No, of course not. Why would I tell him?" Iris glared at him. "I'm going to have to ease him into this."


"Good luck with that...." Draconas returned to reading.


Iris suddenly felt a pull from farther away. It was like a psychic message, calling out to her. "....I'll be right back, Draconas." Knowing she would get no response, she disappeared farther down the beach.


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Ardra followed after Kenzo. "....the point of what you guys are doing is?" Majeir was chuckling over Auntyrmarun's reaction to being nipped. Bane was flat out laughing at it.
 
Minor destruction?


The image of a sword smashing the cliffside appeared. The image of a few rocks falling into the path of following shadows appeared.


Sanz was now clinging onto the saddle with one hand, as the two of them flew into the crevices
 
Kenzo sighed. "Doesn't seem to BE a point." He said as they followed Matthais. "We aren't here to play, we're here to train. However...there is something I'd like to do that I didn't get the chance to earlier." With that, Bane flew low to the left-most edge of the rock outcropping that Sanz and his dragon had flown into. Steady our flight, he projected, and once he was satisfied with their stability, he stood on the saddle while drawing his odachi. He focused his wind magic as he twisted his body, and then released it all into a horizontal sweep, sending a wind-slash crashing down at an angle into the water. This caused a massive wave to be launched into the outcropping. He launched another, and another, and another...he was hoping to flush them out of the rocks and back into the open where it was easier to track them.
 
Sanz had to shield his eyes from the spray that was being forced through the crevices that they flew through. Trying to flush them out were they? . . .


Charge


Oh they would come out . . . just not in the direction that Mr. Waves would be expecting.
 
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