Rise Of Orthros

⚜️TWO⚜️

Grace had been trying her hardest for 2 hours, she was summoned by Ruvaen this morning to get all the dragons tacked up and ready to go. She ran her hand through her dark brown curly hair while her forest green eyes welled up with tears as she was so frustrated. She took a deep breath and tried once more only for Ethrinria to huff and step back from her.

She moved her head so she wasn't looking at Grace staring at the brown wall near her.

"Please Ethrinria, you are really making this difficult today," Grace complained.

Amelia stepped forward once she fully entered the stable, "Hey girl," the sound of her voice made Ethrinria perk up and turn her face.

She let out a happy whine from her mouth and a little bit of steam left her nose, Amelia gently stroked her scaled skin also kissing it ever so gently.

"What's the matter hey? Why won't you get ready?" Amelia asked quietly.

Ethrinria didn't answer but gently placed her neck around Amelia's body hugging her tightly.

"I am so sorry Amelia, I've been trying to hard to get her ready," Grace spoke up, she was biting her lip as she looked at the ground.

Amelia smiled up at Grace and replied, "No need to apologise, Ethrinria has been having a rough few days. Tend to the other dragons Grace."

Grace nodded and stepped aside, she began to get the other dragons ready. Ethrinria lifted her head and stared at Amelia.

"I know girl, I feel it too," Amelia whispered, she hummed closing her eyes gently before moving her hands in a motion, Léttleiki... léttleiki."

The harness began to float in the air with gold and silver dust behind it. She moved her hands in ways she wanted to harness to move and gently placed it on Ethrinria's back.

Grace knew that Amelia was a mage but has never seen her use her spells before. Ethrinria was so calm when Amelia placed the harness on her she didn't make a sound.

Ruvaen walked into the open stable heading towards his dragon Hillverion (hill-ver-ion).

"Thank you Grace for helping today, here are your 20 Kirla coins. Don't spend it all at once, oh Sam told me to tell you not to forget about your training this afternoon with Zach," he said as he gave Grace 20 kirla coins.

"Thank you Ruvaen, I can finally buy new shoes and this will help dad with a bit of his medicine" Grace replied before she skipped out of the open stable.

Amelia turned to Ethrinria, "Are you hungry sweet girl?" She waited for a response but Ethrinria just puffed a little, a small dot of smoke coming from her nose.

Amelia sighed gently sending Ethrinria a small smile, she needed to figure out why Ethrinria wasn't like herself, Amelia stroked her neck gently, "Bjarter af ljósi, bjarter af eldi. Ég bið þig að sýna mér dreka eld," she spoke watching as a small fire dragon appeared on her hand.

Ethrinria let out a happy whine as she watched the fire dragon fly around the both of them. Her eyes followed the fire dragon; she even tried to chase it a little. Ruvaen was standing to the side watching the two, he couldn't believe how quick Ethrinria's attitude changed, one minute she didn't seem right and the next she was happy and bouncy.

Chatter was heard as Srocs, Phyahi, Sam and Caeda walked up, dressed and ready for their trip to Gascony.

"Sam, do you know where to go?" Ruvaen asked.

Sam nodded grabbing a map from his satchel before bringing it out unfolding it and holding it open, the five of them gathered around looking at the map.

"As you said this morning Ruvaen it's a 3 hour ride to Tascony which is not too bad, the wind is also in our favour at the moment," Sam replied.

He nodded, "Alright Sam, show us the way and we will be right behind you" he spoke as he climbed onto Hillverion .

Sam nodded before giving Mirozus a light tap on the neck letting him know to go up, Mirozus let his wings slowly form outwards before flapping them allowing him to lift off. The other dragons followed behind not long after, Amelia held onto the leather strap that was secured around Ethrinria's body as she glided into the sky and through the white puffy clouds.

Amelia loved the feeling of flying, just the feel and the sights everyone could see from up high we're amazing. She wished she could sit in the clouds for a day and peer down at those below her, she knew that was impossible but the thought of it made her smile.

Ethrinria raised her wings slightly before allowing them to fall to her side again, gaining more speed but not too much just enough to glide through the air; Amelia let go of the leather straps allowing Ethrinria to fly as if no one was on her.

Massive amounts of wind flew through the riders, none of the shivered from the coldness as it was something they grew used to over the years. Caeda's hair was covering parts of her face as she always kept it down. She was never one to have her hair up. The sound of the wind made them all feel calm, watching as the vagrant, white and puffy clouds move swiftly as if they were teasing each other. One barely touches the other, moving freely in the sky.

Amelia smiled to herself as she moved her hands in a circular pattern, a twinkling light of silver and gold appeared on her hands before moving her right hand through the closet cloud. The 5 dragon riders watched as small little tiny dragon clouds appeared jumping beside them as if they wanted to race against them.

Laughs filled the bodies of Ruvaen, Caeda, Srocs and Sam while Phyahi grumbled to himself, he didn't like the way she was using her magic and he knew it was only a matter of time until she would snap and turn evil like the rest of the mages in history.

The sky was beautiful, different shades of blue from light blue to indigo made it seem perfectly balanced, the bright yellow sun hit their faces and slowly the warmth of the sun took away the coldness from the wind only for a short while.

It was an honour for anyone to see the sky like this and appreciate how beautiful and peaceful it truly was. Birds squawked as they flew past them heading to a warmer place as the season was changing.

Caeda squirmed uncomfortably in her seat as the soreness began to set in. She hasn't been on dragons this long before only for a few moments in training. She didn't understand while no one else looked sore.

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Mirozus let out a growl letting the other dragons know they were close; Amelia grab the leather strap once again alerting her dragon to slow down and steady themselves for landing; Ethrinria looked down before angling her wings to land onto the ground. One by one the dragons landed on the ground, Amelia looked around at the village. It was small maybe 100 people could live in the village.

"This place is tiny compared to where we go, it's no wonder the dragon is stronger than them," Srocs said.

Ruvaen nodded squinting his eyes as he saw someone walking over, "Welcome Dragon Riders I am Blann Marsson village chief. Welcome to my village Gascony. Thank you for coming."

Hillverion growled out loud stomping his right foot making Ruvaen to turn and see if he was alright. A bit of smoke was released from Hillverions nose, Blann was a little take back of the growl and smoke; he thought they would be under control. Hillverion growled once more before calming down and looking at the cave in the mountains.

"Is that where the dragon is?" Amelia asked following his eyes.

Blann nodded, "Yes please follow me," with that he turned away and began heading down the path.

Translations:

Lèttleiki…lèttleiki- levitate…levitate

Bjarter ad ijóse, bjarter af else. Èg bið þig að sýna mér dreka ela - bringer of light, brigher of fire. I ask you to show