Chapter 2:The Dragon Rider

Walluki

I walked all over the streets, stepping on more people. I grinned a face of absolute delight. Re-venge! Re-venge! I chanted. But of course, no one could understand me. To people, it sounded like a growl, or a roar. So the Chinese began to scream as they ran. I crawled quickly throughout nearby streets. Gotta make this job quick, or else I'll get caught and killed, like Dwaquel. I stopped. Looking around, I saw many destroyed buildings. (Step two, check!)

I crawled slowly back to Mt.Fuji, dragging my feet. The third step was next. I thought about how I would sleep a good night tonight. My first full sleep in three years.

I started my long climb up the mountain, my claws digging in the grooves. I stopped and smelt the raw meat one last time. And caught the smell of... a human? On the mountain? I froze, and remebered Dwaquel. They could be trying to hunt me down. Oh yeah, I forgot, quietly... But wait, I smell... one human? Only one? Weird. Don't people need reinforcement? Especially when a dragon is your opponent, but, oh well. One human couldn't do that much harm. I'd just kill them when I got there and be done with it. Easy.

(>vv<)

I stalked the human. I could clearly see it was a girl. She was rummaging through my cave, looking for something. After a few seconds, she shouted, "Ah-ha!" and held up a scale. Dwaquel's scale. It was the only thing I had left to remember Dwaquel.

I growled in rage and forgot to keep quiet. The girl turned around in surprise. Her face lit up in delight. What? Why in the world is she smiling?

"Because I'm happy." the girl said, answering.

You can understand me? I growled, (I was still mad about her touching Dwaquel's scale.)

"Yeah; weird, huh? I thought people couldn't understand dragons."

I shook my head. This is madness, you're not supposed to understand me! And put Dwaquel's scale down!

"Oh, this?" she held up Dwaquel's scale. "I was gonna take it, but if it's that special to you, I'll put it away." The mysterious girl placed it back in the cave. "Oh, and who's Dwaquel? Is he here?" She looked around, then looked back at me.

I turned me head, facing the other way. What should I tell her? He-

"It's okay if you don't wanna tell me," the girl said, smiling, "By the way, my name's Ganryu. Fancy meeting a dragon like you. Tell me, can you breathe green fire?"

I stared at her, surprised at how easily she changed the subject. Ummm, yeah... I am the green fire dragon after all.

"Cool!" Ganryu shouted, "So, friends? As dragon and dragon rider?"

Dragon rider? I barely knew this girl, and she wanted to ride me?

"Yep, we'll go on awesome adventures, c'mon." she pleaded.

Okay... I shrugged, then nodded.

Chapter 15: Savior

Ayumu

I screamed. What in the world was she thinking? SACRIFICE? That would just make everyone sadder, not happier.

I reached out to Sari's shoulder, trying to pull her out of harm's way. But the man with the scar stepped between us. I panicked, and kicked him between the legs. He groaned in pain and staggered off, soon collapsing on the ground.

Again, I reached out to Sari, but I was too late. Another masked man came out of nowhere just as my fingers bushed Sari's shoulder. The masked man put his arm around Sari's neck and held his sword up to her chin threateningly. Sari closed her eyes, a tear coming down her cheek. The man back away, still holding my sister. He looked cautiously at the other men that charged us earlier and examined them. The other two had stopped their rampage and now turned to stare at the newcomer in silence. Another man fell from the trees and grabbed my shoulder, pinching hard. I whimpered, and allowed myself to be dragged back into the trees.

Sari

Once we were in the trees, our captors, (mine and Ayumu's,) let us go. We turned around and stared back at them, confused. Then both captors laughed. It wasn't an evil, dark laugh. It was a light, teasing laugh. Ayumu and I exchanged glances, mystified.

Then captor #1 removed his mask. He was a young man, probably around the age of 16. He had stunning golden eyes and dirty blonde hair. Captor #2 went up in a poof of smoke. And when the smoke cleared, there stood Hemu and Muri, grinning.

Chapter 6: Faint Hearted

“Charismi!” she suddenly yelled when her mouth was uncovered. “Is this your dragon?” the man in the front asked. “Yes, sir,” Sari answered. “It is well tamed,” the man said to Sari, then to the guards, “Release her!” “Yes, sir!” they said, quickly untying her bonds. Sari stood up with confusion, picked Charismi up in her hands and walked out the door. When she walked outside, there was a town. Why hadn’t she seen that before? Anyway, she walked into the town, nervous. The people stared at Sari. All of them had dragons too! Sari tried buried her head in head in her sweater, but her sweater wasn’t there. She had left it at the court. She sighed with resignation. Yes, she had left her sweater at the court; but there was no way she was going back there just to get it back. Sari trudged on for a while but stopped when she heard a sound. The sound was wings flapping, flapping, flapping through the air. It was a dragon. A full grown dragon going

Down,

Down,

Down,

Down,

Until the dragon landed.

Right in front of Sari. She looked up, and as if things couldn’t get any worse; the dragon spoke, “Hello miss, you left this sweater of yours back at the court,” The dragon handed her the sweater. Sari looked at the dragon, then the sweater, and then she looked at the dragon again. “Well,” said the dragon, “What you waiting for, take it!” and he shoved the sweater towards her. His claw brushed her tattered sleeve, and Sari goggled at the arm; then fainted.

“Ugh!” the dragon groaned, “I hate it when people do that!” “Now, now, Barton; don’t worry,” said his owner Benny, climbing down from his back. “I told you!” Barton said thrusting his hand towards Sari, “I told you I’m am NOT for delivery services to the faint hearted.” “Anyhow,” said Benny, sighing. “Let’s get her somewhere safe, shall we?” And with that, Benny carried Sari aboard and they flew to his house.

Chapter 3: Dragon!

Sari watched as, everyday; the crack that was tiny grew bigger and bigger. Soon, the crack stretched all the way from the top to the bottom. Sari watched the egg intently, waiting for something to come out. The crack widened with every passing second until you could see the creature inside, all curled up. The egg pieces suddenly fell to the sides to reveal… a dragon? Sari stumbled backward. She couldn’t believe what she saw. It was a dragon. A blue one with green wings and a spiky tail speckled with red. “Whoa.” Sari muttered. She was sure that she was dreaming. She rubbed her eyes and looked again. The little fellow was still sitting there, smiling.