Dragon Rider (DragonMage Saga)

by Platt, S. P.

  They ran as fast as they could down the stairs and had just got to the door at the bottom when there came a large ball of fire. It hit the bottom of the stars and blow bits of the stairs away. The fire ball when it hit blowing bits of the stairs around made them hit the ground as bits flew above their heads.

  They were quickly up and out the door and across into the middle of the deck waiting for them to come out of the tower. They stood there and waited knowing it was time to face their fears. Just how strong are they and can they defeat four full grown Renegade Wizards. They were about to find out.

  They heard another fire ball hit the bottom of the stairs and bit of rocks and dust come flying out the door. They were close enough together so they could combine their shields if they were attacked by a lot of spells.

  Angel looked at each in turn before he spoke to them. ‘When they come out of the tower door be ready to fire the strongest energy ball you can, if we all do it together at the first one that comes out the door we might be able to kill him. Be ready as I think they are coming.

  Sure enough they could hear the Renegades coming down the stairs but they could not tell how many were coming. There was still a bit of dust blowing out the door of the tower when one of the Renegades appeared at the door.

  Angel, Medwin, Shylyn and Maive were ready when they saw the Renegade in the dust at the door. They all fired together and there were four energy balls as big as their heads shooting towards the Renegade. The first one hit his shield and his shield flared a bright pink.

  The other three balls hit together and his shield went down with him taking two of the blasts full in the chest. They propelled him back through the door and back into the tower where the other Renegades waited, then from the window above their came a large ball of fire.

  Angel had his shield up just in time to deflect it away as the others brought up their shields. Medwin was the first to recover from the surprise and sent an energy ball up at the window were the shot came from. It went in the window and they heard a blast in the tower with dust blowing out the window.

  Medwin knew he had missed when three Renegades came out the door firing as they come running. The fire balls hit their shields with their shields holding. Then the Renegades fired more fire balls which hit their shields causing them to flare bright red with flames spreading out around the shields.

  Angel knew what they were trying to do and yelled at his friends. ‘They are trying to make us use full shields and so stopping from firing anything at them. I have an idea let’s let them think and see what happens, but be ready. When I give the word we fire four energy balls at the one closest to us.’

  The Renegades kept firing their balls of fire at them making them use a full bubble of a shield. This made them think they could not use their magic, and so they came closer to see who was causing them so much trouble. When they got close enough they registered surprise on their face for all they saw were just four kids.

  The main Renegade just laughed at them and spoke. ‘What do we have here just four kids being a pain. You were lucky to get one of us but your luck has just run out. You will know while we keep your shield up in a full bubble you are unable to use your magic. You have no chance against full grown Wizards now you will pay dearly for your interference.’ He just laughed at them as the other Renegades got closer for a better look at them.

  Angel and his friends called on their dragons for their magic. As they looked at the Renegades they picked the one closest and then they drew on their dragons magic and fired four energy balls at the closest Renegade. The balls hit him right in the chest knocking him back across the deck.

  The other two Renegades quickly got their shields up and moved back across the deck out of the way. The look on the Renegades face was one of pure evil as he could not believe what had just happened. They had knocked one of his wizards out across the deck from a full enclosed shield.

  The main Renegade walked back over to the Renegade they had just hit to see if he was still alive. He found him still breathing and then turned his attention back to the four kids who just stood there within their shields. There were smiles on their faces as he looked at them.

  His expression turned ugly for no one smiles at him and gets away with it. He builds up a spell and casts it at the four, hitting them squire. They go flying backwards and he does the same again and they get thrown back even further. Their shields are still holding and this makes him even Angrier.

  He is about to fire another spell when four energy balls come shooting straight at him. He brings up his shield just in time as they hit and knock him backwards across the deck. No one does this to him; his thoughts were starting to get out of control for he has never had anybody do this to him, especially not kids.

  Angel had been waiting for his attack knowing it would come but he never expected it to knock them over the deck. The second lot had knocked them even further away. They lay there for a minute as the Renegade goes and checks on the one they had hit.

  Angel could see he was going to do it again so they quickly got up and cast a spell of there own, this time they fire energy balls which hit his shield and pushes him across the deck. The other Renegade is standing to the side watching the fighting going on with the kids.

  He works his way around the deck so he can get a spell cast at their backs when a fire balls comes at him. His shield comes up and he blocks it and is about ready to fire one his own when the main Renegade fires again at the kids.

  The ball of fire hits the kids’ shields which are still holding against their most powerful wizard. These kids were something they had not bargained on and were going to have to rethink on. The renegade moves back to stand beside the main Renegade who is still angry at what is happening.

  They are about to cast another spell when there is a trimmer in the deck they are standing on and a piece of the floor the size of small dragon goes plunging into the ocean below. The spell they have cast is working and the spell holding the wizard school to the rock face of the mountain is starting to fall apart. If there are pieces starting to fall away here then there must be more falling elsewhere.

  *

  Gavrie and the wizards have just finished fighting off the last of the creatures. Gavrie has got the students clearing off the deck of the dead creatures and is thinking it might be time to find out what his four prize students are up to. He is about to go when they feel the trimmers in the deck.

  There are yells and as he turns to where students are yelling he sees part of the deck fall away to the sea below. He can still feel little trimmers and quickly decides it is time for them all to get off the deck. ‘Clear the school and I want all teachers to insure all students are out of the school buildings.’

  He runs to the cave where there are more head teachers working on the lances. Finding them still working and not realizing what was happening, he yells to them to move. ‘Get everyone off the school and deck now; they must start to head off around the mountain and to the valley where it will be safe. I don’t know how long the school and deck will be safe for, so get going.’

  The teachers are off and running, as no one is worried about getting personal items for it is just no longer safe for them. This is the first time in centuries anything like this has ever happened. Now he knows he needs to find out how it is happening and why. His mind goes to Angel and his friends and where they might be.

  Before he can worry about them he must make sure that all wizards and students are safely off the school and deck. Then he can worry about them but he won’t be long in going to find them. Just then there is another trimmer but nothing breaks off this time. Just a few rocks falling from the mountain above.

  With all the attacks going on lately he has a suspicion he knows who is responsible for what is happening. But what he is really afraid of is Angel, Medwin, Maive and Shylyn are caught up in all this. He knew he should have kept a closer eye on them but now it’s too late. I just hope they have sense to keep out of trouble but then again they
are young, I must hurry and then go find them.

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  Angel and his friends are not ready for the trimmer and a large hole opening up in the deck. They realize the spell is failing and they are going to need to do something very soon before it is too late. They had just fired a ball of fire at the other Renegade who was trying to work his way behind them.

  Angel whispers to the others an idea he has. ‘If we come off full shields and work with our shields as we do in the training room, we might be able to deflect some of his spell back at him or the other Renegade still alive?’

  Medwin and girls nod their heads as they move their shields off full and have only half shields now. They are about fire more spells when the Renegade they hit at the door come stumbling out and firing spell in all directions. The kids use their shields to deflect what they can at the Renegades.

  They realize they are going to need to do something soon for they can’t keep this up all the time. He looks around and tries to think what they can do for this could go on for a while but fears they will come out on the losing side. They need to do something very soon.

  The third Renegade had stopped firing spells all over the place and the leader of them was talking to him. He helped him through the door and out onto the deck where he could work better. They could see he was still very groggy with the hits he had taken.

  Angel looks at them and he draws on Auras power and then he fires a large energy ball at the leader who only just deflects it. Now they were starting to get him mad for the look in his eyes was a mask of black anger. He summoned his magic and Angel could feel the power he was drawing on.

  The Renegade looked at them and then fired a spell that pushed them to the edge of the hole in the deck. It was very lucky they did not go in there which they realize is what the Renegade was planning. They needed to do something and very soon, as he was stronger than they were.

  They moved away from the hole in the deck and over by the entrance to the cave. There they try to get their spells worked out. They decide to hit them with balls of fire before using lighting bolts, ending with energy balls. They looked at the three before walking out to meet them.

  The Renegade had not fired another spell at them as they had moved to the cave entrance. This puzzled them for he is very powerful and should not be that exhausted. But Angel suddenly had an answer to that which they had forgotten. ‘He’s been working on the spell all day and so is just a little weaker. Now we have a chance to defeat him.’ Angel started to think on ways they could do that, for he is still very strong.

  They first have to get rid of the two other Renegades before they can try to tackle him. ‘We’re going to have to get rid of the two weak Renegades first then we can concentrate all our energy on the last one. He’s the problem one and we are going to need all our minds on him and no one else.’ He was still working on what they could do.

  Shylyn was very nervous as she looked at the three Renegades. ‘I wish Gavrie was here to help us he would know what to do.’ She looked at the others and could see in their faces the same feelings.

  ‘Come on we knew we would be the ones that were going to do this and we have at lest got rid of one Renegade, now it’s a matter of working out which one next and how we do it.’ Medwin tried to cheer the girls up as they were just a little scared.

  Angel looked at them and could see the fear was there in their faces and he was pretty sure they could see it in his face. But he had to keep up the appearance of calm for if they let their fear take over then they would lose and he did not want to lose his new friends.

  ‘Come on we are strong, our dragons are there for us and we are there for them.’ As he finished talking Aura come into his mind as the others dragons went into their minds.

  ‘Angel it’ll be alright we are here to help and all we need is a plain to remove the Renegades one at a time, you can think of something and we’ll help.

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  What Is A DragonMage

  As they slowly walked out onto the deck and away from the hole they kept an eye on the Renegades who just looked at them trying to work them out. They could see there was a puzzled look on their faces or at lest the other two. The leader had a look, bordered on plan hatred and it really made him look truly evil just like his spell.

  Then all three Renegades throw fire balls at them which they deflected very easily. The Renegades were testing them to see what they had which made it easy for them to deflect with their shields. Angel looked at the way they attacked and an idea comes to him.

  He worked them around a bit more and as he did so he told the others of his idea. ‘Have you watched how they attack us, they each fire a ball of fire or fire a lighting bolt or that spell, that pushed us across the deck, which the leader used. They do it by themselves for they don’t work out with each other what they are doing. They don’t ask for help to fire at the one person. They are loners and that’s how we are going to defeat them.’

  They looked at them as they fired off shots that went for each of them trying to break down their shields. They moved all the time just going from one side of the deck to the other. As they did this the Renegades fired off spells at them but they were having no effect.

  They could see the leader was starting to get very angry and was yelling at his fellow Renegades. The leader was by far the strongest of them but he was still weak from the entire spell weaving he had been doing all day. His spells still made them flinch when one hit the shield.

  Now Angel decided he had enough of the playing around and called his friends together so he could talk. ‘This is what we need to do, I think it’s the only way we might have a chance of knocking them off. We need to combine our shields and then I want you three to concentrate all your energy balls on to one Renegade at a time leaving the leader, him I will keep distracted with some spell. You keep hitting that Renegade till you kill him, it’s the only way.’

  They looked at Angel and then the three of them come together on one side of Angel so they could better aim their spells at the one they chose. ‘When you are ready and have picked which one you are going for let me know and I will start to fire at the leader. When you have killed him go for the other one right away, don’t give him any time?’

  They huddled and soon had their target lined up and ready, they then nodded at Angel who started to fire energy balls at the leader, making his shield flare with the spells hitting it. Angel kept up the fire as Medwin, Maive and Shylyn fired at their chosen Renegade. They hit him with as many energy balls as they could, not stopping till they saw him burning with an energy ball enveloping him.

  He had not had time to bring up his shield as the energy balls just kept coming at him so fast. As soon as they seen him burning they switched to the other before he could put up his shield. The attack was so quick and unexpected he went down just as quickly as the other Renegade.

  They were about to switch to the leader but he was on to their game and with his shield already up the energy balls just bounced away from him. His shield was a lot stronger than the other two which caught them by surprise. They stopped firing and this gave him an opening.

  The Renegade glared at them and with a push of his hands a spell hit the four and pushed them across the deck stunning them. They lay on the ground with their shields down and the Renegade walking over to them. He is just about half way to them when he suddenly hears a noise and stops to look up.

  Coming down in front of him were four dragons a black and three whites. He had never seen young dragons like these before and a black at that. He had never seen a black dragon before but knew there was one with the Dragon Riders but that one was full grown.

  The dragons coming down in front of him had stopped him in his tracks allowing the dragons to land in front of him and between him and the four kids on the ground. They were stopping him from going over to them and this made him angry. With that he fired a powerful ball of fire at them but he found their shields had stopped it.

  He stood there
puzzled for a moment till it clicked in his mind these dragons had shields and if they had shields then they might have magic. His eyes suddenly lit and his shield come up just as the dragons fired balls of fire at him. His mind was trying to get to grips with what he was seeing.

  In all his time he had never known dragons to have magic and these four in front of him had magic. He must tell his superiors of this for this is not right, they have fixed it so dragons don’t have magic but these four do. But first he had better finish this off and get back to tell them.

  His shield was still holding back the fire balls from the dragons when they changed to energy balls and then his shield started to falter just a bit. He was a bit startled by this as he had never come across a spell like this that fired energy balls. But it still annoyed him; he was being attacked by just kids and young dragons.

  This built up his anger and he started to really increase the power of his spells and he sent them at the young dragons who found themselves being pushed back as their shields suddenly flared with the fire enveloping them. They were now starting to get in trouble and their riders were still not recovered from the hit they had taken.

  Angel stirred and there was something that was buzzing in his head as he slowly sat up. It took him a few moments before things started to come back to him and then the buzzing in his mind become Aura’s voice. She was calling for help. ‘Angel you must wake up we can’t hold him much longer and we are afraid?’

  ‘It’s alright Aura I’m here now; can you hold him a little longer while I see how the others are?’ Angel had finely become aware of what was happening and what he was seeing.

  ‘We can hold him for a short time only as he has increased the power of his spells and we are only just holding him at bay. Please hurry?’ Aura’s voice felt shaky as she told Angel.

  He pulled himself up and went over to his friends as they lay there. He gave them a little shack to try and bring them around. They moaned a little as he tried to wake them but it was going to take to long to bring them around. He quickly worked his magic into their magic to see weather it would help them recover quicker.