Semaj

by Amari A

Chapter 8

  We arrive back at the river in our dragon forms so that we didn’t have to hear Dom’s mouth. Dom is already there and so is his creepy servant. The sun isn’t as bright outside yet, but it’s still pretty hot outside.

  “I see that you two have actually come prepared for dragon training,” he says.

  “Yes, but before we start Brenden wants to drink your potion thing. He was trying to change this morning and it was a little difficult for him,” I say. It wasn’t exactly the truth. When we woke up Brenden was already in his dragon form and was shocked, but what Dom didn’t know didn’t hurt him.

  Dom looks from Brenden to me and whispers something to his servant. His servant walks over to Brenden and motions for him to come closer. Soon as he does he pours the potion into his mouth and walks away. I look at Brenden and he seems to be okay.

  “So, what are you training us in today?” I ask.

  “Still training you in defense. You have to be prepared for anything,” he says.

  “Are you going to be throwing fireballs again? Because nobody really has time for that.”

  “Maybe later, but not right now. Have you been taught to defend yourself while in flight?” he asks.

  I shake my head. “I haven’t learned anything in defensive training.”

  “Okay, well, you’ll go first today,” he says. “Fly up in the air.”

  I glance at Brenden one more time to make sure that he’s okay and he is. I flap my wings and fly high into the air. I’ve never felt more free than I do in that very moment. Dom flies up in the air and looks at me with a smirk.

  “Are you ready?” he asks.

  I nod my head. I’m not really, but it’s not like I’m going to tell him that. He flies a short distance away from me and I prepare myself for him to throw a fireball, but as I look at him he does nothing but sit there and stare at me. I open my mouth to say something but he flies over and whips his tail at me. I duck and fly upwards and he lunges at me. I snap back at him but I miss. He throws a fireball at me and I dodge it in the nick of time. I see him coming towards me in full-force and try to think of what I should do. Before I could think of anything, he bounces backwards. He stumbles in the air a little and stares at me. I smirk because I had somehow put a force field around myself that he couldn’t penetrate. He threw two fireballs at me and they bounce off of me and go towards the sky. I fly towards him and whip my tail and it lands on his face. He cries out in pain as he flies higher in the air.

  He looks upset and I can feel his frustration radiating off of him. He opens his mouth and I can see this huge fireball come towards me and I focus on it. Then it bursts. I feel drained, so I fly back to the ground.

  “You did great!” exclaimed Brenden.

  I smile. “Thanks, I did kick some old dragon butt, didn’t I?”

  Dom flies down and lands directly in front of me. “How many powers do you have?”

  “I don’t know. They only seem to show when I’m in danger,” I say.

  “It’s interesting because no dragon has ever possessed the powers that you do,” he says.

  “Maybe it’s because I’m this alleged “chosen one”,” I say.

  He nods his head. “Could be,” he yawns. “You’ve tired me out quickly today, young dragon princess. I must take my rest. See you tomorrow.”

  I watch as he and creepy dude walk into the woods. I look over at Brenden who looks just as shocked as me. We had done a lot more moving yesterday and he didn’t tire out. I have the urge to follow him, but since the first time we tried to sneak up on him didn’t go to well, I decide against it. There was still just something about him that wasn’t sitting well with me and since he let us go early it was time that I looked back into that legend to see exactly what I was dealing with.

  I motion for Brenden to follow me back to our camp site. We would be moving it tonight because I knew that my dad’s guards were probably getting close and I didn’t want to be dragged back before I could complete my mission. We make it back to camp in record time because of our forms and I hurry and shift back and throw on some clothes. I go into my backpack and dig out the book of legends. I flip to the story that Dom told me and I read it over. The more I read, the wider my eyes get. The story is the same, but he left out a lot of key information. I felt my face paling as I look up at Brenden.

  “What’s wrong?” he asks.

  I turn the book around so that he can see what I had. There, in the middle of the page, was a picture of Dom. Only he wasn’t really Dom, he was really Velshkar, the dragon that I had to defeat.