Dragon Rider (DragonMage Saga) (44 page)

I think they will need to be back
in here tomorrow and the next few days to bring them back to earth. They must
learn feelings have no place in there and need to control them and keep their
heads. For now they are going to come down to earth very quickly and they will
need food and sleep.

He watched them as he walked
behind and could see the feelings were going and fast. They started to slow
down walking to the meal hall and he could see they would not make it. He was
about to call for other wizards help to carry them when they suddenly seamed to
perk up.

Angel could feel the feeling of
euphoria wearing off and he suddenly felt weak. Looking at his friends he could
see the same happening, they where staggering and they would not make it to the
meal hall let alone their rooms. Must act quickly and call Aura. ‘Aura we need
help now quickly before we collapse?’

Aura was their straight away and
gave him her magic to bring him back to normal. He looked at the others and
could see them perking up and the staggering leaving them as well. Then Aura
spoke. ‘Angel what happened, your magic is so up and down? I’ve levelled out
your magic which will work for a short time but you will need to eat and sleep
to bring everything back to normal.’

‘We learnt a new trick today and
it swallowed us whole, we got so rapped up in it our magic just took over. The
joy in it was beyond description, we wanted to keep going and get faster and
faster. It’s just as well we all weren’t in there at the same time, I think
tomorrow when we are back in there you will have to come in with me. We will
need you all with us tomorrow.’ Angel now felt better as he walked to the meal
hall.

He looked at the others and gave
them a smile they returned, for they knew how lucky they were to come out of
that with their lives. If we had kept going the magic would have drained out of
us for as we got faster and the fire balls got faster we would have just run
out of magic for it would have got to the point of nothing left to protect us.
We were lucky.

The others looked at him as they
entered the meal hall and Angel turned to see Gavrie looking at them with a
worried look on his face. Angel was not sure weather he should say anything for
he was following behind them and he would have seen them start to stagger when
walking back.

He also would have seen them
suddenly stop the staggering and appear back to normal with a bounce in their
stride. Shylyn gave him a nudge. ‘Come on lets eat as I’m hungry’

Gavrie gave her a warm smile. ‘Go
before you collapse from all that work you just did. I will see you in the
morning in the same room and we will work on the feelings you are getting in
there.’ With that he walked away to speak with some other senior wizards
leaving the four to their meal.

They got their meal and found a
table over in a corner out of the way and spoke in soft tones, Angel starting
the conversation off. ‘We were very lucky in there before, for if you had not
got Aura to jump in when you did I would have lost myself to the extreme
feelings I was having. I have never felt the joy and exhilaration of what happened
in there.’

Shylyn had just finished a
mouthful of food, which the others were stuffing in their mouths at a fast
rate. ‘You were getting so fast all I thought about was, Gavrie will find out
about us if you kept getting faster. I never thought about the fact it was
getting dangerous for us to get that far. As you said the feelings were out of
this world and we have to stop from getting that far into the game.’

Medwin nodded as he carried on
eating, he found himself to hungry to talk so just nodded. Maive doing the same
was to involved in her eating to speak and just carried on but listening to
Angel and Shylyn.

‘Tomorrow we will have to have
our dragons with us and see if we can control the feelings we get. If we can do
that and learn I would like to try something when we are able to go to the room
by ourselves. I would like to see if we could do it in a group with the group
shield.’ There was a new fire in his voice as he suggested it; he felt it was
something that needed to be tested.

After they finished their meal
they were thinking of going to their dragons as they felt good but Aura come
into Angels mind and spoke. ‘No you need the rest to get your bodies magic back
in order before tomorrow morning. We used our magic to bring yours back up but
it will not last so you must sleep to bring your magic back in sink with your
body and in the morning you must clear your magic channels.’

Angel could feel the
determination in her mind and looked at the others and could see they were
having the same conversation with their dragons as he was. He knew they were
right and could see the magic their dragons gave to bring them back up was
again doing what they did in the room. It was making them think they were in
control and he now realized they were not.

They were too young for all this
and it was going to take its toll on them if they did not learn to control the
joy and extreme pleasure the magic was giving them. As they learnt more the
feelings were going to get stronger and so they will have to learn how to work
around those feelings.

If we keep up as we get stronger
we are likely to fall down hard one day and if we let that happen then the
Renegade will beat us. If it were to happen then we would lose and everyone
sufferers, so we must learn to take control of the feelings use them to our
advantage.

‘We will go to bed and bring our
bodies back to normal for if we are back in the room tomorrow then we must get
the sleep to get our magic back under our control.’ He got up and the others
followed as he led them out of the meal hall. ‘Thank you Aura for being strong
with me and helping me. Also I never thanked you for brining me out of the
feelings that over took me in that room. Thanks.’

Getting back to their room and
going over to their area by the window where the afternoon sun was just
starting to come through they sat to talk but soon a feeling of complete
exhaustion took over and they just curled up and went to sleep. There was a
knock at the door which they never heard.

*

Gavrie knocked at the door and
not hearing anything opened the door and looked in. there in their favourite
place by the window were four very tired kids. He walked over to them and
looked to make sure they were all ok, pulling the curtains over the windows he
then left them to build up their strength for tomorrow.

As he walked down the hall he
decided tomorrow he would control the speed of the balls for giving them that
control just might have pushed them into the deep feelings one gets in there
when practicing with the shields. It was a very deep feeling when you use your
magic to that extent.

If he keeps them on a slow speed
and not have it going fast for the next two days he will see then if they can
control it on the third day. Then he would give them back the speed and see if
they lose it again. I think by then they just might be able to control it a bit
easier so we will just have to wait and see.

*

The following morning there was a
knock at their door and Angel woke first. He looked around just a bit
disorientated before realizing where he was. Getting up and walking over to the
door he realized he still had his clothes on from yesterday. He felt a bit
jaded this morning so opened the door with a bleary eyed look.

Gavrie stood at the door and
seeing the state Angel was in indicated he go back and sit down. ‘Angel I see
you are now feeling the full effects of yesterday, so I think before you have
breakfast you all go down to the baths and have a soak and then get a meal and
when have finished you can join me in the room again.’ Angel just nodded as
Gavrie had turned and left.

After Gavrie left Angel woke the
others who all looked just as blurry eyed as he was. ‘Ok we have got to go down
to the baths and have a soak before we have a meal and then we go back to that
room. Gavrie just left so lets go as I think a nice hot bath will soon
hopefully bring me back to the living for I feel horrible.’

They all trudged down to the
baths where they split up and went their separate ways. The baths were rooms
with large tubs of worm to hot water just running into them. You choose what
heat you want and go and use that tub, the water is scented and you have a
liquid soap that’s used.

They spent about half and hour in
the tubs before finely getting out and changing the clothes. They felt really good
after the baths and now felt hungry as for the hot baths have taken all the
fatigue that was left over from yesterday and now all they had to do was eat to
fill that last spot.

Having had their breakfast they
headed back up to the room to see what Gavrie was going to do as he wouldn’t
let them control the speed again, which they thought was a good idea. Entering
the room they find Gavrie just getting a little practice and so sat and watched
him till he was ready for them.

Seeing them come in Gavrie just
carried on as he worked himself hard as of late he had not done. Feeling he
needed it for a time was coming when he was going to need to be up to scratch.
He finished and walked over to the four sitting on the floor watching him.

‘Well are we ready for another go
but this time I am going to control the speed of the fire balls and let you
just learn that you control the magic and not the other way round. Now I think
today Shylyn you go first and we will see how you go.’ Gavrie took her over and
when he was with her spoke one last time. ‘Now remember you control the magic
and if it starts to take over and you feel the thrill coming then stop and just
stand there and wait for the control to come back to you, understand?’

‘Yes I think so, I’m ready now.’
Shylyn took a deep breath as she got ready.

Gavrie come back to the others
and sent the fire balls at Shylyn. They sat and watched as Gavrie controlled
the speed. They could see Shylyn dancing around lifting then lowering her
shields knocking the fire balls away. Whenever she started to get going faster
Gavrie would slow the fire balls right down and thus bringing her back down as
well.

He was not giving her time to
allow the magic to take control, and they could see it in the way she worked
around the hall hitting the fire balls. She was in control and not the magic.
Gavrie let the speed build up again just a little to see what would happen,
when he did so she stopped and waited then she moved again.

Gavrie seeing her stop had
stopped the fire balls and waited for her to move again when she was ready. He
speed it up again and this time it was faster than before, he needed to see her
stop herself from going a bit to far, that would bring on the feeling of
euphoria. When they get to that stage it is when they are overwhelmed by the
magic.

Shylyn was starting to move in a
graceful motion that told them the magic was controlling. Gavrie immediately
stopped the fire balls and waited to see if she was coming down. Shylyn turned
to look at them and walked over to them. ‘It’s very hard once the balls get
faster. I had it under control the first time when you stopped it but that time
they got just a bit to fast and I lost it.’ She felt wrung out as she told of
how she felt.

Gavrie moved over to her and
indicated she should sit. ‘You did ok I just needed to see how much faster
before you got locked into the feeling of euphoria. It won’t happen over night
but you will get the control, now sit and we’ll watch the others have a go.’

Angel stood up to go but Gavrie
shock his head and indicated Maive. ‘Ok Maive your turn, come and lets see what
you can do.’

Maive started off slow and worked
herself up to about where Shylyn got and stopped herself. Gavrie waited to see
how long before she got herself right before starting again. This time Maive
got a bit faster before she had to stop, as she looked around the others could
see she was just a little disorientated.

Gavrie went over to her and
brought her back sitting her down with Shylyn. He then turned to Medwin and
indicated out to the middle where he followed him. As he turned to come back
Gavrie looked into his eyes and could see the fear in them which he thought was
good. ‘Ok Medwin it will be fine I control the speed so if it gets to the point
where you are losing it just stop like the girls and bring yourself down.
You’ll be fine now so remember what I said.’

Gavrie came back and got right
into it and worked the speed of the fire balls up quicker than he did for the
girls. They all watched as Medwin wove around the fire balls and knocking them
all over the place. Gavrie indicated with his hand and the speed got faster and
Medwin got faster. They could see he was caught up in it so Angel got in touch
with Aura and got her to let Medwin’s dragon know to come in.

Gavrie looked at Medwin and seen
he was lost to it and was about to stop altogether when Medwin stopped. He just
stood there and Gavrie quickly stopped the fire balls before they hit his
shield.

Medwin’s dragon had worked fast
and was with him as it happened. When Aura told him to stop Medwin he had been
just about to do it anyway. Medwin stopped and looked around and had a sheepish
grin on his face as he came over to join the others.

‘I think I lost it that time,
thought I could handle it and then all of a sudden I was a way with the Pixies.
It’s just so easy to lose yourself.’ He was still a little high with the
feeling but was almost down.

‘Ok Angel lets try you now and
see if you can control yourself. So come with me and as we go I will explain to
you what I have told the others. If you feel yourself start to go I want you to
stop and bring yourself down. If you keep letting yourself go high with the
feeling then you will have a harder time learning to stop yourself from getting
to that point. Now just relax let it flow and when you feel yourself start to
go I want you to stop right away. It does not matter if there are a lot of fire
balls coming at you I want you to stop OK.’ Gavrie looked into his eyes and
made sure the fear was there and he could see that he was serous.