Dragon Rider (DragonMage Saga) (47 page)

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Tears For Dragons Lost

*

There was nothing callus in what the
creatures thought, it was all they ever thought about was food that was their
lot in life. They could sense blood of any creatures a very long way off. Their
world having life that was very tough and so they had to work very hard to find
food in their world.

Then one day they got a sense of
blood that was so strong it was like nothing they had ever felt before. It drew
them to a point high in the air, where they saw a shimmering circle. The smell
was coming from there and so a couple of the creatures flew through then more
of them followed.

A lot of the creatures got
through when all of a sudden the shimmering circle was gone. All the creatures
that had not gone through went in to frenzy as the smell had gone when it
disappeared. They were all flying around trying to find it again but to no
avail.

Over the next few weeks a
shimmering circle would appear and as many creatures as possible would try and
get through. As the shimmering circle come back each time there were more and
more of the creatures gathering around this area to try and get through. The
shimmering circle would only open for a short time so what creatures were
closest would all pile on through.

Then one day the shimmering
circle appeared in a different place and there was a great rush to get there.
Thousands of creatures were now flying around close to where the shimmering
circle appeared. But because it only opened for a very short time, only a
couple of hundred could get through, so the creatures that missed out just flew
around waiting for the next time.

While they waited more and more
creatures joined, just flying around waiting. There were now close on two to
three thousand creatures just waiting for the next time it opened. The next
time it opened it had moved again and then there was another mad dash to where
it was.

Trying to get to the circle
bigger creatures would push or kill any in their way. The smaller ones though
were very fast at getting out of the way of the big ones and so they were
nearly always the ones that got through before it closed. You would still get
some of the big ones through.

Then there came the day things
were different and the shimmering circle was twice the size and then the
creatures just swarmed through in their hundreds and hundreds. The creatures
could not believe it and they packed in tight just to get through before it
closed again.

Never had so many creatures been
able to get through in one go, it was close to two thousand creatures that went
through that day. When they got into the other place they saw large creatures
with some small ones on their backs. The smell of food was so over powering
that they attacked those creatures.

The creatures tried to get away
but they were too weak for opening a portal of that size just about crippled
them. They were just too weak to get away like they usually do when they open a
portal. This time the size was so big and they underestimated how much strength
in magic it would take to keep it open.

They knew there were a lot of
creatures waiting on the other side and so this time they brought more wizards
with them. They thought with more wizards they could get a bigger portal and so
get more creatures through and then close it and get away. But they had
underestimated the magic it would take.

They had made it as big as they could
and kept it open just to long, so that when they could hold it open no longer,
they found it had taken too much of their magic. They could have got away with
their dragons flying faster than the creatures but with them being weaker they
lost control of the dragons.

The dragons did not move and just
let the creatures over power them, they did not mind dying as it released them
from the terrible bond the Renegades held over them. They would rather die than
keep that bond. With the Renegades weak they could not command their dragons to
take them away and so the dragons waited for their death and freedom.

That day twenty Renegades died
with their dragons but only the dragons relished that. The sun was only just
coming up as the creatures could smell the blood just up over the mountain. The
creatures turned and headed up to go over the mountain and feed on the strong
smell of blood coming from there.

The afternoon before the
Renegades open the big portal the creatures that had come through from the last
one headed down to the blood they could smell down below. As they flew down
they were hit by balls of fire and a lot of the creatures had never seen these
before and so just kept going.

*

In the mean time the wizards just
kept firing at the creatures till there were hardly any left. Angel and the
rest came out from the mouth of the cave just as the sun was setting. They were
a very tired lot of wizards and students that trudged into the school and the
meal hall to eat and try and build their strength up.

Angel and his friends found a
table and sat down till they were brought food. This they quickly got stuck
into for even though they were tired they were very hungry. Angel knew they
needed this and when they went to their room they will have to use their dragons’
magic to revive them a little.

‘We must see what sort of damage
the Renegade had done to the old spell and soon. When we have eaten we will go
to our room and gather magic from our dragons and get our energy back so we
might be able to check the spell.’ Angel's eyes were having trouble focusing on
his friends as he spoke to them.

‘We’ll need to be quick as it is
getting dark, so I think we need to go now. I think if we went down to our
secret room now and our dragons were their waiting for us we could be there
very soon.’ Medwin was having the same trouble as Angel and could hardly keep
his eyes open.

‘Let’s go now so we can be back
before we are missed even though I don’t think any one will miss us as I think
everyone who can will be in bed.’ Angel was up and trying to get his energy
level up enough to move.

They left the meal hall and went
down to their secret room not being seen as they went. Reaching their room they
went through the secret hall out the other deck where they crossed the deck and
through to their dragons. The dragons were ready and as they lifted Angel asked
if they could draw on their magic.

Aura looked around back at Angel
and could see he was just about had it. ‘Quickly now draw on our magic and get
yourselves strong again.’

Angel and his friends draw from
their dragons till they felt full of energy. ‘We will be ok for a short time
but will have to get a good nights sleep before we do any more magic again.’

They arrived at the deck where the
Renegade has done the damage and they need to see what he has done today. They
got down from their dragons and walked over to the spot where the Renegade
works his magic on the old spell. Angel used his magic and looked at the old
spell and where there was a hole forming.

The hole was a bit bigger than
the last time and he went up to it and with his finger he traced the hole.
Where the hole was it lit up with a slight glow which was pulsing with the
spell. Angel moved back just a little and asked the others for their help.

‘I will need all your help with
this as the hole is a lot bigger and I need to get the healing back into it.
Just do what we normally do and I will draw your magic to me, now here goes.’
Angel looked into himself and then draws the magic up from himself slowly from
the others till he was drawing magic from them all.

Angel traced his fingers around
the hole and reinforced the old spell magic, working it to heal itself. This
was the best way that Angel had found to do this without the old spell drawing
him into it. This way was slower but safer to heal it.

Angel finished as it became dark
but they could still see for the old spell was still glowing. They all looked
at the old spell and could see it was looking brighter around the edge of the
hole. It was working and the spell was healing itself.

They climbed back on their
dragons who took them back to the deck just next to where they come out. They
gave their dragons a hug and quickly left to get back to their room. They had
to run across the deck in the dark as they did not want to be seen. Getting
down to their secret passage, they were able to use magic to light up their way
back to their secret room.

Getting back up to their room
with no one seeing them, they went straight to bed and to sleep as they felt
good but still needed the sleep to get their own magic back up to par. It did
not take them long to get to sleep for the day had been very taxing.

*

What they did not know or see was
Gavrie standing down the hall watching them get back to their room. He had come
up to see if they were ok but not finding them there looked all over the place
but could not find them anywhere so he waited. Now they were back but where had
they been and they looked full of energy and he had seen how hard they had
worked today.

Walking back to his room and the
rest he so wanted, these attacks were starting to take a toll on all the senior
wizards. If they did not get a break soon a lot of the older wizards would
succumb to the attacks. It was lucky we have not lost any yet but it’s only a
matter of time and it will happen.

He reached his room and the
anticipation of sleeping was over whelming. As he entered his room he sat at
his desk for a time thinking of what the four had been up to. He is going to
need to ask them soon what they are doing and where they are going. He is not
going to take the excuse of going to their secret room.

Now time for sleep for we don’t
know what tomorrow is going to bring and I need to be fit with my mind alive.
We are only going to be able to keep this up for a couple more days and if the
attacks don’t stop, then we are in deep trouble. Even having the Dragon Riders
here it would still be hard pressed to beat them.

*

It was early the following
morning that Aura got the call saying the Renegade was coming. They thought it
was very early and if he was coming then the creatures would also be coming.
Aura and the others decided to fly up high and see if they could see where he
was.

They flew out low over the sea
and then climbed high climbing up with the coming glow of dawn behind them so
they are not seen. They climbed very high and then moved slowly over and around
the mountain.

They could see the Renegade
wizard who has been trying to work his spell against the old spell. He flew
away and around the mountain flying past the dragons cave and moving to the
tower he always uses. Then they saw there were twenty more Renegade Wizards
flying to an area at the base of the mountain.

As they watched they could feel
strong magic in play and they have felt that pattern before when Angel had been
in class and opened a small portal. These Renegades were opening a portal and
they could feel how strong the magic was with twenty Renegades working on it.

They could feel from up here the
magic was very strong and the portal that was being opened was going to be big.
They were going to let as many creatures in as they can and they had better
worn Angel and the others. Aura called to Angel in his sleep.

‘Angel you must wake up now, you
are in grave danger, wake up now?’ Aura had an edge of panic in her calling as
she tried to wake him up.

Angel could feel Aura in his mind
and for a minute thought he was dreaming but suddenly he was awake. ‘Aura is
that you calling, what’s wrong you sound as if you are in fear for your life?’

‘No it is you we fear for the
Renegade has returned but this time there are twenty more Renegades with him
and they are opening a very large portal. How big would the portal be with
twenty wizards working the spell? If you come into my mind you will be able to
fell the power of the spell?’ Aura was starting to sound very scared as she
looked at the portal that was being opened down below.

‘I am here Aura it’s alright, now
let me see what it is you are looking at. I see the portal is forming and I can
feel the power that is being used and you are right they are going to open a
very large portal. If it is like the others and the creatures are congregating
on the other side of it then we are in trouble.’ Angel was now starting to feel
a bit nervous with that many Renegades working down there.

‘I’ll wake the others, now make
sure that you don’t get seen and I will be back.’ Angel was quickly up and
across to Medwin’s bed as he finished talking to Aura.

Medwin woke and tried to think
where he was till Angel was in his face. ‘Come on we have got big trouble
coming our way and very soon.’

Angel dragged Medwin with him as
he ran down the hall to the girl’s room banging on the door and barging in. The
girls heard the commotion and woke. The girls saw Angel and Medwin standing in
the door calling them.

‘Come on we have big trouble and
not much time to get everyone up. The Renegades are opening a very large portal
and that means there won’t be hundreds but thousands of creatures coming over
that mountain soon.’ Angel was moving out of the room as he finished telling
the girls.

They all sat on the cushions by
the window trying to think quickly what they were going to do. ‘We must worn
everyone of what is coming but will they believe us and how do we do that?’ Shylyn
was sounding frantic as she spoke.

‘If we do they will want to know
how we found out they are coming and we don’t want them to know about our
dragons.’ Maive was starting to sound the same as Shylyn she was so worried
about revealing who told them.

‘I will go to Gavrie and talk to
him but I will not reveal who told us or how we know they are coming. But we
must hurry now, so come on lets go wake up Gavrie.’ Angel was up and walking
out the door.