Dragon Rider (ON HOLD)

Chapter 7 : Information

I hurried to get T-S ready.  As soon as the dome was open just enough for her to get through we were off.  I flew a different way to avoid being sighted by Mrs. Vaein; it’s so weird to not have to call her elder.  To have a different name for her that not many people remember.  We flew to the same area we had last night and my father was waiting.  I came upon him eating a deer.  I knew this shouldn’t bother me because dragons usually eat deer but he wasn’t just a dragon any more.  When he saw me he threw the dead carcass in to a nearby bush, and then walked out of sight.  The air around a tree at the edge of clearing sparkled as it had last night on the tree tops.  My father walked out wearing a pair of jeans and was buttoning up his shirt.  As soon as he was finished I ran over and hugged him.

            “I’ve missed you.” He said.

            “And I you!”  I truly had missed him.  Not just during the night but now that I know who he is and that he is alive I’ve missed every second we should have spent together.  All those birthdays and all the times he should’ve been there to see me bring out the dragons to fight.  I wanted to make him proud. I’d find a way somehow, but now I had to focus. I had to learn everything I should’ve already learned from him if they hadn’t found me that day in the woods. “Tell me everything.  I need to know!”

            “Ok then.  Where shall we start?!”

            “What is your name?”                       

            “Christopher Mason.  What’s next?”

            “What is my mother’s name?”

            “Samantha.  Anyone else you would like to know about?”

            “Me! What am I?  If you’re a dragon and mom was a human then what am I?”

            “You are half Fire Heart.  And I believe that you could change into one when your 16.  When will your birthday be celebrated?”

            “Next week, on Monday but that’s not my real birthday when is my real birthday?”

            “Monday about two months  ago, but you won’t be officially be able to turn till your 16th birthday party so on Monday night come back and I’ll help you through it.  Now what’s your next question?

            “Where is mother?  My real mother not my mother I have now but my maternal mother?”

            “Your mother is actually asleep in our home I would have told her but I didn't want to tell her incase you didn't want us to be in you life."

            "Of course I want you both to be in my life!  I've just found you how could I just walk away from you both?  Your my parents!  My real parents!  You don't know what it's like growing up thinking your parents are both dead or something and that you could have been eaten by a dragon if your new family hadn't found you!  Or finding out how your REAL father knew exactly where you were but never spoke a word to you!  And you don't know how it feels to know that you're the only person in the entire village who grew up with out their mum and dad!"

            "Of course I don't know how that feels, but sweetie I was banned I couldn't step foot or paw into that village to see you and everytime I saw you in the woods I had to leave because I was in dragon form and that boy knew me!  I coudn't risk it!  I wanted so much to see you!  I have missed you so much these last few years, I couldn't bare to lose you again!"

            "I want to see mom!"

            "I'll bring her on monday if that will make you happy?"

            "Thank you."

            "Of course.  Anything for you."

            “How did she meet you?”

            “I met your mother before I met the witch.  We had been dating for a while you see and when I went home to find my family she was there along with her mother and her father.  When I explained what had happened and showed them what I was the village drove me out and she was forbidden to see me ever again but she refused her father and came looking for me.  I hadn’t gone very far for I couldn’t leave the village it was my home.  She found me sitting in some trees.  ‘That doesn’t look very comfortable’ was the first thing she said when she found me.  I flew down and changed. I hugged her immediately and she told me what she had done and we lived together in the forest, living off of the land.  I was an excellent hunter even in my new form.  I loved your mother and when in my human form I made us a house from material I had gathered in my dragon form.  When we found out that you were coming then I expanded our house to fit a child.

            “When your mother died I had stayed with you never letting you out of my sight.  I had made a carriage for you and your mom.  I had thought I could take you flying.  So I put you in and changed then hunted.  I had forgotten the carriage one day and had to lay you down on a haystack.  You were big enough to walk and you were a very good crawler.  You had fallen asleep and I found some deer and when I had finished eating I got rid of the dead deer and curled up beside you the next thing I knew that boy was trying to take you away from me.  I couldn’t hurt them they were from the village.  I knew they would take care of you till you were old enough for me to come find you and for you to understand when I explained everything that happened.”

            “I have one more question.  Can I talk to dragons?”

            “Well since you are half dragon then yes you can understand them.  But only when you have changed will you be able to hear their voices.”

            “So, basically, everything will change on Monday.”

            “Yes everything will change.”

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ok yes I know its a bit shorter than my usual work but hey two uploads for two diff stories in one day give me a break here the next one hopefully wont be as boring or as short