A/N: Hey guys, ready for some completly original characters set in the world of the Inheritance Cycle? Cause that's what you're getting! That's right, you didn't read incorrectly. Every character will be original. Well, except for maybe a few. Maybe. Possibly. Can't say for sure. Anyways, this is set before the fall of the Riders. So without further ado, let's get this show on the road!
The night wind was blowing as the ceremony took place. The teens were lined up, single file, and as the Elders had instructed, they each touched the eggs that were placed on the stone table. Lirena shivered.
It's not like these things hatch that often. Why do they have to parade us around in front of them EVERY night. She thought, rubbing her bare arms to try and get warm. Elder Narina motioned to her. She sighed, and walked forward. She placed her hand on each egg in turn, and didn't feel anything, until she came to a white egg. She shivered, but not from the cold. She could feel the energy of the being inside of it pulsing. It stirred at her touch. She gasped. Could it be? Did it choose her? The answer came when Elder Maros pushed her down the line. She sighed again.
I guess I'm not meant to be a Rider. Not for any of these dragons. She thought, depressed. The night went on, the line moving steadily, each child touching the egg, nothing really happening. Lirena yawned. Then, as her friend, Reno, touched a green egg, a flash of light shot through the meadow the stone amphitheater was in, and the egg cracked open. The Elders all rushed forward, patting him on the back, as he cradled his new partner. Lirena just walked away, and sat on a stone, watching the sun set. A few moments later, Reno joined her.
"Crazy night, huh." He said. His dragon was mounted on his shoulders. In a couple weeks, the dragon would weigh too much to sit there. Not to mention it would probably be to big.
"Yeah," She said. "What are you going to name it?" She asked.
"Him," he corrected. "I don't know. I was thinking Blaine." Lirena rolled the name around her tongue.
"Its a good name." She said. Reno looked at her.
"I'm sorry you weren't chosen. Maybe tomorrow night, eh?" He said to her. She shrugged.
"It doesn't matter much to me. Maybe if the Elders weren't in such a damn hurry to find more Riders, there'd be more of them." She slammed her fist down on the rock. Reno blinked, and his dragon recoiled from the anger radiating out from her mind.
"When will it be my time? I know that I could be a great Rider. Why won't any choose me?" Lirena started crying. Reno awkwardly patted her on the back.
"Come on, Lirena. Don't cry. You know that it takes awhile for Dragons to get attuned to the minds of humans. Our's are so different from the Elves, I wouldn't be surprised if it takes one of those eggs several sessions to realize how perfect you are." He smiled at her, and she smiled tentatively back.
"Thanks, Reno." She said, yawning. "Its getting late, Reno. I'm going to go hit the sack. Goodnight." Lirena jumped off the rock, and ran to the little house she lived alone in ever since her parents had been killed in that horrible accident, 12 years ago. Reno sighed.
"There she goes again. Why can't you just say you want to be more than friends with her?" Blaine huddled against his neck, and shivered. "Yeah, it is pretty cold out here. Let's go ahead and go to sleep, pal. Maybe I'll be able to tomorrow." He, too, jumped off the rock, and went to his parents house, who were overjoyed that he had joined the ranks of the Riders, but they were saddened as well. For he had to leave and go live on the isle of the Riders. They celebrated long into the night, and when all was quiet, and Reno lay in his bed in the dark, with Blaine huddling against him in the crook of his arm, he cried. He cried because he had to leave his parents and his home. But mostly he cried because he had to leave Lirena without telling her how he really felt.
A/N: Short, I know, but its just the opening. What do you guys think?