Chapter 1

"Got one!" Yelled Zogar to his best friend, Undor. It was a nice day in Hedarth so the two friends had decided to go fishing along the Edda River. It was a calm river that flowed up toward Eldor Lake. There were many stories about Eldor Lake in Hedarth. Several of the town elders even thought that the lake was haunted.

"Its getting late Zogar, we should probably be heading back to town." The two boys were only about 15 years old and not allowed to stay out past nightfall.

Zogar started to put all of their belongings into his pack when he noticed Undor staring at something. He looked up and it was no bigger than an eagle, but it shined bright red like the sun. Then he realized that it was steadily growing and heading right for the river. He and Undor began to shy away from the river towards the woods as if to hide from the now massive bird, when presence enveloped his mind and said, "don't be afraid, I am Ryath, and this is my dragon, Lyrod. We are friends and mean you no harm."

"Wow!" exclaimed Undor, "a real Dragon rider!" and Zogar realized that Undor must have felt the presence as well.

The dragon began to slow its descent about 50 yards above the river, until it was hovering about 10 feet above the ground. And the man atop the saddle leapt off and landed on the ground with astonishing ease. The man was about 6 feet tall and very thin. He had a very muscular build and different clothing than any Zogar had ever seen. A beautiful red sword that gleamed exactly the same shade of red as his brilliant dragon, and hung from the right side of his hip.

Zogar heard an enormous splash and turned to see that the dragon had plunged into the river. Its head came back up about 45 seconds later with 3 fish in its massive jaws. It had teeth bigger than Zogars forearms, and he was about the size of a small house. It was by far the biggest animal that Zogar had ever seen.

Zogar was paralyzed by fear and excitement; he didn't know what to do until the man walked over and stuck out his hand. Zogar took it and unsure what to say, said, "Hello sir."

The Mysterious rider said "Hello, what is your name?"

"My name is Zogar," he replied confidently.

"Hello there Zogar, would you kindly direct me to the town called Hedarth?"

"Actually, we were on our way toward Hedarth when you showed up, you could accompany us if you would like."

"Thank you," said Ryath, "but I don't think that there are any trails large enough to accommodate Lyrod. But you two would fit onto Lyrod if you would like a ride."

"Wow, really?" questioned Undor enthusiastically. "Alright" he exclaimed.

By then Lyrod had joined them on the bank of the river, and Zogar felt a menacingly large consciousness press upon his, he then heard a booming, deep, voice say "hello little ones." Zogar looked around, astonished at who or what he had just experienced. He then realized that it was the dragon that had contacted him. Zogar looked at the gargantuan beast and shivered with fear. He would never survive an attack if this monster were to become hostile toward him. With that, he decided to be as polite as humanly possible to the two strangers.

Ryath motioned toward the two boys, and they gathered their things, then attempted to climb up Lyrods leg as Ryath had. But neither of them were as limber or agile as the man. The enormous dragon had to lie flat on his stomach for the boys to crawl up onto his back. Once they were situated on Lyrods back, one in front, and one behind Ryath, the gigantic dragon leapt off the ground with such force, that his claws left four, two foot deep craters where the beast had been standing. As the animal made its ascent into the air, each beat of its wings made the thick oak trees on the ground bend so far that they seemed as if they were going to snap in to a thousand pieces.

The dragon leveled off when it was a good 30 yards above the tree line, and set in the direction which Zogar told him was the Hedarth.

After a 15 minute ride the 4 of them had made it to the edge of the town and Lyrod landed. The boys needed to hurry home, so they said their goodbyes and left toward the center of town. The two of them were speechless as they walked toward their homes. They were neighbors so they walked home together. When they were 20 or so yards from their houses the boys said goodnight and entered their separate houses.

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