Chapter twoooooo Soo cool…I actually have a plot for this story right now – in the last one I made it up as I went
By the way – this chapter took soooo long because my computer crashed….and we had to take it to the computer-fixers XD (it stayed there for 4 DAYS!)
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"Girl, come here," Ruzac instructed to the wide-eyed girl, he noticed her fear, "I'm not going to harm you, I promise."
She cautiously stepped forward, keeping her eyes trained on Ruzac's hands in case he decided to hit her or hurt her in any way. Tawny eyes widened in disbelief when the rider took the large bronze egg from the sack he held.
"Girl, this is a dragon egg, and I would like you to have it," Ruzac's frown turned into a slight smile when the girl nearly fainted with shock, "but, only if you agree to be trained as my own apprentice."
The girl seemed to be processing what she had heard in her mind.
"Mister? What's your name?" she asked curiously as she held the dragon egg that had started to crack.
The stranger (to her) stood in front of her; the black cloak's hood was pulled up over his head, shadowing all his features from sight.
"I?"
He reached up and pulled the hood down to reveal unruly black hair. But the things that caught the girl's attention were two blackened, vertical scars going from his eyebrows and down his cheeks.
"I am Ruzac," he replied, and watched in complete and utter surprise as the girl unexpectedly grabbed him around the middle in a crushing hug.
"Y-you're the one who saved us from Galbatorix!" she sobbed, suffocating the dark-haired rider.
"I had a lot of help," Ruzac tried to brush it off, and decided to change the subject, "Girl, what is your name?"
"Sirena," (SYE-ren-uh) she replied, letting go of him and straightening back up.
"Sirena," he placed a hand on her shoulder and waited a few moments, eyes closed. When he opened them again he spoke, "you are an orphan, are you not? I can sense your energies and there is much loneliness and an empty space in your heart."
"H-how?"
"I know because I have also lost someone dear to me," Ruzac traced his fingers along the grooves of Angele's hilt, "And I promised her that I would find the new riders and ensure no one evil like Galbatorix will ever come to this land again. That is why I would like to take you in as my apprentice."
"Y-you mean…," Sirena whispered, "I'm a…a rider?"
"Once that egg hatches and you have gone through the pre-training every one of the destined riders must undergo, you will be," Ruzac said fondly to the small girl and led her away back to the forest where Jade awaited his return.
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"Woooooow!! It's…it's…it's…!!" Sirena squealed when she saw the plum-scaled dragon crouching in a small clearing near a convenient, large gap in a mountainous pile of boulders.
Jade, he replied, amused by the girl's fascination.
"He can talk in our heads!" Sirena yelled in amazement, "Can you breathe fire?"
"For ten minutes straight," Ruzac grinned at his reptilian companion.
"Wow!!!! So are we going to travel a lot?" the girl asked, jumping up and down in excitement.
"We will whenever the egg hatches," Ruzac said, leader her into the cave and taking out his bedroll and an extra blanket, "but first we need to get some rest."
He handed Sirena the warmer, much cozier bedroll and kept the thinner blanket for himself. Sirena lay down on the stone floor while Ruzac crawled nearer to the mouth of the cave where Jade was keeping watch.
So, she's the one, Jade stated, it wasn't exactly a question.
Unless she has enough power to crack a dragon egg, yes, she is, the rider closed his eyes and leaned against the rocky wall, taking out a piece of paper and writing a note to Jake and Celia.
What are you writing? The green dragon asked with much curiosity.
I need Night, Ruzac said, he would need his horse if they were most likely going to be traveling.
Hmm…well, goodnight, Ruzac-ono, the dragon said teasingly.
Start calling me that and you'll be missing your tail, his friend growled sleepily, It makes me feel like an old man.
But you know, you are 197-
Just go to sleep, Ruzac mumbled and drifted off into the world of slumber.
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"Ruzac Ruzac RUZAAAAAAC!!!!!!!"
Jade I'm trying to SLEEP!!!!!!! The rider roared in his head.
It's not me, Jade's voice came across the link, by the way, we have visitors.
Then who…? Aaauuugh…don't tell me she's…who's here? "What…?" he said weakly.
"Hey, Ruzac, are you up?" Sirena asked excitedly, way too bouncy for the time of the day.
"Sirena," he growled, "the sun. Is barely. Up."
Growling didn't have an effect on the girl; instead she became more hyper and bubbly.
"Isn't it a known saying that birds rise with the sun? And dragons can fly like birds and riders are kinda connected to their dragons so doesn't that mean that they wake up once the sun comes up? Hmm? Right, right? OH!!! And RUZAC!!! THEEGGHATCHEDSOIREALLYWANTYOUTOSEEIT!!!" she babbled at the speed of light, leaving her mentor to blink stupidly and try to piece together what she said, "Plus there are these two people here and I don't know who they are."
Black eyes snapped wide open, hoping there was no danger, but Ruzac relaxed when he saw three of his most trusted companions.
"Jake? Celia? How did you get here so fast?" Ruzac asked, getting up to greet them, "I thought it would take at least three days for you to bring Night this far."
"Slate's a fast flier," Jake said proudly and Ruzac noticed Slate and Onyx were asleep behind them, "And Onyx is great at navigation – he found you really fast."
"You still haven't answered your pupil's questions," Celia reminded him and Ruzac sighed and turned to Sirena.
"First of all, dragons aren't birds," Jade nodded at this, "Second, yes, we are "connected" as you say but that doesn't mean that I have to wake up at the same time as Jade," Lastly! Don't wake me up before the sun is barely in the sky! he hissed out the last part in her head, but then his brain remembered the very last thing Sirena said, slowed it down and re-played it, "Wait a minute…did you just say that the egg hatched?"
Sirena smiled widely, "Yeah!! Come see!!"
She grabbed the older person's hand and dragged him over to Jade's side. The minute he looked at what was supposed to be the hatchling, Ruzac's eyes were rudely blinded by a flash of golden-bronze light.
"Ruzac, meet Raida," (ray-duh) Sirena beamed, picking up the shiny hatchling.
It's gold, Ruzac confirmed to Jade.
So it is, Jade replied.
When did she hatch? he asked.
Barely half an hour ago, Jade told him, Sirena was actually in shock up until now, really.
Soo…does she have the gedwey ignasia yet? Jade was silent, Great…
"Sirena," Ruzac beckoned the girl to come over along with her dragon, "come here a second."
"Yeah?" she asked.
"Tell me, Sirena, can you talk to Raida – mentally, I mean," Ruzac asked.
"Ummm…how do you do that?" the girl asked.
"Alright," he sighed, "Sirena, let me see your hand."
She showed Ruzac both of her palms but he could not see the gedwey ignasia anywhere. Closing his eyes, for a headache was making its way towards his brain, the rider attempted to contact the small dragon.
Except he couldn't.
Pushing his mind as hard as he could against the little dragon's mind barriers didn't work. Somehow the small creature had a rock-solid defense system around its mind.
"Sirena, why don't you…pet Raida," Ruzac said with a fake, cheery tone, and got ready to plug his ears once Sirena got the Gedwey Ignasia. Gods knew that it hurt more than being struck with a sword.
The girl placed her hand on Raida's head and stroked her back. She continued for ten minutes straight until Ruzac couldn't figure out why she hadn't gotten the "shining palm" yet. He thought over some possibilities. Maybe Raida didn't have the magical powers that all the other dragons had? No, that probably wasn't it. What if she changed her mind and didn't want Sirena as her rider anymore? That could be it since Sirena (if Jade told the truth) was in shock for about thirty minutes and didn't try to contact Raida or anything. Or maybe, just maybe someone had been near them in the village and Raida had wanted that person to be her partner?
Growling in confusion, Ruzac couldn't decide which was more accurate so he stood up to test out his "Raida hatching for someone else" theory.
"We're going back into the village," he announced, "Sirena, bring Raida with you."
"Don't you think that's a dangerous idea?" Jake asked.
"What if she gets lost?" the girl asked.
"Ruzac, I think you should re-consider that," Celia stated.
"She won't get lost," Ruzac replied and grabbed Nights reins, "Sirena, come here."
The girl did as she was told and Ruzac swept her up onto the black horse's dark-leather saddle. She was immediately sidetracked in fiddling with the silver hooks and buckles that would keep sacks and blankets in place if they needed to. Ruzac watched this, wondering if she'd ever ridden a horse before, and made it a point to ask her and teach her how to ride if she didn't know. His eyes looked sideways at Raida who was lolloping over to him and he picked up the golden hatchling right when she sat down at his feet.
"Stay up here, ok?" he said and set Raida in the saddle in front of Sirena.
"Hey, we'll stay here with Jade in case someone comes by, alright?" Jake said and Ruzac nodded to his brother in agreement.
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"Well will you look at this," a young boy sneered from his place behind a water-filled scrying bowl, "Ruzac's found another little rider. What do you think, Frost, should we give them a nice welcome?"
A skinny – but naturally so – frosty-light-blue dragon nodded his head; his dark-blue eyes were kept on the image in the water. He and his rider were standing in a large room that was part of an old abandoned mansion-like house that they had found not far from the village. His rider released his hold on the scrying-magic and ran a hand through his (somehow it was natural) slightly-spiked blue hair.
"Then let's go," he said and opened the wide doors of the building that led outside, "It's about time I paid my old master a visit."
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So there's chapter 2 – holy hazelnuts it took a really long time!!! I though I was much farther in the story than this (I'm sorry!!!)!!!! Eh, see? See? I told you, CarmelBoost (once known as daydreamin' angel)! Someone you knew would come into the story! XD Frost had made his appearance!
