Alright! Now, beings that I like going from the perspective of something non-humanoid more than that of a humanoid, this will be from the dragons perspective.(I found this name through a quiz, so I don't know if it's copyright or not.)
'Zavon. My name is Zavon. I am a dragon with blood red scales. I can fly and rip my enemies apart. In about a month I will be able to breath fire, I will be able to breath fire. That's all anyone needs to know about me.' I think to myself, as I am looking into the yellow eyes of Fírnen. He batters at my mental shield. I only allow him to see those thoughts. He used to be able to break through my mental block like a skull piercing arrow. Now it takes him longer now, but he eventually succeeds. I refuse to allow him this time. I growl, slowly taking away even those few thoughts I allowed him to see, leaving only the word sköliro, which means shielded in the ancient language, so that he knew I was shielding every last bit of my mind from him but that one word. And then I thought of something. As he was trying to break down my barriers, it left his mind open. I kept those thoughts in my head, waiting for just the right moment. And then it came.
For just a split second he stopped hitting my barriers, most likely to try and figure out how to get into my mind. In that split second, I crashed into his mind, taking in all his thoughts and feelings. I spoke to him to show him just how far into his mind I was.
'Hello, Fírnen.' I say.
'Finally beat me, did you?' He said. I heard something in his mental voice that told me all was not done.
'Not quite.' I say, and continue searching his memories.
I finished getting his memories, except the most private ones(I do have some decency) and retreated to block my mind again. I noticed he wasn't hitting my barriers anymore. I spoke again, lowering my mind.
'Did I win?' I asked
'Not quite.' He respnoded, and I mentally groaned, knowing what would happen next.
And then I felt him digging through my memories, which were few, since I was young, and left. We connected minds again.
'I should've seen that coming.' I said.
'Don't be too hard on yourself. I am a master at this. and yet you blocked me out extremely well. Our session for today is over. Go to your rider, Aldenir. He is done with his training today as well.' His words were quite reassuring. I often felt weak around him. He said it was the fact that he was the only dragon I knew, so my mind told me subconsciously that he was top dragon. If it were a thunder of dragons, and not just us, he would be the leader.
I spread my wings and flew off to the large courtyard where my rider and Arya trained. My rider was quite bruised and battered.
'Did your training go well?' I asked.
'Quite well, actually. I'm not as bruised as I usually would be. I'm just glad I'm not human, or else I would be so bruised that you would think I was pommeled by rocks.' He responded.
'Can't wait till I start training with tooth, claw, and fire breath!' I said.
'Only because you know you won't be as bruised as your rider.' A female voice cut in. We turned our heads to see Arya.
"Now then, I have talked to Eragon, and he agreed with me that it would be a good idea to make a training post here. He has a lot of weight on his shoulders trying to train those that were already there. A handful of students will be coming here to test this second branch. They will be here next month, so be ready." She said.
I for one was excited to see other dragons. My rider was not so happy about this new development.
"So all we are going to be is another group of students?" He said almost angrily.
"Look, it's better you train with other riders, so that you have a few friends to be at your back should a battle start. I know, your angry. But remember, I did this for your benefit. Oh, and look on the bright side. At least it's only a handful and not thousands of students." Arya said. Aldenir thought about it for a second before brightening up about the situation.
'I can't wait to meet the other dragons! will any of them be my age? or female?' I asked.
"Yes. There will be six in all. Three new riders and three 5 months into training. Might I know why you ask." She said with a smile.
'Just curious.' I Arya and Aldenir smiled and rolled their eyes. Then Aldenir and I flew home.
I hope this chapter is as good as the last one or better! And thanks to UnanimousMusician for being so helpful!