A/N: Hello there! It's been a while I know, but I am back! And not alone! This story now has some new twists to it, because my dear friend Simon has a major role. So from now on there will be two authors writing this story! So i suppose I should say that not I alone own this story any longer!
And a special thanks to Simon for helping to create this story :D
Why are you reading this? The story is down there!
The next morning I woke to the familiar sight of my dragon. Hey little buddy I said to him. He lifted one eyelid then closed it again. "Still tired ,eh? I need to get to school a bit early today. I have an improv practice at school". I grabbed my favourite pair of converse, random jeans and my awesome Phantom of the Opera shirt and began dragging myself downstairs.
I was still tired but I needed to get to school. After grabbing a piece of bread and a slice of cheese I began walking to school. After a while I began feeling exhilarated by the morning air. The sun was coming up which left the sky streaking of light blue and purple. I went through the short cut my dragon showed me the other day and was annoyed to find the bottom of my pants wet with dew. So I rolled them up and proceeded.
I continued to walk until my school came into view. It was a nice walk and no one was around which allowed me to think. I caught sight of my friend Simon and I waved him down.
Simon walked towards the girl standing not too far away from him.
"Hey Lisa! You ready for improv?"
"Oh, ya! I love your Gryffindor shirt!"
"Thanks, just got it yesterday."
The two began to walk until Lisa noticed something a tad odd about Simon.
"Simon?"
"Ya?"
"Why are you wearing one glove?"
At this point Simon began to blush. What he intended to hide on his hand, the glove only made it more obvious and drew attention to that area.
"I…well- Am cold…on one hand?"
Lisa stared at Simon with a look of disbelief.
"Simon- take off the glove".
"No!"
"Take it off."
"NO!!!"
Thus began a chase as Lisa started grabbing for his glove.
"Just take it off" She said in between grabs.
"Why? Who cares!"
"I do!"
Then finally after what seemed a while Lisa caught hold of the glove and threw it off. Then she stared dumbfounded at his hand. A swirled scar danced across his hand.
"That is the – "
"Just a scar from when I cut myself –"
"No, because I have the same. And we're no emos." Lisa pulled up her sleeve to show her swirl on the hand.
"But that means-"
"You and I-"
"We both have- "
"And-"
"Magic!"
Simon and Lisa stared at each other without words.
"What's his name?"
"Phafnir, yours?"
"Elvangon".
" Lisa, Simon! Hurry up! You are going to be late." The two were snapped back into reality by their improv coach.
Well, you can just imagine how improv went. I was thrilled to finally be able to talk to someone - other that my mom or Phafnir himself - about my situation. We tried hard not to break out into endless rambling, but it was very difficult. We would start whispering excitedly, and normally no one in their right mind would be able to understand such frantic whispering; it was so fast and low that it sounded more like a hum. But we were not in our right minds, we were in our dragon rider minds! Possibly our left ones? I dunno, but definitely the better ones! We were naturally able to understand each other perfectly.
As for the improvising it self, well…that was interesting. Simon and I were two of the improvisers in the first group of eight formed to play "Harold".
"Alright, your theme is…'Secrets'", our coach stated.
I glanced at Simon and grinned. He clapped his hands excitedly and our group began our huddle.
"Five…four…three…two…one…Scene!"
And so it began. Simon and I ran up eagerly, being the first ones to go.
"Hey! Can you keep this between us?" Simon asked.
"Of course! What's happened?" I asked in turn.
"I'M MAGIC!" Simon bellowed.
I stifled a laugh. The look on his face was priceless.
"Oh my gosh! Me too!" I yelled.
"Guys…keep it going! Don't let it die!" our coach urged.
Simon and I exchanged knowing looks. Of course it was much more significant to us than it was to anyone. We skipped back to the rest of the group, allowing the space for new improvisers.
We didn't really know what went on when the others were acting. I suppose we were in way too much of a daze.
Our turn came again, and this annoying guy, Dame, came up with us. Apparently he couldn't quit stalking me even after I had attempted scaring him away with my Phantom ness.
"…two…one…SCENE!" our coach yelled before we had the chance to do anything.
"Okay…new theme…you three can stay up there…mythology!"
Once again I whirled around to beam at Simon, who was already looking at me, a sort of evil but amused look in his eyes. "Excilant..." he hummed to me. I smirked.
"I am a Vampire!" Dame stated smartly.
"No, you're not allowed to be a Vampire. Silly billy, you're a magical wizard!"
Dame looked puzzled, then resumed, "Yes, and I am coming to bewitch you all!"
"Shling! Out with the swords! Lisa, we must protect The Varden!" Simon urged.
"Yes of course! Take that" - a fake blow to Dame's stomach – "and that!" another one to his head.
"Simon, we must flee now! His lord will be – oooo look Vampires!!" I pretended to be looking at a whole army of them marching towards us. Not that I was pretending to be distracted, Vampires could definitely distract me from this sort of situation.
"Lisa, MOUNT! You can go talk to them later!" Simon yelled down at me; he was standing on a chair, pretending to be on his dragon.
"But…they're sexy – "
"Never mind! COME!"
So I gave a mock sigh and jumped up on the chair beside him. Of course my clumsiness had to be at its highest at that exact moment; I slipped and we both went crashing to the floor. Except that we never hit the floor…
Simon and I were floating just an inch or so above the ground. It took a moment for this to sink in, and then we quickly scrambled onto our feet.
"Yes well…we…" I tried desperately to improvise, but nothing came. Had anyone seen…?
"Crashed! Are you okay? I guess we didn't finish off that wizard", Simon stated. I sighed, relieved. Simon always knew the right thing to say at the right time. Which also made him such a good improviser!
We hurried back to the group, once again making room for more people to come up.
"What was that all about…?" Simon whispered.
"I don't know, I – "
But the bell rang for first period. As everyone pushed to get out the door, Simon muttered, "After school meet me by Boyd Park."
I nodded my approval and we parted in the hallway, going to our different classes.
Simon and I were totally distracted by about a million and one questions. Time seemed to go by sooo slowly when thinking about so many questions:
How did he get his dragon? What colour is he? Can he fly?
Eventually my music teacher noticed I was daydreaming for when I was asked, "What is the key signature for D Harmonic Minor?" I responded with "Dragon…"
School went by and the clock seemed to move EXTRA slow.
When that final bell rang I ran outside to see Simon just turning the corner towards Boyd Park. I followed.
Lisa slowly came to a stop in front of Boyd Park entrance. No one was around except the traffic behind her. She could walk in and out perfectly normal without any suspicion of why she was at Boyd Park.
Simon waved Lisa down and together he showed her a clearing behind a bundle of trees.
"Lisa, this is a perfect place to meet. No one is around to see us and the trees surrounding us give us cover!"
"Perfect. Call Elvangon and I'll call Phafnir."
There was a short moment of silence as Simon called his dragon with his mind.
Elvangon, come to where I am but stay hidden.
Simon sent Elvangon a short picture of where they were through his mind.
Then he turned to Lisa.
"He is on his way."
"Same with Phafnir."
"What happened there? At improv today? I mean I hope no one saw it…I think we are getting like supernatural powers or something!"
Lisa begging jumping up and down and clapping widely. Simon laughed.
"Lisa calm down!"
But it was too late Lisa had jumped up and was able to touch the top of a tree about eight meters high!
"Lisa! How did you do that!"
Lisa landed down on the ground with a soft thump.
"Do what?" Lisa asked curiously.
"You just jumped like eight meters into the air!"
"I did? Probably my Phantom of the Opera shirt! It gives me superpowers"
"I doubt that Lisa. I think it's our dragons. I read up somewhere that dragons have magic power stored within them but can only release it through flame. All dragons have magic that is given to them from where they came from. It is us, you and I Lisa, that are able to
draw upon their magic and use it!"
"So we are like vampires?"
"Sort of. Just we have- what? VAMPIRES? Lisa what does that have to do with anything?"
Lisa looked at Simon with a childish look.
"I love vampires"
Simon began to laugh and sure enough they heard a soft thump behind them. Elvangon and Phafnir were there curiously sniffing each other. Lisa and Simon had never thought of how their dragons would react to seeing each other but before Simon could respond Elvangon pounced on Phafnir and began scratching and biting.
"Elvangon, NO! "
Simon raced over to save Lisa's dragon from Elvangon but he was bigger now and much stronger.
"Lisa, help me get him off!"
Lisa tried to get into the fray but was tossed aside. Then she stopped and closed her eyes. She concentrated her energy on the two dragons and let out a small burst of energy which froze the two dragons in mid air. Both Elvangon and Phafnir looked around curiously for the cause which prevented them from moving.
"How're you doing that?" Simon asked amazed.
"Just…concentrate. It's – I dunno. Just focus on them"
Soon enough Simon did as Lisa said and joined the force from Lisa.
"This is amazing!"
Then the two let the dragons go. Phafnir was still upset and fired a burst of flame at Elvangon's skin. He was still growing his scales, leaving his gentle skin unprotected. He let out a huge yelp.
"Elvangon!"
Simon raced over to the whimpering creature and held him. He hurriedly searched for the spot where it burned and immediately found one below his front left knee.
"Shhh. Don't worry. It will be okay…Lisa do you have any water?"
"Yes, in my bag".
Lisa grabbed her bag and pulled out a half full water bottle. Then she called over Phafnir and began talking to him.
She tossed the bottle over to Simon where he caught it using his magic.
Simon began pouring it over the dragon's leg and began whispering to him.
"You know it was your fault this happened. You can't just attack things like that! Next time ask me first."
Who is that girl and that other dragon? I thought he was bad.
Simon chuckled a bit. Elvangon's baby dragon voice was still evident in his language.
"She is my friend, Lisa and that is her dragon Phafnir. You'll be seeing a lot of them now. Does it feel better?"
A bit.
"I wish I had some oil or ointment to soothe it. "
Magic.
"What?"
Magic, use magic.
Simon stared at the dragon. He was wise for his age and smart to think of such things.
Simon concentrated on the burn and placed his hand over the red skin. His hand glowed of green as the red skin began to vanish. Simon was amazed at his power.
"Feel better?"
The little dragon jumped up at Simon and licked his cheek. He took that as a "yes". Then Elvangon walked over to Phafnir and began making little noises. Simon thought it was Elvangon apologizing to Phafnir for his behavior.
"I talked to Phafnir", said Lisa
"Same here…he was just confused."
"Did you see what I was able to do?"
"The cool green hand lighty trick? YA! Amazing! That was so Harry Potter!"
Simon laughed "Ya! Same idea as what we did before, just think 'heal'."
"Coolness".
Elvangon and Phafnir trotted over with smiles on their faces. Seemed they made up and were begging to become friends.
" Looks like things are better now!"
As Simon said that a nearby car drove by with the windows down and music playing.
"NIGHTWISH!" Lisa yelled out and instantly began clapping and doing a little dance.
"I LOVE THIS SONG! I LOVE NIGHTWISH"
Simon began to laugh and even the dragons did but while they were laughing Simon and Lisa began noticing something happening.
"LISA! LOOK! We are FLYING!"
Lisa stopped her midair dance and looked down. It was true, the two were about three meters off the ground.
Then with a crash they fell to the floor.
"Ouch! How did we do that?" Simon said rubbing his head. Lisa fell on her back, Simon on his head.
"I think different spells occur with different emotions and words. When I heard that Nightwish song- "
Simon finished her sentence.
"- you became really happy and airy! Those are the emotions that must produce flight! I started laughing because of your funny dance!"
"So we can fly! Like VAMPIRES"
Simon started laughing and began rising.
"Yes, like vampires!"
Lisa then began rising as well and together they began floating around. Of course they stayed at a certain height to prevent eyes from seeing them. Even the two dragons joined in. It would sure be a fantastic sight to see such a thing but the circle of trees covered them well.
"Wait! Lisa, stop."
Lisa stopped laughing.
"We have to learn to control this. We can't just suddenly start floating in front of people! Like today in improv! We can't have that happening again. I think we should meet here everyday after to school so we could practice controlling our powers and possibly discover new ones! But for now we shouldn't show or tell anyone. We don't want word escaping that we have dragons and possibly dangerous powers!"
"You're right."
Then together they started descending lightly down until their feet touched the squishy dirt.
"I should get going too. I have homework to do. Come on, Phafnir ."
The dragon came trotting over.
"See ya, Simon!" and Lisa disappeared into the clearing of the trees with her light green dragon behind. Elvangon came up to Simon and petted his head.
"Let's get going, buddy." And together dragon and owner walked home. Simon was glad he was able to share his secret with someone and potentially learn new things with his friend! He was even happier now that he had found a clearing for their dragons to practice spells and such and it was perfect because they were heavily hidden without suspicion. However, that was how it seemed.
"Very interesting" said Dame from his spying spot. "Seems we have a bit of competition."
And then Dame slimed his way out of the bushes with an expression of evil.
A/N: We hope you have enjoyed this new chapter! See now it actually has some stuff happening other than Lisa's endless rambling about her daily life with a dragon :)
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