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Dairokkan: This story was written much like Eragon, but instead of dragons, there are Peddits.

Not Telling: Thanks. I tend to write a lot of cliff hangers.

Gleed's first ride

Gleed awoke the next day to find Saffire at his side softly humming to him. He was so content he wished this moment would last forever. Then Gleed realized the situation he was in. He had no idea what was to happen to him now.

At that moment Jason walked through the door and asked, "Hey Gleed, we have breakfast ready in the kitchen, want some?"

"Ya," Gleed was starved. He hadn't eaten for days.

Gleed followed Jason into a small kitchen where they saw that Jay was cooking bacon and eggs on the stove.

"It's not much and I burnt the bacon a little, but I think you'll like it," said the cooking Jay.

"It's…wonderful," Gleed said. Nobody had cooked for him since he was a small boy and couldn't cook for himself.

Jay turned and looked Gleed straight in the eye. Jay smiled. "Thanks!"

It was one of the best breakfasts Gleed had ever had. Jay, Gleed, and Jason were all sitting at a small round table and the kitchen was warm and smelt like bacon.

"So," Jay began, "I'm sure your wondering what will happen to you now, huh?"

"Ya, I guess I am," Gleed did not know what else to say.

"Well if you agree, you will be sent with Jason to Old Gray's house to be trained."

"Trained?" Gleed asked, "For what?".

"To fight." Jay answered in a tranquil tone, "Anyway, you need to make a big diction. I'll give you the rest of today to decide. You see unfortunately, you only have two options. You become a rider or don't."

"Phh, oh ya, like that's a hard question," Gleed sarcastically replied.

Jay took a deep breath, "There's more to it than that boy. Because of certain circumstances if you go home you will totally forget everything that has happened with us. Once we take your ring back the big change will reverse itself and you will look …. "normal" again. However, if you decide to become a rider your family and all who you ever knew will forget you totally. They won't even remember you were born. It would be too much work for our government if mortals knew riders existed. We try to stay as secret as we can."

Gleed was quiet. That hit him and hit him hard. Then he burst out, "Leave my family forever?" Forever was a harsh word.

"Or go back to your old life." Jason finally spoke.

"I'll give you until tonight to make your decision." Jay got up and left the room abruptly.

Gleed had always wished something cool like this would happen. Now that it did, he realized he only wanted his family more. This would be such a exciting life though.

"Well," Jason said uncomfortably, "uh… so do you want to be alone? Cuz I can leave if you want me to."

"No it's all right. I think I'll go outside and take a walk in the woods or something."

"Actually I think you should follow me. I'll show you what helped me make up my mind to leave our family. I mean… my family"

"You had to give up your family too?"

"Ya, we aren't the lucky ones who are born into riding families."

Jason led Gleed out of a creaky screen door at the side of the kitchen. They walked around the outside of the house until they saw Safire and another peddit grazing in the grass. This other peddit had a dark purple main and tail, just like Jason's hair.

"This is my peddit," said Jason as he pet the other horse's neck, "His name is Egore."

"He's beautiful!" This was only the second peddit Gleed has ever seen but he continued loving these horses.

"Do you know how to ride?"

"Ya, for the most part." Gleed was starting to get exited. He had only ridden the old pony on the farm and wondered if he would fall off.

As he looked up, he saw Jason had already mounted Egore.

"We're going bareback?" questioned Gleed.

"Well, that's how you ride a peddit."

So Gleed mounted Safire. As he got on, he accidentally pulled a bit of Safire's main out. She grunted angrily so he apologized.

Gleed watched as Jason urged his horse to a gallop then Egore lifted off ground leaving his last tracks deeper than the rest. Seeing Jason do this Gleed tried to do the same.

As Safire lifted off the ground Gleed was jerked around a bit. Frightened to death, Gleed grabbed onto Safire's neck with a death grip and jammed his eyes shut, feeling his stomach do a summersault.

After a while of feeling like he was going to die, Gleed gathered all his strength and opened one eye. His heart skipped a beat as he saw the trees as little specks down on the ground. He loosened his grip a little and looked over at Jason who was laughing at Gleed frightened behavior.

Feeling foolish Gleed sat up more but stayed in a bent position so the wind would not catch his chest and blow him off Safire.

"Where are we going?" Gleed yelled to Jason.

"Over there, see that cliff?" Jason yelled back, pointing into the distance.

Gleed squinted his eyes and looked where Jason pointed and a few miles away, he saw a flat spot, surrounded by trees, on top or a huge cliff.

As they reached the cliff Egore and Safire slowed down and landed in a gallop. When Safire came to a stop Gleed climbed off and tumbled to the ground. That was an experience.

"That was wonderful!" Gleed said looking up at Jason.

"Hard to give up huh?"

"Yea. Before it was just so simple. Why do I have to choose? I just can't make up my mind. What do you think I should do?" Gleed sat up and wrapped his arms around his knees.

"Well, there's something I've been waiting to tell you. It might help you make up your mind."

Gleed listened carefully, "Well, you see I had a family to give up too. I had three brothers. Two tall boys with jet black hair, and one short with orange hair. I lived on a farm on 63 Forest Street."

"Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my god!" Jason got up and took three steps back, "So you mean to tell me you're my brother?"

"We used to be the best of buds. You were the only reason that I didn't want to become a rider. I asked Jay if you would ever be able to become a rider, and he said maybe but with a bit of a smile. I miss all the good times with you. We would always play pranks on Andrew and Eric. We even made them cry once. That was the funniest April fools prank ever." Jason chuckled a little.

"I…I…" Gleed started pacing. His head spun with all this new information. To think a mouth ago he was just a normal kid who did not know anything about this.

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