"Whoa. Who are the hot newbies on the track?"

"What are you talking about, Kain?" Moordrid asked turning away from Deception. And then he saw the new racers. There were two girls and 2 female dragons. One of the dragons was a biped runner with red and orange and it seemed to belong to the pink haired girl dressed in a pink, red and orange outfit. The rider was perky and made Moordrid a little lost. The other girl and Dragon, however, was perfect.

This racer was dressed in a black, purple and silver suit and stood by a black and purple quadruped runner. The Dragon gently nudged her rider, earning a soft laugh and a rub on the side of her neck. This rider had gotten Moordrid's attention. She had all the right curves in all the right places. Moordrid patted Deception by his saddle.

(Alright, I know Deception's a FEMALE dragon but I need Deception needs to be MALE for my story, okay? So no Dragon Booster fans scrape my Dragon's scales over this.)

"Do you think that's the kind of girl Father would approve of, Deception?" Moordrid asked his Dragon softly. Deception looked at the rider and Dragon then nodded. "Yeah, I thought so too. You want to help me do a little recruiting for the Dragon Eyes, Boy?"

Deception followed Moordrid as the male rider walked over the pair of girls who were obviously lost.

"I'm telling you, Hotaru-our pit's over that way." The pink haired girl said.

"Stella, Mag your racer before I send her to the Mahorta." The 2nd girl, Hotaru said to the red and orange dragon. The Dragon Stella looked at her with a "huh?" kind of look. Hotaru snatched the map from her friend. "Look, Rini. You've been holding the Map upside down. The tent's the other direction."

"Oops…" Rini muttered embarrassedly.

Hotaru sighed and put the map away into a saddle compartment. "Come on, Titan. We had better lead the way since both of them are directionally challenged."

Hotaru's dragon gave several grumbly laughs as they quartet walked away from the sign in desk. Rini and Stella didn't look too happy with what Hotaru had said but they followed none the less.

"According to our instructions, our pit tent's between the stall of the Penn Stables crew and the Down City crew, the Dragon Eyes' stall." Hotaru told her companions as they walked down the aisles of stalls. Every male racer and Dragon looked up and watched the new 2 racer-2 dragon crew walk by. Whistles and catcalls were called out but only Rini seemed to be paying them any heed.

"I told you we'd be hot in this place." Rini giggled happily but Hotaru's mind was on something else obviously. It appeared to Moordrid that she and her dragon Titan needed a good night's rest. There was a day before the big race so both would be okay if they slept some. Hotaru almost collapsed when a gold Mag charge caught her. Artha Penn, and his red and blue dragon Beau walked up to the new crew as Titan took over the Mag charge and set Hotaru in her saddle.

"I suppose someone's in need of a psych day." Artha laughed a little as Hotaru hid a yawn behind her hand.

"Yeah, I suppose I do. We're the Crescent Dragon Scale crew." Hotaru told him sleepily. "Would you be kind enough to direct us to our stall?"

"Sure. That's right between my crew and Moordrid Paine's stalls." Artha motioned for them to follow him. "I'm Artha Penn and this is Beau."

"I'm Rini, and this cutie in scales is Stella." Rini beamed. Both Artha and Beau shared the same look at Rini's "cutie in scales" comment. "And the sleepy one is Hotaru and her dragon Titan. Both have been up for a couple days now. They're trying to 'release the dragon' off track. I told her only the Dragon Booster could do that but as usual, she didn't listen."

Titan rolled her eyes on that remark as Hotaru officially dozed off in her saddle. She almost fell out but Titan Magged her back in and activated the saddle's restraints to keep Hotaru in her saddle.

"Titan, shut her up." Hotaru mumbled in her sleep. Titan liked that order. She Mag-zapped Rini in the butt.

"AAIIEE! Titan! You yellow-belly salamander!" Rini snapped at the dark Dragon. Titan just strolled passed her, seeing the stall of their crew. Beau and Artha hid smiles as Stella Magged Rini to her feet. "Thanks, Stella. Hotaru-your Dragon's lizard chow when I get done with her!"

Hotaru sleepily waved at her as Titan released her from her saddle and supported her to a cot in side the stall. Titan laid down by the cot after Magging her saddle off the side. Both fell asleep almost instantly. Artha smiled, shaking his head as Beau laid down in front of the girls' stall, to make sure no one would dare bother either of the dark clad team.

"If I didn't know better, I'd say you like this new dragon, boy." Artha told his Dragon in a low voice. He rubbed Beau's snout. "Am I right, Beau?"

Beau looked from Artha to the sleeping Hotaru and back to Artha, as if asking "What about her? Do you like the racer?" Artha laughed a little and patted Beau on the head.

"Maybe, boy. We'll just have to see." Artha answered Beau in a hushed tone. "Just do your best to keep it quiet, okay? I'll keep Rini busy by having her meet the rest of our crew. Don't let Deception, Moordrid or any of the other Dragon Eyes near her. There's no telling what those creeps would do to either of them in their sleep."

Beau nodded once and laid down his head on his front claws. Artha stood and walked over to the pink racer. Beau watched his racer go over to his crew, leaving the Dragon to be on guard duty.