Dragon riding at its finest!

Chapter 17: Dragon Riding

It's the week of Max's birthday and he has only a few days left until he reaches 12 years old and there's nothing he'd like more than go on a dragon ride with Blaze and as he met up with him, he sees Saori coming this way and he just couldn't help but look at her beauty and prescence as she walks by him and he sighed deeply as he stares at her and then Saori turns around and sees Max in his sfaety gear and she said, "Hi, Max."

Max then snapped out of it and said, "Hey, Saori."

Saori was awestruck by his dragon friend and she came close to him and said, "Who's your friend?"

"This is Blaze. You remember him." Max replied.

Saori's trying to think how she met him last time and then like a memory, it flashed into her head and said, "Oh yeah...I remember him! He was the one that took Akashi for a ride in the sky and he threw up the whole way over."

Blaze laughs at this and he said, "Yeah, that was funny."

"It was gross seeing my brother throw up, but at the same time...I couldn't stop myself from laughing so hard. Just seeing Akashi puke while he was flying...that was something I could bring up all day long." Saori said, giggling.

Max chuckled in response to that and said, "I think he was embarrassed after that."

As much as they would love to talk about Akashi puking during a dragon ride, Blaze wanted to take to the skies and he said, "Wanna fly?"

"Yeah, sure. Saori, would you like to join us?" asked Max.

Saori was surprised that she would be included on this dragon ride and she blinked her eyes as she asked, "Is it safe?"

"Of course. Do you trust me?" asked Max, holding out his paw.

Just by looking at his paw, it seems as though Max is more than willing to keep her safe while riding and she's always up for something new and she takes his paw and joins him on the ride as she wraps her arms around him so she won't let go and she said, "Anywhere you go, I'll go with you."

Blaze blinks a few times and spreads his wings as he walks in all fours to find the perfect spot for him to fly these two and the second they left the valley, Blaze quickly runs as fast as possible until they headed to a wooded area not far from the Valley of Peace and Blaze opens up his wings as he's ready for takeoff and exclaimed, "Hold on tight!"

And not long afterwards, Blaze started flying higher to the sky and Saori was bracing herself for the experience as she held onto Max for dear life and as they flew, Max helped Saori to calm her fears down and know that everything's gonna be okay and once they flew up higher above the clouds, Saori's fears simmered down and it was replaced by awe and wonder as she saw the clouds for the first time.

She puts her paw through the clouds and felt a soft touch like she can embrace it and as they kept flying, Saori felt like her lifelong dream to fly is coming into a reality and the fact that Max is beside her makes it all the more better for her and all three of them looked up at the colors of the sky and never knew how amazing it could actually look like and they like the beauty of nature from the air rather than on ground.

"Is it everything you ever dreamed of?" asked Max, smiling.

Saori smiled at that too and she replied, "No...it's much better."

"Only the best for my princess." Max added.

Saori wrapped her arms around him and held him tighter and she said, "I wish this feeling could last forever."

"Trust me, wherever we go...we can only go nowhere but up." Blaze added.

All three of them flew all the way above the air and there's this huge exhuberant feeling sinking in as they kept soaring and all of them can definitely feel the rush of the wind and they didn't have a care in the world, especially Saori. She felt like she could hold on tight and wake up like it's a dream, but she knew that it's not a dream...which is the best part for her because it's like she's living in it.

"Blaze, can you go faster?" asked Saori.

"Wait till you see what I can do." Blaze replied, as he goes faster and faster, much to Saori's delight and she was all for it.

"This is the best day ever!" Saori exclaimed.

"Same here!" Max agreed.

And a hidden place that Max and Blaze show Saori...