Author's Note: As a few Messages I have been reading have requested I will be uploading bit by bit. Sorry this one is short, I'm editing the other parts. Please note that this Is supposed to be before the first chapter but I thought I would upload that one first to get an idea of what people think. Will be fixing all the orders as I go by. Thanks to all the people who encouraged me to upload more and a very special thanks to the author "Spidermaster" for his amazing story "Call of the Night" that encouraged me to upload mine and maybe one day have a story as great as I feel his is. Thanks.
They had been flying for 12 hours now over the sea. The lone dragoness Aris and her male human rider Iven. It was very unusual for there to be a rider with a dragon of opposite sex, but alas here they were. "You know eventually you will need to take a rest eventually. Even someone as stubborn as you need to rest sometime." The dragoness just snorted her in reply. "Don't you get huffy with me missy! I'm just looking out for our interest." A low growl was the only response he got. He sighed. "Just because I haven't figured out how to use the Salithin Stone yet doesn't mean I can't understand your reactions. We have been together for over three years now. You know I have learned a thing or two about you over the years." Even though the rider couldn't see her roll her eyes he already knew she was doing it. She turned west a slightly and any inexperienced rider would not have noticed but Iven was surely not new to this. "Whats going on? You see something?"
He pulled out his spy glass and looked around. Spotting a simi-small island he asked, "You finally decided to take a break?" She gave a slight nod in response. They glided over to it and made a few circles around the island. The island was a pretty small one and they only passed a few smaller ones on the way here. There were houses and a dock near the bottom shore that he didn't see before. Suddenly crossbow bolts were being shot at them from the seemingly empty village. "Watch out!" the rider yelled. "Head over to those trees!" His dragon making a sharp incline up. They got far enough away so the crossbow bolts couldn't hit them. "I think we are saf…" Suddenly a chain rope hit Aris, suddenly clamped her wing to her side. They plummeted at an accelerating rate toward the forest below. As they hit the tree line they got hit with several branches and crashed through at least four trees. He saw the ground then before he knew it pain and darkness took him.
About 2 hours later Iven woke up in great pain. He looked over at his dragon sprawled out on the ground; a trail of moved dirt and tree limbs trailing up to her. As he struggled to crawl over to her he heard shouting. He didn't care though. The only thing he cared about was making sure she was ok. As he made it to her he turned around and noticed some big burly men looking into the clearing. Anger, shock, and mild confusion sprawled along their faces. A man stepped up and the others let him by. As far as the rider could tell the man was either a very respected elder or he held a high position of power. He saw some of the men pull out axes while the respected man give him an inquisitive look. He stepped forward and looked at him more intensely. Iven clamped his hands protectively over his dragon's neck. The men gasped at this sudden motion and jumped forward a bit before the bigger man in the front stopped them with holding his hand out. He spoke to them in a language the rider didn't understand and motioned to the pair. The man looked back and gave the two a look of confusion and interest before the rider blacked out from a sharp pain on the side of his head. His last thoughts being that he was so careless to lose his guard and let someone get behind him.