This is Chapter ten of The New Rider!

Thanks for all the hits.

Percy's POV – Rocky Mountains

As soon as I felt something step over my border, I knew it wasn't human.

The ground started vibrating, and thundering footsteps could be heard.

I grabbed my Rider sword, Adurna, my shield, and I got ready for a fight if there was going to be one.

I smelled another dragon, and it didn't smell like Alexō.

A wonderful sapphire dragon emerged from the woods.

Saphira?

Who's Saphira? My name is Virtha, said the dragon. The voice was clearly female.

I turned to Alexō, he was probably thinking the same thing I was.

Hello, Virtha. My name is Perseus Kingkiller Poseidonson, and my dragon is Alexō.

Hello, Rider. It has been long since this world has seen a Rider.

This world had Riders before me? This was a new revelation for me.

Yes, it used to be well known. My mother was the dragon of a Rider. Now people scorn the idea of riding on top of a dragon. They don't even know dragons exist. It has become very lonely for dragons.

I walked up to her and patted her nose. I'm sorry. My dragon is lonely as well; maybe you two should get to know each other.

That's a great idea. My two dragons walked off side by side, and then laid down by the lake a couple miles away.

I could hear them talking in my mind, so I reduced my connection with Alexō and started putting the things I had built in my house.

When I noticed I didn't have a bed, I sung a frame and built a mattress from layered wool.

I put that all together and put a chest I had made next to it.

I put all my clothes in a dresser.

I hung my swords on the wall, and then hung my Rider armor next to the sword. I put my old armor in the chest. I pulled out the scrolls. The ones with the S.P.Q.R. and the Omega.

I set them in a drawer and closed it.

I would open them later.

/^\

It's been three weeks since Virtha walked into our base.

Her and Alexō have hit it off pretty well.

So well in fact, that he got her pregnant.

I wonder when she'll give birth to the eggs.

I was interrupted from my thoughts when I heard a roar of pain in the distance.

I raced up jumped off the ledge, falling almost a hundred feet to the bottom of the forest.

I softened my land by rolling and taking off in a dead-on sprint.

I found Alexō and Virtha by the lake, with Virtha on her back, and Alexō standing over her.

I started to walk closer, but Alexō screamed, and said, No! Do not come any closer. She will attack if you do. She is putting all of her energy into protecting these eggs until they are birthed.

I watched in wait for almost an hour before a vibrant purple egg popped out.

Alexō caught it in his jaws and laid it on the ground.

Two eggs later, Virtha fell asleep.

There were three eggs in all, the purple one, a blue one, and a white one.

I picked the white egg up in my hands.

Alexō, is it okay if I let this dragon become the dragon of a Rider?

Yes, but only that one. I want the others to hatch wild.

Thank you, Alexō.

My pleasure small friend. I reached to my magic and worded the spell to cast the Rider spell on this white egg.

When the spell ended, I placed the egg under several covers to keep it warm.

Over the course of the next two weeks, the purple and blue eggs hatched, revealing the small dragons to the world.

Perseus.

Yes?

Now that Virtha and I have children, we'll need somewhere else. I don't want them tearing this place up.

Okay, Alexō. I think I saw a cave over on the mountain.

Thank you. He said. The family of dragons made their way to the cave in the side of the mountain.

"Well, now I have nothing to do." Maybe I could work on archery. There's no one around so I wouldn't be able to hurt anyone.

I sung a bow from a tree and made some arrows.

When I found a clearing and made some targets, I strung the bow.

I placed an arrow on the string and took aim.

It sailed through the air with hardly any hesitation.

And then it hit a tree, on the other side of the field.

/^\

I kept practicing for another six hours, trying to get ten hits on the target.

I rejoiced when I hit ten.

Yes! I actually hit it ten times! I screamed the fact into every mind near me.

Something caught my attention. A scream.

It sounded like… Annabeth.

I swept the surroundings with my mind, surprised when I felt a human mind near my border.

A shiver ran up my spine when they stepped over it.

I ran back to my base at high speeds and stopped when I saw Annabeth crouched over the white egg.

"Letta!" Her hand stopped an inch away from the surface.

Her head snapped towards me.

"Perc- Perseus!"

I released the magic and she ran up to me.

She wrapped her arms around me in a bone-crushing hug.

"Um, Annabeth, how did you find me?"

"I had some help from the gods. Which reminds me, Zeus said that Gûntera wishes the stars to shine over you and peace to live in your heart," she paused for a moment. "Is that an elf thing?"

"Yes." I did the traditional elf greeting and held my fingers to the sky. Thunder rumbled.

She looked up, and saw my tree house.

"Did you build that?"

"No, I sang it."

"You sang a house?"

"Yes, why destroy a tree when you can sing to it and it will help you?"

She stated to answer, but held her tongue.

"Are you really an elf now?" she asked quietly.

"Yes. I'm no longer human," I said wistfully.

"Did you keep the powers from your father?"

"Yes, but what do I use them for? I haven't had a single monster come through my borders, and I can't just fly with Alexō," I said.

"Why?"

"I might have been able to in Alagaësia, but not here. Zeus will strike me down. I could probably deflect it, considering how powerful I've gotten, but he'd never give up. He'll just keep attacking me every time I was in the air."

She looked at me glumly, "I'm sorry."

I waved her off, "I'm getting more powerful every day. If I wanted to, I could deflect his magic."

She looked back down to the white dragon egg. "It was true?" It was more of a statement. I nodded.

Her head whipped back towards me; she had tears in her eyes.

"I'm sorry, Percy! I didn't mean to push you away, please!" she lowered her voice, "Can we be friends again?"

"Of course we can." She gave me a hug.

When we separated, I showed her all kinds of things I could do with magic, most of which she thought impossible.

Later that night, she asked, "Do you think I'll be able to become a Dragon Rider?"

"Maybe," I answered, "The egg could hatch for you. But that's assuming I let you near it."

She looked hurt. "Do you not trust me?"

"I- I'm just wary. I don't think you're ready for that kind of thing. Poseidon knows I wasn't. Maybe if we had some scrolls or books about the Order, then you could study that and see if you have what it takes, but we don't so you can't d-" I was interrupted as Alexō poured his happiness through our link.

Perseus! Virtha is pregnant again!

Goodness gracious, you two were busy! I joked.

Oh be quiet. I just wanted to let you know, so you'll be given one of our eggs.

Well, I thank you, Alexō.

You are most welcome. I focused back on Annabeth. "I'm sorry, what were you saying?"

She looked at me weird. "Why'd you just zone out right there?"

"Oh, I was talking to Alexō."

"Is he around?"

"No, he's a couple miles away. I miss him terribly, but he has a family to raise, so I'll let it slide."

"Whoa, he has a family?"

"Yeah, a wild dragon stumbled across our borders, and they had some kids. You know, the usual love-at-first sight thing," I joked.

She laughed. "Well, that's a bit weird."

"Yeah, he just learned that she's pregnant again, and I'm going to get one of the eggs."

"Cool, very cool." We sat in silence, just watching the crackling fire and listening to the wood burn.

Annabeth stayed with me for the next few days, and watched Virtha give birth to two eggs, a brown and green.

Alexō wanted the green, so I got the brown and cast the Rider spell on it. Now I have two eggs.

/^\

Annabeth and I were sparring when a blue and green vortex opened in the air and two huge bulks crashed through it, almost crushing Annabeth.

A/N: And that's CH #10! Well, Annabeth found Percy's base and a weird vortex almost killed Annabeth… What came through the vortex? Find out in the next chapter!