I'm not sure how long I was unconscious but as I began to wake I heard several voices and as I listened, my head aching, I noticed that at least two people seemed to be having an argument.

"You brought a complete stranger to our hideout?" A male voice said and as the second person spoke I recognized it as the guy that almost ran me over with his dragon. As I lay there I tried to make out of what they were saying but pretty soon I began to feel dizzy and I fainted before I learned anything more. When I woke next I heard someone speak next to me and as I slowly opened my eyes I saw the same dragon almost nose to nose with me. Startled I moved back and almost slammed my head on the wall behind me. Interested the dragon moved closer as I stared wide-eyed and as I did the same white-haired guy chuckled as he looked down at me. "Very…funny." I muttered as I sat up and his dragon nudged me with its head as I looked on in confusion and a little fear.

"From the look on your face I'd think you'd never seen a dragon before." He said, laughing at me as he did and after I kept staring, eyes completely wide he stopped and stared at me. "You're kidding right?" He asked and I slowly shook my head at him. "Seriously?" He asked as I staggered to my feet and almost fell. To my surprise his dragon suddenly leant against my side and prevented me from falling forward.

"Um...thank you…" I told the dragon who snorted. Noticing me staring at her the guy grinned.

"Her name is Decepshun. And you are?" He asked as I leant against Decepshun's side and I frowned slightly at him.

"I'm Rayne. But never mind that. Where am I and who are you? And why am I standing next to a dragon?" I asked as I felt my heart beat faster as I looked around at my surroundings.

"You're in the Dragon Eyes crews' compound and I'm Moordryd Paynn." He answered as I blinked at him. "Why do you keep staring at Decepshun?" He asked as I finally managed to stand without falling over and his dragon stepped away from me before walking over to several dragons standing together. Stunned at everything I didn't realize that Moordryd said something to me and it was only when someone else spoke that I blinked.

"This the girl you brought home?" Another guy asked as he stepped towards me and I frowned at him, annoyed at being called a girl.

"My name is Rayne for your information. And…wait you brought me back? Thanks Moordryd." I said and he shrugged as if it wasn't a big deal.

"Whatever. I have to get back to the racetrack. See ya." Moordryd said as he walked away. Walking over to Decepshun he gripped the saddle and pulled himself up before she raced away.

"I'm Cain by the way. So where'd you come from anyway?" His friend asked and I thought about this for a long moment before I realized something.

"I…don't know. All I remember is a blinding light then I woke up on the racetrack and almost wound up being trampled by Moordryd and Decepshun. I know that sounds really weird but that's pretty much all I remember." I told him and he raised an eyebrow for a few seconds.

"Yeah that's a little weird." Cain replied as he crossed his arms and I did the same as I glared at him. Then after almost a full minute he chuckled. "You sound like Moordryd. Come on he asked me to show you around. Well ordered me but whatever." He added as he started walking towards the dragons and I hurried to catch up. Pretty soon I was standing in front of two dragons that instantly approached me and I grinned as I reached down and gave each of them a pat on the head. As I did Cain introduced me to his dragon, Coershun who nudged me with his snout and I giggled. Preoccupied with the two dragons standing on either side of me I didn't notice a third watching me with interest from the back corner of the stable. When I heard a snort I looked up and as I did I saw a silver and black dragon step towards me.

"Who owns that dragon?" I asked Cain as Coershun and the second dragon stepped aside as the silver and black dragon stopped in front of me and as I watched it stared directly into my eyes for the longest time. As I stared back I noticed that this dragon had amber eyes.

"No one owns Quiksilva." Cain told me as the dragon kept staring at me then to my amazement he nudged me with his snout. "That's new." He commented as Quiksilva nudged me again.

"What's he doing?" I asked Cain and he grinned as I found myself surrounded by a black and silver light. "Whoa!" I yelped as I was pulled into the air and suddenly dropped onto Quiksilva's back. "Okaaay what just happened?" I asked as I began to get over my first shock I giggled as Quiksilva started walking again and I quickly wrapped my arms around his neck to prevent myself from falling off.

"He never bonded with anyone before. This is new." He said as I held on for dear life as Quiksilva began to head for a large gate on the opposite side of the stable. "Hang on a second where are you going?" He called out as the dragon suddenly took off running and I almost tumbled off before I managed to keep my balance. Now really scared I yelled out before Quiksilva rushed at full speed towards the gate and I closed my eyes thinking we'd crash until he leapt high into the air and cleared the gate. When I opened my eyes I laughed, happy that we hadn't slammed into the gate until I realized that he was still running and I looked down at him for a moment.

"Whoa! Slow down! Where are we going?" I asked him and he snorted at me as he sped up and I sighed making sure to keep a firm grip on his neck as he led me to wherever he wanted me to go. As he run I looked around and pretty soon I began to wonder how I had ended up stuck on the back of a dragon. Then I giggled as I realized that this was the weirdest thing that had ever happened to me. As far as I knew anyway and after a while I began to enjoy myself…right up until Quiksilva stopped abruptly and I fell off, landing with a thump. "Oww!" I whimpered and he lowered his head looking at me. "You could have warned me." I told him and he snorted at me and I could swear he was laughing as I climbed to my feet. "So where are we anyway?" I asked him and when I looked up I noticed that we were standing beside a sign. "Hmm…Penn Stables? Why did you bring me here?" I asked Quiksilva who just stared at me with his amber eyes and for the longest moment I began to wonder if we were lost. Then as I stood there I started feeling light-headed and as I cringed from the headache that was now making its presence known Quiksilva moved to my side and nudged me. After a moment I understood and I stumbled towards the building in front of me and as I did the dizziness got worse with each step I took. Pretty soon I stumbled and Quiksilva moved to my side, allowing me to lean against him so I could stay upright. By the time I found the stables I was seeing double of everything and my dragon gripped my sleeve in his jaw and tugged me towards the nearest stable. I wasn't comfortable about just barging in on someone's home like this but I was feeling pretty lousy so I decided to apologize later. As soon as I flopped down on the hay I could feel myself begin to pass out and as I did Quiksilva curled up beside me and I rested my head on his side. In moments I was out cold.

Sometime later…

"I still can't believe that Moordryd didn't even finish the race." Artha said as he and Kitt walked towards the stables closely followed by Beau and Wyldfir. But their conversation ended abruptly when Artha saw someone lying in the stables and he warned Kitt.

"Who is that?" Kitt asked as she walked closer and when she saw it was a girl about her age and a silver and black dragon she rolled her eyes at Artha who was all set for a fight. "I wonder where she came from."

"What's going on?" Lance asked as he walked in with Parm and after noticing his brother with his mag-staff held tightly in his hands he rushed over. "Who's she?" He asked his brother and in the blink of an eye he was standing next to me and my dragon. "Hellloo!" He called out but I just shifted in my sleep and he grinned getting an idea. Taking out his mag-staff he nudged me with it and I moved closer to Quiksilva. With a laugh he poked me again in the arm and I snorted, rolling over.

"Lance stop annoying her." Parm said as he frowned at the ten-year old but Lance just shook his head and leaned in to poke me in the arm. But this time Quiksilva grabbed the mag-staff is his mouth, giving Lance a frown as the kid looked on.

"Um…oops?" He said as Quiksilva dropped the mag-staff at Lance's feet and then he raised his head and stared at everyone. "I'm Lance." He said to the dragon that nodded and then stared down at me. "Who's your friend?" He asked and Quiksilva nudged me until I slowly opened my eyes.

"What…is it 'silva?" I muttered and that's when I saw a young kid looking down at me with a grin on his face. "Uh…hi." I said as I sat up and as I did I noticed there were three people other people and four dragons all looking at me and Quiksilva. Curious Beau wandered over to me and I moved closer to Quiksilva who made a snorting sound. "Stop laughing at me." I complained as Beau sniffed me and then he nudged me. "Okay what is it with me and dragons today?" I asked as I gave him a pat on the head before I climbed to my feet only to almost fall on my rear. "Whoa…" I muttered and to my surprise the teenage guy who had been watching me, holding some sort of stick in his hands, now moved towards me.

"You don't look so good." He commented as he wrapped an arm around my shoulders and I raised an eyebrow at him as if to say 'no duh'. "Maybe you should stay here and we'll bring back help." He suggested as I rubbed at my eyes.

"Yeah…okay." I replied as he helped me back onto the hay. Sitting there I watched as he and the other guy that looked my age rush away leaving me with a girl and the annoying kid who kept poking me. "Where am I exactly?" I asked as the only girl of their group walked over.

"Penn Stables. I'm Kitt by the way. Who are you and what are you doing here?" She asked me and I sighed.

"I'm Rayne. As to why we're here…ask Quiksilva. He's the one who brought us here in the first place." I answered as I looked at my dragon that was currently making friends with what I guessed were the dragons of the kid, Kitt and the other two guys. "First I wake up on a racetrack and now this." I muttered and she eyed me curiously.

"Racetrack? How'd you wind up there?" Lance asked and I sighed before giving them the full story. As soon as I was finished Lance burst out laughing and I growled, gritting my teeth in annoyance.

"It's not funny. I have no idea how I wound up there and then Moordryd and Desepshun almost trampled me too." I groaned and that made Kitt stare. "What?" I asked rubbing my forehead.

"You met Moordryd? As in Moordryd Payne?" She asked and when I gave a slow nod she grinned. "And he actually helped you? Wow."

"How is that so surprising? He took me back to his crew and introduced me to Cain. He was actually pretty nice considering that I messed up his race." I told them and Lance's jaw literally dropped. "Okay what's with that look? Have you met the guy before?"

"More times than I would want to. He's…not the nicest person around." Kitt told me as Lance shut his mouth. "So for him to be nice to you that's just…impressive."

"Hmm…well it was more his dragon that didn't want to leave me on the racetrack. I think so anyway. Can't really remember much after I almost got trampled. Must have passed out." I told her as I rubbed my the bridge of my nose, fighting off the pain in my skull. "When I came to I was in their compound, headquarters, whatever. And that's when I met Quiksilva."

"Wait he's the Dragon Eyes crews' dragon? And they let you take him?" Lance asked this time and I frowned a little at him for poking my arm. "If I said I was sorry would you tell me?" He begged and I sighed before I nodded. "OkayI'msorrypleasetellme." He told me and I blinked as he took a breath.

"That… was impressive. The thing is Quiksilva didn't have a rider and apparently he took a liking to me for some reason. Then he picked me up and jumped the gate before he went for a run with me still on him. After a while we ended up here and I must have blacked out or something again. That's pretty much it." I told them both as I attempted to stand only to fall back on my rear as I felt dizzy again. "Ohh bad idea."

"So is this your first dragon?" Kitt asked and I gave her a nod, my head still hurting as I sat there and she grinned. "My dragon's Wyldfir" she said pointing to a tall red one and then she pointed to a blue and yellow one "that's Fracshun Lance's dragon" and then she pointed to a dark green one "Cyrano who's Parm's the guy with the red hair and finally Beau" she finished as she pointed to a blue and red dragon bigger and more powerful looking then the rest. "He belongs to Artha."

"Cool. And you've already met my dragon…wow that feels strange saying that." I muttered as I stretched and a few minutes later Artha and Parm arrived with a much older man. As I looked up at them he walked over rubbing his chin.

"I'm Connor, Lance and Artha's father." He introduced himself and I just nodded wondering if he was the same Penn that owned the stables I had trespassed into. Then I mentally kicked myself for not figuring that out. "Who are you?" He asked me as I climbed to my feet and somehow managed to stay upright despite feeling pretty lousy.

"I'm Rayne. Sorry for intruding but I didn't have much of a choice." I told him as I blinked at him. "Not having a great day today." I added as I rubbed the bridge of my nose. "First I wake up on a racetrack and almost get trampled and now my head keeps hurting. Could this day get any better?" Of course at that moment Quiksilva rushed over and started nudging me. "What's wrong 'silva?" I asked as he nudged me with his snout. Curious I looked towards the entrance just as a loud explosion rocked the stables knocking me to the ground. "And now it begins." I grumbled now sitting on my butt with a frown on my face.