After wandering along the track for a few minutes I still couldn't remember anything useful. Giving up for the moment I managed to convince Moordryd to continue explaining the basics of racing even though I had zoned out completely. It wasn't easy though and it took a joint effort of pleading and my best puppy dog eyes to persuade him.
"I'll tell you what I know on one condition." He finally said and I asked him what that was. "That you tell me everything you know about a silver and black gauntlet my father's searching for." He told me and I raised an eyebrow, confused, and he sighed.
"I'd tell you what I knew about it if I knew anything. I can barely remember my own name though so I'm not sure how much help I'll be. Is there something special about it?" I asked him and I noticed that he paused for a long moment, apparently considering what he would tell me and I frowned. "If you don't want to tell me anything then fine. But I did stick up for you when Artha and his friends started badmouthing you. "
"Scales. You're right. Al I know is that the gauntlet supposedly lets the person wearing it communicate telepathically with their dragon." He said and I tilted my head to the side making it obvious that I had no clue what he was talking about. Rubbing the bridge of his nose for a moment he sighed. "Look it means that you could hear your dragon speak into your mind."
"Ohhh…now I get it. That would be pretty cool if it worked." I replied as I rubbed the back of my neck. "Well if I find it I'll let you know." I told him and he gave me a quick smile before he changed the subject and started explaining in detail about racing gear. "Uh huh." I said as he showed me a piece of gear apparently called red thruster gear. As I listened I found myself understanding everything he told me and Moordryd seemed impressed when he asked me several questions and I could correctly answer each one.
"You know for someone who claims they've never raced, or even seen a dragon before, you seem to understand a lot." Moordryd pointed out as he walked over to Decepshun and she magged him onto her back. "Now let's see how well you race." He said and he chuckled at the worried expression on my face.
"You look like Cain right now." He joked and I rolled my eyes at him, arms crossed against my chest.
"Hah hah." I replied as Quiksilva magged me and I landed on his back. Thankfully I didn't fall off this time. "If you're so smart let's see you race." I said and he grinned before Decepshun took off at a sprint, leaving Quiksilva to rush after them and I gripped the handlebars so tight that my knuckles went white. "Hey wait for us!" I yelled and I heard him laughing as we raced after both rider and dragon. Pretty soon we caught up and after tensing up for the first few minutes I began to enjoy the rush of sitting atop a dragon as its four paws pounded the pavement at a fast pace. Pretty soon I began to laugh and Moordryd eyed me for a moment as the wind swept my hair back and he grinned, letting out a chuckle at the expression of pure joy on my face. "Can you go any faster 'silva?" I asked and he gave me a slight grin before he shot forward and I yelled, laughing, as we easily outpaced Moordryd and Decepshun who looked on in amazement. Shooting past them I looked back and laughed as Moordryd's jaw dropped and I gave him a wave, grinning as Quiksilva let out a roar.
"How did they…come on we can't let them beat us." Moordryd told Decepshun who raced after us and pretty soon we were running side by side, each of our dragons trying to outdistance the other as I grinned at Moordryd.
"This is so cool!" I yelled and I heard Moordryd laugh as he raced beside me but then his laughter ended abruptly and I began to wonder why. Unfortunately I didn't realize that Quiksilva and I were heading for the end of the track until Quiksilva gave a roar before skidding to a halt and I was thrown clear, ending up on the ground with a thud. Worried Quiksilva rushed over and finding me lying motionless he started nudging me, making a snorting sound. As he did Moordryd and Decepshun joined us and after jumping down he rushed over and knelt beside me.
"Very funny, Rayne. Come on get up." Moordryd said with a grin and when I didn't respond he frowned. "Rayne?" He said as I lay there. As they tried to wake me as I lay out cold I heard someone speaking to me into mind.
"Wake up Rayne." The voice commanded and as I lay there I groaned, my head shifting from one side to the other, and I heard the voice chuckle. "You need to find the medallion." It told me and I groaned again as Quiksilva nudged my head, trying to wake me. "The one that unlocks your gauntlet."
"Medallion?" I mumbled and Quiksilva snorted as he gently nuzzled my head. Soon I started to stir and as my eyes slowly opened he gave a snort as he saw that my eyes had gone from green to silver. Confused he snorted and in seconds my eyes went back to green and I shook my head, dizzy, as he looked on. "What…happened?" I asked and Quiksilva made a rumbling noise in his throat as he licked my face and I giggled. "Haha! Stop it that tickles 'silva!" I laughed before Moordryd rolled his eyes at the pair of us before he offered me his hand. Pulling me to my feet he raised an eyebrow at me for a moment.
"Are you okay? That was an interesting dismount." He asked and I nodded, rubbing the back of my head as I did. "Maybe we should head back." He suggested and I sighed, a little upset at having to end my riding lesson so soon. Noticing the frown on my face he chuckled. "Unless you want to continue." He added and I gave him a quick nod, now happy. The hours flew by as Moordryd taught me everything I needed to know about gear and which gear Quiksilva could mag. That threw me and I asked why I couldn't mag everything. "Because each dragon has a different draconium bone structure and that makes it impossible for all dragons to mag all gear." He explained as Quiksilva and Decepshun walked side by side.
"Hmm okay that I understand." I replied as I looked at him. "How many different types of dragon are there?" I asked next and when he chuckled I raised an eyebrow. "Now what's so funny?"
"You seriously don't know a lot do you?" Moordryd answered and I frowned at him before I looked ahead as Quiksilva gave him a snort and a frown as well before he walked faster. "What did I say?" He asked Decepshun before he narrowed his eyes at me and my dragon. "Like rider, like dragon. Both as stubborn as each other." He commented and Decepshun made a rumbling noise in her throat, laughing at her rider. Soon catching up to us Moordryd attempted to apologize me so he could find out if I was hiding anything about the gauntlet and not because he was feeling a little guilty. As Decepshun walked alongside Quiksilva he cleared his throat and when I looked at him, glaring as I did, he tried to figure out just what to say. But before he had a chance to speak we both heard a roar and as I looked around, shifting slightly as I did, I tried to figure out where the sound came from. As I sat there Quiksilva suddenly growled and I almost fell when he took off, leaving me to tightly grip his neck as I fought to stay seated.
"Whoa slow down 'silva!" I cried out as he rushed forward and as soon as I righted myself I saw a dragon rush past, almost colliding with us and as Quiksilva screeched to a halt, almost throwing me I noticed that it was gold and black. "Let's go after it!" I yelled and Quiksilva took off again, apparently as interested in it as I was and as he chased after the dragon Moorddryd just stared.
"The Dragon Booster?" He said as Decepshun looked towards her rider then at us as we rushed away. "Come on let's go after them." He said and with a roar of approval Decepshun took off. As Quiksilva chased after the mysterious gold and black dragon I wondered who it was and as we got nearer I saw a young guy sitting on its back and as we got closer, Quilsiva easily matching the other dragon's speed, I noticed that he was wearing some sort of black and gold armor.
"Hey!" I called out but he was either ignoring me or he didn't hear me so 'silva got closer only to run into a dead-end as the street ended. With a surprised roar Quiksilva dug his claws into the ground and in seconds he stopped just in time but I wasn't so lucky as my hands slipped from the handlebars and with a yell I was thrown. Slamming hard into the ground I yelped and after a few seconds I climbed to my feet, weaving as I fought to stay awake. Then I stumbled back and before Quiksilva's eyes I passed out and fell off the edge. Letting out a roar Quiksilva tried to grab me and just missed as I fell. Completely unconscious I didn't feel someone catch me in their arms and as they flew me to safety I groaned. Sometime later I heard a voice and I chose to ignore it, exhausted and finally whoever it was left me in peace. As I slept on I began to whimper as I dreamt about the day I first met Moordryd and Decepshun but the dream started before that and I saw several people who looked very familiar. Still dreaming I twitched in my sleep and when I moaned Quiksilva woke up and looking at me he saw my head shift as I whimpered. Gently Quiksilva nudged me and when I didn't respond, still trembling, he nudged me again until I woke with a start. "Huh...what..." I gasped, heart beating fast before my eyes settled on my dragon who was eyeing me looking worried and I finally sighed. "I'm okay...just a dream." I told him and he snorted apparently not convinced. And that's when I heard a voice and as I looked towards the front of what I assumed was a stable I saw Lance standing there, a grin on his face.
"You know you talk in your sleep." He grinned and I know I blushed as I struggled to my feet and took a step towards the entrance before I stumbled. Thankfully Quiksilva managed to put his snout underneath me and I wrapped an arm around his neck taking a deep breath as I did. When I was finally sure I wasn't going to pass out, despite the pain in my head telling me otherwise, I gently took my arm off Quiksilva's neck and walked towards the stable door. With a snort my dragon followed me and so did Lance almost running into me at one point and by the time I walked outside I saw Artha and Parm arguing about something. When I walked over closely followed by Quicksliva and Lance they stopped and turned to me as I wandered over, my head aching for some reason.
"And she's finally awake." Artha said and I blinked at him more than a little confused. "You were lucky that the Dragon Booster saved you when you tried to fly." He told me and when I stared at him completely lost, he raised an eyebrow. "Seriously you don't know who the Dragon Booster is?" He asked and getting the same blank stare he rolled his eye as he laughed.
"It's not funny." I grumbled as I crossed my arms across my chest eyes narrowed and Quilsilva snorted apparently finding it just as funny. "Hah hah 'silva." I muttered annoyed that I was being made fun of but before I could think of a retort Kitt walked over.
"Did Moordryd let you go?" She asked and I threw up my hands. "Sorry but I couldn't resist." She added as I frowned at her, wondering why everyone was making fun of me today.
"Like I haven't been through enough today. Anyway he was nice to me, despite what everyone keeps saying about him and his crew, and I still don't believe that he steals dragons." I replied as I rubbed my forehead. "He's probably wondering where I am right now." I sighed feeling a little bad as I stood there and that's when I heard Moordryd's voice and as we all turned I saw him standing there and I grinned. Though judging from the frown on Artha's face he wasn't as happy as I was to see him. "Hey Moordryd what brings you here?" I asked as I walked over and he rolled his eyes at me though I did see a slight smile appear just for a second or two.
"I was looking for you. Well Quiksilva anyway." He said quickly, slightly embarrassed that he'd almost let on that he'd been searching all of Dragon City for me. "So are you coming back to the Dragon Eyes' hideout or what?" He added as I blinked then with a shrug and a quick thank you I walked towards Quiksilva who magged me and I followed him outside the stables where Decepshun was waiting patiently. "What happened to you anyway?" He asked me as Decepshun magged him and after a long moment I sighed before I gave him the short version.
"I was apparently saved by someone called the Dragon Booster. Whoever that it anyway. "I explained and I noticed him grit his teeth for a moment when I mentioned his name. "I'm guessing you don't like the Dragon Booster." I said and he shrugged before he answered me.
"You could say that. So did you remember anything about that cavern you fell into earlier?" He asked changing the subject and after getting no answer he turned to look at me only to cringe slighty when I glared at him.
"Is that why you came looking for me? So I'd tell you about that medallion that your father's looking for? Even though I already said I don't have a clue about it or anything else for that matter?" I answered and Moordryd found himself speechless for the first time in his eyes as I glared at him. The second he saw tears well up in my eyes he frowned and tried to think of something, anything that would make me feel better. "Thanks a lot." I whispered as Quiksilva, sensing how upset I was, walked faster until he was a short distance away from Moordryd and Decepshun. As he wandered away he gave Moordryd a snort and a quick glare of his amber eyes and now out of range I rubbed my eyes with the back of my hand.