When someone nudged me I groaned and shifted onto my side, ignoring whoever wanted me to wake up. As I began to fall asleep I felt something rest against my head and before I was completely out I knew it was Quiksilva. How I have no idea and I was too tired to care as I snuggled closer. For a while I was sleeping pretty peacefully and when I started to dream I smiled as I dreamt about competing in a dragon race for the first time. But as my dream wore on the smile vanished and I began to groan, my head trashing from side to side as a dark fog covered the racetrack and unable to see clearly Quiksilva came to a halt. And as we stood there I heard someone scream and the roar of something hidden in the darkness and I urged Quiksilva to run but whatever was attacking the other riders and their dragons started hunting us and no matter how fast my dragon ran whatever was chasing us eventually caught up and as I sat on his back I saw something huge towering over us. s I groaned I shifted and that woke Quiksilva who had his head resting against mine and as his big amber eyes focused on me he frowned as I shivered. Moving his head closer he nudged me with his snout.
"Help...leave us alone...go away! NOOOOOOOOO!"I screamed suddenly as Quiksilva nudged me a second time and thinking it was the monster from my nightmare I shot upright and as I searched for it I finally noticed Quiksilva. My heart beating wildly I stared at him wide-eyed and after staring at me he moved his head closer and that's when I wrapped my arms around his neck, burying my face against his head. As I shook I heard the sounds of running feet and in seconds most of the Dragon Eyes were standing in the stable staring down at me as I kept shaking.
"For dragon's sake what's all the noise?" Moordryd shouted as he stood next to me and I lifted my head hurriedly trying to hide my tears and he stared for a moment. "Just keep it down. Some of us have races in the morning." He added and I nodded trying to ignore the snickers of the other members of his crew especially Cain who was laughing the hardest at me. Once they all left the stable I sighed and sensing just how miserable I was Quiksilva nuzzled my head.
"Yeah I'll be okay. Just a stupid dream." I told him as I wiped my eyes with the back of my hand and Quiksilva snorted clearly not convinced. "I hope anyway." I sighed as Quiksilva rested his head on my lap and I stared to stroke his snout before I began to yawn. Pretty soon my hand started to slow and when I stopped stroking Quiksilva's snout he tilted his head only to realize that I'd fallen asleep, my head against my chest. With a chuckle he rested his head on my lap and closed his eyes.
But I didn't get a peaceful rest as I started to have the same nightmare again but this time I saw someone standing astride the monster that I soon realized was a black dragon. This time I heard a voice urging me to use my powers to fight back against this monster but I just froze, terrified just as the dragon lunged. When I woke body shaking I found myself alone and for a few seconds I almost burst into tears thinking that someone had stolen Quiksilva. Of course my fears were soon put to rest when Quiksilva wandered in and I sighed before I climbed to my feet and as I walked over to him he seemed to study me for a few seconds. "No I'm okay." I told Quiksilva who eyed me for a long moment before he nodded and as I walked towards the door he gently nudged me with his snout, clearly not buying my act. "Okay I had that dream again." I finally told him and that's when I heard a voice.
"Not this again." Moordryd complained and I crossed my arms still mad at him for yelling at me when I woke up screaming. Noticing the glare I was giving him he frowned back at me. "It's not my fault that you freaked out from a dream." He added and I turned my back on him refusing to even look at him. Ignoring him I walked past Moordryd and Quiksilva followed as I headed for the front gate but before I could go anywhere I felt someone grab my arm and I spun around. "And where exactly are you going?" He asked and I actually growled at him. Letting go of my arm he watched as I stared at him until I finally sighed.
"Look I'm just shaken up at the moment and getting angry at me doesn't help." I told him and before he could stop me I called Quiksilva over. With a nod he magged me onto his back and less than a minute later we were racing out of the Dragon Eyes's hideout and I didn't even look back.