Several hours passed before I woke as Quiksilva nudged me and I stretched, yawning as I did.
"That's much better. Where should we go now?" I asked him as I stood and he thought about this for a few seconds, his head to one side, before he growled suddenly. "What's wrong?" I asked and when he contiued to stare at the alley entrance I moved to his side worried. But I shouldn't have been when Artha showed up and I sighed relieved it was only him. "You scared us." I told him as he jumped down and walked over.
"Sorry about that. What are you two doing here anyway?" He asked as Quiksilva nudged me and I sighed. "The last time I saw you the Shadow Booster kidnapped you. Are you okay?"
"Yeah but the Dragon Booster came to our rescue and we managed to escape. Though right now we're kind of lost. Where did you two come from anyway?" I asked him after Quiksilva magged me onto his back and it took Artha a moment to offer an explaination and that made me a little surpicious. How did he find me so quickly and where had he gone between the time I was kidnapped until now, I thought to myself and when I heard Artha cough I blinked. "Uh sorry what did you say?" I asked and he raised an eyebrow now sitting on Beau's back.
"I said there's a race midday tomorrow and I was wondering if you wanted to join?" Artha repeated and I nodded only to grab Quiksilva's neck after he mirrored my action. This time I followed Beau as he ran and it only took a few minutes before we reached Penn Stables. I have to admit that I was very glad to be safe and once I jumped down Quiksilva walked over to the stables leaving me free to follow Artha. "Since you don't have any gear of your own you can borrow some of ours." He told me as he led me towards the house where Lance came running from and seconds later I ended up on my backside.
"Hey you're back! Um...oops?" Lance said as Artha offered me his hand and I grinned despite feeling a little silly. Then I suddenly gripped my head between my hands and as everyone looked on I closed my eyes for a few seconds. "Hey are you okay?" Lance asked and I finally opened my eyes.
"The Dragon Booster." I muttered as the pain in my head went away and after staring at Artha something clicked. "Its you." I said and he went wide eyed for a split second confirming what I knew.
"Its not me..." Artha said before I frowned at him and before I could stop him I grabbed his arm and revealed the gauntlet he wore.
"You medallion's a gold star." I told him and even Lance was left completetly speechless. "Look I'll tell you my secret to be even if you want." I added before I lifted my arm and displayed my own gauntlet. Then I slipped the medallion from my pocket and motioned them to follow me, heading towards the stable where Quiksilva was. Not really sure what I was going to show them Artha and Lance both followed me and as I stood beside Quiksilva my dragon seemed to sense what I wanted. "We can trust them." I told him as he looked up at me with his big amber eyes and once he gave me his approval, gently nudging me, I grinned and slipped the medallion into the gauntlet. Instantly the stable lit up and even shielding their eyes both Penn brothers watched on as my clothing changed to armor and their mouthes dropped as Quiksilva changed to a pure white dragon. Once the light vanished I stepped forward unable to hide my grin as they stared at me, not sure how to react. Then Lance's face lit up and he laughed.
"That was so drac!" He yelled and I giggled as he raced over and looked at my armor and then Quiksilva who rolled his eyes as the smallest member of the Penn Racing crew prodded his head. "Wow he's even more drac now." He added and Quiksilva licked his face apaprently happy at being called cool. Of course that's when we had company and I stood still until I saw it was only Kitt, Parmon and their dragons walking towards us.
"Hey its the Light Booster. Did you manage to rescue Rayne from the Shadow Booster?" Kitt asked and before I could answer Lance grinned.
"She's right here." He said and getting a blank stare from both Kitt and Parmon he walked over and tugged my arm. "Rayne tell them." He told me and Artha face palmed as I watched on. Finally I stepped forward and told them exactly what I had just revealed to their friends and judging from the dubious looks they didn't believe me.
"It can't be Rayne because she's not a fighter or a great racer and..." Parmon began only to be left speechless, which was a big accomplishment for him, when my armor vanished and they all saw Rayne again. Even Quiksilva went back to being his usual silver and black self. "Okay forget I said anything." He quickly added as I frowned at him for a few seconds and then I laughed not really mad at him after all.
"So you found the gauntlet and Word gave you the medallion? Huh that's a pretty risky move on his part." Connor said by the time I'd finished explaining the full story. Having turned up a few minutes later else I told him the truth after Artha said that his father could help train me to be as strong a fighter as the Dragon Booster.
"It probably didn't cross his mind that I could be the chosen Light Booster. Though I am a little curious as to why I was chosen and not someone else...stronger I guess." I said as I sat next to Quiksilva stroking his snout as he rested his head in my lap. "As you've probably already seen I'm not much of a fighter."
"But that's not why you were chosen." Connor told me as he held a very worn looking book in his hands. "The original Light Booster, though powerful, was a kind hearted woman who cared about all dragons especially her own, Hurricaynn. During the great dragon-human war she helped the original Dragon Booster but something happened to her and she vanished never to be heard from again."
"So this is her gauntlet. Wow." I muttered as I stared at my gauntlet. "Maybe that was her voice I heard. Before I found it I heard a woman's voice in my head and that's what led me to it. And now I guess I'm the missing booster." I grinned as I thought about how cool that was, to have this power. "But what if I make a mistake? I don't know how to fight properly and I don't know how to use my mag energy." I sighed only for Artha to grin at me and I stared at him confused.
"We can teach you. You'll be a great booster and its pretty cool having another booster on our side." He told me and I grinned back grateful that I had help. Of course I soon regretted that help when I almost came off Quiksilva as he and Beau raced side by side along a racetrack as I got use to using white aero gear and red thruster gear.
"Just take your time and focus on using one piece of gear at a time." Parmon said through my new Commlink. Trying not to panic as a gap appeared in the track I tapped a button on Quiksilva's saddle and as a set of white wings appaered on either side of his back I took a deep breath before he jumped. When we didn't fall I looked around and finally let out a yell of joy as we easily cleared the gap and as we did I got a sudden idea. Hitting another button the Red Thruster gear fired and we went fired forward passing Artha and Beau as they landed on the track and Beau stopped, watching as we rushed ahead. The moment Quiksilva landed I pressed a button and the thrusters stopped putting us in the lead. Laughing we raced ahead and before Beau caught up we passed through the arch. As Quiksilva slowed down I grinned as Beau and Artha hurried over.
"Okay that was pretty drac for a rookie. Where did you learn that move?" Artha asked as I jumped down and I thought about it for a few seconds before I just shrugged. "Wow so you just made that up?"
"I guess so. It just made sense to combine the two and that's what happened. Maybe I'm better at this then I thought." I replied just as Parmon called up and as we listened my eyes narrowed when I heard that Wraith Dragons were attacking the city. "Let's go and help." I said as I slipped the medallion in the gauntlet. "Unlock the light!" I cried out and in seconds I changed into my armor as Quiksilva let out a roar, changing to pure white. Not giving Artha and Beau time to catch up my dragon magged me before we rushed away.
"Wait a minute...scales I guess we're playing catch up. Come on, Beau." Artha said as he jumped onto Beau's back. "Release the dragon!" He yelled as his armor changed and as Beau let out a massive roar he changed to his original black and gold form, the dragon of legend. As they rushed after us we had just found something attacking people and with a growl Quikislva slammed into a wraith going after a yound couple. With a quick thank you they hurried away just as three more wraiths appaered roaring at us and then they attacked. Letting out a yell of my own I kicked out at one just as it snapped its jaws at me and knocked backwards it leapt to its feet before rushing us.
"Scales we shouldn't have rush off like that." I shouted as I slammed my fist into another wraith, hitting it in the snout and it fell over only to be replaced by two more. "Oh well to late now." I added as Quiskliva lashed out with his tail but that's right when something slammed into him and he let out a cry as he hit a nearby wall, cracking it and sending it tumbling towards us. He managed to jump clear but I was right in its path and before he could help me it fell towards me. Leting out a cry of fear I didn't see another dragon shoot past and its rider quickly grabbed me around my waist, lifting me onto his dragon's back and as we got clear the wall collapsed just missing us. A little out of breath I went to thank my rescuer until i saw who it was and my eyes narrowed. "The Shadow Booster?!" I growled and he chuckled his eyes almost glowing as he helped me down from hs dragon's back. "Why did you...save me?"
"Ask Moordryd Paynn. He wanted me to save you when he saw you and your dragon outnumbered by those wraiths." He told me and I nodded after a long moment unsure why I suddenly felt like I knew him. But before I could ask anything more he raced away just as the Dragon Booster arrived and together we chased away the remaining wraiths who had finally had enugh and rushed away.
"What happened to you?" He asked as I dusted myself off and I shrugged not sure how to explain the last few minutes. Then Lance spoke to us and I groaned as he explained that I was rescued by my enermy. "Wait the Shadow Booster saved your life? Why?"
"I don't know. One minute he's kidnapping me and then attacking the Light Booster, the next saving my life. Man I can't figure out what's going on with my life." I complainied and Artha laughed at the confused look on my face. Eventually we ran back together though not before I felt like someone was watching me but when I looked around I couldn't see anyone. But even if I couldn't see them I was right as a wraith dragon currently invisible as it spied on us. Or rather its owner watched as we raced away and after stroking his chin he called his son on his Commlink.
"Moordryd come to my citadel at once. I have a plan." Word Paynn said and once his son gave him a slight nod he hung up and stood before his desk. "I now know how to get the Light Booster and her dragon. I want you to convince Rayne to join the Dragon Eyes and once you've gained her trust I'll put the rest of my plan into action." He told his son as Moordryd watched on and when his son snorted he narrowed his eyes. "Do you have a problem?" He asked as he drummed his fingers on his desk.
"Rayne...hates me so why would she join us?" Moordryd answered looking away for a plit second before he met his father's eyes and Word could have sworn that he looked...guilty.
"Then you have to convince her that you're an ally and it would be in her best interests to join you. Just make sure she trusts you. You're dismissed." Word said and turned around before Moordryd rolled his eyes. After his son left Word wondered just why his son looked guilty about pretending that he was friends with Rayne. Then he shook his head considering it trivial as he worked on the final part of his plan to lure the Light Booster out of hiding.