| "I wonder if anything good will happen today" Nygil, walks down the stairs to get his breakfast. As he is quietly munching on his food his best friend comes over and sits down. "Hey Nygil" "Yea?" "Did you get the news?" "News? What news?" "Guess" "There's a race that one of my horses is bound to win?" "No, think bigger than that" "Hmm, I dunno" "Geez you need to get away from those horses" "What is it already?" "There are searchriders here from Ryslen Weyr" "And what are search riders to a mere jockey?" "Hello!! wake up already, dragons, impressing, gosh you REALLY need to get out more" "Hey runners are just as good at anything" "But think about it, if you did impress a dragon then you could go between, fight thread and stuff like that" "Hmm" "You could also transport your horses faster, without fatigue." "Your right, if I did impress then it would make it easier to go about daily life. Not to mention a very understanding friend" Nygil chuckles "And I could get away from you a lot faster" "Hey!" "I was only joking" "Well lets go already" |
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| *on the way over to the stable* "Where are we supposed to go and meet the searchrider anyway?" "I think in the Main Hall" "Well do I have time for a ride?" "Always with the horses, but I guess you can. He might want to rest before making the selection" "Ok then" He goes into Stall #1 and takes out a large black horse. The name plate has Black Mist written on it. But Nygil calls the horse Snips. Orion, his friend asks "Why do you call him Snips if his name plate says Black Mist?" "Because, That's his stable name" "Oh" "Say where's that Fire lizard of yours???" "Who? Naz?" "Yeah, I haven't seen him all morning" "Well this morning after he woke me up he just flew out the window. I think that he just went to go for a swim without me" "Really..." "He'll be back soon enough" The two boys continue talking and then the blue flit get's blown into Nygil's face but flies back a little and looks at Nygil happily chirping. "I told you he'd be back soon" "I guess your right" Naz sends Nygil images of a man and a dragon. "Orion, he's telling me the searchrider is here" "haha" "Thank you Naz but I already know" Naz then takes his place on Nygil's left shoulder |
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| "Lets get back to the Hold now" "Say Nygil what color do you want to impress?" "Hmm, they're all wonderful animals to me so, there's no prefered color, but I don't want a green" "Why?" "Greens are female" "And?" "I just don't want a green that's all. But if I end up with one that's fine with me" "How about you Orion?" "I want to impress a bronze" "Oh, your going for the big ones" "Yep" "Its all or nothing for me" "Well don't get your hopes too high, you just might not get "searched" so to speak" "Yeah, even if I don't its still interesting to think about" Nygil now dismounts and untacks Snips. "I'll see you later Snips" He pats Snips' silky neck. And then Socks and Rocky nicker in jealousy, as they aren't getting a goodbye pat. "Alright you guys I'm coming, Orion could you hold on, these horses are attention hoggers sometimes" He goes over and pats his horses. And they both walk back to the Hold The head woman informs them that the search rider will be making his desiscion when they boys are all sleeping. "There is only one slight problem" "What?" "He can only take one boy" "Ok" "That means he can only take one of you" "Well good luck to all of the boys here then, and good night" "I see your very sleepy" "Riding can drain your strength" "Well see you in the morning then Nygil" "Yeah, later Orion" |
| While laying on his furs Nygil starts to think about what it would be like to have a dragon "Hmm, I guess it would be a good thing to try for, I mean being a dragonrider is something worth doing. Isn't it?" Nygil says quietly to himself "Mother would be proud of me" Still dwelling on that thought, Nygil drifts off to sleep. He wakes in the morning, forgetting all about the search rider and dragon impressions and goes about daily routine. While going down to breakfast, he sees the headwoman and the searchrider talking to Orion. Orion then turns around and looks up at Nygil, and gives him a sad look. "He must of not made it" Nygil gives Orion and sympathetic look "I wonder who made it" He walks towards the headwoman and the searchrider "Are you Nygil?" The searchrider says approaching him "Yes," "I have chosen you to come back with me" "Me? seriously?" At that moment Naz comes zooming down the stairs as if he missed something very important "Its ok Naz you don't have to keep making an enterance" Nygil looks at Naz "That's some firelizard you have there" Naz then starts to show himself off "Hehe, he's also a little conceided" "I see" "Sir?" "Yes?" "Can I take along one of my horses?" "Surely" "Can he handle the sight of a dragon?" Most definetly sir" "Then my dragon can carry him. Ain't that right?" The dragon outside gives a loud bugle of approval "Eat boy, you look a little pale" "Um, alright" "We'll leave as soon as all your stuff is ready" Naz play's with the searchrider's hair. |
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| Nygil is eating when Orion approaches him "So, I heard you made it" "Yeah," "A little excited?" "Maybe" Orion chuckles "Sorry you didn't" "Well somebody had to go and others left behind" "Is there some anger towards me you are supressing?" "No, well yes of course but you are my friend and I am happy for you" "Really" "Yeah, and besides I have always wanted to ride your other horses" "Don't feed them to much and they need excersise every other day." "That's a lot" "It keeps them in peek condition" "What if they get sick" "Then you know where I am" "Hmm any other specifications?" "Don't spoil them" "Hehe yeah. Good luck on impression. I hope you impress a bronze" "why?" "Because, I think you deserve it" "Quite frankly I don't get my hopes high. As long as I impress a dragon, that's fine with me" "Your to modest" "I didn't think so" "Ha! just eat up and go pack" |
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| Back at Nygil's room. *Knock Knock* "Yes?" "Can I come in?" The search rider says "What a nice room you have here" "I try and keep it as clean as possible" The searchrider glances around and spots a broom "You do your own cleaning?" "Yes" "Oh, well are you almost done packing?" "I'm done. I just have to get Snip ready" "Oh, yes" They both walk out towards the stable. Nygil then takes Snip out of the stall "What a large runner" "I know" "I don't know all that much about runners but this one looks better than most that I have seen around the Weyr" "That's probably because he's made for racing" "Is that so?" "Yes, his mother was the fastest mare of her time and his father was the stallion with the best stamina, That makes Snip a pretty fast mover" "Is he sensitive to dragons?" "Well not the ones by themselves, but since we are going to a Weyr I have to run him around and get him used to seeing a lot of dragons in one day" "I see" |
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| They mount the dragon. "Lets go!" The rider calls to his dragon. And the dragon flys upwards and picks up the runner. Snip neighs more of excitement than fear. Then in a moment they slip into the biting cold of between and out of it again. Nygil looks down at the Weyr below him. "The weyr is still quite young" "Oh," "Well I'll take you to your new room and then to the stable where you can set Snip up" Then the dragon sets Snip down and lands. The two dismount and then Nygil is lead to his room. "Wow its very big compared to my old one" "Its a Weyr room not a hold room" "Yeah" "Would you like to get to the stables now?" "Yes, I think Snip is getting a bit jumpy" "This way" Nygil grabs Snips reigns and leads him to his stall "I hope the facility is big enough for Snip." "Huh?" "Like I said Snip is very large compared to the few runners here." They find the largest stall "This will suit him fine" Nygil walks Snip around and sets his tack down on the side. "I better be getting back to my dragon now" "Alright" After filling the hay and water in their troughs, Nygil takes Snips out and gets on his back. "This is the first time I'm going to ride without a saddel" *Neigh* They then leave the Stable and Nygil senses snips uneasyness "Its ok, Snip, the dragons won't harm you" and they continue around the Weyr |
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