S'rac and Bronze Tonaeth
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“What are you talking about Plizac?” Sulrac asked as he climbed the steep stairs that led up to his room.
“I’m talking about the Xir dragons Sulrac. The dragons that live near here in the mountains,” Plizac replied.
Sulrac nodded and said, “Ah yes now I remember. What about them Plizac? Is there something else going on up on that mountain?” He opened the door to his room and ushered his friend in, quickly shutting it behind him.
Plizac walked over to a chair and plopped down, nodding vigorously. “You know the tales about the dragons that live in those mountains don’t you?”
Sulrac sat down in the chair opposite his friend and nodded. “Yes I have heard some of them but what are you getting at here?”
“You’ve heard the one about the dragons giving birth to live young?” Plizac asked.
“Yes,” Sulrac answered. He was starting to get a little impatient and he wished his friend would just get to the point.
“Well I’ve also heard that if you happen to find a dragon mother who is about to give birth she will let you bond one of them, if she’s in a good mood of course,” Plizac added.
“Well of course,” Sulrac said. “Are you suggesting that we climb all the way up and around that mountain to find a female dragon and then just ask her if she’s about to give birth?”
Plizac laughed and said, “Of course not. She would probably find that very rude and she would more than likely eat us for it.”
“Then what are you suggesting we do?” Sulrac asked.
Plizac sighed and asked, “Have you been listening at all Sulrac? I’m suggesting that we go to the mountain and see if we can bond a Xir dragon.”
“We could climb all over that mountain and never find one dragon Plizac. We could be searching for years,” Sulrac said.
Plizac nodded and said, “That’s why we’re going to take a griffon, or a dragon that knows the area. We’ll be able to spot a dragon faster from the air and I know that another Xir dragon would be willing to take us.”
“What about the griffon?” Sulrac asked.
“What about them?” Plizac replied.
“Why can’t we take a griffon? Would they not take us to the mountain?” Sulrac asked.
Plizac shrugged and said, “I think they would be a little unwilling since one of the larger Xir dragons could probably pluck even the largest griffon from the air and have it for dinner.”
Sulrac nodded in understanding and asked, “Well where are we going to find a Xir dragon that would take us to the mountain?”
Plizac leapt up from the chair and walked to the westward window. He pointed to a low mountain and said, “The Cavern. I’m sure one of the dragonriders there would be more than willing to take us there.”
“Yes I’m sure, for at least fifty coins if not more,” Sulrac said unhappily.
Plizac shook his head and said, “They aren’t as bad as the stories say. A dragonrider could be as nice as say one of us, or as mean as Nanci Heluwave.”
“Please don’t remind me of her,” Plizac said as he shuddered. “I think I’ll have nightmares tonight just thinking about her.”
Sulrac smiled and asked, “Well would you like to head over there and ask anyway? It never hurts just to ask.”
Plizac shrugged and said, “I guess.”
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When they arrived at the Cavern Plizac sighed and asked, “How does anyone know what the hell is going on around here? There’s so much chaos!”
Sulrac laughed and said, “I’m sure everyone knows exactly what’s going on here. C’mon, let’s go find someone that will be willing to help us out.”
They walked around the Cavern for quite some time and then finally found a dragonrider that wasn’t in a hurry to get somewhere else.
“You want to go where?” The dragonrider asked as she looked them over.
“We wish to go to the mountain miss,” Sulrac told the woman. “My friend, Plizac here, and I wish to bond a Xir dragon.”
The woman rubbed her chin in thought and then said, “You could be searching all over that mountain and still never find a hatchling that’s ready to bond.”
Plizac nodded and said, “That’s why we need your help. A dragon’s eyes would most definitely help to speed our search up.”
The woman nodded and then smiled, sticking her head out to shake Sulrac and Plizac’s. “Alright, you’ve got yourself a navigator then I suppose. I’m Julia by the way. My dragon, Killionth, is sunbathing but I’m sure she won’t mind taking a trip to the mountains that helping you out.”
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An hour later they were a top a large blue dragon, and flying east towards the mountains. They rode in silence until the mountains were in view and then the woman started to call out commands to her dragon, Killionth.
“Head due east but keep low, we’re looking for hatchlings that are ready to bond,” she said as she pointed to a little alcove on the eastern side of the mountain. “Hey, Killi, check there too will you?”
“The odds of finding any hatchlings are very slim you know,” the dragon told her rider as she headed towards the little alcove.
Julia waved her dragon’s comment away and then smiled broadly, when she saw a glint of purple in the alcove. “See, look Killi, there’s a purple in the alcove and it doesn’t look very big.”
The blue sighed and said,
“Yes I can see that Julia. Would you like me to set down?”
Julia nodded and Killionth landed lightly on the edge of the alcove. “Look guys, it is a hatchling. It looks like it just hatched too, which is good. This is the best time to bond it.”
“How do we go about doing that?” Plizac asked Julia as she slid down from the saddle and helped him to the ground.
“Both of you will go over there and stand in front of the hatchling. He or she will bond to the person that fits him or her best,” she said as she gave them a slight push forward.
They walked towards the hatchling and when they were about a foot away they stopped, Sulrac standing quite still while Plizac kneeled down by the hatchling’s level. The hatchling looked between the two of them and then warbled, looking back at Plizac.
“You are to be mine Pl’zac. I wish to have you as my bondmate if that suits you,” the dragonet said.
Pl’zac rubbed the purple’s eyeridges and said, “Of course it suits me Calaith!”
Julia smiled and walked towards Pl’zac, placing a hand on his shoulder. “Stay here with Calaith ok? I’m going to take Sulrac to look around the mountain some more.”
Pl’zac nodded and stroked his dragon’s neck. “Ok, I’ll still be here when you get back,”
Julia smiled and turned around, walking back to her dragon and helping Sulrac back into the saddle.
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They had been flying for almost three hours and Sulrac was beginning to nod off to sleep when Julia gave her dragon the command to land. When they were on the ground Julia turned around and shook Sulrac awake.
“What, what’s going on?” He asked, still half asleep.
“Come on, there’s another hatchling in this cavern. Killionth thinks that you’ll need to hurry up though or it will fly away without being bonded,” she said as she helped him to the ground.
Sulrac rubbed his eyes and then walked towards the cavern slightly, blinking so that his eyes would adjust to the dim light. He was just about to call out when there was a voice, which echoed through the cavern.
“There is no reason for you to call out S’rac. I know that you are there.”
S’rac stopped in his tracks and asked, “How do you know my name?”
There was a loud sigh and then the owner of the voice, which belonged to a bronze hatchling, walked forward out of the darkness.
“I know your name the same as you know mine, though you may not realize it.”
“Tonaeth?” S’rac asked, still not believing what was happening.
The bronze nodded and said,
“You are now mine, and I am yours.”
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