Review: Two rival families, an anonymous racer, a bet... All this gives by results a situation that nobody had been able to foresee.

I'm not owner of the personages of Dragon Booster, this fics was written in order to offer awhile of diversion. Some words (Like which they appear in the vocabulary section) are invented by me or some one else whose allowed me use them. Every similitude with a real word is a coincidence.

OPPOSITE FACTIONS
By
Airshadow

CHAPTER V
DEFEATED

“WELCOME TO THE DRAGON CITY FOUNDATION ANNIVERSARY RACE,” shouted Race Marshall Budge, as the people cheered happily while they waited impatiently for the appearance of their heroes.

On the dais where the principal figures of Dragon City took their seats, Silvanna Diamath finished a conversation with Rhamius that did not please her at all.

“I hope for your own good, Rhamius, that you have done your work thoroughly,” the girl said coldly.

“As always,” answered the boy with a malignant smile.
Silvanna cut communications without saying goodbye and coldly watched the track as Race Marshall Budge continued with his welcome speech.

--- o0o ---

“Moordryd, are you sure you want to do it that way????”
Cain looked at his leader without understanding at all what he had requested of him. Decepshun looked to her rider with astonishment. When she heard the bet, she had never thought that he was being serious.

“You heard it,” replied Moordryd sharply. “I’ll show that show-off gal the real Moordryd Paynn.”
It was difficult to understand humans, thought Decepshun, but she knew that Moordryd counted on her, so she couldnÂ’t disappoint him.

--- o0o ---

“Do not go far, Lance,” said Parm while he tried to look after the little Penn and fix a last minute failure. “Remember that this place can be dangerous.”

“OK," replied a distracted Lance as he looked at Jhanus’s tent and the rider’s gear. Lance felt a lot of curiosity and he didn’t miss any single detail about what happened in that place, but he couldn’t see much; the tent was positioned in such a way that it didn’t allow anyone to see who was inside.
A dragon transport carriage stopped near the tent and a group of assistants opened its door and waited as Eclypse left the carriage. The she-dragon left the carriage and calmly walked towards a side of the tent and disappeared. Elsie and Marvin were speaking near where the entrance had to be.

“Has anyone seen Zhulan?” said one of the assistants.

“Zhulan had to leave,” replied Elsie dryly. “Everyone can retire. We will call you as soon as we need you.”

The assistants left and Elsie started to speak with Marvin. Lance didnÂ’t miss any detail of what happened. It was very probably that Jhanus was within the tent. What if Jhanus wasnÂ’t wearing his helmet? Would it be wrong if he went to catch glimpse of Jhanus? He could tell his older bro what Jhanus looked like. Nevertheless, would that be something bad?

Lance looked at Parm who was very busy. Parm wouldnÂ’t notice anything, especially if Lance didnÂ’t delay. Quickly, Lance slipped over to the tent. He raised the fabric and looked towards the entrance which was covered by a curtain. Smiling, the little one entered and looked around. Suddenly he was frozen with fear! Eclypse was inside and she looked at him with her shinning blue eyes!
Lance didnÂ’t know what to do. He knew that not all the dragoons were friendly and amiable like Fraschun and Beau. He really didnÂ’t know what that she-dragon would do.

Eclypse watched the little one. That human-puppy was too young to be considered a threat, and moreover, he was scared of her!

They watched each other, and after several minutes that seemed like hours, the she-dragon began to wag her tail slightly. She wished to make it clear that she wouldnÂ’t hurt him. Bravely, Lance approached her slowly.

When Lance was close to her, Eclypse licked his face with her enormous tongue. Lance laughed from the tickles the she-dragon gave him, and gently began to stroke her neck and behind her ears, while Eclypse purred in a pleased manner.
Lance looked around. Jhanus wasnÂ’t there and oddly, at the back of the tent there was a metallic wall, not the usual curtain that would cover it.

“Did you lose something?”

The authoritarian voice made Lance turn around scared. Elsie looked at the boy in a glacial way. Lance's spine froze.

“Did you lose something?” insisted Elsie whereas Eclypse looked at the girl, disapproving of her way of behaving with the little boy.
Lance shook his head no.

“Then, I suggest you go back to your family before they miss you,” replied Elsie with a cold and authoritarian tone.
Lance left the tent running. Elsie turned around and she saw that Eclypse had a disapproving look.

“I guess that if you could speak you would say that you do not agree, wouldn’t you?” said the girl.

Eclypse made a loud raspberry sound as her only answer. Elsie, who had grown accustomed to these theatrics, just frowned.
As soon as Lance left the tent, he hid behind a dragon transport carriage and looked towards the tent. It was a pity that Jhanus wasnÂ’t there! If Eclypse was nice, then surely Jhanus would be also.

Lance continued watching the tent, not sure of what to do next. The curtains moved... Elsie and Eclypse left the tent, accompanied by Jhanus?
How could it be possible? Lance was perplexed. When he entered the tent Jhanus wasnÂ’t there. And when he left, he was sure that nobody had entered. Nobody was around, and when he hid behind the carriage, nobody had walked by.

“SO, you are here?”

Lance looked where the voice came from. It was Parm, and he didnÂ’t seem very happy.

“Do you realize that if something had happened to you we wouldn't have known where we could find you?”

“Parm, I...” Lance tried to explain what he had seen but Parm didn’t listen to him.

“Can't you understand that in these places anything can happen?”

“He wasn’t there!”

“See! You're not even listening to me and what do you mean by ‘He wasn’t there’?”
Lance told him what he had seen and not seen in JhanusÂ’s tent, and that he saw the rider leave, but not enter.

"It's not possible, Lance,” replied a perplex Parm. “It is physically impossible for somebody to appear out of nowhere.”

“But he wasn’t there” replied the little one.
Lance and Parmon looked at each other without understanding the mystery.

--- o0o ---

Silvanna watched the race with extreme interest. Since it had started, she didnÂ’t take her eyes off Moordryd; after all, she wasnÂ’t pleased by the prospect of having to date him, and for a month no less.

Come on, Moordryd Paynn, thought the girl while she scrutinized him with her binoculars. I know that you are plotting something. But what?

--- o0o ---
“I must WIN!”

Moordryd Paynn blocked a blow with his staff that came towards him and gave back the blow to the bold racer. Vizz attacked the racer with his equipment while Blarre pretended to do the same with Moordryd.

Moordryd "avoided" the attacks of Blarre and he moved closer to first place.

“MOORDRYD, WE AREN’T RACERS!” moaned Vizz.

“SHUT UP!” roared Moordryd. “I’VE SAID THAT YOU’RE GOING TO RUN IN THIS RACE AND YOU’LL HAVE TO DO WHAT I SAY!”

Moordryd smiled sarcastically; Blarre, Vizz, and the other less known members of his crew were clearing the way for him as he took the advantage.

With the pretend “attacks” of the members of his crew, he was safe from all suspicion as they helped him to win. Miss Congeniality could be watching the race, but her little intelligence would prevent her from discovering the truth.

Moordryd showed a malevolent smile; the Stable Brat and the idiot Jhanus were just in front of him. Almost without thinking, he moved his hand where his whip should have been, but he soon remembered that he had left it in his tent.

Moordryd encouraged Decepshun to run more quickly on the left, whereas Swayy did the same on the right.

Artha was more than pleased. He was in front of all the racers, and that meant he could win the race if he continued in that way. He looked towards the sides. For some strange reason, Moordryd hadnÂ’t used his gear. Without a doubt he was plotting something.

SwayyÂ’s dragon began to shake its Tail Hammer close to Jhanus, who did everything possible to evade it. Moordryd started to fight with Artha. They blocked each other and tried to strike with their staffs.

The Tail Hammer that SwayyÂ’s dragon used struck JhanusÂ’s saddle causing him to fall off. If Jhanus couldnÂ’t hold on, he'd be squashed by the other dragons. Alarmed, Eclypse watched Jhanus and she deliberately slowed down while avoiding another blow and at the same time, allowing Jhanus to mount again.

The finish line was getting closer and closer. Artha and Moordryd fought more and more furiously, as Swayy approached more and more.

Suddenly, Artha realized that he was between two particularly aggressive riders, and a fast observation allowed him to see that Blarre was approaching more and more on the left side of Swayy. Something bad was going to happen.

It happened! SwayyÂ’s dragon used its Tail Hammer, and struck Artha while he tried to block another of MoordrydÂ’s blows. Connor PennÂ’s oldest son soon found himself flying and falling into a trash can.

When Artha recovered a little, he was completed covered by trash and he saw BeauÂ’s big eyes watching him with sadness and worry.

“I’m fine, my friend,” said Artha painfully while Beau carefully took him by the jacket and removed him from that place. “I only have wounded my pride, it could be worse.”

Moordryd watched Swayy. If he was going to deceive everyone, he had to do it well. Without prior warning, Moordryd ‘attacked’ Swayy and now they were the ones that ‘fought’ for first place. In minutes, Swavy was forced to leave the race and it wasn’t possible to argue if that ‘fight’ was fixed or not. Swayy's equipment had suffered much damage.

Now PaynnÂ’s son was alone at the front. Decepshun ran as faster than ever before. The finish line quickly approached along with the other racers. All the eyes were on Moordryd Drakkus Paynn.

Silvanna watched thanks to her binoculars. She was tense. She carefully watched everything that Moordryd had done. Only one thing maintained her hope: that he wouldnÂ’t keep his word; that Moordryd would fall to the temptation to use his level 5 thruster gear.

Silvanna smiled triumphantly when she saw a slight movement in MoordrydÂ’s foot.
“What’re you waiting for, Moordryd Paynn?” thought the girl. “Do it now!”

You cannot do it, you canÂ’t.

The voice of Silvanna resonated inside MoordrydÂ’s mind whereas it seemed to him that he was looking at the sarcastic smile of the girl.

You canÂ’t win without the aid of your gear Â… Without your gear, you are nothing.

Moordryd tightened his mouth with fury.

You canÂ’t Â…

“I WILL WIN!! AND I AM GOING TO SHOW YOU! RUN, DECEPSHUN, RUN!”

Decepshun ran like never before in her life. Moordryd asked it and that was enough for her. The crowd started to cheer as the boy approached the finish line, it was getting closer and closer.

“AND THE WINNER IS … THE UNPREDICTABLE MOORDRYD PAYNN!!!” shouted
Race Marshall Budge.

“WHAT????” exclaimed Artha Penn as Beau’s eyes went wide open.

“NO!” protested Silvanna from her seat. But the roar of the crowd covered the protests of the teens.

--- o0o ---

“Are you sure he didn’t cheat?”

Silvanna watched the two boys like Zhulan, their clothes old and mistreated. Hirzham, the tallest of the two, had black hair and eyes. He had a robust complexion and he was 20 years old.

Nhostar was the youngest because he was 18 years old. The meaning of his name, “Rascal,” was pretty accurate for him; Nhostar loved to make all types of jokes and mischief. Besides having the fame of being shameless, he was well-known for his ability to escape unpunished most of the time for the many misfortunes caused by his pranks.

Unlike Hirzham, Nhostar was thinner and had fine features. His shining brown eyes had a brightness of likeable mischievousness that was pleasing, and his long reddish brown hair gave him a certain infantile air that most people who met him found nice.

“Not once," answered Hirzham.

“And if he did it, we didn’t noticed it and we had our eyes wide open,” added Nhostar.

Silvanna sighed with annoyance and looked around her. There was an air of defeat about the place. Marvin watched the girl seriously; Jhanus was close to a pillar and the riderÂ’s gestures exposed the unmistakable mood; Eclypse, had her ears low and a sad look. Hirzham and Nhostar were in a corner. Only the inscrutable face of Elsie seemed unchanged, but the brightness of her eyes had been extinguished; the discouragement was total. Even Nhostar lost the desire to joke.

Moordryd walked satisfied towards JhanusÂ’s tent. Cain and Decepshun followed him closely. The young Paynn was sure that Silvanna would refuse to keep her word and he was thinking of all the rebuttals to her possible arguments. For the young Paynn, things were going according to his plans.

As they approached JhanusÂ’s tent, Moordryd and his companions heard SilvannaÂ’s voice. Moordryd smiled with sarcasm. Apparently, Silvanna was scolding her team.
The boys and Decepshun stopped and listened with attention.

“Come on,” replied Silvanna while she looked at her team. “Are we at a wake? You have done your best effort and I feel proud.”
All those present looked at the girl with sadness, until Marvin spoke up.

“Silvanna, remember that this race was very important for you,” said the boy. “Your bet, remember?”

“No race is more important than you,” answered the girl. “And I repeat I am proud of your effort; we can’t win every day.” Silvanna approached the
she-dragon, and she touched her gently behind her ears. “Come on, Eclypse, it wasn’t your fault that you lost the race. The only thing you did was protect Jhanus, and that speaks very well of you.”

Eclypse moaned with sadness; although Silvanna was right, she couldnÂ’t avoid feeling sad. Nor did she like the idea of being Moordryd's, the son of the Tyrant, laughingstock or that Silvanna would have to date him. Nothing good would come of all this.

“Still there is the question that you must date Moordryd for a month,” said Elsie.
An unexpected noise caused all to turn around to the tentÂ’s entrance. Moordryd came in without requesting the consent of anybody, and Decepshun followed him closely whereas Cain stayed near the door. Eclypse raised her neck and started to roar with fury, whereas Decepshun laughed in a sarcastic way.

“I think, Silvanna, that if you were harder with this bunch of good-for-nothings, you would have had a chance to win the race,” said Moordryd with a mordacious smile.

“If I do that, I would have more enemies than is suitable for me,” replied the girl.

“And what do you say now? Are you ready to go out with me for a month and to keep Jhanus away from competitions in Dragon City for that time?”

“We will have the date as you said.”
Moordryd opened his mouth to respond, but he stopped astonished. He didnÂ’t expect that answer! And he wasnÂ’t the only one! Cain and Decepshun looked at the girl without believing what they heard.

“Say that again,” said Moordryd who was recovering from his astonishment.

“I said that we would have the date as you said.”

“You will keep your word?”

“I will,” emphasized Silvanna.

“Good. Then, I'll see you today… no, this weekend at eight o’clock, I’ll pick you up at your apartment.”

“I will be there,” sighed Silvanna. That appointment didn’t excite her at all.

Decepshun made a sarcastic giggle as she and the boys left. Eclypse made a raspberry sound while she watched them exit.
The group walked away from JhanusÂ’s tent, ready to leave and go to SquireÂ’s End.

“It seems that things are going well for you today,” said Cain.

Moordryd added with a renewed enthusiasm, “And they are getting better. Look!”

Cain looked where Moordryd indicated: it was the Stable Brats. After that he observed Moordryd, and apparently he was understanding what the young Paynn would do next. Moordryd smiled in a malignant way. It was an opportunity too good to let pass by.

“Hello, Stable Brat,” he said making a mordacious smile. “I guess that you’ve been preoccupied visiting your natural environment: the garbage can.”
Artha tightened his fists with fury.

“YOU CHEATED PAYNN! I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU HAVE DONE IT, BUT YOU HAVE DONE IT!”

“Prove it, Penn!” replied back Moordryd with sarcasm. “Although I doubt that you can do it. Meanwhile: Officially I won the race fair and square.”
Moordryd and his companions moved away, laughing.

“Well, Stable Boy,” said Kitt. “This could have been worse.”

“COULD THERE BE SOMETHING WORSE THAN BEING DEFEATED BY MOORDRYD!?” exclaimed Artha irritatedly.

“Yes,” answered a cold and calm feminine voice. All those present turned around to see Elsie’s inexpressive and calm face. “having a date with him.”

All of PennÂ’s crew looked at each other while the cold girl walked towards the tent to supervise the assistants as they gathered all the gear.

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THANKS FUROX FOR YOUR PATIENT AND FOR YOUR GREAT HELP :D !

You're welcome, Airshadow. Nice chapter, too! :dance:

I like how the dragons are behaving, especially Eclypse. :) It's nice to see them where they know what's going on around them. Too many times in the show itself the dragons are standing around vacantly staring off into space and it works better in our fan fictions to have them actually involved in the story more.

And having Moordryd use his crew members to help him win was a good idea. It might not even be technically against the rules either. After all, in "Into the Fire" we see Pyrrah giving Artha a hand when he loses his balance in the saddle. So Moodryd's crew helping him could be consider almost the same thing from a strictly technical rules point of view. Therefore, maybe he did win "fairly". :)

Looking forward to seeing what will come next. :cookie:

yay! finally another chapter! :dance:

jhanus is a very mysterious charecter indeed just disapearing and reapearing :poof:
i really can't wait for what's next



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To be honest someone help me to solve that puzzle (Looking to Profesor Parmon, not the Cannon char), how made Moodryd win, witout cheat, that puzzle and for clear me that staff isnt a gear so Moodryd can use it without cheat, that part of the race was blocking me all fics :)

I now officially am an Eclypse fan. The whole deal with dragons blowing raspberries make me laugh. :D

Brilliantly done as always. It makes all that waiting worth it. A few spelling errors I noticed, but the story's plot forgives it.

HEHEHEHEHE


:D:D:D:D

:D Yes! I really liked that, too. What better way for a mute character to express itself. :D

That would be so in character for Beau to do as well. I'm surprised they haven't used it in the show.

Well, of course not.

He speaks with his tail, not his tongue. ^_^

She (Eclypse) does that specially when she like to be rude, show that she isn't agree or insolent.

;)

Glad that you like her :D

All I can say is that this is definitely one of my favourite DB fanfics ever! Great writing style and great plot, just keep writing!

Chapter 6 will come soon :D:D:D:D:D

YAY chapter 6 it's done thanks to Furox (Clapping) who as alway have done a nice work :D:D:D:D:D:D. I had a bonus in this chapter: I'll drop a hint about Jhanus's true identity.

You must know that Jhanus has been seen and not seen .

Coments and feedbacks are welcome !!!!!!!!!

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OPPOSITE FACTIONS
By
Airshadow
CHAPTER VI
A Less Than Ideal Date


Vocabulary.

Zhaarüh-nhatsa. Expression used by some nomadic tribes. Used to exhort a dragon to protect its rider when it’s unknown if a situation is dangerous or not. It’s translated as “Take care of your equal.”
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Silvanna watched her image in the mirror of her boudoir. The shining mirror surface reflected back the image of the girl, with her long silver hair covering her back. She also looked at the clothes that she had chosen for the occasion: a purple, cyan and black one-piece suit that showed one of her arms and her shoulder; while covering the other arm with a long sleeve. That suit, along with a pair of black long boots agreed with the fashion of Draconia City.

Slowly and without much spirit, Silvanna checked the rest of her person: her carefully made nails, her meticulous make up, and an expensive perfume. Everything was set for a date, but Silvanna had the same enthusiasm as if she were going to a funeral.

Silvanna sighed again. Still she had the hope that Moodryd would cancel the date at the last second, although she was absolutely convinced that wouldn’t happen.

--------- o0o ---------


Moordryd approached the building where Silvanna lived; he didn’t bother to hide a malevolent smile as Decepshun ran at full speed. It was his opportunity to put his plan into execution and the innocent bunch of roses that he had bought would help him. Decepshun lessened the march. Soon she and Moordryd would arrive at a monitoring-house of the residential complex in which Silvanna lived.

After identifying himself and verifying that he was expected by one of the residents, the security guard allowed the young Paynn to pass, as well as giving him a magnetic card. Moodryd rode Decepshun to one of the many adapted elevators that allowed humans and dragons use them at the same time.

Moodryd knew that the building had formerly belonged to Silvanna’s father, so he wasn’t surprised that it was chosen by Silvanna as her home. In addition, he knew that this building was constructed according to Draconia City’s architecture, and like all its buildings, it followed the long tradition of not only being comfortable for the humans, but also for the dragons.

Moordryd rode down a long corridor before stopping in front of a metal door with a number recorded on the threshold. He slid the card along the groove, knowing that it would only allow him access once, although it really didn't matter to him.
The door slid open, allowing entry to the young Paynn. Soon he was in the gardens and he could see Silvanna’s apartment.

Decepshun walked slowly towards the apartment. She and Moordryd saw a boy wearing old clothes, carrying a luxurious saddle towards a completely white dragon. Moordryd recognized them immediately, that boy was Zhulan and the dragon was the same that Silvanna had ridden these past weeks. The dragon lay down in front of Zhulan, who carefully placed the saddle on it, after which the dragon slowly stood up.

“Zhaarüh-nhatsa, Silverwing,” said Zhulan to the dragon.

“Talking to the dragon, stable boy?” said Moordryd ironically. “Do you speak dragon, by any chance?”

“I remind Silverwing what it means to be Dragon and Rider, Young Paynn,” responded Zhulan calmly while he looked at Moordryd. “It’s the nomad's old tradition.”

“I see that you and your people still follow your old superstitions and silliness.”

“To know the traditions is to know your own identity.”

“And how has it served to you?” replied Moordryd. “The nomads with all their clans haven't stopped roaming in more than a millennium due to stubbornly following your absurd beliefs that don't even allow you a good lifestyle.”

“That’s subjective,” replied Zhulan calmly. “Somebody with less than you can be happier.”

“THAT IS ‘CAUSE YOU’RE A GROUP OF OBSTINATE IDIOTS WHO STUBBORNLY BELIEVE IN ABSURD LEGENDS!”

“The return of the Dragon Booster together with the gold bone dragon has been an absurd legend for millennia and nevertheless they have returned. The others also will return.”

What did the Savage mean by `the others'? That didn’t make sense, thought Moordryd, who was getting mad. There was something about Zhulan that bothered him deeply. It wasn’t his simplicity or because he mentioned the Dragon Boo-Boo.

It was something that he couldn’t put his finger on. Moordryd vaguely remembered what his father had told him about The Nomads in some of his many boring History classes.

His father had told him that The Nomads had come from the many refugees who had founded the old Draconia City, in Drakholiax Valley. They had been the only ones in The War among Humans and Dragons that hadn't kept a certain promise. Afterwards, they either didn't want or were unable to integrate with the other groups who had later founded the present day Draconia City, located outside the original valley.

Moodryd Paynn looked with displeasure at Zhulan the Nomad, without being sure what to do next.

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Silvanna sighed with resignation. Moordryd had arrived. She had heard his unmistakable voice shouting to someone that seemed not to reply.

She decided that the fastest way of getting everything finished was to begin at once. Silvanna stood up and left. Elsie, who was in a nearby corridor, followed her. Both girls walked towards the apartment’s entrance.

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Moordryd was about to reply to Zhulan when he heard a nearby door open, and although frankly he detested Silvanna, he couldn’t avoid watching her as if it was the first time.

It wasn’t possible to stop looking at her! She was the best female of her species, with her long tail, her shining blue eyes, and her beautiful scales! There was not another one like her in all the females that he had known! That was Silverwing’s opinion of Decepshun; although Decepshun didn’t think the same about Silverwing, and she indicated this clearly with a warning growl. Silverwing seemed not to notice and moved his ears trying to get Decepshun’s attention, who disdainfully turned her head around so as not to look at him.

“You look wonderful, Silvanna,” said Moordryd with a smile while he gave her the delicate flowers that he had bought for her. “What do you think if we just go?”

“As you wish,” replied the girl with a forced smile while she gave Elsie, who had followed Silvanna closely, the delicate bunch of roses.

Elsie without saying a word returned to the apartment and threw the bunch into the garbage can. While that happened inside, Silvanna approached Silverwing and the dragon very courteously use its mag energy stream to place the girl on the saddle.

“Go and have some fun, Zhulan,” said the girl as the young nomad gave her a finely crafted helmet. “You’re free to do it tonight.”

After these words, Moordryd and Silvanna left as Zhulan watched them. Moments later, the young Nomad walked towards the stables and a pair of shining blue eyes watched him in an inquisitive way.

“Are you worried, girl?”

A moan was the only answer.

“What do you think of the Young Paynn?”

Only a raspberry sound was heard.

“She will be OK.”

Anguished moaning was the only answer.

“And what do you suggest? Follow them in order to see that nothing happens to her?”

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The lights danced throughout the dance floor of The Golden Star, one of the most popular places among the teens of Sun City, where they could dance and spend a nice time.

The place had a circular design and the dance floor was in the area's center. Along the edges, tables were strategically placed so that all of them could see the band performing the most popular songs.

“So, what do you think of the place?” said Moordryd while he and Silvanna sat down near of the dance floor.

“Nice,” responded Silvanna distractedly as she looked towards the dance floor.

Things weren’t going as he had planned, thought Moordryd, and he had to find a way to change that. Silvanna also felt quite bored, and hearing Moordryd speak of all the qualities that he believed to have would be a torment.

Now I've had the time of my life
No, I never felt like this before
Yes, I swear it's the truth
And I owe it all to you

The musical group started the song when Silvanna had an idea to humiliate Moordryd and to make him regret not having lost that silly race.

“Shall we dance?” said Silvanna with what at first glance would seem an innocent smile.

“WHATTTTT???” said Moordryd without stopping to think what he had heard.

Now with passion in our eyes
There's no way we could disguise it secretly

“I said: shall we dance?”

“My Father…!”

“My Father says, blah, blah, blah,” replied Silvanna with a slightly mocking tone. “You have always presumed to be a bad boy, Moordryd, so why don’t you act as one and stop doing what daddy says? Or are you scared that your daddy will scold you?”

Without warning, Moordryd took Silvanna and pulled the girl, who found herself on the dance floor with Moordryd as her dance-mate.

So I'll tell you something
This could be love because

I've had the time of my life
No, I never felt this way before
Yes, I swear it's the truth
And I owe it all to you hey baby

Although he was out of rhythm, Silvanna had to admit that Moordryd was a chameleon to imitate what the others did and he knew how to apply it. Perhaps this night wouldn’t as boring as she had thought.

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The time passed quickly; it was already the hour to return home. Two dragons, one black and the other white, with their respective riders, left The Golden Star and took the freeway in order to arrive at the building in which Silvanna lived.

Without them knowing it, a dragon and its rider observed them from a nearby building’s rooftop; they were Jhanus and Eclypse. Jhanus sighed with relief; nothing bad had happened. Without saying a word, Jhanus pulled Eclypse’s reins and both left.

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Moordryd and Silvanna arrived at the door of the girl’s apartment and the difference couldn’t be greater: When they had left the apartment, Moordryd and Silvanna barely had spoken, and when they returned, they spoke with each other.

The dragons walked together down the corridor, which was hardly wide enough to allow both dragons to fit. Decepshun was more than eager for this date to be finished. After all, she had had to stand Silverwing’s silliness all night, and if she had to put up with an idiot, Coershun was more than enough.

Both riders stopped their dragons in front of the door that lead to Silvanna’s home. They sat on the sides of their saddles so that they were face to face. Silvanna smiled happily and said.“Do you know something, Moordryd? You surprised me. I didn’t know you danced so well.”

“Neither did I,” thought the boy who responded, “There are many things about me that everyone ignores.”

“Like what?”

“That I rode the Dragon of Legend,” said the boy. Silvanna laughed aloud, Moordryd looked serious and said, “It’s the truth.”

“Are you serious?” replied Silvanna without believing him. “Are you kidding me, Moordryd?”

“Let me tell you.”

Moordryd told Silvanna, how he was recognized as a “hero” in Dragon City; how he managed to convince the Dragon Booster to allow him to ride the Dragon of Legend and how the Dragon allowed him to ride it.

However, he neglected to mention many details of his incredible adventure: that everything was a perfectly planned farce, and all the stuff related to the bone mark of the Furox and how he tried to “improve” Beau a little by using it.
And without mentioning that he tried to overthrow his Father in order to get the power of Paynn Co. and what happened later, when the Dragon Boo-boo came into the citadel.

Silvanna wasn’t very sure if she believed him or not. The only way to verify it was to speak with the Dragon Booster in person, which was a little difficult. On the other hand, she had to recognize that in case the story was true, Moordryd had much potential.

“Moordryd, do you realize what this means? You could have been the Dragon Booster.”

Now it was Moordryd's turn to laugh. The idea was… Ironic.

“I’m serious,” replied the girl. “Do you know the legend of the Dragon Booster… the first Dragon Booster??? He’s the only rider who was chosen by his dragon.”

Both teens started to speculate about that possibility, while Decepshun watched with increasing annoyance all the attempts that Silverwing made to call her attention. Certainly, that male was very irritating, and no gesture nor growl were enough to make him understand that she hadn’t any interest in him.

However, the male seemed not to deduce the message for himself. Annoyed, Decepshun turned her head away to the opposite side… Although seconds later, the she-dragon realized that caused an embarrassing situation.

Due to Decepshun’s abrupt movement, Moordryd found himself thrown in the opposite direction so that he pushed Silvanna against the wall. Before Moordryd realized what was going on, he not only had his hands against wall … HE WAS ALSO KISSING SILVANNA!!!

As soon as the dragons realized situation, they used their mag-energy to place their respective Riders back in their saddles.

“Moordryd?” said Silvanna after several embarrassing minutes.

“Yes?”

“That didn’t happen, did it?” said the girl softly.

“Er, hum… I… I think that it’s time that you go inside… you know, they must be waiting you.”

“Yes, I think so.”

The door which separated the gardens of the residential complex from the corridor opened and let Silvanna in as Moordryd rode off for the Squire’s End.

Who is he!?!?!?!?! *attempts to wait, not doing a very good job of it*

I like that new word you've invented. Great meaning you gave it.
Great chapter! Decepshun made Moordryd and Silvanna kiss! I burst out laughing! ^_^ I like the fact that they talk about how Moordryd could have been the DB, nicely done! Can't wait for more!

Keep trying, I'll drop other hint in some chps more

[QUOTE]I like that new word you've invented. Great meaning you gave it.
Great chapter![QUOTE]

thanks

I'm glad that this chapt has amused you :D
:D:D:D:D:D

To be honest my fav part of this chapter is when Moordryd accidentaly kissed Silvanna :D

Great chapter, Airshadow! I really enjoyed this one. I particularly liked the fact that even though it's a plot exposition type chapter with no action sequences, there's still a good mixture of different things going on to keep it interesting. And it's all interspersed well, too. The focus moves back and forth between the different sets of characters which keeps it moving along.

I liked the little bit you introduced with Silverwing's interest in Decepshun. We don't see anything of dragon social life in the show, so that was kind of fun to see. Plus I really liked the way you used that at the end get the accidental kiss between Moordryd and Silvanna. :) It's fun when the little threads of the chapter concerning things you think are going to be unrelated suddenly connect at some point. Very well done.

And revealing a little more back story about the nomads here was good, too. It was definitely a good place to do that.

I still don't know who Jhanus could be. Jhanus has been seen in the presence of just about every character you've created. The fact that Jhanus never speaks is certainly suspicious. Hmm.

Looking forward to chapter 7!

EVERY????? :)

Oh my god, this chapter was amazing. :cookie:

thanks!!!!


what part did you enjoyed more?

The part where silverwing trues to hit on Decepshun and decepshun gets annoyed. Its funny. ^_^

HEHEHEHEHEHE

more S/D in future chapters ;)

*pumps fist* Yes! You rock!

WOW

it seems that Silverwing has too a fans club, I wonder who's more popular Eclypse or Silverwing

that chapter was awsome!

the last bit of the chapter was so funny to
i can't stop laughing
can't wait to see more!



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Silverwing owns! :bblast:

I noticed too that my dragons are most populars than my humans characaters

Well yeah, the dragons are very unique from the ones in DB while the humans(apart from Zhulan) are pretty normal.

For me, it's Eclypse so far. She was sweet to Lance. :)

I think that says there are a lot of dragon fans on this forum. No surprises there. :D

here are also Artha's and moordryd's fan

That is the best part of that chapter so far. :cookie:

*nosebleeds* :faint:

And so was that one. *insert incoherant fangirling here* ^_^ :D

THANKS :D

After a large Vacation I finally update!!!!! Thanks to Furox whose does a nice work :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D. I'll drop other hint Eclypse is a clue
:D:D:D:D:D
Comments and feedback are welcome :D:D:D hope that you like it!!!

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OPPOSITE FACTIONS
By
Airshadow
CHAPTER VII
WHEN THE PAST RETURNS

Vocabulary.
Ah julk: Nomadic expresion that is loosely translated as “It can’t be”

Zhamir: Ancient word that means brother. It's applied to siblings of the same parents, half-siblings, adoptive siblings, male members of the same clan, very close friends, or relations between two or more persons who are under the care of the same tutor.

Zhamirah: Ancient word that means sister. It's applied to siblings of the same parents, half-siblings, adoptive siblings, female members of the same clan, very close friends, or relations between two or more persons who are under the care of the same tutor.


“Silvanna, where were you? Your mother will arrive soon.”

The girl turned around to see Mr. Penn and said, “Its Moonracer. I can’t find her. She ran away and I lost her while I was playing with Artha.”

“Well, she must be within the stables. She’s a well-mannered dragon and I don’t believe she would have left the place,” said Connor Penn with a sigh. “Artha, go with Silvanna to my office and wait there.”

“Yes, dad,” said Artha.

“Yes, Mr. Penn,” said Silvanna at the same time.

Connor Penn set out looking for Silvanna’s dragon, as both children ran in the opposite direction towards Mr. Penn’s offices.
Silvanna followed Artha, but when they passed in front of a small room, something captured the girl’s attention. Silvanna believed she saw the figure of a quadruped dragon inside.

“So, you were here, you mischievous dragon,” thought the girl and she immediately entered the room.

“Moonracer, what are you doing here? Mom will come soon and we will go to spend the summer in our other house.”

The dragon didn’t advance, moreover, it moved away from the girl into the furthest corner... It was weird, usually Moonracer always ran to her. The she-dragon knew that she had candies too share and this time… But no, it wasn’t Moonracer! It was a dragon that she had never seen before!

“Come,” said the girl amiably. “Don’t be shy. I won’t hurt you… Would you like a candy?”

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“Moordryd.”

The young Paynn watched his father; in spite of his tone, cold and controlled, the boy knew from experience that his father wasn’t pleased. From experience, Moordryd knew that he would only be summoned to his Father’s citadel for two reasons: a) his father wanted to assign him a mission, or b) his father was going to scold him.

“Moordryd, do you have any idea how many wraith dragons I need for my war?”

“Enough to form an army,” responded the boy cautiously.

“May I know why I haven’t gotten my army??”

“Dragon City Security and the Dragon Boo-boo…”

“EXCUSES!!” Word Paynn exploded. “I AM TIRED OF HEARING YOUR PATHETIC EXCUSES!”

The correct answer this time was (b), thought Moordryd. The young Paynn withstood the never-ending list of insults and harsh comments that his father was shouting as best he could. He had to make it better next time, if he wanted to please his father.

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Moordryd rode along the freeway that lead to Dragon City’s lower levels. Cain followed him very closely and in silence; he knew that it wasn’t good idea to bother Moordryd after his father gave one of his habitual scoldings. Surprised, the second in command saw that Moordryd didn’t follow the usual way to go to the Squire’s End.

“Where are we going, Moordryd?”

“I have some business to take care of.”

“What? Will you be going to pay a visit your fiancée, Miss Congeniality?”

“SHUT UP, CAIN!”

Moordryd arrived at the monitoring house of the Building where Silvanna lived. After waiting for some minutes, both teens rode towards the door in the complex where the girl lived.

The door was opened, allowing Moordryd and Cain to come in. Moordryd could see the complex‘s gardens, the same one that he wasn’t able to appreciate during his date night. If the Young Paynn was a gardening fan, he would have appreciated the garden arrangement. The diverse kinds of plants and flowers that could be found there were set in an artistic way.

The garden had a small artificial lake, and trees that gave pleasant shade in the summer’s sunny afternoons. Artificial rocks, artistically placed in the garden, were located in order to let the dragons go up and comfortably take in the sun on them.

Moordryd didn’t look at the garden; instead he looked at those who were in it. The Savage, leaving the stables, presumably doing his work; a shrew, also well-known with the name of Miss Drakhe, was watching him with a gesture that indicated without any doubt that his visit didn’t pleased her at all; and Silvanna, approaching them with clear signs that she was gardening. She had a bunch of strange flowers in one hand and garden scissors in the other.

Also, the stupid Silverwing was there, watching her with his silly expression, thought a displeased Decepshun until she was totally confused; that dragon wasn’t Silverwing. It was another female Phantom Class dragon. Decepshun felt puzzled. Where was Silverwing?

The she-dragon felt that “something” was very close to her. When she turned her head around, she growled with annoyance; she had already found the idiot, who moved his ears in a silly attempt to catch her attention. Decepshun growled at the male, but Silverwing seemed not to hear her.

“Silverwing, come here. Decepshun isn’t willing to play today,” said Silvanna as she approached the enormous male. With visible sorrow and lowered ears, he walked towards the girl who added while she caressed him, “Now, be a nice little dragon and go with Zhulan so he can brush you.”

‘Play together that IDIOT and I? Neither today, nor ever,’ would have answered Decepshun had she the gift of speech as she saw the male move away towards the stables. At the same time, the other female sniffed at the new comers with curiosity.

“WOW! I didn’t know that… Elsie was able to afford this kind of luxury,” said Moordryd as he watched the exotic dragon, while Elsie accentuated her bitter expression.

“Her name is Moonracer and she's mine,” answered Silvanna with naturalness while she caressed the she-dragon.

“I thought that your dragon was Silverwing,” said Moordryd while Decepshun used her mag-ray to lower him.

“In fact,” replied the girl, “Silverwing was my brother’s dragon, but he doesn’t love them so much and he gave him to me when we turned fourteen.”

“Don’t you think that it’s a little excessive to have two dragons?” said Moordryd.

“I could have up to four or eight if I wanted,” replied the girl between laughs.

“I don’t know why you want so many.”

“I know,” interrupted Cain while he observed Moordryd and Silvanna from his seat. “To create the Society for the Protection of Dragons.”

“SHUT UP CAIN!” shouted Moordryd, while Silvanna laughed willingly.

“Oh well, why I have the honor of your visit, Moordryd?” said he girl with a wide smile.

“Well, I just was passing by and I thought I'd come here and pay a visit.”

“How kind,” responded the girl.

“I didn’t know that you liked gardening, Silvanna.”

“They are medicinal plants for the dragons. I need some samples for the school’s homework.”

“I see,” replied Moordryd while he thought that in several aspects Silvanna was more than met the eyes.

The sound of steps made the three teens turn around towards the direction from which the noises came.

Moordryd made a sarcastic smile and said, “Wow! There is the The Savage again. I only hope that he hasn’t come to give me another rhetoric lesson.”

“Watch your language, Moordryd!” Silvanna said dryly as she looked at the Young Paynn with anger. “’Cause with or without the bet, I'll end my dates with you!”

Moordryd looked little surprised at the girl. Silvanna looked at him with a determination that he hadn’t seen very often in many rivals. The only occasion she had looked at him in a similar way was in their childhood, when she hit him because Moordryd had drawn a mustache on one of her dolls.

“How feisty!” said Cain in a mocking tone.

“SHUT UP, CAIN!” shouted Silvanna. Cain looked at her with surprise. He always had thought that Silvanna was a sweet idiot, but now she wasn’t sweet or an idiot.

“I'm warning you, Moordryd!” replied Silvanna. “While you are in my house…!”

“Zhamira, remember what Grandma taught us about promises.”

Silvanna looked around and saw Zhulan, who observed the scene with a calm face. Apparently the boy had the intention to solve everything in a peaceful way. The girl couldn’t believe what she had heard and she answered, “Zhamir, do you know who you’re defending?”

“Perfectly. But even so, a promise is a promise.”

“HE is insulting you!”

“The insult only has a value if you give it.”

“AH JULK!” Replied Silvanna upset, as Zhulan smiled in a calm way and retired. A surprised Moordryd and Cain watched the scene. They didn’t understand anything of which Silvanna and Zhulan were saying, but it was more than obvious that they understood each other, and it was logical to think that they were speaking a language only known to them.

“Can I know what’s happened to you Moordryd? Perhaps the dragon ate your tongue again?” said Silvanna in a clearly mocking tone.

“Well… I didn’t know that you spoke nomadic,” replied Moordryd as soon as he recovered from his amazement.

Silvanna laughed in a forced way and said, “There are many things that people don't know about me.”

After these words the girl retired and Moodryd and Cain did the same.

Definitively, Moordryd thought as he and Cain rode towards Squire End, Silvanna was more than meets the eyes.

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“CATCH HIM!”

Moordryd looked at the Dragon Boo Boo with fury. One more time he had managed to frustrate Moordryd’s plans, but this one would be the last. The members of the Dragon Eye Crew rushed towards the Dragon Booster. A mag-burst from the Dragon of Legend sent all of them through the air. Moordryd shook the head in frustration; this couldn’t be happening again.

The Dragon Booster has prevailed once again! Artha thought the only thing lacking was Moordryd leaving with his tail between his legs, as he always did when things didn’t happen as he had planned. Moordryd could easily escape; there were two streets on both sides of where they were, it was only necessary to see which way he would go.

“What you are going to do now, Moordryd? Run away?” said the Dragon Booster with a mocking smile.

“Not me… ” said Moordryd with an evil smile. “But you should…”

Without warning Moordryd showed a device that Artha knew very well: a wraith dragon controller. Moordryd pressed the buttons and from no where, six wraith dragons appeared. Four of them just behind Moordryd and the other two by both side streets.

“Let’s see how you handle this, Dragon Boo Boo,” said the young Paynn with an evil smile as he activated the controls. The wraith dragons began to pursue Artha and Beau.

Artha and Beau ran at high speed, but the wraith dragons pursued them in an implacable way and seemed not to tire.

“ARTHA NEEDS HELP!” shouted Parm who monitored the situation from a nearby roof.

“STAY HERE! I AM GOING TO HELP HIM!” replied Kitt. She only hoped she wouldn't arrive too late.

Artha and Beau turned down another street and to their horror, they found it was a dead end. When they turned back in order to leave, they saw the exit blocked by the wraith dragons and Moordryd smiling triumphantly several feet behind them.

Moordryd was sure of his triumph and raised the controller; the dragons began to move in a threatening manner against Artha and Beau. Artha knew that if he didn’t receive aid, they would be lost. Moordryd began to taste his triumph, after many bitter defeats, and he was prepared to activate the attack command.

“WHATT?” shouted a surprised Moodryd, when from out of nowhere, a gloved hand appeared, whose arm was covered by a jacket’s gray sleeve, and it snatched the wraith dragon controller from him.

“HEY! YOU!” Shouted Moordryd with rage as Jhanus ran away rapidly with the wraith dragons control. “GIVE ME THAT CONTROLLER BACK!”

Furious, Moordryd ran behind Jhanus, who suddenly turned and waited for Moordryd.

“GIVE ME THAT CONTROLLER BACK!” yelled Moodryd. Jhanus did a negative gesture and raised the hand that had the control.

“What… What are you going to do?” Moordryd asked, although he already knew the answer. Jhanus pushed a button, whereas Moordryd was terrified. Moments later, the young Paynn heard roars behind him. Turning his head around, Moodryd, saw with horror his wraith dragons roaring in a way that didn’t foretell anything good.

“YOU’RE GOING TO PAY THIS, GHEMINS!!!”

They were the last furious words that Moordryd said before disappearing into the darkness. Eclypse laughed aloud, it was pleasing for her to watch the Tyrant’s son be humiliated in that way. Jhanus pressed other buttons on the controller, then the dragons stopped and calmly returned to Jhanus’s side, stopping few feet away from the mysterious rider.

“Where's Moordryd?”

Jhanus and Eclypse looked towards where the voice came. It was Kitt Wonn, who was with the Dragon Booster.

“Where is Moordryd?” the girl repeated. Jhanus indicated in the direction where Moordryd had left.

“What will you do now?” asked the Dragon Booster. Jhanus looked at Eclypse who happily moved her tail and she seemed to wait for something. Jhanus threw the wraith controller in front of the she-dragon and Eclypse, with a mag-ray, threw it against a wall, breaking it.

The wraith dragons shook and roared as if they suffered pain. Moments later, the black draconium energy dissipated and the poor creatures took off the psi gear with a mag-ray.

The dragons looked around, as if they had woken up from a nightmare. They were biped Magma Dragons Class. The scared creatures looked around, waiting for a new misfortune. Beau “spoke” to them for some moments and the expressions of the Ex-Wraith Dragons changed to intense joy. After making a bow to the Legendary Dragon, they left the place.

“What shall we do now?” said the Dragon Booster to Kitt and Jhanus, who without previous warning and without saying “bye”, left the place.

“WAIT!” shouted Artha. “I WANT TO SPEAK WITH YOU!”

Artha ran behind Jhanus, followed by Kitt Wonn.

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The moons of Abandonn and Drakkus shone in their full splendor as Jhanus reached the peripheries of the exclusive residential zone in Sun City, riding towards the building where Silvanna lived. The mysterious rider avoided the frequented highways and often, Jhanus made maneuvers to lose possible followers.

Jhanus, without previous warning, left the main street and took one from the smaller ones. After some time making rounds through the empty streets, the rider entered an alley; Eclypse knew what she had to do and walked slowly towards the end.

Deep in the alley, on the ground, was a circular black draconium plate with the Diamath family coat of arms. Eclypse sent a mag-ray to this plate, seconds later it shone with a purple color and the plate moved automatically, revealing a switch in the figure of a dragon’s paw. Eclypse placed her paw on it and a scanner identified the she-dragon. A few seconds later, the wall at the end of the alley opened, revealing a tunnel into which Jhanus and Eclypse entered.

Dragon and rider thought that nobody had seen how both disappeared in the secret passage, but they were mistaken.


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“Artha, are you sure that this is a good idea?” said an unsure Parm.

Artha, still as the Dragon Booster, looked at Parm without responding. He and his friends had ridden to Sun City following Jhanus, in order to speak with.

The young Penn was more than eager to talk with the mysterious rider. Who knows? Perhaps Jhanus could be a valuable ally to avoid the War between Humans and Dragons.

But it seemed that Jhanus didn’t have any interest in chatting because the mysterious rider left as soon as the confrontation with Moordryd finished. Artha and Beau tried to reach Jhanus without much success, thanks to the Rider’s maneuvers, they were always behind.

They were only able to see Jhanus come to a secret passage at the base of a building; finding out awhile later, that Silvanna Diamath lived in this building.

Artha and his friends observed the building from the roof of a nearby one. Thanks to the binoculars, they saw Eclypse; walking carefree by the garden before deciding that it was time to rest. They already knew where Jhanus lodged.

“The only way to speak with Jhanus is going, Parm,” replied Artha.

“But that would be forced entry!” Parmon replied.

“I don’t think that we'll have any problem,” responded Artha.

“I hope not, Hero boy,” said Kitt. “Otherwise, you’ll have to explain to Captain Faier and Mortis what you were doing on private property.”

“I haven’t anything to explain to Mortis,” said Artha a little annoyed. “He isn’t my Father.”

“I'm thinking this isn’t a good idea, Stable Boy.”

“I have to try it anyway,” said Artha, and looking at Beau, asked him, “Do you think that you can land there?”

Beau agreed with Artha, and without much more discussion, Beau moved to the other side of the roof.

“Ready, Boy?” Artha said. Beau winked an eye. “Then… GO!”

Beau ran at full speed, and as soon as he reached the edge of the roof, he gave a jump and his wings appeared; the Dragon of Legend and the Dragon Booster glided until landing on the other side. When landing on the other roof, Beau couldn’t stop and continued sliding while he tried to slow down with his claws; then he did an abrupt turn and Artha flew away.

“BEAU!!!” said an annoyed Artha as soon as he recovered from the fall. While on the opposite roof Kitt, Lance and Parm couldn’t contain their laughter. Thanks to their binoculars, they could see everything.

“Beau???” said an almost of familiar feminine voice. Beau turned his head around towards where the voice came and he saw her.

Seven years ago…

“Silvanna? Silvanna?”

Mr. Penn was looking for the little one. He found her together with his son, Artha. They were leaving one of the warehouses of the Penn Stables complex. Apparently they were looking for something.

“Silvanna, where were you? Your mother will arrive soon.”

The girl turned around to see Mr. Penn and said, “It’s Moonracer. I can’t find her. She ran away and I lost her while I was playing with Artha.”

“Well, she must be within the stables. She’s a well-mannered dragon and I don’t believe she would have left the place,” said Connor Penn with a sigh. “Artha, go with Silvanna to my office and wait there.”

“Yes, dad,” said Artha.

“Yes, Mr. Penn,” said Silvanna at the same time.

Connor Penn set out looking for Silvanna’s dragon, as both children ran in the opposite direction towards Mr. Penn’s offices.

Silvanna followed Artha, but when they passed in front of a small room, something captured the girl’s attention. Silvanna believed she saw the figure of a quadruped dragon inside.

“So, you were here, you mischievous dragon,” thought the girl and she immediately entered the room.

“Moonracer, what are you doing here? Mom will come soon and we will go to spend the summer in our other house.”

The dragon didn’t advance, moreover, it moved away from the girl into the furthest corner... It was weird, usually Moonracer always ran to her. The she-dragon knew that she had candies to share and this time… But no, it wasn’t Moonracer! It was a dragon that she had never seen before!

“Come,” said the girl amiably. “Don’t be shy. I won’t hurt you… Would you like a candy?”

The girl extended a hand with the promised candy. The dragon approached and Silvanna could see it better. It was a very pretty dragon, although with a little great snout; Silvanna never had seen a dragon like that. The colors of its scales, golden and black, were unique. It could be that…

A noise from behind caused Silvanna to turn around; she was a little surprised when she saw Mr. Penn.

“Is he Artha’s dragon, Mr. Penn? Why didn’t he show me?” said the girl as the dragon puppy happily ate the candy that the girl had offered him. “Black and golden…” said thoughtfully the girl while she turned around and watched carefully the little dragon. “Mr. Penn, have you met the Dragon Booster? Will another Dragon-Human war come?”

Connor Penn felt, at first, alarmed; his best kept secret had been discovered by a innocent little child. After hearing Silvanna’s last words, he felt astonished.

“How do you know about the Dragon Booster, Silvanna? Who has told you about him?” said Mr. Penn as he knelt down in front of Silvanna.

“Nana,” answered the little one. “She says that the Dragon Booster will return someday and will try to stop another war between dragons and humans…”

“Will try?” said Mr. Penn amiably.

“Nana says there will be war,” responded the girl, “and she also says that when the Dragon Booster returns, the nomads will be able to fulfill the oath.”

Connor Penn began to reflect, Nana must be a Nomad. The nomads hadn’t keep their word to help the Dragon Booster, the first Dragon Booster, a long time ago. He almost had forgotten the details, but he knew that the nomads had been waiting for the Dragon Booster’s Return for three thousand years in order to fulfill the oath and to integrate themselves completely to Draconia City.

“So, will the Dragon Booster appear soon?” asked Silvanna again.

“I don’t’ think so,” answered Connor Penn. “Probably he is still a boy.”

“Yeah, and he also is very young,” Silvanna said as she caressed the dragon’s snout. “What’s his name?”

“Beaucephalis,” responded Connor with a smile. “But we call him ‘Beau’ for short.”

“Ahh!” said the girl with a smile that seconds later vanished. The little one turned around to look at Connor Penn and worried, she told him, “You should take care of Beau until the Dragon Booster arrives for him, Mr. Penn. A lot of bad people will want to hurt him.”

“I know, little one. I know,” answered Mr. Penn with a sigh. “We must leave Beau, Silvanna. And your mother will arrive soon for you and still we must find Moonracer.”

“Yes, Mr. Penn… and I won’t tell anybody about Beau,” said the girl sincerely. She turned around to look at Beau, caressed his snout and said, “I’ll return soon, Beau. And when I do, I’ll bring more candies to you.”

Beau looked happy and licked the girl’s face as he moved his tail gladly, while Silvanna laughed. Connor Penn watched the scene thoughtfully. His heart told him that the little one was sincere and seldom had his feelings failed him. Who knows, perhaps she had a role to fulfill before everything was finished.

Connor Penn took the little one’s hand and they left together. Soon, Mr. Penn and Silvanna found Moonracer, and minutes after they had found the mischievous dragon, the sound of two carriages approached the stables.

Mr. Penn, together with Silvanna and Moonracer, waited on the stable’s patio while the vehicles entered and stopped. One of them was to transport dragons and the other was for the humans. Both were drawn by imposing Bull Class Dragons and had the emblem of the Diamath family.

The door of one of them opened, and Phoebe Diamath left the vehicle followed by her assistant, Syrhan.

“Mommy! Mommy!” shouted Silvanna with joy as she ran to embrace her mother, who knelt down to receive her daughter and to embrace her tightly.

“How was your class, my dear one?” asked Phoebe as she caressed her daughter’s hair.

“Very good, Mommy! Mr. Penn taught many things to me about how I should manub… manuber my dragon,” responded the little one. The mother couldn’t avoid a smile.

“It’s `maneuver', Silvanna,” said Phoebe with a smile and added, “Now, let Syrhan accommodate you for the trip. I must speak with Mr. Penn.”

“Yes, Mommy.”

Syrhan took Silvanna’s small hand and lead her to the carriage. Phoebe became gloomy as soon as her daughter turned her back. Mrs. Diamath glimpsed at the carriage in which Moonracer was going to be transported. The little dragon was going inside the vehicle, as the staff saw that everything was all right. After verifying that everything was all right, Phoebe walked towards Connor Penn.

Silvanna got in the vehicle, and almost immediately the girl knelt down on the back seat so that she could see her mother speaking with Mr. Penn.

After several minutes, Phoebe returned to the vehicle and commanded that they leave the place. Silvanna, who was still looking at Mr. Penn through the back window, started to wave her little hand in a clear gesture of goodbye.

As soon as she lost sight of Penn Stables, Silvanna seated together with her mother, had something very important to ask.

“Mommy,” said Silvanna.

“Yes, Silvanna?”

“Will we come back soon from our other house? Artha’s birthday is next month and he invited me to his party. Will we come back soon, Mommy? Can I go to Artha’s Party?”

Phoebe lowered her head with sadness and said, “No, Silvanna; we won’t return to Dragon City… We moved forever to Draconia City.”

“But mother… I promised… I said that I would come back…” Silvanna began to sob.

“I can’t do anything, Silvanna,” answered Phoebe as she felt her daughter’s pain break her heart.

“I never had a chance to say goodbye to Artha,” said Silvanna as she cried without consolation.

“Come here, my sweet one,” said Phoebe as she hugged her little daughter. The good lady tried to comfort her daughter, as Silvanna swore in silence that someday she would come back.

“Beau… Is it you, boy?” said Silvanna, whereas Beau walked towards her. Silvanna caressed his enormous snout while Beau purred happily. Finally he would be able to greet an old friend.

“I’m sorry Beau, I think that… I forgot the candies,” said Silvanna with a melancholic smile, but Beau seemed not to mind. Artha stood up and walked towards Beau and Silvanna, who continued to caress the Dragon of Legend.

“How you have grown!” said the girl with a smile as she looked at the dragon. She then directed her glance to Artha, “I see that you’re well cared for.”

“He’s my best friend,” replied Artha.

“I can understand that,” responded the girl as she moved close to Artha, too close for an upset Kitt Wonn. “Also, my dragons and I…”

A growl distracted the girl. Artha and Silvanna turned around to see who it was and they were a little surprised to see Eclypse with her neck raised and her ear frills unfolded wide. Her ears shook with each growl from the she-dragon, while her eyes shone with cold fury.

Silvanna was surprised that the she-dragon was behaving in such an aggressive form; she was usually calm… Insolent but calm. The girl looked in the same direction that the she-dragon was looking and guessed what was going on.

“Eclypse, what’s happened with your manners?” the girl said. “Ah! I know what’s going on with you… You are jealous!” The she-dragon moved her head in a disdainful way and the girl laughed adding, “I know you well enough to guess what’s going on… Come on, won’t you come here and say ‘Hello’?”

The she-dragon turned around in a deprecating way, and moved her tail in a way that was rude in dragon society. The she-dragon went towards a nearby elevator that would bring her to the first floor. There, the she-dragon went into a building, presumably to her stables.

Silvanna couldn’t stop laughing; when she could control herself, she looked at Artha and Beau and said, “Forgive Eclypse. She is very territorial and doesn’t tolerate strange dragons much. But, who knows? Perhaps she and you, Beau, could become good friends.”

“I see. Excuse me, where is Jhanus?” asked Artha.

“Jhanus must be resting in the staff’s quarters. You shouldn’t go there; as far as I’ve seen, Eclypse isn’t very happy with your visit and I can bet that she will be around, keeping an eye out,” responded Silvanna.

“But she together with Jhanus helped us to defeat Moordryd!”

“Any way, it's best that you don’t go there … So, Moordryd still likes to be naughty,” said the girl with irony, who after looking at the Dragon Booster added, “I’m not an idiot, Dragon Booster. I know perfectly what Moordryd and his Daddy are and what they do.”

“If you know that, why are you…?”

“Dating Moordryd?” interrupted the girl with a malicious smile. “I lost a bet and I’m paying it.”

Artha made a gesture to demonstrate his incredulity. Silvanna suddenly remembered something and asked, “Is it true that Moordryd rode Beau?”

“Yes, what happened is that… How do you know that...? Don’t tell me, Moordryd told you?”

“Moordryd told me,” said Silvanna with a clever smile. “But, I dare to assume that he `forgot' to tell me all the details.”

“I wouldn’t be surprised.”

“Sometimes, I think that Moordryd desperately wishes that somebody would respect him. It’s very well-known that he has a level eight self-esteem problem, and it isn’t strange, considering the Daddy he has…”

“It seems that you aren’t very fond of Word.”

“Not at all,” whispered the girl, and added with bitterness, “He’s cold and cruel… Just as my father was.”

Artha looked her with surprise. When he was a kid, he had noticed the pain existing in Silvanna’s heart and now, he knew the cause. He felt a deep compassion towards the girl. She, in spite of all she had, must be very unhappy with a father like hers.

He immediately remembered his own father and all the moments, good and bad, that they had had together. The pain of his own loss, dormant for months, woke up in an intense way.

Both teens looked at each other in silence, until Artha finally said, “It’s time to go home.”

“Take care of Beau and Penn’s kids,” said Silvanna.

Artha looked at the girl, a little surprised by the worry that she felt for them. Silvanna, thinking that the Dragon Booster didn’t understand her reasons said, “The Penn kids' father was very nice to me and Artha had been one of my best friends; I can’t approach them or they would be in danger, much more than they are now.”

“I will take care of them,” said Artha as he rode Beau and who turned around and to try to jump again to the building where their friends waited for them.

“Dragon Booster…”

Artha turned his head to see Silvanna, and the girl added in an enigmatic form, “Beware… of my brother.”

Silvanna walked towards the door that lead to the lower floors, and while she went down the stairs, the girl thought that something related to the Dragon Booster was familiar, but she couldn’t put her finger on it. Artha and Beau met with their friends and together they returned home. While they were riding towards Penn Stables, Artha meditated on Silvanna’s warning.

Very interesting. Aside from a few speeling errors, it is great! Very promising! I'm looking forward to reading the next chapter.

Any spelling errors that remain would be my fault since I was proof reading it. Oh, well. :)

I liked Eclypse's reaction to Beau. :) I wonder how Beau felt about that. :D

The flash back sequence was nice, too. It was fun to find out that Silvanna already knew Beau from long ago.

Nice chapter. :cookie:

*is excited about the update* Great chapter! It was kinda funny to see Moordryd chased by the wraiths with Jhanus in control. Keep it up! :cookie:

Glad that you like it :D