《Starsky Academy》19.
Advertisement
"Here you go!" I chirped, handing my indigo-colored dragon a slab of slimy red meat. As much as it made me queasy, Avyn slurped it from my hand, his tailing waving like a dog's. I giggled at his bright amber gaze as he sniffed and licked at my hand.
It was Dragon Bonding class, probably my favorite subject so far. The class was relaxed and easy-going, perfect for someone like me who tended to be not so violent (yet I still ended up on the guard). Avyn curled up on a mound of smoothly trimmed hay, expectantly begging me for more food in our telepathic link.
Be patient! I chided him, and the dragon rolled his eyes.
When class was done, Avyn flew us over the Academy, towards the cafeteria, his wings molding the air to do his bidding. I had my hair tied up so that it wouldn't choke me a thousand different ways during the flight.
"Shana!" I shouted, glad to see my familiar frizzy-haired friend. She was on Alya, her small green dragoness, and swerved so that Alya and Avyn could fly together. The dragons communicated mentally, and I saw Alya grin toothily.
"These attacks seem scary," Shana sighed as our dragons flew next to each other. I nodded solemnly in agreement.
"I mean, really scary. Who's causing them? Why? I don't... We don't know anything about them." Her voice seemed a bit weak. I understood how she was feeling completely.
"Come on," I changed the subject onto a lighter topic. I patted her shoulder and then commanded Avyn to descent, "Let's just eat lunch."
"Hm... Salad, please. No onions. Yep, tomatoes are fine. Cucumbers, too. Shredded carrots? Well, sure. And ranch dressing. Thank you!" I nodded repeatedly at each food item as the lunch lady dished it out. She handed me a fresh, juicy-looking salad, and a few packets of dressing. I thanked her again and then turned to sit outside with my friends.
Advertisement
The sun was bright and warm as it beat down, warm and illuminating, on me, Shana, and Amber. We all ate our lunch in a relatively quiet atmosphere, as did all the other kids. Everyone was still stunned by the damage the attack had caused.
"How's Rainsong?" I asked to break the silence. Amber looked up.
"Well, she's actually doing very well. She's flying around right now, regaining some muscle control, with the nurse." She answered, looking pleased.
"That's wonderful news," I congratulated my friend. Amber nodded, her long brown hair glowing in the sunlight.
"I swear, I'll kill those shadows when I can." Amber spat.
I sighed, "You know what doesn't make sense? The shadows are shapeless, right? Well, how come Rainsong got an arrow lodged in her flank, then? A shapeless shadow couldn't pierce a dragon with an arrow."
"I've thought about that too," Amber confessed, "And honestly, I don't know. All that matters to me now is that everyone stays safe." Her eyes hardened. "And I will fight to maintain that."
Shana looked scared as Amber said this.
"What's wrong?" I turned to her, puzzled.
"W-well, you see," Shana flinched, as if she wasn't expecting to be noticed, "I'm just worried for you guys, is all." She cracked her knuckles, which I noticed was one of her stress habits. "What if you get hurt? Like... like, you said, you want to maintain the peace and you would fight for it. Well, what if you got hurt?"
"I don't care if I get hurt," Amber retorted, "As long as I can keep my friends and my dragon safe."
"That's right," Shana agreed quietly, "There's nothing more important than keeping your dragon safe."
We had just finished up lunch, standing and stretching, absorbing the sun's warmth, when I nearly went deaf.
A loud boom echoed throughout the area. It was like an explosion scene in a movie, where silence ensues for a moment as everyone's ears are ringing.
Advertisement
"An attack!" Somebody screamed, and then panic and delusion started.
Impossible!
I turned, seeing Avyn's maroon gaze of fear, and tried to radiate comfort to him. But it didn't help that I was shaking as well, my ears ringing, and my skin was already clammy and cold. What was going on? We had a 24-7 Youth Guard, as well as army reinforcements that the dean had sent for... Surely nothing could get past those? But I had not any time to worry about that.
Suddenly I saw the writhing, snaking shadows again. I screamed, reaching for my double daggers, as the shadows swarmed the crowd, biting, tearing, pinching, solidifying and melting right back again into nothingness.
"Dragons! Dragonfire!" I tried to scream, but my voice was drowned out by the chaos.
And then I felt it - a cold, empty but solid, void-like presence, under my arms, around my legs, even snaking through my hair, lifting me up.
The shadows had got me.
I tried to shout for Avyn but my voice was instantly covered by the shadows that were whirling around me, dancing, pushing against the air, lifting me up in what I could only assume looked like a ball of darkness from outside.
I squeezed my eyes shut, frantically messaging for Avyn. I struggled against the shadow's power, feeling them rising, lifting me up - where were we going?!
I felt claws hook around my chest. At first I thought it was another Shadow monster, but then the shadows dissipated, fluttering away like a swarm of hornets, and I was pressed against the belly of my dragon, feeling the scorching heat of his flames right above my head. Avyn had rescued me, and was now attacking any daring shadows.
I gasped for breath, clutching onto Avyn for dear life, feeling my eyes swim with tears, though they were closed, and finally I regained sense and my eyes shot open, my head twisting away from his plated chest to look around.
The plaza was in chaos - there were four more floating dark masses, which I could only assume held either students or dragons.
And then, like a wave rushing back into the ocean, the shadows all stopped their madness and turned, slithering through the air and away from the school. I was shaking all over, still pressed right against Avyn, who was roaring and beathing fire, his wings beating.
The four captured entities went with the sea of shadows, their captors wriggling against them. I screamed, reaching out a hand, commanding Avyn to try and save them, but we were too late. Within the calamity, there had been a kidnapping.
"Two riders and three dragons, Aiden." I spat, my fists clenched.
Yesterday had been the day of the attack. Now, Amber and I watched the black-haired boy with newfound distrust. His eyes looked helpless and he struggled to speak.
"N-No, no..." He mumbled as I glared at him.
"Speak up!" I hissed.
"It wasn't me!" He defended himself, his voice raised. His breathing was shaky. "I didn't do anything! I swear on my life!"
"Rainsong?" I whipped around. The sapphire dragon had to concentrate deeply in order to tell lies from truth. She closed her golden eyes and breathed slowly, before opening them again.
"He's not lying," Amber's voice was suspicious.
"See? See?" Aiden groaned.
I controlled my breathing. "I'm sorry," I apologized slowly, "But at least... do you know how they got past the guard?"
"There... There's possibly a five minute gap between guard patrols. But the intruders must have known that, and the exact time of the exact day, to take advantage of that." Aiden speculated.
"Does that mean?" My voice hitched as Aiden spoke my thoughts.
"There's another mole in the school."
Advertisement
The Long and Exciting Life of Kreet the Kobold (Life 1)
This is a coming-of age story of a kobold, set in a rather generic D&D universe. It is adult in that it certainly touches upon some sexuality, but it is far, far from anything that might be considered porn. It is ultimately a tragedy, but so is life. That doesn't mean it has to end badly, just that it has to end.
8 124An Adventure Of Memories
The plants rustled, the birds flew from their resting place in fear, her soft paws landed on the forest floor with stealth, her whiskers twitched with excitement, this was the first time she had actually tried hunting in the forest and not in her own backyard, and she loved it. The twenty dozen smells were so fresh, it was hard not to lose focus. But there was scent that she knew would stop at nothing to get to her, but it didn’t matter, if it were danger…she was undefeatable, if it were a happy and exciting, she would just cherish it. His eyes gleamed in the dark, tonight the forest was acquainted with an unfamiliar scent, his nose picked it up quite quickly, it was alluring almost drawing everything to it, but it said that you should be more wary of it, than anything else. He knew that it would be dangerous to seek the scent to its owner, but it just excited him more. He would stop at nothing to get to it. This is a story about a teen girl and a teen boy, but these two were gifted with extraordinary powers. They’re families were good friends, but if a seedling of doubt were dropped in between, would they go against each other? Would our dear leads stay together and ignore the seedling of doubt? Will their relationship as friends stay like that, bud into a rose, deeper than ever or rot like an apple and make them enemies?
8 114Faery Knight - A Mirai Suenaga Adventure
On the colonized world of Pantheon, where humanity is lorded over by the enigmatic Archons, Mirai Suenaga survives the vicious invasion conducted by the alien Genjitsu, but the price she and humanity pay is high.Ten years later, as a teenage girl attending her second year of high-school in the city-state of Pan Pacifica, Mirai is a member of the Crimson Force Team, training to qualify as a fully fledged Faery Knight. Taking part in the Summer Tournament, where the various teams of the academy compete for dominance using their Battle Faeries, Mirai faces obstacles and adversaries as she aims for victory. But she will face her greatest challenge outside of the battle arena, when the Genjitsu choose to invade Pantheon yet again, and crush humanity once and for all.A sci-fi action adventure featuring the creation of Danny Choo, Mirai Suenaga.
8 183Divine Imperium - Warlord of Takamagahara
On earth, a boy named Yamato Shigeru was minding his own business, playing truant and spending time at a sports club. One day, on his way back from the club, he stops by a park before he mysteriously vanishes. Next thing he knows, he is taken to the land of the Shinto gods and requested to fight to help protect earth. With the facts presented before him, he responds to the request, becoming the commander of his own faction to fight in another, chaotic world. His motivation, to prevent earth from being dragged into this world and being made a mess of, and… leaving his grey world behind. Read though his adventures and decisions he makes in this unforgiving and unforgettable new world, where he will fight every mystery and every common logic and build a faction that trembles the earth and heaven. Witness, the rise of the DIVINE IMPERIUM and the great warlord. Notes: - Tags and warnings to be updated as the story is written. - Updates maybe irregular. - Please point out any errors in writing you may find.
8 213the Mana-Wilds (the Cold Iron Chronicles) #3: Mechanical Martyr
Doctor-Commander Izo 'Cold Iron' Winters finds himself within the treacherous maws of a great forest filled with poisonous vines, unholy Undead Ghouls, and deceitful snakes that hide beneath the brightest of smiles. Can the intrepid inventor remain Unyielding against these hordes of barbarism as he fights to rebuild the Pioneers within his newly established Fortress that lay upon the post-apocalyptic ruins of Fort Bragg? Or will the flies of Urgathoa feast eternally on the corpse of the Last Pioneer? (A Crossover between Fallout/Wasteland and Pathfinder 2e's Golarion. Disclaimer: all Fallout, Wasteland and Pathfinder references belong to their respective owners which is ineXile, Obsidian, Bethesda and Paizo respectively) (Contain's minor spoilers from the Lost Omen Books: 'Knights of Lastwall' and 'Gods & Magics') (Book Cover made by me via Piccollage, Shutterstock and Fontspace)
8 303Reader x Toothless (how to train your dragon) Toothless x Reader
Y/n is a night fury. Thought to be the last one of her kind. And then things changed. Y/n met Toothless. And hiccup. And the twins. Life changed into an adventure. In some chapters, I give you options. You get to choose how you want to respond and act. This story is funny. And you get to choose your own way through the story. And you get to fall in love with Toothless. I'd call that a triple win. Care to join me on this adventure? It might just be fun. [COMPLETE]If you like Humor and Superheroes, check out my other story: Ghost of a HeroStarted Sunday, July 10, 2016Completed Sunday, November 13, 2016[I AM NO LONGER TAKING REQUESTS][MOST OF THIS IS PURELY UNEDITED, AND I WROTE IT AT AGE 14 SO BE PREPARED FOR GRAMMATICAL MISTAKES]
8 84