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Ash Parker

"Uhhumm, yeah, that makes perfect since."

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a character in “The Ryders - Part 1”, as played by Rage&Pride

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|Name:|
Ashley Rea ParkerImage
|Ryder Name:|
Ash Parker
|Age:|
17
|Gender:|
Female
|Sexuality:|
Bisexual
|Appearance:|
Ash is 5'4" and weighs about 160lbs. She has green eyes that turn from definite green to hazel with green burst (like Rihanna's eyes). She's very skinny and with a pale complexion that hold a few tattoos (all on her legs/thighs). Both of her ears are pierced and she has a small piercing on her nose.
|Personality:|
Ash is the type of girl that could grab people with her eyes. She's not all that talkative and she's very smart. She's a bit mysterious in a way, how she seems to stare and watch people. Though, after everything, she tends to be sarcastic toward certain people. She likes touching people. She really does. She'll be talking to someone and suddenly start touching their arm or their face. It's just a habit she has. She likes being close to people, though she's scared of rejection and tries to stay away from people. It's quiet a dilemma.
|Likes:|
-Girls
-Guys
-Candy
-Flirting
-Being In Control
-Drawing
-Skating
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-Homophobes
-Snobs
-Bullies
-Fairies
|Fears:|
-Thunder
-Old People
|Dreams/Hopes:|
-To Get A Dragon
-To Be The Best She Can
-To Find Love <3
|History:|
"History is history. I rather not revisit the past."




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|Companion Species:|
Tempestas Dragon
|Companion Name:|
Liath
|Companion Appearance:|
A grey skinny dragon with a long skinny tail with fluffy fur at the end of it. He has bright blue eyes and is small enough to ride on Ash's back using his front claws to grab onto her shoulders.
|Companion Personality:|
Liath basically becomes Ash's conscience. Trying, at least, to show her right from wrong. He's wise and smart, but rather blunt and to the point about things. He doesn't believe in sugar coating things, that causes him to be right to the point, which is exactly what an over hormonal teenager in high school needs. Liath is neutral with most things, but one thing he doesn't like because it scares the shit out of him is fire. He just hates fire. Sure, he breaths lightning, but lightning is different than fire to him. One thing Liath loves is rain and sour candy (though he can't get none because, and I quote, "Parker eats it all!").

So begins...

Ash Parker's Story

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"A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand. Today our goal is not to find a hero. But a wise young man or woman that will be coming into this school." Spoke the wise dragon by the name of Draconem. He was the headmaster of a school that gave it's students magical creatures as companions. When first becoming the headmaster, he thought the "companions" were treated as pets, but he found now that they become the best friends and the consciences of many students. Today was the first day. The first day for these students in the life of being a Ryder. Most of the students are of wizard or witch decent. Though, Draconem prefers wizards over witches in the since of the magic type they use. Wizards use the good magic. While witches use dark magic.

Coming out of his resting place that's stationed directly above the school, Drconem greeted some of the students where they returned with a scream. Dragons, in some places, were feared for they were the great rulers in those days. Every king had a dragon telling him what to do. And if a place didn't have a king, they had a ruler. A dragon ruler. A dragons home was among the people in these days. Yet some of the older dragons from centuries before stilled lived in giant caves in giant mountains with there goblin minions. Goblins. Drconem hadn't seen a goblin in two centuries. He had had a group of goblins to himself once, but then, before he was the infamous destroyer of worlds, a dragon by the name of Diablo robbed them all of their lives.

The dragon Diablo. What a vicious dragon he is. He was the companion of the great leader Diablo that all the Ryders are vigorously fighting as he continues to take up part of Cree. Diablo used to be such a good Ryder. Diablo the Ryders name used to be Diabolus. What an agent word that was. Draconem remembered what it meant though. It meant devil in an new yet old langue known as Latin. Cruel as he was, Draconem saw him always as the Ryder he was. Draconem himself was the one to foretell the fall of Diabolus and the raise of an evil Ryder to be known as Diablo with his evil dragon companion that bared the same name.

Draconem put this all out of his head as he entered the stadium. Draconem was so large that his body curled up like a snake in the middle of the stadium. His body and head reaching up into the air. He looked around the stadium at the students. Most of them were nervous or afraid of how large he was. Draconem wouldn't be one to brag, but he was one of the largest and oldest dragons the inhabited Cree. His eyes glowed a smoky bright green as they seemed to have smoke flowing from them. The hair that surrounded his head and part of his neck like a lions swayed in the breeze as he turned himself around and around to face the crowds in different areas of the stadium. Once everyone was seated, he spoke. His voice was old and loud, causing everyone to stop what they were doing and listen. "Welcome, future Ryders, to Ryder Academy! I bet most of you are wondering when you will be greeted by your companions? Well! You'll have to go find them first!" Draco interrupted his own speech by the sound of his ever to loud laughter at the few gasps and moans he heard from the crowd as they realized they were going to need to go out and find there companions.

"Here's what you must do when finding your companions!" Draconem continued, his voice becoming serious and unjoking. "When getting a companion, there is two things you can do. One! You can grab an egg, but you need to realize it could just be a chicken or a bird then you'll have to go out there again! Or two! You could grab a baby! Fairies are located in the forest in tree houses! They're already small beings, so a baby fairy will be extremely small! Smaller than an inch! Unicorns are located in the fields! You'll know it's a baby unicorn if it's laying on the ground and it's eyes are closed! Dragons must be taken while in there eggs! You need to be tricky with these because dragon mothers are very vicious and will come after you if it see's you take her egg! Does everybody understand?" Draconem said in a loud, clear voice to everyone. After receiving nods from everyone, Draconem nodded himself. "Okay! I release you into the companion room to find your companion! Choose wisely where it is you are to go! Once you are done, comeback here and bring your companion to me so I may give you it's name and gender! This goes for everyone including those who choose eggs to make sure you don't have a chicken!" Daconem laughed as he opened two large doors into a large enclosed room that had mountians and forest in the distances. There were dragons and unicorns everywhere, you could see the light of tiny fairies in the background near the forest. It was quite a sight.

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"Hey! Watch it!" Ash said as she was pushed into a wall by a big fat kid. The big old dragon told them they could go and find their companions now. Some kids sat in the bleachers, too scared to get up and go out in front of the dragon. Ash wasn't fazed at all by the sight. She was told by her elders that the schools head master was a rather large dragon. I think they were being a little too humble. That's a giant ass dragon! She thought to herself as she walked behind the crowd of students who were piling into a large gorgeous enclosure. The sight of a small unicorn family made Ash smile slightly to herself.

Her smile was forced back into a frown as a boy ran over and grabbed the little white unicorn. As he ran back to the doors with the little white unicorn in his arms, the unicorn turned black. That's when Ash got it. They companion you choose will turn into the companion you deserve. But why'd he deserve a black unicorn?

The thoughts in Ash's mind ceased to exsist when she saw a grey dragon egg. Pleased that she found one at all, she walked over to it. It was larger that she thought, about the size of her hand, a little bit bigger. She bent down and picked it up gently observing it. It was etched with grassy green lines and small golden dots. It was different, and felt different than most other dragon eggs she'd seen and felt before.

When she turned around, she was faced by a grey dragon that was two times larger than her, still not as large as the headmaster was. "Hi." Ash said as the dragon lowered it's head to Ashes eye level. It sniffed the egg that Ash held gently in front of her with both hands. The dragon looked Ash directly in the eye before roaring right in Ash's face. It was a weather dragon that had just blown strong winds at Ash, but not strong enough to blow her down to ensure the safety of the egg. Ash's hair blew back and she continuously blinked as her eyes became dry from the wind. When it stopped, Ash blinked a few times and looked back at the dragon before saying "Well, that was unpleasant."

"What do you want with my egg!?" The dragon asked. When a dragon in the wild talks to you, they usually communicate through the mind even though they're not bonded with you. This is because they do not know the human language. Ash could tell this. "I would like your baby to become my companion. Is that alright with you?" Ash said, showing no fear at all. The dragon admired this, but wasn't going to give one of her precious eggs away to a girl she has just come to admire. "You must give me something for them." The dragon said as she watched Ash with curiosity. As if knowing she would come into a problem like this, Ash's older brother presented her with four dragon coins. "I'll give you a dragon coin for it." Ash said with a smirk.

The dragon had given up her baby for a rare dragon coin, though Ash knew that those coins were everywhere. As soon as she made it back to the doors, the egg hatched and out popped a little dragon that crawled up and sat on her shoulder. "Hello. I'm Liath." The little dragon said. Stunned, Ash greeted it and introduced herself. In the time it took to walk from the doors to a seat, Liath grew until he was the size he'll be until him and Ash are done with training. His body is as long as her back. He had blue eyes and spoke with a hiss like a snake. He hanged onto her shoulder with his front two claws and his long tail waved behind them. Ash went and sat next to a pretty girl with a fairy. Ash looked at the girl with her mesmerizing eyes and smiled a mesmerizing smile as she sat down and waited for the other students to get back.

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Colette had been sitting with Quinn for quite a while. She had seen many kids enter back into the arena, but didn't concern herself over them.
She had been flipping through the little song book with Quinn. She wasn't able to read anything, but Quinn had played two songs so far, and Colette wanted to commit them to memory as much as she could. In between, verses, she asked Quinn many questions.
"What is your favorite color?"
"Blue."
"What's your favorite food?"
"Honey."
"Is honey even a food?", Colette laughed.
"Of course it is! I've...borrowed some very good honey from a beehive once."
"Borrowed? Or stole?"
Quinn looked up with mischievous grin. "Maybe I did take it without permission."
"So.....what's your favorite genre of music?"
The small fairy, who had grown about three millimeters since becoming Colette's companion, looked her dead in the eye. "I enjoy hard-core rap."
"Really?!"
Quinn giggled. "No! I like classical music."
Colette pretended to sigh in sadness. "What a shame. I love rap."
"Truly?", Quinn asked.
"Actually, yeah. Especially late at night." Colette smiled a bit.

"How do you dress?", Quinn asked.
"Well...." Colette thought for a while. How did she dress?
"I usually like vintage clothing. It's also fun to mix old clothes with a new style. That's what I prefer anyway. Or even mixing different patterns or textures together."
"I like it." Quinn commented.

She felt very comfortable around Quinn for some reason. She hadn't felt so relaxed for such a long period of time since she'd last went out to her favorite isolated forest. This was more friendly. Sure, the topics weren't very in depth or personal, but just talking felt nice.

Then, a girl with a dragon on her shoulder sat next to her. She smiled at Colette, and she seemed intriguing, compelling.
She inspected the girl closer. She had black hair which contrasted against her creamy skin, and her eyes were a glassy combination of green and hazel.
Very attractive, you could say. Maybe there was more to her than just looks though. While she did pull towards you like a magnet, Colette didn't have tolerance for people who were dense, but pretty. She also didn't have an apetite for people who were interesting and they use it to their advantage.

Nevertheless,
"Hello, my name is Colette Toliver."

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With a smile on her face, Ash looked at the girl she had sat by. The girl was nice looking, that was all Ash could think. "You don't even know her yet." Liath whispered in her ear, his voice sounded more older and mature. Sure, Ash liked her companion, but she just meant him and he's already trying to be her conscience. "Well maybe if you let me talk..." Ash said looking over at the dragon who's head was reaching over her shoulder and looking at her. Then she heard the girl speak and introduce herself.

Ash's face turned back to the girl with a kind smile on it as she heard the girls name, Colette. "Colette, that's a pretty name." Ash said, smile still on her face as she instinctively put on her flirt. "Calm down on the flirting, girl." Liath whispered in Ash's ear as to not let Colette hear him. Ash shot him an annoyed look before looking back at Colette. "Nice to meet you, Colette." Ash said, small smile on her face, and she gently put out her hand to shake. "I'm Ash. Ash Parker." She said with the same smile and tone of voice that it seems only Liath could point out as flirting.

Ash takes a glance at the crowd, some people are just now going out to get their companion, and some people were getting back with eggs or little unicorns or fairies. Ash didn't like fairies. They had wings like bugs and Ash really didn't like bugs. Turning her attention back to Colette, Ash twisted her body where she was sitting sideways in the chair and completely facing Colette. She put her elbow up on the back of the chair. She tilted her head slightly and smiled as she watched Colette. There wasn't really a reason to watch the girl, but Ash liked watching people. Especially pretty cute people.

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Angel



True to Angels personality, he'd arrived quite early in comparison to the other students. After all, he'd finally ben accepted into this academy, and tardiness would just be disrespectful. Besides, he liked to be on time in any situation. So he sat in an empty space with a cigarette between his lips, puffing out thin wisps of smoke while the rest of the student body filed in.
Eventually, a little less then 30minutes later, the stream of teenagers entering the stadium dwindled. On cue, the air itself seemed to tremble as the headmaster entered the area. The crowd shifted their attention to him, those who weren't already seated quickly settling in. There were hisses of whispers and nervous shuffling from those around Angel as they took in the size of the headmaster- a large Ignis Dragon, the oldest and wisest in this part of the world, maybe even all of Cree.
Angel, of course, had done his research and wasn't surprised by the appearance of the Headmaster. He didn't shift or look to the person next to him nervously. Just leaned forward with his elbows propped on his knees, large biceps clearly shown by his muscle shirt. He focused his attention on the rumbling voice, trying not to think of the dragons affinity with fire.
Fire. The word brought bad associations with it, especially when paired with wild. If there was one thing Angel was truly afraid of, it was out of control fire.
He put the thought aside, knowing that the wise beast would never cast flames at his students.
After a few moments of listening to the dragons slightly comical speech, he released them to hunt for a companion.
The crowd, filled with eager students, stood almost as one, some rushing some meandering towards the doors that had been opened.
Angel took his time getting over there, mulling over the companion ship.
It wasn't that he was planning on being particularly picky, but he had a few bad habits his companion would have to put up with. Personality would matter, and since he'd be choosing an egg, that factor probably couldn't even come into play.
All he knew for sure was that he wanted a dragon; just not an Ignis. The tall teenager wasn't keen on putting up with a dragon who had no control over his fire yet.

Angel moved through the meadow, throwing a wink to two blonde girls playing with baby unicorns. They giggled and waved back, and he mentally patted himself on the back as he continued walking. Still got the charm~<3
He passed a few dragon nests, tucked away in the grass, only betrayed by the large mothers, glowering as he walked past. The noise and excitement of the other students faded into the background as he got farther and farther away, towards the mountains. They weren't the tallest mountains he'd seen, but for an enclosed room, Angel considered this a pretty impressive display.
He wondered if he'd find any eggs up there.
Perhaps only because of his curiosity, Angel walked up the first cliff-like wall of the mountain he came across, lodging his combat boots into the stone. After spitting his cigarette onto the stone, he began the climb.
It wasn't exactly difficult to haul himself up the nearly vertical slope, though for anyone with less muscles it might have been. That being said, it also could have been easier for someone wearing loser jeans.

After maybe seven minutes of climbing, once Angel had established he wanted a view since he was putting this much effort in, He paused on an outcrop to catch his breath. He saw the ghosting of his exhale and realized the temperature had dropped. He assumed it was some magic to make up for the lack of height, so animals accustomed to cold on mountains would feel in place.
Once he was ready to go again, he paused, glancing away from the stone.
And whistled loudly at the view.
So maybe this room was an enclosed space, but honestly, it looked real enough to him. He was low enough to make out forms of people with new companions, carrying eggs, leading unicorns, some walking with the glitter of fairy wings fluttering around them. Some had chosen eggs ready to hatch, and where adorned with bursts of their dragons element.
Angel was distracted suddenly by a flash of silver to his right. Eyes narrowed, he moved along the narrow ledge until he spotted the source.
A dragon, small in comparison to Draconem, was perched over the nest fluttering it's wings and blowing jets of warm air from it's nostrils. ?
He swung back out onto the rocks, scurrying up the ledge, only slowing down so he wouldn't startle her.
On the ledge was a nest, over which the dragon was peering in on two whole eggs. The mother was a dusty blue with sleek wings and a long neck was hopping around the nest and immediately Angel could tell these were Tempestast dragons.
Hm. Lightening or wind, no fire?
Fit the bill alright.
He climbed higher and announced his presence to the mother.
"Hello!"
Her long neck shot up to him, perhaps a bit surprised.
"I'm a student at the Ryder school. I was wondering if you might be so kind as to allow one of your young to be my companion?"
The mother starred at him for nearly a full minute and Angel starred back, trying to look as good as a student as he could, though he knew his appearance was misleading.
"It's been years since a student came to these mountains, searching for a companion.
Angel nodded as the voice filled his head like a whisper.
"I've raised many a nest of young here with nothing but good will from the school. You may choose one of my eggs, young sir.
She bowed her head, and Angel bowed his own in response, marveling at the sophistication of the mother. She must have been quite old.
He stared at the two eggs, and felt more attracted to the one nearest to him, a blue color with a dusting of grey specks. He picked it up carefully, beginning to consider how he would get down.
The mother tossed her head, seeming to sense his dilemma.
"Climb a short ways down and there will be a clear slope, easy enough for a human to walk on.
"Thanks you, I'm much indebted."

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Thank fully, Angel managed to keep the egg safe on his return trip, even if the slope wasn't exactly the safest thing to walk on. The last several feet had him sliding down on his tail bone, clutching his egg for its life.
Just as he was about to head back into the stadium, feeling like he'd just had a workout, he noticed a crack on the egg. He stopped in his tracks, the person heading back behind him nearly slamming into his back.
"Oh no, no, no come on! I broke it!?"

As if to taunt him, an entire piece of the shell flung off. Angel starred at it with wide eyes, about to throw himself to the ground and complain to the heavens- when a snout appeared. Huge ears popped out soon after as more of the egg cracked. Angel thanked the lord that he hadn't broke it.
Not minutes later, a small silky dragon was crawling her way around his arms and neck. Angel practically cooed, stroking it's fur gently as he continued into the stadium, betraying a soft spot for animals. It had a sleek body, obviously meant for speed, and thick horns and a tail, that whacked him sharply in the cheek as she circled his shoulders. He chuckled amused, and held her up as she perched on his forearm.
"Hi there sweetie, my names Rowan, but you can call me Angel,"
He moved into the crowd and sat in an open spot next to two pretty girls, who seemed occupied with each other, so Angel nodded a greeting to them and just continued showering his new companion with muttered compliments and admiring his very own dragon.
"Ooh, your fur is so interesting- and your wings are already so big!"
His fingers traced the little dragons wings, which already seemed to be bigger then when she hatched.
"What would you like me to call you?"

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Colette was unaware of Ash's flirty tone. She really wasn't used to it.
She shook Ash's hand politely, looking her straight in the eye and smiling a little like her father had taught her to do.
Ash. It suits her. Somehow.
"It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance." She responded politely.
She was a bit put off, since her conversation with Quinn, no matter the mediocracy, had been effortless, and it wasn't the same for this girl.
How to make conversation from here?
"So, do you know what happens after this?"
Colette was very curious about this. She had been sitting here in the stadium for quite some time, and it looked quite full. Hasn't everyone been out yet? She fiddled with her hands a little nervously, and glanced at the doors once. She lent an ear to the doors, and heard some distinct voices inside.
"Jesus, this is difficult."
"Can someone help me?!"
"There, there dragon mother....I'm not going to take your baby...."
"It was gonna stab me! I'm going off for another one."
Maybe not then.
She wondered how it was so difficult. Wasn't this supposed to be an instinctual thing? When she heard Quinn play, she had followed no strategy at all, which was a little weird for her. If it was that easy for her,a rationalist, why wasn't it for anyone else?

Well, maybe it just took longer for people to follow their hunches, deciding instead to follow initial ideals.
She hoped she had some classes with people she knew. Like Ash, maybe.
Then, in her peripheral vision she saw a boy sit down.
He was very handsome, in the classical kind of way.
He nodded once to them, and Colette waved a little.
Catching your breath in his sight was inevitable, but Colette was still a little surprised when she did so. He was obviously very good-looking. That was probably all, so she shook it off.
She also could not help but notice his dragon, silky and smooth around his neck. It was very beautiful, and even in the corner of her eye she could feel their bond.
Quinn had turned to look at him as well, and previously she had been studying Ash. She had a talent for determining the talent in people, and flew around a little and whispered in her ear. "I like them. They're good and I can feel it"

She saw Ash turn completely to her. Oh, she probably wanted her complete attention. Was she being rude? Colette looked directly at her, and again noticed her shiny black her and her eyes that held you as soon as you looked at them.

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Character Portrait: Takeshi Ueto Character Portrait: Aya Ueto Character Portrait: Colette Toliver Character Portrait: Reechi Character Portrait: Ash Parker Character Portrait: Rowan Angel Paladsky
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Takeshi & Aya Ueto

Unlike her brother, Aya had arrived fairly early. The kids were still crowding in at this time and finding seats and due to her brothers tardiness she had seemed rude to a lot of people who had tried to sit next to her.

“Sorry, that seats taken,” she would reply dully only to get a glare, stuck up nose in the air, and snooty walk as they steered clear away from her. Sighing, she gently laid her hand on the seat next to her as to avoid later confusion. She was used to this. Deep breathe. Deep. Breathe. She clenched her small hand. She wished her brother was here. It had taken 30 minutes for everyone to file in before it was time to start. But her brother was still nowhere in sight. Where was her useless brother!? Biting her lip, she had closed her eyes and thought of every possible name to call her idiotic brother for leaving her to face this alone. How could she be related to him? Is what she wondered sometimes.

Gasps and quick motions, including amazingly high pitched screams that made her ears cry snapped her back into reality. Her first instinct was to clasp her hands around her ear and glare at the girl screaming next to her. Giving her the look of what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-you. When the girl had finally noticed Ayas annoyance she covered her mouth and stared at the ground nervously.

Took her long enough, Aya thought to herself as she looked up to see a fat ass dragon laughing and bellowing before her. She flinched and stood in awe or shock, unable to decide between the two. Compared to everyone else’s reactions, hers was minor. Which was a relief to her prideful nature. And here she had thought the Headmaster was just a big guy with a big voice.

It wasn’t till half-way through Dracomens speech that her brother had snuck into his seat-crawling on the ground- beside her that she had saved. He sat back crossing his legs, wearing leather black pants and a loose long sleeved shirt that shared the same color as his pants and showed his collar bones. Although a lighter black. He wore sunglasses and his brunette hair was styled lazily yet somehow managed to hold a sexy appeal it. He pressed his hands together and bowed his head slightly to his younger sister, a stupid grin on his face.

“Sorry I’m late,” he muttered.

“hmph!” she reverted her head away from him and crossed her arms. He smiled apologetically.

“Aw, come on sis, don’t be like that,” she felt her ears melt at his voice, so calm and reassuring, so down-earth and relaxing… unlike everyone else’s. It was a breath of fresh air to hear his voice over those shattering screams.

“….The dragon….” she looked back at him through the corner of her eye a bit nervously.

“Ah yeah,” he looked up at Dracomen, “I think it’s a Ignis Dragon,” he scratched the back of his head and leaned back in his seat, sliding his hands into his pockets. He had to admit, when he first came in the dragon had given him a start but it wasn’t anything unusual. Their dad had often told him stories of Ancient dragons and their wisdom that matched their big statue. Aya was shocked at his relaxed nature. He grinned. “Scared Aya?”

“As if!” she retorted and snapped her head back around. He started to chuckle and was jabbed by the person next to him.

“Shoosh!” they whispered.

“Sorry,” he replied and looked straight ahead, listening to Dracomens speech. Honestly, he had no idea what he was going to do here. And when the Ignis Dragon had released them to go off and find their own companions, he felt even more confused.

”Damn fortune-teller…this truly is impossible for me,”

“Come on, let’s go Saga.” Aya stated and got up, walking out the double doors with her head held high. He followed behind her with a slouch and a slight hang of his head so his hair would cover his eyes. His sister was a natural at this. Other then the Dracomen giving her a slight freight, she seemed to be getting along this well. “I’m going to get a unicorn, since it seems the easiest to get with my current abilities. You?” she asked. Saga lifted his head up once they were outside and lifted one of his hands up to block the sun. The sun was so bright, even with his sunglasses. “Saga..”

What am I going to do? How do you even get a companion?

“Saga!" Aya yelled.

“Huh?’ Oh, what’s up Aya?” he looked down at his little sister, wondering what all the yelling was about. She sighed.

“Which are you going to go after? A Dragon, unicorn, or fearie?” she asked once again.

“Hmmm..no idea..maybe…a dragon?” he looked over at the mountains, how was one suppose to get a dragon again? He had missed most of the speech.

“is that so, and how do you plan on finding one?” she said with a slight smile on her face, knowing full well he hadn’t been listening when they mentioned it.

“No idea, luck?” he grinned and she smacked him on the arm. “ow! What the hell Aya, that’s not cute at all!” he rubbed his shoulder.

“Go look in the forest dummy, and try not to hurt yourself,” she walked off after that and walked around the fields to look for a unicorn. Saga kept his gaze on her as she walked off and looked over at the forest. He sighed.

“I picked the wrong day to wear leather,” he muttered and started to make his way over.

Aya Ueto


Off in the distance, she saw a lightly coated unicorn laying as close to the mountains she could get in the field without going into the forest. As she made her way over, she noticed with closer examination that the unicorn held a black coat, which was strange. Regardless, she found it beautiful. She bent down in front of it, and put her hand out. It didn’t even bother to sniff her. Strange, she saw no mother in sight. Tilting her head, she took its neutral response to her presence that it was ok to pet it. As soon as her hand met its fur its head spout up and stared at her with big eyes. Tilting its head, it asked her a question.

“What are you doing?” she stared blankly at it. Ah, the animals could talk. She had forgotten about that. All she knew were books and tests. She’d never gone out much, and stayed in her room most of the time. Usually she had been oblivious to everything around her and always had her face stuck in a book even when walking. So all this was new to her. She opened her lips.

Come on Aya, say something. Be nice. Just introduce yourself, how hard is that? Come on. Come on. Don’t screw this up!

Quickly she shut her lips back together and wrapped her arms around her legs. Self-introductions were the hardest for her. She was never good with people or animals, even when assigned group projects she asked to do it on her own so she could avoid unneeded complications. Like giving into others demands and hurting their feelings accidentally. Looking up bashfully, she noticed that the unicorn still had its eyes on her, as if waiting for her to say something.

“S-sorry…” she managed to spurt out.

“Why?" It questioned.

“Because…I didn’t wait for your permission, to pet you I mean…” Aya kept her eyes on the ground and started to pick at the grass. She sounded so stupid! Why couldn’t she be like everyone else and introduce herself and then ask for it to be her companion. She glanced back at all the others who were going about it so easily. She wondered how her brother was doing.

“No, that’s not what I meant. Why are you talking to me?” it’s thin tail swayed around before curling around itself.

“….I don’t know,” she replied, ripping out another piece of grass.

“that’s not an answer,” the baby unicorn replied solemnly.

“What do you want me to say?” she exhaled, “I have no idea what I’m doing.”

“No one wants me, because I am black. I used to be white, like the others,” it looked out at everyone else, admiring how so many were getting companions, even if they were being stolen and turned black.

“So, you can change colors?” she asked.

“yes, depending on our companions state and rarely…our own.” She looked at Aya, “You see, I turned black because my parents died. And now I’m cursed with dark powers. And now, no one wants me."

“I’m sorry,”

“it’s fine,” she laid her head down.

“maybe, you shouldn’t think of it as a curse,” Aya sat down and stretched her legs out, having one knee up. She stared off at the mountains, thinking of her brother. She smiled stupidly. “You have the choice to make it a blessing or curse, just because other people say it’s bad, doesn’t mean its true.” Aya returned her gaze to the black baby unicorn, “I think you’re a unique individual,” its eyes widened. Lifting it’s head up slowly, the unicorn spoke.

“I want to be your companion,” it blushed. Aya laughed. Wow, she had done it.

“I don’t even know your name,” she added.

“Estabel Luark,” she replied.

“Alright, nice to meet you Estabel. I’m Aya Ueto,” Aya blushed, and smiled with a closed mouth. Her brother would be so proud. Estabel got up and stretched, her color hadn’t changed, but Aya was ok with that.

“We should head in….” Estabel paused, “Aya…”

“oh, right…” she got up quickly, her cheeks tinted a light pink. It was nice to hear her name be called by someone so sweetly. Was this what it was like to make a friend?



Takeshi Ueto



Kicking some rocks around he looked around the tall trees pathetically.

“Get a dragon, I said….Damn it, I should have worn sweat pants.” Ruffling his hair he looked up at the sky and for once, regretted his cool sense of visual-kei style. He winced as something bright sparkled at the corner of his eyes from the sun. he turned his head to see the faint sight of something dark blue in the trees. Maybe…an egg? He walked over and looked up the tree, there was no way he was climbing it in these pants. Scratching his head, he looked around. Right. left. Front. Behind.

“Good, no ones here,” he started to unbuckle his pants, “man Aya would kill me right now if she saw this,” unlacing his boots, he kicked them off and set his pants down over them. He had to resort to climbing in boxers. He put his boots back on and started the climb, one branch at a time. It wasn’t long till he was struggling with his breathing. Aya was more physical then him, he merely worked out enough to keep a good shape,

“Why…” he reached up to grab a branch, “Did I have to,” he grabbed the branch with his other hand, "slack off,” he groaned and pulled himself up on the branch, “in martial arts class,” he wiped the sweat from his forehead and spotted the dark blue object across from him. He went pale. The dark blue object picked its scaly paws up and inched its way towards him. As beautiful as it was, he had a feeling it was NOT happy to see him. He had thought it was an egg! He was about to head down when his boxers got caught on a branch. Great, it was either rip his boxers or face the wrath of a dragon.

I would rip them,

“Are you a Ryder?” the great being questioned him, it’s face centimeters from his. It had gotten to him before he had reached his resolution. He unhooked his boxers from the branch and looked nervously at the dragon.

“supposedly,” he stated simply.

“Not very confident are you?” it tilted its head and smirked. Saga knew this wasn’t the time to think of such things, but how was it talking without moving its mouth? Oh right! Mind communication, he had almost forgotten about that since he was so nervous. The dragon looked down at his boxers and Saga followed his gaze. It muffled it's laughter.

“Well, how embarrassing…” he coughed.

“Where are your pants mortal?” it asked. He pointed below him. “why?” the dragon was curious now, why would a human risk being humiliated if someone passed by?

“To get a dragon..I can’t climb in leather,” he paused, “plus, I need my pants for later,” he added.

“Amusing,” it stated.

“Sorry, if I disturbed your home or something. It wasn’t my intention,” he said apologetically.

“haha, your culture is written on your face,” it giggled, a mother dragon was it? Man, he wondered why he was still alive.

Really? Hope that’s a good thing,” his legs hung off the branch.

“yes, the Japanese respect us very much,” she turned her back to him and shot up, suddenly disappearing.

“What just happened?” he looked around while sitting down and then got up as he examined his surroundings. The dragon was gone, weird. Right when he was about to climb down, the dragon came back.

“Wait, you came for a companion right?”

“Yes,” his hand was pressed against the wood as the mother dragon sat on a branch in front of him.

“My son is at the very top, he is still an egg, If you can get him, you may have him.” She offered. “Deal?”

“of course!” right away he started to climb, with each branch he grabbed he was able to get closer and closer to the top. And the higher he got, the more thankful he was for his sunglasses.

“At least I made one good fashion choice today,” The sun was peeking in through the leaves and branches. Just a couple branches away from the top, he became edgy. The limbs were far to thin to hold him, but the egg was just in sight. It was dark blue with sky blue and white swirls. He had forgotten to ask, what type of dragon was this anyway? And how the hell was it balancing perfectly at the top!

“What am I going to do?” he stared up at the egg, maybe he should give up? What if he hurt himself? What if he broke the egg? The mothers wings flapped in the air and saga turned his head to see the female dragon hovering in the sky to his right. What ... was she doing?

"Giving up?" she tested.

"Well...." his voice trailed off, he was thinking about it...

"How sad, it's not like your culture to give up so easily," she replied.

"I.. Don't want to hurt the baby,"

"Take a risk," she suggested.

"What? You would put your baby at risk like that?" he was shocked. What kind of mother was she. "No. I'd rather get another then kill this one trying." he started to make his way back down, a bit sad. He had worked so hard to get it but failed in the end. Damn it. The mother watched him as he climbed down and smiled. She picked the egg up with her mouth and flew down.
Saga landed on the ground with a thud and kicked his shoes off before sliding back into his pants. He slumped onto the ground and started to tie up his laces when a mighty wind blew down on him and bam landed the dragon. His hair was a bit messed up now but not by much.

"What?" he asked as he didn't dare look it in the eye. He tightened the lace as much as he could before tying a bow. The mother could hear how frustrated the human was from the sound of his laces meeting quick friction with the boots. She set the egg before him and he stared at it and then looked up at her.

"I thought..."

"you may have him; I know you will take good care of my baby. I warn you, he's a late bloomer though." she chuckled.

"Thank you! Really!" he got up and bent down to pick the egg up, holding it to his chest. It was bigger than the average age. He actually felt excited, what would it look like? When he looked up to thank the mother again, she was gone. Taking a deep breath, he set out back to the academy. Hopefully.. he could find his way back.

Aya Ueto

Enchanted by Estabel, Aya let her guide and spaced off for once. Estabel had happily walked over to where the two pretty girls and handsome boy was, and bowed her head. she laid down by the seat next to the handsome boy and his dragon. She looked up expecting to see Aya in front of her but instead caught her walking forward on their old path.

“Aya, over here.” she giggled.

“Huh?” she looked around and easily spotted the black unicorn. She was relieved hers was so different from most. Pardoning herself, she made her way through the three stunningly beautiful people all sitting in a row. Not like she really noticed though. Aya took her seat and rested her hand on the seat next to her, as to avoid later incidents of what happened at the beginning of the ceremony. She wondered if her brother had gotten lost. Realizing this, she looked to the man sitting next to her. She opened her lips, about to speak and suddenly became tongue tide. And not because of his beauty, surprisingly, Aya didn’t even notice his looks. To her, he looked like every other guy. But why was it that she had problems talking to anyone other than her brother? Estabel rubbed her face against Ayas leg, and this gave her a bit of reassurance.

“I-I hope this seat…is not….” She paused, “taken,”

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Ash smiled at Colette, repeating her name in her mind a few times. Colette. Colette. What a pretty name. She thought. Ash then felt something crawl over her shoulder and onto her lap. It was Liath. He looked at her with a weird look on his face. Ash looked at him, the dopey smile that had appeared just a moment ago was still halfway plastered on her face. Then his thoughts filled her mind, making their bond a little more stronger. You are a weird girl. Liath said mentally. That made Ash smile slightly and almost let out a little giggle. Her she was with a dragon in her lap and he was calling her weird. Man, this whole day is weird. She commented in her mind, not wanting to seem weird and talk aloud, though there was multiple people around them that were.

Apparently, this worked though because Liath replied with a word Ash didn't think a newly born dragon that was just a few hours old would know. Damn right. Liath thought mentally. Ash's jaw dropped at that and she stared dead at the dragon. Liath wasn't a very small dragon, but he wasn't very large either. He was about bigger than a terrier dog but a little bit smaller than a golden retriever. She smiled at him, happy that she saw his egg. Ash gave him a pet from the top of his head and down to his back. She felt the feathery fur on the top of his head and two hors that blended in with the fur. He had feather like fur that sticked up from the back of his head and down to his back almost like a Mohawk. His snot was long and his eyes were in slits giving him a snake like appearance. Ash wouldn't call him cute, but more creepy. That made him even cooler to Ash. Ash noticed his front claws were like little hands with little claws covered in fur with black fleshy palms while his back feet looked bird like but with fur on them. The greatest thing Ash liked about Liath's appearance was his tail. Sure, he had feathery looking fur covered wings, but his tail was the longest tail she'd seen on a dragon of his size and type. His tail was three times as long as his body with a big feathery-looking fury poof at the end, resembling a feather duster.

Ash turned her attention back to Colette - Awwh, Colette - as she heard the girl speak again. Ash loved the sound of her voice. She watched the girl, a flirtatious smile on her face, as Colette spoke. It was a simply question which Ash could not answer, for she didn't know the answer to it. So she simply shrugged, a habit she was trying to quit. She went back to watching Colette. She seemed so different then when Ash first had walked up. Ash saw the good looking guy come up and sit down. Ash had seem many men like him, good looking and strong, so she wasn't very impressed by his appearance. She just gave him a small smile as he sat then turned her attention right back to Colette. That's when she saw the little twinkle of a fairy. Ash didn't particularly like fairies. All the fairies she had meant in her lifetime had been mischievous little devils with the appearance of a good little angel.

Ash looked over to see a black unicorn in the corner of her eye. "Hello." She said with a smile to the unicorn as it bowed it's head. She then watched it go to the seat beside the good looking guy who had a little dragon that looked kind of similar to Liath, but more girly. With slight amusement, Ash watched as the unicorn called to a cute girl to come over and sit down. Ash gave the girl a smile. She then turned her attention back to Colette. "You know, you're very pretty" Ash said in her little flirtatious voice with a small smile as she was meant by Colette's eyes. She heard the voice of what was becoming a very annoying little creature, Liath. Hold back on the flirting, Miss Flirts-a lot! He had said through their connection, Ash pushed it off though and continued to smile. She moved her hand on the back of the chair and just grazed Colette's shoulder with the tip of her fingers. A slight tingle went through Ash and she bit her lip, not sure what to do. Is was like her to start touching people while she talks to them. People were just so soft and warm, Ash couldn't help herself. But she was scared of the reaction the girl would give if Ash just started touching her.

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And I'm still here.
Toby kicked a stone in the enclosed room,hard,and looked around at the foliage in the forest, noticing the leaves budded with little drops of water. He noticed some fairies flying around in a state of busy and joyful activity, but it only made him slump his shoulders more.
Here he was, having pillaged through the grasses, some swamps, and the trees, and he still hadn't found a companion.
He had watched with great dismay as student after student had happily left with their newfound companion, talking to them eagerly and returning to the stadium.
God!
Riley kicked the nearest tree with all his strength, and heard the little fairy babies scream and fly out from the tree houses.
Could he do nothing right?!
He reached into his pocket and pulled out three pieces of gum, and chewed them furiously.

When he first got to the stadium, he'd been kind of late. Draconem was in the middle of his long ass speech, and when he passed the huge dragon, he hadn't noticed him, which he didn't mind since there were hoards of people. His grandmother, though, was like BFF's with him, because they went way back.
He totally knew he wanted a dragon, though. He'd seen them everywhere and they were just awesome, like breathing fire and shit all over the place!
So that's what he wanted.
A fire dragon.
He had first approached a mother with two eggs, but she was quick to shoot him down. It's like, she could sense his temper brewing as she asked him a series of questions. In his mind of course. Riley thought it was wicked cool dragons could do that.
Hello.
"Uh...hey."
What is it that you seek?
"Well....I was kinda hoping you could give me one of your babies. You know. If that's cool with you."
And why do you want one of my eggs?
"Well, I'm a Ryder so.... I'd really like one for a companion."
Are you very sure you want one of my eggs?
"Yes, I'm sure!", he had snapped. Whoops.
I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't do that. I don't think it'd be very healthy for you to have an Ignis dragon. I'm sorry.
He had stomped away, running a hand over his face. Well, it couldn't be over.
He went from dragon nest to dragon nest, but the questions just wore his limited patience thinner and thinner.
He had looked for a stray one, among marshes and fields, but nothing approached him.
He'd gone in the little nooks and crannies of the place, wanting to spot a bit of scales, or something, anything!!!!

And now here he was, in the stupid ass fairy forest, looking at the stupid ass little fairies, wanting to just murder every stupid ass one!!
He punched a tree with his fist, and got a cut on his knuckle.
Just brilliant.
He stomped along the trails, and leaned back against a tree. As he looked off to the right, he saw a sliver of something.
But just like that, it was gone.
He stepped into the trees that wasn't occupied by fairies anymore.
He took another step closer. And another.
There it was again!
He ran towards it, and then again it disappeared as he reached a very small cave on rim of the enclosed room.
He sat down to the opening of the cave.
I'm going crazy. I'm just seeing things now. But if anyone could just give me a chance I'd...!
He put his head between his knees and his hands over his head, and screamed.
"UGH!!!!!!!!!

Then, he felt a whooshing, cold sensation on his back. He abruptly sat up, and ran his hands over the back of his neck. It was icy cold, and he chipped at the ice in back of him.
Ha,ha I think you're getting a little too frustrated there.
He saw a sleek dragon come down from the top of the cave.
He sucked in a breath.
The dragon waved his little tail around, and Toby looked at the little piece of white scale he'd been chasing.
Looking for this? Ha,ha!
"Maybe." Riley had calmed down considerably since the dragon had slew ice all over him.
Why are you so angry?
"Well, I'm looking for a companion and no one seems interested." Riley hated admitting this to himself, and looked down at his hands.
On the contrary, I'm very interested.
Riley looked up, wide-eyed. "Seriously?"
I'm up for it if you are.
"Hell yeah I'm up for it! Let's go!"
The Glacies dragon crawled up Riley's shoulders, and around his neck.
"Very cool." he commented
Literally, the dragon responded.
"I'm Riley, what's your name?", Riley asked as they walked back.
Razeth.
"Aw man, Razeth's an awesome name! Like totally shredding things with your teeth and stuff!"
Trust me, I won't be..shredding..things with my teeth.
"Aw,man." Riley grinned. He seemed in a much better mood all of a sudden. Maybe it was because he was way cooler than before.

As they entered the stadium, it was packed. Riley looked around again, even though he hadn't seen her before.
But the one person he knew....
"Colette!"
Riley smiled as he approached her. He noticed some chick, her hand on Colette's shoulder.
Man, that must be uncomfortable for her.
Colette was one of his first tutors, and, now that his others tutors had retired or had seeked greener pastures,she was his only tutor. Which he really didn't mind, because she was the only one who wasn't afraid or didn't put up with his antics.
He took a seat next to her.
Colette, who was looking a little nervous, suddenly relaxed and smiled at him. "Haven't seen you in a few weeks."
"Well, I was killing bad guys and stuff. The usual."
She laughed a bit, and he reached to put his arm across her shoulders. Nothing he hadn't done before, and completely platonic anyway, especially when Colette kept the notebook completely on her side when they studied. It had gotten annoying, so the best position to view it together had been that.He was sure she was so thrown off by the chick with the black hair, so, really, he was doing her a solid.
He pointed to Razeth, and grinned wide. "Totally cool,right?"
"Right." she laughed.
She pointed to the girl next to her, and introduced her. "This is my new friend, Ash." She had sounded a bit hesitant when she said this. Probably didn't know if she could call her her friend.
He nodded to her in greeting. "Hi Ash, my name is Riley."

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When Ash shrugged to her question, Colette made an impatient face. She always wanted to know what was happening,when it was happening, and why.
"Well", she commented, "I guess the headmaster will come back and speak to us. After that, though, it could be anyone's guess."
"You know you're very pretty."
Colette was caught off guard. What.
She nervously twirled a piece of hair between her fingers, and then wrung her hands.
Stop looking so awkward, Colette, and just thank her.
"Um.. thank you. You're very pretty as well."
When did the topic stray from academics?!
Then, she watched as Ash reached up and grazed her shoulder.
Colette became completely frozen, stone hard under Ash's hand.
"Eh...." They were strangers!
Where's Quinn?!
As if she could read her mind, Quinn flew up to Colette ear and whispered so only she could hear, "She is trying to make known she is attracted to you."
Oh.
My.
God.

"Uh......", she said stunned.
Suddenly, she heard a shout.
"Colette!"
She looked up to the familiar voice.
Riley Tobias Harris.
She smiled up at him, his eyes looking as blue as ever, and he was obviously content. Which alone was a reason to heave a sigh of relief. "Haven't seen you in a few weeks."
They made light conversation while he sat down, and he put his arm over her shoulders, completely cutting Ash off.
Colette did not know how she felt about this.
I am completely flattered, but I don't even know this girl!
Scenario A: Ash likes me after having just met me and she's trying to make an advance.
C'mon.

She looked down at Quinn, raised an eyebrow subtly, and then looked at Ash.
Scenario B: Ash is just completely comfortable around people she's just met, and didn't think anything of complimenting me, and then putting her hand on my shoulder.
A very likely story. That's what I'm going to go with.


Riley made a few more jokes, and she laughed. She was glad he had found her. She had been very fond of him these last few years tutoring him, and then hanging out with him. They came from the same place, and she was just glad to see a familiar face.
Colette noticed his dragon, with glittering white scales and calm eyes.
Not something Riley would have picked, but something she knew he needed.
She introduced him to Ash, not wanting to seem rude, and he greeted her.
Now she was just waiting for Draconem to get back.

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Ash smiled at Colette slightly more awkward than she actually felt and looked up as she heard a guy call Colette's name. He came walking up, sitting beside Colette, and commented on the dragon on his shoulder. Ash had to admit to he was cute, but she was too preoccupied to notice that too much. Ash leaned forward some, placing her arms in her lap as she did so, so she could see around Colette and get a better look at the guy. Her smile that she had worn almost the whole time talking to Colette was now faded and more of a small almost forced smile. She watched and listened as the two interacted and smiled when Colette, though hesitant, introduced her as she new friend. More than that is what I'd like to hear. Ash thought, then the thought was completely invaded by Liath as he crawled onto her back and his head slinked up to the side of her head. Right, because you're a fucking creeper and she'd call you more than that after just meeting her. Liath thought to Ash in a very sarcastic way, a big grin (though it was a rather creepy one) forming on his face. "Hi." Ash said to Riley after she shot Liath a look of annoyance.

Before Ash had anything else to say, she was interrupted by the sound of yet more gasps and small screams from the crowd as the huge dragon had returned from his hitch above the school. He came down from the wall, slinking right back to how he was for his first big speech, and looking at everyone as it had grown ever so quiet. Everyone was on the edge of their seats, waiting for him to begin his speech that was most likely going to become a rather long one. Once everyone was quiet, Draconem flew swiftly into the large enclosure, despite the fact he had no wings. Ash guessed aloud that he must be looking to make sure everyone was out and in the stadium. In the enclosure, Draconem was pleased to see that he'd only have to pick up a handful of students and bring them back to the stadium as everyone else was there already. Settling back to into his central spot, Draconem eyed the crowd of new riders. He looked up to the sky to see Degore, the school Gargoyle, and the Great Gryphon who's name has been lost over time. He gave them a bow with his head and turned back the students as he began his speech.

"Today, you entered this academy with nothing. The only thing you had was the title of descendent of a wizard. Descendent of a farmer. Descendent of a baker, a fisher, a sailor. A select few of you may even be a descendent of a Ryder. Today, you came here alone looking for someone that will stay by your side 'til the end of your days. And today, you'll all be leaving and going to your dorms with a life partner. A life friend. A life companion. With you, your companion will grow. And with your companion, you will grow. But, let me explain. When you die, your companion will die. When you hurt, your companion will hurt. The bond between you and your companion is strong. You all may not know it, but from the moment you entered that enclosure, your soul and the soul of the companion were pulling toward each other. You and your companion are bonded for life. You will never get a chance for another companion. You are to protect each other with all your lives. And now, with my powers, I bestow the gift of wisdom onto the companions so they may help you make the right choices as you begin your lives as Ryders!"

Draconem said with a large grin, as he laughed his hearty laugh as the crowd cheered at his words. Ash clapped with a large smile on her face at the giant dragons words. Draconem had such a way to make people feel confident. He could tell with his foretelling insight that there, among him in the crowd, there was a group of young people to become great Ryders one day. Yet, he could also tell that some of these Ryder's were not destined for greatness, but destined to trade sides over to Diablo. But, putting that out of mind, Draconem cut his speech short so he could go take care of business with Degore and the Great Gryphon. "Since I know you all probably want to talk, I shall give you this rest period while I attend some business." And with that, he was gone, flying up into the air and disappearing with his two other flying friends.

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#, as written by Bhu-Bhu
(I'm posting just Trista for now, I'll add BlueJay in a little bit)

A sigh escaped Trista. Not a troubled sigh, but a sigh of pure relief. She was finally here, Ryder Academy. A place where she could breath, be happy, be herself, and most importantly be with her companion Fucuello, her pride and joy since she was seven. It had been awkward coming into the stadium with a companion, and not a new companion either. Fucuello was a full grown black unicorn, tall like her and with big peacock feathers in place of his main, tail, and anywhere else he was supposed to have hair. He wasn't all black either, his underbelly was a burnt orange and there were even darker marks under his eyes. His horn was curved and glowed slightly with its magic. Ugh! The looks they both got were the worst. Don't people know how rude staring is! It's not like she had come in super lat or anything, Draconem had only just started speaking when they arrived. In the end she had turned a blind eye to it and chose a seat in the front row to wait for the speech of the dragon's speech to be done. Whose size had awed her, and she had seen big dragons before, heck she grew up with one! Bach, her father's Terra dragon, would be friggen dwarfed by the headmaster. Trista's ears paid no head to the speech, it wasn't anything relevant to her and besides, she had drilled her dad about everything before she left. No she just stared up at the ginormous freaking dragon trying to wrap her head around his size, his voice, and just how old he probably was till the commotion his final address caused sprung her from her thoughts.

Woah Trista peered around the stadium, which now suffered from a growing chasm of silence. Only a few nervous or lazy slackers stuck around, well except her of course…and the dragon. Would he ask her how she had a companion before everyone else? Would he have a problem with it? The raven haired girl craned her head back to see the dragon staring of, over the walls of the stadium into the enclosure where everyone else had to go out in the muck and find a companion. Another, even more content sigh blew from her lips. But not me she thought with a smile as she began to absentmindedly stroke Fucuello's flank.

"Isn't it great? We're finally away?" She took in a deep breath and let it out slowly. "I can finally breath"

It was awhile before the excitement began to come back. Ryder's stumbled, ran, hollered, strolled, and swaggered back with new baby companions of every shape and form. Already groups of potential friends were beginning to form in slightly spaced clumps, some small, some large. One she noticed early on. First it was two girls, came and sat a few seats down the row from her. One with a Fairy blech and another with a dragon. The group soon grew in size when a boy who could only be described as to hot to be on this earth, joined them with his own dragon. After this a shy and pretty adorable girl joined them with a black unicorn foal of her own, shortly followed by her brother. Hm, not my type but cute all the same she assessed. Lastly was a boy who she could say was very easy on the eyes came wearing his dragon comfortably around his neck like a scarf. He seemed to know the girl with the fairy since he called out her name "Colette!"

By now the stadium's volume was back to what it had been before the speech. Almost everyone was talking to someone but her. What was happening to her!? She used to be the life of the party back home. Was she going to just sit here like some emo and think to herself while everyone else chatted it up and had fun just because she had spent the summer holed up at home with her stupid mother? No, she was free of that now. Trista looked over into Fucuello's eyes, she knew that they both thought the same thing about this. A new start, a fresh blank slate to write on.

With that swelling hope she stood, and stretched her long legs and showing how surprisingly tall she was. "Time to get out of this silent funk huh, Fucuello?" and was about to go over to them when down came the headmaster into the stadium to address them once again. Trista plopped herself back down into her previous seat with a slight pout settle on her lips well that door closed quickly. Again she drowned out the speech. She knew it all already, you and your companion are bonded for life and if you get hurt they get hurt, you die, they die, blah, blah, blah. It was only the last sentence that caught her attention.

"Since I know that you all want to talk, I shall give you this rest period while I attend to some business."

When he was gone, Trista shot out of her seat. Finally! And with a cheery smile she walked back over to the group. "Hi." she said. "I'm Trista."

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Fucuello had held his head high when the two walked into the stadium. As awkward as it was, he took pride in already having a human companion and being grown to his peak. Although, that didn’t mean he appreciated or was ok with how everyone was looking at them. He disliked it just as much as Trista, and some people had cut it a little too close with how close they were getting to them. He neighed at some, huffing and stomping his hoofs. He made sure not to over exaggerate and just make it clear. That that was his warning. Don’t get too close to Trista. He didn’t want her hurt the first day; they had just walked in the doors for goodness sakes!

Quickly, they found a seat in the front row and he made himself comfortable. Laying on the floor by her feet with his legs folded into him, he watched the dragon. To only get bored soon after. Don’t get him wrong, he loved the enthusiasm, but he had heard all this before. He could feel Tristas boredom etching its way into his brain. Silently, he laid his head down and waited till Draconem was done.

“Yes…” he replied shortly, “I must agree, it’s nice to…get away,”he admitted. It was a relief to get out of that prison. He did NOT enjoy the way Tristas mother looked at him. She was cruel and unlike any mother Fucuello had seen. What kind of mother would ignore her entire baby’s existence? It was just wrong….

clatter!

He snapped back into reality when he caught sight of his human companion getting fidgety from the corner of his eyes. She was moving about and looking at something or someone. He couldn’t tell. He lifted his head up to peer over the chairs and noticed the group of good-looking kids all socializing. His legs itched. It was obvious…Trista wanted to go talk to them. Laying his head back down, he decided he would wait till she gathered up the courage to go speak to them. At the end of that thought, up she went! And back down again she came before he could even start a new one. Draconem was back and continuing his second half of the speech.

Todays going to be a long day,

He sighed and stared at the overly large dragon, actually paying close attention this time around. He loved this part. How two souls would be forever twined. Forever together. Never alone. Through the dark times, the sad times, the happy times, the angry times, they would be there for one another. Ryders and their companions, to Fucuello, were closer then blood itself.
The clatter of a chair and feet hitting the ground made his ears flinch and once again, come back to reality. Hmm….he was spacing out far too much today.

Get it together Fucuello! Focus on Trista!

Slowly but surely, he got up and stretched. Shaking his head, he practically strutted over to Tristas side. His chest out and posture poise, he took pride in resembling a peacock. He knew he was beautiful. Looking down he noticed a smaller unicorn, which was growing bigger every few minutes. It shocked him a little to see one that resembled so much of a lion. She was big and had more muscle then poise, but he liked that. She was unique. Just like him. And both were black unicorns, which some saw as a curse. He saw it as a blessing.

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Reechi


As Rowan began to consider a special name just for her, she suddenly felt his finger up at her snout, tapping down on it continuously. She just watched it move, rather fascinated, until she blinked and clambered down from his head to curl in his lap, taking advantage of his free arm, and taking his index finger in her mouth to nibble on it, her little paws resting against the back of his hand as she did so. It was an affectionate sort of display, one that wouldn’t be too uncomfortable. "How about Reeps? You like that?” She stopped the act and turned her head to gaze up at him, another sweet smile on her face. ”Yes!”

She then took this time to glance around her, taking in the two girls next to her. Another dragon of her kind, though drastically different from herself, belonged to the creepy touchy one, and a relaxed looking fairy belonged to the uncomfortable one. Reeps tilted her head, blinking a few times and felt towards the outskirts of their minds just to get a feel for them. She snorted lightly, backing up against Rowan’s stomach and forgetting the two once more.

However, before she could start asking questions of her Ryder, another girl interrupted innocently, asking if the seat next to them was taken. Chi immediately left Rowan’s lap to sit on the chair and look up at her with mischievous eyes. “Certainly it is, by me now!” Just as Rowan said by the new girl herself. She merely grinned up at the girl and reached into her mind to laugh good-naturedly. She would have tried to further put the girl at ease, however she just cut in and restated the obvious.

Reeps silently returned to Rowan’s lap, pushing her head into his hand with a small churr and a happy attitude despite being somewhat ignored. "So Reeps, I'd say I'm quite awkward at making friends, wouldn't you agree?" ”No, I wouldn’t think so, just need a little help maybe. Do girls often tend to flock to you?” She looked straight ahead, reaching out towards other people to gather information of her surroundings while she asked.

Her brother then showed up, holding onto a large blue egg as he sat down. He looked nice enough, and a lot more relaxed and easy than his sister, and definitely seemed to like to tease this Aya. She liked him already.

Reeperchi was once more distracted by yet another newcomer, another male with a Glacies wrapped around him rather comfortably. Reeps tilted her head up to Rowan, ”Does the flow never stop coming? She looked slightly flustered by so many new smells and people so close to her and her new Ryder.

And then the Large Ignis dragon appeared, startling Reechi just slightly because of his mass, and having not ever seen him before. Sure, she had some knowledge of him, but coming face to face with the real thing was a lot to take in. He spoke of the bond and relationship between Ryder and Companion, which she took seriously and rather contently, her tail curling around her body as she lounged on Rowan’s lap.

As soon as he was done, another girl shot up and over to them, which received a look-over from Chi. ”Watch out, this one’s trouble with a capital T.” She then focused on another form, her unicorn following after, analyzing the creature fairly subtly.

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"Do girls often tend to flock to you?"
Angel chuckled slightly poking his dragon playfully his his previously nibbled on finger.
Oh, they're only coming over because you're so cute

Angel felt a moment of unease as the girl explained shyly that she was saving the seat for her brother. Hopefully not someone who would get the wrong idea and try to pick a fight with him. It was always hard to even make friends with girls who had over protective siblings, so , even though he was only thinking of friendship, he still hoped the boy wouldn't over reacted when he showed up. Angel wasn't to keen on bloodying someone else on the first day, not to mention he had no idea if his opponent was a fighter or not.
He tried to put those thoughts away in his mind- Gosh, he was slipping back into his old mindset here. How he used to think, back when he'd been an avid champion for illegal underground and street fights. Back then, you never knew who was single or not single, never knew who had family equally into the fights. He'd gotten into a particularly bad scuffle when a cute boys older brother caught him flirting and severally overreacted.

He blew out a slightly frustrated breath, hitting himself mentally. He was done with all that. Now he was just a student, someone here to learn, and work his way up.

Angel refocused and patiently waited for the girls response, only to find her hanging her head and squeezing her eyes shut. He leaned forward, trying to peer at her face, slightly concerned, but before he could ask if she was alright, a new voice interrupted.

"“Her names Aya,"
Angel looked up- and sat a little straighter. Geez- if he'd known this school would be a majority of attractive people he would have tried to enroll sooner.
This new boy, who Aya promptly introduced as her brother Takeshi, was some sort of pale beauty.
Angel took him in, noting his slightly messy but otherwise perfectly styled hair and peering curiously at the oversized sunglassed perched on his nose. Hazel green eyes flickered down to quickly take in the rest of his appearance in a non-checking out way, simply observatory.

As the siblings interacted in a playful way, Angel took his eyes back to Aya, searching for family resemblance. She was a face of smooth angles and an open expression. Though he couldn't see much of Takeshi's face, He could definitely see how they could be related he supposed, if only for their general auras.
He looked back to Takeshi as he pointed to him, asking his name, but the girl introduced him before Angel got a word in.
Hm, she seemed much more comfortable now.
"Huh, cool name,"

Angel cocked the side of his lips up in a kind of self satisfied way, happy to receive a compliment.
"Thanks, It's actually my middle name, but no one needs to know my first name." He glanced up and fixated Reechi with a look, half playful half serious.
"Here that Reeps? Don't go around telling my name to people," He muttered, then added mentally. "Only you can call me that!"

He watched Takeshi plop down next to Aya, marveling at how short she looked. Or maybe Angel was just tall. He'd always been one of the tallest in his circle of friends and family. He was even a good few inches taller then Takeshi.

“Thanks for looking after my sister while I was gone, sorry if she caused any trouble,”
"Oh, you're no trouble at all, I'm glad to have people to talk to," Angel replied, making sure to address them both.[/b]
“Sorry if I was bothering you, and thank you again, for the seat."

Angel scratched the back of his neck awkwardly, maybe somewhat purposely flexing. "Hey, you're no bother! It's not like I own the seat, of course you're free to sit here."
He fiddled with the pack of cigarette in his back pocket, stopping himself from taking one. He was nervous granted, but thought it might be rude to start smoking. Besides, he wanted to start smoking less- at least until he found out was Reechi thought of the second hand smoke. Being a dragon, Angel didn't think she'd have a problem with it, but she also wasn't an Ignis, so smoke still might bother her lungs.
He ignored the pack and instead occupied his hands with petting Reeps- he swore he'd never get tired of the feel of her fur.
"Does the flow never stop coming?"
Angel glanced down at where Reechi was curled in his lap, looking up at him with a flustered expression, and he pouted slightly.
Sorry Reeps, this is probably pretty overwhelming.

He was about to say something more reassuring then turn back up to the Asians when Draconem come down from the heavens and vibrated the entire stadium with his landing. Feeling Reechi jump slightly, Angel laid an arm around her, slightly curling her to his hard abdomen,stroking her back with his other hand.
The beast gave a long and thoughtful speech about companion ship, during which Angel tenderly held Reechi. Alright, if she would hurt when Angel hurt- well, he didn't know how literal it was, but he was definitely not getting into any unnecessary fights with that statement lingering over him.
When the dragon announced he'd leave them to mingle, Angel turned back to Aya and Takeshi, not having anyone else to go to really. Besides, he'd like to get to know them. It'd be nice to have friends.

"So... you don't look like twins so... if you don't mind me asking, what year are you guys? Might I have classes with either of you?"

Angel assumed he'd be in classes with other 17 year olds and 16 year olds, if this school was anything like normal school, but he wasn't sure how old the adorable Aya was. Anyone just joining the academy would be here today to get their companion, so anything was possible.

Another girl interrupted their conversation- "Hi! I'm Trista!" Angel glanced up at her, not turning his body from how it angled to show his full attention on Takeshi and Aya, but giving her a friendly look and nodding his head in greeting, eyes sparkling slightly with the beauty of a black unicorn who followed her. He turned his attention back to the girl, only to chuckle as Chi added her input.
"Watch out, this one’s trouble with a capital T.”
He shushed her gently, still grinning.
You don't know her you rascal, try not to judge people, though he felt his amusment conveyed greatly enough through his thoughts to where Reeps wouldn't think he was really mad.

"Hey, Trista, I'm Angel." He didn't add anything else, not sure if she meant to join Angel and the siblings conversation, or the two pretty girls and a new guy.
He glanced at the other three, nodding greetings to the boy who'd recently arrived as well.
Dang, Reechi was right. There was really quite a large group in this area.

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”Oh, mysterious!” Saga grinned cheekily at him, this guy seemed cool. His overly good looks were bound to attract attention and cause ladies to flock but hey, he was used to that. Back home, girls were always taking time out of their day to chat with him a little bit. He openly returned their kindness, even if he felt annoyed by their ridiculous high pitched voices. If there was one thing Aya and he shared, it was their hate for high pitched screams and voices. It was one of their biggest pet peeves. Saga pointed at Angels dragon.

”And your dragons name?” he asked, the little guy seemed cute. He’d never seen such a cute lil’ dragon up close before.

The smallest of creatures were always the most troublesome. he thought and laughed mentally; the small dragon reminded him of one of his old friends back in school. Nao. That guy was crazy, always yelling his name like he hadn’t seen him in years. Man, he missed his pals. Suddenly, the room shook and rumbled at the entrance of Draconem. The overly large Ignis Dragon laughed as before and gave one of the best speeches Saga had ever heard. He was mesmerized. He looked down at his egg in his hand and his eyes shined.

What is it going to be like? he wondered, Ah, but what if he doesn’t like me? he covered the egg with his large hands gently, shielding it from any mishaps. Maybe he wasn’t cut out to be a Ryder. Maybe he can’t do it. He sighed, why were all these worries coming at him NOW? He had worked hard for this dragon! Shoot, he’d taken his pants off for this thing!

Estabel Luark


”I am here too…” Estabel sulked, speaking as if she sounded dead. Aya had been so nervous that she had forgotten to introduce her along with her brother. How depressing.

”S-sorry! This is Estabel,” she bent down to pet the unicorn, running her frail hands through her thick fur. She had grown a lot bigger all of a sudden, was this how things worked? She was already half of Ayas size, and that wasn’t hard to do. How much bigger would she get?

”WOAH! Aya! You got a bad-ass unicorn!” he stuck his hand out to her and she perked up at his attention. She pressed her head against his and he felt his stomach bubble up. Estabel reminded him of a cat he had had when he was younger. Her name was Hooks and she was a Himalayan cat. He could still feel her soft fur and loud purrs against his fingertips. He had the most idiotic and pleased expression on his face. Saga was far too distracted by the intriguing unicorn to answer Angel’s question. Aya half-smiled at her brother. She sat up and gave Angel her full attention.

”I’m 16 and my brother here is a year older than me,” she replied and added ”Although he does not act like it,”

”And don’t forget it!” he noted, ”I am all wise, you should listen to me more you know.” He lay back in his seat and crossed his legs. He was actually having quite a bit of fun, and Estabel had warmed up to him nicely which was reassuring.

”if I listened to you…who would be able to get you out of trouble?” Aya shook her head and cast her gaze to Angel. She looked up at him and laughed, craning her neck. God, he was tall. She hoped that if they became friends, that her neck didn’t get stuck like this.

wait…friends?......Did I just say that?

”you need me. Without me, no fun for you!” he tapped his sisters leg with his foot that was crossed over his other slender, long legs.

”yeah…” Aya responded, to shocked to really give a proper reply or retort.

”Yay! She agreed!” he threw his hands up in the air, being the weirdo he is. Estabel looked up at Aya and tilted her head. Aya was socially awkward, but then again, so was Estabel. She liked that Aya was so much like her, because then they could relate. While Aya was off dazing into space, a black-hair beauty had made her way over and greeted them. Saga waved.

”Yo, I’m Ueto Takeshi. Nice to meet you.” he looked at her and then Angel, and then at the cute little dragon on Angels shoulders. He had decided something. ”But you can call me Saga,” he looked at Angel from the corner of his eye, ”You too. It’s what all my friends call me,”

Crack....!

Saga noticed the nervous energy coming from the baby dragon and a bit from Angel himself. Looking around, he hadn’t even noticed the other people gather since none of them were socializing with him. He had just been minding his own business. Regretfully, he couldn’t do anything to ease the little one.

”Oi, Aya, don’t be rude.” he jabbed her lightly with his elbow and she cast a glance towards her brother and then up at a stunningly beautiful girl in front of her.

”Oh, um..I’m Ueto Aya, nice to meet you.” the words had just rolled off her tongue. Her second self-introduction! She wanted to cry, she was so proud of herself. She caught a smile of approval from her brother from the corner of her eye.

CRACK!

Saga blinked and looked down, was that a leg sticking out of his egg?

"What the hell?"

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Ash looked up as she heard a new voice come up and introduce themselves to the group. Ash looked around, astonished by the amount of people all sitting in a row. To be truthful, Ash would say there was two groups now as not everyone was interacting. Becoming a bit awkward and shy just sitting there, she hoped that Drconem would be back soon to dismiss them to where ever was next. She looked the girl, Trista, up and down. She was tall and beautiful, just like this row of people. Ash didn't count herself in those numbers though. She'd already made her mind up about Colette and this Riley guy that had his arm around Colette, which made Ash slightly jealous, but she pushed that out of her mind awhile ago. She saw the guy that had the small dragon that resembled a slightly smaller and girly-er version of Liath. Then she saw a girl and a guy on the side of him that favored each other slightly.

Liath noticed Ash's little observing she was doing and decided she'd better quit it before everyone thought she was a creep. So, he decided to go on a little tour. He climbed off Ash's shoulder and onto the back of the chairs. Ash watched him with wide and curious eye's, not too sure what to do. He crawled on the back of the chairs, his tail following with a swoosh, and politely asking people to watch out. "Excuse me, Colette." He said and steeped behind her on the chair. "Excuse me, Riley." He added as he reached the chair Riley was sitting in. "Thank-you." He added back to the two. "If you'd be so kind to let me through, sir." He said as he reached a tall guys chair who had a small dragon like himself. "Why, hello there, Reechi." Liath said as if he's known the dragon forever, leaning his head over the guys shoulder to see the small dragon. "Ma'am." He said with a nod to the short girl beside the tall guy. "And, what do we have here? An egg? Sir, I believe your egg is hatching." Liath said as he looked down at a blue egg that was being held by yet another tall male then turned to the guy to look him in the face.

After a moment, Draconem came back down from his hitch on the school. As Drconem was settleing in and waiting for people to return to their seats, Liath made his way back to Ash. "Oh, my dear. It's seem I must take my leave. If you'd excuse me, I must be going. We may chat another time in the meantime. You could find me with miss Ash Parker over there." He said to mostly everyone as he walked over the back of the tall guys chair and jumped into the empty, his long tail following behind him. He jumped onto the floor and walked with his head up and he smiled (though it was a rather creepy smile) and nodded as he passed everyone and their companions. "Good day, madam." He said as he passed Trista and gave a nod to the unicorn beside her. He climbed back up onto Ash's lap, his tail wrapping around him as he folded his legs to sit. He took up the look of a cat almost as he sat in her lap, legs folded under him and a tail wrapped around him twice but still long enough for the fluffy part at the end to hang down to the ground. Ash looked at him with a confused face not able to come up with words. Liath's neck was long enough to still look ash in the eye at her level, which he did. "What?" He asked as if nothing had happened. "What was that about?" She asked him with a raised eyebrow. "Oh, that? That was me making myself known." Liath said nonchalantly and went back to looking at Draconem.

"At this time, I would like everyone to please pay attention. Today has been a great day as the we have two great visitors with us today. Degore!" Draconem said, pausing as a rather large gargoyle flew into the stadium and flew around over the students. He poked a few of the new dragon companions noses along with slapping a few boys who kept talking in the side of the heads. Draconem laughed his hearty laugh at the gargoyles tough-love actions. "And the Great Gryphon!" At this familiar title, the whole student body arises in a loud roar of cheers and clapping. A large Gryphon then appeared and gracefully swooshed down and over the audience. It then flew down without a word or sound and gently landed on the ground in front of the group of people. He didn't say hello, just bowed it's head and looked up at Draconem with everyone else. "They will be showing you to your dormatores and giving you your rooms. I would like all the men to please go with Degore and the women please follow the great Gryphon. I shall see you all once again at training!" At that, Draconem was gone, returning to his hitch above the school. Degore flew around the stadium saying in a loud nasty voice "Come on, men! Let's get this over with!" While, the Great Gryphon just pantiently waited for all the girls to follow as he waited by the exit.

Ash stood up from her seat and smiled back at the group then walked with the rest of the crowd over to the Great Gryphon, who Ash and Liath had decided years ago to call Gee-Gee. Liath was hanging on her back, his tail stretched out and still long enough to slightly drag on the ground.

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A girl had approached him. Trista. She seemed to be talking to the other side of the seats though. Colette finally realized how large the group had gotten since she'd sat down by herself. Damn.
Then, Ash's dragon came around everyone's heads, stepping around her and Riley to get to a boy all the way on the other end, telling him his egg was cracking. She looked closely, and noticed that indeed, there were already chippings. She rubbed at the back of her head.
When Draconem came back, she stopped speaking as she heard the screams echo the stadium. Quinn shivered, and Riley snorted next to her.
As Degore and the Great Gryphon were introduced, Colette leaned further in their seats, admiring the respect they received, especially the Great Gryphon, who was recognized all around Cree. She joined everyone in the clapping and shouting. God, the Great Gryphon! She'd only heard stories about the great dragon.
"They will be showing you to your dormitories and giving you your rooms. I would like all the men to please go with Degore and the women please follow the great Gryphon. I shall see you all once again at training!"
Then, he was gone, and Degore was shouting humorously at the males.
The Great Gryphon was waiting patiently for the girls to join him. Yes! She got the Great Gryphon!!
She saw Ash get up and head towards him, giving a smile back at the group.


Oh. It was time to stop wallowing around and get to business. After acquainting herself with her dormitory, they would head to training, and Colette was very eager to start that.
She also stood, up , and Riley followed behind her.
"Weren't you listening? You have to go over there." She pointed to where Degore was still shouting.
"Huh?", Riley looked a bit dazed, like he'd been staring off. "Oh...whoops." He gave an embarrassed smile.
"You are too dense sometimes.Are you okay?" She shook her head, but smiled a little.
"Yeah..yeah I'm alright." He gave a small smile back, and went off to where the boys were, his dragon sleeping around his shoulders.

Quinn was sitting on her shoulder.
"I've noticed...no one else has anything but a dragon." She seemed a little sad at this, probably because she wanted another fairy to converse with.
"Oh, it's ok Quinn. Don't worry. We're just a unique team that's all."
Quinn flitted around excitedly.

"Anyway, we better get moving. "
Colette looked around. Everyone else on the bench was still seated there.
Eh.......
Ah, Ash was still walking!
She speed-walked over to her and put a hand on her shoulder. "Hey, wait up."

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Ash's eyes widened slightly when she felt someone put a hand on her shoulder. It wasn't that she wasn't used to it. I mean, she had a dragon hanging on to her other shoulder. But this didn't feel like one of Liath's claws. No, this was human. Great, your love has returned. Liath teased through his and Ash's connection. Ash shot him a quick look before turning to see Colette. At the sight of her, Ash smiled widely. "Oh, hey, sorry." Ash said after she registered what Colette had said. Ash was confused slightly, and so was Liath, that Colette even talked to Ash again. But Ash kept a smile on her face, until she saw Jay in the corner of her eye. Ash turned to glare at him slightly.

Happy at the fact that Jay hadn't happened to see her, Ash turned back to Colette. Her smile instantly returning. She stared a moment at Colette's eyes before looking forward again and looking at the Great Gryphon. He was big and beautiful, to say the least. Ash liked his wings the most. So big and enchanting. Cree to Ash, come in Ash. Liath said through the connection and Ash sent him an annoyed look.


Jay

After Drconem left...again, Jay shot up from his seat, wanting to be the first one to meet Degore face to face. Jay always liked gargoyles, and now he had one of his own, Slayer, and he was about to meet a legend, Degore. "Come one, guy! Let's get outa' here!" He yelled as he passed a group of guys who were just sitting around talking. He didn't bother them too much, though. They were muscular and tall looking. As he walked, he heard some guy as some other guy to walk with him. Seriously? Jay thought. He looked at Slayer who, in a kid like voice, said "Let's go make friends!" and starting laughing mischievously.

So Jay then walked up to the guy and punched him friendly in the arm while saying "Hey, dude! What's up? Haven't seen you in a while." Jay said with a passing smile to the guy who was trying to talk to a muscular guy which made Jay regret coming over here. Slyer sat on his shoulder and watched the guys with wide eyes and a mischievous smile, just like every other little gargoyle you see. Jay hadn't even noticed the two girls with black unicorns, his worse fear. Ever since he was a kid he hated unicorns. He had loved black unicorns, but when he was feeding a baby black unicorn an apple, it mother had came and chased Jay up into a tree. Jay was up in that tree for hours, the unicorn kept circling the tree waiting for him to come down. Jay was finally able to come down once his father chased the creature away. He stared at the unicorns with wide eye before he snapped back to reality and shot the guy a grin and a "Well, see ya' later, man." And headed toward the group of guys in front of Degore. He hadn't even paid attention to the little dragon that was just born.

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Once all the students, or the rather called Ryders and their companions, were all lined up - or more like grouped up - in front of their said leaders, it was time to go.

The Guys

The men took their leave first for the fact that a few of the boys began to argue and fight, while the girls stood and talked as they waited to go. Degore turned around uttering curses at the men as he did, and opened the tall and wide doors. The doors revealed a big long hallway made of stone. It had high ceilings and wide walls. It was obvious the academy was made to be a castle for Draconem. Degore walked the group down the corridor as he spoke and introduced each night suit and room as he passed. "That there, boys, was Sir Ryan. He had come here to try and kill Draconem, obviously, he failed." Degore said with a terrifying smile and hideous laugh as he pointed to a suit of armor. Everyone started looking at the suit, waiting for it to move.

The mask of the suit began to move and everyone stopped. A boy walked up to the suit and slowly opened the mask. When the mask was opened half way, out popped a little gargoyle with a loud terrifying scream that turned into a laugh as the boy and all who were watching jumped back with a yell. Degore stopped and glared at everyone. He walked over to the little gargoyle who was rolling around in the air laughing. He grabbed the little guy by the wings and the small gargoyle crossed it's arms and arched it's eyebrows. It was a funny sight coming from a little gargoyle like himself. "What's your name, kid." Degore said to the small thing. Degore was much bigger than the little gargoyle as he was 6 and a half feet tall, almost seven feet tall, and the little guy was only about one foot tall. "Slayer." The little gargoyle said, he sounded like a little kid. "Who's is this!?" Degore yelled and held slayer up in the air by his wings. Jay then slowly raised his hand and made his way through the crowd. "He's my companion, Sir." He said blandly. Degore dropped little Slayer in Jay's arms and said "You need to watch him, boy. You don't want him to always get you in trouble, 'cause that's what he'll do, boy. That's what he'll do." Degore said calmly then made his way back up to the front of the group. He slapped a kid that was staring off into space on the back of the head while adding "Alright, men! Let's get going! We want to make it to training before the ladies, don't we?! Then let's go!" Degore said doing a lot of hand gesturing then turned around and lifted up into the air and began to fly.

He flew the rest of the way there and landed in front of the doors. He turned to face the crowd as he waited for them to catch up. His hands were behind he back as he waited. Once everyone was caught up, he stared them all down. "Men, I give you our lounge!" He said and turned around and pushed the large doors open with some force. As they opened, they revealed a large room with tall ceiling, it wasn't big enough for all of Draconem to sit, bit he could still fit his head in it. There was couches, tables, chairs, bookcases with various books, candles, a fire place and on top of the fire case was a dragon egg in a glass case. Degore stepped in the room and the group followed. "Okay, listen up! Over on that table is a list with everyone's name on it. It shows your name and the room you're in!" Degore said loudly as he pointed to the sheets of paper spread out on a large table. It didn't fill up the whole table, but it filled up the end of the table. He then turned his position and pointed down two hallways on either side of the fireplace. "The rooms are down there. All of your luggage is already in your rooms along with stuff given to you by Draconem for your companions. I believe it's a few toys, treats, a bed and other stuff considering what you have. I believe he used his all-knowing sense to see who you all chose. Anyways, just go to your rooms, meet your roommates, unpack your luggage, then come back out here as soon as possible! So we can go and get training over with." Degore said then sat in a chair and watched the fire as he waited for all the men to return.

The guys then went straight to the papers. Jay found his name and room, Slayer sitting on his shoulder. He headed down a hallway and found his room. The hallway was big enough still for Draconem to fit through, and it made Jay feel like he was in a giant giants house. The door to the rooms were only big enough for Draconem to look in with one of his eyes and the room itself was only big enough to fit Draconem's nose and part of his snout. It was still a large room, but it was big enough for two people and their companions. There was a door at the opposite end of the room that led into the enclosure. Jay saw his stuff on the bed on the left side of the room, and someone else's stuff on the bed on the right side of the room. At the end of Jay's bed was a stone podium that had the name Slayer chiseled into a stone plague part of the podium. At the sight of it, Slayer flew over and perched on it becoming as still as stone as he did so. Jay then went and began to unpack his stuff.

The Girls

After the men took their leave, it was the girls turn to go. Gracefully, the Gryphon turned from the group and opened doors to reveal a big long hallway made of stone. It had high ceilings and wide walls. It was obvious the academy was made to be a castle for Draconem. The Gryphon silently walked out onto the stone floor, the girls following. The hallway to the girls side of the building was lined with suites of armor as well, but there was less rooms. Each of the rooms were big and gym like rooms. The had plagues to the side of each room that said what class was held there. They passed Magic, Swords, Hand-to-Hand, and combat. Ash looked in each room with a smile on her face and Liath looking bored as ever. She was amazed by the size of the rooms.

When they made it to the dorm lounge, the Great Gryphon gracefully opened the doors and walked in the room. The room was big enough for Draconem to squeeze into. The Gryphon turned and finally spoke to the group. "Over on the table is a few papers. On one of those papers you will find your name and the room you are in. The rooms are down those two hallways. All of your luggage and a few gifts form Draconem will be located in your rooms. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me." He ended with a smile and slow nod then stepped back to watch everyone. He voice was clear and slick and comforting. Liath jumped off Ash's shoulder and went to find her name then returned to her saying "I have found our room, Ash." Ash just shot him a quick glance.