How to Train Your Dragonblood

Late

"Kai!" Jay shouted as he ran down the path and into the valley, looking for the Fire Dragonblood. It was almost sunset soon and Jay had spent the last couple of hours making a saddle to help him help Kai fly. Now he was here to present Kai with the saddle, but the dragonblood was nowhere in sight. "Kai! Where are you?!"

"Keep your voice down runt." An irritated voice said. Jay grinned and turned around and saw Kai was perched on that boulder that Jay had seen him on earlier. "Looks like you didn't die after all."

"Nope, didn't die yet." He smiled and Kai sighed, almost sounding disappointed, before jumping down from the giant rock and landing next to the human.

"Alright... so are you going to help me fly?"

"Yes sir." He nodded. Kai rolled his eyes, and Jay could just tell this was going to be the start of a 'beautiful' friendship. Kai suddenly transformed into his dragon form and waited for Jay to do whatever it was he needed to do. Moving every carefully, Jay equipped the saddle to the large red dragon. It was a little tight but otherwise fitted perfectly. He inspected the prosthetic tail fin as he tied a long rope to it so he could change its position while sitting on the saddle.

From what he could tell, it was holding up nicely, but there was only one way to know for sure.

He needed to get Kai to fly. He took a deep, possible last breath before he jumped onto the creature's back. He froze as Kai shifted under him before settling down and he immediately knew what the human wanted. He held onto the front of the saddle tighter as Kai opened his wings and suddenly they were charging towards the water. Jay screamed at the top of his lung, squeezing his eyes shut as Kai headed straight for the water. Instead of being drenched as he expected, however, he felt Kai flap his wings and they were flying.

Jay opened one eye and he saw they were flying just inches above the water, leaving a spray of water behind them.

He gasped, looking down at the lake and seeing their reflections on the mirror flat surface. To be honest, it was the most exciting experience he'd ever had. He could almost feel Kai laughing at his expression, but he didn't care. He leaned closer to the water, but the shift of weight caused him to tug the rope controlling the prosthetic tail fin. Kai felt himself suddenly tip to the side and let out a panicked roar as he fell into the lake, dragging Jay down with him.

They both hit the water, and Jay kicked himself back to the surface.

Keeping his head above the water, he saw Kai come up next to him in his human form. He looked over at Jay and they both swam over to shore. Part of Jay's fringe flopped down right between his eyes and he turned to face Kai, but the brunette wasn't having much better luck. All his hair was drooping down, and they were both soaked through and through. Their eyes locked, and suddenly they were both laughing their heads off.

"You've never ridden a horse or anything like that before, have you?"

"I rode a donkey when I was six or seven, but not without a saddle!" He exclaimed as they kept laughing until Jay's eyes were watery and his stomach hurt that much it wasn't funny. They both finally stopped laughing and were gasping for air.

"We still have a long way to go." Kai sighed and Jay nodded his head in agreement.

"Never been more right." He agreed and Kai sighed again, looking out over the lake.

"What are you practicing against tomorrow?"

"Um...I think we're fighting a Lightning Dragonbloos again, but that shouldn't be too hard." He shrugged, trying not to show how scared he really was. They both looked to the sky, and Jay noticed time had flown by in the blink of an eye again. "I should be going if I want to be home before dark." He groaned. Kai looked over at him and nodded in agreement.