The next morning...
Shadow had woken me early.
"Ice, we need to have a flight."
"This early?"
"Yes, you clearly need a little training if you are to be outside your Ice borders."
Iceheart was already up, and Midnight was ready to go.
"Ready Star."
Midnight nodded and I realized that must be his nickname. Iceheart grabbed her necklace and threw it up. It landed perfectly around her neck and the saddle appeared. I jumped on and we followed Midnight and Shadow as they flew into the rising sun.
"So what are we doing?"
I asked Shadow as we caught up to him.
"Let me show you."
He stood up on Midnights back and I gasped. Standing on a dragon while flying was hard enough with a saddle, having your feet slipping over the slick scales of a dragon's back was so much harder. Midnight started to do random movements and Shadow stayed standing parallel to the ground. He crossed his legs as Midnight twirled. Once he was done he held his hand out to me. Iceheart flew closer and I stepped onto Midnight. I stood there, using Shadow as support as Midnight started to do slow turns. I tripped multiple times, but Shadow was there to catch my hand. He let go and I found my balance. This was a lot easier than I had thought it would be. As the sun started to go higher into the sky, I had mastered standing on a dragon bareback. Iceheart took off her saddle and put it in the satchel, then I practiced standing on her. Her cool scales were a lot harder and rougher than Midnight's feather covered scales, so I did a lot better on her. This was awesome! We flew for a few more minutes, until Shadow got out a bow made out of leaves and twigs. The string was a vine and the arrow was a slim green light.
He pulled back the bow and the arrow appeared. He hit a nearby mountain top, then he nodded to me. I got out my ice bow and pulled it back. The same slim of light appeared, and then I realized the two white diamonds on the bow were lit up. The Blacksmith had given me a magic weapon without even realizing it! I shot it and it completely missed it's target. Shadow motioned for me to follow and we flew back to the house.
"Stay here and I will set up a course for you."
"What."
I had no idea what a 'course' was, but He was already flying off and didn't answer me. I sat down and Iceheart suggested,
"he was probably setting a training course up for you to shoot."
"Oh."
In the meanwhile, both Iceheart and I practiced the new way of flying bareback. Shadow came back thirty minutes later,
"Iceheart I have set a white trail for you to fly over. Ice, you are to shoot targets set up around you."
I nodded and decided to put the saddle on this time. Once we were in the air, I got out my bow and saw the line. Iceheart was into it, and I saw my first target. I missed by a long shot. The next one was closer, and I missed again. The next and the next came, and I missed them both. After the line stopped, Midnight and Shadow flew up to us.
"You need to not aim at them while you fly. Let me show you."
He tapped Midnight twice and he dove down to the beginning of the course. They started and Iceheart and I watched them. Midnight seemed to lean every time Shadow shot, and Shadow leaned himself every time. He was telling his dragon where he was shooting. He shot at the first one and struck. Vines grew on it and he aimed for the next one. Hit again. Throughout the course it was hit, hit, hit and I watched his every move. They flew up to us and Shadow said,
