DRAGON AWAKENING

Journey Unleashed

            The two boys stood the silence between them starting to grow unbearable but neither knew what to say. Gairron stared at the two long packages that his best friend for as long as he could remember had just given to him. One much longer than the other felt as though two long poles had been tied tightly together. The other he set down to inspect at a later time to allow him to retrieve his small dagger from his belt. The packages were both covered in a tough but smooth leather, light brown in color and sown tightly together with a black thread at the edges to protect the contents.

             Using his dagger he slowly cut the thread to reveal the contents. Inside lay a pair of twin swords both rather short as swords go, had black handles obviously made of the rare carbon like material called ashsten. They were engraved with a swirl pattern going down the hilt. The blades began by coming out of the hilt expanding outward on the sides and growing thinner as most swords do to form the blade ending in razor sharp points. The blade was a metallic gray with slight hints of emerald that moved as he tested the balance of the swords, one in each hand. They balanced comfortably close to his hand about two inches from the beginning of the blade. He put one sword back into its sheath allowing him to run his now free hand down the blades amazing craftsmanship.

"Try twisting the hilts together Irron" Leon said after his friend had finished his inspection of the two swords.

              Gairron placed the two pommels together and twisted the swords made an almost inaudible clicking noise as they locked together forming the weapon Gairron had trained himself to use since he was 8, the saberstaff. Gairron spun it around getting the feel of his new weapon. It was surprisingly light he thought happily some of his normal good humored self returning.

"This is amazing it must be the most amazing thing you have ever forged." , He said as Leon smiled and nodded his head vigorously.

"I put my heart and soul into that thing I hope you like it." , Leon said pride obvious in his voice.

"It is exactly what I always wanted Leon, thank you.", Gairron said as he disconnected the two swords and put them in their sheaths.

"What is the other gift Leon?", He said a thoughtful look on his face.