Sparks of Fire

Chapter 7 Reneir

She is always saying that we are almost there, and we're not. I'm slowly losing my patience. It better be over this 'hill' she so claims.

"We're here." she says

"Finally, it's about time." I look around, it seems like a normal cave.

"We Have to go a bit deeper into the cave."

"Why?"

"Because it isn't safe to live right at the beginning of the cave. Everybody knows that."

"Oh."

I can see Thea coming to land on my shoulder.

"You're right Reneir, she does seem suspicious. It's a good thing she can't hear me because i'm your familiar" Thea says.

But Thea did have a point. This girl, who was she? She has a dragon, a wolf and lives in a cave. Is she some sort of royal or another dragon rider because how could she have this many familiars? She is so mysterious what is she hiding. Is she a runaway? Something about her doesn't make sense.

I hear Thea telepathically tell me "I can sense her but it's not normal. He sense, it seems human but not at the same time. There is something strange about her. Be careful."

At this point, I wonder if she is a witch and she is taking me into her home to eat me. Seriously, I meet a random girl in the middle of the woods that no one ever goes into because of the monsters. It makes me become more suspicious the more I thought about it. If I'm going to do something now is the time to make a move. I quickly draw my sword and hold it against her.

"Are you a witch of some kind and you are taking me to your so called 'home' to kill me?" I proclaim.

"No, I said I am going to help you. It's like I said."

Her wolf is now growling at me.

"I could easily kill you." I say, a wolf isn't that hard to kill but the dragon should be of a challenge.

"ENOUGH!" Zeriel roars spitting out bright purple flames around me.

"Your dragon would have a hard time killing me just so you know." I say

"Why would it have a hard time? He use to kill humans." she says

"Well there is something you should know."

"Oh ya, what is it then?" she says in an almost mockery tone.

"I am a dragon rider. The last one, i believe."

"You, a dragon rider?" Zeriel says with a surprised look on his face.

"Yes I am." I say

"Tell me, did you learn these powers from other people or did they just naturally come to you?" Zeriel asks

"I don't know, but overtime I learned by myself."

"Did you learn by anyone?"

"No. i would have learned by my family because they were dragonriders also, but they were slaughtered by your kind."

"Interesting. Sorry about your family. Just so you know I myself, never killed any humans. I tried to coexist with the humans but they never wanted me around."

"Why didn't you just go back to your home and live with the other dragons?" I ask

"Because I was banished from my home. I was once a fire dragon but i was banished to the tundra lands. I ended up having to adapt to this land."

"Just so you know I still don't trust you." I say in a stern voice.

"We are almost to my home. Can we keep walking?" Elizabeth says. She seemed like she didn't want the conversation to continue.

All of the sudden her Zeriel shrinks to about the side of a snow leopard. "I didn't know dragons could do that." I say

"Only Zeriel can. He shrinks when we are inside the actual home."

"Oh." I say, as we continue walking.

We eventually get to the really large space in the cave. It had beds, storage areas and some separate rooms. It seemed like a normal living space.

"ELIZABETH!" something yells with such excitement but what was it?

"You were gone for such a long time. I thought you said you were only going to be gone for a few hours? And look it is now dark." I see this tiny little creature with wings.

"What is that? Is that a magical creature? Why do you have one?" I say. It is very illegal to even come in contact with one and not reporting it or killing it.

"Elizabeth?! Who is this? Have you brought a hunter here to kill us?" it says. 'Us' what did she mean by 'us'? The other familiars maybe?

"No, no. Everyone calm down. This is Reneir and he is a dragon rider. He said he heard a rumor saying something about another dragon and he is taking me with him. Oh and Reneir, this is Mirabeth. She is a pixie. Please don't kill her."

"Okay, I won't."