Heart Of Dragons

PROLOGUE

Who am I?

From the outside I might look like a normal girl. At least as how normal I could count to be.

My fierceness is accompanied by my long fiery red hair. So red you could almost see how it could catch onto fire. My body is really tall and slim but that doesn't exactly mean that I'm a weakling. Not everybody knows or expects me to be but I'm pretty strong and always ready to kick someones ass. For some people my black eyes are seen as a dangerous sign, but some see them as a sign of purity. My gaze can scare the shit out of people and at the same time calm down those who are in distress. By that you could assume that I have a double personality. One side of me is closed to others and strong, independent, the other - soft and caring. But the other side is rarely shown to anyone but myself. Someone might know about it either because I trust them or it accidentally swam up to the surface.

What about others? We - vikings of the 21st century - aren't normal for the society. Nobody knows we exist. To be honest how could they? We are hidden on a huge archipelago in Scandinavia and still nobody has discovered us because we know how to hide properly from every possible thing in the universe.

They wouldn't even understand us or the culture here if they saw what we had been hiding behind their backs for their whole life. Such animals that are heard about only in legends. That are as unbelievable as unicorn existence. The only difference is that they actually exist.

Dragons.

They are a part of us. No matter how you view it they are a part of us, be it our personality or lifestyle. Because of that many people who live on these islands dream to become dragon riders. Dragon riding is a sacred thing here which helps to protect the secrets hidden from the world and the people can be close to dragons every day. But not everyone can have such impossible but wonderful fate. It's a fate that is hard achieved with hard work and pure heart. You need many qualities to pass the exams, that aren't just the art of knowing every single thing about dragons. 

Exams of what you may ask? Of course of our Dragon Academy which is located on the main island - Thurder (Yes, it sounds like thunder. No surprise since it rains heavily a lot more compared to the other islands). A place where you learn everything about dragons. From each breeds personality to the hardest part - being one of a kind - a dragon rider.

I'm ordinary for our people. Not for others. Just us.

And for other minds living here, me ending this Dragon Academy seems like a childs dream never seeming to happen, but I'm going to prove them wrong. So much that they will regret it.

Who am I?

I am Skur Gunnhautrdottin. And I carry a big secret within me that is going to shut their filthy mouths forever. Although my dad protested for it to be made. It was my decision to go against him and keep it just for the fun of them running for their lives for bad mouthing me.

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This is a story about Skurs 'adventure' going through all the trouble in the Academy. And by a big secret I mean it is so big I unfortunately will have to expose it only at the end. But it will be worth it. Believe me *wink wonk*.

I myself am a Latvian so I don't know many things about viking culture but I will make sure to check the facts and make the story as real as possible.

So basically if you think the names are weird don't blame me. It's how the viking names apparently work. My friend (who is Norwegian) told me that for them they are normal... sooo.. yeah.

I will try to make a normal map of the archipelago so please bear with me until I do  :)