The Last Dragon Rider

Dragon Rider

This story began years ago. I was born December 28, 2004, so that would make me ten years old. But in my world that makes you pretty old. In my world we are ran by a very strict government and if you go against them, they will kill you. Instead of everyone being human like other plants, we have supernatural creatures too. My parents the day I was born, knew I was different. I was born with red eyes. Red is the color of a very powerful dragon rider. I am the last. With every dragon rider, comes there protector. Who at the age of four starts to train. They are always ten years older than the dragon rider. Since I am the last of the kind, my parents and my protector parents sent us away to an island of the dragons. We were sent with all the things that we would need until we were old enough to go back to the main land. The thing about dragon riders is at a certain age you stop growing and when you stop growing, so does your protector. I was raised on an island with my protector Nicholas and my fire dragon egg.

Zara is a very unique dragon. When she needs to, she can shrink down so no one can see her, and then go back to her original size. No other dragon can do that, that we know of.

"Emilia come here please, we need to talk"

I slowly walked over to him and sat down.

"It is time to go back to the main land. I need to get a job so we can have money and you must go to school"

"But Nicholas I am already smart. I don't need to go to school" I said

"If you were smart, you wouldn't talk back to me. Now get Zara and please get on the ship"

I walked next to Zara as we slowly walked onto the ship.

"I don't want to go back" I whispered

"We don't have a choice though, Nicholas is your guardian"

"I know"

Nicholas walked on then walked straight to the wheel.

"Nicholas what about my eyes? There red, everyone would notice" I asked

"You have the power to change them. You just have to figure out how to do it"

I watched the island as it got smaller as we sailed away. Zara climbed up the side and opened her wings so she could fly next to the ship.

"Does it feel nice to fly again?"

"You have no idea Emilia"

Nicholas walked down and looked at me.

"You will call me Uncle. Do you understand?"

I just looked at him.

"Do you understand Emilia?" he asked

"Yes sir"

He left me alone to watch Zara.

"He irritates me sometimes. I understand him but he talks to me really mean sometimes" I thought

"That's just because you don't listen to him all the time"

"That's because I'm a dragon rider, Zara, I'm more powerful than anything else. He shouldn't be able to talk to me like that"

"I am also your dragon. I am part of why you are so powerful. He's just doing his job. He has to protect you. You're like his daughter, and his is like the only father you ever had" she said

"That's because they sent me away"

I quickly shut my mind out to her so she couldn't yell at me.

It didn't take long for us to make it to the main land. Nicholas quickly put the contacts on my eyes before we got off.

Zara shrunk herself down so she would fit in my pocket as Nicholas took my hand.