AN: Warning. This chapter contains the description an animal dying. If you don't feel comfortable reading such a thing, please skip over the sacrifice part. I know it seems brutal, but Vikings did do that and even worse. I recommend playing the above song to the sacrifice scene, it was used for a sacrifice moment as well in the show Vikings and is truly beautiful. Also pictures of what the characters are wearing can be found at the end of the chapter.
Lilly's POV
"Are you sure about this?" I asked, turning to face Eira who was already seated behind me.
A smug grin formed on her lips. "I am a skilled horse rider, surely it can't be that different..."
"Did she just compare me to a horse?" Shadow's voice growled inside my mind.
"Sh, Shadow, I am sure she didn't mean.." I started but Eira kept on talking, not noticing the conversation I held with Shadow.
"...and beside that, I fear nothing. So go on dragon!" she made a clicking noise with her tongue and nudged Shadow's sides with her legs to get her moving.
Shadow growled louder this time and narrowed her eyes to slits. "Oh, it will be my pleasure..."
"Shadow..." I warned, sensing what she planned to do, but the stubborn dragon ignored me as she spread her wings wide and pushed herself hard off the ground. Hope, who was standing beside us, warbled happily and took off as well.
Eira squealed due to the sudden impact and wrapped her arms so tightly around my waist that I actually feared it might leave bruises.
Up and up we soared, air rushing through our hair and a rush of fierce joy overcame me as we torpedoed into the sky. This was freedom, this was wonderful!
I leant forward and grasped the front the saddle tightly with both hands as Shadow brought us higher up into the clouds. Letting out a joyful shout I looked over my shoulder. "Isn't this amazing?!"
Eira however didn't quite agree with me. Her face was priceless and I had to keep myself from bursting out laughing at her panicked expression. "Tell your dragon to slow down! Is she trying to kill us!?" I heard her screech over the whistling wind in my ears.
"I fear nothing, huh?" Shadow chuckled.
"Shadow, slow down it's enough now!" I scolded, frightening Eira was not what I wanted.
"Oh, not yet my love, still gotta show her I am not a horse." Shadow turned her head and gave me a gummy smile.
I rolled my eyes and pointed down to a black dot below us. "Hope can't keep up at that pace!"
That finally convinced Shadow to listen, not quite in the way I had hoped though. She stopped flying upwards abruptly, causing Eira to bump her forehead against the back of my head and in the next second she was gathering speed in a steep dive - racing towards the black dot that was Hope. Eira let out another scream and I shouted at Shadow to stop, but she only laughed in her own dragon way. Eventually Shadow slowed down when we reached the little Night Fury, who crooned happily as she spotted us and rubbed her little snout against Shadow's.
Eira was gasping heavily behind me, her hands around my waist shaking and I suddenly felt guilty for Shadow's behavior. "Sorry for that, Eira. Usually Shadow doesn't start off that wild...but she got a bit moody, didn't she?" I directed my last words at Shadow who merely chuckled at that. "I had to make my point, my love."
"What for?" Eira asked, giving me a confused look. Her hair was tousled and she was still breathing heavily.
I simply shrugged. "You compared her to a horse."
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