Vex

Chapter 2

(Avoe, the dragon rider)

Master Machiavelli was suddenly very shaky and quiet in the presence of her royal majesty
"Y..y... your... your.. your majesty h..h.. how may I help you?" He stammered in a rather shakey
"You may help me by treating this young child to some better treatment or we will be taking them with us!" The Queen replied
"I will not give this creature anything more than it has. What does it do for me?" He cried his face steaming so hot you could cook a steak on it, "Nothing! Nothing at all! So why should I give it something?"
All this time the dragon rider was talking to Vex.
"Hello, I'm sure your wondering who I am, well I'm Avoe and this is my dragon Storm." Started the dragon rider.
"Wh..what do you want from me? I am so small I can only just lift a bucket with both hands and I am only a serf so I can not read or write" Vex asked quietly in a shy tone.
"Hey, I am not gonna hurt you, am gonna give you a near free life where you will be able to eat, sleep on a palette of straw covered in cloth, bathe regularly, have a hair cut when and how ever you want, even make friends and be trusted when you work!" Avoe said calmly and quietly.
"What about the Zac..Zak...Zzaj.." started vex
"The Zachus fruit fields?"
"Yes what will happen to them?"
"They will become property of the flight academy." Answered the Queen, "Now Vex, because your master is unwilling to keep you properly you will go to the flight academy and I am going to get some of my best flyers to train you up to helping them on their duties."
"Your majesty I..I..I am just a serf, why not pick a free born they can read and write, they are smarter, stronger, braver, taller! I am just a short, weak, dumb serf......." blurted Vex not remembering that they were talking to a freeborn and a Queen!
"No. No you are not! You will come with me and you will become a dragon rider!" The Queen demanded. And with that Avoe helped the Queen upon her Royal Blue dragon then she turned to Vex who was trying to climb up storms neck without help.
"Storm, Down." Said Avoe in a stern voice "Now you can get on Vex."
"Th..thanks" vex replied.
Afer they were all on their respective dragons they soared up and off to the palace where vex would spend a few days getting used to eating and sleeping healthily and learning about dragons.