The Soon-To-Be-Queens Story

Chapter 1

Once upon a time in a small cottage, in the rural parts of town, there lived an angelic looking young woman. Her name is Kayda, the meaning of the name you will know later. Kayda's step-father was a classic drunkard and abuser to her and her mother, Dragana. Her mother's name means precious dragon. She was named this because, when Dragana was just born, she was very close to death. Then as she was older the queen gave birth:

*Flashback*

A healer dragon was watching over his queen as she gave birth to her daughter. As she, his queen, gave birth, the castle was stormed. The queen and the king had a connection so they knew what was happening to the other and when the king died the queen gave the final push and her baby was born. The queen was crying hysterically.

The dragon healed his queen as fast as he could and told her through mind link, "You need to flee the castle, Les Sombres is here!!" The look of horror crossed both of their faces.

The queen's face then hardened and she yelled "They.... were the ones responsible..... They need to die!!" She raced to get her armor on and her two reaper staffs, all while the healer dragon tried to communicate with her, speaking, through, latin, the dragon's tongue.

"Regina meum..... Tarda descendit vos tantum dedit peperit (My queen..... Slow down you just gave birth), " The dragon yelled. "Obsecro, tarda descendit aliquid.... Apud minimis autem paulo.(Please slow down some.... At least a little.)" The queen listened but didn't slow down like told, she may have even sped up. She raced out of the castle and left the baby to be cared for by the healer dragon. "Salve paulo draco. Vestra mum autem quod rursus mox......spe (Hello little dragon.Your mum will be back soon......hopefully) ." The baby started crying loudly and the dragon sang a nursery rhyme. "Ba-la ovis, est lanitum tibi?

Sic vir, sic vir, sunt tres sacci mihi.

Primum patrono, alterum matronae,

Tertium repono, puerulo villae.

Ba-la ovis, est lanitum tibi?

Sic vir, sic vir, sunt tres sacci mihi (the baa baa black sheep song)." The baby quit crying and fell asleep.

A roaring loud noise pulled Kayda from her thoughts and she raced to the window to see what it was. It was the dragons flying over her head and she was late for the choosing!!! She raced outside in her black hunter's cloak and bolted to the town square.

She stood apart from the crowd like usual. The other people in the crowd didn't notice her like usual. She blended into the shadows with her cloak on. She was being tested today but she didn't want to be seen by everyone because they would make fun of her dressing like a boy. She would wait till they asked if that was everyone who had been tested for the ability of magic, riding a dragon, or both.

The dragons landed in the center of the town's square. The riders got off and the dragons all looked at their ridders and then turned their head towards Kayda and her mum in the shadows. Her mum had followed her when they heard the dragons. They had beat the dragons there somehow.

Dragana, her mum, was staring at the dragons with longing and hope. The dragons had looked straight at her mum and a few seconds later did a deep bow to her mum and Kayda. Kayda was confused as to why they were bowing to her and her mum. The dragons turned away but they contacted her in the weirdest way possible. Through mind-link!! Only the dragons could induce that and they could only talk to the royals but Kayda didn't know that, so she accepted it as normal.

" Hello, little dragon. My name is Attor. I spit venom and gas," a slime green dragon told me. I was amazed that a dragon was talking to me that I replied but not in my head, outloud in the dragon tongue. I just said wow but it was embarrassing because all the dragons in the square looked back and looked at me with surprise. Noone had spoken the language sense the dragon queen had fled, after losing the battle with Les Sombres but I didn't know that. My mum had taught me the language and we talked in the dragon tongue when we didn't want people listening.

The riders were as surprised as the dragons when they heard me speak. The riders heard me because they share minds with the dragons or a bond. They are able to read each other's thoughts, use each other's senses, and many more.

"Mum, ego amare quod dracones (Mum, I love the dragons)," I say to her. She replies with what she always says about me talking in the dragon's tongue with people and dragons around.

"Shhhhhhhhh, Kayden there are people around and dragons. That's their native tongue, they know exactly what you're saying and not many people know the dragon's tongue," she hissed. When she said that my eyes widened because she always called it the dead language or latin. I was so surprised that I just looked at her dumbfounded and did as I was told.

The man-boy on the stage called out to the crowd, "Welcome, if you would please be quiet and turn towards the stage please....." Noone was quieting down but a few in the back or the ones in the shadows like me. I had moved backwards till I was in the shadows and my mum didn't care, she knew exactly where I was at all times.

I watched as the man-boy on the stage looked helpless, so I contacted the Black dragon through the mind-link. I asked him nicely, after I learned his name was Coal, "Can you please, maybe roar very loudly into the sky to shut them up but tell the man-boy on the stage and your riders to cover their ears. I will cover my ears and tell my mum to do so also." He said he would and I told my mum and she did as I asked. I gave the ok and the dragon roared as loud as he could. Everyone stopped talking and doubled over covering their ears. When Coal stopped and looked at me we both burst out laughing at the looks on the people's face along with the dragon riders that didn't cover their ears fast enough.

The riders looked at me and wondered why I was laughing with the dragon. Coal's rider looked at the dragon and told him, loud enough for me to hear, "Hahaha very funny, not giving me a warning of what you were gonna do."

At that sentence Coal and I burst out laughing again. The riders looked at me in fascination and asked me to come up to the stage. I looked at my mum and she nodded her head giving permission. As I walked towards the stage Coal came closer to me and let me pet him, saying in my head that it was fine. The other dragons came closer to and wanted to be petted too, so I did as they asked as I walked to the stage. The riders look on with fascination because the dragons allowed me to pet them without doing any discomfort. Actually instead of discomfort the dragons were purring in the the mind like.

When I got on stage they asked me to place my hand on the orb. I did and it glowed the brightest white possible.

The dragon riders looked at me and told me, "Hello and welcome to Draco Academy dragon rider, mage, shapeshifter, and elementalist."