The Night Rider

Chapter 19

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I'm speeding up my pass after Chea. 'What do you mean?' I'm trying to sound like I have no idea what she means. Honestly, I don't, I have a thought that I hope isn't true. If Chea really turns out to know about Reviri, I don't know where she gets the info, Celeste and my dad are the only options and I don't want to believe that.

We're walking into the garden. Everywhere the green grass has been mowed to perfection, the hedge has been neatly cut and the flowers are in there full glory. If you knew the size of the terrain we're standing on, you will never believe it. Before Reviri came into my life, I never left these gardens. The castle was literally and figuratively a prison to me.

Suddenly Chea stopped walking and I almost bumped into her. She turns around and looks at me with the familiar grin on her lips. Her eyes go to my necklace. The black stone hanging around my neck, the house of Reviri. 'Release him.' With those words she confirms my thought and makes my eyes even bigger than they already were.

My first instinct is to deny everything, to ask her what she is talking about, but I also know that it doesn't make any sense. 'How do you know?', whispering the words come out of my mouth. She turns around again and walks to the end of the garden, I follow her and wait for my answer. The last thing that separates us from the forest, is the fence. Chea opens it and the next moment we are in the forest.

'I can be very brief in my explanation, so I will. As the Opper, you feel and know every creature in your neighborhood. From the day you got him, I knew he was in the castle. However, it was never my place to ask about it, bring it up or say anything to anyone else about it. Until today'. I can't believe her words. Apparently my art of hiding things has failed many times.

I am quiet and know nothing to say. 'Well, come on, we don't have all the time'. I look at her in silence for a few more seconds, before I decide that there is no other option. 'αποκαλύπτω'. A black light is shining from the chain, white sparks are flying through the air and the next moment the gigantic black dragon is standing in front of us between the trees. I hear Chea holding her breath briefly, almost inaudible.

Reviri shakes his wings and looks at us with his black eyes. Chea slowly walks towards the dragon and extends her hand to him. Reviri briefly drops his eyes on me, if he ask if he can trust Chea. I make a small nod with my head. Reviri puts his head against Chea's hand. Chea lets her hand slide slowly over the scales, as if it is fragile.

'Hello', whispering, the words leave her mouth. She smiles. 'The rumors are true' I wait for her to continue her sentence. 'He looks like he's been kissed by the night.' I can't suppress a smile. I walk towards Reviri and stand next to him. I put my foot in the holder and lift myself on the saddle. I look at Chea, who is still standing in front of Reviri.

'We were in a hurry'. I grin. Chea rolls her eyes and walks towards the saddle. I raise my hand and help her on the back of the saddle. 'petó', Reviri's wings open and the next moment we're hanging between the clouds. 'Lead the way to Noa' 'On the edge of the black forest, on the south side'. I nod and lead Reviri that way.

The trees change from green slowly to grey, almost black. The black forest owes its name to the trees. Centuries ago the green gave way to red, almost black, leaves. Not only does the leaves influence the name, but also the magic that is practiced there. Just as every fairytale has its black and white magic, so do we.

I this fairytale is just not as black and white as in others. It is not as if the black forest is possessed by black magic, black magic runs through the earth there and dark creatures have there. Despite that, it's also used by great wizards because of the amount of magic that forest has. So it's not weird that Noa has settled there.

The wooden house on the edge of the forest is becoming more and more visible. Reviri sinks further and further to the ground until his legs touch the ground. I slide off the saddle. As soon as Chea is on the ground Reviri disappears into the black stone around my neck. Our gaze falls on the wooden door

As if Noa feels us staring at the door, the door flies open. The black hairy young man stands with an irritated look in the doorway. His black hair is slightly messy. He wears a long dark blue coat, black trousers and a simple black shirt. His neck is full of silver chains, his hands with silver rings and also his ears are not without silver jewellery.

His dark blue eyes, so dark that it almost looks black, are pointed at us. 'That took longer than I thought'. His arms cross over each other while he is still standing in the doorway. Chea and I walk in his direction, making his special appearance even more apparent. 'Also nice to see you again Noah'. After Chea's words Noa disappears into his mother's arms after all.

Then Noa's eyes fall on me. He looks at me from head to toe, without any shame. Something about him is interesting. Not only is his dark appearance is intriguing, also his personality isn't something you see very often. He says nothing, he just looks. We need your help,' Chea breaks the silence. He lets his eyes go back to his mother. 'I know that'