Magic and Rites

Nightfall, in a deserted park. “This is a lot less spooky than I’d expected when you told me we were going to a cemetery,” Flash commented, looking up at the full moon in the sky. It cast long shadows across the grass, turned deep grey from the cold light seeping through the clouds. As an Earth rider primarily, Flash probably had a really skewed idea of what ‘spooky’ entailed- and by that, Nova meant that he probably would think a walking skeleton staring him in the eye was �...

The three dragons currently perched on a massive rock formation were nothing alike, and yet all three had two things in common, the first that they were trying to work together to take out the  massive beast below..  And the second, that they all had the same dam.  Belthir was the most independent of the three literally, having no rider to bond with, and yet he kept in contact with both his dam and his siblings as much as he could, and it was he that had brought the information on t...

For not the first time in her life, Fidelia felt inadequate.    She remembered squashing that feeling down when she was little, her first year helping with her papá and abuelos. She had been jealous of Isandro for knowing more than her. She had been angry at herself for the little mistakes she made, holding back frustrated tears as Isandro fixed them. And she had been so confused why it was not coming natura...

Loud shouting and the crashing of trees and rocks welcomed Akeem as he flew into eyesight of Malakai’s main campsite. What was normally a calming sight, typically Rivia and Malakai near each other and Monti off guarding Leshen, was now in chaos. The trees that surrounded the clearing were smashed, splintered down the middle and making chaotic paths. The earth was cracked and jagged and growls of pain and anger could be heard. Panic seized inside Akeem’s ches...