Dragon Flight by Jessica Day George

Author:Jessica Day George [George, Jessica Day]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Ages 10 and up, Juvenile Fiction, General, Fantasy & Magic
ISBN: 9781408824788
Google: jc5sIYH8_CMC
Amazon: 1599903598
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2009-04-28T04:00:00+00:00

On the Shore

Nine dragons came from a cave to the south of the city. Nine dragons, gleaming in the moonlight, with bright eyes and silken wings. It was a wrench for three of them to leave their hatchlings and eggs, but they were excited at the idea of seeing their king, of fighting Krashath, and of being free once and for all.

Added to that nine were Ria, Feniul, Niva and Amacarin, giving us a total of thirteen dragons with whom to fight. Once I would have cheered to have so many at my side. Once I would have laughed in awe and amazement. But that was before I had seen hundreds of dragons flying in formation above Nason’s palace.

Across the Strait of Mellelie lay Roulain, and beyond that Feravel, but in the moonlight we could have been standing at the edge of the world. I leaned against Feniul’s haunch to take off my slippers and empty some of the sand out of them. Hating the feeling of gritty feet crammed into shoes, I left them off, stuffing them into the top of one of the travel baskets that adorned Feniul.

“Niva and Amacarin are agreed: this wind is too strong,” Luka said, coming over to me. He leaned against Feniul, his arm just barely touching mine. “Dawn will be the best time to cross; the air will be clearer and they will be able to see a good place to land and make our stand.”

He actually sounded eager, as though he thought we had a chance. On the flight from the cave to the shore, I had realised that all we were doing was looking for a good place to die. There was no way that we could defeat the army of Citatie with the meagre forces at our command. Even if the Roulaini and Feravelan dragons joined us, how many could there be? During the Dragon War, I had seen perhaps twenty-five dragons all told, and several of them had not survived.

“You’re awfully quiet,” Luka said.

He couldn’t see my face in the dark.

“This isn’t going to work,” I said. “They’re going to slaughter us.”

Putting an arm around my shoulders, Luka held me tightly. “It will be all right, Creel, you’ll see. Shardas will meet us here; it will inspire the dragons. It might even force a few of the collared ones to resist the alchemy.”

Wrinkling my forehead, I thought about this. Ria and Niva had told us that it was possible to resist, though it took all one’s strength. But it would likely be little things, like refusing to flame someone, or changing direction just slightly to carry them away from the fight. Still, it might be enough.

But then I confided to Luka my deepest fear.

“What if Shardas doesn’t come?” I clenched my fists just thinking of it. Because if he didn’t, it meant that he was still too injured to fly. Or had done himself irreparable damage in the attempt. I said this to Luka as well.

Whipping his neck around so that his head loomed over us, Feniul breathed sulphur at us in shock.

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