• Chapter one:

    Jade was a dragon who was the size of four tall men, in the prime of her life. She was no ordinary dragon. She was blue, with large dark blue wings, but the most unusual thing was her mark. Every Dragon at that time had a mark. It showed whether the dragon was a girl or boy. And if the dragon was a certain type, such as healer, magician, or fighter, and that mark was usually the deciding factor in their name.

    Saffire, as well as being a young woman, was no ordinary girl either. Her bearing was as regal as a queen was, but she had a simple look for her features. She was no great beauty, her light- brown hair, lightly sun-kissed skin and her figure being quite simple, but her eyes….
    Those eyes, pools of lavender, could draw you in at a glance. She wielded such power with those eyes, as if she could look into your heart, yet never judging, never accusing. She portrayed simple innocence, but that was part of her charm. With wisdom beyond her years, she knew all that she could from books and people.

    At home, she was a delightful child, seldom crying, but always watching. No one knew who her parents were, for she had been given to the guild in the night. They had received her with open arms. Reading the card attached to the blanket she was wrapped in; they saw:

    “This is Saffire. Please take care of her; she is a special child. I wish I could keep her, but the plague has swept through our village; I was only able to get away with her. She will be a powerful warrior, for at her birth, the fire burned with a blue light when she screamed. Teach her and keep her away from evil.”


    They took her in, and as the letter foretold, she was a powerful child. At a young age she was taken to the Dragon Riders for testing. The head rider looked into her mind, searching for the powers that every Dragon Rider had. At once, they found something that surprised even the oldest rider.

    “Eleanor, do you know what this means?” The head rider, Chiron by name, asked with troubled eyes.
    Eleanor was also visibly shaken. “There has never been the like! Is she the….”
    “Impossible! That prophecy was a fake! It could never have been true!” A younger rider, Orrick, burst out.
    “But if it was? The time is about right; the kingdom is starting to show the signs…” Chiron stopped, overwhelmed with thought. “She must be taken care of, and also must be shown to the dragons…”