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“Before we can get to the fun parts of this course, though, we have to ensure you have all the information you need to ensure you have a positive experience with the dragons and aren’t burned to a crisp, disemboweled by dragon claw or dumped from a dragon’s back while flying at a thousand feet.”
“I’m going to kill you,” I muttered to Jasmine, who just grinned back at me.
What kind of crazy person wasexcitedabout the possibility of being disemboweled?
And what did it say about me thatshe was my best friend?
“So, when do we get to ride them?”
I shifted forward to see who had asked the question and rolled my eyes when I realized it was that idiot wolf, Taggart.
Great. Now I had to deal with a wolf my leopard hated as well as dragons in this class.
“There’s always one,” Professor Vesely said. “Right, so. There will be no riding of dragons until you’ve proven to me that you willnotbecome the victim of dragon flame, claw or wrath.”
Well, thank the goddess for small favors. Maybe I could convince Vesely that I was a dragon-victim waiting to happen.
I shuddered at the thought.
No.I refused to be thevictim ofanydragon, ever again.
“Until then,” the professor continued, “you willallbe dirt-bound. Understood?”
The students around me all nodded or said quietly, “Yes, professor.”
At that moment, a giant, and I do meangiant,shadow passed overhead and the biggest dragon I’ve ever seen circled above us before landing in the field just beyond the stables.
“I thought you said the dragons we’d be riding were horse-sized,” I hissed at Jasmine.
“Well, big horses,” she said nervously, staring, as we all were, at the outrageously huge dragon whose scales seemed to shimmer in the sunlight, reflecting back pieces of the world around it.
“That isnotthe size of a horse,” Isnapped. “It’s the size of a–a–I don’t even know what. A freaking dragon!”
“Right on time, Elliot,” Professor Vesely called out to the dragon.
“Oh, that’s a ridiculous name for a dragon,” Kasi muttered. “It’s so disrespectful.”
“What’s she talking about?” I asked Jasmine, who just shrugged.
“She was raised among non-supernaturals, so it’s probably a human thing.”
“It’s a Disney thing,” Kasi said.
“Who’s Disney?” Another student asked.
Kasi rolled her eyes. “Come on.Pete’s Dragon, anyone?”
“Never heard of him,” Taggart said as he swaggered by, clearly intent on getting closer to thebig-ass dragon.
My leopard snarled in response.
“It’s not ahim,” Kasi said impatiently. “It’s a movie. An old one. The dragon was animated and his name was Elliot.”
“I’ve heard that name before,” Jasmine said, “but I don’t think it was from a movie.”
I’d heard the name before too, but it was hard to think because my leopard was raking and clawing at my insides, desperate to get out.
She’d already been agitated at Taggart’s presence, but now that we were facing a huge dragon whose wings looked too similar to the one who had tortured us both, she was clearly in fight mode, which was weird since that idiot Taggart had sent her into flight mode the day before. I would've expected it to be the other way around.
