Areon's Conflict

Areon woke from a deep sleep. His cot had fallen in on him in the night without him knowing. Unfolding himself, he sorely stood up and got dressed in his Battle Dress Uniform, or BDU, which was the color of dirt. He walked outside to go see his dragon Basilik, who eyed him thoughtfully. Basilik, was a red dragon and was approximately twenty five feet tall, with giant, leathery wings that could carry herself and Areon into the sky. 1

He mounted her, so that they could on the routine patrol. His job was to patrol for enemy movement on the ground. His army had invaded and was pushing farther south. Areon needed to patrol, alert for  movement, and try to stop it until reinforcements could arrive. Basilik’s powerful wings pushed them off of the ground and then skyward. 2

The ground began to shrink and then sunrise was beautiful over the mountains. But the sunrise was no what he was looking at though, because in the distance a speck of something started to become clearer and clearer. It was another dragon rider. This dragon was white and was longer than Basilik. Areon had hardly any time to admire this beast, before a giant fireball came rocketing towards him. Areon steered Basilik out of the way, and the fireball passed by. 3

Areon blasted back a fireball and he then steered Basilik upwards in an evasive maneuver. Of course, this rider was well trained, so he dodged easily, but by now Areon had already followed up his attack by spiraling towards the white dragon. Basilik’s snout pierced through the white dragon’s scales, and went into the flesh beneath. She then opened her mouth, separating the enemy’s wound, and then blew a fireball into the hole. 4

The dragon howled in pain and then started to sink towards the ground. The rider had fallen off and was flailing his arms all the way down. The enemy rider was good, but not good enough. An army marched beneath Areon. The dragon fell amongst them and crushed some of the troops. Areon rushed back to camp.5

When he landed, he dismounted and ran to his commander. 6

“Sir, we’ve got a big problem,” he sai7