Thread: To Train A Dragon Rider (Distain2003 & darkangel76)

The night crept by slowly as it did every night spending hours in the nearly perfect silence that came flying threw the night sky on a dragon. The quiet of the peaceful night only breaking when he spotted enemy troops moving taking a few moments to pass over them a few times and rake them with his beasts breath. Never pausing to sustain the attack only passing over twice urging them to turn and flee the other way. He did not enjoy killing men at night it felt like he was cheating them out of a chance at a fair fight. As the sun rose he made his way into the country to the castle and began flying search patterns over the castle. The watchful eyes of both he and his drake as well as the several other riders in the area scanning for any sign of a threat. As the hour of the drawing approached Thanos concluded that the attack was not going to happen. As a reward he turned his mount and flew towards the castle swooping low as it moved closer to the walls. The crowd in his path recoiled in fear that the black rider had finally chosen to turn on this people as well. The feared attack never came though as the beast raised up and landed on the roof of one of the watch towers of the castle walls. The treat for his mount was some time to rest while on duty, they had been flying nearly non stop since just before dark and he felt they both deserved a break. Leaving his weapons bound to his saddle except for the sword on his hip he gripped the rope he had draped over the large black beasts neck and began sliding down it slowly. A manuver many had never seen done before he hung from the beasts neck like a pendant on a rope necklace. Sliding at great speed down the rope to ramparts below. Once there the crowd drew in a combined breath as he released the rope and walked away from it all fearing the beast would turn on him and the crowd. It did no such thing though merely turning a bit in place and settling down as best it could on the small roof. Its feet touching either side of the roof its tail and neck hanging off as the massive beast began to settle in. One of the guards from the tower came charging over to Thanos but before he could begin his verbal assault on the rider Thanos snatched the collar of his shirt. His rasp voice heard by those nearest the tower as he drove the soldier towards the edge of the ramparts. Unless you are coming to offer a tired rider a drink I recommend you keep your silence. For men do not fair well when they choose to learn to fly. He said sternly positioning himself to push the soldier off the battlements to the ground some 30 feet below. The soldier quickly broke free and turned back into the tower deciding against confronting the grizzled veteran who was not in the mood to speak. The show now over all eyes turned back to the castle as they prepared to bid a friend goodbye to become like the men flying above. Even Thanos who leaned over heavily against the wall stared at the balcony 50 or so feet from him his eyes trained on the young woman who stood on it alone. His mind wondering as to why the young girl was there alone and not guarded it seemed so curious to him. His eyes then returned to the skies scanning the drakes above for any sign of attack.