The Broken Scale (The Dragon Riders of Arvain) Read Online Free Page A

while Hayden did his best to imagine the battles he was describing.
                  “The pirates were next, and they met them on the beach during a raid and they thought their surprise attack from the water would save them. The surprise attack from the air with the army of metallics, whites, and green dragons prevailed, and the pirates soon fell in line. The reds would have been more difficult to find, but they had all their dragons and riders heading to meet the metallic army to avenge the death of their two riders. They had the best chance, but alone it was hopeless. They were fighting seven to one, but they fought relentlessly, leaving only four of them remaining when the fighting subsided. The remaining reds were so brutally injured in the fight that the metallic riders did not want them to join their campaign.”             
    “The blacks were last . With the metallic army now having conquered everyone else, the bone thieves followed the elves’ lead and surrendered without a fight. The metallic riders went back to Celestial City victorious and with their army invincible, they created the Metallic Pyramid and set up the Thrones of the Three. One of each of the metallic riders sits upon the Thrones of the Three: one copper, one silver, and one gold. That way no one person rules without any one to keep them in check. They first three to rule locked up the remainder of the metallic eggs so that not just anyone could get one. They started holding trials (a series of hard physical and mental tests to challenge a person in every way possible) once every year to limit the number of people getting dragons and to make sure that no one who was not worthy to become a rider gets an egg.”
                  “Every year, when the last year’s four new dragons and their riders are ready to have their first flight, the elder dragons donate all their eggs to the already existing horde of eggs. During that same week they have the trials to see who that year’s new riders are going to be. They only allow humans who are not bound to the white or blue dragons to go through the trials. They tried to get all the other races of dragon eggs, but they could never find them.” Fendrel seemed to be reading Hayden’s mind, because he was just asking himself what happened to the other race’s eggs.
    “ They allow the other groups to have their own dragons, but they must register. The ruling three then divided the land amongst the races: the elves got to keep their forest, the pirates get control of the sea, the dwarves still have their mountains, the bone thief’s have the desert, and the Frost Fangs have their icy home. They put a giant tower in each territory to help keep order in Arvain.” Fendrel spoke quickly, without giving Hayden the chance to ask questions. He never even looked back to see if Hayden was even listening; although he knew he was. Fendrel stopped recanting the history of the riders when they stopped for a quick rest and a meal. They were making great time while he spoke, so they could afford to take another break.
                  Hayden just sat on the ground and played with a blade of grass idly in his hand as he dwelled upon what he had learned during their walk. How could I not know all this? I didn’t even know about the towers in the territories.
                  “What do you mean about them only allowing humans who weren’t bound to the white or blue dragons to compete for the metallic dragons?”
                  “Everyone is bound to one color of dragon or another, so if you were born at sea with the pirates, you would have to try for a blue egg. If you were born in the frozen wasteland, then you would have to go for a white egg. Dwarves are the only ones who go after the red eggs and the elves after the green, whereas bone thieves are the only riders of the black dragon. No one has ever gotten an egg that wasn’t of their color.