Dragonfyre

After everyone had a good amount of laughs, Vaela approached Kael with a slightly worried gaze, after gently touching his arm, she spoke;

"Brother, remember that dragons are prideful and intelligent, they are not just beasts, the small ones are easy to tame because of their size, but the bigger the dragon, the more they like to test their rider, don't get arrogant and get yourself hurt."

Kael nodded solemnly

"I don't want to face death this early in life, as embarrassing as this 'protection' might be, I would rather bear the shame than face death."

Everyone stepped away as Kaelarys slowly climbed up the dragon's wing, the big red creature didn't mind though, they were bonded and it knew it very well, but it didn't change the fact that it wanted to test the rider regardless.

After sitting on the saddle, Kael quickly locked the chain to the 'leather diaper' that he was wearing, and held the handle of the seat like his life depended on it

"Ready as you are big guy," he said jokingly.

The dragon roared to the sky, everyone covered their ears with their hands, and after a powerful thrust, the dragon took flight at high speed, not carrying at all for the massive crowd below that was sent flying.

"GRRRRR" Kael used all his strength to keep his hold on the saddle and he clenched his thighs around the seat as hard as he could.

Seeing that the rider managed to keep up with the takeoff, the dragon first started with simple maneuvers, leaning sideways, speeding up, slowing down, but Kael was like glue, he didn't let go, but he also was treating the ride wrongly, the dragon didn't like what it was seeing.

With a powerful flap of its wings, the dragon went a full 90 degrees and soared up like a rocket, with every flap of its wings the speed increased bit by bit.

Kael's legs had long since lost their strength and now were dangling down, he was not even sitting anymore, if it wasn't for the fact that he was holding the handle for his dear life, he would've been long left behind, dragged by the chain.

As the dragon darted upwards, the people below kept watching with pale faces, especially Vaela, those kinds of movements were impossible for any dragonrider, it was not just the speed, but the angle, the wind, and the pressure.

"THIS IS TOO MUCH!" she shouted and started running towards an empty area.

"My lady, you can't interfere-" one of the Dragonspeakers tried to reason.

"Nonsense! No one would survive such maneuver, not even father and he was the best Dragonrider I've known!" she interrupted extremely worried.

After reaching the empty area of the patio she shouted "VAENERON!"

A roar echoed and a massive blue dragon with ruby red eyes came flying from one of the volcanoes, different from the red one, this one was graceful, instead of bulky and heavy muscles, this was more slim and agile.

As the dragon landed, she ran up its wings and sat down on the saddle that was already equipped, once bounded and 'tamed' the saddle wouldn't be removed, unless a new one would be equipped or the bond ended, in that case, the dragon itself would try to bite it off, they knew when their rider died.

She sat down, held it tight, and spoke

"Let's follow my brother! VALAHD!"

The blue dragon took off and flew towards the red one, it didn't quite go on the same angle because it would be impossible for its rider to keep her hold, and also didn't go as fast for the same reason.

The red dragon seeing the blue dragon take off snorted, and once it reached high in the sky it did a complete 180º forward and plummeted like a meteor

"AAAAAAAAARGH YOU BASTARD!" Yelled Kael, because of the change, he lost his grip and was flung back, luckily, he was wearing the protection chain, otherwise, he would've been long gone.

Looking behind its wings subtly, the dragon saw its rider holding tight on the chain, using his hands to pull his way back towards the saddle, climbing up, or rather down, the chain like it was a rope.

A glint of acceptance appeared in the dragon's eyes, but it wasn't done yet, it kept plummeting toward the sea at high speed.

"YOU MOTHERFUCKER!" yelled Kael "I WILL TURN YOU INTO MY LITTLE BITCH!" he kept using all his strength and slowly made his way to the saddle, but before he could grab it again, the dragon stabilized its flight, going now parallel to the ocean below.

The change in directions once again threw Kaelarys backward, it was at this moment that he heard a very concerning sound.

RIIIIIIIIP

Looking down, he saw that the safety 'belt' wasn't able to withstand the treatment, and for the first-time the fear of death appeared in his eyes '….no…'

At this moment a blue dragon appeared nearby with Vaela on its back, she got there just in time to watch the protection belt be ripped apart.

"NO!!!" She shouted with all her lungs.

Even her dragon roared loudly.

That seemed to have woken up the red dragon from whatever it was doing, it looked back over its shoulders, and at that moment even the dragon's eyes widened.

Kael held the chain firmly on its left hand, clenching his jaw and with bloodshot eyes, the safety belt was only rags around his hip.

The big red dragon was about to slow down for the safety of its rider, it didn't want to kill Kael, it wanted to test him, not only that, it wanted Kael to enjoy the flight as it did, the safety belt was the first thing that made the dragon fly like this, it didn't like it.

Dragons were free creatures, and this one particular dragon wanted its rider to feel as free as it did when they fly together, how one can be free if they are tied to chains?! How can one enjoy the pleasure of flying if all they think of is the fear of falling?!

But before it could slow down, its big dragon eye captured something, something that shook the dragon's very soul.

Kael's pupils turned into a thin reptilian line, his clenched mouth started to emanate smoke and whisps of fire, and his irises started glowing violet-purple.

One pull at a time, Kael kept forcing his way back to the dragon, without the belt, it was a do-or-die situation now and he will use everything he has to survive.

Vaela seeing this happening couldn't even move, she was completely shocked, it should be impossible to keep a hold of the chains with his bare hands like that, the pressure and speed, not considering the massive amount of physical strength needed to accomplish this was absurd!

Then she saw whisps of fire coming out of her brother's lips, as well from the chain, every time he grabbed a link of the chain, it was burning, leaving fiery handprints behind.

Once he finally reached the saddle, he sat down like a proper rider, discarding the chain, he held his head high, staring at the eyes of the beast. During the whole flight he was feeling worry, apprehension, fear, anger, and even shame… but once he managed to sit down like a proper rider, all he felt was… being free…

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

He looked upwards and roared like a dragon, fire came out of his mouth like proper dragon breath. The red dragon felt pride and joy, finally, it had a worthy rider! Following its rider's example, it looked upwards mid-flight and roared.

ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAR.

Many small dragons nearby felt fear from that roar.

Emerald green flames came out of the crimson beast like a tidal wave of wildfire. The blue Dragon nearby followed suit and roared as well, spitting out its own flame to the sky.

Everyone down below was shocked.

Valanar went down on his knees with tears in his eyes, the late Lord Vaelarys Regallyon once told him that he had a vision that their bloodline would rise, that his son was destined to be more than just another dragonrider from the Freehold, but to be a proper Dragon!

"…A Dragon must have a Dragon's name…" He muttered the words of his late lord to himself while watching three bursts of flame eclipsing the clouds, two massive ones and one very small, but it didn't diminish the accomplishment in the sightliest.

A bunch of soldiers that served the family arrived at the location to watch their lord taming the mighty beast.

Valanar got up and roared

"DRAGON'S BLOOD!"

The massive wave soldiers that came to watch the whole thing shouted in return

"DRAGON'S MIGHT!"

Once the dragons landed, and they saw Kaelarys climbing down from the saddle, Valanar went on one knee, which was followed by all the soldiers in the vicinity.

"All hail Lord Kaelarys "Dragonfyre" Regallyon!"