Chapter 3

The sun started to come up when I was about to enter the village. Honestly I did not see many people up and moving. What a poor habit. I just went straight to where the ceremony going to take place. No sense to go any where else when I have everything I need.

I looked around the place and noticed a dragon resting in a place out of the way and watching his rider. I realize that most of everyone was already up but was already here. It is amazing to see how everyone had fear of the dragon and kept a distance. 

"Hello! You look bored," I sent to him as I rode to a place near but away from the villagers and other people who came.

His head shot up as he tried to find the source.

"Try the only person on a white horse and armed," I sent to him to help him out. My name is Ariel Aslan. What are you called?"

"Raw," the dragon responded. "I am called Raw. How are you able to talk to me?"

"you should have already figured it out," I sent back to him in response. "It is one of my many gifts that I have and been using for over 15 years. I can speak to all creature by telepath."

"Time for the ceremony to start,"Raw told me.

I looked toward the stage and saw a man step forward.

"Welcome all," the man started. "I am Talon. Also My per-destined path is one of a mage. Here to day we are going to find out what your destine path will be. The stone of fate is known to tell what path you can take. Each path has it is own individual possibilities of there own. The stone of path will only tell you if your gifted, mage or dragon rider. Of course there is the rare chance that a few rarer fate paths will show up such as warrior, blade which is assassins, and peace makers. Each of these helps our society in this kingdom one way or another to keep us in working order. For the main ones the gifted has a gold color, mages will show green and dragon riders comes up as purple. Gifted ones will go to the right side, mages will stand behind me and Dragon riders will go to Raw to stand. If by any chance another color shows up you stay on the stage until we tell you other wise."

"Let's begin! I am Luke Heart and my dragon is Raw," he said. "I will be conducting this test. It is best to not cause trouble and do as instructed. Now I will start will the Males first and than the females follow after. One at a time will come up and touch the stone. If a color shows go to your respected spot that was told earlier."

Movement started to happen as the males all line up to start the process. 

"So boys. Lets start," Talon said. 

One at a time touched the stone and nothing showed up. This happened fifteen times and still we have not had a response from the stone. Finally a little half way through we end up with two mages, one gifted and one dragon rider. On it went with the boys and I was bored out of my mind. By the time the last boy was tested the end results three mages, two gifted and five dragon rider. 

"Females line up," Talon ordered and he glanced in my direction. "than start coming one at a time to the stone."

"Raw can you tell Luke that I will be going last," I sent to Raw. "I have a feeling that once I get tested it may cause a hug commotion and I want us to get through this."

"Yes I can," Raw told me.

I saw Luke look at me and nod his head with understanding of what I was doing.

The girls line went a lot faster than the guys. Only one mage showed up out of all the girls. Instead of dismounting I just rode my horse up to the stage making people move.

As I approach the stone of fate a surprise occurrence started up with the stone. At first I did not understand but I remember my father said that the stone of fate will react to peoples auras. I most have a strong aura for it to do this. One color I already knew would show up is gold. I was not sure what other color would show up. Once my hand laid down on the stone, a gust of wind blow out from it.

Everyone had shock faces. This has never happened before in this kingdom. On the stone a strong gold color showed up filling the whole stone following purple slash through it with a red boarder around the gold and a blue color highlighting each color in the stone.

"SHE IS A DEMON! That red proves it," Shouted my mother.

"Mother," I snarled out. "Shut your lying mouth up. You do not know what red or blue means."

Apparently the villagers did not like how I talked to my mother and chose to attack me. While everyone had another shock and I just defended myself from them. 

"It is a shame to see how far the guards of the village fell after my father died," I comment. "This is all that you guys can offer? All I can say is that this is very dishonoring to my father."

After stating that I unsheathed my twin swords and continued on with the guards. Having fun I continue to just defend and knock them away as they kept on coming. By the time I had ten guards down Raw was the first to pick up and pointed it out to Luke. 

"Call them off elder," Luke said. "From what I see these guards could have died more than once if she wanted to kill them. At first I wondered why she came armed but seeing how she is treated. I can see she predicted something like this."

"Stop it," Yelled the elder.

But the guard continued on.

'Raw, I am going to us my gifts now. Please have everyone who is not engaging me back away,' I told him. 'I do not want to harm anyone but I am going to have to give these guards something to remember.'

"All who not fighting back away now," Luke spoke out loud so everyone could hear. "Raw just informed me Ariel is going from defending to offensive."

"Os she really communicating with Raw?" Asked Talon.

"Yes," Luke responded. "Raw informed me that Ariel is a telepath and can communicate with all creatures. In fact she started to talk to him before the ceramony started. I believe she is very gifted and has already been trained. My question is going to have to be about who her father is? Why does she feel that everyone has dishonored him? So elder are you going to answer my question."