Dragon Riders
By: The White Dragon Rider
Disclaimer: The only things I own are my OCs Brass and Zero everything else are property of their respected owners
Happy 4th of July!
Chapter 14: Close Encounters of the Dragon Tales Kind
The Fair Grounds Parking Lot
Emmy, Max, their parents, and Enrique pulled into the parking lot just outside the fair grounds around 6:10 P.M.
The sun was still shining with blazing radiant heat onto the hard parking lot pavement
The parking lot was a big one that looked like a sea of empty cars shining in the suns rays when they arrived
No one else was in the parking lot since they had arrived late and everyone else was at the fair
"We should have come here earlier" said their mother to their father as they drove
They had spent five minutes looking for an empty space in the sea of parked cars
This was not fun since the car was hot and their father was mad about the parking price
"10$ for a parking space! That's insane!" he ranted as they drove around aimlessly
The combination of hot car and bad mood made the trip not enjoyable
They spotted a space in-between a red pickup truck and a blue van
"Finally!' said their father relived to find a spot at last
As soon as they approached a giant black hummer with snakes painted on the side that was blasting country music out the radio dashed by their car at high speeds into the free space before they could reach it (Guess who! We're not two pages into the chapter and he's messing things up already)
Their father nearly swore at the cheap move but kept his temper in front of the children and kept on looking
After five more minutes of driving they found a parking spot near the edge of the parking lot
It was near a concrete wall and some dumpsters but it looked to be the last spot in the whole parking lot (That's why you go to these places early!)
"That stupid hummer!" yelled their father angrily as they got out of the car
Emmy, Max, and Enrique got out of the car and waited as their mom tried to get their father to calm down
"Hey you guys" whispered Emmy to Max and Enrique
"What?" whispered Max back
"The dragons said they wanted to come to the fair to right?" whispered Emmy
"Yeah, but they'll be seen too easily" whispered Max back
"Can't they just use the hidden dragon spell?" whispered Emmy
"That tires them out too much" whispered Enrique
"It's too bad they can't co…" Emmy was cut off by the sound of a another whisper
"Emmy! Max! Enrique!" whispered an unknown female voice to the children
The children first looked to see if Max and Emmy's parents had noticed but their father was still ranting on about the hummer driver
The children then looked around to see where the voice had come from
Emmy quickly spotted Cassie peeking out from the side of the dumpster
She pointed it out to Enrique and Max discreetly
Emmy then mouthed forget me not to Enrique and Max
They nodded and knew what to do
"Forget me not" they whispered
Their was no sign they had even cast a spell after they had used it but the could tell it was working
The children ran over to the dumpster and looked on the side of it to see Ord, Cassie, and Zak and Wheezie hiding behind it
"You couldn't have found a better place to hide!" whispered Zak angrily to Wheezie
"It's where the portal dropped us!" whispered Wheezie back
"Emmy! Max! Enrique!" whispered Ord happily while giving his friends a gentle hug
"What are you doing here?" whispered Max while peeking around the corner of the dumpster to check on his parents
"We wanted to see a human fair" explained Cassie quietly so they wouldn't be heard by Emmy and Max's parents who were not even 20ft away from them
"You can't come" whispered Enrique to the dragons
"Why?" asked Ord quietly
"You'll be seen" whispered Enrique
"No we won't" said Ord happily
"What do you mean?" asked Emmy quietly
"We'll be invisible" whispered Zak
"But I thought you couldn't do the hidden dragon spell long" asked Max in a hushed tone checking on his parents again
"Quetzal and Sage gave us these" said Cassie quietly as she pulled out three blue crystals
"What are they?" whispered Emmy
"They're a special crystal found in Dragon Land that should let us become invisible without any spells so we won't waste energy on the hidden dragon spell" explained Cassie
"Yeah but they'll only last for a few hours and then they'll run out of power and we'll become seeable again" said Ord
"Cool! Now you can come with us without being seen" whispered Max excitedly
"Yeah but you'll have to be careful not to touch anyone" warned Enrique
"We'll fly over the crowd and follow you guys and land when we can to talk to you and see things up close" explained Cassie
"Ok, see you inside" said Emmy
"No you won't" joked Cassie
Everyone gave a quiet laugh
Max peeked around the side of the dumpster and saw his parents were gone
"Emmy! Mom and Dad are gone!" said Max urgently
"They must be heading to the front gate" said Enrique
"We have to hurry and catch up" said Emmy
The children gave their goodbyes to the dragons and hurried off to find their parents
The children found them walking to the fair completely unaware the children were gone
"Wow that spell works really good" said Max
The children walked up behind their parents and undid the spell
"Hey where are the children?" asked their mother realizing she hadn't see the children in a little while
"We're right here" said Emmy from behind her
Emmy and Max's mother and father turned to see their children and Enrique walking behind them
"Hurry up we don't want to be late" said their father
The children couldn't help but smirk as they headed to the fair
The Fourth of July Fair
They reached the ticket booth for the fair a little while later
"$5.00 for adults and $2.50 for kids" said the person at the ticket booth
Emmy and Max's father paid for all of them
"Thank you, enjoy yourselves" said the person at the booth as he handed them their tickets
They then entered the fair
The fair grounds was full of pitched red and white tents, some rides and games, a few long white tents for showcasing large things for sale or large activities, food vendors, and a huge white tent for the petting zoo they had that included a lot of farm animals
(I'm basing this off of a fair that comes to my little redneck town, I swear to you we have pig races, cow pulling, and tractor races! I have to admit though it's great for finding inspiration for Brass)
The fair was packed with all shorts of people enjoying all the festivities
"Wow it's amazing!" said Enrique as they walked through the rows of tents
He was amazed at all the sensations
The bright flashing rides and signs, the sound of people enjoying themselves, the sound of music being played by some bands on a stage nearby, the smell of all shorts of food being made as they passed the main food tent, the very "interesting" smell of the petting zoo tent as they passed it, and the screams of people on the really big rides filled the air
"I love coming here!" said Max happily
"Yeah!" agreed Emmy
They continued walking while deciding what to do
"Can we go on a ride first?" asked Emmy
"No a game!" argued Max
"Calm down! We have plenty of time to all the things you want" said their father calmly
"Si, let's let Enrique decide since it's his first time here" said their mother
Enrique thought about it for a second before deciding to go on a ride first
"I'll go on a ride first" said Enrique
"Ok, we can try that new one first" said Emmy pointing to a ride
It was on of those rides that had a giant spinning plate with a wall of little cages that people stood in as the plate spun around and when it went fast enough it would tilt almost 90 degrees on it's side
This particular one was blue and played music
It was called "The Sonic Boom"
"Alright!" said Max happily
"Can we go on it?" asked Emmy to her parents
"Um…I'm not sure, you are little for such a big ride" said her father unsure
"It'll be up to the man operating the ride" said her mother
They walked over to the ride and up to the man at the controls letting people on
"Excuse me sir? Are our children old enough to go on?" asked Emmy and Max's father
The teenager at the controls looked down at the little kids
"Sorry sir but policy states that…" the teenager was cut off by the sound of someone calling him from behind
"Hey you!" whispered someone to him from behind the ride
The teenager turned to see a small boy with black hair and a cowboy hat on calling to him
"Excuse me a second" said the teenager going to see who it was
"You better get out of their this is a off limits area" said the teenager to the boy
"Five dollars says those kids are old enough to go on" said the boy holding up five dollars and pointing to Emmy, Enrique, and Max
"Sorry but that's against policy" said the teenager
"Well if you don't want money I got something else green that'll make you happy" said the boy temptingly holding up a plastic bag of unknown green leaves
"Ok they're old enough" said the teenager to Max and Emmy's parents five seconds later
"Yes!" shouted Max happily not expecting this
"Let's go!" said Emmy leading Enrique and Max onto the ride
After the Ride
"Whoa! I'm so dizzy!" said Enrique happily as he staggered off the ride with Emmy and Max
"That was so cool" said Max walking like he was drunk off the ride
"They don't have rides like that in Dragon Land" said Emmy swaying from side to side a bit
"Yeah" said an unknown voice happily
The children looked around but couldn't see anyone
"Ord is that you?" asked Max looking around recognizing the voice anywhere
"Yup, we snuck on the ride so we could ride with you" said Cassie who was nowhere to be seen
"I thought I heard Zak screaming in the empty seat next to me" said Enrique
"Humans know how to do rides! They made a realllllllllllllly fast and spinny ride that plays music. LOVVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEE IITTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!" said Wheezie (Her sentences always kill my spell check)
Zak just let out a sick moan
"Let's go on some more!" suggested Ord happily
"We'll try save a seat for you guys on the rides we go on" said Emmy
"Thanks" said Cassie
"Let's get back to mom and dad" said Max pointing to his parents who were sitting on a bench waiting for the children
The children ran over to their parents and asked top go on another ride
As they walked away from the Sonic Boom they could hear someone yell angrily
"HEY! THIS IS POSION IVY!" (Brass strikes again!)
Later
The children went on a few more rides with the dragons
They had mostly no problems except a close call were someone nearly sat on Ord who was next to Max invisible
Right now the children were resting at some picnic tables near some of the food stands eating while Emmy and Max's mom dragged their dad around the tent where they were selling things
"This is really fun" said Max happily
"Yeah!" said a voice happily that Max recognized as Ord's
"Hi guys" said Emmy calmly not bothering to look for them since she couldn't see them
"Food!" said Ord happily spotting the food stands nearby with all shorts of snacks and drinks
"Ord you can't get any, remember?" pointed out Wheezie
"Why not?" asked Ord sadly
"You can't go buy some without being seen and you can't just steal it since stealing is wrong" said Zak
"Aw!" said Ord sadly
"Want some of mine?" asked Max offering Ord some of the popcorn he had bought
"Thanks!" said Ord happily eating some
"Careful guys" warned Cassie
Someone might find it weird that popcorn was just disappearing into thin air
Thankfully the children were at a table away from everyone else who was eating and everyone else was too busy with their own stuff to notice them
"This place is great!" said Enrique happily
"Human fairs are almost more fun than Dragon Land ones" said Cassie
"You haven't seen all of the fair yet though" pointed out Emmy
"It stinks we have to hide" said Wheezie disappointedly
"Yeah, almost as much as that dumpster" added Zak
"So what's this fair for?" asked Cassie curiously
"The Fourth of July" answered Emmy
"You're celebrating a day?" asked Wheezie confused
"It's a holiday" explained Emmy
"Oh! What holiday is today?" asked Wheezie
"The Fourth of July" said Emmy
"So you have a holiday called the Fourth of July on the 4th of July?" asked Wheezie confused
"I don't get it" said Wheezie confused
"What's the holiday for?" asked Cassie to change the subject
"I'm not totally sure but I heard from my daddy that it has something to do with freedom" said Emmy
"Freedom?" asked Cassie
"Today a long time ago the U.S. earned its freedom" said Emmy
"Why would it have to earn freedom?" asked Wheezie steadily becoming more confused with each passing explanation
"Some bad people kept doing bad stuff to us and told us what to do all the time and were being very mean" explained Emmy (You have no idea how hard it is to explain all this from the POV of a six year-old so bear with me)
"That's horrible!" said Ord
"So we fought them so we could be free" explained Emmy
"I kinda get it" said Wheezie
"So people were doing bad things to the people here and in order to be free they had to fight them so they could live in peace?" asked Cassie
"Basically" said Emmy (Ok with the stupid history lesson out of the way let's move on)
"So every year this fair is set up and we all ride on rides, play games, and watch fireworks they launch at the end of the fair" said Max
"Cool" said Wheezie
"When are the fireworks?" asked Ord
"They aren't until its really late, we go up on that hill and watch them form there" explained Emmy pointing to a tall hill overlooking the fair
"It'll be my first time seeing them, I'm so Excited!" said Enrique in anticipation
"You'll love them, they're really loud and bright!" said Max
"I can't wait either!" said Wheezie
"Well you're going to have to wait just like everyone else" said Zak knowing Wheezie had little patience
"But I can't!" said Wheezie
"Quiet Wheezie! We can't be heard" warned Zak looking around to see if anyone had noticed Wheezie's loud talking
While Zak and Wheezie argued Emmy turned to Max
"So Max having fun?" asked Emmy
"Of course!" said max happily
"You aren't concerned about…you know what?" asked Emmy cautiously
In fact Max had almost forgotten about last night he was having so much fun
"Don't worry, I'm fine. I almost forgot all about it" said Max calmly
"Ok that's good since I know it's hard to have fun when you are worried about something" said Emmy in a happy tone
"I'm fine" said Max reassuringly
Emmy gave him a happy smile and turned back to listen to Zak and Wheezie argue
"I wasn't talking that loud" argued Wheezie
"Maybe for someone with a megaphone" argued Zak
Wheezie gave him an angry growl
"Guys!" said Enrique urgently
Everyone stopped what they were doing to Emmy and Max's parents coming over
"Time to hide" said Ord
"We'll see you later" said Cassie
"Can't say the same for you" joked Emmy before the dragons hid again
"Having a fun time?" asked Emmy and Max's father as they walked up and sat down next to the children
"Definitely!" said Emmy
"Have you seen any of your friends here?" asked her mother
"Yup" said Max
The children couldn't help but laugh a little
"So have fun shopping?" asked Max
He knew how much their mother spent of stuff in the shopping tent
"All we got was junk" said their father
"What! I got some great stuff! And for good prices too!" said their mother
"They remind me of Zak and Wheezie at the cave swap" whispered Emmy to Enrique and Max
The children giggled a little at the remark
"What next?" asked Emmy and Max's mother to the children
"Games!" said Max happily
He wanted to try and win a few prizes that he had his eye on
"Let's go then!" said Enrique excitedly
The children all got up from the table and began to run to the games with their parents following at a much slower pace
Later
Sunset was just starting as the children and Emmy and Max's parents walked through the crowds at the fair
Max was carrying an insanely large stuffed blue dragon doll that he had won in a dart shooting game
The dragon was almost twice his size but was a lot lighter than him so it was easy to lift
Emmy had one a dragon like that too except it was pink and a lot smaller
Enrique had won a toy flute that he was now playing a little as they walked
All the games seemed a lot easier to them for some reason
Emmy thought it might have something to do with them being Dragon Riders
"So what now?" asked Emmy as they walked
"Well since you kids have been on every ride and played most of the games let's go and get a good seat on the hill for the fire works" suggested their mother
"Ok" said Emmy happily
All of them headed off to the hill
"Hey wait up!" said Max who couldn't keep up while carrying the dragon doll
Fairgrounds Hill
When they arrived at the hill Emmy and Max's mother took out a picnic blanket she had brought with her and placed it on the ground
A lot of other families had set up blankets and chairs to watch the show from in comfort
They all relaxed on the blanket while they waited
They looked at the amazing view from the spot they had chosen
They could clearly see the entire fair below them and most of the woods that surrounded the fairgrounds on one side
The scene of the bustling fair with all its lights and noise and motion was beautiful under the cloak orange light that sunset provided
"Wow it's pretty" said Emmy at the sight
"Yeah" said Max looking at it too
"This has been a great day" said Enrique
"I'm glad we came" said Max
"So are we" said a female voice from thin air
The children looked around quickly to see their parents talking to some other adults nearby before answering
"I'm glad you came too Cassie" said Emmy recognizing the voice
"I wish we didn't have to be invisible" said Wheezie who was nowhere to be found
"But still we had fun" said Ord
"So when do the fireworks start?" asked Zak
"Well they don't start for another hou…" Emmy was cut off by the sound of Wheezie yelling
"I see one!" said Wheezie
"What?" asked Emmy
The next thing everyone heard was screams and yells all around them
Emmy, Max, and Enrique turned to see everyone around them shouting and pointing into the sky over the fair
They turned to see what the people were pointing at
Over the fair in the orange sky was a bright blue ball of light
It was doing aerial maneuvers over the fair at an amazing speed
Max heart stopped the second he saw it
He instantly recognized it as the same thing he saw in the sky the night before
The memories of the pervious incident all came rushing back to him
The near collision, the touch of its cool metal, the intense brightness of the blue light, the blinding strength of the white center light, and the face…
…the face was what was stuck in his mind the most, the picture of it was burned into his mind and he could never forget it
Something about it just scared him more than anything had he had ever seen and sent massive chills up his spine
That's why he was so distant and distracted earlier that day
No matter ho hard he tried he couldn't forget that image
He could almost feel Ord's blue scales beneath him along with the cool summer night wind as he and Ord flew past the object
He almost felt like he was back high in the night sky looking up at this thing
"Max…" said Emmy snapping him back to the present
"…is that what you saw?" asked Emmy looking at it in amazement
"Yup" said Max seriously
"What's that!" asked Zak in a panic
"A firework!" yelled Wheezie happily
"Not a firework!" said Enrique seriously
"A UFO" said Emmy
"What's a UFO?" asked Cassie
"Sounds like letters to me" said Wheezie
"Me and Max ran into on last night!" said Ord fearfully
"It stands for Unidentified Flying Object" explained Emmy as the UFO continued flying around
"What's that mean?" asked Wheezie
"I don't know but it can't be good" said Zak fearfully as he noticed everyone losing their minds around them
Everyone was shouting and pointing to this object as it flew over the fair with mixed emotions
Some were excited, some curious, some terrified, and some UFO nuts that had come to the fair because of all the UFO sightings recently were rejoicing and praying to it
Suddenly the ball of light flashed like a strobe light for a few seconds before tilting to its side and crashing into the woods nearby
When it hit everyone could hear a loud BANG! sound followed by a pillar of blue light appearing in the middle of the woods behind some trees briefly
Everyone screamed and shouted some more after the light had crashed
"What happened!" asked Ord
"It crashed!" said Emmy
"What should we do!" asked Zak in a panic
"Nothing" said Max
After his last encounter he didn't want to get anywhere near that thing again
"We should go and check it out" said Enrique
"What?" asked Max
"Why should we do that?" asked Zak scared
"Because we're the local superheroes and it's our job to investigate weird things going on" explained Enrique
"No way! I'm not going!" said Max sternly
"Why not?" asked Ord
"Well…well…" Max tried to come up with an excuse since he didn't want them to know he was scared
"You're scared aren't you?" asked Emmy suspiciously
"I'm not!" argued Max defensively
Emmy gave him an "I know you're lying" glare
"Ok…I'm a little scared but if you had seen what I saw you'd be scared too" admitted Max
"So what do we do?" asked Enrique
"Max you can stay here if you want, we'll go and check it out" offered Emmy sympathetically
"I can?" asked Max
Emmy nodded
"It's ok if you're scared Max" said Emmy gently
Emmy couldn't help but want to protect her little brother whenever she could
"I'll stay with him Emmy" volunteered Ord
"But we need Max and Ord" said Zak
"Yeah, they're the strongest and only they can fight the really dangerous stuff!" said Wheezie
"We do need you Max" said Cassie gently
"Um…" said Max unsure
'I want to help my friends' he thought 'but…' the image of the alien's face flashed in his mind
"I'm sorry guys but…I'm too scared" said Max regretfully
"You won't be alone" said Emmy
"Huh?" asked Max
"We'll all be with you Max" said Enrique
Max looked around at all his friends…well the ones he could see
He then thought about all the times Ord had been scared and how Max had always stuck with Ord when he was scared and everything worked out just fine
'So long as I'm with my friends' he thought 'I'm sure I can handle anything!'
"Ok guys, let's go" said max confidently
The rest of the group cheered
Emmy looked around to see her parents talking frantically with some other adults about what had happened
"Perfect!" said Emmy happily
Emmy gave the signal for the others to use the forget me not spell
"Forget me not!" they said
Their was no sign the spell had been cast
Unlike most spells the forget me not spell had no flashes or bangs or any fanfare to announce it had been cast so that it could be used stealthy
The children quickly hid out of view behind a tree to avoid being seen running off by any bystanders
"Cassie you still got that invisibility crystal?" asked Emmy
"Right here" said Cassie pulling it out
"Where?" asked Emmy since Cassie and the other dragons were still invisible
Cassie put it in Emmy's hand
"How do we use it?" asked Emmy
"Just tighten your grip on it" explained Cassie
Emmy held onto it harder
It flashed for a second before Emmy became invisible
When Emmy became invisible she could see the dragons
"Where'd you go?" asked Max unable to see her
Emmy put the crystal into Max's hands
After both Max and Enrique did the same thing as Emmy they all mounted up in their regular forms and headed to the woods
The Woods
By the time the children got into the woods it was late sunset and the sky on the horizon was getting dark
The police had finally arrived and had set up a perimeter around the woods so that no one could enter
Since Emmy and the others had all been invisible they just walked right past the line of police officers and cars while the UFO nuts that had shown up were arguing with the police about going in the woods
The woods were dark when they entered and they gave the children an eerie feeling that scared the group
The entire woods seemed to be moving as a light night breeze made the trees and leaves sway
"This is spooky!" said Ord frightfully
"Don't worry Ord, it'll all be just fine" said Enrique reassuringly
Ord gave a light relived chuckle
"Until an alien monster pops out and eats us!" said Zak in a panic
Ord screamed
"We're trying to make Ord feel better, not make him cry!" said Wheezie angrily closing Zak's mouth with her hand
"What's going on!" asked Enrique in a panic
The group looked to see all of them becoming visible again
"I guess the Crystal Clear Crystal wore off" said Cassie
"No more invisibility for us" said Zak
"We'll have to handle this normally then" said Emmy
The group walked deeper into the woods
They wanted to get deeper into the woods before transforming so that people outside the woods wouldn't see the light and panic some more
"Ok here's good" said Emmy when she thought they were far enough in to transform
Everyone suddenly heard a rustling sound
"What's that?" asked Ord terrified
"Look!" said Enrique pointing to a nearby bush that was shaking
Everyone gasped and prepared for some horrible, ugly, monster to come flying out of the bush fiercely
Max could almost hear his heart stop as his sweat ran cold and his eyes widened in fear
'It's it! It's the alien!' thought Max as its face flashed in his mind again
He didn't want to face that thing again
Their bodies seemed to be paralyzed with fear as the bush shook again this time more violently
Everyone waited to see what kind of monster would come out of the bush
"GREETING YA'LL!" shouted Brass as his face popped out of the bush's leaves (Did you see this coming?)
The children and dragons did the anime fall (Hope you know what I'm talking about)
"Brass!" yelled Emmy angrily
"What are you doing here?" asked Max
"How'd you get across the police barrier?" asked Enrique
"Easy! I got here before they arrived and set up that barrier" explained Brass
"How?" asked Emmy
"Well I wasn't afraid to come in here after that UFO crashed like most so I just booked it in here after the crash and have been looking around for it ever since" explained Brass
"Have you found it?" asked Enrique
"No but I think it should be about a quarter mile into the woods that way based on where we saw it come down" said Brass pointing in the direction the UFO had crashed in
"Ok guys let's go and see what it is" said Emmy
"Wait! We still need to transform" pointed out Enrique
"Oh yeah, let's do that first" said Emmy
"Transform?" asked Brass "You mean like Power Rangers?"
"Just watch" said Max
"Ready guys?" Emmy asked the Dragons
"Ok!" said Ord happily
"Ready!" said Cassie
"Yeah! Let's do it!" shouted Wheezie
"Can I stay here?" asked Zak
"Ok then let's do this" said Emmy ignoring Zak
"DRAGON HEART!" they all shouted
In a bright flash or colored light they all transformed into their Dragon Rider forms
The children had on their cloaks while the dragons' bodies transformed
When they were done Brass looked at them
He had never seen them transform
"Go go Power Rangers! ♪" he couldn't help but sing mockingly (Sorry I just had to do that joke)
Emmy gave him angry look
"What?" asked Brass innocently
"Not funny" said Emmy sternly
"Now come on rangers…I mean riders, we have to go stop the evil lord doom from gathering the crystals of power and taking over the world!" shouted Brass mockingly
The children gave Brass an annoyed sigh since they got the joke but the dragons just looked at him clueless
"What's he talking about?" asked Wheezie to Emmy
"It's nothing" said Emmy annoyed and frustrated "Let's go"
Just as they were about to leave they heard a very loud sound above them
"What now!" asked Zak annoyed looking up with the others
They all look up through the thick tree leaves into the now mostly dark sky above
They spotted tons of helicopters flying over the forest
Some were green while others were pure black
"Ah crud" said Brass realizing what they were
"What are they Brass?" asked Emmy
"Military choppers, I was wondering how long the military would take to get here" said Brass still looking up at them as they passed
"What's that mean?" asked Zak
Enrique translated
"The military will be looking for aliens or UFOs in the woods too, they'll have ground units in the area within minutes" explained Brass as the last of the choppers passed
"So we can work with them to find what crashed here then" suggest Zak
Enrique forwarded this to Brass
"Baaaaddd idea" said Brass
"Why?" asked Emmy
"Some people already think you guys and your dragons are connected to aliens and UFOs. If they find you out here in the woods right after a UFO has crashed they'll probably have you in Area 51 before you can say "dissection" said Brass
"What's a dissection?" asked Wheezie
Enrique asked Brass for her
"It's like being checked out at the doctor…" explained Brass
"That's not so bad!" said Wheezie happily
"…A doctor that cuts you open like a letter and pulls your guts out one at a time!" said Brass evilly
The dragons immediately started screaming
"Don't worry, you'll get to live in a nice, cramped, electrified, metal cage for a while before you die and/or are dissected" said Brass happily
The dragons screamed again
"Brass!" screamed Emmy angrily
"I'm not kidding this time! You should never EVER get captured! …or else" said Brass seriously
Emmy back off a little after hearing he wasn't kidding this time
"We'll make sure to remember that" said Enrique
"Yeah" agreed Max
"So what do we do?" asked Enrique
"Umm…" Emmy thought about what they should do
"Leave it to me! I'll go and distract the Army while you look for the UFO" offered Brass
"Really?" asked Emmy
"Yeah just leave it to me! I'll get some stuff from my hummer, which is in a great parking space that I nearly had to run over another car to get, and come back into the woods and delay the Army" said Brass
"Ok good luck" said Emmy
"No problem!" said Brass giving her a salute before running off
"Think he'll be ok?" asked Ord concerned
"He'll be fine" said Emmy "Let's keep going"
The group then set off into the deep woods while Brass headed off to distract the military
A Path in the Deep Woods
The group ventured deeper into the woods in search of what had crashed
As they went the woods seemed to get darker and more foreboding as the light of sunset was swallowed by the shadow of night
Even though they all felt a bit better to be in Dragon Rider form they were still terrified by the eerie silence and the endless shadow that could contain any horrible monster their frightened minds could conjure
"What's that?" asked Enrique pointing down the path they were on
At the end of the path was an orange light
"That's it" said Emmy seriously
Max gulped in fear
"Are you ready Max?" asked Emmy sympathetically
Max didn't answer for a second
"I'll be with you buddy" said Ord reassuringly sounding a little scared himself
"Thanks" said Max to Ord
Everyone looked at Max who took a deep breath
"I'm ready" he said
Emmy and Enrique nodded
They then began walking to the crash site knowing their was no going back now
Crash Site
The group found the source of the light in a large grassy field with no trees in the middle of the woods
The orange light came from small fires scattered all around the center of the field
In the middle of the field was a long trench leading to a large hole that was obviously created by something crashing
In the hole was what everyone could tell was a UFO
It was a large disc-shaped craft with two small bumps on it, one on top and one on the bottom
The top one had what looked like windows all around it while bottom on was mostly buried under ground so they couldn't see it
With the bright blue light gone everyone could see it looked to be made of a shiny silver-like metal that reflected in the light from the fires that had started around it
"Whoa" said Wheezie looking at it in awe
"That's a UFO?" asked Cassie
"Definitely" said Emmy staring in amazement at it too
"Um…guys!" said Enrique sounding scared
"What?" asked Emmy
"Look!" said Enrique frantically
He pointed to something that made their hearts stop on a dime
A panel on the UFO was open and a long, metal ramp extended from the UFO to the ground
"I think someone left the door open when they…got out" said Enrique fearfully
The next thing Max heard was the sound of foot steps right behind him
The reaction for Max was that his neck hair stood on end, he was almost sure he felt his heart stop, and if he had needed to go to bathroom he would've done so in his pants
Max slowly wheeled around to face what was behind him
Max came face to face with the same face that had haunted him for the last day
The same gray face, the same pure black eyes, and the same thin mouth
The horror he felt was beyond words
Max was now standing right in front of a grey alien
The alien was about the same height as Cassie, its body was very thin like it had been starved and it had absolutely no hair on it at all
All Max could do was let out a terrified moan
Ord who was still looking at the spaceship with the others heard it
"Max what's…" Ord stopped mid-sentence when he turned to see Max and the grey
"MAX!" he screamed
When the others heard Ord yell they turned around quickly in shock to see the scene unfolding
A look of sheer panic came across Emmy's face when she saw the alien less than a foot away from Max
Ord's Dragon Rider instinct to protect Max kicked in
Ord quickly pushed Max out of harm's way and thrust his face right up to the alien's
Ord then let out a powerful dragon roar that sounded fiercer that any lion's or bear's
The alien fell back in fear to the ground
Everyone else got ready for a battle
The dragons extended their claws and the children summoned their blades and got into a fighting stance
The alien got back to its feet and began to run away
The children and dragons went after it
The alien only got a few feet before it tripped and the children and dragons surrounded it
Max anxiously held his blade firmly as they stood around the alien waiting for it to attack
Then Max noticed something
The alien was shaking violently on the ground
'What the? Is it…scared?' thought Max in disbelief
The rest of the group noticed this
"Please don't hurt me" said a timid voice
"Huh? What was that?" asked Wheezie
"I think it…talked!" said Emmy in disbelief looking down at the alien
Everyone looked down on the alien to see it look up at them
"Please don't hurt me" it said
Everyone stepped back in shock
Max was amazed by this; the thing he had been fearing for so long was terrified of him
Max had expected a face that scary to belong to a monster but now that he saw the alien better he realized the alien was really weak and small
And now its face that was full of fear hardly looked scary at all
Instead of a monster Max now saw a scared strange creature that looked helpless and hurt
Max did something no one expected
He sheathed his sword and offered the alien his hand
"Need some help up?" he asked gently
"Max?" asked Emmy surprised
"I don't think it wants to hurt us Emmy, I think it must be afraid of us" said Max his hand still reaching down
"I think he's right Emmy" said Cassie
The alien looked at Max for a second cautiously before grabbing his hand
Max helped pull the alien up
"Are you ok?" Cassie asked it
"I'm fine" it said
Cassie was shocked by this for a second
Somehow this thing could understand dragon
"Who are you?" asked Emmy
"My race and my name cannot be said in your language, but since you humans seem to like this name for my people call me Grey" it said
"Ok" said Cassie
"So you're a real live space alien?" asked Enrique
"In the terms you humans would use, yes" said Grey
"This is amazing" said Enrique
"What are you doing here?" asked Emmy
"I have been sent here to study the life on this planet" explained Grey
"Study?" asked Enrique
"Yes, I have been flying over your populated areas studying your way of life" explained Grey
"That explains the UFO sightings" said Enrique
"Why?" asked Ord
"My people are known for our desire to know everything we can; we have spent millennia gathering all the information we can on everything. When we found this planet we found some very interesting life forms on it and we decided to learn all we could about them" explained Grey
"So you aren't here to invade us?" asked Emmy
"Of course not. We are very peaceful and have no need to engage in hostile interactions with the local species" said Grey
"Um…What?" asked Emmy confused
She and the rest of the group didn't understand half of what it had just said
"No" said Grey simply
"Oh" said Emmy
"We're sorry about attacking you before" apologized Cassie
"Yeah" said Wheezie regretfully
"Sorry" said Zak
"We thought you were going to hurt Max" said Ord
"I should have concluded it was all a misunderstanding. No harm done" said Grey
"I guess we were all so afraid because we had no idea what you were and thought you were dangerous" said Enrique
"That is why we study your species" said Grey
"What?" asked Enrique confused
"My people are still trying to determine if you humans are a threat to us, we have seen just how violent you humans are with your wars that are ravaging this planet along with other atrocities" explained Grey
"What do you mean?" asked Max
"We know that humans can be very greedy and are not hesitant to engage in hostile actions to attain land, money, power. We have decided to avoid contact with humans due to the fact that we believe they could react to us violently" explained Grey
"We're getting along with you" said Max
"And besides not all humans are bad" said Ord
"That might be true but as long as there is a possible threat to us we shall avoid humans" said Grey
"So what happened to your UFO?" asked Emmy to change the subject
The grey walked over to his ship and pointed to the roof
On the roof was what looked to be the remains of a weather balloon on top of a small silver patch of metal
"I was flying over the human gathering to do recon on it when I hit that human device midair; it covered the gravity field generator" explained Grey
"What's that mean?" asked Wheezie
"My ship can't fly with that covered so I crashed into the forested area" said Grey in simple terms
"Oh" said Wheezie
"I came out here to fix it when you showed up, I hid form you but curiosity got the better of me when I saw you strange reptilian creatures and I had to come and get a better look but you noticed me and attacked" explained Grey
"Sorry about that again" said Ord
"It's no problem, just what are you? My databanks never showed such a life-form on this planet" asked Grey curiously inspecting the dragons
"We're dragons" said Ord
"Dragons? Our probes never detected such beings on this planet before" said Grey curiously
"They disappeared off the planet 500 years ago since humans were hunting them" explained Emmy
"We've been studying the planet a lot longer than 500 years and we still never detected them" said Grey
"We're magic and magic can't be seen by electronics" explained Cassie
"Magic? Our records told of such an odd thing on this planet, we believed it to be nonsense since we couldn't explain it scientifically" said Grey
"It's real and it can't be explained" said Emmy
"Interesting! I'm going to have to add this information into our databanks for further study" said Grey still inspecting the dragons
"But first I need to fix my ship" he added
"We can help you" said Emmy
They all helped fix up Grey's ship so he could leave
After he left they went back to the fair and enjoyed the fireworks and had a great peaceful night
The End...
(JUST KIDDING! I can't have things end that smoothly! Time for all heck to come out of hiding! Battle time!)
"We can help you fix your shi…" Emmy was cut off by an energy blast flying right past her head missing by inches
Everyone instantly got into fighting stance and turned to the direction the blast had come from
They all turned to see a man with pure white hair in a black cloak
He had on sunglasses and was holding some kind of laser pistol he had nearly hit Emmy with
"Who are you!" yelled Emmy angrily
"My name is not of any importance" said the man smugly
"What's that mean?" asked Emmy angrily
"My work requires me to be secretive" said the man
"Are you with the military?" asked Max remembering Brass' words
"You're partially correct, I'm with the a secret branch of the government in charge of dealing with unexplained occurrences involving Unidentified Flying Objects" said the man
"What's that mean?" asked Max
"He's here for me" said Grey
"It can talk amazing" said the man casually being lightly impressed "I'm going to have fun dissecting you"
"What?" asked Ord in horror
"Why would you do that?" yelled Max angrily
"It's my job to investigate Aliens and UFOs to see what threat they pose to national security" said the man smugly
"He's not hurting anyone! He just wants to leave" said Emmy
"Well, you see that's a problem for me that I can't allow. My number one objective is to keep my bosses' "interests" safe" said the man sounding amused by all this
"What does that mean?" asked Enrique
"He is after the my kind's technology and science, he is suppose to either capture me so he can interrogate me for my secrets or kill me and retrieve my spacecraft" said Grey
The dragons gasped
"He's correct, so as long as I get something out of it he's a threat" said the man with a slight evil laugh
"We're not going to let you do that!" said Emmy fiercely pointing her pink sword towards him
"Now just who are you anyway?" asked the man with slight curiosity "You're not grays from what I can see, what kind of alien are you?"
"We're not aliens!" said Enrique
"We're the Dragon Riders!" said Emmy fiercely
"We're superheroes!' said Max proudly
The man just bushed aside some of his hair that was in his face casually
"So you're the Dragon Riders huh?" asked the man unimpressed "It doesn't matter, my orders are to either eliminate or capture those who resist. It's your choice die here or be dissected later"
"You don't scare us!" said Emmy
The man gave an evil smirk
The man then made a clicking sound with his fingers
Suddenly tons of men in all black armor came piling out of the trees behind him
The soldiers all had on pitch black armor with full head helmets that had an orange visor on it
All of them came carrying what looked like rifles with glowing orange parts on them
Emmy assumed they were laser rifles like the man's gun
The man gave another smirk
"Scared now?" he asked smugly
"Terrified" said Zak
"Emmy…" said Cassie nervously
"What do we do?" asked Max to Emmy worried
Emmy thought about what to do
They hadn't had a fight this big since the bank and from the looks of things the bank was nothing compared to this
"Don't worry guys, even if there are a lot of them we can still take them" said Emmy confidently being nervous herself on the inside
This made the group feel a lot better
Emmy, Max, and Enrique got into a fighting stance with their blades
All three of them tightened the grips on their handles in anticipation
The dragons also got into a fighting stance
"Ready guys?" asked Emmy
"Yes" said Cassie
"Yes" said Ord
"Yes" said Max
"Yes" said Enrique
"Yes" said Wheezie
"No" said Zak
"Good" said Emmy ignoring Zak
"Here we go!" said Emmy as the group charged
As they ran the men in black armor opened fire with their rifles which shot orange energy blasts
Emmy was right about them being lasers
Emmy ran forward at high speed with Cassie
Both veered to the side and ran as low as they could to the ground to avoid the laser fire
When they approached the group of men Emmy and Cassie jumped at two of the men in black armor
Emmy gave one of them a quick slash to the chest
Emmy watched as her blade cut into the armor a few inches on the chest
Cassie gave some rapid slashes to the torso area of the other man in black armor
When she stopped she could see some deep scratches into the armor
Both quickly jumped back to a safe distance to avoid being hit by counter-fire
Emmy looked at the men she and Cassie had hit
"No way!" she said in disbelief
Despite the attack both seemed to have not even flinched
"What happened?" asked Ord seeing how both men were still standing
"They can't get through the hard armor!" said Enrique
Emmy gave a frustrated groan and charged again
This time she attacked several of the men in back armor with a string of rapid, swift slashes while dodging and blocking laser fire with her sword
When she fell back to were the rest of the group was she saw she had only put some deep scratches in their armor and the men were still unfazed
"It's no use we can't pierce that armor" said Emmy in defeat
"Emmy! Cassie! Go and protect Grey! We'll fight them" said Enrique
Emmy and Cassie nodded and quickly fell back to the UFO to protect Grey
"Ok guys our turn" said Enrique as he Zak and Wheezie charged
Wheezie began to unleash rapid combos on multiple enemies very quickly
She looked like a tornado with claws as she did rapid spinning claw attacks to several of the men in black armor at once
Enrique used Wheezie's style and followed suit with rapid slashes with both blades to multiple enemies
The men tried to counter-attack by shooting them with their rifles but they were using acrobatic-like flips and rolls to avoid the laser blasts
Also both were moving so fast it was impossible to get a good sight on them
Wheezie and Zak gave four rapid slashes to a man before doing a back-flip to avoid him shooting back at them in retaliation
Enrique meanwhile did a low sliding slash at the legs of a man who was shooting at him
Unfortunately another of the men in black armor took aim at him and opened fire
Enrique quickly jumped up but couldn't avoid the laser blast coming towards him
Enrique put both his swords in front of him to block the attack
The laser hit with enough force to blow Enrique back to Zak and Wheezie
He came crashing down on the ground hard
"Enrique! Are you alright?" asked Zak
Enrique got up off the ground
He had several small bruises and scratches and his head hurt a bit but he was ok
"I'm fine" he said
"Dragon Heal!" shouted Emmy who was still next to the UFO
Enrique was quickly healed completely by the spell
"Thanks Emmy" said Enrique graciously
"Aw this isn't working!" said Wheezie frustrated
"Look over their!" said Enrique pointing to Max and Ord
Zak and Wheezie saw Ord and Max fighting the men in black armor
Ord was busy delivering powerful punches to anyone who got in his way
The punches easily sent the men flying
Every time the sound of crunching metal was heard it signaled that Ord had just brought down another enemy
Ord wasn't even bothering to dodge since his scales protected him easily
Ord was just walking through the group of men in black armor devastating anyone who got in his way with a powerful punch
Max was doing good to; he was using the side of his blade like a bat and was also blowing the men away with surprising strength
"Whoa!" said Zak
"Look at them go!" said Wheezie
"That's it! We need to use power to beat them!" said Enrique
"Leave it to me then" said Zak
"Go get 'em!" said Wheezie
Zak pulled back his green scaly fist and delivered a hard blow right to a man in black armor's face
Zak could see bits of black metal and orange glass fly through the air as he smashed the man's helmet and cracked his orange visor
The man fell to ground with a dull thud
"It does work!" said Wheezie
Zak did the same thing several more times
After about a minute all the men were on the ground beaten
Max, Ord, Enrique, and Zak and Wheezie panted slightly from the fight
"Had enough!" asked Max to the man with sunglasses
The man just smirked again
He clicked his fingers again
This time even more men in black armor showed up out of the woods behind him
Everyone looked in shock as they stormed out from behind the cover the trees had given them
"Aw man! How are we suppose to beat all them!" asked Zak
"Give it up you're going to die here, face it" said the man with sunglasses with a evil laugh at the end
Everyone thought that it was truly hopeless now
'It can't end like this, can it? I won't let them beat me! I won't!' thought Max
"I don't know and I don't care but I'm not giving up yet" said Max determinedly
Max charged forward towards the group of men
As he charged something amazing happened
Ord's dragon badge started glowing
"What's going on? I didn't do anything!" said Ord confused as he looked down at his glowing badge
"You didn't but Max did, remember that Sage said we share a heart so I guess Max can trigger it too" said Emmy
"Didn't they also say that when the dragon badge glowed it meant we would get stronger?" asked Enrique
Ord took out his spell book which was now glowing
Inside he saw all new spells for them to try
Meanwhile Max had charged one of the men and leapt into the air
Max's sword glowed bright blue as he brought it down on one of the men in black armor
Max watched in horror as the blade cleaved the man in half
'Impossible! You can't kill people with a dragon blade!' thought Max
"Max!" screamed Emmy thinking he killed someone
The man's body fell to the ground in two halves
Max could clearly see the inside of the black armor
Inside the man was all electronic and had sparking wires sticking out where Max had cut it
This wasn't a man it was a robot!
"Emmy, they're robots!" shouted Max
"Robots!" said Emmy
"What's a robot?" asked Cassie
"It's like a machine that can move and can think with a computer" explained Emmy
'Wait a second…a machine! That's it!' thought Emmy as she came up with a plan to beat them
"Guys use your spells! Machines can't handle magic attacks!" shouted Emmy remembering Magic and computers was a bad mixture
Zak and Wheezie quickly turned to face the black armor robots that were across the field from them
"Do Re Mi Blast!" they shouted
The spell quickly fired from Zak and Wheezie's badges and flew across the field
Everyone watched as not only was the robot that was hit directly by it was blow up but the ones that were nearby shorted out
"It works!" said Wheezie happily
"Ok then let's get them" said Enrique
"Enrique, Zak, and Wheezie stay here and protect Grey and use your spells and sniping to attack from here" ordered Emmy
"Ok" said Enrique
"What'll we do Emmy?" asked Cassie
"Our spells are some of the strongest, remember?" said Emmy with a confident grin
Cassie also had a confident smirk
"Max let's use the new spells" suggested Ord
"Alright!" said Max happily
Max opened their spell-book and looked at the new spells
"Ord use this one" said Max pointing one out
Ord looked at it and nodded
"Let's go!" said Emmy as she, Max, Cassie, and Ord ran towards the group of black robots
The robots opened fire with their laser rifles on the charging group
Max and Ord had no problems with it but Emmy and Cassie hard to keep dodging to avoid being hit
Max looked in his spell-book for something that would help
One spell looked like it might help somehow
"Dragon Strength!" shouted Max
Without warning a glowing blue aura surrounded Emmy
"What's this?" asked Emmy looking at herself glowing as they ran
"Hope it's something good" said Cassie worriedly as another volley of laser blasts headed their way
They couldn't get out of the way in time
All the blasts hit Emmy since she was in front
"Emmy are you ok?" asked Cassie worriedly
Emmy looked down at herself to see not one scratch
"I'm fine" said Emmy surprised
"Cool it must've protected you" said Max
"Let's see what else it can do" said Emmy with a grin as she jumped up and brought her blade down on one of the robots
It cut the robot in half like Max had done
"I thought Emmy couldn't break the armor" said Cassie
"That spell must've made her stronger" said Max
"Cassie do you need one?" offered Ord
"No I think I can handle this" said Cassie
Cassie began blasting robots with her pink, rapid-fire dragon breath
The robots began falling left and right under the onslaught of Cassie's blasts and Emmy's speedy supercharged swordplay
Ord and Max began hammering away with powerful attacks of their own
Ord delivered a strong tail-whip that sent ten robots around him flying
Max began slicing through the robots with his huge blade with ease
Max quickly blocked a volley of laser blasts with his sword and then jumped up and cut a robots head right off
Another robot was about to retaliate against Max when it was destroyed by a green energy beam from Zak
Max gave Zak a quick thumbs up before returning to the fight
While the others fought Zak sniped from the UFO for support
Enrique would add in a strike raid from time to time to help too
Suddenly a volley of fire came from the robots and was heading towards Zak and Wheezie
"What do we do?" asked Wheezie
"Let's us that spell we found yesterday" suggested Zak
"Spell? Oh yeah!" said Wheezie
Zak and Wheezie put their hands in front of them and cast the spell
"Sound Barrier!" they shouted
A barrier of green and purple energy formed in front of them
When the lasers struck they were blocked by the barrier
Then a huge shockwave of sound came pulsating out of the shield
It flew across the field and blew the robots that had shot at them away
"Nice spell" said Enrique
"It was nothing" said Wheezie
The fight continued on for quiet a while
Emmy and Max were getting exhausted
Ord and Cassie could see that they were getting really tired
"We better end this soon" said Cassie as she blasted a robot with five dragon breath blasts
"Yeah" agreed Ord as he hit a robot's head with enough force to take it clean off
"Emmy let's finish this!" shouted Cassie
Emmy nodded
"Me and Max will launch our strongest spells then you guys do the same" said Emmy
Ord and Cassie nodded
"On three! 1…2…3!" said Emmy
"Dragon Fire!" shouted Emmy
A giant pink energy beam came flying out of Emmy's hand
She moved it along the army of robots destroying about one forth of them in a massive line of explosions
"Dragon Strike!" shouted Max
Max jumped high into the air
Max raised his sword up while in the air
The sword started glowing with a powerful blue energy
Max then brought the blade down on a robot below him
When he cleaved the robot in half the blade released a powerful blue shockwave that obliterated the surrounding robots
Emmy and Max had about halved the remaining robots
"Ord let's do it together" said Cassie
"Ok!" shouted Ord
"I'm going to use one of the new spells!" warned Ord
"Dragon Roar!" shouted Ord
Ord's eyes glowed blue as he reared his head up towards the sky
His entire body glowed with blue energy
Ord opened his mouth and let lose a fierce roar towards the sky
Max and Emmy had to cover their ears it was so loud
While he was roaring he released an energy shockwave that traveled along the ground
Everyone watched in awe as the ground around Ord began to crack
The ground in the area began to shake and pillars of rock came busting out of the ground smashing some of the robots
Cassie flew right above Ord while all this was going on and cast her own spell
"Energy Rain!" shouted Cassie
A ball of pink energy formed in her hand
She pointed her hand to the sky and released it
The ball flew into the air and separated into pink energy arrows that were pointed towards the ground
The arrows hung for a second before they all came crashing to the ground in powerful explosions
The combo devastated the robot soldiers
They had nowhere to run
They were blown away by Ord's roar, pillars of rock smashed them to bits, and they were blown up by the rain of explosions caused by Cassie's arrows
When it was all over the place looked like a war zone
The ground was cracked, broken, burnt, and littered with the remains of what was left of the robots
When the dust cleared not one robot was standing
Emmy, Cassie, Ord, and Max fell to the ground in exhaustion
"That was hard" said Emmy panting heavily
"But we did it" said Cassie happily but breathlessly
"Don't think you've won yet" said the man in sunglasses smugly
"You're out of robots!" said Max
"That might be true but I still have the military forces in the area to back me up" said the man in the dark suit
Everyone looked at him with dread
The man pulled out a radio and turned it on
"Hello captain, I need your troops at the crash site" said the man calmly
Whoever the man was talking to didn't answer
"Where are you!" the man asked angrily finally losing his air of calmness
The person on the other end didn't reply but they could overhear something on the radio
They could hear shouts coming over the radio
"Get back here you demon child!"
"Get him!"
"Leave me alone! I didn't know those fireworks were illegal!" came Brass's voice
"Get him you idiots!"
They could hear people chasing Brass around on the other end
The children and dragons all began to smile
"Thanks Brass" said Emmy under her breath
"It looks like you're all alone now" said Emmy getting up
The rest of the group got up and looked at the man in the suit
"We win" said Max with a grin
The mysterious man in the black suit finally looked nervous
"Impossible! How could I be beaten!" he asked frightfully backing away from were he was standing
"Because…We're the Dragon Riders!" said Max proudly
Ord gave a big roar
The man booked it out of their as fast as he could
Everyone gave a sigh of relief when he was gone
Emmy, Max, Ord, and Cassie walked back over to the UFO where the others were
"That was amazing!" said Grey looking at them
"Our records said that the nuclear bomb was the most powerful thing on the planet but after what I have seen I doubt it is" said Grey
"It was nothing" said Ord with a blush
"Thank you for saving me" said Grey
"It was the least we could do after attacking you earlier" said Enrique
"Well it appears as though you dragons were right in saying that not all humans are bad" said Grey looking at the children
"We're glad you think that" said Emmy with a smile
"I shall definitely tell the others of my race about you" said Grey
"We still need to help you fix your UFO" said Enrique
"What about this mess?" asked Zak pointing to all the broken robot parts
"Maybe Brass will know what to do with them" suggested Cassie
(Brass+ secret government battle tech bad stuff coming)
Cassie flew over to the top of the UFO and pulled the remains of the weather balloon off the roof
As soon as the sliver patch of metal under it was exposed the ship began to glow blue again and lifted a bit off the ground
"Wow!" said Max looking at it in awe
"Thanks again my friends" said the Grey going up the ramp to the open ship hatch
"You're leaving already? Why don't you stay for the fireworks?" suggested Emmy
"I'm sorry but I must be going farewell! I shall not forget this!" said Grey before he ran up the ramp into the UFO
The ramp retracted and the door shut
Everyone waved as the UFO gentle rose father off the ground
When it got to a bit above the trees it took off like a rocket into the sky like it had the night Max and Ord had first run into it
Their was a brief moment of silence as the group stood their looking into the night sky
"So what now?" asked Max after a second
"The fireworks start soon, let's get back to the hill" said Enrique
"Ok" said everyone
"We'll have to fly so we aren't seen" said Cassie
They had used up the crystal clear crystal on the way to the forest
"What about Brass?" asked Wheezie concerned about what happened to him
"He'll probably be fine" said Emmy
"Si, I don't think even the military could stop him" joked Enrique
"We'll tell him about this place and maybe he can figure out what to do with all these broken robot pieces" said Emmy
"Let's go back to the hill, I hope we can find mom and dad after what has happened" said Max concerned
Everyone quickly mounted up and took off into the night sky
The Fairgrounds Hill
They arrived at the hill shortly thereafter
Emmy spotted her mom and dad on a blanket near a tree talking about the strange light earlier completely oblivious to the fact the kids were missing
The dragons managed to land in the tree
The children got off the dragons and stood on one of the tree branches
They used the trees thick leaves to cover their transformation back to normal form
The kids climbed down the tree and back onto the ground
The walked up behind their parents and undid the spell
"Oh honey where are the children?" Emmy and Max's father asked their mother realizing her hadn't seen them for a while
"We're right here" said Emmy happily behind them startling her parents
"Where have you been?" asked their mother
"We were over there playing" said Max pointing to another empty spot on the hill
"Oh, I told you kids not to go too far" said their mother
"Sorry" said the children lightly
"So what happened with that light?" asked Emmy to look normal
"Well after all the crazy talk of UFOs the military was called in of all people!" said their her father
"Really?" asked Max with a slight chuckle
"Yes, everyone actually thought that a UFO had crashed. The military went in and searched the woods after a lot of bangs and flashes were heard and seen inside the woods" said him father
"Oh, what was it?" asked Max nervously worried that people had heard some of the explosions from the battle
"It was all a punk kid playing with fireworks in the middle of the woods because he couldn't wait for the show" said his father
"Really?" asked Max knowing who it was he was talking about
"Yeah, he struggled a bit with the troops sent into the woods. After they caught him he admitted that the blue light was an illegal firework of his and this was all a big misunderstanding" said Emmy and Max's father
The children gave a sigh of relief
"What'd they do with the kid?" asked Emmy
"They let him go" said her father
The children smiled at this news
They knew Brass was alright
"So when does the show start?" asked Enrique
Emmy's mom looked at her watch
"Three minutes" she said
Emmy, Max and Enrique then sat down on the blanket Emmy and Max's parents had set up
"This has been an interesting day" said Max sounding a little tired
"Yeah" agreed Enrique
"But now at least we get to see the fireworks" said Emmy relaxing
"Why do you celebrate with fireworks anyway?" asked Enrique
"Because there is nothing more American than explosions!" came a voice with a western accent behind them
The children turned to see Brass standing near the blanket
"Hello Brass, are you here with your parents too?" asked Emmy's mother cheerily
"Yes maam! They are on a different part of the hill. I asked them if I could come and sit with my friends and they said yes. Is it alright with you?" asked Brass
"Sure!" she said happily
Brass sat down near the other kids
"Hi Brass" said Max
"Hi" said Brass
He then leaned over to the other kids
"What happened with you know what?" asked Brass in a whisper
Max told Brass about what had happened quickly
"Da Gone!" said Brass
"Yeah and we were hoping you would know what to do with the robot parts" said Max
"I can't think several things" said Brass with a mischievous look in his eyes
"By the way thanks for the cover story" said Emmy
"Yeah it was perfect" said Enrique
"Like I said I'm good at lying" said Brass
Emmy was about to say something back but was cut off by the sound and light of a firework going off in the sky over the fair
"It's starting!" yelled Max happily
The children watched as the fireworks exploded over the fair in amazing colors and sounds only fireworks can deliver
The dragons watched the show from the tree they were hiding in near the children
"Wow!" said Cassie
"LOVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEE ITTTTTTTTTTTTTT♪!" sang Wheezie
Thankfully most of her voice was drown out by the fireworks
"Even I like explosions like this" said Zak
"Ohhhh Pretty!" said Ord
The dragons and children watched as the fireworks exploded over the fair
At one point Max thought he saw a blue star moving across the sky
Chapter End
Next Chapter:
Chapter 15: Airline Announcements
Emmy and Max hear that a relative is going to be married and their family has been invited to the wedding. Emmy and Max's mom and dad decide to make a vacation out of it. They bring Enrique and his family along too and Brass and Zero follow along for their own reasons. The children have to get onto a plane at the airport but that might be harder than it sounds with Brass causing problems at every step of the way. Just where are they going? You won't believe it trust me