Rubbing her eyes as she awoke Myra yawned. She looked around to find Berwald had moved her in her sleep again. Not minding as much this time as usual because of the great view she smiled at him. He was rolled over onto his back, tightly holding onto her with his wings and arms. Chuckling she scratched beneath his chin making his hind leg kick. His bright blue eyes flashed open and he smiled down at her. During the night he moved them to the top of the nest. They watched as below the dragons sprung to life. Bright flashes of color scurried around the lush green nest. Since it was discovered the Viking had helped grow things that wouldn't normally grow down below ground. They had also made the opening much larger than it was so more sunlight could get in. As well as adding ladders and wooden platform for themselves.
Berwald tilted his head as he saw a fight start between the two heads of a Hideous Zippleback. He nudged Myra and she sighed "Alright I'll take care of it this time, but you need to learn how to deal with these things too you know? Sameera trusts you to take care of things when she's not around." She said grabbing one of the long ropes that were used for a quick way down. Twirling as she nimbly made her way down, running on the wall to change her momentum. She tightened her grip on the rope and she slowed just enough to land softly in front of the angered dragon. "You two again?" She asked, recognizing the pair because they enjoyed causing trouble. They lowered their heads in unison as they were scolded. Other recognized her authority, being recognized by Sameera as the new leader of the dragon riders. It was a big deal for anyone to be recognized by Sameera as any kind of higher ranked position, be they dragon or Viking. Myra sighed and reached her hands out. The Zippleback raised both of their heads and she rubbed them gently. "Now you two need to learn how to cooperate you here. Like it or not you're going to be together forever. Together you can do so many things. Try listening to each other more, see things through the others eyes, and I don't mean literally because I know you can do that. Now go off and get some more bedding for the Hatchlings. If you go to the sheep farmer he should give you what you need. You know where to go." She said patting them on the side before walking over to the edge of the layer she was on and sat down next to Berwald. Smirking she looked up at him, letting her legs dangle over the edge. "See it's that easy." She said,gently punched his shoulder and he did the same but a little too hard because she fell off the edge, landing on her feet a layer below. Berwald winced as he looked down at her from the layer above. "It's fine Ber, you just have to be more careful. I know if I was in any real danger you would have caught me. Now come on, I want to go see Sammera." She said and he jumped down to her. She walked onto his back and sat down with her legs crossed.
Berwald took off down the nearly straight drop, folding his wings in for extra speed before pulling up at the wide open icy bottom. Sameera lay in the middle of the opening, a large pile of snow as her bed. Large ice stalagmites and stalactites sprouted from the floor and ceiling. Unlike most of the nest this area was very cold. The only exception was the Fireworms who made a path to Sameera for the humans. Myra approached and bowed respectfully, only raisin her head when Sameera returned the gesture something she only did for the leaders of Kameri. She approached and sat down on the eye level ice platform with a blanket on it and sat down on it with her legs crossed. Berwald stayed back until Sameera said it was alright to approach and he joined Myra. Myra gave a detailed report of the recent activities around their territory of the island. Sameera listened and let out an icy sigh when Myra said their was a fish shortage. Sameera told her to ready to boats and that there was nothing to worry about. Before standing and walking to the icy pool that connected to the ocean. For generations Myra's family has been able to speak to the dragons and I hat was why they've stayed in leadership throught the generations.
"Come Berwald, we must hurry. It is rude to keep Sameera waiting." She climbed onto Berwalds back and held tight this time as she signaled for him to dive, exiting the same way Sameera did. It was quite a long way to the surface but they could make it. They had been doing this since they were children. Unlike the rest of the children, the heir bond with their dragon when they are very young. The only reason Myra's the next leader is because her brother cant talk to dragons and Sameera rejected him becaus she saw an evil in him when he fryer to force a dragon to bond to him. He was banished because of this and sent to a far away island where he was never heard from again.
Thoughts of her brother filled her mind as Berwald quickly made his way to surface, passing Sameera on his way up. They shot out of chilly water and hovered a bit, flapping his four wings in sinc. They both took a few second to catch their breath before taking off to she docks and informed the fishermen of what Sameera was going to do. The Raincutter's they used got ready, pulling the boats into position quickly. Berwald landed on his special perch and Myra got off and sat down on it, ready to enjoy the show. She looked up to see Greyon his much lower perch ready to watch with his Zippleback Rhea & Thia. The perch next to hers was empty and she was receiving increasing pressure from her grandfather to pick a second in command. Whenever the Leader stepped down the Dragon Rider Leader took their place and the second in command would become the new leader. The head warrior would become the new second comand and a new head warrior would be chosen. But when a heir is born everything changes. The heir becomes the new leader and if the heir has a child then they become second in command. That would lead us to Myra's current problem. Her father was the dragon rider Leader before her with her mother as her second in command and they had fallen in a battle with a Red Death, along with his Head Warrior and most their troops. So being the only heir she was promoted from being in training straight to Leader with an army of only kids just like her.