I could see Monti’s face cringe as he slowly took a few steps back in cowardice.

“Monti…” I looked at him as he knelt down and covered his face cowardly. Could it be that bad? I looked again at the thick woods of the Ancient Elven Woods that we were in. The sound of twisted metal is nothing old or natural.

Then I saw it. A large dark figure moving as if feasting on its meal. I startled and out of my fast, unconscious reflexes I had shot an arrow at the moving figure. My arrow soared like an eagle as it flew into the dark woods. A loud thump was heard when all of a sudden I heard the outcry of a Mini Dragon furiously roaring in there. No, it can’t be the sound of a Mini Dragon, I thought. Its outcry was tremendously furious that got Monti panicking into the nearest bush.

“MONTI!” I screamed as I rushed to him, “We need to go NOW!”

I rode on his back, and he ran faster than I’ve ever seen. Cold sweat poured over my face as the hard wind blew me.

We stopped at the heart of Uruga and rested there. I hugged Monti hoping he would calm down a bit more.