our choices. He raised his eyebrows and nodded at us, like he was superior or something. We walked back this time with our weapons in our hands and waited for the other team to receive theirs. Once they did Guy (that is what I am calling the dud in charge, he looks like a Guy. seriously!) turned to us all and said, "Ready? Began!" It was started so suddenly that no one moved for a moment, than everyone registered and shot of down the path. Almost immediately Cole was apprehended and held suspended by a tentacle that had shot up out of the dirt as if it was water. "Cole!" Cried Henry. I wasted no time. I reached behind me for my quiver and put an arrow to the string. I pulled back and ran forward, aiming in to the hole as I ran. I released the string and the arrow flew into the hole and hit something with a slightly squishy thump. The tentacle released Cole and he fell to the ground and the tentacle slithered back into the hole. The ground closed behind the tentacle as if it was a automatic door. We stared at it for a little while before Henry suggested that we hurry up and get to the end of "this fucking death trap". Again as we started off a second time we were stopped. This time because a small army of what looked like goblins jumped from the trees and onto the path in front of us. They attacked us with a verity of what looked like prehistoric weapons. Not one of them was actually made out of metal. "Melee weapons, attack in a pincher movement!" Henry ordered. "Jayd! Stay behind us and shoot over our heads to attack!" We all nodded and moved to take our positions. Tobi on Henry's left, and Cole on Henry's right. I stepped back behind Henry and brought an arrow out of my quiver and knocked it. I looked behind me to make sure that there was not anything behind me, than turned my attention back to the scene unfolding in front of me. It looked like something out of The Lord of the Rings. I remembered that I was supposed to attack as well and brought the bow up and took aim. I shot and a goblin went down. Tobi struck and a goblin went down. Cole attacked and two goblins went down. Henry threw himself into battle and down went five. We continued to attack and slowly gained the upper hand. Once a group of three got past the three boys and were about to take me down. But I shot one and Henry turned and ran one through as I shot the other one. Then all was quiet. The rest of the goblins had fled and now we were alone. I did not see the other Team, they must have had better luck than us and moved farther ahead. Everyone except me had some cuts but none were to bad. After a minutes rest we got up, readied ourselves for another fight and continued down the path. As we walked I wondered how they chose the people in the end. If they have two competitions going on at the same time that would mean that they had more people in the end than that needed to complete the prophecy. "Hey Jayd! Hurry up!" Tobi called back to me, in my musing it seems as if I have fallen behind. I ran up and we continued walking. "STOP!" Someone says in a thunderous voice, almost scaring the pee out of me. So glad no one knew that. "NONE MAY PASS BUT THOSE WITH BRAINS!" "Guess that counts you out Henry," Cole joked nervously. "DO NOT TAKE THIS LIGHTLY YOUNG HUMAN! IF YOU ARE STUPID OR IGNORANT YOU DIE, HERE AND NOW!" The voice boomed out once again. And it was not like that one short guy's voice either. While his had been loud, it had been like Aggie's, the gym teacher. Nice and friendly. This persons how ever was anything but. I was terrified. All the same I guess I can not keep my mouth shut for to long. "So you want us to prove how smart we are? OK, how do you want us to do that? And what kind of smart? Book smart? Street smart? Maybe battle smart? Specify please." "OH HO! WE HAVE OUR SELVES A SMART ASS! THIS WILL BE VERY INTERESTING! NOW I AM GOING TO PROVE TO YOU JUST HOW GOD DAMNED IDIOTIC YOU ARE!" "So are you going to specify or not?" Just shut up Jayd! Damn I talk to much! "WHAT IS YOUR NAME STUPID ONE?" "What is it to you?" "Just answer the question," Henry hisses. "Why?" I asked, not bothering to be quiet. "He asks my name but does not even have the decently to introduce himself first? I refuse to answer him." "HA HA AHAHA! THAT IS A GOOD ONE! ACTING LIKE YOU YOURSELF HAVE MANNERS WHEN YOU DID NOT EVEN INTRODUCE YOUR SELF AND ASK ME MY OWN NAME WHEN I FIRST APPEARED!" "As a matter of fact I do have manners. And since you ran to greet us, you should have been the one to tell us your name and then politely ask for ours." There, I thought. That ought to teach him who is stupid and has bad manners. "Your right," said a quiet voice. "You failed Jared. She won." "NO!" Screamed the loud one, who's name apparently is Jared. "NO SHE DID NOT! THAT IS NOT TRUE!" "Screaming and stomping your feet is not going to change the rules of etiquette." A rather large lizard climbed out of the bushes next to the road. It turned it's head toward us and said in the quiet voice, "Congratulations, you have defeated the spoiled brat, now I am going to have to console him and find more books on etiquette for him to read." The lizard sighed. "Alow me to introduce my self, I am Torcal. Pleased to meet you. What pray, are your names?" We stared for a minute at the lizard that had vocals he could use to communicate with humans, before Tobi recovered and answered. "My name is Tobi and this is Henry, Cole and Jayd. We are pleased to meet you as well." He bowed courteously whilst motioning behind his back for us to do the same. Cole and Henry got it immediately, but once I saw everyone bowing I quickly got the message. Torcal nodded, accepting our respectful show. "Now quickly, continue on your quest. Find that golden egg or whatever." He sighed. "I hate being polite." "Are we supposed to find a golden egg?" "No, no. It was just an expression in reference to your quest." He sighed again. "I am surrounded by imbaciles!" He cried woefully. I roll my eyes and start walking down the road to whatever our next stop is, be it blood thirsty Unicorns or a One Eyed, One Horned Flying Purple People Eater. The others see that I am leaving and follow. "That was stupid." Tobi said. I can not tell if he means what I said and did, or the stop it's self. I chose to ignore it. And just as I expected, fifty five feet away from our destination is a huge and powerful and hungry, Dragon.
"Holy shit!" Screams the three boys behind me. I just stand there staring at it. I had never seen a dragon before. "I do not think that shit is very holy," I say somewhat distractedly, awed by the magnificent spectacle before me. "Shut up Jayd." I turned to Henry. "What is the best way to defeat a Dragon?
Chapter Seven
The Chosen Five
"What are you? Crazy?" Henry looks at me like he is sure of it. He speaks slowly as if speaking to a child who does very bad things. "You do not attack a Dragon if you are inexperienced. If you do, you will die. Understand?" "Yes," I answer grumpily. He did not have to talk that way. "So what do you guys think that we should do?" Tobi asks, always the peacekeeper. "I vote that we try to sneak past it somehow. We are obviously unable to kill it, or even knock it out. And the object of this challenge is to get to the platform safely and not get killed. So it is not as if we will get disqualified if we did not." Cole nodded, agreeing with him. Henry shrugged and said, "Can not think of a better way." They looked at me. "Well duh I agree with him! What, did you think that I wanted to fight that monster?" "So it is decided that we will not fight the Dragon unless impossible to do otherwise," Cole said. "But how are we going to get past without? And what if it attacks us? We should have two plans, plan A and plan B. Henry?" He away from the Dragon and at Cole. "You are in charge of plan B. That would mean that the plan revolves around killing or maiming the Dragon if it attacks us." Henry nodded. "Jayd?" I saluted, trying to keep the mood light. I am not very good at heavy atmospheres. Cole frowned at me. "This is serious, do not play around." I hung my head meekly. "Jayd, you are in charge of making sure that as we plan we do not get eaten. Also if both plans go awry, you are in charge. You seem good at thinking things up as you go, and so far that has worked out pretty good." "What about me?" Tobi wanted to know. "You and I are going to figure out plan A. How to sneak past the Dragon." Tobi emersed himself into thought and conversation with Cole. I, on the other hand, had nothing to do and was very bored. All I got to do was stare at a stupid Dragon for hours on end whilst the others made plans. Not that either one of those actually sounded good to me, I am more of a "go with the flow" kind of girl. Forget the planning and just do it. Unfortunately, that is not what the others liked. Not to mention that it does not always work out. More than once my compulsiveness had gotten me in to trouble. I sighed and started picking grass and twirling it between my fingers. eventually I started braiding it. Now you see just how bored I was. And as the Dragon that was not being watched swooped down on us, you see just how stupid I was as well. "Jayd!" Tobi and Cole screamed as the Dragon grabbed me and flew upwards. I screamed as well. I screamed bloody murder until my face started to turn blue. But the dragon
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