Chapter 2

I have been walking for half a day since I met her. I’m looking for her cave, but I have been unable to find it. I haven’t seen her fly by either. I know that I’m heading north cause the Havricks are south of home and I keep walking towards the setting sun.

By the size she was, Im sure that the cave will be pretty big. I see a small mountain a little farther to the west. I think it’s going to take another day to just reach there. The more I look at these trees, the more I keep thinking that I know where I am. But there is no way that the forbidden forest would reach this far.

Growing up, we heard tales of people that went into those woods and that they never came back. I used to think that the stories were made up to keep kids away but if she’s been living here the whole time. We need to keep people out of here. I need to find a place to sleep; there are other things that go bump in the night that are almost as scary as a dragon.

I have fought blood elves and werewolves. Those two are the worse. It didn’t matter how hard you hit them, unless it was a kill shot they just get back up. I do not want to run into any of those tonight. King Casper Anvil hunted vampires to the point I’m not sure if there are any left.

Thinking... I should sleep in a tree. I’m not sure what sleeps in these woods and when they wake up. So I need to find a tree, if I’m up in the tree at least I should be able to hear them coming. I wish I could just keep walking, there are only two hours until the sun sets and I don’t see the cave, so I’m sleeping outside.

Once I find a tree, then I have to climb it, ugh. Then I need to carve some magic into the tree. That way I may be able to hide through the night without a problem.

I’ll walk until I see a tree that does what I want. Then I will have to just lie low for the night. AI would love to eat but I don’t have any food and I don’t have time to hunt or have a fire, just says here I am.

There it is, a Thunk Oak they are the best trees to sleep in, they grow tall and only have branches after the first thirty feet. Most creatures can’t jump that high in one jump, so I will feel them climbing up.

There it is, my bed for the night. The smooth bark only broke from a stag rutting its horns on it, it must have been an elder stag in order to get its horns on both sides of this tree.

If there’s an elder stag around here that means that this should be pretty safe. Elder stags are really protective of their territory, I heard that they can fight head\-on with an Alpha werewolf or Vampire. Good, just have to add and seal.

Grandfather... This was the first thing you thought me when you found out I had magic. I press the staff’s crystal into the tree. Most people think that we have to draw circles and chant stuff in order to do magic. I laughed so hard when I heard this the first time.

Grandfather use to train mages when he was alive. He would teach them all sorts of things and told them when they reached his age would they be able to cast magic like him. I had asked him if he thought he was wrong for doing that, he said no.

He told me that people needed a teacher. Whether it is easy to cast magic or not, if you teach them how to do it better they are less likely to blow themselves up. He never charged them a lot but he worked hard with them and most of them in turn were loyal.

“Hide.” The clear crystal fills with light. The flows into the tree and the tree begins to fade into the back ground. I need to be careful, I only have five crystals with me right now and once they run out, I’m screwed.

I really need to start carrying more crystals with me. I have two fire, one water and one earth and my clear one. They are all mid\-level crystals, I can cast about twenty spells pre crystal. The four types are full and the clear one has about fifteen left. It also depends on the size of the spell.

In order to hide the tree for the night cost me three. It’s pretty simple, the stronger the spell the more of a crystal they use up. I know spells that can use up whole crystals, that is not cheap. I don’t want to worry about dying tonight, so it was worth it.

I slide a pair of daggers out of their sheathe. I may know magic but you can’t beat a cold metal knife to the face. It’s the truth, at some point you may run out of crystals and you still need to live. I may only be in my mid\-twentieth but I have trained more than my magic.

I plunge the daggers into the huge tree and work my way up. This was a better work out then I thought. It’s OK, once I find a branch I can go to sleep and once the sun comes up I can find her. It’s not every day that a dragon invites you to their cave.

Time to get some sleep. I’m not sure how much father I have to walk tomorrow. She never said how far her cave was, oh well. I’m not going to give up. I will find that cave.

“AHHHHHHH!” I jump up while on the branch. Her screams echoing through the woods, the howl of werewolves chasing her.

“Dang it, I thought I was going to get a full night of sleep.”

Going to switch the clear crystal for a fire and put earth in my buster. Guess it’s time to get dirty.

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