𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞: 𝐈𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬

𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐌𝐮𝐝 𝐒𝐰𝐚𝐦𝐩

The girls and I shuffled through the gross feeling of the mud of the swamp in our shoes before we heard a loud boom. "What was that?!" Stella yelped with the sudden noise as we made our way over to the source.

We approached a Red Fountain spacecraft, the closer we got the more apparent it seemed. The same boys that were at the ball the previous night were struggling their way out of the crashed ship.

"Are you guys alright?" Flora approached them as they seemed to simply shake off the incident.

"Isn't it rather obvious?" Riven spat as he looked at the other boys. "Attitude" I muttered causing him to groan in annoyance.

"We're all safe and sound thanks-" Skye looked over to the large hole present at the top of the ship. "Oh no, the troll escaped!" Skye pointed to the heavy footprints left in the ground from the escaped beast.

Just then arguments spread between the girls and the boys, specifically one who decided to put his pride ahead of the safety of the citizens and shit talk us.

"Gods Riven, will you be quiet! If you were a real "specialist" you wouldn't have let the damn beast escape and put the rest of us at risk. This is by no means targeted to you four but holy shit just drop the ego" I exhaled the sentence before walking past him towards Cyprian.

"Is it the same one?" I questioned as I remembered the incident that caused our encounter, he responded with a slight nod as he uncrossed his arms.

"Gods" I sighed looking back towards the girl, giving Stella a slight nod to acknowledge the beast we knew oh so well.

"We all know that troll, he's a wild beast. Skye and the others could be in for mega problems." Stella explained to Flora who was originally against the idea, she chuckled and agreed. Tecna spoke up mentioning something about an outside force causing the damage to the ship that allowed the ogre to escape.

They talked for a while longer, ignoring the presence of the boys who stood to the side. After they finished explaining that there might be an outside force help, said the ogre.

"That's a psychic lock, Skye. Tecna taught me about them, only mind abilities can release them" he nodded and gestured for me to follow him, I did so and walked over to the other specialists.

"The girls and I are going to find the ogre ourselves" Riven interrupted, "what are fairies going to do?! Spray him with light?" He laughed to himself, not acknowledging the fact no one else was.

"Considering the only reason your still alive is because of a fairy, I'd consider keeping your mouth shut" I tilted my head to the side with a smile before I continued to explain the situation.

"Anyway, the ogre isn't alone. He's traveling with at least one fairy who has mind control abilities, so you need to be extra careful. He's also under a flying spell meaning his footsteps are going to be harder for you to track" I finished with a sigh and turned to Riven who was holding a scowl, I faced him with a fake smile before turning to Cyprian, Skye, and Brandon.

"We think it- or I think it's one of the three witches that attacked Bloom so please let me know if you find them" they nodded synchronously before I walked back over to the girls and we made our way, following the steps of a said ogre.

Flora and Bloom led the group, somehow communicating with the forest to lead us closer to the ogre

We walked into an area with plants Flora had taught me about, I guess it did come in handy after all. "We need to be quiet here, I recognize these plants their Quotes Carnivores, they hate noise" Flora shushed the group

"Oh, I doubt that!" Stella whistled and hummed with the proudest smile I've seen on the girl, just then she was flipped upside down and hung by her legs.