"Wake up!" Orion yelled. Cory, Amilie, Shadow Foxy, and Moonlight shot up. Izzylyn stayed fast asleep, not even a slight twitch came from her. Orion tapped her shoulder. Izzylyn shot up like the others, but with a pocket knife in-hand. Orion backed up a bit.
"Oh, relax, Darkheart. It's just for protection." She explained.
"And by protection, you mean that you sleep with it probably every night waiting for somebody to tap your shoulder so you can stab them in the chest." Orion replied.
"Eh, something like that." Izzylyn answered. Orion turned to Moonlight.
"So, are we going to explore the realm or what?" Orion questioned excitedly. Moonlight got up and grabbed her bow, a quiver full of arrows, and the spear she used on Orion earlier. Shadow Foxy grabbed his bag of potions, and Izzylyn grabbed her satchel as well as a stone dagger. Orion threw his backpack over his shoulder. Cory and Amilie got up and started walking in a random direction. Moonlight grabbed them both and dragged them north.
"I can walk just fine." Cory stated.
"But you look so defenseless being dragged like this." Moonlight answered. Everybody stayed quiet for most of the travel.
"How much longer? My feet hurt." Amilie complained. Moonlight turned to Orion
"Does she do this all the time?" Moonlight asked Orion. In return, he nodded.
After a while, the group found a massive creature sleeping in the clearing ahead. The creature had thick, cyan fur, and large, somewhat transparent wings. The creature's large tail swished slowly while it slept.
"Is that..." Orion asked.
"Sure is. A Lortac." Moonlight answered. The group slowly approached the creature, and when they were close enough, Shadow Foxy jumped onto the creature's back and helped the others climb up. Moonlight patted the creature's head, and it got up.
"Wait, we're going to fly?" Cory asked. The creature spread its wings, and took flight. Cory screamed, and so did Amilie.
"Welcome to Air Enchanted, I am your captain for this fine morning. Next stop, wherever the heck we're going" Orion joked. When the group was at a decent height, everybody calmed down. Orion realized that he could read the leather-bound journal during the calm flight. He unzipped his backpack and pulled out the leather-bound journal. Orion flipped the book to the first page, and read.
"I do not know where I am. All I can see is this journal, and the dimly lit torch beside me." Orion read. The rest of the page was blank, and so were the next two pages.
"I have made it to the surface. After probably two days of walking through a dark cave, I have found the light above ground." Orion started. "I am starving, but able to walk." Nothing else was on the page, as well as the next.
"We're starting our descent, everyone!" Shadow Foxy declared. Orion closed the book and put it back in his backpack. The Lortac started diving down, and Orion was slipping off. In fact, everybody was slipping off, but nobody seemed to care. The creature made a sharp turn upward, and everybody fell onto their stomachs on the grass below as the Lortac flew away.
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The Enchanted Realm: A Dragon's Eye
FantasyOrion Foxro Darkheart has always loved adventure. He basically wishes for it when his family moves from Maine to Detroit. Now he's gotten more than he wished for, and with the help of his friends, he must find his way out. But one of their own hides...
