Chaos. That was all she could see. People running. People shouting.
Four men ran to her room.
One of them asked,
"Ceil Anown. Do you know where he is?"
"N-No," she stuttered.
She had a choice to make.
Ceil had run off on his own, trying to locate the meteor and carry off his crazy plan. By himself.
God knows how he escaped.
She could pursue him and try to stop him, or wait for her father to show up. And hope he would believe Ceil's plan when she told him.
She made her decision. Albeit against her better judgment.
Running to her dragon, she jumped onto Earthsinger ,who was on all fours.
"Go!" she yelled.
"To the roof!!"
Earthsinger understood her perfectly. He pounced out of the doorway sending the two guards there sprawling.
Sorry, she thought.
Towards the right at the end of the corridor was a stairwell. Wide enough for three men side by side. Or one adolescent dragon. As they made it to the roof of the palace, they immediately launched into the air. They were safe. No one would dare stop them now. She was the princess. Towards the east she could see the forest that separated Zhanga from the Rajin desert. To the south-west lay Gepki in the distance. And to the west, farther away than she had ever seen them, were the outlines of the Ruar Mountains. And in front of her lay Zhanga, in all its magnificence.
A million tiny lights glittered across the city, shining through the evening that was fading into night, showing her exactly how many people lived there.
"Ceil, where is he?" she said to the dragon.
Earthsinger grunted.
Where did the meteor crash?
All of Zhanga lay before her.
I have no idea where Ceil's heading.
"Turn south," she said.
"Turn south!"
Earthsinger banked in a wide turn and went the other way.
"Samuel," she said firmly.
"Find him!"
Earthsinger flew, gliding over houses and streets and shops.
"Where is he? Where is he?"
The people on the streets below, jumped with shock when they heard a dragon roar from the skies.
How long was I asleep? He can't have gone far.
The streets grew less dense as the end of the city began to approach them.
Samuel must have left walking.
I can find him.
He was the only other person she knew in this city of sixteen thousand.
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Amantha and the Last Song
FantasiWhen a meteor hits Ralkyre and all the dragons begin to disappear, Fate decides that it is up to three children to bring them back. But then a dangerous secret changes Amantha's path and threatens to destroy the lives of those she holds dear, foreve...
