𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐎𝐍𝐒 [𝟏𝟖+]

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐈: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐂𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐒

" The dragon farm in Tyrrendor has been founded by Colonel Adrian Caddington in 569 AU and
was ran by his parents, which were Sebastien's cousins and Annie's second aunt and uncle. After their
deaths, Annie's grandparents took over for thirty years until their deaths. Her father waited
till the last dragon left the farm, before closing it "

- Caddington Family History

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CHAPTER TWO
The Success

[ANNIE'S POV]

My own thoughts filled me with confidence and hope, bringing a small smile to my face, but that smile disappeared and was replaced with a confused frown. I was caught off guard by a rather strong wind blow that caught into my long jacket, which felt like a tug from behind. The first blow wasn't so bad, so I shoke my head and lifted my foot to place it in front of my other, but mid action a stronger blow hit me, causing me to nearly lose balance.

"Whoa.", I stated, loudly, my foot almost slipping off.

By swinging my arms, I kept myself from falling, but I was standing way to unstable, my foot turned to the inside and my heel hovering over the edge. I couldn't make a single move. So, I froze again and stared down at the river, while my body was titling back and forth a little and was shaking heavily. If I move now or if another blow of wind hits me or if I just relax my body, I'm dead.

So, here I was standing on the Parapet, one foot hovering in the air as I was trying to step forward with it and the other one was half way down the stone bridge. To keep myself from losing balance, I put all my weight on my tip toes and stayed stable as much as possible. Yet, whenever another strong wind blow hit me, I was wiggling around and seeing myself fall. The situation seemed unescapable, because even if I was fast enough to place my left foot down and turns my right one, the stones were slippery due to the rain. Doing all of this slowly was no option either, because before I would be in the right position again, I would have probably already fallen. My heel had not enough leverage to stand on, so I looked around panicking and noticed Rhiannon tardily coming my way. She wouldn't be able to pass, so either I would cause us both to fall and die or I find a solution. Being responsible for someone death, because of such a stupid situation, was no option for me, so the second one was it.

Just as I was thinking about it, my heel seemed to lift up a bit as if it was back on ground. Yet there was no ground, there was nothing to stand on. I refused to question the wonder or my luck and turned my foot back in it's original position, facing the direction of the end of the death trap. My arms were still widely spread as I placed my left foot, finally finishing my previous action. With a relieved sight, I continued on the thin path, making it to the line that informed me that I had made half the way. Despite the enormous milestone, I didn't dare to get too confident again, knowing it distracted me the last time. From my position, I could spot the Rider's quadrant and realised that I'm this close to making it. In a slow and steady space, I reached the next milestone, which was the three-quarter point. It would have been really funny for me to fall after most of the Parapet was behind me, but thankfully it wasn't so funny. No, instead the walls came into my reach and I grabbed into them like a baby grabs into their mother, swinging myself the last two inches from the Parapet back to real ground. It's done. I did it.