Lost

4.

It has been a week. You have trained harder than ever with Dustrica ever since you incident with Hunter and discovering the Shield of Elements. You patted Dustrica on the head. "Good job, Dusty," you smiled. You heard footsteps coming towards you. You turned around to see that one of Will's friends, Ben, ran up the hill and towards you. He stopped and panted when he got to you. You chuckled.

"You right there?" Ben nodded and took in a deep breath. He straightened up. "Will was wondering if you wanted to play that game you taught us?" "What? Cricket?" "Yeah! You should come!" You looked to Dustrica and she smiled. You chuckled and rubbed her neck. "Okay, I'll come down in a minute." "Okay, great! See you down there!" You watched as Ben ran down the hill. "I wonder why Will didn't come up." You shook it off and ran down the hill. Dustrica followed closely.

You heard a distressed roar coming from Dustrica. You turned around and she collected you down the hill. You both tumbled and rolled. At some points, you would stand up and stop, but lean too far forward and continued to roll. You and Dustrica went faster and faster until you reached the bottom of the hill. When you reached the bottom, a cloud of dust lifted into the air and you and Dustrica were revealved, coughing and spluttering. You looked to Dustrica who's head was wobbling and her eyes were crossed over.

You laughed and rubbed your head. "You dag," you said when you hugged Dustrica. She licked you left check. "Need a hand?" You looked up and saw Will, bending over, reaching out his hand. You smiled and took his hand. You smiled and he brushed your check with his right thumb. "You had dirt on your face." "What would I do without a friend like you?" you chuckled. You both looked into each other's eyes for a moment.

"Come on, lovebirds!" Casey called out. You rolled your eyes and smiled. You started to walk over. "Oh, Dusty," you said, "you can wonder around the village. I promise I won't be long." Dustrica nodded and waddled away. You laughed as she sniffed fish in a basket nearby. "Oh, Dustrica." You looked ahead and saw five of Will's friends; Ben, Casey, Mia (you can change the name if it's your name), Jack and Kane.

"Whose batting first?" Jack asked. "Don't look at me," Kate said, "I ain't playing!" "I'll go!" you said happily. Jack walked up to you and handed you a cricket bat that you designed for his dad to craft. It looked exactly like a real cricket bat. You looked up and Kane and Ben moved two big bins on wheels into place. "Let's not try and break a window this time, Will," you laughed. "I didn't mean to!"

You set yourself in position- in front of a bin. You banged the bat on the rocky path, and then looked straight ahead to Casey, who was bowling. You narrowed your eyes and he started to sprint. Casey remembered what you taught him. When he was in line with the second bin, kept his arm straight and released the tennis ball at a ninety degree angle. The ball bounced towards you and you lunged forward with your left leg. You swung the bat to the right and hit the ball.

It rolled on the ground and Will grabbed it. "Don't run!" you shouted out to your partner, Ben. Will glared at you and you smirked. He threw it back to Casey. Casey slowly walked back into position. Once again, you banged the bat on the path. Casey ran towards you and bowled. As the tennis ball bounced, you quickly switch sides- to your dominant side. You swung the bat and hit the ball. It goes flying up in the air and past several houses. "That's definitely a six!" you shouted out.

"No fair!" Jack whined, "you can play better than us!" "Well then you try to bat and beat me." "Done!" Jack ran up to you and grabbed the cricket. You heard wings flap and you looked up. Dustrica flew over the village with the tennis ball in her mouth. She landed right next to you and dropped the ball. "Thanks, Dustrica." You threw the slobbery ball to Jack. "Yuck! Dragon slobber," Jack complain.

You watched as Casey and Jack got into position. You look ahead of you to Will and nodded. A nod that meant 'get ready'. Casey bowled the ball and Jack smashed the living daylights out of its. You gasped as it flew up in the air. You chased it fast. You continuously looked up and then down at the ground so you don't tripped. You heard Will, Kate and Casey's footsteps. You got to a wide footpath. You looked up and saw the tennis ball starting to fall.