A shadow loomed over her head as she stared down into the valley full of soldiers. She knew she needed to attack these soldiers at dawn the next day, but, with her force of two thousand men and one dragon, it was seemingly impossible. Nevertheless, she had to try.
As Renée entered her camp, her mind was assaulted by that of her dragons.
'Renée!' Her dragon, Palin, screamed at her mentally. 'Did everything go okay? No one spotted you?'
'Yes Palin. I told you, you need to stop worrying about me everytime I lose contact with you.'
"We attack at dawn!" Renée screamed to the ranks of soldiers looking at her as she walked through the crowd toward her tent.
Metres from her tent, Renée was shocked by a flaming arrow flying over her head, followed closely by ten more. Horns sounded all over the camp, signaling danger.
'Renée! You were followed! I'm coming down to get you!' Palin screamed at her mentally.
With a large roar and a stream of flame, a large black dragon burst out of the clouds above the camp, flying at an immense speed toward the ground.
Renée jerked her head upwards toward the dragon, expecting to see her red dragon Palin flying out of clouds. Instead, she saw an unknown dragon flying toward her army, its maw full of flame, ready to breathe over her soldiers.
'Get down! It's about to get hot,' Palin warned. A second later, her burst out of clouds above the black dragon, roaring louder than ever, while unleashing a torrent of flame large enough to engulf the opposing dragon.
The black dragon came to an instant halt, turning itself upward to face it's attacker. Palin met it head on, covering it's in green flames yet again. The whole sky erupted in flame when the black dragon unleashed it's own deadly breath.
Palin turned, fleeing into the ever-darkening clouds, drawing the attention of the black dragon with it.
'You're on your own 'Née,' Palin stated painfully as he retreated into the darkness.
Renée ran through the camp with her sword in her hand, slicing at any enemy soldiers who stood in her way. Lightning cracked in the clouds above her head, and ahead of her a huge battle was being waged between her soldiers and the attacking forces.
Lighting a group of enemies on fire with the flick of a wrist, Renée continued on her way through the camp towards where her army was fighting a seemingly impossible battle. She continued hacking and slicing enemies until she reached the back of her army. Instantly she was met by one of her commanders, Tanin.
"Renée, we are being destroyed by their enemy magicians, and the appearance of that dragon demoralized our men. We're fighting a losing battle," he reported to her.
"The battle's not lost until it's over. Let me find those magicians."
