Guardian of the Dragon Soul

9) city of eljirkin

(Pic of eljirkin above) ^^

It took us three days of travel, complaining(on my part ), and assuring Carter I haven't turned into a vampire, to get to eljirkin. It was mid after noon and the sun was high above our heads.
"I'm starving," I declared. Since all I have ate for the last couple days wad dried rabbit meat. "We are almost there Ivy," carter answered with a hint of annoyance in his voice. "Eljirkin does have quite... exotic dishes" He finished.
"Do they taste delicious... you know, I better not be served frog limb stew or something, " I wrinkle my nose.
Carter laughed, " no, don't worry it's pretty good. Just make sure no one accidentally spills a love potion in your dish... wouldn't want another fan idoling me," Carter winks.
I snort," but here's the twist, you have to pay them to see your ugly face," I smirk.
Carter feigns a gasp," you're just jealous that I get all the fans," he retorts.
I cough, what fans,exactly?
The road underneath the horses was stone not a dirty trail any more. I glanced to my left, tall green stalks of crop rose from the ground. Each small piece of land had a different crop planted so it looked like colorful array of squares in the field. On the right, the bamboo sticks shaded the path from the sun. The dense forestry was damp and quiet. Here the climate was much more warm and humid. Unatural, consitering we were in the forest a couple minutes ago.
A small group of people were packing on the edge of the rainforest. They were carrying tall bamboo sticks with what looked like upside down umbrella on top.
I pointed to the strange contraption, "what do they use that for?" .Carter glanced at the group, "it's a babilo they use it to collect water in the forest. The water there,if you know where to find it, one drop can multiply its self by a million. It also contained minerals. This does wonders to the crops," he nodded to the left at the field.
I grinned. This is so cool!
Our horses trotted in, by the time we reached the bridge there was people swarming and contraptions coming in and out. We stopped in front of a huge stone archway. A wall overgrown with ivy stretched in both directions. I looked up, some sort of electric force field surrounded the wall.
"Ready?" Carted looked at me.
Adventure
I grinned," as ready as I'll ever be."
We crossed the arch into the city. In front of us was more of a marketplace. People of all shapes, color and size were swarming around. "Get off your horse I'll take it to the stables. Stay close to me, it's easy to get lost," Carter shouted over the noise. Sliding off my horse i gave the reins to Carter. I looked around in daze, unfamiliar shouts tinkering and foreign notices rang through the market. Everyone was rushing around pushing and shoving to make way.
I looked up just as a tall elf rushed by with graceful long strides barely giving me a second glance. I stayed rooted in place. A stout dwarf hustled his way through the crowd. Pushing my way through, I looked ahead. And ogre towered over a small booth pounding eagerly on the counter. The merchant looked as if he would rather be anywhere but there. In a second, a scrawny teenage Boy materialized behind the ogre. With skill, he reached into his pocket and fished out a small bag full of coins. The ogre glanced down at the boy, anger crouding his vision. With a roar he swung a fist toward him. But the boy teleported away just as quickly as he came.

I scanned the crowd but Carter nor the horses weren't in sight. I start walking again the the direction Carter took the horses. A soft neigh and the sound of hooves stomping on wood was coming from a dark wooden stable. I turned in that direction and me pushed open the doors. The smell of hay and dung hit my nose. I looked around, at least 8 spacious stables were on each side. Maybe carter took the horses here...
My eyes immediately widened as I realized I was standing in the same room with unicorns and Pegasus not horses. A jet black unicorn caught my eye, it neighed and bowed its head in my direction. I reached out to stroke it's luscious mane-