Lyra ran, she didn't know what else to do. The Watch was after her and now the Soldiers were. Could life get any worse?
She skidded around a corner, and came face to snout with an enormous red dragon,
"Oh great!" she mumbled as she backed away, the rider on the dragons back jumped off,
Lyra still backed away until she was right by the corner once again, with incredible speed she turned and tore down the street, dodging, swerving and jumping various objects and people.
Finally a huge shadow covered the market square, it became bigger and bigger until the thing landed it was the same red dragon she had, had the pleasure of encountering earlier.
Soldiers surrounded the market square, as peasants ran for their houses and stalls, until one woman remained, her ebony hair shining in the mid-morning sun and her pale blue eyes glaring defiantly at them.
The rider once again dismounted his dragon and walked in front of it, gazing at the young woman
"You are charged with disrespecting the king and are also as a suspected spy for the Varden. You are herby arrested and await a trial by his majesty himself" said the rider.
The girls gaze had not faltered once during this speech, but now the girl's lips had altered to form a grin, the grin remained until she spoke
"I am not going to deny the charges as I am proud of them, the Varden will win and the king will be over thrown" she announced boldly
The Red Rider stared at the girl in shock, out of all the things he had been expecting that was not one of them. But he hid it well, instead he said in a calm voice
"Seize her"
She didn't even flinch when; five soldiers quickly surrounded her and bound her hands behind her back, they marched her away, but as she passed the rider she spat at him, the dragon behind him roared angrily and one of the soldiers punched her in the stomach, she kneeled over trying to regain her breath.
Murtagh wiped the spit from his face, and grabbed the girl he marched her over to his dragon and roughly hauled her into the saddle. He climbed up behind her and flew away.