"Are you sure this is safe?" I asked cautiously as I neared Zodiac.

Seth snorted and smirked at me. "This is coming from the person who wanted to go slay dragons and raid giant camps? Really? And come on... do you really think that I would put you in danger?"

I sighed. "Yeah, yeah... stop talking." I can't let him get away with basically calling me a chicken. I just can't. So I'm just gonna suck it up, and do it.

I moved to get up, but faltered. Maybe this isn't the best idea...

Vigil nudged my leg and cocked his head to the side. I could almost hear him asking, 'What are you waiting for?'

OKAY, GODDAMNIT. I am doing this! Right the fuck now! What's the worst that could happen?

He could rear and throw me off the saddle, and then stomp me to death... But it's a dream, so it won't matter... If it really is a dream, that is...

Nope. Nope, nope, nope. I need to stop being such a pessimist. I need to stop thinking, or I'll never get this down.

So, throwing caution to the wind, I scrambled into the saddle and flinched as I waited to be thrown off.

After a while, I opened my eyes to see that, holy shit, I was okay! This is fantastic! I'm not dead yet, woo!

I patted Zodiac's neck and grinned to myself. "This is a really successful day, I think," I told the large horse, "I've gotten out of the house, I'm in bad-ass armor, I'm on a horse; and I'm not even dead yet."

"You really do insult me, you know."

I looked up to see Seth on a slightly smaller, less muscular horse. It was pure black with an almost blonde mane and tail. It was pretty rad, to be honest. Never seen a horse like his.

I shrugged off Seth's earlier comment and smirked. "You ready?"

Seth raised an eyebrow. "Are you?"

"Yeah, duh." I faltered when a thought hit me. "Wait, uh... How do you drive this thing?" Zodiac snorted, and I felt his torso move and ripple with muscle. "And... Can I get a helmet or something? This feels... precarious."

I whooped as we ran past Seth and his horse, and jumped over a fallen log. We slowed to a walk and waited for Seth and Vigil to catch up.

"I think I'm getting the hang of this," I told Seth as he neared, "I'm not scared or anything! This is seriously awesome, Sunshine, thanks for lettin' me do this."

Seth rolled his eyes and went right by me.

I looked at Vigil and Zodiac. "Diss..."

So we roamed the plains, which was actually a damned fun time, until I felt the ground rumble.

"Oh shit!" I yelped, "Earthquake!"

Seth shook his head and looked out onto the horizon. "No, not an earthquake. Mammoths."

I perked up. "Mammoths - No shit?"

"None at all," He confirmed, squinting his eyes, "A wild herd, from what I can tell. Would you like to go see?"

I stared at him with my mouth hanging open. "For real..?"

He chuckled and nodded. "For real. They won't attack unless we do. You could even pet them if you really wanted. I wouldn't recommend it, as they could panic, but you could."

I nodded vigorously, and tried to say 'Hell yeah!' but all that came out was a really stupid noise. Seth didn't seem to mind it, though, and just smiled.

"Alright, we'll go. Go up slowly, and calmly."

We got right up next to them, when I got an idea as Seth was spacing out and looking towards some mountains. I led Zodiac to a tree the herd was walking towards and stood up in the saddle. I jumped up and grabbed a branch, hefting myself up and waited. A smaller of the mammoths walked below me, and I jumped with a battle cry.

The mammoth freaked and and started running around, panicking and making that noise that elephants make. I held onto the fur and cheered as the mammoth began rearing. I heard a shout from Seth, but decided to ignore it, because damn I was having fun!

"Mammoth riding - WOO!" I yelled.

I know what you're probably thinking... Something along the lines of - I'm an idiot with little to no sense of self-preservation, and that I'm probably going to die... Well, you're right. But I'm an idiot that's gonna die happy!

Of course, my fun couldn't last forever, and I lost my hold and got thrown off. The mammoth ran off, followed by it's herd, luckily, and I was left on the ground, mostly unharmed.

Key word is mostly... I may or may not have been having trouble breathing.

Next thing I know, Seth, the two horses and Vigil are there, and Seth is rubbing my back and holding me up as I struggled for breath.

When my chest stopped feeling like it was gonna explode, Seth gave me a hardcore glare. "Before you scold me, I just wanna say, I REGRET NOTHING!" I blurted as he opened his mouth to speak.

He gave a defeated sigh and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Are you insane...?"

I grinned cheekily. "Mayhaps, Sunshine, mayhaps."

Seth narrowed his eyes and stood up, pulling me with him. "We're going home."

"What?" I protested, "We just got out! Why?"

"To make sure you didn't break any ribs." He retorted.

I started to protest, when I remembered that my chest did hurt some. Maybe it's for the best...

"Fine..." I grumbled.

Man, this sucks bananas. I just got out, and now I gotta go back. Oh well... at least I'll have an interesting story to tell.