Rose dreamt of nothing, and before she knew it, she squinted her eyes open. And found that the darkness around her had lit up slightly from the barely rising sun.

'Ugh, I'm still tired, just a little more time.'

She closed her eyes again, hoping to catch some more sleep. To her, it was kinda funny, even now. As kid she never wanted to take naps or go to bed. But now to her it was like.

'Ah yes naps!'

And as she drifted off back to sleep, she heard the sound of rustling in the grass and trees. The small place next to the lake was filled with wildlife, more than horses. Birds of many beautiful colors lived among the trees also-

Something big covered her mouth! Her eyes shot open, suddenly she was being lifted off the ground and carried away all at once! It happened so quickly that she didn't get to scream or see what it was that got her! But now that she was being taken away, Rose saw what was happening around her, she was taken through the grove and out to the open. She did her best to see what it was that-it was a Villager?! Yes! She was being carried over the shoulder of a Villager against her own will. But where was Caden? Rose tried to shout.

"L-let go..."

She was surprised to hear her voice coming out so tired and weak. But Rose did feel her body working up. As best she could, she tried scratching and kicking, but before she knew it, the village had turned a corner of the mountain and stopped. The Villager placed her down in front of him, she took the moment to run but the person just wrapped an arm around her waist one over her mouth as she cried.

"What-Let me go-!"

"No-no shh-sh-sh-sh-sh-it's okay I'm not going to hurt you."

The Villager was saying, but Rose kept kicking and writhing to get free. She managed to hind kick the Villager in the shin and broke free! But she only took a few steps before the Villager covered her mouth with hands and muffled her screams.

"Wait-wait calm down!"

He released one hand and used the other to cover her mouth, he cornered her between himself and two stacked blocks. He pulled out a vile and popped it open with his thumb. Still covering her mouth, he put the vile under her nose, and let the scent do the work. The strong scent of vinella both relaxed and overwhelm her, she saw her vision darkening, the last thing she saw, was the wode open plains, and the larfe forest in the distance. And the rather soothing voice of the Villager.

"Breathe, breathe Shh-shhh."

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Rose found herself stranded, on the endless wide open land. There was only grass, no bushes, no trees, no mountains, and no life in sight. Then, before her very eyes, the blue sky changed colors. First from light to deep orange, then to blood crimson red, and finally, pitch black. And before her eyes, stars began to light up the sky. Some were large and some were small. But Rose noticed something, the stars were bright purple. Suddenly, some of the stars shifted, she saw two large stars in particular. It was as if they were looking at her, suddenly, they shifted, and each of the two had big black slits in the middle, they were eyes! Rose took a step back and saw the blackness of the night shift as well. It was crawling like a spider on the ceiling, and then one side, as if it night sky was a wall. Suddenly, like a blot of ink, some of the darkness fell on the ground. To her horror, it began moving, then shifting, and then took shape of the black dragon! It toward over her like a mountain, it's purple raging eyes glaring at her, unblinking. Rose's mouth was slightly agape, she didn't know what to do, there was nowhere to run and no way she could hide or defend herself. The beast lowered it's head, growling, she could hear and feel the terrifying sound.

That's when it happened. Somewhere, deep in Rose's heart, hidden under the tissue, tge emotional scars and pounding fear, she felt it. A sudden wave of unimaginable anger, like a volcano finally bursting. She felt her breathing get warm, and she shouted.

"Leave me ALONE!"

The dragon stumbled back, as if it was shocked, Rose then said.

"Get away FROM ME!"

And to her surprise, the beast just lowered it's head, as if in a bow. And then Rose felt no fear, no anger. Only power, and pride.