The two girls made their way down the corridor, Chantal following a few steps behind Stephanie. Stephanie was walking along with a huge grin on her face. Time passed and Chantal was still looking around, being cautious. Strange birds sang in the distance.
Suddenly overhead, something flew by at a great speed.
Stephanie gasped, ducking and covering her head with her arms, behind her Chantal screamed. Stephanie turned around and saw a dark, almost black winged creature, clinging to Chantal's head.
"Get it off! GET IT OFF!" Chantal screamed, jumping around. The small winged creature began screeching, its large orange eyes whirling.
"Hold still." Stephanie said, trying to calm her friend down. Again, she had no trouble with bugs and creatures. She couldn't really tell what it was in Chantal's curly hair. Chantal stood still, slowly trying to stop panicking as Stephanie pulled the small creature from her friend's head.
"What is it?" Chantal asked, eyeing the creature. Its orange eyes focused on Chantal.
"I don't know. I have never seen a creature like this before, other than in books and such," her friend replied, holding the creature under its winged arms.
"It almost looks like a small dragon. Let me see," Chantal said forgetting the frightening encounter and taking the creature from Stephanie. "It's soft and furry, and it's kinda cute." Chantal eyed the creature. The creature began to scurry up to Chantal's shoulder where it sat, wrapping its tail around her neck. "I think it likes me," Chantal giggled.
"Do you think your mom will let you keep it?" Stephanie asked grinning. To come across a dragon was still surreal. Stephanie wondered about what other similar creature inhabited the Labyrinth's realm. Did they originate here or they appeared as what the traveller wanted.
Chantal began to laugh. "We will have to see, once we get home."
Stephanie turned towards the castle in the distance. It was atop of a structure, a hill maybe, overshadowing the Goblin City. "Shall we continue on our way?"
Chantal nodded.
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A short time passed, and the sound of their footsteps echoed off the stone walls.
"Look," Stephanie said pointing in front of her. "We are almost there. This should be a piece of cake!"
The earth suddenly began to shake. A loud rumbling sound was heard. The dragon creature on Chantal's shoulder began to whine, its eyes whirling red in fear. The Labyrinth began to shift around them, expanding and changing. Birds flew off with terrified cries. The girls moved out of the way as new walls appeared around them. They had been in a sand colored stone section and without moving, they were now in a dark green hedge section. Stephanie lost her balance and fell upon the hard stone flooring.
Chantal turned to Stephanie who was getting to her feet, once the rumbling stopped. They stuck close together, Chantal didn't want to be separated and lost. Stephanie knew what she was doing out of the duo."You know that this is your fault! You just had to say that we were getting close to getting out of this never ending maze."
Stephanie's mouth dropped; dumbfounded she stared at the new walls. "Damn..."