Journey with Dragons
By maggeh;;
CHAPTER THREE"Grab her wing!" Scorn screamed frantically as they fell. "Maybe we can bring her back to consciousness!" The three cats began scratching Kazul's wings feebly. Fiddlesticks hissed in her ear. Just as they were about to hit the rock hard ground, Kazul beat her mighty wings, and flew upward as quickly as she could. "I apologize," the dragon said as the cats settled back in relief. "It was just... a mirage." Fiddlesticks grinned goofily. "It's ok, Kazul," he said. "Why did Daystar wanna come here, anyway?" Scorn brightened at Fiddlesticks' words. "That's it!" she exclaimed. "Remember when Mendanbar was telling Cimorene it would be ok?"
"Yes..." the group replied in confusion. "He said that the portal could take Daystar to his desired location... or to some unknown place! This wasn't the spot that Daystar wanted to go to! He obviously was heading for the Enchanted Forest- in the past, of course- so that he could stop what was happening there. I know, because Cimorene was reminding him of EF safety. Now, we didn't know how to use this portal thing, but Daystar did. Since we didn't use it properly, it most likely took us to a random place- a plain place, a default place. Understand?" Scorn's audience appeared slightly stunned at her speech. But after a moment, Kazul grinned. "You're right! But also remember, Daystar was stepping through the portal when we fell in. So, maybe we're close to the Enchanted Forest itself!" Scorn nodded. "Exactly, Kazul." The dragon and the calico fell into deep discussion about the matter. "How do they do that?" Fiddlesticks whispered to Jasper. "I don't know," the other cat replied in the same soft tone. "Ok, here's the plan," Kazul announced. "We travel North-East..."
"Why North-East?" Fiddlesticks asked. "Never mind that, it's too complicated," Kazul replied. "Anyway, so we travel in the specified direction for a day. According to our calculations, we should see the Enchanted Forest within two days, at most." Kazul looked to Scorn, and the calico admitted, "There's some bad news too... Kazul and I think that we've been transported to a place called 'The Forbidden Desert..." Fiddlesticks gasped. "But no one's ever escaped the Forbidden Desert before!" he yelped. "It's supposed to be swarming with dangerous traps and plants and animals and..."
"Yes, we know," Scorn grumbled. "But we have a dragon. It'll be fine, no worries." Thus the three cats climbed to Kazul's back, and the dragon beat her wings. "We're AIRBORNE again!" Fiddlesticks giggled. "Oh, quiet, you nitwit," Scorn sighed. "Yep." Jasper agreed absentmindedly. "Could we talk about something intelligent?" Kazul asked. "Maybe," two of three felines replied. "Too much talk!" Jasper muttered.
After flying for ten minutes, the unusual trio of cats and the dragon hadn't found anything dangerous. But that wasn't saying much. "Hey! We've been flying for almost eleven minutes without any danger!" Fiddlesticks realized. Then, a hoarse wind started to blow, and sand flew into their eyes. "Thanks for jinxing us, Fiddlesticks," Scorn hissed. "You're welcome," the goofy cat replied cheerfully. "This is no time to be horsing around... I think we've found a sandstorm!" Kazul spoke the truth. Sand was blowing into the eyes of the travelers, and sticking to the cats' fur. "Ugh... hard to sleep... and to breathe!" Jasper exclaimed. "Yeah. Sandstorms can kill people," Kazul pointed out. "Now, that's a cheerful thought," Scorn grumbled. Sudddenly, another wind blew hard, and Scorn was hurled backward- and found herself hanging from only the tip of Kazul's tail! "SCORN!"
Author's Note: Sorry, I have to leave you hanging... 'Tis my policy :P Yes, short again... :/ oh well. Again, please R&R. Updates will be postponed until Monday.