Karone-sakura; I might just take you up on that offer soon… :)

Another shortie comin your way…

When I came to, I was vaguely aware of the shouts of my friends, and what sounded like the side of a mountain coming down. Thought-speak cried mixed in with animal screams. Then… moans… I opened my eyes…

The thing… it was…

I scrabbled backwards, into a rock wall, and the thing followed me. It was massive! And that was just its face! Those big golden eyes glaring at me… those enormous fangs beared, dripping saliva.

This thing was going to eat me!

It smiled… and I waited until the moment that it would open its mouth and swallow me whole… my heart was thudding in my ears…

(NOOO!) A scream, and all of a sudden there was a tiger on the things head! It swung it's head, but the tiger had too good a grip on its large scaly head… I saw black blood start to seep…

HHHHHOOOOWWRRRROOOOOAARRRRR!

A roar that deafened me as it swung its head, dislodging Jake and sending him clear across the room! He hit the wall, and… and… the thing went after him!

"Fuck no" I mumbled, focusing. But… something stopped me. I looked down… and saw I wasn't exactly wearing my usual attire. Instead, it looked more like from the set of Xena. Short skirt, and a top that was just not what I'd ever wear.

I saw my scar… the one on my side… clearly. I got up, listening as Marco, then Rachel and Robert went at the beast, being knocked aside like pawns. Amanda and Ithiell too… Ithiell fell, and Amanda screamed and cried out in my head…

Look. Seek. Be.

I felt the words come to my mind like a silent wave, and I searched the ground around me, finding two swords. I picked one up, testing its weight in my hand. It was like… light as a feather! Then… the other one…

Same!

I suddenly felt like kneeling with the two swords, and I did so, saying the prayer I'd been taught long ago by my dying grandmother. I'd never forget her…

HRRRRRRROOOOWWWAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

My head snapped around to see the thing was going for Jake again!

"Hey! You!" I yelled, and the thing turned its big eyes on me. It was drooling again…

It was smiling as I got up, beginning to walk towards it with the two swords in my hands. I was going to slay the dragon… and I wasn't even a male!

I felt guilt somewhere deep in my mind, that I was destroying a truly magnificent creature… but something else just didn't care.

(Jade, no!) It was Jake, and he was just trying to get up… I saw blood pooling below him… and… I got angry.

I got very, very angry.

I turned to the dragon, and smiled.

"You're about to become extinct" I raised the swords "HIIIIYAAAAA!"

And brought them down on my opponent.

Um… em… sorry. Like swords and myth and stuff too.

Reading a book about a mythical sword and that…

Hope you enjoyed, and hope you will stay around for the long run………