Chapter Five
In the morning they set out towards the forest just East of Ortanka. In legend, there lived a monster in the forest, which was so horrible, that if you looked at it you would die.
Now, Tanis and Laurana have heard of that legend. They were trembling with fear when they walked in to the forests dark shadow.
"I a…m so hap…py you're h…h…ere with m…me," said Laurana stuttering.
Tanis looked in her deep blue eyes and realized he was just as scared as she was. "Me…t…too."
They walked for over 2 hours when they heard soft and quiet snoring. They walked towards the sound and what should they come upon but a green dragon. It was said to believe that green dragons lived deep in the heart forests and were the monsters of the legend.
"We didn't die?" he exclaimed loudly.
"Tanis. Shh."
"What should we do?" whispered Tanis very slowly and distinctively.
"Let me see in my book of spells," she said, while putting her pack down and rummaging through it looking for her book.
"Please hurry. I don't want to be here when it wakes up."
"All right. All right. Drad…drafe…DRAGON! Ah here it is. Dragon who is so big do not hurt us or you shall feel the wrath of our power!" (Dragon who is so big do not hurt us or you shall feel the wrath of our power) she shouted towards the dragon, while holding her upraised hand.
At the words the dragon woke up and turned and looked at the two friends.
"Who dares disturb my slumber?"
"I do," said Laurana triumphantly.
"You?" as the dragon roared with laughter.
"Why do you not think it was me?"
"I, um, well, you are, um…a little small for that spell," the dragon said.
"Umph," Laurana said turning around indignantly.
"Stop it both of you. You are acting like children," said Tanis.
They both hung their heads in shame.
"What are you doing in this deep part of the forest?" asked the dragon, quite curious, and polite.
"We had to go through the forest to get towards the Temple of the Moon."
"Temple of the Moon? That thing has been in ruins for the past…1000 years. All you'll find is a bunch of rubble. Believe me, I've looked."
"Well, what do we do know?" wondered Tanis aloud.
"Well we could always turn back," suggested Laurana.
"No way. We've made it this far, we shouldn't just turn around and go back."
"You're right. Thanks for the tip. We're going to go to the temple; I mean…'ruins', just to see if it is there. Thanks again." With that they left.
The dragon didn't try to stop them but she wished them good luck anyways.