Chapter 6

As I paced frantically around my room where I was staying the night, wondering how and when to go and get that sheath.

"I can't go when it's the dragon is there…" I mumbled as I stopped but then started to pace again "I would be toast"

As I continued to pace back and forth it hit me.

"Why don't I just go now while…or if the dragon is asleep" I stopped for a moment once again to rethink my idea. "Sounds like a well worth plan" I said as I got my sword, put on my sneakers and crept out of my dorm. As I walked down the hallways I could hear echoes of snores from other rooms somewhere else in the mountain. As I went outside a gust of warm air hit my face, but it was way better than inside where it was steaming hot. As I turned around I looked up to see the rest of the mountain looming above me.

"It's either now or never," I said as I started to climb it took me awhile till I finally got the hang of things. When the sun was rising, I was half way up the mountain till I heard a monstrous roar. I look up only to see a silver dragon, its scales glistening off the sun as it was flying around the mountain and then swoop down towards the ground until all I saw was a little white dot. When the sun was at its full height I was finally able to reach the cave, exhausted as I was I still wasn't out of the woods yet. As I lay on the warm floor of the cave I looked up to see the sheath propped up on a rock. I slowly got up as all of my muscles where sore I walked towards the sheath and grabbed it. The sheath was very artistic there was a golden dragon twisting around the sheath with a blue background.

As I put it on my back I sheathed my sword, just then I heard a loud thud from behind me I turned around to see the dragon looming over me, tail slashing and staring at me with red eyes. It's head was lizard-like but with horns, it has a snake-like neck and on its neck was a dark collar with symbols and lines, its arms where only as tall as me, and its talons where gold, its tail was twice as long, along with its wings, they where only half of its size including the tail.

It roared angrily once again making the cave vibrate rapidly causing me to fall down. I stood up once again and took out my sword. The dragon readied its self as it charged toward me. I quickly rolled out of the way causing the dragon to smack it's head on the wall, knocking it unconscious I walked over to it put my sword up and down on the dragons neck but missed the neck and hit the collar instead. sword vibrated menacingly, . I yelled in pane as I dropped my sword the collar on the other hand shattered into bits of square pieces, and disappeared. Pain continued to seer through my left arm, it felt like it was on fire. I looked up to see the dragon slowly getting up…. Then darkness.

As I started to regain consciousness I thought I was dead for sure. I was staring blurry eyed at the ceiling of the cave. I slowly got up, making my head spin I put my hand against the wall and slowly grabbed my sword and once again put the sword in the sheath.

I started to shuffle towards the exit of the cave when I heard movement ahead of me. I looked up to see the dragon looming over me but it no longer had red eyes, but ice blue staring at me.

"Oh shit," I said knowing that I wasn't capable to move knowing that I might get knocked unconscious once again.

The dragon looked at me as if I was a freak or something. Then walked away from the entrance and lied down still staring at me

"What" I said looking at the dragon as I walked toward the entrance of the cave.

" I didn't say anything," said a calm booming voice from behind me.

I turned around still to see only the dragon looking at me.

"Did you say that?" I said keeping eye contact with it.

"Of course I said that." replied the dragon as he got up "what you don't think dragons can talk"

"No" I mumbled ashamed of my answer.

"Well in that case then" he said as he once again walked toward the entrance "Allow me to give you a ride back down to the lower side of the mountain"

"You're kidding," I said as I walked toward the dragon "one second ago you were trying to kill me and know you want to help me get down off the mountain"

"Yes" he replied

"Fine" I said as I climbed on the dragons back where there was a gap between in its neck where there where no spikes.

The dragon's wings beat heavily as he took of. The view was amazing even thought all you could see was clouds. We circled the mountain twice and then without warning the dragon swooped down making the ground come up at an amazing speed. He then slowed down, put his talons up and landed almost making me fall off.

As I got down, something caught my eye and I noticed something on my left hand. It was some indentation of a golden dragon like the one on my sheath. I touched it and if felt smooth and cold, the dragon walked over to me and looked over my shoulder.

"Name's Artranix by the way" he said making me jump

"Alisa" I replied as I looked up at Artranix, noticing that he was looking down at my left hand, but then looked away and took off.

When he was out of site a group of gorons rushed out to see what the racket was all about, only to see me standing there. The gor coron then came out of the group looking worried and upset.

"Whatever you did," he said as he walked over to me " I hope it was worth it"

"Don't worry," I said as I looked over my shoulder to see the sheath on my back "It was"