Chapter 11: Dragon Challenge
Maleficent clutches her chest and breathes heavily. "I'll be back for you six another time." She gets up and steadies herself upon her staff, slowly standing upright. "You'll all regret this!" Flames engulf her and she disappears from the courtyard.
"Man, that was easy!" I say. "There's no way she's gonna challenge us so soon."
"Yeah!" Spatterson agrees. "But I remember she transforms into a dragon in the movie."
"Huh?" Phillip asks. "You saw that in a movie? What is that, a crystal ball or something?"
"Nevermind," I say impatiently.
Sure enough, there's the dragon ... floating nonsensically in the air above the castle. How can it fly with such small wings? Oh, right ... magic.
"Brace yourselves guys," Phillip says as the dragon gives a loud roar. The beast begins making its descent from the skies, fire burning brightly from within its mouth. "Go for cover!" Phillip cries as he leads us back inside the castle. We turn a corner in time to let the fire burn the wall behind us. We continue running through the castle as the stained glass windows next to us explode with the brute force of the dragon's claws. Luckily the fairies have a barrier next to us which protects us from the flying shards of glass.
Running is all we do for the next while, travelling from the various antechambers of the castle, avoiding the sleeping soldiers and servants strewn across the floors. I'm still curious to see if they'll wake up if I give them a little nudge ...
We run down the stairs to the front hall. We open the great double doors that lead to outside.
"Wait for just a moment!" Flora says. "This is the real battle; the one that will decide the fates of all of us. Remember the trick to keeping your weapons potent and you should do fine. Just one more touch ..." She touches her wand to Phillip's sword and shield, then to Sarah's morning star, and then my spear. They are no longer glowing white, but a neon blue. "Remove all doubt from yourselves. These weapons are now capable of obliterating any and all evil."
We nod at the red fairy and we proceed to face our greatest challenge yet. Dragon Maleficent.
