The ground seemed to ripple under his feet. Lief's body flew back, straight into the tent where Jasmine and Barda were shrieking in terror. The Valkeries screeched and disappeared when their driftwood table slipped under the mound of quicksand it stood on. Lief tried to stand up to help Barda and Jasmine but he found he couldn't move his legs and feet. Quick sand! Barda lifted the tent off of him and Jasmine as Jasmine struggled to kept on her small bed of cloth. Why isn't Jasmine's bed sinking? Lief wondered. His thoughts vanished as he heard a familiar voice screaming out to him. "LIEF! Get on to the tent!". The sand swirled to make it harder to move, it was like in a big quicksand whirl pool. But surprisingly, it was getting easier to move. Lief started to swim/helplessly kick towards Barda and Jasmine. Filli jumped up and down, squeaking madly on Jasmine's rigid shoulder. Kree was circling above. Suddenly, Lief had a horrible thought. The dull colour of the emerald must have not ment this. That means... They were not alone.
The rumbling grew louder as six large beige worms rose out of the quicksand. They opened their mouths to reveal rows of large, pointed teeth. "BARDA! JASMINE! WATCH OUT!" Barda dived out-of-the-way as a worm snapped at his feet, only to have swallowed a mouthful of quick sand. Jasmine had turned pale from all the confusion and looked like she was going to pass out right there on top of her slowly sinking cloth bed. Lief finally made it to Barda and Jasmine only to find that the tent was sinking. This was not good. Not good at all.
Suddenly, a large roar escaped from the ground. The biggest, and most ear-splitting one ever. Everyone gaped in horror as they watched a ginormous jet black being rise about ten metres away from them. "Why are you here and what is your business?" The being boomed. The sound of his voice made one's ears holler in pain. At first, Lief was too shocked to answer. If they had to fight this monstrosity, It would be the quickest death ever.