"Okay so we're going to rescue a princess from what? A dragon?" Zebra Donkey asked.

"Yep." Manny said.

"So you accepted that challenge pretty easy."

"Yeah so?"

"Well why didn't you just attack him or ransack his castle or-"

"Burn down his entire kingdom, decapitate his people, gutt them with a knife, cut open their spleens, and drink their fluids?"

"Uh...No."

"Yeah that's what I thought. News flash we hybrids don't really do that. We don't want to hurt anyone we just want to be left alone and we don't eat humans, we're half human ourselves so if we did that we'd basically be eating half of our own kind."

"Really? You're half human?"

"Why else would I have thumbs and be able to walk on two feet?"

"Oh...Huh. Never would have guessed it. Well we have a long trip ahead of us so how about a travel song?"

"You start singing and I'll smash a rock over your head."

"Hmmph! Everyone's a critic. Well why don't we play eye spy?"

"No."

"But it's fun. Oh look at the cute little bunny rabbit."

"Aye he looks delicious."

"Ahhh! Monster!" The rabbit shrieked as it hopped away.

"Okay so I guess a quiet trip isn't that bad."

It took them three days to get to there but eventually they reached a dark, abandoned castle that was on the other end of a bridge that hung over a boiling lake of lava.

"Whoa! That's big." Manny said.

"Um Manny maybe I should wait here." Zebra Donkey said nervously.

"Don't tell me you're afraid of heights."

"No I'm just a little uncomfortable walking on a creaky bridge over a lake of lava."

"Just don't look down."

They got on the bridge but Zebra Donkey wouldn't budge, he was scared to death, he just stood there frozen stiff. Manny didn't have time for this so he began pushing him. He had to push him the whole way.

"Stop pushing me!"

"Then move!"

Eventually they reached the end.

"Better?" Manny asked him.

"Yeah."

"Good now let's go."

"Right so where is this firebreathing pain in the neck anyway?"

"Inside waiting for us to rescue her." He joked.

They went inside the castle. It was dark and cold, completely abandoned no doubt. Many brave men had come to this place in hopes of freeing the princess trapped inside only to be killed and reduced to nothing but ash, soot, and bones. While searching around Manny found some discarded armor and put it on for protection.

"Okay now we need to find a tower." Manny said.

"Oh this place is so creepy." Zebra Donkey said shaking.

"Zebra Donkey two things okay? Shut! Up! Now help me find that tower."

"Okay no problem. I'll look left and you look right."

They both searched around the castle finding ashes, remains, and skeletons but no stairs. However Manny did find the tower. It was tall, taller than anything he had ever seen.

"Well at least we know where the princess is but where's the-"

"Dragon!" Zebra Donkey came running toward him with a large, vicious, and midnight colored dragon flying after him breathing huge flames. They dodged them and Manny managed to grab it's tail.

"Got ya!" The dragon shrieked and started fly higher taking Manny with it. "Whoa!"

It threw him into the tower window right where the princess was. Then it went after Zebra Donkey again.

"No! No! Please don't eat me! I'm hard and brittle! You'll crack a tooth if you eat me and you don't wanna damage those white sparkling teeth." The dragon looked at him confused and surprised. "Yeah you have a great teeth and I bet you have a great smile and...And."

The dragon smiled and fluttered her eye lashes at him giving off the impression that she was female.

"And you're a girl dragon. Well of course you are because you're just wreaking of feminine and beauty and-"

The dragon's smile grew and she blew him a kiss.

"Whoa! Hang on now...Why are you looking at me like that?" But he got his answer when she made a heart out of smoke. "Now wait a minute I'm...I'm not really that kind of animal so um... You know I should be going now. It's getting late and...Manny!"

The deagon picked him up and flew away.

"No! Manny! Help!"

Meanwhile Manny started to wake up from his fall. Much to his surprise, his crash course into the tower hadn't of wakened the princess. She was still asleep. Manny got up, brushed the dirt off of himself, and walked over to her bed. She was human obviously and about the same age he was. She was very beautiful and he never admit it but she was the prettiest woman he had ever seen. She looked like the typical princess except for one detail. Her hair was blue, quite unusual but he didn't have time to point out this woman's appearance. He leaned down and shook her awake.

"Hmm...Five more minutes Mom." She mumbled.

"Wake up!" He shouted.

"What?" She cried sitting up.

"Are you Princess Frida?"

"Yes! And could you please tell me why you woke me up and- Wait a minute are you a knight?"

"Yes."

"Oh finally! And here I thought I'd never get out of here! Oh wait! I must look horrible! Wait right here for a moment!" She closed the curtains around her bed. Five minutes later she opened them again and she was wearing a dress and her hair was fixed. "Yes I am she, waiting for a knight to rescue me."

"Oh that's great now let's go!"

"But we just met. Shouldn't it be romantic?"

"Sorry lady I don't do romance. Now how do you get out of here?"

"The same way you got in."

"The same way I got in?! But where's the door?"

"There's no door."

"Stairs?"

"Nope."

"So there's no way out?"

"Why do you think I never left this place?"

"Oh great! Okay then I guess I'll have to make my own door."

Using his strength he ran toward the wall and punched a hole in it. Then he grabbed Frida's hand pulled her along as he ran down the corridor.

"Could you slow down?" She asked.

"No."

"But how are we supposed to get to know each other?"

"Now is not the time."

"Can I at least know your name?"

"Manny."

"Manny? Well take this as a token of my appreciation."

She handed him her hankey.

"Thanks! I really needed this." He said wiping the sweat off his face.

"Oh brother!" Frida groaned.

"Okay now let's go!"

"Well this isn't how I pictured my rescue."

"What do you want from me? I'm just a guy in armor!"

Then a roar ecohed throughout the castle.

"You didn't slay the dragon?" Frida gasped.

"It's on my to do list!"

"Why didn't you go fight her? That's what all the other knights did."

"Yeah right before they burst into flames. Now do you want to get out of here or not?"

They hurried downstairs then Manny took a left.

"The exit is over there." Frida said pointing right.

"I know but I have to save my ass well half ass that is."

"What kind of knight are you?"

"One of a kind."

Manny opened a large gate that led to the room where the dragon and Zebra Donkey were.

"Look you seem like a nice dragon but we just met and I'm not ready for a physical relationship." Zebra Donkey said. "So why don't we just be friends for a little while?"

She tickled his chin.

"Hey! That is unwanted physical contact!"

Manny carefully and quietly slid down the wall using his claws but when he landed he accidentally knocked over a pot getting the dragon's attention. Manny grabbed Zebra Donkey, darted upstairs, and pulled Frida along as he ran.

"Hi princess." Zebra Donkey said.

"It talks!" Frida gasped.

"Yeah it's getting him to shut up that's the trick!" Manny said.

The dragon chased after them blowing more fire. As he tried to get away, sliding down a chain he hit his groin which hurt hi real bad.

"Owwww!" He groaned.

Try as they might it seemed that they wouldn't be able to escape. Thinking fast Manny grabbed a nearby chain and hooked it to a pole.

"You two head for the exit!" Manny told Frida and Zebra Donkey.

He grabbed the other end of the chain and clamped it on to the dragon's ankle. Then he took off like a bullet joining Frida and Zebra Donkey as they ran on the bridge. The dragon blew a flame which cut the line on the bridge causing it to fall but the top end still held them. So they climbed up it like a ladder while the dragon just sat there chained up and crying.