An unexpected visit

[Ever DragonNoir]

Title : The Dragon's Treasure
Time (approximatively) (by chapters) : Don't know
Time (approximatively) (by time of the day) : Afternoon-Dawn
The characters appearing : Vaelyn Fyremist, Flenn Diomer, Kaleb Brynn, Ballistar Token
The place : Throne room of DragonHeart's castle






Ballistar and his hunting group, around fifteen men, were eating around the fire. It was their last day of the fives. A big pork that Kristian, the King's Hand had killed with an arrow between the eyes, was cooking above the fire. The horses were attached to the trees and were eating and drinking slowly. Ballistar and his men were at half-a-day of walk from the castle, but enough deep in the forest to not see it from where they were. Only the smoke from the fire climbing between the trees could tell where they were. The time was joyful with laughs and jokes, with wine and beer. "You should have kill that bear instead of letting him go ! " said one of the hunting men. "And you should have stay at the castle instead of coming back with empty hands ! " replied the other. These two guys were doing trouble since the beginning of the trip and made some targets escape. Ballistar stood up in rage and threw his cup of beer near the men. "You both gonna shut up ! t least you want your tongue to be cut and throw in a cell when we arrive at the castle. " Both of them stopped talking and looked at each other, uncertain. One of the men took some beer and quit the circle. The other took a part of the pork and started eating. At the same time, Waren, Ballistar's raven flew down to him with a message between his claws. He opened it and read out loud.

Whispers were heard, wondering  who could be that visitor. Ballistar remembered his old friends, people from long ago who decided to show themselves, but no on clearly came in his head. After a last buck of beer, he ordered to all his people to close the tents, saddle the horses, pack the chariots and be  ready to quit in one hour. The sun was going down on the horizon, letting a red colour to the clouds. The water reflected the sun in the waves and a relaxing sound of the water tickling on the rock was the only music we could hear in the silent of the sunset. When they arrived near the doors at the gate, on the other side of the bridge, they saw a small silhouette, standing beside a large beast. While they were walking closer and closer, they could see that it was a girl. She was around fifteen, with long black hair and a small sword on her left side. She seemed to wear a black piece of tissu, going down to the knees. Beside her, the beast revealed to be a dragon. The dragon had small horns, a long and thin neck, small wings with claws on every edge of it. It was still a young dragon, too small and not strong enough to carry a person, not even Flenn. His skin was of a dark purple and when the sun hit it, it became sparkling. 

Ballistar was surprised at first. He eliminated all the dragons from the castle while the attacks and since then, no others had shown up themselves. The kingdom had soon believed that the age of dragons was done forever. To show more of his failure, two more dragons flew above them, carrying something between their claws, what seemed to be a sheep. They made some circles and figure above them and around the towers and disappeared behind the walls. The group stopped suddenly and prepared to attack the young girl with their swords and axes, but the girl didn't seemed to take any attention and stayed on her feet and smiled. Without notice, a men fell on the ground in a scream of pain, an arrow between the shoulders. Everyone looked behind and saw knights and guards come out of from behind the trees. They walked forward to them, swords up and bows strung. They were twenty four against fourteen. In addition, they had a dragon. Though too young to breath fire, the beast had already prove the effectiveness of his claws and teeth. The guards took care of the chariots and the food , and the knights chained the group. They took all the weapons from the enemy and pushed them forward. Flenn turned back and made a sign of head. The large iron gate went up and all the people entered in the castle.

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