The Dragon Prince

[AntonyJC]

*JC not being a expert on the subject just looks an nods*

"so what your saying, to put into lament terms, is the dragons are very destructive and we can find them by following the path of ruin? sounds easy. But the hard part is defeating them..."

*JC looks over to SFOrce as for him to devise a plan to conquer the fould beings*

[SForce]

*SForce looks at the dwarf and sighs in disappointment.*

"Basically, from here, we follow the destruction." SForce said to the dwarf. He turns his attention towards Shadow. "You hold all the knowledge to this mission. My rank and authority mean nothing, i know none of the facts. It is only us three, Raistlin will not allow me to take anyy of the knights, besides, they need them for the stronghold. The only people that join us from here on out or brave soldiers and poor peasents. For now, we ride foward towards the northern Father-Sky Mountains in hopes of finding anything of use?" SForce says in an unsure manner, asking for assistance and backing to his plan at the same time.

[Chaos Creator]

*Shadow nodded, keeping his eyes locked straight ahead for any kind of dragon-sign. They rode on for many hours, passing village after tiny village, before the mountains that were their destination loomed up on the horizon.*

Here we must proceed with caution. We Know not what we walk into...

[AntonyJC]

*JC rides along with the other two looking at all the little villages they pass. he then thinks about all of the men that try to go up the pass*

"if we find any travelers going up the mountain pass we should encourage them to join us and if we do find enough we can make our own little army. also we can ask the villages for any supplies they may give us."

*JC feels revived after that thought*

[Chaos Creator]

Good idea, JC. We definately need more...

* his voice trailed off as they rounded the next bend in the road. The scene before the three adventurers was one of utter destruction. All that remained of the village of lay in smouldering ruin. Buildings had been completely leveled and bodies lay strewn about amongst the carnage. As the group surveyed the damage, a low growl caught their attention. Turning a bit to the right, they were suddenly face to face with a gigantic black, glistening dragon. The dragon rose from his semi-prone position, shaking bits of debris from itself as it stretched up into the sky above them, its eyes burning with dirt as it did so. Shadow's eyes were huge with awe. He had never seen a dragon this close, but he knew the breed and power of this beast. This was a Gloom Dragon, also known as a black.
They had only seconds before the black cocked its head back and loosed a barrage of doom down on them.
Shadow was already in motion when the dragon's head began its backward arch. He rolled backward off his horse, knocking the other two from their mounts as he did so. He delivered a strong slam to the hindquarters of his steed to send it bolting out of range of the darkness that was coming.
He spun to face the beast. But it was too late. The dragon's head shot forward, the mouth coming open and revealing dagger-like teeth as a cloud of black swirling mist burst forth.
Shadow pushed his companions to the side and crouched, bracing for the blast of pure evil. The wave passed over him, forcing him to relive every terrible thing that had ever happened to him. He was immobilized with pain and guilt, the blade he held falling from the hand that had held it. Suddenly, he knew he had made his last mistake, but could not find the motivation or drive to defend himself.
Shadow's head dropped as he accepted his imminent death.*

[SForce]

*SForce clenched his stomach at the sight of this beast. He couldn't believe the size of the beast. It's breath smelt of death and his skin looked like ash beneath a volcano. He cocked his head back and aimmed for the three riders. Almost scarred still SForce didn't know what to do. All he could do is stare at the dragon ready to strike at them. Suddenly he felt a hard knock and he was thrown off his horse. What was that he tought? He wasn't thinking straight. He faced danger before, but never something this big and horrid.*

*A heat wave blast across his body. He was frozen from the heat. He couldn't move. His swords dropped to the side and he collapsed on the ground. He openned his eyes to see what happened and saw Shadow next to him, immobile and badly injured as well. All hope was lost in a matter of seconds, what were they to do? Maybe the mage was right, maybe we should have stayed at the fortress. I guess politics finds it's way to win.*

[AntonyJC]

*JC looks at the magnificent beast and is horror struck and is in an awe of the aura of this dragon. Scales that glisten from the sun, teeth as sharp a a blade and eyes as red as hell itself. During his awe sensation he is hit off his horse from something and hits the ground head first and is knocked out for a couple minutes.*

*He looks over to SForce and Shadow seeing them brutally tore up by the fierceness of the dragon. HE whistles for the horses to come back and they do he puts the injured soldiers onto their horses and gets on his own, very slowly since he is still a little groggy from the fall, and keeps the horses going back to castle.*

*once they reach the castle he instructs the slaves to get the medic out here to look at the two fellows injures and inquires about his head injury*

"your fine JC, the other two will need extra special care"

*JC nods his head as to signal the slaves to bring them into the medicine room and walks to talk to Riast and re evaluate the dragon situation*

[Raistlin]

~Once the three left the audience chambers Raistlin smile.~

"SForce does not see what I plan. Very well he shouldn't. My guess is he's so full of himself by now that he'll rush right into the fray and get hurt. This won't be the first, or last, time he does that. I gave him foresight into where the dragons are and how to approach them. It's better to go in with a plan then blind brutality. Now that I know where the dragons are roosting we can assemble a team to flank the creatures and prevent further casualties."

~Raist wrote something on a parchment and handed them to his squire.~

"Take this dispatch to Morge to fortify the castle walls and have a strike force assembled. 20 soldiers is my order. Throwing 80 - 100 at dragons will only cause needless blood shed. This meeting is adjourned."

~The council members went to their separate rooms and when the hall was empty Raist did the same. In his study he went to a bookcase. Looking it up and down he found the one he wanted. Waving his staff at a high shelf the book slid out and floated to his desk. He sat at his desk and wiped the dust from the book's cover.~

*Dragon Folklore* it read.

~He flipped the pages and stopped in the middle. This chapter was entitled *Dragon Prince* and sported a lovely image of a shinny human figure with two dragons above it. Half of each dragon was kinda melting off and down to the human.~

"A chapter I hoped would never come to fruition in our lifetime."

~He spent the next couple hours reading when his squire knocked.~

"Beggin you pardon, sir, but the three riders have returned. Only one was saddled upon his horse. He's on his way here right now."

*Please don't let it be SForce. He'll be in such a mood.* Raist thought while rubbing his forehead.

"When he arrives at my door see him in."

[AntonyJC]

*JC walks up into Riasts chamber, the servernt lets him in.*

"Riastilin, my dear leader how are you? i am not in as good shape as you sir. SForce and Shadow were near death before i saved them. We need your expertise on dragons and the dragon prince to defeat them"

*JC sits down cluthching his head*

[GuildM]

~The mountain side was cold. The villages were vacant. Nothing but chared remains. When there came three riders on horseback. A great beast roared up from the ruins and prepared to attack. Guts, from a higher cliff, saw the danger they were in. Branishing his massive blade he lunged himself from the cliff and drove his blade through the creature's back. The force from his free falling and the power of his weapon were enough to send the tip petruding through the beast's chest. It howled and screamed as it twisted and writhed. All the while the dwarf got the other 2 on horses and headed back to where he came from. The dragon made a beastly howl to the heavens before crashing into the chared rubble below. Guts lept off as it hit and rolled to safety. Looking down the road the three were already long gone.~

"Didn't even thank me. And that cost me hours of stalking saving their asses."

~He climbed back on it's back the withdraw his weapon. His sword was caked with bloody goo. He wiped it off some before hearing another cry from the skies.~

"Damn it. I hoped they didn't hear that."

~Not seeing a way to get back to the cave on the higher cliff Guts had to think quick. He ran though the doorway of a chared building and swung his sword at the whole front wall. As he entered the front side of the building collapsed imprisoning him inside. Two more dragons landed to investigate their fallen comrad. They spoke to each other, but in an ancient language unknown to him. When they flew away Guts slashed a hole in the wall to escape.~

"Well I won't be able to follow that one back to it's roost, but I might still track those two if I get a move on."

~Placing his sword back in it's sheath he scaled the mountain side with precision. All the while he tried not taking his eyes off the target.~

[Chaos Creator]

*He came to his senses a short while later in the medical ward. The world came back to him as through a fog slowly receding. He sat up and looked around, confused about his whereabouts for a moment. He remembered the dragon rearing back, but then everything was gone except for an overwhelming sense of despair.
Shadow stood, pushing aside a nurse that tried to get him to sit back down, and rushed out heading out to the courtyard to begin looking for the others.*

[Raistlin]

~Raist looked JC in the eyes while still keeping his head down to the book.~

"My good friend. You are the Leading Seneschal for a reason. You know when to take charge. You saw the situation and reacted accordingly. In this situation you've come to me for advise. All I have to tell you now is that if the prophecy comes to light. The Dragon Prince will be a force to recon with. It will take the combined efforts of the guild to take on this foe. Go to Morge and he will give you the run down of what our forces have been ordered to do."

~Flipping the pages of his book he came to a stop.~

"Oh and if at anytime you are capable of bringing one of the beasts to death I'll have the smith ready. The scales, teeth and claws are quite useful. I'll have a team ready to bring in the corpse."

~Raist went back to reading his book.~

[AntonyJC]

*JC heeds the warning by his leader and goes out to the armory where Morge is stationed. But before he get there he runs inot Shadow, who seems a bit confused and in a rush. Shadow tells JC that he is fine and is looking or JC and SForce.*

"Shadow come with me to the armory and listen to what our men were ordered to do and with your expertise in dragons and my expertise in runnning the men, we can take down this dragon"

*Shadow follows JC to the Armory.*

*Once they are there, they are amazed by the amount of weapons that they have in this establishment.*

[SForce]

*SForce sits up and looks around. Nothing but bright lights surround him as he tries to gain his focus back. He is consious but barely. He looks around the room. Where is he? A servent walks up to him and asks him if he's alright. He shruggs off the question as if it were never asked.*

*He takes one leap and plants himself on the ground.*

"Where am I?" He asks the servert

"Why Sir, you are in the Demon Guardian castle."

*SForce looks at him gravely.*

"Damnit." He first whispers to himself. "DAMNIT!" He shouts in anger, knocking everything over in an arms reach.

*SForce slams open the door and walks to the main hall. Finding Raistlin's door he barges in.*

"Don't say a word, don't mock me, don't say you told me so. Answer me this. What are we up against!?" SForce says furiously

[Raistlin]

~Raistlin simply looks up from under his brow. Then with the wave of his hand he becons him to have a seat.~

"You and I have not been friends as long as others here have been with you, but there should be one thing you know of me. I was asked to take this possition as clan leader because I will do everything to help this clan. You should then know that I would not have allowed you to leave it I was at all worried about you getting killed. If there is anything you can do to help it would be going to the armory and asking Shadow what he knows. He's one of the few that were alive when they were around, so to speak. Now I need more time to read about this. Ask him what he knows about the Dragon Prince. All the while I'm gonna delv into my studies of how to stop it. I expanded all my strength for the time being on dragon sight."

~He looks back down to his book and continues his studies.~