Jun
28
The tops of my ears were freezing, I wonder if humans have this issue in cold weather… That stupid kender just had to get us kicked out of the last town; I will kill him if I ever see him again! We didn’t even get a chance to buy any snow equipment like that nice bearskin coat, or those wooden snowshoes. The wet, cold snow soaks through the shoe leather, the bitter frost biting into my feet. The white forest stretches out for miles, no end in sight, as I trudge along - if only I could lie down and go to sleep.
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As the sun reaches it’s zenith, the thinning forest gives way to a large clearing, and the green of the forest concealed by the snow. A huge white dragon, his pristine scales shining in the sunlight, lay snoring in front of me. Damn my luck! Why do I have to stumble upon a dragon? As I move quietly away from the clearing, just wanting to get the hell out of there, I step on a twig. The snap echoes around the forest, a hitch in the snoring worries me for a second, but the snoring starts again. I realize the snoring has stopped once I get about 30 yards away, but it is the earth shaking roar that really clues me into my oncoming trouble.
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My legs pump furiously as I try my hardest to run in this snow-covered landscape, these soft boots too inadequate for the task. I can hear the dragon flapping behind me, gaining on me. The fear of the moment unleashes the tide of adrenaline in me, my legs pumping harder than before. The wind from the dragon’s wings knocks me over, the utter terror gripping me in silence, as he lands on my back. I notice my blood spreading out on the clean white snow as my life slips away.
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