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snort again. I think we can leave it as Kaz, Alex. Our journey together will be very swift, but sooner or later we will have to confront the fair elves and make peace or do battle.
Yes, but traveling with you and your people will not be any worse than entering their lands with a dwarf and a dark elf. Come, let us get the rest of the party together and be on our way.
Alex had a bit of trouble convincing Prince Tergota to remount his unicorn. The dwarf had not objected when they were fleeing the dark elves’ camp, but now he didn’t want to resume the journey on the back of a unicorn. Everyone’s arguments fell on deaf ears until Alex pointed out that Prince Rigal was riding despite his fear of unicorns. Alex felt slightly guilty about furthering the competition between the two Princes, but the dwarf was up on his unicorn in a flash and the party got underway.
As they passed by an area of the mountains where Alex trained his Rangers, he began to notice slight differences in the terrain and decided to point this out to Jenneva. Evidently, the Universes did have differences in geography, even if they were slight.
The group followed the mountains eastward until they came to the pass that was called Tor Pass in their own Universe. They had passed no one on their journey to this point and Alex felt that once they went through the pass, camping would become dangerous. He called a halt to the party and they set up camp for the night. Alex was astounded at the progress they had made in one day. He could never have covered the same amount of territory on horseback as he had with the unicorns.
Alex decided that the unicorns would not stand watch at night as they bore the brunt of the physical exercise during the day. Alex and the two Princes took turns at watch. Egam had been decidedly quiet during the trip and during Alex’s watch, he noticed Egam shaking and rolling about as if having a nightmare. Alex woke Egam up and the old magician’s face was drained of color and he was sweating profusely. Egam refused to talk about it and instead of returning to sleep, he wandered over to the edge of the camp and sat quietly.
In the morning Alex woke Jenneva and took her aside.
“I’m really worried about Egam,” he stated. “He has been much too quiet and last night he must have been having a terrible nightmare. Something is bothering him. See if you can find out what the problem is.”
“I know what you mean,” replied Jenneva. “My attempts at conversation with him are strained. He has been acting strangely ever since we entered this Universe. There is nothing I can do short of a Mind Probe and I will not do that unless Egam is in great danger.”
“But his decisions may be affected,” Alex pleaded. “There are other lives at stake here and he cannot keep his problems to himself.”
“Leave it be, Alex,” declared Jenneva. “You have been acting as the group’s leader and doing fine. You were supposed to take over if anything happened to Egam. Something has happened to Egam and you have taken over. When Egam finds out what is bothering him, he will let us know. I think the problem is that Egam does not know what is bothering him.”
“Okay, Jenneva,” conceded Alex, “but keep an eye on him. I feel trouble coming from Egam and keeping the two Princes apart is enough of a problem.”
Alex woke everyone up and they had a quick breakfast, mounted the unicorns and set out for the pass. Alex and Kaz took the lead at a moderate pace. Tor Pass was also different than the one in Alex’s Universe. It was considerably wider than he remembered. As he was looking at the peaks that lined the pass, he saw a huge shape flying above. He pulled slightly on Kaz’s mane and the party halted. Alex pointed skyward and everyone looked up.
Soaring overhead of the path they were heading for was a huge reptilian form flying in circles.
What is that, Kaz?
That is Gorga, the dragon. The way he is circling would indicate that he is
Yes, but traveling with you and your people will not be any worse than entering their lands with a dwarf and a dark elf. Come, let us get the rest of the party together and be on our way.
Alex had a bit of trouble convincing Prince Tergota to remount his unicorn. The dwarf had not objected when they were fleeing the dark elves’ camp, but now he didn’t want to resume the journey on the back of a unicorn. Everyone’s arguments fell on deaf ears until Alex pointed out that Prince Rigal was riding despite his fear of unicorns. Alex felt slightly guilty about furthering the competition between the two Princes, but the dwarf was up on his unicorn in a flash and the party got underway.
As they passed by an area of the mountains where Alex trained his Rangers, he began to notice slight differences in the terrain and decided to point this out to Jenneva. Evidently, the Universes did have differences in geography, even if they were slight.
The group followed the mountains eastward until they came to the pass that was called Tor Pass in their own Universe. They had passed no one on their journey to this point and Alex felt that once they went through the pass, camping would become dangerous. He called a halt to the party and they set up camp for the night. Alex was astounded at the progress they had made in one day. He could never have covered the same amount of territory on horseback as he had with the unicorns.
Alex decided that the unicorns would not stand watch at night as they bore the brunt of the physical exercise during the day. Alex and the two Princes took turns at watch. Egam had been decidedly quiet during the trip and during Alex’s watch, he noticed Egam shaking and rolling about as if having a nightmare. Alex woke Egam up and the old magician’s face was drained of color and he was sweating profusely. Egam refused to talk about it and instead of returning to sleep, he wandered over to the edge of the camp and sat quietly.
In the morning Alex woke Jenneva and took her aside.
“I’m really worried about Egam,” he stated. “He has been much too quiet and last night he must have been having a terrible nightmare. Something is bothering him. See if you can find out what the problem is.”
“I know what you mean,” replied Jenneva. “My attempts at conversation with him are strained. He has been acting strangely ever since we entered this Universe. There is nothing I can do short of a Mind Probe and I will not do that unless Egam is in great danger.”
“But his decisions may be affected,” Alex pleaded. “There are other lives at stake here and he cannot keep his problems to himself.”
“Leave it be, Alex,” declared Jenneva. “You have been acting as the group’s leader and doing fine. You were supposed to take over if anything happened to Egam. Something has happened to Egam and you have taken over. When Egam finds out what is bothering him, he will let us know. I think the problem is that Egam does not know what is bothering him.”
“Okay, Jenneva,” conceded Alex, “but keep an eye on him. I feel trouble coming from Egam and keeping the two Princes apart is enough of a problem.”
Alex woke everyone up and they had a quick breakfast, mounted the unicorns and set out for the pass. Alex and Kaz took the lead at a moderate pace. Tor Pass was also different than the one in Alex’s Universe. It was considerably wider than he remembered. As he was looking at the peaks that lined the pass, he saw a huge shape flying above. He pulled slightly on Kaz’s mane and the party halted. Alex pointed skyward and everyone looked up.
Soaring overhead of the path they were heading for was a huge reptilian form flying in circles.
What is that, Kaz?
That is Gorga, the dragon. The way he is circling would indicate that he is
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