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The trek up the mountain was anything but easy. The lost souls barely had any time to rest and they were bruised, injured, and tired. 

Soldiers clad in heavy armor marched alongside them, their expressions grave. It was hard to believe that the entire north side of Sol had been wiped out so quickly. Everyone marched up hill with prince Tobias and a few soldiers taking the lead. The prince didn't look as experienced as his men and from time to time it'd look like he was ready to fall flat on his face, but he persevered. Those witches had killed hundreds of his people and had endangered their city, he refused to just sit around and wait.

"The dragon's den is just a few kilometers above us now." The soldier looked towards the lost souls, some of which were being carried. Had it really been the best idea to bring them along? They were all tired and most of them seemed pretty out of it. "Be careful," he stated before he motioned for Tobias to stay still. "Men, forward march!" The soldiers went on ahead, allowing the Lost Souls to take a quick breather.

Harper was using his sword as a crutch but he was managing and soon he stopped by Lesley, Jasper, and Inadi. The boy focused his eyes on the latter, "hey? how's your arm?" Harper mustered up a small smile. He caught bits and pieces of their conversation and realized they had been talking about Hakuren. What the mage had done earlier was cruel but he didn't say anything about that. They had to work together if they wanted to leave to Nowhere. "Just take it easy," Harper gave Lesley and Jasper a weary grin. "We have a great healer on our team and we'll watch your back."

Meanwhile Riley had followed after Ace and Haku and were a little farther up. "So we just have to slip an amulet onto that baby dragon's neck, right?" She grinned from ear to ear. "With all these soldiers, it should be a piece of cake." She clambered onto another rock. "Let's just hope the little critter doesn't start bawling again...WHOA!" The girl fell off the rock she had been standing on and crashed into both Ace and Hakuren. "That isn't fluffy...not at all."

Circling around the mountain was a giant blue beast and it let out a deafening cry.

"Celery!" The head guard gaped, as the dragon loomed menacingly above them. "Run, uphill! Men, to battle!" Soldiers began charging towards the hill top like bugs fleeing from a hungry bird. Archers readied their bows but with a mighty flap of its wings the arrows were sent clattering to the ground.

"Someone get to the baby dragon!" One of the men yelled.

"Sir! It's not there." 

The dragon opened its mouth and a spray of blue fire rained down on the mountain. 

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"Get up the moment now! Find solid ground if we stay here, we'll get blown off the mountain side." 

Harper nodded then turned back to his friends. "You heard him, let's go!" He waited for them to run then trailed behind them. They weren't going to get separated not this time. He felt his knees shaking and to be honest he wanted to run away but if they didn't stop those witches then even more people would suffer. They had to get through to the dragon, but how?

"Get this amulet on its neck!" One of the guards yelled.

Harper paled, how on earth were they supposed to get on a dragon's back?

Riley looked worried as well but she forced a little laugh, it was the time to be brave. "We'll be okay if we stick together."

The mountain began to shake and from out of nowhere a tremendous force pushed down on them all. Harper clung onto a nearby tree and watched as several men were blown off the mountainside. Their screams echoed inside his head and he screwed his eyes shut. He didn't wait for his brain to come up with a solution because if he tried to be logical he knew he'd end up frozen in fear so he pushed himself away from the tree and began running up the mountain. 

There was another roar and the mountain shook, this time from the inside. Soldiers yelled and archers and mages fired their bows and spells. 

There was no turning back now and they could only rely on each other.