Under that sentence was directions. It told me how to get to the throne room. I followed them as instructed. I had to go to the weapons vault for a sword first. Then through the hall was four guards that I had to fight. It was a long and hard fight. They were their best fighters no doubt. Thank god for my dad signing me up for fencing back home, I definitely won that battle.
On one of the men's armor helmets was another note. It said, " If you have received this note, that means you have beat my best soldiers. Your next task deals with finding a jewel in a haystack. Find it and you will find your next task." I walked past the soldiers that were lying cold on the floor and went to the next room. When I entered I was surprised. It was an imagery of a barn. It had stalls and hay stacks. What I did not expect was what I would see. Instead of horses that I thought I would have found in the stalls, there were 3 headed dragons In each stall. First I was not scared because the stalls were closed and locked securely, but then something magically opened the three stalls which lead to the dragons galloping out the stalls like horses would. The only good thing about that was the dragons apparently couldn't breathe fire. I took down the tiny dragon like it was nothing. All I had to do was slice all three heads off of it. The medium dragon was a little harder to kill. I tried the same tactic as the little one, but the heads just grew back on this one. I cut the second dragon everywhere possible. The last place I tried was the heart. It worked perfectly. The dragon went down. Now, the last one was the hardest. I did everything possible. Sadly, nothing worked and I got swallowed whole. Thankfully, my sword came with me. I sliced the insides of this dragon and with the guts of it I came out. Full of dragon guts and my own blood, I looked through the hay. I found the jewel with the note.
I put the jewel in my pocket and read the note. It said, " Two out of four quests complete. I'm really impressed. Your next task is a little harder since you don't know or understand the power you have yet. Dig deep within yourself and control your senses. Instead of hounds hunting you, you have to hunt down the hounds. There are 6 hounds in counting. Find them and they will lead you to your final task."
After reading that I left that room. I found a room that looked similar to a bathroom. There was another note on top of some clothes. It stated, " I almost forgot. You might be dirty if you killed the dragons. Under this note there are some clothes so you can freshen up. Do this then resume to your next task." I picked up the outfit. It was a beautiful black warrior dress that was rimmed with real gold. There were gold flowers patterned all over the dress. I put the dress
down on the counter and took a shower. The hot water on my skin felt so refreshing. It was like I haven't took a shower in days. I finished up and got out to put on the dress. It was perfect on me. The neutral tones matched my light brown skin and made me look like a spanish princess. My blue eyes and jet black hair brought out the whole outfit. After I finished getting dressed I had sensed something in the shadows. It was a hound as I suspected. I followed the hound, which lead me to a mysterious door. I opened it and to my liking it was a dining room. There were different foods all along the table. It looked like my house on All You Can Eat Day. I didn't care who or what the food was for. I just was hungry so I started eating until I had gotten full. When I was done I sensed the second hound. I followed it and it lead me to a weird hall. The hall had writing on it. As I walked I read on the wall.
On my right, it said, "1234 Princess Lexis was taken from the Inbetween by the Underworld."
On my left it said, " War broke out between the Inbetween and the Underworld. The Underworld won and took over the Inbetween."
I walked a little bit farther and read more. "1963 the In Between rose up and fought for independence. They won their place and signed a peace treaty with the Underworld."
" 2003 the princess of the In Between was born and taken from her rightful place" Without noticing it I reached a door. The door also had words written on them.
On the door was written, "2019 on the 16 birthday of the princess she came back to the Inbetween." When I read those words I felt a pulsating nervousness flush over me. I opened the door and all six of the hounds were there. As I walked into the room the hounds disappeared and I was alone.
In that moment a dark mist appeared from thin air. When it came closer I saw his face. It was a perfect chocolate tone with a toned jaw. His hair was jet black in a small fro. I thought I could just fall from his appearance. I thought it couldn't get any better than the view. When he spoke, I was in a trance.
"Your last quest will be temptation. If you could fight all of these off then you will get through to where you will get all of the answers," he said. When I heard that I snapped out of it. I put two and two together. He was apart of the quest. I looked around and there was my grandma holding cookies and singing a song that was tempting but not familiar.
" Come here child. I know you miss me. I will make it all alright if you only would come see," she sang over and over. As I resisted the temptation of both the cute boy and the illusion of my grandma's singing they disappeared.
My mom then appeared and I cried harder as she said, "Come to me my child. I'm here for you. Just come into my arms." I cried and resisted that. I fell to my knees crying into my hands. Every one of those illusions came all at once and came towards me.
I was tempted by all of this, but I was stronger than that so I fought back. I screamed, "No!!" Everything disappeared as my voice had gotten stronger. I didn't even recognise my own voice in that moment.