As soon as it stopped drizzling, we headed off leaving this little town of Four Oaks behind. We slightly rode ahead before the downpour began again. suddenly Charles asked, 'how much further till we arrive at Black Oak City 'Alyssa being in a bad mood due to the weather said Charles "it's at least an hour ride we will get there soon so just be quiet'. We rode in silence only hearing the clip clop of our horses advancing down the uneven terrain and occasionally making splashes over some puddles. taking in the morning scenery We then descended a hill, and we took in the breath-taking sight of grassy plains with hills as far as the eye can see, seemingly becoming an emerald lake of sorts. We then all looked at each other and raced towards the horizon, we always tried to make the best out of every situation I guess you learn to enjoy life more as a peasant and orphan like us. *Click Click"*(clicking noise with their mouths) our horses dashed forward we then could see a beautiful man-made mountain with oaks and other trees surrounding the man-made mountain was like something out of a fairytale Cyrus thought to himself. We then came to a stone bridge that stretched for a mile the only way over the bottomless abyss of the ravine which broke off to mountains and a wild river. underneath we were so nervous as we crossed the bridge, we can see the overlooking sight of a sturdy wall a solid fortress and towers whose top was barely visible. but most shockingly of all was the soldiers who stood guard at the end of the bridge before a massive gateway. their intimidating Aura was unlike anything we've seen before, and they couldn't be compared to our town watchmen. as we approached Darius said in a whisper" see those guys they've seen a few wars before you can feel it from their temperament' suddenly a soldier with silver wolf head in his Chest plate stepped forward Halt! he. stated we immediately pulled our horse reigns less we became porcupines due to the overlooking archers starring at us vigilantly." what's your business here in Black Oak City " he asked us. the most patient and kind of us Diana slightly bowed from atop her horse " greetings sir we're here for the apprenticeship festival seeking opportunities to learn and master a craft we're orphans so this is our most important opportunity lest we become farmers" replied Diana. I see said the soldier " where do you lot hale from and Lemme see your tags" Tags are a metal plaque which has our age Date of birth and other information with a sketch of our appearance so they couldn't be stolen or used by other for they were bound to us by DNA one of the few but very powerful magical artifacts left since the ancient times when once mages and shamans roamed this Realm. After scanning our tags "Alyssa replied "we hale from four oaks township few miles from here" the soldier gave us a once-over look and then said " y'all good to go don't cause trouble if it's your first time you can exchange money at the chamber of commerce behave or you will be imprisoned, or worst may you be picked by a crafts masters learn a craft Goodluck" he returned our tags and shouted open the gates * a loud rumbling of gears turning was heard and the massive steel gate rose allowing us entry into the city.