Forty minutes later the dragon began to glide lower and lower to the ground until landing them in front of strange rocks along navy blue mountains. The minute Soranto was on firm ground the empress hopped down and reached for the gremlin. 

"There you go." She told him.

"Thank you." He replied.

The empress nodded then looked around the area, unsure as to if any of them had ever been there before now. Grabbing the magic bag and digging through it, she wanted to know where they had just landed. Slowly reading the small print on the map she read Casaria Mountains as Vamier read over her shoulder. 

"Does anyof it look familiar to you?" She asked the little fellow.

"A little of the landscape, the mountains. There should be a fortress about thirty minutes from here." He told her.

"I'd love to see it." The empress told him.

"I have to rest remember?" The dragon shot back with more than a hint of sarcasm.

The empress simply rolled her eyes.

"We've gotten pretty far but there is still a long way." The gremlin reminded them. 

"It feels like we're never going to get there." Soranto whined before curling into a ball near a silver leafed elm tree.

It was mere seconds before the large creature began to snore. The empress bowed to him then turned o the gremlin.

    "You're going to make me wander through the landscape aren't you?" 

"You are getting to know me well." She replied.

"Lead the way." He replied rolling his eyes. 

 The empress gave a nod then led them slowly into the unknown forest. Vamier followed close behind her, in panic mode.