silvya's pov

I was annoyed

I was late

I  was thirsty

I was tired

there where mosquitos everywhere

I was lost

it had started , late in the afternoon when I had decided to go on a walk through the forest. I found this easy , simple looking forest route . so I took it, and then decided to go back. unfortunately I went the wrong way and now I was stuck, without a path in an extremely dense forest that seemed to never end. There where bugs everywhere and mosquitos and it was getting dark. It had been extremely dry and hot so I didn't wear a cloak. my quiver bumped against my back whenever I moved.Luckilly, just as I was beginning to panic, the forest began to get less thick. That brought my hope sup.

After a while , the forest cleared up and I was on a low grassy slope of mount drake . I saw a small mountain stream and ran up to it and greedilly drank from it . I got up and brushed the water off my face but then something caught my attention. Some rocks. No, not ordinairy rocks. They didn't seem natural. They jutte dout of the ground too smoothly and evenly, like two pillars. I approached them and bent down to look. No, they definitely weren't natural.

Forone thing, they where far too smooth and symetric.

I already said that.

But for another, they had desingns on them. The one on the left had a leaf, and on the right a circle. I turned a corner and followed them.There where two other posts. They where more damaged, but I could make out two connected swirls and a single swirl.

Aftert hat ,there where two more: a flame, and a skull. Then, there where two tall posts which must have been an arch. There was nothing on them. I walked through them and I was confronted with six podiums circling a sort of round block with designs and pictures on it. I looked at the sky. The sun was setting, and it was quite dark. I wakled to the ledge to see where I was. I scanned the area. Under me to the far right I could see the lagoon, , on the far left some more forest, with the elvan camp, and in the middle more forest. I was on Lowest ridge!I was about to turn back,but I decided to stay and look at the ruins. (becuase ruins are cool)They somehow drew me in. The whole area had a heavy, strange feeling that made you want to see more. So I walke back to the circle and continued to examine the circle of podiums.

They all looked the same, besides that each one had a symbol carved on it.The same ones as the symbols i'd seen before: the joined swirls, the flame, the swirl, the leaf, the circle, and the skull. They must have meant something important. I saw no more ruins behind the podium, but I dicided to show my friend ivy (an elf) the place i'd found the next day. But before I went into the forest, I filled the two side pockets of my quiver and my hands with pebbles so I could remember the way back to the ruins.

I stopped in a clearing to rest for a bit. Just as I was about to getgoing, I saw a dark shape moving in the sky. It became bigger and bigger until I saw what it was. The dragon goldflame.He was probably coming for me. I waited until he came down, singing the ground as he landed. His red and gold scales gleamed, evenin the last lights of the setting sun.

"silvya,we've been looking for you everywhere. Where where you?"

"I got lost"

"you'realmost two hours late. You where supposed to meet Silverflame at the lagoon. We got really worried!"

"sorry,it's just this forest is sort of complicated"

"I know it is but then you shouldn't go wandering in it"

"and you shouldn't-"I began but he continued before I could say anything

"hop on, let's not waste any more time"

He bent low so that I could get on him, his muscular legs bent and looking that they could spring up faster than lightning and his gold wings rimmed with red folded in so he could push off. I swung my leg over his neck and held on

nowchildren, I don't advise that you do 'tis at home. Dragon riding isvery dangerous because you can fly off, and the thing about dragons ,is that you don't control them. They fly where they want

I wrapped my arms around goldwing's kneck as the wind blew past me like a wall , blowing myhair back and threatening to pull me off. We finally arrived at his cave on the peak of the mountain. We got inside and ,exhausted, I curled up on my hay bed, wrapped my green elf cloak around me, and fell asleep