Chapter 24 - A griffin appears

As the sun rose above the mountains, Fallon and the rest quietly woke up and gathered their belongings. Ready for a new day.

“ It looks like it’s going to be a great day.”, Fiona said smiling.
“ Yeah. But you no we must be a guard.”, Fynn added.
“ Cadwyn wake up. You don’t won’t us to leave you. Do you?”, Fallon said.
“ Oh. Ok. I’m awake.”, the young dragon said grumpily.
“ OK. We need to head towards Nopal.”, Fallon said recalling what Jasmine said the day before.
“ Yep. Let’s go on that trail.”, Fallon pointed to a dark trail.
“ Uh, No. Let’s go this way.”, Fiona said pointing towards a peaceful trail.
“ I have a felling looks can be deceiving here Fiona.”, Fallon persisted.
“Ok. I’ll trust you.”, Fiona said nervously.

Fallon and the gang slowly enter the dark trail. Once they got in. Noises came from all directions. But Fallon seemed happy. On the other hand Fiona looked scared stiff.

Then came a voice. Fallon searched, but found nothing.

“ Fallon.”, the voice came again.
“ What was that?”, Fallon asked frightened.
“ I don’t no.”, Fynn hugged her.
“ Fallon come.”, it yelled out once again.
“ Stop! Who are you?”, Fiona yelled in all directions.

“ Come to me.”, it crept through the forest.

Fallon eventually had no choice but to follow the voice. Cadwyn leading the way, Fallon felt a bit safer. Soon the came up to a cliff. It seemed to glow in the moonlight.

“ Look!”, Cadwyn pointed with her claw.

Fallon and Fynn looked up and saw someone standing on the edge. It was a girl. In a white wedding dress, but it seemed to be long on her. Possibly her mothers. She stared at Fallon.

“ Oh. My. Gosh! Tha..tha.. That’s me. As a child. It’s me!”, Fallon said in horror.
It indeed was Fallon. And it was her as a child. Six as a fact. She was wearing her mom’s wedding dress. Crying while looking at Fallon.
“ I must tell you something. It’s important.”, the young Fallon said.
“ What is it?”, Fallon asked nervously.
“ It’s about your mother. She’s. She’s.”, the voice said crying.
“ She’s what. Is she hurt?”, Fallon questioned.
“ She’s been murdered!!”, the voice yelled.

Fallon just fell to the ground. She couldn’t believe it. Her mom. Thoughts ran through her head. Who did it? How? Why? She didn’t know but she would find out. Fallon didn’t cry for a few minutes. She just sat there. Then came the tears.
“ WHO DID IT!”, Fallon screamed at the young girl.
“ It was Slir. He found out that you were on your way. He has an army awaiting you.”, the child explained.

Fallon suddenly stood up. Looked at the trail. And ran searching for Slir.
“ Fallon. Fallon, he’s not here. He’s at the castle. We need to be prepared. I’m sad to. But you need to calm down. If you are going to fight him. Give him a fight to remember.

“ I know. I know what we need to do. We need to concentrate on finding that griffin.”, Fynn said.
“ Yeah. Maybe everyone was right. Death is a gift.”, Fiona said.
“ What! I just found out my mother was murdered. And you think it was a gift.”, Fallon said hysterically.
“ No. Well, yeah. Death is a gift because it makes you sad. Makes you fell grief. Remember. They said the only way to touch a griffin is to make it cry. If you make it sad and cry because of your story, then we might have a chance.”, Fiona explained.
“ Yeah. Fallon she’s right.”, Cadwyn agreed.
“ Ok. It’s a plan.”, Fallon said with higher hopes.

Even though Fallon was sad. She did not cry. She needed to save those tears for a griffin. They would camp in the forest for the night. In the morning they would search for a griffin.

As the young teens fell asleep. They didn’t know a griffin had been watching them. He had watched them for many hours. Studying the teens. He wasn’t as found over the dragon though. But then who was.

As the sun slowly began to rise over the tree tops. Fallon awoke to a noise. She quickly woke the others up.

“ Hey. Hey. Wake up. I heard something.”, Fallon said in a whisper.
“ Where did it come from?”, Fynn asked quietly.
“ It came from over there, and Fiona is missing!”, Fallon said scared.
Cadwyn led the way to where the noise had came from.
“ Look behind those bushes.”, Fallon said.
Cadwyn slowly moved behind the bushes and was ready to aim a fire blast, when suddenly she hoped back out smiling.
“ What was it?”, Fynn asked.
“ Look.”, Cadwyn said still smiling.
“ Hey.”, Fynn said smiling too.

Fallon then jumped behind the bushes too. She looked and soon a smile came upon her face as well.
“ Fiona. There gorgeous.”, Fallon said amazed.
“ You think so.”, Fiona asked nervously.
“ Yeah.”, Fynn agreed.

Fiona had awoken before the others. She had found that her wings had appeared. They were beautiful. They were a light purple with blue and pink colors inside them. Fiona was thrilled.

“ I got them. Hooray.”, Fiona said.
“ Yep. Now you can fly your own self. One less person on my back.”, Cadwyn said trying to be mean, but failed.
“ Ha. Very funny. I will fly myself.”, Fiona said smartly.

After a short breakfast, the group started to walk along the trail. They kept hearing footsteps behind them along the way.
“ Ok! That’s it! I have to know who that is. Ok. Show your self.”, Fynn yelled.
“ Don’t mind if we do.”, two scruffy looking guys.
“ Who are you?”, Fallon screamed.
“ We are the loyal servants of King Slir! He has sent us to destroy you.”, the two guys said.
“ Well, not without a fight!”, Cadwyn said blowing a cloud of fire and smoke at them.
Then more men came up. They were soldiers of Slir.

“The war has begun among Slir and the kids.”, Silmarwen said staring at Tathar.
“ Yeah. It’s time we intervene.”, Tathar agreed.
As Silmarwen and Tathar joined the fight. Fallon casting spell after spell, Fiona doing her own magic, Fynn was just kicking and punching. Silmarwen had whistled for her dragon Samairhle. She started to join in with Cadwyn. Tathar was shooting arrows.

The griffin could not bare to she this happen. He suddenly appeared before all. He stood very tall, he looked serious as well. The two scruffy men stared in amazement. As well as the other men.
“Well, looks like the griffin has taken our side.”, the two men said smiling.
The griffin looked at the soldiers and snorted. Then looked at Fallon and stepped towards her.
“ What? You taken there side. Then we’ll just kill you as well.”, one of the men stated.
The griffin then reared up, and slammed it’s feet in front of the men. It chased them away with Cadwyn and Samairhle at the griffins side.

Fallon had found a griffin. She wasn’t even trying to at the moment. She knew what she had to do. She had to tell her story and make the griffin cry a tear, then she could finally get a griffins feather, and stop Slir.

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