User blog:Redknight910/WWYD Dragon Griffon Conan1998

I gulp and tap my friend on the shoulder.

"What is... it..." She goes stiff as she spots the griffon.

"I was sleeping off a hangover, and then hear two people rummaging through my home and grabbing my stuff. Diamond. Now." She holds out her hand demandingly. My friend looks at me, then back at the griffon, then just stares off for a few seconds. This doesn't seem like a good time to make long decisions. After a few more seconds the griffon growls and my friend smiles, holding out the diamond.

"Sorry, miss. Won't happen again." Just as the griffon reaches for the gem, my friend grabs me and takes off.

"What the hell are you doing?!" I scream as the ground leaves my feet. She looks back, slightly terrified when she spots the griffon gaining on us.

"Winging it?" Is her only answer. As we hit the exit she pulls straight up and takes to the sky, griffon still right behind us. My friend is weaving and dodging through the hills, trying to out maneuver the griffon, and when she sees it's not working she looks at me.

"Don't worry, I'll be back." Eyes widening as I work out what she's doing, I only have long enough to scream before she lets me go. I hit the ground and roll a meter or two as the two fliers continue their chase. Grumbling I stand up, dust myself off, and look around.

We're not far from town, but there's a lot of climbing ahead of me. After about two hours of trudging through the mountains looking for a path or trail I hear a roar above me. Looking up I spot the griffon diving towards me. Out of pure fear I run for it, ducking under her when she tries to grab me. When she lands in front of me, I stop, stumble, and fall down a cliff. With another scream I fall, until I'm grabbed in a pair of arms. Looking at the arms I know immediately who they belong to.

Looking up I see my friend smiling down at me. "Told you I'd be back."

"What the hell?! I almost died! Just give the damn gem back already!" She looks at me, confused.

"I dropped it with you, didn't you feel it in your pocket?!" I feel around, noticing the lump in my left pocket.

"Well, I'm giving it back the moment she catches us!" My friend then smiles again, which worries me.

"Oh, she won't be catching us, don't you worry." She flies up again, going higher than the tallest peak until the air starts to thin out, then I feel her chest heating up. I cover my face before a gout of flame erupts around me. When the heat dies down I look around, not seeing the griffon. In fact, I can see very little.

"Okay, I think we're safe." My friend says from behind me. Turning around to where her voice came from proves pointless, as it's even darker that way.

"Where the hell are we?" There's a small breath of flame, followed by the soft flickering of a torch.

"Welcome to my hoard." My friend says with a smile. I'm a bit underwhelmed at first, since there only seems to be a few odds and ends scattered around what must be a pretty large cavern.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"Um... I guess it's still a work in progress?" My friend looks at me, then starts tearing up.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"It's pathetic!" She cries, falling to her knees. "No one comes out here, there's no good places to loot and everyone gets angry when I take pretty stuff." She puts her head in her hand and stis there sobbing for a bit. With a sigh I pull the gem from my pocket, handing it to her.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"At least you can call this one a victory, right?" She looks at the stone, eyes still teary, before smiling again.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"Right. Right!" She's back to her usual, cheerful self again in moments. "This is my real start, this is where my hoard really begins." She looks at me for a moment before pulling me into a one armed hug. "Thanks for helping with this, it really means a lot to-"

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"Annabelle Heather Draconis! Get your sorry hide out here now!" We both recognise the voice as her mothers. She lets go of me, motions for me to stay silent, and walks out to the entrance. I follow carefully, tring not to make a noise. I turn the corner to see a very angry dragon and griffon, and a very nervous looking Annabelle.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"Did you take this woman's diamond?" Her mother asked, her voice a heavy growl.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"Yes mother." Her mother held out her hand.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"Give it to me." She silently handed over the stone, where it was quickly returned to the griffon.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"Thank you Mrs Draconis. I assume you'll punish her fittingly for stealing from others?" The woman nodded, turning back to her daughter as the griffon took flight. The two stood in silence until the sound of wings faded into the background. The older dragon then smiled and embraced her daughter.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"I am so proud of you." She said, squeezing her daughter tight.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"Uh-you-wha-huh?" Her mother let out a rich laugh.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"Don't you know how great enemies dragons are with griffons? Me and Frissa have been fighting over treasure since we were hatchlings. I almost can't believe you managed to not only get the thing, but also get away from her." Her mother was beaming, and Annabelle was starting to smile too.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"Well, I didn't do it alone..." He mother looked into the cave, straight at me.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"Oh, I know. Come here you." I obey the command and step out into the light. "Thank you so much for helping my daughter with this." She pulled a piece of paper out of her pocket, handing it to her daughter.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"I was going to wait until you graduated to give you this, but I think you've earned it." Annabelle's eyes went wide as she unfolded the paper. Looking at it myself, it was a map, with about fifty places marked on it, with two one to five ratings on each of them, one a skull, on a diamond.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"It's my own personal loot map. I drew it up after I felt my hoard was big enough. The higher the rating, the better the loot, or more dangerous the place. I'm sure you don't need me to tell you which is which." Annabelle threw herself around her mother.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"Thank you!" She cried, getting a chuckle from her mother.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"You're welcome, but I don't want to hear about you stealing after this, understood?" My friend nodded enthusiastically. "Good, now lets go home, it's starting to get late." Annabelle nodded, wrapping her arms around me.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"Hey, do you think we could go out like this every weekend?" She asks me as we're flying.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"Every... weekend?" I ask, fearing for my life.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"Don't worry, we'll start small. Though you might want to bring that dagger your father got you, some of these places might be a bit rough." Knowing the choice's already been made I just nod. This girl will be the death of me, I'm sure of it.