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‘What? What did the leader sense?’, thoughts ran rapidly through my mind.
‘Thud…thud…thud…’ the ground began to vibrate and all the monsters that were
lurking in the shadows fled away in fear. ‘A horde.’

“ Go Forward! Hurry!” the leader shouted. His tone sounded so urgent that made
the rest of the group feel nervous. In a rush, everyone started running forward
towards the unknown, following the order of our leader.

Amid all the chaos, I whispered under my breath, “ Fire.” A fireball came from
nowhere, just inches on top of my palm. With the little light, I could finally see
my surroundings. I stopped running. No one was there.

My whole body trembled in the cold wind of dawn. Anxiously, my heartbeat

became louder in my head. A few meters in front of me there was a cave. The
ditch was a rectangular-shaped entrance where it led to a hollow tunnel. Not
knowing where to take shelter, I followed my curiosity into the cave with my
fireball still intact.

After a few minutes of walking, the somewhat never-ending tunnel was still pitch
black inside. Relentlessly, I walked into the tunnel for a few more minutes. Then,

I saw a faint light at the end. ‘Finally!’ I thought I had found shelter from
whatever danger that was scaring even the monsters scrambling across the forest.

However, the first sight I saw was the most shocking thing I had ever seen in my
life. A dragon, a legend. A dragon was resting around 4 meters in front of me. I
could hear its breathing that shook the dust inside the cave every time it exhaled.
This majestic legend was right in front of me. I was flabbergasted and my body
froze. This dangerous beast could eliminate me in barely a second.

Its nose twitched with the sound of my shoes slipping on the ground. The dragon
woke up. I panicked. Instantaneously, it sat up to 6 times my height. Out of fear,
my knees gave up, and I landed on the ground with my palms supporting my
upper body. Then it spoke.

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