BND

Chapter 1

She was walking down the forest path, the dappled sunlight coming through the green trees around her illuminating the gravel path with a warm and calm light as she walked towards her next destination away from her previous life. She could see the city's tall skyscrapers touching the soft clouds in the distance through the gaps in the leaves. Sighing happily as she finally saw the city after her past few days of travel down this path. She hadn't seen many people down this path during her time traveling it and even now as she had the city in sight that held true she was the only one on this long path. While she was wondering if the path would get busier the closer she got to the city, she heard a bush rustle behind her. Curious, she turned to see what it was and froze as she saw something impossible and utterly terrifying. A giant lizard looking at her with a look of madness in its eyes. Fear taking over her brain she froze and couldn't even scream, she swallowed and dropped her pack as she turned to run, her feet pounding the trail's gravel, she sprinted away as fast as she could adrenaline coursing through her. She looked back to see if the dragon was coming after her, and saw the dragon still standing where she first saw it. When she quickly glanced back it exploded into motion, moving so fast it blurred as it came rushing at her, a massive paw extending toward her and slamming her head on the ground as her vision went dark.

When she came to her head was throbbing a little bit as she groaned and sat up to see where she was. Blinking as her eyes adjusted to the low light, she saw that she was in a gigantic cave, its entrance some thousand feet above her and a sheer cliff the only way to get to it. The light that was streaming in through the entrance allowed her to just barely see what was around her. There was a creek that ran through some of the cave coming from a large pool at one end, as she followed it with her eyes she saw it lead to a small opening in the wall. Standing up to get a better view, her head throbbed from its rough treatment earlier. Wincing at the sudden headache, she stood still and brought her hand up to it. Feeling where she had hit the ground there was a small knot there, the pain intensifying a little bit as she touched it. But when she drew her hand away from her head she saw that there was no blood on it. She sighed, relieved that it wasn't

too serious. She stood still and looked around more while she waited for the pain to dull. Turning around she saw something glint in the dim light, squinting a little bit she gasped when she made out what it was her eyes widening in surprise. The glint she had noticed came from a massive pile of what had to be treasure; gold, gems and other valuables. She took a step towards it, the throbbing in her head having lessened some at this point, and began walking towards the golden glory.

The walk to the pile took some minutes as she navigated some uneven ground and walked the distance to the pile. While the cavern had mostly flat areas there were some areas that were more treacherous than others. But even though most of the way was flat it still took her five or so odd minutes total to cross the flat areas and an extra five or six to cross the rougher ones. Finally reaching the pile she reached out and took some of the treasure to inspect. Choosing a fist sized diamond she held it and marveled at how this one rock was probably worth more money than she has ever had in her life total. Looking up at the 15 foot tall pile of treasure that was probably twice as wide as it was tall she couldn't even imagine how much it all would be worth. Not that it would be much use to her if she couldn't get out. Placing back the diamond, she sighed at what a waste it was for this treasure just to sit here, which brought her to the dragon, or whatever it was that brought her here, a fact that she willfully ignored while walking over here and when she was still getting her bearings. What was that thing though? A dragon? She thought, but that can't be. They don't exist, they have never existed. But what else could it be? She looked at the treasure pile once more. They're only supposed to be fairytales. So how? We have radar. We're in the modern era. How do we not know about them? But what else could it be? Maybe I'm having a hallucination. Yeah! That's it, a hallucination! That has to be it! Reaching up she once again touched the knot on her head, it stinging a little bit as she touched it. A hallucination that could hurt me... she thought defeated What the fuck! Why is my life so crap! What did I do to deserve this? I finally escaped that 18 year nightmare of my life only to be kidnapped by a FUCKING DRAGON, which aren't even supposed to EXIST! FUCK! ... Well, I guess there's nothing I can do about it right now. Calming down a little she decided to go to the pool that she saw and get a drink and look at that opening she saw before she got distracted by the treasure. Walking back to where she woke up she took a look at herself and saw that she and her clothes were rather dirty from the cavern floor and getting knocked out. Maybe I'll take a bath and wash my clothes as well when I get over there, She thought.