Nathan walked through darkness. He wasn’t sure where he was but he was glad to be out of his prison box. If only he could find a wall or something that would give him an idea of which way to go. He guessed that he was still in Snagglefang’s cave, but if so where were the walls? He continued to reach through the darkness, trying to find a way out. Then he heard a girl crying from somewhere far ahead and he realized by the sound, that he was not in a cave. It sounded more like he was in a field outside with no moon or stars to light the sky.
The prince moved toward her, hoping to get some answers and maybe offer some help. There was something familiar about her crying, but he couldn’t think of who it could be. Soon the crying stopped and he became aware of another voice coming from the same direction. The new voice was strong and deep and seemed to be soothing the girl quietly. It too sounded familiar, but not a good kind of familiar. It was the kind of familiar that made a person’s stomach sink into their shoes.
He was getting closer now and could make out shadowy shapes not too far away in the moonlight which had suddenly appeared. One shape was quite large and huddled over a smaller one. Nathan guessed that the smaller one was the girl. She was sitting cross-legged on the ground listening to the creepy voice of the large thing. Nathan couldn’t quite tell what it was because it seemed to be standing in the darkest shadows of all, but he was sure he knew the voice from somewhere.
Suddenly there was a bright green glow from the ground in front of the girl and Nathan froze as he finally recognized her!
“Nataleigh!” he shouted, “get away from Snagglefang! He’s evil!”
The dragon turned his face from Nataleigh’s ear and smiled at the prince wickedly.
“It’s too late, boy!” he gloated. “Your sister wanted the Serpent’s Eye and I have given it to her! Now she is mine, heart and soul for no one escapes the power of the eye once they have touched it’s power!”
To Nathan’s horror, he now realized that the light on the ground came from a glowing green ball of mist that sat in front of his sister! She was staring into it with eyes wide open, her hands holding each side of it!
“You see, you failed to save her and now she is trapped in the darkness of disobedience.” Snagglefang continued. “You children are such easy prey when you leave the protection of your father’s commandments. You might have saved her, of course, if you would have given yourself to me, but since you refused, I decided to use her instead.”
Now Nathan noticed the mist in the ball starting to crawl up Nataleigh’s arms and realized that it was pulling her inside! Soon she would be gone!
“Get away from her, you snake!” he screamed and ran forward to pull Nataleigh off of the terrible globe! The mist had moved all the way to her body by now and she was beginning to disappear! Nathan ran with everything he had in him, hoping he could reach her in time without the dragon stopping him! To his surprise, Snagglefang moved out of the way as he reached for his sister! But it was too late! His arms passed right through Nataleigh’s shadow and he felt himself stumbling into the Serpent’s Eye! Then there was nothing but green mist all around as he felt himself falling! Snagglefang’s triumphant laughter was the last thing he heard as he fell...
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