It was a bright morning on Ivory Mountain. Prince Nathan woke from a scary dream. He had dreamed that his sister was in trouble and that he was the only one who could save her. He walked through the crystal castle looking for her. She was gone and so was her pony.
He panicked for a moment, then forced himself to calm down. "She's probably out for her morning ride through the clouds on Jewel," he thought to himself, “where else would she be?”
Still, he decided to find her anyway. He walked outside to a great cave in the peak of the mountain and called in."Chrysolis! Come out!"
Suddenly he heard heavy footsteps and out of the shadows stepped the largest dragon that ever lived in Darrowold. It stood over his head looking down at him with gentle eyes. Nathan loved his dragon. He thought she was the most beautiful creature he had ever seen. Her scales were a sparkling purple color that reflected the sun's rays into lavendar rainbows in the air. On her back were wings of saphire that were so gossamer thin that you could almost see through them as they shimmered in the mountain air.
"Good morning, Chrys!" Nathan greeted.
"Good morning, Nate." the dragon replied. "Where shall we fly this morning?"
"Just up into the sky. I want to find my sister and Jewel."
Chrysolis flexed her wings with joy. The dragon always loved flights in the early morning sunlight. She lowered her head and allowed the prince to mount, then leapt into the thin mountain air.They searched far and wide throughout the mountain peaks for some time and Nathan’s fears grew as he realized his sister was nowhere to be found. Then he remembered the Magic Mirror and realized that he had been wasting valuable time.
“Chrys, take me back to the palace! Quick! I think Nataleigh’s in trouble!” he commanded. The dragon flapped her crystal wings and turned back toward home.
When she landed on one of the towers Nathan ran back into the castle. He ran to the magic mirror that his sister used to see the dwarves of Darrowold and commanded it to tell him where his sister could be found. What he saw made him rush to his room and put on his special armor and grab his dragon shield and lance. In the mirror he saw Nataleigh and Jewel standing in a forest being chased by men who looked dangerous and in a tree above her was a woman holding a bow and firey arrows ready to shoot! He ran outside, calling for Chrysolis. The Dragon was ready with a huge saddle on her back and helped him to climb up and situate himself into it.
"Where are we going, Nate?” she asked.
"To the Renegade Forest of Darrowold!" he answered. "My sister is in trouble and I've got to save her!"
Chrysolis twisted her head to look at the boy with one questioning eye. “But your father gave instructions that you were never to go below the cloud cover.”
“I know, I know, Chrys, I don’t like it either,” he shouted. “but Nataleigh’s in danger and we don’t have time to get help! Now c’mon! Please!”
Chrysolis sighed and reluctantly launched into the air once again. This time they did not soar over the mountains, but glided down through the clouds and out over the great trees of Renegade Forest looking for Princess Nataleigh, hoping they were not too late!
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