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Mind drifting the heroic knight Sir Christophe began to think on his life. His war horse and only companion “Pogo” plodded along without complaint occasionally swishing his tail or nipping at tall blades of grass. Christophe was hard to describe, he was tall, brown hair and eyes, his armor a unique dull purple because of the special metals that went into its forging. War weary would be a better term for him. Year after year one conflict after the next had taken its toll. His current mission was his alone and succeed or not he was determined that it would be his last.
He thought about how dragons are odd beasts. Few people even really know what they are about or why they exist. There is certainly no room in society for them, they are just too strange and odd. which was why he was sent to dispatch the one rumored to be in the Southern Mountains.
The Council of Elderan did not expect him to return and he knew it. The Southern Mountains, were an enormous chain of mountains many with volcanic activity. The act of sending a knight of the realm to his almost certain doom was done to appease a small district that had some unrest due to rumors and unconfirmed stories of just the creature he had been pondering. The district though remote was an important buffer between fractious kingdoms, not to mention it was the main supplier of the ore used to make some of the strongest and lightest metal known to man.
Christophe’s travels were wide and perilous taking him from one mountain to the next in what he thought was a fruitless venture. That is until he actually heard of a homeward bound band of peasant archers returning from a border skirmish, who claim to have faced down a giant beast while it consumed a cow in an unattended pasture.Once he found several of the men he spoke with them at length recording their full account so he could send a report to the council.
The tale he heard was believable because it seemed to lack the bravado and added flourishes one would expect from folks attempting to make themselves seem braver than they were. In fact every version was nearly the same. They came upon the great beast as it ate it’s meal and were in such shock from the encounter not one of them so much as nocked an arrow. Upon seeing them the monster stood up, slowly walked several feet away and stretched out great leathery wings and took flight…not giving them a second thought.
A few days later Christophe found the site and some of the largest tracks he had ever seen. A stone near the picked over bones of a cow had several long gouges in it that appeared to be claw marks, perfectly etched deep within it. More tracks in the open field seemed to confirm the spot where the dragon took flight. Christophe tracked with his eyes to the East in the direction of flight indicated by the witnesses. In the far distance a massive black mountain could be seen. Smoke poured from one side and even at this great distance he could see what appeared to be small jets of fire.
Christophe cleared his throat and spoke to his horse, “Come on Pogo, let’s go find a dragon”.
The horse responded with a shake of his head, and a flare of his nostrils as he often did.
The End of Error While Sleeping – Chapter One.
If you want to read more stories about ABDL boys you can find a list here: Diaper Boys – Index