Malik the Bard: Legend of the Crystal Dragon by Moore Scott

Author:Moore, Scott [Moore, Scott]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2020-05-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Travelers

Malik awoke the next day with the creature staring down at him. He jumped backward, colliding hard with the wall. Mollie and Khris stirred from their sleep.

“What is going on?” Khris asked, panicked.

Mollie was wiping the sleep from her eyes with the back of her hand.

“This little monster was going to eat me,” Malik said.

He looked at Egg, but it was hard to believe that statement. It was staring back at him with eyes much too big for its face and emptily glaring at him.

Mollie stood up and walked over to Egg, scooping him up. Egg let out another of his custom purrs when Mollie nestled him in close to her chin.

“He was not going to hurt you,” she said.

Malik thought she was probably right, but he refused to admit it.

“I was about two seconds from an early morning snack,” he said without conviction.

Malik stood up and his own stomach growled at the prospect of food. There was no food, however. Callie and Sally had been tied down below the night before, but their saddles were barren. The only thing they carried for them now was the old lyre cases, bows, and a tent.

“Can we forage around here?” Malik asked.

Khris looked out the window, down toward the ravine floor. “There is nothing this way except the yama fruit. There is also a lot of grass,” he chuckled, trying to lighten the mood.

Malik did not feel like laughing. His stomach growled again.

“Then I guess we should just get started,” Malik sighed.

At the bottom of the ladder, Mollie sat Egg on the ground in front of them, “which way should we go?” she asked.

Malik tried not to show his disgust at the plan. It was silly to think that this creature was going to be able to guide them anywhere. His little claw did rise from his side, pointing off toward the west. Malik scoffed at the idea of following the monster in any direction, but the other two were already moving off.

They traveled this way the entire day. At some point, they exited the ravine with another land ramp, moving onto rolling hills. At random intervals, Mollie would sit Egg down on the ground, awaiting him to point them in a direction. They followed this route until the sun set behind the hills. Malik started a small fire, wishing he had something to cook on it. All day he had watched for any sign of game, but the scent of the monster was probably keeping animals at a far distance. Either that or the rolling hills just did not offer enough protection for them to hide in.

Mollie came and sat down beside Malik. Egg was still attached to her arm. They had become inseparable since it had hatched from the confines of its shell. Malik looked away from her, back toward the flames. Khris was rubbing down the mules. Mollie had set him to the task while she set up the tent.

Mollie put her hand on Malik’s lap. He looked down at her hand but did not react to it.

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