Jamel
**A wave of pain surges through her body. Tears swell within her eyes but she tries her best not to show the agonizing pain.**

"I check... He.. Didn't take any... Gold."

**The words struggle to come out as she grips her shoulder. Her mothers claw soon lifting off and allowing her to get up. A black ooze forms around it, to stop the the bleeding.**
Adolfo
**The dragon sighed and flicked the blood off her talons and splattered it all over ephemera. Then returned to her horde of gold.**

"Get out of my sight."
Jamel
**Ephemera shuttered as the blood hit her face, shutting her eyes in fear that she might attack her again. When her mother did not attack her she lets go of her held breath, before running off to find her siblings.**
Deanne
*A ballista bolt suddenly shoots blindly into the cave.*
Alfredo
**The ballista hit the rock walls, and echo throughout the dens tunnels. Ephemera was nearly hit, tucked away in a smaller tunnel with her siblings. Most of them had never seen such a weapon and tired to touch it but Ephemera quickly stops them and drags them further into the labyrinth.**
Jamel
**Ephemera didn't not know what the strange object was either but could guess it wasn't anything good. As her and her siblings make their way into the depths of the cave, she sounds the alarm in hopes her mother would hear. With a loud roar.**
Adolfo
**The mother dragon heard the cry and quickly heads towards the enters. Seeing the ballista embedded in the walls she changes her course into a tunnel. Waiting for her prey.**
Deanne
*Another ballista bolt comes flying inside the cave.*
Adolfo
**The dragon watched as the ballista was shot right past her. She was crouched within the safety if the tunnel. It would be foolish of her to charge out and risk getting shot by one of those things.**
Deanne
*A voice could be heard echoing through the cave through the entrance.* "Where are you dragon? I doubt you're scared of a little human. You know what I think it is? You've gotten fat, laying on all that gold in there! Taking your sweet time dining on humans, and then just lazing about in there all day and night. Come on now, a little exercise won't hurt you!"
Adolfo
**The dragon smirks and slowly creeps backwards into the tunnel. The caves echoed with sounds of heavy footsteps from every direction. Getting louder as they went deeper and deeper into the cave.**
Deanne
*The voice is heard again echoing throughout the cave.* "You know what, I'm sick of this cat and mouse shit. I'll come get you myself!" *Suddenly the sound of clanking armor is heard echoing throughout the cave.*

*Unbeknownst to the dragon all this time the hunters were outside trying to provoke her into going to the entrance. Now, 5 terrified individuals, armed with tailored swords to pierce dragon scales, quietly make their way through the mouth of the cave.*
Adolfo
**From a tunnel above she shots a wave of black flames, which engulf the five men. Then she quickly repositions herself.**
Deanne
*The 5 men, burn in agony as the black flames consume them. All 5 of them attempt to run back to the entrance of the cave screaming as they burn alive.*
Adolfo
**As the smoke flooded in she groaned and stuck her head out from a side tunnel close to the enters of the cave. Then blasted another wave of black flames trying to hit anything.**
Jamel
**Ephemera coughs profusely running with the little dragon in her arms. The others were further ahead of her because her shoulder wound slowly her down.**

"Go to the back exist and we will meet up by the forest edge!"

**She yells to her other siblings as she runs back to the main cave to the mountain of gold and treasures. She began to take whatever seemed to be the most valuable and store it away in her shadow. Along with as much gold as her mana allowed her to take. The baby dragon batted at her ankles wanting to leave.**

"I know you want to go but this could be the only change we get."
Michael
*Ran inside the cave the sound of footsteps beating on the ground barreling towards her with a slight limp as his left eye was swollen shut and a gash on his head from being thrown around from the battle outside he needed to find ephemera the girl that saved him it was the least he could do... He stumbled and tripped over some gold hitting the ground nearby with a scream of pain as his broken ribs shifted*
Jamel
**Ephemefa had heard the footsteps and quickly hide behind the pile of gold with her sibling. Seeing that it was the bit she saved she came out of hiding and ran over to him.**

"What are you doing-" **Her sentence was interrupt by the sound of many more footsteps.** "We have to leave... There are more people coming." **She said in a panicked whisper.**
Michael
*Pants as he slowly as he wheezes*

`"That's what I came to tell you we have to go there going to kill you, I know a way out."`

*His words were interrupted by his wheezes but as he stood up he grabbed her wrist with his hands she would see his wrists were binded tightly together he pulled her along quickly into the side cave he came from and took a different route leading to another path*
Jamel
**Ephemera nods and allows herself to be dragged along but she pulls away and try's to run back.**

"Wait my siblings are headed straight towards the exist!"
Michael
*Looked at her and grabbed her waist pulling her tightly close to him managing to break his binds and held her as he huffs ad puffs*

`"You won't make it I'm sorry please forgive me..."`

*He was really hurt and if she went to the entrance he would be unable to save her at all.*

`"I'll go please wait here dont move ok?"`
Jamel
**Ephemera bit her bottom lip and nodded. Holding the baby dragon tightly. She knew she could do nothing to save her siblings and if she went back it would mean her death.**
Michael
*Placed a note in her clothing he had written with his blood as he had no ink, he ran towards the entrance limping slightly as he ran, he picked up a sword from the fallen soldier, looking for her siblings he caught up to one of them and spoke quietly*

`"Come here come-on I'll take you to safety."`
Alfredo
**The dragon growled and ran out the cave, to its other siblings that had already left before him.**
Michael
*Ran towards ephemera with the three dragons he looked back to see if he was following she was a few yard away and could see silas but he was very far from her he waved his hand to her*

`"Run!"`
Kenneth
*Erdthand shook his head as he dashed in front of Silas. He attempted to slice 2 out of the 3 baby dragon's heads off in one clean stroke just as he promised and strike Silas on the head with his sword hilt with his momentum.*
Michael
*Had no time to react he threw the smallest dragon at the girls feet he couldn't save the other two as he was to slow*
Jamel
"No!" **Tears stream down the girls face as her siblings heads fall to the ground. Ephemera picks up the baby dragon with her other hand and bolt towards the exit because he life and her siblings depended on it.**
Michael
*Fell to his knees then slumped over on the ground at the man's feet*
Kenneth
*The two dragons didn't feel a thing when they died, Erdthand kept his promise. He stared after the girl and the last baby dragon, but oddly didn't pursue.*
Jamel
**Once outside she continued to bolt for the forest. She didn't stop until her legs gave out. The baby dragons had falling asleep due to exhaustion.**
Kenneth
*Erdthand now turned his attention toward Silas and stared at him for a moment, trying figure out what to do with him. He decided it wasn't his problem anymore and kicked the poor boy aside. He then headed straight for not the endless wealth but for the mother dragon herself! He then began the skinning process.*
Michael
*As hours passed he slowly woke up dizzy he saw a small blood pool around his head he felt weak, he slowly began to crawl dragging himself along the ground towards the cave entrance empherma had escaped through he pulled himself along while on the ground he noticed she wasn't there. He assumed she had gotten away, he smiles weakly, as he lowers his head on the ground his cheek pressed against the cold ground as he rested for a little while before crawling again until he was out of the cave*