Erik just stared at the elf and Dragon for a few minutes, they were being serious! Of course he had stupid dreams about being a hero and traveling to a new place and experiencing a new life but it was always a silly dream. He wasn't anything special, he was confused.... and felt weird..... something chose to live in him. If he thought about it too much he might explode. Looking at the others he shook his head trying to make sense of all of this. Dark Lords and people chosen to save a land. Erik really had to wonder if his head was all the way there.... surely stuff like this didn't happen in real life. He was Erik, a college student! It was all so confusing. But he didn't have much choice than to travel with these people. And this king and queen sounded more hospitable than this dark lord Valek. So he didn't think there would be a much harm in going that way. Who knew maybe something would get cleared up. And then the elf was talking about sensing people coming from each direction. If there was one thing Erik knew it was that in a new land you didn't want to meet anyone like this. Not in a forest having to chose between two groups..... surely one of them were bad. Especially if you were dealing with a dark lord.<br/><br/>"Um..... yeah we should move. I don't have anything to leave behind..... well except my car back there..... but it is totaled and there is little we could do about it."<br/><br/>Erik shrugged and brushed his bangs out of his face looking pretty confused.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>The Hunters road for the forest. They soon caught traces of a disturbance, a magical disturbance. Pushing their horses harder toward the magic. As they came closer they dismounted their horses and began to fan out stealthily. Their leader made his way around and up a tree. The other four hunters formed a star around the small group. The kings men were coming soon, they would need to act fast.<br/><br/>The leader looked from his tree into the clearing and smiled coldly.... they were not ready for them.... three humans... maybe four all unarmed. The only threat was a dragon and an elf. The dragon would be the hardest to take down. No matter though, the hunters had brought down many a dragon some much larger and stronger than this one. The elf would probably have magic.... not too hard either as they had their own arts against such things.<br/><br/>The hunters were in position their bows strung with an arrow dipped in black poison that would cause a deep sleep. The leader pulled out his own bow with a  heavy arrow for the dragon. They would show themselves and if these people were smart they would come quickly and quietly.<br/><br/>Nodding his head the leader stepped out into the open along with the other four. There was no escape now.<br/><br/>"Stay where you are."<br/><br/>The leader spoke in a deadly soft hiss that chilled the blood.<br/><br/>"Lay down your weapons elf and you too dragon. Make any sudden movements and you can be sure my arrow will aim true."