<span style="color: hotpink"> â€œBring me your champion!â€ The dragon roared loudly. â€œAnd I might spare whatâ€™s left of this pathetic village!â€ Then the dragon sat down among the wreckage and ruin in a seemingly patient and calm manner. â€œI will give you ten minutes! If the champion is not before me in that time, I will burn this village and all in it to ashes!â€ Then the dragon roared one last time and sent a gout of flame up into the air.</span><br/><br/><br/><br/>Ryelle had just finished handing off the child sheâ€™d been carrying to a villager. The villager promised to take the child to safety and had run off. She was now heading back into the thick of chaos. Then suddenly a form of a man began to assemble in front of her. She jumped, startled, but breathed a sigh of relief when she realized it was the crystal man. She had started to nod in agreement with his words when the dragon roared again. She looked at the beast just in time to see it settle down as if waiting for something. She turned to face the crystal man. â€œI may not speak the dragonâ€™s language, but I think itâ€™s obvious what itâ€™s doing. Find the champion then find me when our time is almost out, or whichever comes first.â€ Then she left the crystal man and went to find more people to help. She was running past a smoke choked alley when she heard a woman cry out.  She took a deep breath and ran into the alley. The woman wasnâ€™t alone though. The cloaked man was there with a malicious glint in his eye. â€œWhat are you doing?!â€ She shouted, outraged because he didnâ€™t seem to be helping at all.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Tom had followed behind Ryelle as she ran about. He didnâ€™t feel the need to say much. He knew his duty was to follow her orders and keep her safe, but sometimes his two tasks collided. Take now, for example. He had followed Ryelle into an alleyway, only to see her confront the cloaked man. He hadnâ€™t liked the looks of the man since he first saw him, and now in a darkened alley with chaos all around, he and Ryelle had entered into a very dangerous situation. His first instinct was to grab Ryelle and run, but the overly compassionate elf wouldnâ€™t stand for that. So instead he motioned to the woman to come his way. â€œCome wit me, miss. Weâ€™ll get you to safety.â€ However, it semed the woman was frozen in fear. He pushed aside the cloaked man and picked the woman up in his arms. â€œI got her,â€ he told Ryelle as he walked to the mouth of the alley. â€œLetâ€™s go. You too.â€ He nodded at the cloaked man, knowing Ryelle wouldnâ€™t let him out of her sight from now on.