As beautiful an inviting as the forest was, with it's towering trees and grass and leaves of dark green it was still a dangerous place. Especially when an unsuspecting creature or fool came wandering into a hunter's domain. And speaking of fools... there he was right on cue. The young human male barely looked a man in his brightly colored, blue uniform. He stuck out like a sore thumb, even the horse he was leading along behind him looked groomed and pampered. Silky brown hair stuck out from under the boy's cap, a look of pure terror on his face as he began to slowly realise how far he had ventured into the forest.<br/><br/>But it was on his Lady's command he be here, to find this so called great hunter. His expressions spoke his thoughts... he'd never heard of this Dargone... wait that wasn't the name. He shook his head, haulting his horse in a gentle hushing voice as he reached in his sack to pull the rolled up piece of parchment from it. He wasn't supposed to read it but what else was a man his age suppose to do on such a long journey. It wasn't like he was blind to the events going on at the Keep and wasn't surprised the Lady had finally issued a way to end the madness.<br/><br/>Ah, there's the name, Dargoth, he thought silently as he read the name at the head of the message. In the hands of the boy was a royal invitation, he understood why the Lady was doing this. But a common hunter? The boy just shrugged then made to put the letter back. About that time under the cover of leaves a rattling began making itself known. Even a pampered boy knew what it was before looking down in terror at the snake a few feet in front of him. He froze, unfortunately his horse did not, spooked the horse screamed and rose on it's back legs kicking it's front. The comotion startled the cold blooded creature as it darted back into the deeper woods. The boy tried to grab the at the horse, shouting loudly, "Whoa, you cowardly beast! Whoa I say!"<br/><br/>Though the animal had no intention of listening, knocking the boy on his bottom the animal took off like a bullet into the forest. The boy no wide eyed, glanced around for a moment before jumping to his feet to make chase, "Wait! Don't leave me here!" he called loudly after the beast which caused many birds to flee from their tree branches and smaller and more timid animals to dart in all directions. The forest was being disturbed.