Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Education for Dragons

Inside the train the passengers calmed down and settled into the middle cars, knowing for sure that they were safe. After all, isn't that what the conductor had said? The children were growing sleepy; the dark passages echoed those of their nurseries at home with the low lights and dark windows. Safe and warm they fell asleep in their mothers arms, oblivious to the war that was to rage outside. 

The mermaid and the young adults were preparing for the war that would save the train and their future. In the dust that had gathered on the floor the mermaid drew out their war plan. First, the dragon's fire had to be taken care of, and that could only be done with great amounts of water.

Outside the dragon continued to push the boulder carefully down the mountain. Currently it was stuck upon a rather large string of trees that could only be removed by ripping out the trees. Time consuming work, even the dragon knew that. To save time he inhaled a great amount of air, leaves and a bird’s nest and blew out a great wave of fire and unleashed it upon the line of trees. He would have the snake, and he didn't care what got in his way.

Down below in the mountain the passengers and the makeshift heroes felt the thunder of the falling trees. He was coming closer, but they could not tell what was happening. They needed to move faster, and use the materials they had. Colin got back on the radio and put phase two into play, it was time to bring down the dragon once and for all. 

The fathers, brothers and single men moved toward the back of the train, closer to the blackened remains of the caboose. They were scared, but heeded the conductor’s words, the only reason they stopped was because they were carrying too much weight. In their hearts they knew it was worse than carrying weight, there was something darker outside of the tunnel, and they knew that their help would save all of their lives. 


Next Time: Creating a Rescue

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