Book2:KigdomIteDreams

tothebackofanebat.Meanwhile,Lightning,theultraintelligentwarhorse,tooktheinitiativeandsoughtthemostadvantageousangleforhismastertoswinghisswordahereonitsownaccord.Whereswordandfleshmet,bloodspurtedoutinstreams.Thebatswereallreadywouheadditionofafresh,strongopporoutedtheirinalsystematicattadtheykherewasnohopeofvictory.Sosquealingandsquawking,theyflewswiftlytowardsthenorthwestandsoondisappeared.KingDimitriandMedusarushedafterthem,butseeingtheenemywereinfullretreatandsoonvanishedfromsight,theystoppedandflewbacktowardsthepace.WheivesgatheredonthehillsandkesaroundthepacesawKingDimitriflydownfromthesky,theyallgavearesoundingshoutofvictory.Theyhadneverseentheirkingactiveinbattlebeforeandweremesmerizedbyhisceandbraveryunderfire.Itstreheirloyaltytotheirliegearibes’allegiaowardstheKingdomwasstrohanever.

    Thefullmoonmovedslowly,sograduallyastobealmostimperceptible,scatteringitsalluringradianceoverthetranquilmountainsandwaters.Thecarcassofatalree,evidentlydeadformanyyears,stoodinthemidstofawoodedareabythedesotekesideacrossfromthepace.ApairoflittlepeoplesatosbrawasMr.Fingerandhisnewpanion,Vio,whohadeoutonthisentedeveningtoadmirethebeautyofthefullmoon.Theyhadjustwitheferociousbattlethattookptheskiesashortwhilebefore.Mr.Fingersaid,

    “Iamsoproudofmyoldfriend,Dimitri.Ihaveneverseenhistruecolorsbeforethis,alwaystakinghimforamellowgoodguy,somewhatlikeabrokenballdiscardedbytheroadside,tobekickedaboutbyanyonewhopleases.Whowouldhaveknownhehadhiddehs,withadaringandresolutionthatpelsmetoseeh