After a few days Grim stood on a hill looking over a sweeping valley. The sun was high and the breeze beautiful.
"There! I can see the start of the entrance." Grim smiled as he pointed. Zack, being curious, climbed the hill to get a look and it was breathtaking. A ravine so deep only lights swirled in a hypnotic haze below.
"Listen… I'm no expert. But the Urian lifts are 20 gold which I only have point-five of so we should go the old fashion way…" Grim smiled before looking to his dragon which then flew down with its large beating wings. Zack looked surprised having expected the dragon to let them on first.
Grim then sprang over the ledge with a yell of even fake fear or fake joy, probably both…
Zack stared at the rapid speed Grim descended at and Zack growled.
"No… no way. This is some bad dream shit. Or I am dead and he's trying to trick me to go to…" Zack felt a huff on his entire body as the same cloudy eyed dragon now stood over him. Without a second thought he leapt after Grim. The Cloudy Eyed dragon swiped its claw after him hoping to catch him only to fail.
Zack looked up at the dragon and felt his heart beat refuse to slow as he now fell at a gut turning speed. After a few moments the floor came into blurry view, the heat increasing dramatically and he made out a yelp similar to Grims. He looked around and Grim was already on Oscuro's back diving after him but struggling to match his pace.
Grim yelled out, "Zack!".
The floor approached faster and faster and Zack felt his heart threaten to leap out his chest. He was going to splat. Or maybe this was Grim's plan?
He looked at Grim who tried to make himself as aerodynamic on Oscuro's back with his arm stretched out. He didn't look malicious.
Zack closed his eyes in horror knowing he was now going to hit the floor any moment now.
'So unfair… Grim's right… Humans are fragile. So fragile and I'm about to prove it to him in a big crimson splat.'
'Please. Not now. I need to help him. I need to be something more than a fragile human boy!'