Seraphine Monologue

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“A Menrie, one from a group of three, will save thee. As the sun’s rays hits but the top of the horizon will the beast be only drifting harmlessly in the sea,” announced the noble as he was standing over a foot-deep hole. The crowd immediately glanced in Seraphine’s direction as she offered them a blindingly white smile in return (how she was able to make her teeth so white, I had no idea) with her chest puffed up in adoring pride. Not one soul dared to spare but a mere glimpse at me save for an infant, who seemed to only look at me because I was so stick-thin that it must of frightened him. At least, that’s what Seraphine had told me later on. Though it didn’t matter what Seraphine had told me, because the infant tore his gaze away from me and instead giggled childly laughter at Seraphine as if she were …show more content…

The dragon was large in size, and it’s white scales glinted brilliantly in the minimal amount of sunlight that peaked through. Lethal spikes lined the spine of the dragon up to the crown of its head, and its wild, sapphire blue eyes gazed hungrily at me as I pathetically raised my sword. The dragon spewed ice once again, and I skidded to the side. I have to do something. I can’t just be dodging icicles! Just as the beast spewed a set of icicles, I swung the sword at its head. Though it bounced harmlessly off its scales, it growled at me in white rage. It raced after me, and I bolted forward to the edge of the tip of the mountain. Where was its weak spot? I risked a glimpse behind me and noticed that its heart was not guarded by any protection whatsoever. I grinned. But as I was about to whirl around to end the battle and the dreaded beast, it knocked my sword out of reach on the other side of the platform. The dragon pinned me down with its hulking mass of a foot, and immediately, I could feel its merciless chill freeze my futile attempts to escape its

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