We had seen nothing all day. I know something must be out there. Little green monsters and bright orange creatures ready to get us as we sleep. Why do continue? We will never find them. No one has seen them in over 800 years. Before most families pedigree's were started. But of late the stories came more often and with so many similarities that we could not sit back and wonder. And joke about the truth of them. We set off to find them. Of course we have to watch out for drakes and gracken's.
We saw our first Drake at noon stop. He was other worldly, black as night but with so much sheen to his scales he appeared to have millions of little stars all over his beautiful body. Without my journal I don't know how I could rememeber all the odd and wonderful things I have seen. I will never forget them, don't get me wrong, but to remember every detail would be all consuming and I know I would forget more then I would remember. Its like waking in another land. Butterfly like creatures over a foot across, in such color's I could never describe. Huge deer, in many shades of brown and red. Though we saw A blue one and a silver one this morning. Jron says this is normal. He is after all older and has been here before.
Of the thirty of us ten fairly young, under five and twenty and have never been this far from our home in Braekwood. We are ten and seven days into this trek. I expected to see many larger animals before now. But I will hold my breath and wait, if there is one drake there will be more, and of course a Queen. I have no illusions of seeing a Queen, but it would make the trip worth it. Even if we never see what we came to see.
Will we see them? Will we be able to bring some back? The histories say they will save us. I wonder.. will they? How? I don't understand how one animal could save a who people. And even if we find them how will we catch them? Our own horses and weak and getting weaker with each generation. Maybe thats what they can do. Can they help revive a whole breed?
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