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((Continue from Bullridge))

They were on their third day and even though they were hours away they could see the tree line that make the borders of elven territories.

Relena quint her eyes to make the tree line more visible, "Is that were Ellesmera is?"

"Yes, the city of elves. Once we get there we can rest," said Brom.

Relena looked at Wanda. The desert had proven to be as dangerous and deadly as the rumors. If it wasn't for Brom healing magic both Relena and Wanda would still be out cold after the first desert tornado that sent their dragons to the ground. Not to mention they lost the majority of their suplies.

Hopefully rest and relaxation would await them in Ellesmera. Slifer and Ra were quickly reaching their limits.

Brom looked at Wanda, "About two hours now."

Relena placed her hands on either shoulder of Slifer. They where hot to the touch and wet with sweat, "Good thing too...Silfer is getting far to hot for my liking!"

"Why thank you...I am flattered," spoke her dragon.

"That is not what I meant!" shouted Relena.

"I know...please do not worry about me. I will last," conforted Silfer.

Relena looked at Wanda and knew how she felt. They were use to Spire cold climate...not Hadarack hot climate.

Soon the tree of the elves, in all there might, appeared beneath their dragon wings.

"Land," said Brom.

((Continue in Ellesmera))

((continued from Bullridge))
Ryu had been in the Hadarack Desert for five hours now. "I'm totally regreting this." Ryu said with a sigh of defeat. He looked out and saw nothing but desert. Ryu pulled out a compass and it was spinning around like crazy. "Lot of good this is doing me. Okay let's think here. Hadarack Desert is east of Bullridge. and northeast.... and southeast..... anyways, if I go back west, then I'll be killed before I make it two feet intot he town, if I go further into this desert, I'll die from the desert... so, prvided that I am heading east, the logical thing to do would be to turn 90 degrees left and shoot straight north outta here." Ryu made his decission and pulled on the reins, making the horse turn left. Ryu hoped that he made done his homework correctly. "The next couple day are going suck." Ryu sighed. He didn't even know the half of it.

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Ryu had been traveling for a week, the desert heat, and lack of social interaction began to play tricks with his head. The desrt was one of the absolute worse places one can travel alone. And the Hadarack Desert, well, that was damn near suicide. Ryu's halusinations began to get worse. We was seeing people who weren't there, trees that didn't exist, and water that turned out to be sand. It was day eight in the desert and Ryu had began to know when what was going to ahppen, he would feel sandstorms approaching one hour before they arrived. Ryu was sensing one now. He looked around for a large sand dune to hinde behind or something. He spotted something else, a pit. Ryu thought it was just the desert messing around with his head again, but he figured it was at least worth a shot. He approached the hole and found a fire pit, some scales of some kind and a torn piece of cloth. He picked up the cloth piece. "It's real... This is a shelter. A hole in the desert. wait.... what are these scaly things?" Ryu questioned as he picked up a dragon scale. "Weird. Looks cool though... I think I'll hang on to it. I might be worth something." He tucked the scale into his backpack and pulled out food and water for the horses. "Here you go Dawn and Twilight." He had named them, since he needed the interaction. Ryu looked up as he felt the storm approach. "It's here." Ryu watched as the the wind cut across the desert, but in the hole, it was like watching in through a window. They were actually safe from the dasteredly desert storm. Ryu sighed, and decided now was a good time for sleep.

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It was 8 days after Ryu found the shelter. Finally Ryu saw something a thousand times better then the shelter. He saw the tree line at the edge of the desert. "There! I see it! The end! Please, PLEASE don't let this be a mirage." Ryu pleaded. He snapped the reins and had the horse run fulled gallop towards the tree line. Ryu could feel a storm approaching. If he could just get them half way to that tree line in one hour, then they'd be safe. It was their best chance, since they where quickly running out of food and water and the sandstorm had been gettng worse as the days went by. And with no large sand dunes or shelter any where insight, they were going to be hit by the full force of the desert's wruthless storm. The treeline grew larger as the horses sprinted across the desert. The sand begining to move. "Just a little more!" Ryu yelled. "We're almost th-" But before Ryu could finish the wagon was hit by a blast of wind and tipped over. The horses fell with the wagon. "No, not yet, please not now!" Ryu cried as he tried to cut the reins. He was going to try and make last ditch effort. Lose the wagon, and ride the horses out without the extra weight. Ryu grabbed his pack and freed the horses and got up on one of them. "Come on dawn, we got to go." He kicked the sides of the horse and Dawn took off, Twilight followed in close pursuit. "We can make it, we can make it, we're almost there!" But Before Ryu knew what happened, he was blinded by the sandstorm and soon everything went dark.

Silfer flew on the winds of the desert. She only used her wings when the desert winds lessen in strength or move back into the winds. She was trying to save energy and remain in sleath. The light from the sky streaked across her black and silver scales. Her wing sounded like slapping water, a silent hum in a way. The two mules and horse had long since fallen asleep in her claws as she craddle them in flight.

Relena attempted a few talks with Sounga, while yes they were getting better the sword demand to be in charge and/or given to a far better swordmans than her. Relena was making progress....slowly....very...slowly.

Relena looked over her shoulder at Ryu, "How are you holding up?" They had been traveling now for few hours and the treeline of ellesmera had long since vanished. She was sure that by now the elves would have finally realized their absence.