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It had been a long time since poke had last seen one of the dragon goblets, and drunk the magic liquid which had sent her mind into the dream world. As she sat on her bed examining the second goblet she had obtained, she wondered if she would return to the same beach Kisho and herself had been to so many times.

“Well, there’s only one way to find out…”

Holding the goblet up to her lips, she gulped down the liquid, trying not to spill any, then relaxed in her bed and waited for her mind to sleep….

“ooyyy pokey-chan, wakey waaaakkeeyyy!!!”

The first thing poke saw when she opened her eyes, were falling cherry blossom petals from trees that were swaying gently in the breeze, and the friendly face of her dragon Kisho waiting patiently for her to get up. It appeared that this dream would be different from her usual ones… there was no ocean scent, or the cry of seagulls off in the far distance/ those were replaced by the sweet smell of flowers and sparrows twittering in the trees

“alright alright I’m getting uppp, hold ya horses…” She sat up and smiled at Kisho before examining the new surroundings. It appeared they were right in the middle of a pathway that was covered in soft green grass, just right for walking on, and lined along the pathway were the cherry blossom trees poke had first seen. Along the base of each tree were bright yellow flowers, with dark purple colouring along the edges. The sky was a light blue with white fluffy clouds racing across the horizon.
“Wow…what a beautiful place…” poke sighed happily, walking down the pathway and staring up at the sky.
“You’re right about that, I’m glad we could find a place like this” Kisho replied while examining the flowers and trees and following his bond “ hopefully we can come back to this place, as well as the beach world. They both seem so lovely”
“You don’t need to worry, for I intend to come back…” her voice trailed off as the pathway abruptly ended, and revealed a large grassy meadow which went on as far as the eye could see. This part of the dream though, didn’t have that happy relaxing feeling… the birds had stopped twittering, so there was almost complete silence. The grass was much longer compared to before, and the wind was stronger, giving an ominous feeling as it whipped through the grass, as if something bad was going to happen. A glance at the sky overhead seemed to heighten this feeling, as more clouds appeared, and the sky grew darker…
The winged wyrm caught up quickly, and was quick to notice the change in weather. Unlike poke who just stood there staring, His next reaction was more startling, as he lowered his head and growled like a wild dog, thrashing his tail threateningly.

“Kisho what’s wrong? Do you know what’s going on?” poke stepped back thinking she could return to the safety of the pathway, but was surprised to see that the trees and path had completely vanished, and they were stuck in the middle of the meadow with no place to run or hide.
“l don’t know, but l can feel something coming towards us. And l don’t think it’s very friendly…

Poke gulped, and looked around for the thing that was apparently coming towards them, but could only see the dark clouds that seemed to get darker with every second. As she scanned the area, the wind began to die down until there was no wind at all. Silence pressed in all around them, threatening to suffocate them both as they waited for the evil presence to show. Suddenly a low rumble could be heard in the distance. It went on for about 5 seconds before stopping, and then started up again, but louder.

Kisho’s growls grew louder, and poke braced herself, preparing her mind mentally as the nervous feeling grew in her stomach along with the rumble. Then from out of no where a humongous bird like monster came flying through the sky. From first glance it looked like an overgrown raven, but with a closer look one could notice the sharp spines going from it’s head to it’s tail, and it’s claws seemed to be sharper then any ordinary bird, including a eagle, and its beak was filled with razor sharp teeth. With every flap of it’s wings the ground shook with the force from them.

With a tremendous cry, the Monster came hurtling down towards them, its claws outstretched and ready to tear them to pieces. Kisho roared with defiance at the creature before water surged around him and his bond. This water shield deflected the attack from the monster as it swooped over their heads unable to penetrate the wall of water. When it turned around in order to attack again, he flew out of the shield and shot out a water blast at the creature, successfully knocking it backwards.

“WOAH! NICELY DONE THERE!!” poke cheered as her dragon appeared to be winning this battle. But the victory was short lived as the monster was up again, looking like it was about to murder them with it’s dreadful red eyes. It then shot out a black energy beam from it’s mouth which hit Kisho head on, sending him flying backwards and knocking him out cold.

“omg!! Kisho are you alright?!?! Speak to me!!” poke ran over to her injured dragon, but was cut off as the monster flew in-between her and Kisho and growled, glaring at her and showing it’s large teeth.
‘crap, now what?? My dragon is hurt, and l have this huge bird in front of me ready to tear me to shreds, and l have nothing to defend myself with…oohh man l really don’t Wanna die like this! I gotta do something!!’ she looked up as the bird opened it’s mouth wider and was ready to swallow her up hole.

For a few seconds she was frozen to the spot in fear, but was able to find the willpower to jump out of the way of the sharp teeth. She then turned around and started running in an attempt to get away from the monster, but to no avail as the beast opened it’s wings and flew after her

“dam l wish l could fly away from this thing!!!” poke yelled out in frustration to no one in particular as she dived to the ground and narrowly missed the claws again. As she got up again, a sudden tingly feeling enveloped her whole body, and poke looked down to see a large flap of skin had grown on either side of her arms, and was drooped over the ground.

“ookk….” Poke commented as she lifted up her arms and inspected the wings popping out. “it’s amazing what you can do when you’re about to get eaten….”

“POKE!! I WOULD START RUNNING IF I WERE YOU!!!!” Kisho suddenly shouted when he woke up, as poke looked around to see the bird was about 3 seconds away from biting her in half. Without a second thought she jumped into the air and let her wings carry her higher and higher out of the reach of those Jaws. Unlike the wings in her previous dreams, these ones were a little harder to handle, and she had to flap her arms like a bird just to keep airborne and above the monsters mouth. She noticed, as she was barely dodging death, that she had also grown a serpent like tail which ended in a small frill, which she guessed that would help her steer in the air, like a rudder would help steer a boat in water. The wings and frill on the tail resembled the colours of the follows and cherry blossom leaves; pink, purple and yellow

It seemed to drag on for ages. Poke kept dodging the bird as it kept trying to eat her, and every so often it would either shoot out the energy beam or aim a kick at her. Soon poke was exhausted from the effort of dodging and weaving, and didn’t think she was gonna last much longer…

“God dam this stupid overgrown turkey!!” poke yelled again as it clawed at her and ended up shredding a bit of her t-shirt in a near miss. She looked over at koshi, who was conscious but still unable to move. Poke then landed on the ground and sat down, to tired to continue using her wings.

Just as the bird reared back again in order to come down for a final attack, she noticed a small purple jewel on the underside of its feathery body, which seemed to glow in a evil sort of way. “weird…l didn’t notice that jewel before…” poke pondered. “maybe it is some sort of weak spot?”

And with the last of her strength, poke ducked under the jaws for the hundredth time and landed a punch on the weird purple Jewel.

The effect was instantaneous. The monster gave a tremendous roar of anguish as the gem shattered into tiny little pieces, and the rest of the monster began to dissolve into dust and disappear. The world around them shuddered with the cry of the wounded monster, and turned a blinding white.

Poke ran over to Kisho in order to check on him, as the white light faded and they were back on the green pathway among the cherry blossom trees. A few seconds later the hole place faded as poke awoke from her dream…