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It seemed as if she spoke too soon. As soon as Goddess went through the mountain pass, the road seemed to get narrower and narrower, coming awfully close to the edge. Ri had a feeling of deja vu as she led her horse around the bend, sometimes walking on foot right in front of her. But thankfully, they hadn't lost any of her supplies. Not even a single apple.

The rocky terrain was easy enough the rest of the way, having had much experience on the subject, they both were extremely confident that they would make it through without any trouble... Well, except for running into an angry horde of territorial BEES!

They spooked Goddess yet again, almost seeming to dive bomb at her every chance they got. So Ri didn't fault her for running away from them, leaving only her and her backpack alone on the mountain side.

Tired from walking the mountain path all by herself on foot, Rhiannon stopped at a comfortable-looking rock to rest awhile. It was incredibly lonely for the young knight-apprentice, being without her horse for a long stretch of time made her anxious for the poor animal. And her decision to go a different route didn't help matters either.

"I hope she doesn't get lost...," she said to no one in particular. She sighed. It honestly shouldn't have felt so hard to have lost Goddess. She was a horse, and Ri was a knight, and knights went through all sorts of different horses throughout their lifetimes. But to Rhiannon, Goddess was the only thing in this entire world that she knew for a fact, that had actually belonged to her. A true friend. Someone who would miss her if she ever...

No, she couldn't think about that now. She was a brave, strong knight. And... and knights didn't cry... about their missing horses... they just... don't. She pressed her gloved hands against her eyes, drying the tears the best she could.

Suddenly, the bushes next to her rustled with some kind of movement.

Ri jumped off her rock with speed, drawing her blue-colored blade in a defensive stance. She waited with baited breath for something to come and attack her, to jump out of the bushes with vicious claws and red eyes and...

But nothing ever came. Instead, she spied a bundle covered in white cloth. She went back to the rock cautiously, untying the bundle with the point of her sword... and found food!

"Thank you." She whispered to whoever was kind enough to give it to her.

Rhiannon walked and walked through the northern part of the Dwarven Mountains. It seemed to her that the mountains would be the only place dwarves could live in peace, as the kingdom took much of the valley, while the forest remained for the elves and spiders. The journey was tough going without a horse to ride on, yet she was glad that there wasn't any danger of falling if she kept vigilant and watched where she was going.

What she was supposed to be doing anyway. Ri half-tripped on the rope to the booby trap, unaware of the arrows and the arrow launchers that were embedded in the mountain rock.

"AAH!" She screamed as the arrows rained down on her furiously, cutting up her body and planting themselves in her old wounds. Pain seared along her skin and she dove to the side of the attack, trying her best to protect herself against them.