I was having a job to get my brain around the wall of reality that was becoming apparent, there I was in another world completely alien to me, and I could feel all the emotions as though this was my land. All of a sudden this was becoming so frightening to me, I could feel something terrible was going to happen, I was shaking as Xavier took my hand and whispered, “don’t be afraid Vicky this could be very interesting”.
On the face of it everyone appeared to be thoroughly enjoying themselves, but all I could do was continually look around me waiting for what I thought the obvious, but as time went on I started to relax a bit and even started to hum a tune, Red looked in my direction. “Thank you Victoria that will be enough”, I chuckled to myself, and thought of what Zu had said, I just added miserable, so now it was miserable flea bitten horse Ha Ha I think that’s so funny.
Red looked across at me, and I completely forgot he could read my mind, I could tell he was not amused, oh it is so hard to remember all the changes when you own a magic horse.
At least a half an hour later it was as if the sun had gone in, the same black shadow had reappeared just like before the big battle had commenced, I am not far wrong when my feelings are all on edge, and again I was right but this time the enemy was within our ranks, we wondered were the extra dragons had come from, and I can’t imagine how with all this magic about someone had not worked out something was drastically wrong, and now we were going to pay for our complacency.
In the few seconds my whole world fell apart a bolt of lightning cannoned into my beloved Red and all hell was let loose, I knew it was to good too be true and that we had won the war so easily, that first battle was just a starter to the war, and now we have serious trouble and myself more than most.
All Red’s friends encircled the injured horse, and thankfully one of them was Xavier, if anyone could help Red it was the old wizard, in my young life nothing could surpass the feeling at this moment, my treasured friend lay there motionless, a voice rang out it was Minos “I can help Red but whether or not he will lose his magic qualities you can never tell because of what I will have to do to bring him back from the brink of death”. I nodded my head and said “Please help him Minos I don’t care,” tears were streaming down my cheeks and I was shaking with emotion.
“As long as you understand Vicky I fear it is a chance we have to take”. I stood back in amazement; the ground shook violently and there was a purple haze that engulfed the seriously ill Red. Minos spoke in verse in a language, which was completely alien to me, Red’s whole body was gently lifted slowly off the ground, and I sank to my knees with my hands clenched and my eyes closed tightly and prayed for my special friend.
It was the longest few minutes of my life, Red’s body slowly descended to the floor, he gave out a small gasp of breath and opened his eyes and slowly stretched and at last got onto his feet. I put my arms around his neck and gave him a big kiss, then turned to Minos walked over to him and slung my arms around his neck and planted a big kiss on his cheek, and said “whatever you have done before I can forgive you, that kindness you did for me I shall never forget, if Red’s magic has gone we will wait until he gets it back, and if it does not then so be it we shall stay here”.
Minos was taken aback, nobody had shown any nice feelings towards him before only bad ones, so this came as a complete shock to him, and to see him giving a little smile from the corner of his mouth came as a complete surprise to all surrounding him.
I led Red to a safe place away from the terrible battle that had started with a vengeance, I started to explain to Red what had happened and he did not really know what had gone on only that he felt completely different from before, that was terrible news as I led him to complete safety into the caves of Uno, this was breaking my heart seeing my friend in a state of limbo not really knowing what was going on, oh dear this could be more serious than I had anticipated.
I tested Red out to see if he had forgotten everything and to my relief he remembered a great deal, like how I loved my food so much and all about where we had come from, all about Chanel and Biscuit, I thought what a pity we had not got them with us at least I would be able to get home, there again I would not have left Red in the magic land, not seeing him again was not an option.
The battle raged on and the dark haze covered the sky giving the kingdom an eerie feeling, I looked out of the cave and thought caution is the best part of valour and intended to stay were I was and make sure Red did not go back to the battle as he was in no fit state to do anything but rest.
With Red resting I sat huddled closely up to him, I was doing nothing to speed his recovery in a medical way but it made me feel better, and with my thoughts I pretended I was doing something to help out, a little prayer never did anybody any harm at times like these and it did me a power of good that just perhaps somebody with greater power than I had was looking down on my beloved friend.
It seemed like hours and I think I dozed off even with all the noise and that dreaded dark mist that covered the magic kingdom creeping into the cave where we were resting, it was such an eerie feeling it was as if it was going to slowly creep up to us and then eat us up, I was shuddering with the thought of it, and every time I think of it in the future I shall feel exactly the same.
After our catnap I noticed the air was so much fresher, and at last the horrible mist had begun to clear, I stroked Red gently with great affection, he lifted his noble head gave a snort and rose rather slowly to his feet stretching his muscular body and I must say looking a whole lot better, the relief must have shown on my face as he gingerly took his first steps after the rest, and I must say he looked as though nothing horrible had happened to him, so I believe the magic he possessed had started to work towards a complete recovery, as his scars from the battle were nowhere to be seen.
We walked past Kuma who, although Uno was not in residence still, had the job of letting no one past who had no right to enter Uno’s inner sanctum so to speak.
I put my hands up to shield my eyes from the sun, which had at last forced its way past the black mist we were beginning to get used too as our new sky.
What a relief it looked as though like we were beginning to get back to normal that was until we reached the battlefield, still there were skirmishes going on and there were a lot of our friends wounded.
This is where Minos and Xavier came in handy, they were performing minor miracles all over the place, and one thing this war had helped in was that Minos seemed to have turned over a new leaf. First he had saved Red for which I would be eternally grateful, and now he was helping to patch up the rest of the kingdom with his special form of magical medicine, what would happen when the battle was completely over I dreaded to think as the old devil had that mean streak running through his veins, could he change? I somehow doubt it, and do we really want him to?
Excitement is all part of our adventure and Minos whatever you thought of him brought excitement whether it was good or downright horrible, which we found it usually was. The last of the enemy were vanquished most of them were all differently coloured dragons and it was pitiful to see such magnificent creatures dead on the battlefield but it was either them or us.