The next day, mum and I were working on the third riddle: 3 loves. Luckily, mum had an idea of what the answer could be. She told me a legend about my great great great grandfather, who had paid a ransom of three large gems to an evil rival for the release of his love, who he later married. He did this out of his love for the princess, which is why they’re known as the gems of love. He placed the gems at the entrance of the cave, and when his rival released the princess, and went over to the gems, the dragon who lived in the cave came out and ate him. The gems have remained there ever since, and so has the dragon.
“We need to travel to the cave. It’s not too far away, so it should be a pretty easy journey.” Said mum
We soon arrived at the cave, and we needed to think of a way we could trick the dragon, into coming out of his cave. We decided that mum would distract the dragon, since she’s the fastest of all unicorns, and I’ll sneak in, and attempt to take the gems. I hid closely to the cave. Mum made lots of noise near the entrance of the cave, and soon the dragon came out and tried to eat her, I so badly wanted to come out and attack the dragon, but I knew I must stay hidden. The dragon blew fire at mum, but she dodged and flew away. The dragon flew after her. I came out of my hiding place, and entered the cave. There were many skeleton bones scattered around. The cave was dark, and was therefore difficult to walk around. I stumbled down further into the cave, searching for the gems. I then noticed a light in the distance. The light was coming from a gap between two stones. I pushed one of the stones aside, realising it was a lid. Inside the stone was the three gems, amongst a huge amount of treasure. There were gold bars, gold chains, diamonds, pearls, and many other gemstones. The three gems of love were very distinctive. They were ruby, emerald, and sapphire gems, all the same size, together, in an open box. Although I was tempted to take lots of other treasures as well, I only picked up the box of the gems of love. I hurried back to the entrance of the cave. Meanwhile, mum was having a difficult time with the dragon, since the dragon was also fast at flying, but it was not as agile as my mum. Mum flew in and out of the trees, whilst the dragon blew fire at her. She could feel the flames, and knew she could not get away for much longer, and decided the only way she’s going to get away is if she flew vertically, as fast as she could. The dragon chased her, but couldn’t blow flames at her. Although she was very tired, she knew she was flying for her life. The dragon was gaining on her. She flew so high, the oxygen was low, and she began to feel faint. She knew she had to keep going. The dragon fainted, and began to fall to the ground. Mum also fainted, and fell to the ground. The dragon regained consciousness, near the ground. It flapped it’s wings, trying to fly, but hit the ground hard, and injured one of it’s wings. It was unable to fly, but blew great amounts of fire up at mum, who was still falling. She tried to flap her wings, and prevent herself from falling. She could feel the heat from the flames, as it singed her wings. She flapped as hard as she could, and then flew horizontally, away from the dragon. I came out of the cave, as mum was flying away. I followed her with the three gems of love. The dragon was raging, and blew great amounts of fire, burning down the forest. It was a difficult, and painful journey for mum, but at least we had the three gems of love.