Rise to Power

## Chapter 1

Princess Mythic was standing on the second tallest perch in the Ice Mountains. *I wonder how far the world goes. Is there an ending or does it just go on forever and ever. Here comes Mist, the slime ball. But who are those other dragons that are surrounding him.*

The envoy swooped down beside her. "We have a message for you Princess. You must come with us to see the Queen."

They left the ground and headed for the tallest spire on which the Queens Palace rested. Mythic followed at a slower pace and landed in a matter of minutes. She was escorted to the Queen's room by Mist and his companions. She went inside and the guards shut the door so the Queen would be alone with her daughter. "You have come," said the Queen. "Well then, it is time to commence the ceremony."

"What ceremony," Mythic asked? She was completely bewildered by the whole situation.

"The Trial of Mist. I am getting on in age and a new Queen must be chosen."

"Well the Trial of Mist shall decide," she reluctantly agreed.

"Exactly," said the Queen. A hole opened up.  She then took of a medallion she had been wearing and dropped it into a hole on the right side of her throne. The hole closed.

And suddenly everything was enveloped by a maze of mist.

An eerie voice echoed in the room. ***A test of knowledge, A test of memory, A test of mist.***

 Mythic was feeling very creeped out. She started wandering into the maze. She had heard something from her mother to solve any maze but she couldn't remember it. Out of nowhere a dead end came. She turned around to find herself trapped. Mist enveloped her.

She was at the beginning of the maze again. She wished she had Mist to help her. She always thought better when he was at her side. That was it. She would always turn one side. She decided on left. She went back into the maze again and this time ended up at the center. ***You have now beaten the first step of the Trial.***

A door opened up and she went through. Suddenly three orbs appeared before her. ***Two will hold you back and one will set you free.***

Mythic examined them all and picked the middle one. ***Only one trial awaits you.***

A new door swung open. She entered the new room. In here, three hourglasses floated together. They each had a jewel at the bottom. ***The mist will reveal all.***

She sat there pondering for a while and then came up with an idea. She breathed on each jewel and they all filled up with a greenish sickly mist. ***Claim your reward.***

A hidden door slid into the wall. She walked into the final room. There on the pedestal sat a medallion. ***Take the Medallion of Animus. This medallion allows the wearer to become an animus. This medallion has been worn by all the HypnoWing Queens of the past.***

Mythic put on the medallion and was instantly sent back to the throne room. The throne was empty so she went and sat down. "I am Queen Mythic, bow before me."

## Chapter 2

Mist was walking lying comfortably in his nest. He was having a particularly good dream. He was dreaming that stars were falling all around him, and he was rising above them. When the rustle of wing beats woke him. He was in his a lowly cave. He starting playing with his Impari when he heard talons clinking outside his cave. He listened in and heard whispers in snatches. "new queen" and "demanding" and "wants Mist dead." At that, Mist flew like the wind on out of there. The assassins spotted him and gave chase. He flew on. The assassins were catching up. He spotted some mist up ahead to his left. He veered sharply to the left and dove straight into the mist. He could feel hot breath on his back. He turned left and a dark shape hurtled past him. He rose like a bullet and rose above the mist. He gasped at the bright light that blinded him. Behind him two shapes also rose from the mist. He blinked hard and shot straight into them. They both veered to the side in surprise and he shot mist up their nostrils. They plummeted like stones.