Day 18

It was before dawn when Fiona Viper was woken up by Ranger.

“It’s time to get up. We are leaving at dawn.”

Fiona quickly got ready she didn’t want to be late. She ate and thanked everyone for their kindness.

She was secretly happy to leave for the reason of getting Ranger away from the sexy Jagvi.

Jagvi come over to her.

“I know that you are good at hand-to-hand combat. You are very good with a staff. I have a staff for you. It is made of ironwood. It will not break nor burn easily.”

Jagvi handed her the staff. It was perfectly balanced with leather handgrips and leather rope wrapped around it as to ensure no place on the staff would be without grip.

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“Thank you!” Fiona said “Why are you giving me this?”

“You are able to fight. It is a long dangerous road.” Jagvi answered.

At dawn they left. Ranger and Fiona found their wagon at the bottom of the mountain where they had left it. Fortunately, the horses were nearby too. Their new travel partners put a cage on the wagon. Fiona lifter the sheet and looked at the funny creature inside.

“What is that?” she asked.

“A gogobeast.” Ariv answered.

“A what?!?” Fiona explained.

She looked inside the cage, it had fur and feathers, a beak like an eagle and legs and claws in front like an eagle. It had paws and a fur tail at the back and wings of features.

“Why do you have a griffin?” Fiona asked.

“A gift for the queen. She likes cute animals.” He answered.

Fiona was not sure how cute a griffin was. It looked like a baby version of the mythological griffin. The fur was golden cream like a lion but the feathers were like an eagle, black. The black was like dirty oil that a drop of water landed in, causing a green pattern to sometimes appear in the light.

Its big orange eyes looked at her. She put her hand out.

“It will bite you. They can be aggressive.” Gyani told her.

“You are giving the queen an aggressive animal?” Fiona inquired.

“She can tame it. A gogobeast is rare and cute.” Gyani said.

Fiona was slightly worried.

“Where are its parents?” she asked.

They smiled at her.

“Is it a boy or a girl?” Fiona asked seeing they were not going to answer.

“A male, he will grow big enough for the queen to ride on. He will be magnificent.”

“Do you like griffins?” She asked.

“No, they poop too much.” Nuvesh spoke for the first time

“We are not a pet keeping people.” He added.

“Why do you keep calling it a griffin?” Gyani asked her.

“That’s what my people call it.” Fiona answered.

Fiona held Ranger’s arm. It was going to be a long journey back to the castle.