Beowulf Alternate Ending
"Yes, just a quarter of a mile away. Luckily, the warrior Estocada promised us that he would delay the dragon."
"Very good," answered Alex, stepping to the door.
"Wait!" called the bird. "Don't you think you should wait a bit longer before leaving?"
Alex turned around, already having known the answer to this question. "No, no I don't."
Slowly walking back down the road, I heeled, staying as close as possible. I hadn't met a dragon that wasn't friendly up to this point, and the thought of a giant fire-breathing monster wasn't a pleasant one... but then again, I had Alex with me.
Before too long, we were outside of the village and into another wooded area. This forest didn't seem to be all too different in the way that it appeared, but my intuition was screaming at me that something dark... something insidious... …show more content…
You look very tense..." noted Alex, looking down at me. I glanced back upwards, unable to say anything. Nonetheless, it was more than obvious that this was the case.
The forest had become dark for a second, but in no time at all, the shadow faded. Suddenly, a gust of wind hit us both from overhead. I looked up and saw that a dragon was flying over a hundred feet above our heads. A dragon with a black cape.
"RUN!!!" screamed a male voice from behind, running towards us.
Alex seemed to understand the urgency and responded quite well. We darted off, me performing a sprint at about fifteen miles an hour. To my astonishment, he was running as fast as I was, something I would have never imagined possible out of a human.
I turned around for a split second. Behind us was a human in a thick furred coat. While he had some sort of crossbow in his hand pointed at the sky, that wasn't the biggest weapon he had. His entire body was covered in knives, bolts, and and all sorts of other varieties of weapons. He was a walking weapons' shop.
However, hearing Alex's footsteps ahead of me prompted me to turn around, and I joined him in our dash for
"Very good," answered Alex, stepping to the door.
"Wait!" called the bird. "Don't you think you should wait a bit longer before leaving?"
Alex turned around, already having known the answer to this question. "No, no I don't."
Slowly walking back down the road, I heeled, staying as close as possible. I hadn't met a dragon that wasn't friendly up to this point, and the thought of a giant fire-breathing monster wasn't a pleasant one... but then again, I had Alex with me.
Before too long, we were outside of the village and into another wooded area. This forest didn't seem to be all too different in the way that it appeared, but my intuition was screaming at me that something dark... something insidious... …show more content…
You look very tense..." noted Alex, looking down at me. I glanced back upwards, unable to say anything. Nonetheless, it was more than obvious that this was the case.
The forest had become dark for a second, but in no time at all, the shadow faded. Suddenly, a gust of wind hit us both from overhead. I looked up and saw that a dragon was flying over a hundred feet above our heads. A dragon with a black cape.
"RUN!!!" screamed a male voice from behind, running towards us.
Alex seemed to understand the urgency and responded quite well. We darted off, me performing a sprint at about fifteen miles an hour. To my astonishment, he was running as fast as I was, something I would have never imagined possible out of a human.
I turned around for a split second. Behind us was a human in a thick furred coat. While he had some sort of crossbow in his hand pointed at the sky, that wasn't the biggest weapon he had. His entire body was covered in knives, bolts, and and all sorts of other varieties of weapons. He was a walking weapons' shop.
However, hearing Alex's footsteps ahead of me prompted me to turn around, and I joined him in our dash for