Anassa ran her fingers over something cool and smooth. If it was wet, it would be slippering. She slowly peeled her eyes open. The sky was a wonderful blue up above and… Anassa stood up in shock. Was she still in Arika? All around was deep blue water, murky and almost black as if it was dirtied with soil or ash. Had she landed in an ocean?
Anassa realised the island she was on wasn't an island whatsoever. She turned around, two enormous red eyes were looking directly at her. The ground below her was not ground at all either, it was the huge scales of a reptile. Anassa blinked at the beast and didn't grab at sorcery. There was no need to, she had humiliated the monster the last time they faced off against each other.
She merely stared into those eyes, they were intelligent. That was the part she was totally unable to comprehend. Why would an intelligent creature save her?
