Serys and Naple continued through the dark woodland, toward the flickering light. As they got closer, they heard noise from ahead. It sounded like screaming - like someone was in trouble. Serys urged Naple forward, eager to help whoever was in distress. They came to a clearing and that's when Serys heard the roar that sent a chill down her spine. It was a raw, wild roar that echoed and reverberated throughout the woodland, and set Naple immediately on edge. "Easy, girl," Serys tried to calm her steed. "Everything will be okay," She insisted, though she wasn't sure who she was trying to convince.
The owner of the roar flashed past from overhead, momentarily blocking out the fingernail moon - long enough for Serys to determine that whatever it was that flew past was huge. She ducked down out of impulse, seeing the flickering light was - sure enough - fire. A barn and nearby house were ablaze, consumed in what was presumably dragon-fire. A man came out of the barn all alight, screaming for help.
Swiftly assessing the situation, Serys saw the dragon turning for another pass, and drew her dagger that still had a drop of blood from her run-in with the threatening orc. With no thought to herself, but only the glory of the mission, she jumped from Nalpe grabbing the end of the long tail of the dragon as it passed. It felt her gripping onto him, and spun, eyes ablaze as it saw her climiing its tale toward it's body. It let out a gravelly roar, shaking the very air around them. But Serys would not be deterred, she scaled the dragon's body, until she had a hold of one leg, and bravely ran her dagger into the large beast's chest, slicing through scale and dragon hide.
The dragon let out a pained roar, spiraling through the air. A moment later, it fell from the sky, crushing the burning man, and nearly crushing Serys as well. She contiued twisting her knife deeper, until she knew she had gotten the wild beast's heart, and it finally went limp and motionless.
Serys breathed heavily, unable to do anything but rest where she lay on the dragon. Finally, once she had recovered, she saw Naple standing next to her, and mounted her steed. She went to the burning house, but couldn't find anyone inside. She went to the road, and saw some people making a hasty retreat. The lot of them were singed from fire, and they had presumably excaped barely with their lives. Serys came up, greeting them and asking them if they were all okay. They responded that they were, and thanked her for killing the "cursed beast". Serys shared some of her food with them, and made camp with them beside the road for the rest of the night.