Echoes Of Pandora

Chapter One
I glanced up as the sky darkened.

Strange clouds swirled and danced around the huge cold mountain. One shining star of light at the highest peak shone through the clouds.

I walked on by, hurrying my pace. Strange things often happened here.

The lead I was holding onto tightened as I sped up. I yanked it, looking behind me. "Come on."

The peryton flapped its wings and tossed its head, sharp antlers swinging closer to me than I would have liked. "Calm down, Antalus. Come on." I soothed gently, tugging on the lead a bit more.

Truth be told I was worried, the Mountains of Fate was a dangerous place.

Antalus tossed his head again but trotted forwards, tail feathers down.

Thankful, I walked faster.

A flash of brown wings overhead caught my eye, and apparently also Antalus's. He reared and snorted.

The bird dipped lower, a hawk with sharp feathers and black eyes.

"Oh," I sighed in relief. It's just you."

"You look really scared for a moment." a male voice came out of the hawk's beak.

"Be quiet, you." I snorted. "We're RIGHT below Pandora, do you blame me?"

"You and Pandora, honestly." The hawk rolled his eyes. "It's all superstition, nothing has happened here for years!"

I rolled my eyes back and continued walking. "Say what you want, Tobias."

Tobias flapped his wings to match my walk.

Antalus chirped and reared up.