That is the short version. It is quite hard to put over a thousand years into a short version. Em and I headed back to our room to let it all sink in. I had learned a very important fact during the telling of my story to Em, I knew how to get home. The next morning we made all the necessary calls and arrangements to be gone for another month. At dusk we walked to the yard behind the inn, and taking Emily’s hand in mind, we went home. No door, I am the door.

One step and we were surrounded my the warmth of home. We stood at the same point I had used the book to visit. I had expected to see Balzar there, he wasn’t. For a good while, we just stood there looking around in silence. I could see everything. Power flowed and vibrated through my body. Things were not as bad as I feared. I could see the towns, villages, castle as the should be. However to the west it was dark. I tried with my minds eye to peek into the west, painful cries filled the air, it was gray and smoke filled. I could not see! I tried harder, and thats when I smelled it. Dragon! Gold eyes pierced the darkness, a terrible roar escaped it’s throat.

I don’t know what happened, but Em pulled me back and with a wave of her hand the image faded. We ran for what seemed like forever down that hill. He was waiting for me in the field below, waiting to kill me. As we reached the bottom of the hill, something pulled my attention. I glanced to the center of the muddy field and there he stood. “Hide” I hissed at Emily, she tried pulling me with her into the woods but I shook her off and walked to my death.