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Life hard on airship. No grass, no land, and constantly worried about falling off the edge. Even harder when your little sister is mad at you. Zy want me to leave Steve behind. She say it not safe for Steve where we go. But Steve is a strong horse. Why leave Steve? It is not safe for Zy to be here, but I let her come along. I am sure Mom will be mad I let my little sister hunt dragon, but Zy strong. Steve is also strong. And Steve talk now. Steve say he wants to stay with Bo.
 
Zy mad at me again because I eat too much. She say we need to ra-sh-on. I do not know that word. I do not like that word.
 
The airship fly over mountains. They are booty-full, not like the hills near Heckle. I had never seen a mountain before, but now I got to see one like I was a cloud. We are looking for dragon lair. We use Steve because if Steve start to talk, that means they are near. Another reason to keep Steve- not that Zy liked it. Magic is weird, but I happy to talk to Steve. When Steve talk, we are close to dragons. We climb down ladder onto snow. The snow is deep. I carry Lania and we move through mountain. Don’t know where to go, but we see a campfire in the distance. Maybe they know the way? A woman there. She big and tall, taller than me. More important- she has food. Not a ra-sh-on, real food. M.E.A.T. She cook a giant lion and it look yummy.
 
Her name Kravana. She do not talk much and the meat good- I like her. She take us to the dragons. We find the entrance to the cave, but Kravana leaves us. She led us to a trap.
 
Giants attack. Bo never seen giant before. They are…well...giant… and their hits send us flying. Hard to fight with my axe because I have to get so close and hit their legs. I wish I could get higher, but cannot. Zy gets thrown but then kills with an arrow.
 
Manon magic strong but her body not. She gets hit hard then thrown into sky. I know if she fall she will probably break a hip, but luckily Zy catches her. Manon needs to train with Madlyn more if she is going to get hit like that.
 
It get worse. Kaylan can heal, but does not heal herself. Madlyn slaughtered one giant, but another one hit her from behind. I don’t like my friends get hurt. The more we fight, the more I feel that anger. It different than the rage my Mom taught me, but it feel similar. I get so angry I throw my arm out when Madlyn get it. Images of my mom appear. Like she was there, running forward to save Madlyn, but almost look like she was she drawn. She act like a shield and help Madlyn. Only there for a second or two. But when I use it, I remember why I here. To protect my family. To find my Mom. To save her from Takhisis.
 
I hold onto that ancestral power. I channel my mom. She saves Lania twice and the shield knocks out the boulder that the giant throw at her. I like this new power.
 
We enter dragon cave. It beautiful. There so much gold and a beautiful lake in the water. But there are so many sleeping, deadly, fire breathing creatures that it is hard to actually enjoy it.
 
A man sit in the middle of the cave. He fishing. I get nervous. Is he like Kravana? Or is he a friend? Either way, I notice one thing.
 
He missing an arm.