A not so lucky day.

[Seth]

"Well I uh.." He tried responding but couldn't figure out anything to say. Dante was clearly a very skilled magic user and he had the confidence to back it up.

"Well this is where I usually come to draw in the afternoons. I mean there have been moments though..." He says rubbing the scar on his eye.
"Well you're a brave warrior and I need stuff to study..Why don't we look for creatures together?" Seth says smiling.

[Dante Ahti]

"Brave...warrior?" Dante mumbled, and blinked. He decided to go along with it.

"Alright, Seth, come with me and you'll be safe." Dante grinned. Clearly Seth did not seem to realize that Dante was only a few years older than him. "What kind of creatures are we looking for, exactly?" he asked.

[Seth]

"Well we're in the beginning part of the forest so the deeper we go the more we'll see."

"Well if we keep heading North we'll probably start to see more dangerous creatures like the wind-wolves, Fire Geckos, and Dart flies, not to mention the poisonous plants in the area that cause skin irritation within the first five minutes, which also attracts the even larger beasts like the Platybear, Tigonox, and The poison spiked chameleon but it's nothing compared to the Eartthearen Hydra that crushes it's victims before swallowingthemforpredigestionplusthefactthatthetreesgetsodarkitsimpossibletoseeanythingunlessyoucarryatorchbutwithinfiveminuteswe'dbeattackedbywerewolves But hey who's counting right?"
Seth says very quickly.

[Dante Ahti]

Dante looked at Seth for a few seconds, before grinning, "Lets go look for that Hydra. Well, unless your scared, If you are we could just go looking for that ferracoon you were talking about."

[Seth]

"Hey I'm not scared."Seth replied. "Much.."
"Let's go!" Seth said trying to sound excited and not scared.

[Dante Ahti]

"Alright"

They made their way through the forest, as the forest got thicker and the sky grew darker. Dante raised his hand, snapping his fingers together. A flame danced above his fingers, and he rolled the flame onto his palm.

"Have you seen anything yet?" Dante asked, moving the flame so that he could see Seth's face.

[Seth]

"Yes. Dark lots and lots of Dark." Seth said sarcastically.
"This is a bad idea.." He began to worry.
He stopped when he heard a snapping noise within the darkness.
"What was that!?" He said cautiously.

[Dante Ahti]

Dante stopped, tensing up, putting his hands around the flame and opening them up to reveal the flame had grown rapidly in size, so that Dante could see. He looked around in a defensive position, gritting his teeth. "I can't see anything...what direction did it come from?" he whispered quickly.

[Seth]

"There!" Seth said pointing.
The bushes rustled and shook and out came a little ferracoon.
"Aww see Dante, I told you there was nothing wrong with Ferracoons."
All of the sudden a razor sharp tentacle grabbed the coon and drug it into the darkness leaving Seth's jaw dropped as to what just happened.

[Dante Ahti]

Dante watched in awe for a moment, before holding the fire in one hand, and slowly pusing Seth behind him in the other. He thrusted the fire into the direction of the creature, hoping it would harm it.

[Seth]

The fire ball impacted and a creatures screech was heard from the Darkness.
"Uh..Dante um..if you have any defensive spells now would be a great time to use them!" Seth said as the creature's footsteps drew nearer.

[Dante Ahti]

"Think...think...think!" Dante muttered, the footsteps growing louder, very quickly. "Thats it!" Dante grinned, placing a hand onto the ground. His hand glowed blue, and a clear protective field circled around them, which also glowed a sort of blue, enabling them to see a short distance.

[Seth]

A sharp tentacle extended from the darkness and hit the shield. The tentacle recoiled and the creature screeched again. Coming out of the darkness the creature revealed itself to be the mighty eartheren Hydra!
It was a golden color, it's skin was as tough as chain mail and it had 3 heads, all of which could blow fire. It's tentacles extended from the sides of its body as it roared.

[Dante Ahti]

"My life. Has been made." Dante muttered, looking at the hydra in amazement. Though it was technically not a 'magical' creature, it was a creature none the less.

"So what's our plan?" he asked Seth, still looking at the hydra. All three of its heads blew fire at the shield, causing Dante to clench his teeth.

This particular protective spell was very powerful, so they were protected, but it was known to kill its users when used for too long, or if it took too much damage. Dante's hands pressed up against the shield, trying to hold it together. Dante wouldnt have cared as much, but Seth was with him. He couldnt have someones death on his hands.

[Seth]

"Holy Crap!" Seth says seeing the fire blown at the shield.
"We can do three things!" Seth yells over the loudness of the fire.
"You can Kill it, Tame it, or use it as bait for something even bigger! Personally I say we run for our lives!"
"I don't suppose you're a master at taming creatures are you!?"

[Dante Ahti]

"Look, kid, I'm not a master at anything. I'm only 18!" Dante coughed. "I'm doing a creature taming class in school, but they havent taught us anything about this!"

"It's faster than the both of us. You could shift to a bird or something, and run away, but I'll end up fighting it. So choose, stay and fight or run and I'll see you at school." Dante meant it in all of his honesty.

He wouldnt mind Seth staying, or leaving, all he knew was that Seth needed to pick quickly so that Dante could get rid of the shield. A line of blood trickled down his lips, dripping onto the ground. I need to learn a better defensive spell when I get back... he thought to himself, looking the hydra straight in the eye. One of the heads, at least.

[Seth]

Seth hesitated for a moment. Running away would mean he would live but it would be so wrong for him to just leave Dante.
Was he really going to be a coward?
He saw a trickle of blood go down Dante's lips.
Seth shut his eyes not believing what he was about to do.
"I can make a distraction!" He said.
"You have to cut all of its heads off at once or else it will just grow even more!"
"I can distract it just long enough for you to bring it down!"
He opened his eyes looking Dante in the face.

[Dante Ahti]

Dante did not look at Seth.

"...Thank you." He said, smiling. He wiped the blood away with his coat sleeve. "I'm going to let go of the shield. Turn into some type of bird, and fly around above its heads. I'll use an air spell to slice their heads off. Are you ready?"

[Seth]

Bird bird bird. He thought to himself. "Okay I've got it!
On three!" He said.

[Dante Ahti]

Dante nodded. "One...two...THREE!" Dante released the shield, the hydra growling at the boys in the process.