Mei had fixed the tomorrow problem.

  There were three other tunnels that led up to the one that the dragon was sleeping in. It wouldn’t matter which one they took, jut that they were able to make it to the dragon from the back side.

  We headed out to the tunnels early. I had wanted to wait in case anyone else had shown up, but Mei had been right. We were the only ones crazy enough to go after a dragon.

  Jonnie didn’t want to be around the necromancer, so he had stayed with me while Michael and Mei went around behind the dragon. Everyone had their fireproof and cleanse ring. While they would protect us from its teeth, it would protect us from its breath.

  Jonnie and I waited until the sun touched the highest peak in the horizon and headed into the cave. It was the only way we could tell time. I hoped we didn’t move to fast or too slow. The perfect opportunity would be for us to arrive at the same time.

  Jonnie cast an illuminate spell to light up the way. I was glad to have him along, until we got to where we could see the dragon. It was curled up in the middle of the tunnel. I was actually surprised that it fit. I was taking up almost all the space in the tunnel.

  I kept my shield up and walked up to the dragon. With any luck would be able to walk right up and slit its throat. We wouldn’t have to worry about fighting it.

  I got close to it and realized I wouldn’t be able to slit its throat. It was resting its chin on both of its front arms. Unless it moved I couldn’t stab it.

  I thought about poking it with my sword, but I would need to get under its scales to do any damage. Plus, it wasn’t my job to do damage. It was my job to hold its attention while Mei and Michael found a weak spot to exploit.

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  I thought about how I wanted to wake it up. While I was thinking, it rolled its head towards me. I heard Jonnie bite his knuckles. I hoped he wouldn’t squeal. I was too close to its jaws. One wrong move and I’d be dragon food.

  I hefted my sword and plunged it in the dragons left eye.

  The dragon thrashed its head, ripping the sword out of my hands and flinging it up the tunnel. It reared back its head and breathed a blast of fire.

  I danced back and held up my shield. Most of the fire reflected off of that and cut into the tunnel walls. A little bit got around the shield. The red part of my ring flashed as it kept the heat off of me. I grinned. My enchantments were working.

  The dragon roared. In the confined space, it sounded like a cannon going off. It was too loud to ignore. I pressed both of my hands against my ears until the echoes were gone. My ear rang and my vision blurred as I tried to focus on the dragon.

  “HEY!” I screamed. "UGLY!”

  It turned away from Michael and Mei. It hopped twice, and tried to head butt me. I took the full force of the blow on the shield.

  It knocked me on my rear.

  Jonnie was running up the tunnel. As a caster, he couldn’t throw spells over my shoulder. It was too risky that he’d hit me. I’d instructed him that if things started going badly, he needed to run for open ground where he could throw spells without worrying about hurting one of us.

  Things were going badly.

  I tried to get up to my feet, but the dragon was coming for another charge. I couldn’t take it jumping on me. It would squash me like a bug.

  I triggered the Ice Wall enchantment.

  A wall of ice, two feet thick filled the tunnel in front of me. It should’ve held the dragon back, but it didn’t.

  The dragon hit the wall and it shattered, sending chucks of ice in every direction. I clutched the shield on top of me as the dragon ran over me towards the exit.

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