[ WP ] Write a story where a hero must save a dragon from a princess .

The horse was slowly moving through the forest, his horseshoes gently clicking on the brick path in a steady rhythm. The hero, half asleep, was holding on to the horse's neck with his arms, leaning on his flowing brown mane. 
 
 They've traveled for two days without stopping for a good night's sleep or a mug of ale, only sleeping once during the travel, taking shifts to watch out for wild beasts. 
 
 The horse came to a halt and gently shook his body to the sides in order to wake up young Stromon. 
 
 Stromon was not your ordinary youngster. Although being in his early twenties, he was a master of The Dark Arts, a practice respected by mages and feared by all who do not practice Magic. But he was no Necromancer, since he did not enjoy having mindless minions deal with his enemies while he watches and laughs. No. He considered Necromancers to be cowards, and enjoyed fighting his enemies himself. 
 
 Ever since his childhood, he loved studying those arts. His parents were worried because their only child was spending time inside learning about demons instead of playing or learning something nice. But Stromon felt an odd attraction to this branch of Magic, and learned to use it at a very young age. 
 
 With time came wisdom, and he became the best Warlock in the kingdom, even taking part in the battle of the two kingdoms of Azgrath, sent on the battlefield by nobody else than the king himself. 
 
 Stromon lifted his torso from the horse's neck and rubbed his eyes. He looked around. To the sides was a thick forest, and in front of them was the kingdom gate. They had stopped far enough for the guards to be unable to see them. Stromon grabs his dagger and places it in the special sheath on his belt. The dagger and sheath were made by his father. Being the only thing reminding him of his mentor, he always took good care of it. 
 
 He hops off of the horse and straightens his robe. 
 
 `` Are you sure about this, Stromon?'' asks the horse, looking him in the eyes with mercy, like they were parting ways forever. 
 
 `` I have to.'' Stromon says as he lightly rubs the horse's forehead. `` You find yourself a safe spot and wait for me. When I come back, I'll whistle for you. Go now!'' 
 
 Without saying anything else, the horse turns to the right and goes towards the forest, disappearing through the trees. Stromon takes a deep breath. 
 
 `` Time to end this once and for all.'' 
 
 He puts both his hands on the ground as two dark, scaly wings protrude from his back. He fiercely pushes them downwards as he takes off into the air. Not wasting any time, he soars straight for the princess' tower. 
 
 The building was immense, and was guarded heavily. At the bottom, at least. 
 
 Stromon cut through the air at amazing speed, reaching the tower and smashing through a strained-glass window. 
 
 There was the princess, sitting upon her throne and carelessly gazing at the intruder as if he were nothing but a mere pest that could be stomped on and killed. In the corner of the throne room was a huge cage, holding a ferocious black dragon. The beast was laying down in defeat. Stromon noticed a magical enhancement on the cage. 
 
 *'' Of course. `` * he thinks to himself. 
 
 `` How dare you show up like this and destroy my castle? Guards!'' the princess cries. In the next second, the big doors leading to the throne room open, four guards slowly stepping inside, weapons drawn. 
 
 Before they could enter, Stromon sends a magical pulse towards the guards. The doors start glowing blue and slam shut, sending the guards flying down the stairs. Stromon looks at the princess just in time to dodge a fireball. 
 
 The princess hurls fireball after fireball at Stromon, but the young Warlock dodges them all. He then hurls a ball of dark magic towards the princess. The attack hits her, but nothing happens. 
 
 *'' Magical armor. Why am I not surprised? `` * 
 
 The princess flies towards Stromon, tackling him to the ground before starting to conjure another attack. The princess brings both of her hands in front of her, letting loose a fire blast akin to a dragon's breath fly towards the Warlock. Stromon opens his mouth, blowing a wave of dark magic towards the princess. 
 
 The two attacks collide at the middle in a fury of sparks as both of the mages do their best to defeat their opponent's attack. In a final struggle, Stromon pushes the blast further, as it completely overwhelms the flames and sends the princess flying into the wall, leaving a body-shaped hole right above her throne. 
 
 Stromon quickly jumps up, but is hit by an attack and sent right into the arms of a fire demon. The huge demon grabs him with one hand and moves him closer to his mouth. When the demon is about to behead Stromon with his razor-sharp teeth, the horse comes flying through the window, its majestic wings spread out, and tackles the beast. The demon loses its grip on Stromon and falls to the ground. The floor collapses under the weight of the huge demon, letting it fall down all the way to the bottom floor. Stromon manages to grab an unbroken part of the floor and pull himself up. 
 
 The princess was conjuring an immense fireball over her head, holding it up like it was the sun itself. This is when Stromon noticed that she was channeling all of her energy into this final attack, which meant that her magic protection was down for a few seconds. 
 
 Stromon reaches his hand out and hurls a bone spear from his palm. 
 
 `` Today is the day of your demise, young Warl-'' the princess does n't manage to finish her phrase. The bone spear flew right into her mouth, coming out through the back of her head and impaling her into the fall. The fireball dissipates into small magic strings that fly in all directions before vanishing into the air. 
 
 Stromon falls on his knees, breathing heavily. His horse comes to him and places its muzzle on his shoulder. 
 
 `` Stromon, are you alright?'' 
 
 `` Yes... yes, I'm good.'' 
 
 Stromon gets up and pats his horse on the muzzle. He looks towards the dragon just in time to see the beast flawlessly destroy the cage and fly through the roof, smashing a huge hole in it. 
 
 `` Damn.'' Stromon says. `` I wanted to catch it. Maybe next time.'' 
 
 As they approach the broken cage, however, they notice something glowing inside it. Stromon's eyes grow wide as he looks at the foreign object. 
 
 `` A dragon egg!'' 
 

