Harsh wind scraped against their faces, perched atop Sparky's back were Alan, Julia, Iris and Lucian, they were forced into a desperate struggle of gripping onto Sparky's scales to withstand the g-force pushing them back.
"What is going on?!" Julia's voice was almost lost to the wind, she looked down at the sprawling labyrinth of the imperial castle, the once familiar place was being devoured by shadows.
"How would anyone know?!" Alan yelled back, tensely facing forward.
They weren't in the clear yet, the group only escaped the ballroom, which was merely a small section of the royal castle that spanned across miles.
Sparky glided over the inner bastions, passing by different sectors of the castle, his wings casting a large silhouette down below, but the grounds beneath were no longer as flat and smooth as before.
RUMBLE
The nearby stone walls collapsed into a pile of broken debris, underneath the rubble, the very soil began to quake with an uncontrollable pulse.
