Before I knew it, the sun was going down again. We'd been flying woods and fields all day, and Tom had been dozing most of the time. But now he was awake again.
"Where should I land for the night camp?"
"There's no tavern around here. Then we'll have to sleep in the open air. Best to land there by the group of trees."
Somebody seemed to have stopped here before, because there was already a fireplace. In fact, it didn't seem too long ago.
"I'll take care of a fire," I said.
Tom stayed seated and prepared dinner.
There were many fallen twigs and branches in the grove of trees. So I didn't have to look very long to have enough wood together. After just five minutes, I was on my way back. How did I transport the wood? I just used my magic and let it float in front of me.
"So, here I am again."
"Did you see my flint?""What do you need a flint for?"
"Well, how else are we going to start the fire?"
I laughed.
"I'll show you how it works!"
I piled up some wood. Then I took a breath and spat some fire on it. The wood was already burning and our campfire was ready.
"Oh. I hadn't thought of that."
I laughed again, and Tom laughed too.
Tom woke up. It was still pitch dark, but something had woken him. He looked around. The fire had already burned down. His equipment and sword were still there. But where was Theo?
He stood up in a panic. Just keep calm now, he thought to himself. Nothing will have happened to him, he'll be right back. He sat down. He was probably just hungry and went hunting. That was it.
Tom looked at the floor. What he discovered there frightened him. Footprints! They weren't there yesterday. He went over to the place where Theo had slept. He discovered sanding marks, and even more footprints.They were very difficult to see in the darkness, but Tom was pretty sure they led into the little forest behind him. He took his luggage on his shoulders and his sword in hand. Then he went to the forest to save his friend.

When I woke up, I was in chains again. What happened now
A couple of men stood in front of me in the dark. They looked like knights in chain mail.
"Ok, we're ready here," said one of them.
In the distance I saw men picking up a tree trunk and running forward. They came straight at me and got faster and faster. They had razor-sharp blades attached to the top of the tree trunk. They wanted to kill me.
The blades hit my side at insane speed, and then the sharpened tree trunk. But the blades failed and broke, and the tree trunk was deflected. The men who had hastened the trunk stopped abruptly and set it aside."Shit. That didn't work either."
The man turned to me. He had eyes shining in the moonlight, a prominent face, and a beard.
"Oh, you're awake. Congratulations. I've never seen anything as hard as your tank. With what we've tried here, we could have demolished entire walls, but no, you're still alive!"
"Why are you doing this?"
"Because you dragons are a plague. You destroy our fields, you eat our cattle."
"When was the last time a dragon did that?"
"Well ... not as long as I'm alive."
"There were bad times in the past. We dragons are just beings who want life, who have a right to life."
"What nonsense. You are demons. You only say that to lead me off the right path."
"Then I have to tell you that I am the prince's property. If you kill me, you will be in a lot of trouble."
"The prince? He's probably sitting in his castle and having a good time. You have nothing to do with the prince, anyone can say that.""That's the height!" I heard a voice say from behind the dragon slayer.
"Who's there?"
"I am Prince Tom, heir and heir to the throne of my father and the king, Leonhardt the Second. And what are you doing here with my loyal friend?"
"D-D-The Prince!"
The dragon slayer fell to his knees.
"Please, I didn't see you. I didn't mean to offend you!"
"Wrong! Away with you. And don't you dare to face me again!"
The dragon slayer ran away and his henchmen followed him. He was out of sight faster than lightning.
"Is everything ok with you?", Tom asked, turning to me.
"Yes. Except for the bonds ..."
Tom knelt and loosened the bonds. I could move again.
"Very good. Thanks for saving me."
"But that was the least. Besides, you had something good with me anyway, because you gave me back my memory."
"Oh, that was nothing. You also saved my life from that by buying me.""Yes, the world is small."
"Can you still sleep after all this excitement?" I ask.
"Out of the question. And you?"
"No. We should keep traveling. Anything else would be a waste of time."
We went out of the forest and I let Tom mount.
"Do you have everything?"
"Yes."
"Your flint too?"
"Oh come on, now take off."