Gardenia's Color Guard: Fire Nogard was tromping through the woods looking all around for any smidgen of color. He was looking up to the grey sky when he heard a gravelly roar that nearly caused him to topple over in fright. He turned to see a pair of gleaming eyes in a bushel of petunias. He steadily backed away, but the dragon leaped out to greet him. This time Nogard did fall. The petunia dragon snarled, stared, and then sniffed the wizard. The dragon backed up and let the wizard stand. Nogard unfurled a scroll with Gardenia's likeness inked on it and showed it to the creature. The petunia dragon looked and raised an eyebrow at Nogard. The dragon looked around and pointed toward a cave with its snout. Nogard bowed as a sign of deferment and the petunia dragon led the way. At the mouth of the cave, the dragon waited for the wizard to catch up. It simply stared as Nogard looked into the dark void. The dragon tapped a talon and waited for the wizard to do something. Nogard realized the creature was waiting and drew his wand. "Oh, right. Sight might be useful." Nogard cast a spell and turned his wand into a torch. They ventured into the cave together. The petunia dragon grunted and ran ahead of Nogard, but was consumed by darkness. It angrily roared which shook the cave, along with Nogard's sense of safely. The wise wizard took it as a sign and quickly conjured sheets of fire to cover the entired labyrinth of cavern walls. The petunia dragon was visible again and smirked. Hours later, they emerged with heads hung low. Nogard flipped over the parchment with Gardenia on it and summoned a map to show all other cave locations. He marked an X on one and pointed to another. He and the petunia dragon looked at each other and nodded.
9,250 during the Gardenia's Color Guard event.
6,250.
