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Chapter 12: The final battle

Dova was madly wielding his sword, cutting his enemies to

pieces with such savagery that even his mercenaries were afraid of him. He was pissed for having lost the dragon, his most powerful weapon, which had flown away suddenly to god knows where. He was sweating, his sword all bloody and then he saw it: a small dot on the horizon which was growing bigger by the minute. It immediately dawned on him: it was Aggy, his dragon. It was coming back! But what he didn’t know was the fact that Aggy was returning as an enemy, not an ally. He had found his true master and was coming to help the people of Donn destroy the invaders!

Aggy landed on the battlefield but it looked more like a crash

or a forced landing than like an actual landing. So they all got off poor Aggy who was tired from the effort of carrying them on his back. Then they took their weapons, straightened their aching backs and charged the enemy at Harry's war cry.

Dova was in total shock at the sight: Aggy had landed with five

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determined warriors on his back. Then it was all clear: he had lost control over Aggy, it now belonged to one of those warriors. They must have fulfilled the prophecy and must have found the Fire Necklace. So it was all true, whoever controlled the Fire Necklace, controlled the dragon. The tides had turned against him. Dova was mad. He was trying with his wicked mind to find a quick solution to his problem. Then he figured out what he had to do: all he had to do was to kill the person wearing the Fire Necklace; the one wearing it was the dragon's master. With the dragon's master out of the way, he could regain Aggy. And then destroy Donn. Now all that remained was to get close enough to the five warriors and see which one was wearing the necklace.

Dova started to stab and slash his way towards them. He

whipped his stallion to make haste and get to the five heroes faster. When he got close enough, he saw the necklace hanging on Mongo's neck. His eyes turned red as little veins of blood had torn apart inside his eyeballs. He would have to kill him if he hoped to get Aggy back. He would kill a dozen like him if it served his purpose. He held his sword so tight in his hands that his hands had turned pale and numb. Then he charged with a crazy stare in his eyes.

Aggy felt a sudden uneasiness, although he couldn’t explain

what was wrong. Then he searched for Mongo. He saw him fighting the hoard of mercenaries. Then he saw Dova, the hatred in his eyes and his determination to kill someone. Aggy searched to find out on whom Dova's gaze was locked, who he was about to kill and then he understood his sudden restlessness. Mongo, his human master and friend for life, was in danger. Dova was about to strike him. But he wouldn’t let that happen!

Aggy lifted from the ground, although he was tired from the

long flight, and in a moment he landed right in front of Dova's stallion. The horse freaked out and overthrew Dova who landed hard on his back. Aggy was already in front of Dova, Dova the Ruthless, Dova the Undefetead, Dova who was just a man in the face of an

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ancient power as a dragon. Dova was trembling in fear. He put his sword in front of him, trying to fend off the dragon. But he was no match for Aggy. Aggy burnt him till all that remained of the once feared Dova was a pile of ashes at our heroes' feet.

Harry gave another battle cry, fiercer than the first. The

mercenaries, seeing that their leader was reduced to a pile of dust and also realizing they wouldn’t get paid now, started to run for the hills. Soon all that remained on the battlefield were the corpses of the dead, the fallen soldiers who had to be buried. The war was over, Donn was saved!