Not sure when part two will be posted, but here's something I've been working on for months [rather, I've put it down for months at a time, whoops]. I kind of [okay, really] rushed the background on this, cause I wanted to call it "done," but I will probably revisit it later and clean up the shading/lighting and background. If I can make the time.

This is for the Hetherev group, which I've finally gotten the dang entry in for now, lol. My brain baby Oriana [and mount Nubia] have arrived in the Sen'nahat Desert from their world. Who knows what kind of trouble they'll find in the expansive world of Hetherev.

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The sunlight in the cave dimmed as Oriana led the way deeper and deeper inside. Nubia continued to look back, her guttural groaning growing louder as she became uneasy in the darkness. Despite her wishes, the princess moved forward, urging her on with soft calls. The dragon hissed uncertainly towards the darkness and followed her partner further than either of them could see.

Oriana had sworn she'd seen an injured, fledgling mountain dragon crawl inside the cave. She suspected it to flee from them, as it had from the hunter's snare Nubia tore from it. Despite having done that, the dragon seemed more interested in the safety of her rider than of what fate may await the young creature. With the hissing from her friend growing ever louder, Oriana attempted to soothe her friend's worries by speaking gently to her, but when the last of the light seemed only a speck in the distance, the hissing and groaning increased.

The ground seemed to weaken beneath the pair's feet, almost reaching a loose, sandy texture as they walked further. They stopped, and both tried to step back to firmer ground. However, before either could stop the downward movement into pitch black, the earth pulled them downwards, into nothingness...

Then into light.

Neither would know it yet, but they'd been transported into another dimension--another world--far different from their own. At current, though, they both lay unconscious in the desert, their fates unknown, for now.