Closer they gain, their bodies continuing to melt horrifically as the sickly green gas that permeates around them grows both brighter and denser with each note.
You’re about to be overtaken, fearing this may be the end for you and your recently acquired compatriot, until the final tinkling melody plays and something miraculous happens.
As the tiny toy bears take their last spins and the music fades away, their painted, rainbow wings disappear. This would have taken you by surprise on its own, but then the music starts back up again without even needing to be rewound, and before your eyes the brilliant opal horses trying to protect you turn out not to be horses at all.
An explosion of color overtakes the scene as a grand set of wings erupts from their backs, revealing their true nature.
“Pegasus!” You and Mitri shout with gleeful relief as the carriage is lifted off the ground in the nick of time before the nearest helhest would have claimed its first victim.
A cacophony of screaming whinnies mixed with gnashing of teeth fades as you ascend.
Given how petrified you are (in spite of this sudden relief), you have to wrench your eyes away from the evil sight, and convince yourself that you’re safe.
Soon the majestic rescuers have flown you up above the cloud line, far from any further signs of danger.
The stars and moon here pop exceptionally against the velvety sky, inviting a calmness to settle your nerves.
Making eye contact, you and Mitri share an anxious chuckle after such a narrow getaway.
It hasn’t been easy, these strange travels, but this was the closest you’ve brushed with an untimely demise, which only solidifies your misgivings. Why had you agreed to any of this in the first place?
Once you’ve adjusted a little, you ask, “Where are they taking us?”
“Where we’re going,” he said, without a drop of sarcasm. And before you know it, he’s proven to be right.
In no time at all, you’re back beneath the cloud line, each of the pegasus changing the pattern of their flight to draw you in the direction of a glorious palace, unlike anything you’ve ever seen.
Cavernous rooms and towers resembling the dark shine of obsidian are illuminated from above by what you only compare to the northern lights. You have a vague recollection of seeing the aurora borealis before when you were a child, and the splendor has you awestruck.
Well before you reach the grand building before you, one of the rooms with the largest windows come clearer into view. You’re overjoyed to see what looks like a great feast taking place along one end of the hall, while the shadowy figures of more dancing bears twist through the torchlight in lines and rows of spectacularly graceful movement.
Task:
Help the Pegasus find their way to the palace by solving the following Maze and Send Me Your Solution through a private message!
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