"Being outside of the kingdom seems so...unnatural," One of the knights groaned as they walked through the forest path. There were five of them in all, and were on a top secret mission. This mission was given to the highest ranked member of this team, Hayden, who wasn't extremely high in rank and the only reason he was higher in rank was because of that time he saved the king. He wasn't too excited about being promoted, and the team he had brought with him knew it quite well. Since it was all up to the highest ranked member to decide how the mission was played out, they all were in average clothing, so they wouldn't look intimidating to the kingdom they were visiting. Their armor was left at home and their weapons were packed away in their bags. 

"It's fine Irina, we don't have that much further to go. The Serji kingdom should be just up ahead," Hayden sighed. They hadn't taken any breaks, Hayden didn't like them to begin with, he felt that they could get things done faster if they didn't take so many breaks. He was more for getting his work done, rather than sitting down and eating. This left most of the team tired and hungry even though noon had just come upon them, they were getting used to the luxuries given to them at the castle and found it unfair not to be taking a break for lunch. Irina had been the only one on Hayden's side who wanted to push forward as well. It was rather predictable though, Irina always took Hayden's side on any argument.

A while later, the forest seemed to change. None of them would have been able to describe it quite well, since they had never come in contact with something so odd. It was the air around the forest, it didn't feel so average anymore. It felt like there was just something different and that was all they could figure out. As they continued things started to change more, there were creatures they had never seen before running by, and sudden things that couldn't be explained away as a simple coincidence. Finally, buildings started to come into view and they were stopped by a few terrifying looking guards, They looked human, until someone looked down, where they would see a horse's body attached. They were much larger than any of the people in the group of knights and didn't seem too friendly either. 

Hayden, being the only one to keep a calm face, "We are here under orders of our king. There was an agreement that we could come in and conduct our business." Hayden pulled out a piece of paper from his back pocket that was supposed to get them through. It did. They found themselves in the kingdom of Serji, shocked and confused about what was going on. They had no idea such a place like this one existed and wasn't too sure where they were supposed to start in this mission they were given.