Writing Challenge 2014 June

"Sword…"
I looked between the staircase on my left and the great hall to my right. The dragon roared, so loudly I covered my ears. I wanted us to get out of this place, and now.
Sword was facing off the dragon alone. And I had to hurry and get the princess out of this castle. But first I had to find her, and hope those townspeople were right when they said she'd be in the highest tower.
He'll be fine. He'll be fine. I repeated the words to myself over and over while I pounded up the first staircase. The faster I got the princess out, the faster we all got out of here.
I hesitated at the top of the last set of stairs, unsure if I should go left or right. On a whim, I ran left. I tested doors at random but none were locked, and none opened to a set of stairs. I reached the end of the hall with no luck. There was a window at the end of the hall. I looked out and down. As I looked, I heard a crash and watched the window on the ground floor explode out from the building. There was fire, too. Cursing myself, I ran back towards the stairs and down the other hall.
I found the door to the stairs and almost ran passed it because I was expecting it to be another wrong door. Running up the stairs, I was out of breath. If I was running out of breath, how was Sword getting along?
There was only one door at the top of the stairs, and it was barred shut from the outside.
Here, I hesitated for the first time. I couldn't just barge into a princess's room. And I didn't want to terrify her by unbarring the door without warning her.
I knocked, hard.
"I am Shield Calcule, second son of the royal family of the South Kingdom of the Light. My elder brother Sword and I are here to rescue you from the dragon. I am unbarring your door now."
There was no response that I could hear. Either she couldn't or she didn't want to speak, or the door was too thick for sound to pass through and she had heard nothing to start with. Or, I supposed there was a third option. She wasn't in this tower to begin with and this was just a clever way to waste time for the rescuer until the dragon could take care of him.
It didn't matter. What mattered was that I get the princess and get out so Sword could follow behind us.
I forced my way through the door. The room was small, smaller than I expected, although furnished lavishly. At first, I thought there was no one in the room. I almost ran out the door before I saw the curtain move. I waited, but she didn’t come out.
“Excuse me, Princess, I hate to say it this way but I am Shield Calcule of the South Kingdom of the Light and I need to get you out of this castle as soon as possible. Please, grab anything you need from this room and come with me.”
A small hand pulled aside the curtain, revealing a very pretty young woman.