Young Blood

[Midnightmoon]

Zephyr felt the change in energy in the air and was shocked at the power, "GET DOWN!" He yelled as the power manifested and was unleashed. Ducking around the gyradra he shot at Dinara and launched himself at her flank. With all that water around her she would get fried. He disapeared and the next moment he collided with her and they were both flung out of the water.

Starlight disengaged and fled as fast as she could fly. That young one of Pheonicia's was going to blow. Afterwards she came back slowly, knocking away now wild gyradra's.

Dinara was knocked out of the water by between one breath and the next, tumbling first through the air and then along the ground. She was about to snap at the form that hit her before her ears popped and the air filled with ozone. The staff shived against her forearm. "Someone set off a super charge. I think it was that little one from earlier." Zephyr said quietly as he got up from his own tumble. Dinara didn't respond at first, "... There are still enemies to fight, we have to take care of this first." Turning she called a flow of water though the air towards her and started to snipe nearby gyradra's with water propelled ice shards.

[Zetherus]

Pandora was sound asleep when she heard the biggest commotion outside that risen her from her sleep. She stood up then made her way to the entrance to see what was going on outside. When she stood on the edge of the cave entrance, she saw snow and ice that covered the face of the mountain. "Huh it wasn't snowing when I got here nor was it cold! What's going on down there?" She whispered when she saw a dragoness at the base of the mountain that suddenly started to swing some type of whip that created storms like no other. The storms of the whip were so intense that lightning was striking everywhere; a lightning bolt struck the top of the cave making a few small pebbles land on Pandora's head then a large boulder came crashing down. She saw the rock in time so she brought her wings up and flapped them forward launching her backwards into the cave depths for safety. She slammed all four of her feat's talons into the loose rock to stop her crashing in the wall behind her but the boulder blocked her inside when it rolled into the cave platform. "Well that was close!" She yelled in surprise as she felt her shadow powers return to her in the darkness of the cave. "This will be no problem escaping then." She snickered as she then entered the void and started to ascend to an exit near the top of Energy Peak. She came out of the shadows of a quite used cave of a dragon she has never met before by the sent she picked up from it. She looked down at the cave she was in and then the battlefield that changed drastically when she first saw it.

[saphira]

sapphire and leaf saw something big and decided to go see what was happening. when they arrived they saw what had happened. " is everyone alright?" sapphire asked.

[Zetherus]

Pandora enjoyed the view of the mountain until she saw a gyrada heading straight for the dragons she had just met. She was going to warn them but she thought it was easy enough to kill this just one. "I can handle this one!" She roared and dropped out of the cave with wings spread to glide. The bird thing was getting close to them but she collided with it and made it spiral as she continuously bit and clawed the creature's neck and stomach killing it. She pushed herself off and flew toward Sapphire and Leaf covered in more blood almost mistaking Pandora as a fire dragon. She landed next to them and smiled. "I may be small but I am dangerous! You guys need to watch your back more often." She hissed looking around her to find more stragglers trying to flank them.

[saphira]

"we do, but in case you haven't noticed some other dragons may or may not be hurt. we where checking to see if they where alright." sapphire growled irritably, then stalked off to check and see if anyone needed her healing abilities. leaf stood staring after her and finally managed to say, " i'm sorry about that she's never like this, she's probably just worried about her adoptive mother she hasn't heard from her." he said apologetically.

[Zetherus]

Pandora watched as the blue dragoness walked off. "I don't know why you dragons need help with anything if you have so much as a friend to care for you!" She growled and jumped off the mountain heading toward a small unaffected lake that wasn't frozen. She crashed into the cold waters not even slowing down and arose from the other side with her black and white scales clean from the blood. She began to lurk through the trees around the lake then disappeared within their shadows but she was really just laying under one. She laid there listening for something to use as prey if it had crossed her senses. She cared less for the battle near her for if something where to come close she would use the shadows to kill it.

[Kauria]

Ourias had pressed himself into a crevice for the sudden storm, a weak purple shield his only protection. He continued to scramble up the rocky paths, until he could see what remained of the wizards' gyradas. He reached out with tendrils of magic, and, thanks to their anger and confusion, turned the bird-monsters against each other with a touch of minds.

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Naïma alighted beside him, cocking a head at the mess below. "I would ask what we're doing, but it seems to be mostly done. You all right?" Ourias nodded, but swayed slightly and collapsed against her furred chest.
She looked down at him, surprised for a moment, but she placed a hand on his head and a wing on his shoulder, holding the young dragon close. He's an adult, but something about him reminds me more of Nelana than any teenager I've known.

[saphira]

sapphire had no problem make it to the group of dragons in the storm, after all she was both ice and water elemental, but when she looked back she saw leaf struggling so she created an ice shield for him that hovered around him and turned to zephyr "whats going on." she yelled to keep her voice from being lost in the wind. meanwhile leaf just barley made it to the group of dragons.

[Zetherus]

While Pandora was laying in the shadows of the trees she saw a group of soldiers walking by the lake that took notice to her and stopped. They stared for a moment not knowing what to do while she was looking right at them. An archer that thought he was invisible in the shadows loaded an arrow and drawled it back to shoot the dragon but when he shot, the dragon vanished. "What the hell! Did you guys see that?" Yelled the soldier as he was the distraction for the archers. The archer ordered him to go attack and he did. The soldier called his band of six other soldiers all carrying dragon slaying weapons and as two groups they circled around the lake to find the dragon. Pandora appeared behind one of the four archers that were looking for her and attacked. She bit her fangs around his head and broke his neck when she made a slight movement but the three others took aim and fired. She saw the arrows coming and brought up their dead friend as a shield to protect herself with. The arrows penetrated the dead archer successfully blocking the projectiles then she threw the body at them to confuse her enemies. She vanished then appeared above them attacking the three leftover archers only killing two with her claws. The last archer was running to get away but she was already running after him. She got close enough to stand up on her hind legs then rammed her right hand through the fleeing archer's back and out his belly with his intestines wrapped around her claws. She growled and pulled her hand out of his back still wrapped with intestines then went back on all fours. "Who's next!" She smiled and saw the six dragon slayers turn toward her while she stood in the open.

[Morty]

"Uh, we do have a better plan than 'check all the tents', don't we?" asked Ciro, keeping an eye out for wizards, though they would be all but undetectable unless the humans had magic detectors. Shortly he joined his brother in looking through the tent flaps. This was so not the epic rescue mission he'd bargained for.

[Zetherus]

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One of the hunters on Pandora's left took three steps forward and threw a spear toward her. She saw it and stepped to the right to avoid it as it almost hit her chest. The spear tip stabbed into the dirt making it stick out of the ground in front of the small dragon's face. She walked up to it and brought her left hand up to it's shaft and grabbed it with her three clawed hand.

She stood up grabbing it with her right hand and pulled it out of the ground holding it's point toward the ground. "I will kill you with your own weapon!" She growled as she then place her left foot into the ground in front of her for balance while she stood. The soldiers charged throwing all their spears they carried at her. She dodged each one effectively angering the slayers as they charged at her with their axes and claymores drawn. She stepped back as one tried to hack at her leg with an ax but missed. She brought up the point of the spear to the hunter's chest then thrusting it through impaling him with it. As the hunter died another one screamed in anger and charged with his sword. She wasn't able to pull the spear out in time so she let go and flew up into the air to avoid the attack. She landed into the shade of the trees behind the hunters on the left Shadow Stepping through then appeared on the right side of the lake behind one of the hunters with an ax. She attacked successfully paralyzing the hunter by severing his spine. One of the two hunters near the one Pandora killed somehow knew that she would appear there and attacked by throwing his dagger at her. The dagger cut the left side of her neck making only a drizzle of blood run down it for it was a small cut. She felt a slight sting on her neck as the dagger passed by her. She showed her teeth then lunged forward as the hunter had not enough time to bring up his weapon in time. She landed on top of him and began clawing the hunter at the chest ripping open his plate armor and into him making him die a horrible painful death. Just then a hunter ran up in time before she could finish. With so much hesitation, he slammed the broad side of his ax into the dragoness' left side of her face instantly making her retreat off of the hunter she had killed. Her left eye began to bleed as she shrieked in pain from the mindless blow. She looked back at the hunter that had struck her and showed her teeth then quickly flapped her wings at the hunter creating a powerful wind gust. The hunter screamed in terror as he was hurled at the rock wall behind him that broke his legs and left arm when he made contact incapacitating him to just lay on the ground in moans and cries.

She turned her attention toward to the last hunter that was absolutely afraid of her because of what she did to his team. The hunter dropped his weapon and began running the opposite direction of Pandora to escape her. She smiled with a evil look at the retreating man and walked up to the dieing hunter that she had crippled with her wind gust. The dieing hunter pulled up his ax and held at her as she walked up then laid down to watch him die slowly from his wounds. He began to cough up blood and slowly die as the dragon watched him slip from life. Pandora laid there in the grass with nine dead dragon hunters scattered around the lake shore.

OCC: Well there done with. I hope someone recognized her fighting with the hunters.

[Kauria]

Aaand scene, Haleth thought from the shadows. Well, that had been fast. One candidate already, even if she wasn't a fire dragon. Best not to waste time, though. The wind was in his favor for now, but the breezes tended to favor their own kind, and he thought he sensed some air blood in the dragoness.
Haleth rubbed a sheen of magic between his first two fingers and thumb, then glanced up and opened his hand. Like pressing a seal into hot wax, the spirit marker flared briefly on Pandora's hide several hundred meters away, invisible to all but its caster.
And anyone else who happens to see magic.
Like a certain hatchling you've met, mm?
He withdrew from his hiding spot. Dang. They were getting better at digging through his memories already.
It only works one way. he replied. It's fine.
Feathers budded along his arms.
If you think they'll notice anyway, might as well give her a warning.
Haleth turned abruptly, his eyes shifting into a gyrada's predatory gaze. Through the trees he could see the dead bodies, almost taste the energy that left them by the moment. He swiped a symbol in the air with taloned hands and skimmed off some precious magic, which rushed to the black dragon's wounds and sank into her skin. He turned away again, hoping the message was clear.
Someone wants you to take better care of yourself.
When I return, I'll need you in one piece.

[Zetherus]

Pandora smiled as the human died in front of her merciless gaze. She also noticed her neck wound and bruised face being healed by an unknown force. She stood up and started to look around to hear a voice appear out of the lake. "Mmmmmuhuhuh! You did well my girl! Exactly what I wanted you to do." It muttered as a form of shadow began to arise from the lake and walked onto the green grass. The grass around it died then turned into ash when the shadowy mist dissipated into a dark being holding a odd staff covered in symbols of the Void. www.pixel77.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/shadow-demon-with-red-eyes-and-runed-staff.jpg "Well I hope you know who I already am because I hate saying my name as my mortal form, it's insulting in my taste!" Pandora's show of teeth toward the being suddenly turned into a growl. "I know who you are Void and you will DIE for showing your face." She charged and jumped at the humanoid with open jaws and claws ready to fight it. Void smiled showing no fear then kicked the bottom of his staff that flung up and tapped the bottom of her jaw making her do a back flip then land on her side. She looked over her shoulder to look behind her as Void was slightly beating the palm of his hand with his staff. "See you should already know that you can't even touch a god like me with such a hopeless lunge. If I wanted to I could send you back to the void in pieces." Pandora laid her head down on the grass hissing at Void. "What do you want with me? Why do you insist to torture my like this as I live?" Void started to pace left and right of the lake then stopped when he saw a human wizard in the shadows staring at him. "Because I like to see my victims suffer!" He answered and continued pacing. "Well I enjoyed the visit so don't try and kill yourself now while I'm gone my sweet or I will resurrect you with a missing arm." He growled as a black hole appeared behind him and then walked through with the portal closing when he vanished. Pandora stood up and walked to the lake then started drinking as she collapsed into the water.

[Awesomoman]

"Not at all." Taranis said sneaking up to another tent. "I don't see them out in the open, and i can't really think of a better way." He opened it up to find nothing again. "This makes no sense, there's no sign of them anywhere and half of the wizards are gone. Did they move them or something?" Taranis was starting to get worried, so he acted. Quickly he snuck up to one of the wizards, grabbed him and ran into one of the empty tents. He kept a grip on his mouth until he knew no one had seen them. "Okay, i just have one question and if you scream for help i'll make sure the next thing out of your mouth is blood. Ya got that?" The wizard was snaking and obviously scared out of his mind, but slowly nodded. "Where are the dragons that were captured and brought here?" Taranis asked then released his grasp on the mans mouth. "Th-they're gone." He replied. "WHERE?" Taranis snapped. "I don't know. The elder one was used in some sort of experiment, and the younger one vanished." He stammered out. Taranis just sat there and stared at him. "...What?.....WHAT! YOU MEAN THEY'RE NOT HERE?" Taranis was feeling very cheated right now. Here they were, risking their hides to save Sol and Tea and now they have to head back with nothing. Once more Tea and everyone else was going to look like a hero while he misses out on all the action! Taranis started getting angrier and angrier until he was about to explode. Then, a low growl went through the entire camp, not from Taranis. "Oh no. You woke him up." The wizard was now a solid white from terror. "What? Woke who up?" Taranis asked still steaming. With a gulp the wizard replied. "Titan." Almost as if on cue the tent was ripped from the ground and there stood the biggest Gryadas EVER. Taranis's jaw hit the floor and his grasp loosened on the wizard allowing him to slip out of Taranis's claws and run away.
For those who forget, Titan is the king of the Gryadas. He his 3 times the size of a normal dragon and thanks to Dagon, has a pyramid shaped helmet literally attached to his skull. It has a power that whatever it points at loses all magic, such as in this case, Taranis's fire. His first instinct to breath fire at it didn't work, at all. "Ciro..You might want to stand back." Taranis cracked his knuckles, "This is gonna get ugly." Taranis was terrified, but he was not backing down. He was done running, done letting others get the glory, he was gonna kill this beast and take its head back as a trophy.

[Morty]

"Stand back?" barked Ciro incredulously, having dropped their invisibility as soon as Taranis had given away their position, which he now thought was a pretty terrible idea considering the monstrous, unfathomable entity that stod before them. "Are you kidding? You don't stand a chance without me." he said defensively, getting into position beside his brother. In reality, he was screaming at himself to run away, NOW, and leave the monster for someone else to fight, but he knew his brother. He wouldn't back down until either he or the monster were dead. And Ciro was here to make sure it was not the former. A shield went up around them. Ciro gritted his teeth.