Hollow House

[Zetherus]

Pandora could feel the dark underground beneath her as the light crystals separated her away from the shadows then hearing the Hunter say something about her and the energy dragoness being put in the special dragons area witch made her not like the idea of being held under the light crystals any longer ,"WHAT, you hunters will pay as soon as i get out of your meaningless Magebane and uphold my control you will regret that you have ever captured me". She said in a whisper as her anger made her want to waste her strength on the magebane halters lined with light crystals.

Pandora looked at the energy dragon next to her then lyingly smiled ,"So then unknown one what is your name and what are we going to do with these hunters because I think we can help each other out while they hold us in special cages next to one another"? She said to the energy dragoness quietly.

[Kauria]

Kana grinned brightly back, flashing all of her teeth. "I'm Kana Thrica," she announced loudly. Lowering her voice to an excited whisper, she answered the black dragon's second question. "I don't think that it's such a good idea to do anything right now. The man said that this place is a maze of tunnels, and we've only gone through them once. We could get completely lost if we try to do anything right now. Although you," she said, nudging Ragnor, "could probably tell us something after you've worked in the mines for a bit, eh? Sounds like loads of fun."
In truth, Kana had no desire to escape just yet. She'd been brought here, so why not find out what life awaited her in the castle? Of course, something told her that the dark dragoness wouldn't find that to be a decent excuse.
Turning back to the other female, she asked, "And what would your name be?"

[Zetherus]

Pandora smiled then looked back at Kana ,"My name is Pandora the sister of Zetherus and it's good to know your name Kana but the shadows in this area I can see for miles threw the void but I can't connect to it until I leave this area and this thing on my face, but your question with the larger dragon next to us is why do we need his help he won't do anything except sit there and talk things about his bad life?" She said under her voice trying not to touch the bars of the cage with her tail as she went into a better position to talk clearer to Kana.

[Kauria]

Kana shrugged, looking around the glowing cavern. "I was just playing with old grumpy-guts there. I suppose it's just as well that he's going to be stuck down here, I guess. If I were that Count fellow, I'd get annoyed by his attitude pretty fast." The energy dragon looked back to Pandora. "We won't need his help if we're gonna get to stay in the castle itself, anyhow."

[Zetherus]

Pandora looked at the hunters making sure that they were not listening then faced back to Kana ,"So Kana does that mean you have a plan or not because I think I do see you already made good friends with the counts favored creature so why do we try to capture that young dragon and use him as a way out of here, it sounds like a perfect plan don't you think so and you can also free that creature and let him travel with us if you wish because I don't care for his life"? She smiled then became quite.

Pandora sat down in the cage not saying a word until they reached there destination.

[Kauria]

"How in the name of the elementals did that come across as fr—" Kana began, but stopped abruptly as a man took the chain attached to her halter. "Sorry, looks like we'll have to discuss this later," she called as he began to lead her down a new tunnel. Behind her, another Hunter gave Pandora's chain a yank, guiding her in the same direction.

[Awesomoman]

Ragnor didn't care about what the other dragons said, if he wanted out he could get out with no problem. The chain and halter where uncomfortable so he just melted them off. The hunter was surprised but still grabbed a weapon and told him not to move. "You dont need that, just tell me where to go, i have nothing else to do for the rest of eternity." Ragnor got up and started walking, the hunter stabbed at him thinking he was going to escape but the weapon only burst into flame. "I told you, but even if you did listen well your soul would still be in for a lifetime of suffering and pain."

[darkdragon]

The Count hurried back: the meeting had been brief, for once. The carriage bucked and bounced on the rough roads, but the Count was unmindful of that. His mind was pondering the council of which he had attended. WAR! That was the newest news. The King himself was there, and had ordered his castle, the Hallow House, as the base for the war against another kingdom. Finally, they had arrived at the castle gates. Inside, the Count picked up Solas, without cerimony, and bounded inside. After gathering all his Hunters and Captains, he said one word, "War."

[Kauria]

The Hunter led Kana along another tunnel, filled with so many different turns it was almost nauseating. Judging by the sounds behind them, Pandora and her escort weren't far behind.
From up ahead, there came the sound of running footsteps, and Kana froze, fearful of what might live in the labyrinth of passages. Another Hunter came into view, fully dressed in black armor. He greeted the other two with a short bow, then announced abruptly, "The Count needs to see all of you in the council chambers immediately. The only ones to stay are the drudge guards."
Kana's Hunter muttered something under his breath, and took the straps of both dragons' harnesses. He turned down a tunnel so well-concealed that Kana hadn't spotted it beforehand, and pushed open a similarly hidden stone door. His partner protested the shortcut, but he simply explained, "The Count is by no means a patient man, and we have no right to keep him waiting. Besides, the maze is due to change in several minutes anyways."
Kana blinked as she emerged into a polished marble hall, filled with an almost-blinding white light. Behind them, the door appeared to melt back into the wall as if it were never there.
"Hurry up!" the black-armored man called, already halfway up a staircase.

[darkdragon]

The Count was busy with preparations for the war: Sending the scouts, informing the yallmas(10x the size of a large fief) to get inside the castle, sending flit after flit to the mines and to his mages to get the weapons and armor ready from the arsenal. There was a knock on the door, and the Count released Solas off his chain as he said, "Come in!" A black armored Hunter entered, leading the two rarer dragons his Hunters had captured recently.

[darkdragon]

The Count looked carefully over each dragon. "Hmmm....this black dragon seems to have a special power. She will make a nice soldier. Put her into the special ranks. As for this one,...she's quite interesting. Make sure to separate the two dragons, though. They could be conspiring a plot to overthrow us. Oh, and bring Anubis. He is needed." The Hunter nodded and exited through the secret door, leaving the two dragons. "Solas, make sure these dragons don't wander off." Solas nodded and perched above the lintel of the fireplace, eyeing the pair fearfully. Shortly afterward, Anubis came through the doorway. He stretched and said, "Aah, it is nice to be back on DE again after so many years back on Earth. This place is nice." He spotted the Count and said, "How may I help you?" the Count smiled and said, "Start rounding up the armies. Another kingdom has declared war on us." Anubis nodded and stretched his small wings. Smiling to himself, Anubis walked out of the chamber. How was Chaos, Starlight, Zarin, Darkring, Kohta, and Sol'Lux too? It had been a long time since he was on DE.

[Zetherus]

Pandora gave the Count a disgusted snarl then grinned ,"The hell with me working for you, I will never follow your orders human, only Void and my brother I shall follow". She then saw a hunter walk toward her with an ax so she got up on her hind legs and took two steps back in fear showing the Void symbols flaring in purple on her small wings then she got back on her fours and lunged at the hunter's right leg with her jaws wide open and bit it off then as the hunter fell to the ground screaming she got back up on her hind legs and ripped open the hunter's chest with her right hand talons and began to maul him in front of the Count and his pet as blood flowed across the marble floor.

Pandora stopped mauling the hunter then looked at the Count in fear ,"Your hunters walk at me with there weapons drawn and they will get whats coming to them"? Pandora lowered her head to the ground in weakness as the crystaled brace around her neck began to drain her sprite energy rapidly.

[darkdragon]

The Count smiled. Two more Hunters came in and cleaned up the body while the halter on Sola's neck came off. "Solas, blast this dragon." Solas didn't know what to do. He didn't have powers. He felt his eyes glow with elemental energy though, and a steady crackle came from the electricity surrounding his body, along with icy power also. All this was directed at the black dragon.

[Zetherus]

Pandora saw the dragon hybrid perched on the fire place absorb ice and lightning at threatening levels so she leaned to the left and dove sideways toward a marble pillar and hit the floor as her tired body rolled out of sight from the dragon's glowing eyes ,"How the hell do you get this thing off, I need to get out of here before I get fried by that smaller dragon 'ugh' but I cant do anything with this thing on not even my air powers will work". She said to herself as she tried to crawl closer to the pillar so she would think she is out of harms way ,"Now I've caused a problem and there's no way out of it hopefully it won't be death".

Pandora laid on her left side not moving but breathing heavily near the pillar from the lack of energy being drained from her, she was about to go unconscious.

[darkdragon]

Solas's eyes still glowed. Who knew he had this much power? He'd never felt it before, but now it was like an overpowering wave of energy. The black dragon had crawled out of the way of his first blast, which had destroyed that part of the room. The dragoness was now curled up in a corner, probably unconcious. The power in Solas suddenly faded as the Count snapped the collar around Solas'a neck again. He was smiling, one of those evil smiles of his that predicted hell to come. Solas cowered against the wall as the Count spoke coldly "Solas, my 'pet', you have nearly killed one of my precious dragons, along with a valuable part of my chambers. You'll have to be punished." He smiled, a twisted smile. Solas backed against the wall. He was terrified. He had seen what the Count did to those that displeased him. Even the thought of it made him shudder. He said in the tiny, weak voice of his "Iii'mmm sorry, mmmMaster. I couldn''ttt controll mmmy self. Please forgive me." The Count just simply shook his head. He picked Solas up by the nape of his neck. Then he suddenly flung Solas across the room. The Count was wearing gauntlets, the ones that enabled super strength. The force that he used made Solas break part of the wall with his body, causing several parts of his limbs to bleed, glass stuck in them. "Now now, Solas, you've broken some of my glass." The Count was in a mood, and his moods were VERY dangerous when he was stressed and angry. He kicked Solas a few times, then his expression soften. He gently picked Solas up as if he were made out of glass himself and called for a doctor. Another Hunter arrived shortly, bearing the white uniform of a dragon Doctor. The Count gingerly handed Solas to him, and the doctor set him down and inspected him. "There's no permanent damage," said the doctor, "But those glass shards are set in pretty deep, and he has many imbrasions and rocks buried in his skin also, not to mention the cuts. It might take a while before he fully heals." The doctor immediatly started plucking out the glass and the stones with tweezers. Solas whimpered quietly. His head hurt a lot from where the Count had thrown him across the room, and everything hurt. When the Hunter had finished, he wrapped up the wounds in light gauze and took off. Solas laid down, suffeinctly subdued and exhausted.