Skylar's POV
I stared with a frightened look as I watch the scene in front of me begin to unfold trying to hold back my tears. Why can't I just protect the ones I love? Why do I always cower in a corner and watch someone else take the bullet for me? I have the strength and power to, so why can't I just stop the person from threatening everyone's lives... maybe it's because I love the person that's doing it. It wasn't always this way, there was a time when I knew how to stand up for myself and be the strongest girl around; but that was a long time ago... before the curse.

-Seven Years Earlier-

My eleven year-old self shook my best friend awake one exciting morning. "Gabriel! Wake up! You promise me you would watch Master teach me one of the new elements!"

He yawned and stretched himself out before replying, "Oh yeah, what magic is he going to teach you today?"

I grabbed his hand and began to pull him out of the cave that we called our home, "Wind magic remember?"

"Skylar." I heard my master call out.

I dropped Gabriel's hand and did a slight bow to the large multi-colored scaled dragon in front of me, "Good morning Aeress! I can't wait to learn a new magic!"

The dragon grunted at me before turning his head, "I don't believe I remember saying you would be learning another elemental magic."

I felt my shoulders drop out of disappointment. "But I thought you said once I mastered my first element magic then I could learn the next one."

My master gave me an expressionless look, "Yes I did but I don't recall you mastering water magic although."

Gabriel made a fist and took a step towards the dragon. "Is that always your excuse? I still only know fire and earth magic and I have been here longer than Skylar. I'm starting to doubt your teaching Master!"

'He's trying to defend me' I thought. Whimpering a little at Gabriel's tone to Aeress, I looked at him through the corner of my eye. Gabriel had always acted like he knew everything about the world, not remembering that he was only thirteen years old. "Gabriel, i-it's okay. I mean I guess I do still have to practice a bit more..." I trailed on. Aeress only hummed a reply.

Twisting quickly around to face me, Gabriel became more angered, "Are you seriously going to take that?! You've been practicing for months now! You are extremely good at water magic!"

I was a little shocked, Gabriel never yelled at me. "I-I uh..."

A load roar was heard before I got to finish my sentence, "ENOUGH! Gabriel, I'm sick of you always arguing with me! If I say she hasn't mastered it, then she hasn't mastered it! I have the final word around here!" The dragon yelled, slamming his fist down hard enough to make me hold onto a tree to keep from falling down.

Gabriel stood there trembling with anger while he had clenched fists at his sides, his blue eyes shielded with his bangs. Then in a blink of an eye, he dashed off into the forest that surrounded us. I began to ran after him calling out his name, but was stopped when Aeress put his tail in front of me. I looked at him with questioning eyes, "Why can't I go after him?"

Aeress looked down at me with his piercing eyes, "Let him be. I have learned from experience to let him calm down on his own."

I nodded my head in agreement but I didn't take my eyes off of the direction that he ran off to.

"Shall we start today's lesson?" Aeress asked.

I turned to him with my signature smile that everyone tells me that they loved, "Yes I can't wait!"

Gabriel's POV
"How can he say that? She's been working this whole time on one element! She had to have perfected it by now! And then she just takes it, like it's no big deal when he disappoints her!"

Frustrated, I throw myself onto the forest floor with a heavy sigh. I tried to get my mind off of the subject as I closed my eyes. I was starting to fall asleep when I heard a noise coming from behind me. I sat up quickly and scanned my surroundings, nothing. I layed back down and once again closed my eyes when a voice that sounded to be next to me made my eyes fly open but to find no one there, "Gabriel, At last I found you."

I stood up and looked around me trying to locate the source of the voice, "Who's there?"

"Don't worry dear boy, for there is nothing to be frightened about."

I was frightened though and didn't know how to react. Should I run? Stand my ground? I didn't have time to react when I felt myself being lifted in the air, I looked around me to see black shadow like figures around me. My eyes began to burn and I cried out in pain, "Please stop! You're hurting me!"

The voice snickered at my cries, "I have been searching to the ends of earthland trying to find where your mother hid you."

A strong feeling started to come over me, "Don't talk about my mom!"

"Now now, she tried her best to spare you from the family's curse. Even took her own life to spare you! But nothing can keep you away from what you really are."

The feeling began to feel stronger and my eyes burned even more, "What are you talking about?"

The voice didn't answer my question but instead replied, "It's only a matter of seconds now. Soon you will carry the Arch-Demon curse and you will never stop bringing pain into the lives of the ones you love. That's what the curse is."

It felt almost as if something inside me snapped and that strong feeling I felt took over. I dropped to the ground and looked at my surroundings, the shadows and the voice were gone. This new feeling... I liked it. It felt of...power. Yes, the feeling of being strong and invincible. I saw a deer by a fallen tree out of the corner of my eye. With a flick of my wrist the deer caught on fire and ran around helpless until it fell. I smiled as I watched the flames eat away at the dead deer. I could get use to this.

"Gabriel! Gabrieeellll!" That voice, the one I held so close to my heart. "Come on Gabriel, where are you?!"

The corners of my lips turned upwards slightly, "Oh hey I'm over here!" Hearing the crunch of twigs on the forest floor as she walked over to me, a huge smile was plastered on her face.

"Come on Gabe you've been out here for hours! It's almost dinner!" Skylar said while grabbing my hands and lightly tugging on them.

Turning my face down to meet hers, I noticed confusion on her face. "Uh...Is there someth-" Suddenly grabbing my face in both of her hands, she slowly brings it down to her eye-level. "Wha-what are you...?"

Skylar's POV
Something is wrong. Gabriel's eyes aren't red, they were blue. "What's wrong with your eyes? They are red."

He looked at me as if it wasn't a big deal, "Are they cool?" He asks with a sarcastic tone.

"Well yeah, but that's not the point! Why are they red?"

He shrugged his shoulders, "Who care lets just get going."

Sighing loudly and shrugging my shoulders, I followed him through the dense stretch of forest. Something was up with him, he wasn't acting like himself, and I intended to find out what happened.

-Next Morning-
I woke up feeling unusually cold. I looked over at the empty spot across from me that Gabriel usually slept, he wasn't there. I began to worry because I'm usually the one that has to wake him up every morning. I ran out of the cave and had to let my eyes adjust to the morning light, and when they did I wished I never came out of the cave. I watched in horror as Gabriel lifted a large rock out of the ground. Then he moved the rock slowly over our sleeping master's head, then he dropped it. I could almost hear the sound of Aeress skull crushing under the rock. And Gabriel didn't stop there, he repeatedly lifted the rock and dropped it. I couldn't move as I watch the blood began to come from the dragon's head.

"I-I'll al-always love y-you both..." Aeress said as the last and final strike of the rock came crashing down on his skull.

"Gabriel! Stop!"

He turned to me with the most evil look on his face, "It's about time you got up."

Tears were pouring out of my eyes, "Why?! Why would you do that? I thought- I thought he was your dad! He was my dad, and I loved him! Why?! Why?" I screamed, slowly sinking to the dirt floor as my body rocked from the sobs.

He put his hands on my shoulders and pulled me up from the ground, "We don't need him. He was only holding us back. But me and you can go far! Just think, we can be the most powerful wizards in all of earthland."

I shook my head, "No. This is wrong."

Red eyes glowed with hate at the comment that made its way out of my mouth, slowly and ever so carefully, he leaned down next to my ear and whispered, "Well, then I'll just have to convince you that this is right." My eyes widened with fear at the statement. Pulling back to look him in the face, I knew this wasn't my Gabriel.

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