~Seeing the Light for the First Time~
Chapter 1
If there was one thing he had to hate about this place, it was the silence. The empty, hollow sound of nothing that reminds him of the times he got "punished" in that forsaken hell hole of a tower. Irony really- Tower of Heaven who created hell. Cobra looked at the cuffs that connected his wrists together and pulled them for what felt like the millionth time. He knew that they wouldn't break- he learned that from the first day here. The tug was only to cause noise, even if it was only the rattling of chains.
He guessed this was the drawback of having sound magic- you get so use to hearing everything- thoughts, feelings, souls- that when there is only silence, you feel so empty. At least that was part of Cobra's indifferent nature about what will happen to him. The majority of the reason was something much simpler- he no longer had Cubellios by his side.
Cubellios was Cobra's reason for living, striving towards a future where he could hear his dear friend's voice. But now the one person Cobra trusted with everything he possessed is gone. Somewhere out in the world and far out of the mage's reach. Or about Cubellios was always out of Cobra's reach and this was how the universe decided to tear apart the one dream that he ever had.
So here he is- chained in a prison cell, surrounded by deafening silence that only made his hope about finding his partner sink a little bit more into the black hole inside of him. Suddenly there were footsteps coming down the hall. Even without the help of sound magic, Cobra could hear them from miles away, their heavy footsteps echoing loudly off of stone and steel. Not bothering to stand up or even more, the poison dragon slayer cracks open his one good eye to stare at the guard now in front of him.
"You have a visitor."
"Ok," came the reply with shrugging shoulders as companion.
The guard walked out, a quiet stream of curses directed towards the prisoner flowing out of his mouth. Cobra closed his eye again, not caring who it was. Probably a council member coming to bug him about giving them more information on dark guilds.
"You look tired, young man."
That voice had Cobra snapping open his eye and jumping to his feet. Visible surprise and confusion mixed together, his brain racking half baked reasons together for why he has THIS visitor, as the young man hissed out, "You…."