Ok, so here is the next chapter. This one mainly involves Mouse. I do not own anything but the Mage at the moment. If anyone has any OCs they want in this story just message me cause this story will not have many characters in it.


Mouse snapped his multiple eyes open, his pupils narrowing in the harsh light as he closed them immediately. The massive pride demon kept his eyes closed for several minutes, feeling the bloody puss ooze down his left snout. The pain was horrible, but it was nothing compared to the harsh brightness of the light.

The demon opened his maw and groaned, closing his jaws again before realizing something. The air tasted...different. It tasted alive.

Moving his head slightly, Mouse sniffed the air, his nostril flaring as he took in the scent. It was so strange. He could smell many things, things he could never smell before. It all blended into one and the assault on his senses hurt his head. What was it?

Forcing his eyes open, the harsh coloration of the world slammed into his pupils. This place...it looked like a valley. But he had never seen a valley like this, even in the minds of dreamers. It was colorful in every way, he could hear things he had never heard before, felt things he had never felt before. What was this place? It felt like the Fade, but...something was different. Everything was full of life.

Confusion racked the demon's brain in a painful assault as Mouse slowly stood up, the grass bothering his feet and claws as he rose on his hind legs. Mouse's head jerked as he slammed into a branch of a tree, pain sounding in his skull as he instinctively bit on the offending branch, snapping it off as he shook the branch around wildly in his mouth, growling as he tried to kill it, thinking it was attacking him.

The branch snapped under the force, Mouse pausing as multiple wooden splinters lodged in his tongue, the demon spitting the branch out as he roared in rage. He didn't give a damn if his roar alerted anything. The pride demon was pissed.

The tree became permanently scarred as Mouse scraped his claws into the thick trunk, the massive tree being damaged a good six inches in, maybe more.

Hissing in rage, the demon stumbled, almost blindly as the ground shook under his weight. The demon's steps were shaky as it tripped over a rather large rock, the demon falling into small stream. The demon groaned in confusion and misery as it lay there in the stream, its tail flickering in annoyance as several small fish flopped on the muddy bank. Some of the fish even flew several yards into the grassland.

Mouse continued to lay in the cool stream, allowing the water to wash the dirt and blood from his darkened scales. Mouse sighed inwardly, tilting his head to allow the cool water to clean his damaged eyes, the water dulling the pain as the strange bubbly puss was washed away.

Collecting himself, the demon got up, shaking the water from his hide as he looked around, his eyes fully adjusted. A low, guttural growl escaped Mouse as he realized something was wrong. Solona was nowhere in sight. What happened in that last fight? If this was the Fade, Mouse couldn't sense her presence as strongly. It seemed like this whole place was made of magic.

"Foolish girl." Mouse snorted, ignoring the cold fear slowly started to spread in his chest. He wasn't worried about her well being as much as his own. They were partners after all, and the weakest link would always die first. He wouldn't allow his own life to end just because of a mortal's foolish mistake.

Giving up on trying to locate her by energy, Mouse started to sniff the air, taking long, deep breaths in focus. Smelling nothing, but refusing to give up, Mouse continued to sniff the air, wandering around as he did so, the small stream shaking slightly from his massive footfalls.

Finding her familiar but faint scent, Mouse continued in the general direction, happy that he that the valley had few trees. He just had the occasional rock and stream to worry about in his half blind condition.

Following the scent into a forest, Mouse grumbled in annoyance as he moved through the trees, several low lying branches jabbing his wounded eyes and head, his horns occasionally getting locked into the leaves. He really hated this place.

Moving through the forest, Mouse paused as he picked up the beating of wings on the wind, craning his neck to get a better view as his claws flexed in anticipation. He wasn't sure what was in this place, but wasn't about to avoid a challenge if one came.

Looking up to the sky, Mouse's eyes focused in on two creatures flying in the sky, cocking his head in curiosity. In the distance he could see two small dragons fighting off several insect like creatures.

Mouse stayed still, quietly observing as he watching the pair of dragons breath fire at the little creatures, who seems to mainly attack with their claws. He didn't see how those creatures could be so troublesome. He could easily crush one buy stepping on it. Still, he could see how they could be an annoyance.

'Hmmmmm, I wonder what High Dragons are doing here? Interesting.' Mouse thought, remembering Solona's incounter with a High Dragon and her drakes. It was a horrible experience. The only reason Solona even survived was because of her blood magic. Even then, that required her demon to lend her a large amount of her power. Looking at the dragons, Mouse noticed one was red in color, almost like the color of blood with a golden chest. The other, however...the color baffled the demon. Was that dragon pink?

Mouse watched as the pink dragon fell from the sky, a shrill scream of pain escaping it as it's wing became broken in the assault.

Taking no chances at being seen, Mouse turned into the very animal he was named after. A mouse. A very large mouse.

Making a squeaking noise as he landed on his stomach, Mouse shook himself, getting on his short legs, his whiskers twitching wildly. Mouse heard a rather loud thub as a dragon crashed through the treetops and landed on the rough forest floor, Mouse standing on his hind legs to get a better look at the dragon.

The dragon appeared to be...sobbing? Mouse couldn't help but scoff at the dragon's weakness. Wait, did dragons cry? From what the demon had seen high dragons displayed no greater emotions than an animal. But this dragon...it was female, that much he could tell. But it didn't look like a High Dragon at all. Its body was more stocky, and it's horns and odd frill just seemed...wrong.

"Ember!" Mouse ran into the shadows as he saw the dragon with blood scales swoop down from the sky, landing next to the female. Strange. It sounded male. But how could it be male if only High Dragons have wings? It certainly didn't look like a Drake either. It looked so strange.

"Ember! Are you okay?!" The red dragon asked, his orange eyes glancing at the female with worry, the pink dragon looking at him with tears in her blue eyes

"F-Flame, it hurts!" The pink dragon cried, Mouse flinching at the pitch of her voice. Shit, talk about annoying.

"I know it hurts, Ember, but we have to move. It's not safe here!" Flame cried, seeing the small creatures approach, the beasts hissing and making small clicking noises. Mouse couldn't help but roll his eyes. How helpless were these dragons?

"Flame! B-Behind you!" Ember cried, failing to get up and she lay there, useless. She wasn't used to pain, obviously.

Flame turned around and breathed fire on the closest enemy, its flesh burning as its wings were destroyed, the red dragon smacking the creature with his horns, sending it flying a few feet.

Flame yelped as he was smacked in the head, his scales being damaged. Watching the fight, Mouse began to wonder why he was even wasting his time watching such weak dragons fight these annoying creatures. He needed to find his mortal, damn it!

Moving through the foliage, Mouse left the scene of the fight, his legs moving swiftly before getting violently plucked into the air. Dazed slightly, Mouse found himself in the grasp of one of the small creatures, Mouse being shaken violently as the creature carried him by his tail.

Mouse squeaked, enraged at being carried toward a fire. It was obvious the little creature wanted to eat him. Pffff! What a joke!

"Let me go, you bloody bastard!" Mouse hissed, the creature pausing in confussion before screaming in pain as Mouse sank his teeth into its wrist, causing Mouse to be dropped on the ground.

Before the creature could react, the mouse turned into a much larger animal. A drake. The small beast didn't even have time to scream before the demon tore out its throat, pinning the much smaller thing to the ground, its once jaded eyes now blacker than black.