Her eyes wouldn't open. They couldn't. She felt compressed. Her gut was continuously being wrenched from place to place, her strength ebbing.
Something surged over her and the ebbing strength stopped.
Still in half-consciousness, the young Night Fury could feel what was happening around her. Her strength was a a point where, if it decided to ebb, she was collapse and possibly die. If it, on the other hand, decided to turn the other way and return, she would pass out, but not die. At least, that's what she was thinking. What she didn't realize was that she was slowly gaining her strength back.
Her vision blacked out for a few seconds. Before, she could only see through half a slit of an eye. Now she couldn't see at all.
The river spewed into the air, making Ettolrahc hurtling through it. She tried to open her wings to stop the inevitable, but it was impossible. She slammed against a cliff wall and slid down to the ground. She stopped with a thud and groaned.
A small Deadly Nadder hopped around her. She snorted and flew lopsidedly off.
Ettolrahc raised her head weakly. It fell back to the ground with a thud.
A few hours later she awoke with a pounding in her head. She groaned and rolled over.
"How do I get myself into these spaces?" she muttered.
"Well I don't know!" A chirpy voice said.
Ettolrahc looked up and saw a small dragon. She was orange and purpley and had blue eyes. She was a short wing, probably born a month or so ago. Strange Monstrous Nightmare.
"I'm Dawn! The Monstrous Nightmare!"
"Do you always speak in exclamation points?"
"Huh?"
"Never mind," Ettolrahc muttered. "You don't."
The Monstrous Nightmare looked confused, but soon gave up on being confused. Her whole face lit up and she started jumping around.
"Would you stop that?"
"Why?"
"Because I'm in pain."
"I know," the Monstrous Nightmare said happily.
"You know? Then please stop!"
"Nope!"
Ettolrahc groaned. "This is why I never volunteered for nursery work." She growled something about Thor and his underwear.
"So d'ya wanna go flying?"
"No."
"D'ya wanna eat something."
"No"
"D'ya want some herbs?"
"No."
"Do you want to be alone?"
"Yes."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"D'ya want a handsome Night Fury to come and rescue you?"
"No."
"Then you'd better move."
"Why?"
Dawn grinned and jumped up and down. "There's one flying to you right now!"
Ettolrahc looked up. "No no no no no no no no NO!"
"Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes!" Dawn said happily.
"Oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no."
"Oh yes oh yes oh yes oh yes oh yes oh yes!"
Why is she always so happy? Ettolrahc thought miserably.
"D'ya want me to confront him?"
"No."
"D'ya wanna confront him?"
"No."
"D'ya want him to come?"
"No."
"Are'ya in trouble?"
"Yes."
"Are you gonna say something other than yes and no?"
"No."
"Yay! This'll be fun fun fun!"
"No no no."
"Fun fun fun!"
"No no NO."
"Oh look! He's spotted us."
"No no no no no!"
"Uh, yes yes yes yes yes. Did we already have this conversation?"
"No no no no no no."
"I vaguely remember ..."
"Oh shut up, Dawn, and let me wallow in my misery!" Ettolrahc burst out.
Dawn shrinked back. "Okay." She started walking backwards.
"You're going to-" Ettolrahc said.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Dawn screamed as she fell off the cliff.
"Dawn!" Ettolrahc leaped up, but was sent spinning to the ground, her head a mass of hurt. "Dawn, no ..." Ettolrahc said weakly.
A rush of wind blinded her and she turned her head against the wind.
A brownish Night Fury appeared next to Ettolrahc's side with little Dawn in his mouth. He set her gently down.
"Thank you so much! Y'know, I don't know why Ettolrahc didn't want to see you. You're pretty cool." She burst into flames happily.
Ettolrahc rolled her eyes.
"So, Ettolrahc."
"Jurtbyr."
"You can call me 'Bry' y'know."
"I think your full name is more appropriate."
"Look, sis,"
Ettolrahc looked at him, her eyes narrowed.
Ignoring the look, Byr went on. "Sis, I need to tell you something."
"No, actually you don't."
"Yes, actually I do."
Ettolrahc rolled her eyes again. "Sure. Life and death situation."
"It is."
"That's what you said the last time."
"And Mum and Dad almost died."
"Dad died." Ettolrahc said.
"I couldn't help it. It was an omen."
"Sure. Whatever you speak comes out true."
"No, it doesn't." Byr protested.
"Say you want a flying hippopotamus."
"A what?"
"Just say it."
"Fine. I want a flying Hippopotamus."
Dawn looked at the sky. A fat thing spun end over end in the sky. "Look! It's a smooth Gronkle!"
"That is a hippopotamus."
"Ha! Like you'd know." Byr said.
"Oh, actually I would."
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah!"
"She's really smart." Dawn said.
Both Night Furies glared at Dawn. She shrunk back. "S-s-sorry."
"Oh, now look. You made a Monstrous Nightmare Short Wing cry!"
"Byr, that was you."
"No, it wasn't."
"Yes, it was."
"No, it wasn't."
"Yes, actually, it was."
They both glared at each other.
"The least you can do is thank me for rescuing the Monstrous Nightmare."
"Ha!"
Byr narrowed his eyes further.
"Dawn would've survived. I could've gone after her."
"But you're hurt and bleeding and want to be alone!" Dawn chirped.
"Stay out of this," Ettolrahc hissed.
"Fine. Be that way," Dawn grumbled.
"You know, you take up a lot of space," Byr said.
"Not as much as your plasma blasts."
"They aren't even matter.
"The fourth state of matter is plasma," Ettolrahc said contemptuously.
"And how would you know that?"
"Because I'm smart and your stupid."
"I deliver omens for Thor's sake."
"Delivering omens doesn't mean your smart," Ettolrahc shot back.
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah!"
"Guys?" Dawn asked.
"If you're so smart then, what's the future like?"
"Byr, I am smart, not a seer."
"Yeah? You always seem to predict what I'm going to do! Explain that!"
"Guys?" Dawn asked again. She was getting a little agitated.
"It's because you're so predictable!" Ettolrahc yelled at her brother.
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah!"
"GUYS!"
"Stay out of it, Dawn!" both Night Furies snapped, not bothering to look at the little dragon.
Dawn mumbled something and shambled between each Night Fury. Her skin burst to flame and Ettolrahc and her brother jumped back.
"Guys," Dawn said calmly. "There's a huge wave bearing down on us right now."
Ettolrahc and Byr slowly turned around. A shadow fell over them. Their eyes widened. This wave definitely couldn't be tamed.
Ettolrahc grabbed Dawn and threw her to Byr who caught her in his mouth. "Go!" Ettolrahc hissed.
"Murphaw murta?"
"What about you?" Dawn translated.
"I'll be fine! Now, go."
Byr looked at his sister, sorrow in his eyes and leaped off the ledge and flew hurriedly away. Before he was fully out of sight, Ettolrahc saw him teleport away.
Ettolrahc clawed the ground. "All right. You're coming straight to me."
Oh yesssssss. It issssss and will.
Ettolrahc's eyes widened. "What, who, you." Her eyes narrowed.
Thissss isss your lasssst chance.
"No."
If you don't die ... your family will.
The voice's hiss swirled around Ettolrahc. She closed her eyes and shook her head vigorously.
That won't help ...
Ettolrahc lunged at the wall and hit her head against it.
I'm ssssstill here.
The weird hissing sound came again.
Ettolrahc backed up.
The wave grew closer and closer.
"Look, just stop the wave and we'll be fine."
No.
"But you started it!"
There'ssss your firssssst missstake.
"What?"
I did not create it. You did. And that wave is filled with so much force, it could wipe out the island.
"No ..." Ettolrahc whispered.
Yessssss.
"NO!" Ettolrahc screamed in a rage.
Anger won't help you ...
The wave grew closer. Any second it would be upon her.
Ettolrahc threw up her wings to cover her face. Time stood still.