Just a reminder, if you see some of the beginning chapters looking like crap, I apologize. I did not put much thought into those chapters until later. Some of those chapters I hardly did any editing so just remember that. On with the story…and if you're one of those people who read my stories on my Blazer-X-27 Deviant Art account, then you don't have to bother re-reading these chapters here.
…unless of course you want to compare them with the one on Deviant Art for some reason…
CHAPTER 4
The next day, Blazer got up early and made his way to the Valley of Avalar around mid-day. There, he sat on top of a waterfall and watched the sunset. What he was actually doing was taking a break from his flying practice that he was doing all day.
"I should give my wings another shot." Blazer said. "I've almost got it right."
He walks to the edge of the waterfall. He was about to jump, but was distracted by footsteps. "Who's there?" He turned around. No response.
When he faced the edge again, he noticed that his bracer began to glow.
"What's wrong with this thing?" Blazer thought. His bracer glowed brighter and brighter. "I'm guessing it means that someone or something is right behind me. This is weird because that's exactly the same feeling I have right now!" Blazer does a quick tailspin and knocked someone down. To his surprise, it was a dragoness that he hit.
Her scales were black, has four purple horns, a moon crescent at the tip of her tail, a scar on her cheek (that was Blazer's fault), and her eyes and chest were the same color as Blazer's scales.
"URK! I-I'M SORRY! I'M TERRIBLY SORRY!" Blazer rushed over to comfort her. "Are you alright? Can you stand?" Blazer asked.
The dragoness didn't say anything. Instead, she rolled over onto her other side. The side she was laying on had a large cut. She was losing blood and fast.
Blazer saw a trail of blood droplets which only meant that her attackers aren't too far away.
"Hang on. I think I may have something that might help." He pulls the sack out of the bushes and examines the vile.
"Come to think of it, I never found out what this stuff does." He thought.
"P-Pour...wound..." the dragoness barely spoke.
"What did you say?" Blazer asked.
"Pour...on...w-w-wound." she repeated.
"Well, can't think of anything else at the moment." Blazer rushed over and poured the liquid over the cut. She winced a bit, but was able to speak a little better.
"Thank you." she said.
"Don't thank me just yet. You need to hide for now." Blazer told her.
"Wait! You're not say-"
"Yes I am. I'm gonna take out your attackers." Blazer interrupted. "You left quite a long trail of blood so they should be-"
"It." the dragoness interrupted.
"It? Was 'It' that hard to take down?" Blazer asked. The ground started to shake. 'IT' was close. The dragoness crawled into the bushes and at the same time, a Red Hydra walked around the corner and spotted Blazer.
"There's no running away now. When I said that I would help you, I meant it. I'm going to keep my word to her." Blazer said to himself, then he thought, "Not just to her, but to Ignitus as well."
The middle head of the Hydra looked down and spoke, "You there!"
"Yeah, I'm here! So what?" Blazer acting like a smart ass.
"Got a lot mouth, runt. I'm Hydralin. I'm looking for a black dragoness. Have you seen one?"
"Oh yeah. I've seen plenty of black dragons. Although, th-"
"I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR YOUR SMART ASS TALK!" Hydralin yelled.
"Well make some." Blazer said.
"THAT'S IT! NOW YOU'RE DEAD!" Hydralin became more enraged.
"Are you sure I'm dead? Because I feel pretty much alive." Blazer stood in a fighting stance.
"DIE!" Hydralin and Blazer charged after each other.
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Stone was feeling more and more depressed as each second passes by.
"This is one sin that I might not be able to reverse." Stone said to himself. He now lives in the rainforest. That's right. He now lives near the area where Blazer X was washed away by the mudslide. All he has to survive is camping gear, a tent, and instincts.
Somewhere close by, he hears a dog barking followed by a police car. The dog was none other than Rex and the officer with him was Talons.
"Stone? What are you doing here?" Talons asked.
Stone explains to her what happened after the accident. "Wow. That rough." Talons said.
"I know." Stone said with a hint of sadness.
"I do however, trust you. I'm mad at you yes but I still trust you."
"Thanks Talons." Stone sounded a bit relieved when she said that she trusts him.
"I believe he's still alive somewhere down there. If he's still alive I hope he's doing okay." Talons said.
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Blazer was barely staying in the fight against Hydralin. Despite a few bruises, he was still moving.
"You look worn out, runt. Maybe you should call it quits while you still have some energy left." Hydralin said.
"Dang, he's right! He stayed in one spot the entire time trying to hit me while I was dodging his attacks!" Blazer thought to himself. As he dodged another attack, his tail was caught. Blazer was thrown high in air. As he came down, Hydralin headbuts him over the waterfall.
When the dragoness saw that she came out the bushes to see if he survived the fall.
"Ah, there you are my lunch." Hydralin said. The two heads look at the middle one. "Uh...I mean our lunch. Let's grab her. She has no energy to use her breath." He grabs her and continues, "Plus she's still weak. So-"
"If I were you, I'd let her go, NOW." Blazer was flying above the waterfall.
"You're persistent. I like that. I guess we can have you for dessert right after the main course." Hydralin said.
"Not a chance. Let...her...go...now." Blazer landed at the edge of the falls.
"Down the hatch boys." Hydralin said.
Blazer suddenly felt a tingly sensation in the back of his throat. "LET...HER...GO!" as Blazer said that, he fired a blue beam from his mouth which slammed into Hydralin, causing him to fall down and release the dragoness.
"You! Y-y-you-you're a midnight dragon!" Hydralin said.
"So are you gonna leave, or do you still want more?" Blazer asked. The way he asked it sent a chill down the Hydra's spine.
"Screw this. We're outta here!" Hydralin took off running.
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That night, Blazer and the dragoness stayed in Avalar and made fire for warmth.
"Help yourself to whatever's in there." Blazer passed the sack.
"Thank you." The dragoness said.
"No problem." Blazer replied. "By the way, I never got your name."
"My name is Necros." she said.
"I'm Blazer X. You can call me Blazer."
"Thank you, Blazer. For saving me from that Hydra you fought. I couldn't do anything when I met you earlier." Necros said as she continued to rummage through the sack.
"Why not?" Blazer asked.
"Because he drained me of my magic. Hm?" Necros finds the three crystals that Ignitus had given to Blazer. "May I?"
"What do they do?" Blazer asked.
"Well I only need the red crystal to recover my strength and the green crystal to restore my magic. The blue crystal creates a barrier that can survive one critical hit." Necros holds the red and green crystals in her hands and closes them. She concentrates and a light appears. When she opened her hands, the crystals were gone. "You look the same. Are you sure they worked?" Blazer asked. Necros couldn't help but giggle at what he asked.
"I'll take that as a yes." he said.
"You're one funny dragon, Blazer X." Necros said. "We should get some sleep."
"Yeah. I'm kinda tired after that fight." Blazer said.
"So where should we sleep?" Necros asked.
"In the trees. It's much safer in there." Blazer flew onto a branch.
"May I sleep next to you?" Necros asked.
"Sure. Come on up. Just make sure you don't push me down by accident." Blazer said.
"As long as you don't do the same to me." Necros flew onto the same branch next to Blazer. Eventually, they fall asleep.
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