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Chapter 7: Control
"And…you didn't tell me that she would be so adorable!" Everwind squealed smiling at the sun elf. "I just want to hug her!"
Exlen blushed as the one of the clerics Nasher sent into the ring began to heal her. Sensational warmth pulsed throughout her body, completely healing any and all of her injuries from the fight with Joachim. Soon she and Everwind would began to battle, but she knew nothing of her fighting style, magic and the fact that she could turn into any person, or thing, at will was not a beneficial to her own victory.
Moments earlier when Nasher had said that the battle would have to start again because of the change in opponents, Everwind had picked up her discarded longsword. The longsword then changed into a silver ring that the half-elf slipped onto her middle finger; Exlen believed that just like her body, her weapon could change at will.
"Okay, our ten minute break is over Nasher," stated the half-elven shifter. "So start the fight before I fuck her up, fuck you up, then fuck Neville. Okay?" Lord Nasher frowned down at the shifter and Neville covered his face in shame. Everwind turned to the sorcerer and grinned, moving backwards, so there would be a sufficient amount of space between her and the elf. Exlen watched the shifter carefully as Nasher started announced for the second time, the beginning of their fight.
"Heroes of Neverwinter…Began the battle!" The crowd cheered. The shouts were split between Everwind and Exlen's names, both women receiving even support from the audience.
"I'll end this quickly to save you the embarrassment." With that said the half-elf charged towards the sorcerer. Exlen held up her rapier to guard but the shifter, jumped over her head and transformed thrusting her silver longsword towards the sun elf's back, but she had dodged her attack just in time. Exlen turned around and looked at the silver plate armor that the shifter was currently wearing.
So she was telling the truth. Exlen began silently casting her next two spells. Hopefully the effects of the two would work to strengthen each other and not cancel out. She dodged another one of the half-elf quick slashes and felt the effect of the first spell working, but the other's effects would take nearly a full minute to show and the sorcerer did not have that type of time.
With a shout the half-elf's longsword sliced through the air aimed at once again at her shoulder. Exlen dropped to the ground and kicked upwards like a frustrated horse, causing the silver longsword to fly out from the half-elf's hands and to the other side of the field. The sun elf raised her rapier to her opponent's stomach threatening to mortally wound her. Everwind looked down at the elf, surprised and took a tentative step back, the crowd roared as Exlen stood up her blade still directed towards the half-elf, and she smiled.
"Guess it's really time to stop playing around with you." The half-elf shifted back to her original form and swung her leg around kicking the rapier out of Exlen's hand. She lunged at the punching her in the face and throwing her to the ground with the other, the half-elf prepared to jump down on the elf's, but the two feet that pressed into her abdomen held her in the air. Exlen pressed her knees to her chest then forced her legs forward, flinging the shifter's body a few yards away. Everwind landed on all fours, crouched like a tiger and ran the sorcerer again just like one.
The effects of the spell that she cast were working but all the full version of its powers was slowly slipping into her body; it would take a lot longer than she had imagined. Exlen began another incantation as the half-elf steadily approached her. Her palms shone blue and with a shout dozens of transparent blue missiles shot forth heading towards the feline like shifter. Everwind gracefully dodged each one of the missiles and jumped high into the air her right foot extended in the form of a kick. Exlen had already readied another spell her hands seeming to hold an invisible bow and arrow. Suddenly a flaming arrow burst from her palm and she let it loose, soaring towards the descending half-elf.
Everwind stopped her attack, her body shrinking and morphing into the form of a large eagle. The eagle soared out of the way of the arrow diving straight at the sorcerer. Exlen dropped her hands and smirked, watching as the one arrow split into four, changing its direction and flying towards the shifter a speed much faster than before. Just as the eagle was not even a foot away from the sorcerer one of the flaming arrows intercepted the bird smashing into it's side, leaving a grey trail of smoke behind. The bird cried out as it was knocked out of the air and hit the sand, the shifter changed back into her original form running towards the sorcerer at full speed, three flaming arrows following her. Exlen put her arms behind her back, dodging the half-elf's reckless attacks easily sending another arrow into the back of the woman. Everwind hissed in pain, continuing her assault.
I can defeat her if I hit her with the last two arrows. The effects of Tenser's Transformation are already working, nearly perfectly but I need it at one hundred percent. Exlen jumped up flipping and kicking the half-elf in the chin, simultaneously sending another arrow into her back. The shifter let out an ear splitting scream before falling to the ground in a disgruntled heap. The sorcerer halted the last flame arrow, holding it in mid air; she looked down at the woman who seemed to be shifting again. Exlen bit her lip and called the arrow back to her. The flame circled around her once, before it flew towards the shifting figure.
Those leathers…that hair…
The figure stood up a familiar cocky smirk upon face, its amber eyes burning into her.
Bishop!
The arrow turned upward and flew towards the heavens as Exlen gazed at her lover's form in front of her. She froze as the figure approached her, placing a tanned hand on her shoulder, the sun elf choked on her breath as a hard fist connected with her stomach sending her straight the ground. She cried out in pain as a hard toe of his boots connected with her side. She rolled away from the next kick, scrambling her feet and stepping back from the man, her eyes widened with fear.
"Don't tell me your afraid of an attack from a person that you know isn't him?! Coward! Fight!" Exlen shook her head blocking his next attack with her arms.
I can't fight him…I can't! 'Bishop' grinned, grabbing her by her hair and forcing her to turn around, her body against his.
"Pity," he said. The sun elbowed him in the chest, scurrying away from the handsome ranger.
What? I didn't mean to do that…
"While I'm here I not going to lose any fight to some shapeshifter, be thankful I got you out of that!" Her body dodged another attack on its own.
Stop it! What? Who are you?
"I'm surprised you've forgotten our little meeting a few days back."
The demon?
"I'm not a demon! Shut up, I'm taking over whether you like it or not! So sit back and watch as I grant us both victory."
NO!
Exlen grabbed 'Bishop's' wrist before it hit her again, she rolled her eyes and pushing him away with her other hand. Before the ranger could recoil the sorcerer grabbed him by the arm and threw the body away from her as easily as a kid with a ball. The body crashed against the wall opposite to the previous crack in the arena wall, this time creating a small crater as the man's body slammed into it. Rocks and dust surrounded the impact site as Exlen walked towards it one hand on her hip.
Everwind's body sat just below the crater battered, bruised and bloodied. The sun elf sighed, looking down at the half-elf a bored expression on her face. "Aren't you done yet? It's not like this is a battle to the death or anything." She smiled at the crowd's cheering. "It looks like it has been decided that I've won, unless…" The sorcerer smirked. "You have any other tricks up your sleeves? No? How sad, it was just starting to get fun too…" She turned her back and waved to the chanting crowd. "Some legend you are."
"Some legend you are."
Everwind's eyes burst open and she leaned over her nails digging into the ground. I will not lose…These journeys I've taken have been to enhance myself, becoming better. Not weak! I'm not weak! I will defeat her!
An animalistic roar escaped from in between Everwind's lips as she began to shift. A white and black stripped tail, sprouted from underneath her cloak as she looked up to the sky. Suddenly an unearthly beam descended from the heavens, wrapping around her body, controlling her shift. The beam disappeared leaving a gigantic outline of an animal engrossed by a yellow light. Exlen turned around and blinked watching the transformation.
"Good, some competition at least."
The light faded away and the crowd gasped and screamed. A huge dire celestial tiger stood where the body of the shifter once lay. The tiger lifted one paw and slammed it down on top of the sorcerer. Exlen jumped away, running towards were her rapier lay, the tiger pounced on the woman. The sorcerer dived out of the way sliding on the sand and grabbing her blade. She jumped up pointing the rapier up at the animal, it roared. Exlen gasped as she felt the force of the sound sweep up her body sending her flying backwards in the air. The white tiger's paw, swiped at her throwing her body into the arena wall with the nearly the same amount of force that the elf did just moments ago.
Exlen hit the wall underneath where her companions were sitting.
Bishop clenched his fists and jaw as he watched the battle unfold before him. He had to admit that his elven woman was doing a great job of defending herself and throwing out a few spells to change the tide of the match. He utterly hated it when the woman was hit or forced into a difficult position, not because he cared about her, no, because her stupid companions would make the most annoying noises whenever something happening. He began to feel glad that he was next to her father instead of the monk or the tiefling. At least her father was pretty much silent through out the whole thing.
Soon it was revealed that Joachim was actually the half-elf of legend, Everwind. From what he could see of the woman she looked like the type of woman he wouldn't mind paying to have a go with. But that loud mouth of hers turned him off.
What the hell was she so loud and cocky about anyway? Just because she saved a few people doesn't mean that she could go around and act like she was better than anyone. In the end she was just another woman would scream and beg for whatever man was dominating her. Bishop snarled as the woman punched his sorcerer in the face.
That better not leave a mark or… He put his hand on his longbow, ready to put an arrow between the shifter's eyes, when he felt a hand grab his. He turned his anger towards the sun elf's adoptive father and growled. The wood elf kept his gaze locked on his daughter as he spoke.
"Have faith in her, boy. She won't go down that easily."
"Who the fuck are you calling boy?" Bishop lowered his bow, glaring at the shorter wood elf. Daeghun ignored the ranger's outburst continuing to battle between his daughter and the shifter.
Bishop restrained himself from punching his pretty elf's father in the face and looked back to the battle. For a while it seemed that the sun elf had the upper hand in the battle, so much so that the crowd and even himself started to believe that she would soon win. That all changed the moment the shifter turned into him. It was the dirty trick, playing on someone's emotions like that, he had to admit, but if this was what it took to win…
"What in the god's names?!" Duncan shouted, causing Bishop to start paying attention to the fight. What the gods names was right. Exlen had just thrown the shifter back into the wall.
No spell that she has could have empowered her that much, Bishop thought leaning over to look at his confidante. And she never stands like that, with one hand on her hip taunting already defeated opponents. What in the nine hells is going on? Before the ranger had a chance to think about it several women screamed in the largely male audience, seeing as a mysterious light had enveloped the shifter making her form stretch and grow into that of a huge feline-like animal. The light disappeared to reveal a huge dire tiger; it had to be at least nine, ten feet tall! And that was just on four legs.
Bishop growled. He hasn't about to watch her get killed by some monstrous animal, he reached for his bow but stopped feeling the point of a dagger pressed against his side. He didn't even have to look to see that it was her father's. Bishop folded his arms in contempt watching the battle.
"Exlen!" He heard himself shout out as her body went flying into the wall just underneath him and the tiger was preparing to pounce upon her again. Bishop watched in awe as the sun elf, stood up her arm dangling limp at her side, dislocated. She moved out of the away just barely as the white tiger's form was taking up a good amount of arena space. She had dived out of the away so forcefully that she landed on that dislocated shoulder, popping it back in. He heard her cry out in pain before she got up and ran under the tiger's belly. The monster snarled showing its long razor sharp canines, thrashing around wildly. Somehow the elf had climbed onto the back on the tiger, hitting it fiercely with her blade. But somehow, Bishop noticed, it wasn't working. He watched as the sorcerer threw the rapier away from her and ran farther up the tiger's spine. The tiger let out a thunderous roar and begun standing on its hind legs, the sorcerer continued running and jumped on its head just as it became completely vertical. The tiger slapped a paw down on its head; it would have crushed the sun elf if she had not jumped away in time.
The ranger noticed something else, even with her acrobatic skills; there was no way that she could have managed to jump that high. Even if the girl could, she would die from the impact once she fell.
"Dragon!" The tiger shouted. "I thought I'd smelled a dragon!" The feline slammed back down onto the ground on all four feet, its teeth showing as it watched the steadily descending figure in the sky. He, the tiger and the rest of the spectators, turned to look at the falling sorcerer. How could he bare to watch his elf die? Why wouldn't his eyes close? Why did he still believe that she was going to win?
Bishop eyes wouldn't leave the falling elf and soon he was glad that they didn't. He noticed that the sun elf had her arms wrapped around her body and something was protruding out of her back, ripping through her robes.
"What the fuck?" He swore as two medium sized, red dragon like wings tore though the fabric of her robes spreading out, letting her glide down towards the tiger.
The tiger roared once more, "Dragon-kin!" Then stood up on its hind legs; Exlen dived towards her, the last flaming arrow shot out from the skies accompanying her. Bishop bit his lip so hard that he the coppery taste of blood flowed onto his tongue.
Once the elf was close enough the white tiger crouched down and jumped into the air, swatting the sorcerer out of the sky. The tiger roared, starting to fall out of the air on its back, it turned over on to its feet and landed, before collapsing on top of the sand. A deafening silence overtook the arena as the tiger slowly shifted back into the half-elf, Everwind. But neither of the heroes moved, the both of them where all too still.
"Lass!!" screamed the dwarf who promptly jumped down from the audience and into the arena. Bishop and the others followed in suit. Nasher shouted for the clerics to get down there and bring them back to the castle. Bishop pushed the dwarf out of away checking her pulse; he barely felt it. The ranger panicked screaming out for someone to come help her.
He couldn't lose her, not yet.
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