CHAPTER 10

Before I know it I have scrambled up the rest of the wall. I look back down and see the alligator circling below. I let out a sigh of relief before turning towards the huge wooden doors in front of me. I try pushing them open but they won't budge. I push even harder but they still don't move at all. I slump against the rough wood. There is no way I'll be able to open these doors. I then remember my spirits. I grab Virgo's key and hold it up. "Open the gate of the maiden, Virgo!" I yell.

"My punishment, princess?" Virgo asks as she lowers her head in a bow like state. I sigh.

"I'm not punishing you!" I yell. "Could you please get me past those doors?" I ask politely.

Virgo nods before digging a hole right through the thick wood. I smile at her before she disappears. I step through the newly created hole and into the big entryway. A grand staircase is on my left and a long hallway is in front of me. I stand still and use my dragon slayer hearing to listen for the ogre. I hear what sounds like footsteps up the stairs and further back in the house. I sigh when I see the size of each step. They are all up to my shoulders. I walk up to the first one and pulled myself on top of it. One down... A lot more to go.

30 steps later... I have finally made it to the top of the stairs. I am panting and leaning over with my hands in my knees. Getting back down is going to be fun... I look up and see that the hallway in front of me is full of old antiques and beautiful chandeliers. A purple and blue carpet is laid down across the hall. All along the sides you could see the dark hard wood flooring.

I listen again and hear the ogre breathing. I follow the sound and end up in the kitchen. The cabinets are much bigger than I am and are a dark brown. The ogre stood by the stove. He seems to be cooking breakfast... Which is strange considering it's night time. I clear my throat to make my presence known. I wait for the ogre to turn around but he doesn't. Maybe he didn't hear me. "Excuse me." I state loudly. Nothing... I'm now getting a bit annoyed at the ogre that stands in front of me. I turn around and notice a string hanging from a towel that is placed on the counter above. I jump and grab on, I pull myself up the string which is more like a rope to me and climb onto the smooth white surface below my feet.

"Excuse me! Mr. Ogre." I say with authority. Nothing... "HEY YOU! I'M TALKING HERE!" I yell impatiently while stomping my foot on the counter.

The ogre turns slowly towards me with a spatula in hand. "Ah... You finally decided to show up. I don't plan on leaving this place any time soon... So that means I'm not gonna lose." He's deep voice is a bit creepy but what really makes an impression is his smelly breath. I try my best not to show that I'm about to throw up. But what's worse is even after he stops talking he continues breathing on me with his mouth open. I gag slightly but it's not very noticeable.

Taking a few steps backwards I pull my whip off my belt. There is no way I'm going to lose to this stinky ogre. "Your friends were weaklings. You were the weakest. It'll be easy to kill you."

"My friends are not weak! But I am... I know that. But I've found my weakness. It's my own doubts. And I'm not having anymore of them. I will beat you! Do you know why? Because I want to get back to my friends! Because they are counting on me to get back to them! I'm not going to leave them fighting for my sake because I second guessed myself. My mom taught me that, I just didn't remember it until now. I will not lose." I state loudly. I stand with my back straight. My clothes are dirty and a bit ripped but I couldn't care less. My blonde hair is tickling my neck as it falls and blows slightly behind me. I tighten my grip on my whip and stand in a fighting position. My glare is deadly and I can see the ogre flinch when I snap my whip against the counter cracking off and big chunk from the side.

"Feisty little girl. I like that. This will be fun."

I smirk and leap forward, my whip cracks against his forearm because he brought it up in front of his face to block the attack. I leave a gash in his arm before falling to the ground and rolling back onto my feet. He takes his fist and punches where I was standing only seconds ago. Thanks to my dragon slayer speed I was able to move before he hit me.

"Fast one are you? I'll get you eventually!" The ogre then swings a fist down followed by another. I dodge the first but get hit a little by the second. I fall to my side and slowly get back up. "Open gate of the lion! Leo!" I call as I hold Loke's key in front of me.

"You called beautiful!" Loke says with a flirtatious smile. I glare at him and I can see him gulp down his fear. "This isn't the time to mess around. Do what you can to attack the ugly thing over there. I'll call Virgo to help you. I just need a little time." I say firmly. Loke nods and runs towards the ogre attacking it with everything he's got.

"Open gate of the maiden! Virgo!" I call out. Virgo appears in front of me. She bows before asking if it's time for her punishment. I sigh and say the same thing I did to Loke. She nods and runs over to her limping comrade.

My mother taught me how to turn into my dragon like state, it just takes some time to turn. That's why I had Virgo and Loke distract the ogre for me. I look over at them and see Virgo get sent flying across the counter smacking into a giant toaster. I grit my teeth and pray that they'll be okay.

"Dragon I was born to be I call you to the surface. Time has come to show true force. I need your strength, the strength that comes from my dragon soul. Come forth and help me protect my friends.

haluan suojella ihmisiä rakastan teidän teho, oh loistava lohikäärme kuluessa. (Translation: let me protect the people I love with your power, oh brilliant dragon within.)

Come forth! I call on thee, come forth!"

I feel light headed from the spell but quickly regain my composure. The other dragon slayers have all turned into their dragon like forms, but not at full power. Without the spell the only way to open it is emotions. That's how they got access to the dragon in their souls. But because they didn't use the spell to open their souls fully they only got half the power of their dragon souls. They were still plenty strong though. I'll have to teach them the spell so that they can use it if need be.

A light surrounds me and I feel myself being lifted off the ground. My back starts hurting and when I look down at my hands I see long pointy gold nails along with pink dusted scales on my hand. There aren't a lot only a few covering my body in random groups. When the light lets me down I walk over the the giant toaster that Virgo crashed into earlier. I see my reflection and gasp. My hair has been pulled up in a sleek ponytail it's tied there with a midnight blue bow. I'm wearing a dark blue skirt and a light pink crop top that is sparkling with silver and gold crystals. I almost don't realize it but I have wings... WINGS! I stretch them out and see that they have a pink bone structure and gold tipped points at the end. The actual 'wing' is the same blue as my skirt, so basically it's almost black. Silver is glittered on the blue/black surface. I have pink scales on my cheekbones and above my eyebrows.

I've been staring at myself for too long. I turn to see Loke and Virgo both very bruised but still fighting. I decide it's time to test out my wings. I stretch them out and work on flapping them. Eventually I get the hang of it and am able to lift myself into the air. I fly around the ogre's head to distract him from my spirits. "Star dragon: shooting star!" I yell.

The spell is stronger now that I'm in my true form and sends at least 50 stars flying towards the ogre's face. It hits him hard and he skids back leaving marks on his white tiled floor. I circle his head and look down to see the astonished looks on my spirits faces. I smile at them before closing their gates. While I'm distracted the ogre swings his hand and smacks me out of the air. I slam into the counter and struggle to stand up.

The ogre laughs. "Even with that fancy spell you can't beat me princess." I smile at him. "How'd you know I was a princess?" I ask sweetly. "Huh?" The ogre replies, clearly he didn't realize that I am truly a princess.

"Star dragon: princess spin!" I yell out. A circle of bright stars spin towards the ogre's direction. They hit him in the chest and he breaks a hole through his wall. "Star dragon: roar!" I yell right afterwards. He is hit again. This time he is slower to get up. "What the hell are you?" He asks in disbelief for no normal wizard should be able to hurt him so easily.

"I told you I am a princess. Princess of the dragon slayers." I say with a small smile before I leap forwards and slash him with my whip. "Star dragon: celestial spirit king!" I grow slightly bigger and am now almost the same height as the counters. Behind me stands the celestial spirit king. Both he and I jump forward at the same time and punch the big ugly ogre into the other room. A bright light flashes before us and the ogre is gone. All the sudden everything is black and when I open my eyes it takes a very long time for them to get adjusted the the bright lights that are kept inside at night.

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Lying there. Frozen not able to help the young girl that was about to get attacked. This is not what I want. I need to help Wendy. But I'm still paralyzed.

"Wendy!" I hear a sweet voice yell from behind me. I feel my heart stop. She's back! That's what is running through my head over and over. I hear Wendy yelp as I see the giant spider leap over me. I don't know what happened and I'm not sure if she is okay.

My fingers move. Next my arms and my feet. I can hear crashes from behind me. Soon I'm able to lift my head. And finally I can get up and turn around. Slowly at first but soon it's as if I was never paralyzed. What I see when I turn around almost makes me fall back over.

Lucy is standing there. In front of Wendy. But she has pink scales and beautiful wings that sparkle. She punches the spider and it flies backwards. "Star dragon: roar!" She yells. I stare in awe and shock as she uses dragon slayer spells and some others that I haven't heard of before to defeat the spider.