They were walking through a narrow pass in the moutains when Keisin held up his hand to make them stop, looking up with wide eyes.
"I was afraid of this- everyone get down!" Keisin yelled as a flapping sound started getting louder among the silence of the snowy terrain. They all fell to the ground in time to avoid a dragon's claws in the air above them, the dragon roaring in frustration as it turned around for another pass.
"Is that a dragon?" Pheona yelled against the loud roaring as she looked over at Keisin.
"Yeah, and it looks pretty hungry." Keisin looked up at it with an annoyed expression. "These things have the worst timing."
Pheona stared at the huge black beast as it turned around, falling toward the ground with its wings tucked at its side, diving toward them with amazing speed. "So what do we do?" She yelled.
"We fight it." Keisin said, standing. "What else can we do?"
Pheona stood, looking up at the monster with frustration. "I've never fought a dragon before- aren't they really dangerous?" She asked, looking back at Lir and Rynu. Lir stood as well, looking panicked.
"Of course they're dangerous- but we might be able to fight it if we all work together." Keisin said, looking over to Lir. "Can you use your magic?"
"I don't know- I don't have my horn!" Lir yelled in frustration.
"Try focusing it through your hands like I do." Pheona said, looking up as the dragon swooped over them again, missing them as they all ducked. It roared again and rounded, its mouth opening wide and glowing.
"It's getting ready to use its fire- Pheona, can you blast it?" Keisin asked.
"I'll try." Pheona said, holding up both of her hands and focusing as they glowed red with her magic. The dragon and Pheona both unleashed their fire at the same time, the streams of heat colliding with each other with amazing power, furling into a ball at the point where they connected. Pheona focused on the magic as the dragon increased its power, the central point of the connection falling toward Pheona slowly. She started sweating with the effort of concentration, yelling in panic as the roiling chaos of the connection growing closer and closer toward her.
"Pheona, let it go!" Keisin yelled, backing up in horror at the massive amount of energy creeping toward them.
"I can't- if I do, you'll get hurt too." Pheona gritted through her teeth.
"Pheona!" Lir yelled in horror as the glow connected with her hands, surrounding Pheona in a blast of intense heat. She screamed in pain and fell to the ground as the glow started dissipating from her, leaving her unconcious on the ground. Lir rushed over, tripping at the last minute to land on his knees, crawling the rest of the way over to her to make sure she was alive. He sighed with relief at the soft breathing coming from her mouth and looked up at the dragon in anger.
"Hey you big ugly lizard!" Lir yelled. "Get your tail down here and fight me like a real dragon!"
The dragon growled in anger, lowering slowly to the ground, landing with a huge thud, making the mountain shake below them. It watched him warily, its red eyes bright with interest.
"Yeah, I'm not normal, am I?" Lir gritted his teeth, raising a hand toward the dragon, looking at it uneasily as he tried to concentrate his magic. He smiled in satisfaction when it started glowing a soft golden color.
"Keisin, can you please take Pheona to a safer place?" Lir said, still looking at the dragon. "I'll take care of him."
Keisin watched him uncertainly for a minute before nodding, walking quickly over to Pheona and picking her up, walking her over to an outcrop in the rock and settling her down on the snow gently. Rynu jumped onto the rock, looking at Pheona in concern before watching Lir uneasily.
The dragon charged at Lir, who tried to dodge to the side, but was still too slow on his new feet. Lir tripped into the snow, looking up in surprise as the dragon laughed in amusement, circling him. Lir stood, watching the dragon with a dark stare, holding up his hand as it glowed vibrantly with magic, a single line of light bursting from his palm to hit the dragon in the wing. The spot where the light hit the dragon's skin sizzled and melted, the gaping hole in the thin flesh expanding as the dragon cried out in pain. It thrashed against the beam, making the light hit the dragon instead in the head. At the contact of the light to its head, the dragon cried out in agony, falling to the ground with a great rumble. Lir shook his hand as it smoked slightly, the palm of his hand burned from his magic. He walked back over to Pheona as Keisin and Rynu stared at him in shock.
"What?" Lir growled in frustration at their stares. "He hurt Pheona."
Keisin chuckled in amusement. "Remind me never to make you angry. Pheona's fine- she just got singed a bit." Keisin looked down at her. "Why didn't she stop? I wouldn't have hurt her as much if her magic hadn't been added to the power when it hit her."
"She's Pheona. That's how she is." Lir shrugged. He picked her up, his legs faltering slightly at sudden imbalance. He leaned back against the rock, hissing in frustration. "Do you think you could carry her?" He muttered.
"Yeah." Keisin said, picking her up and standing. "Hopefully nothing else will bother us until we get through the pass." He sighed, angry with himelf for not being able to help without his magic.