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Chapter 11
Readying her sword, Fionna dodged Python's dual swords when he swung them at her. Deflecting the sword that came to cut her head off, she ran towards him and quickly skid under between his legs to stand behind him. Using her chance, she jumped and swung her sword on Python's back. Python hissed in pain before elbowing her in the stomach. Fionna winced from the impact and was flying backwards towards the ground. Shifting her weight, she flipped herself right up and skidded on the ground on her feet and free hand.
She coughed a bit. 'Damn, how am I supposed to defeat him before my hour is up and that giant beast come?' thought Fionna. She gasped when she saw one of Python's dual swords flying towards her. Barely dodging it, Fionna crouched down while the dual sword made itself stuck into the wall. Sighing, she rolled away from under the sword and looked at Python. He was hissing in anger from missing on cutting off her head. Fionna scowled and was about to yell at him until he suddenly ran towards her with his other dual sword raised in his hand. He swung his sword at her, but Fionna dodged by leaping to her right. She rolled a bit, stopped in a crouch, and looked at what Python was going to do next.
He raised his other arm to free his sword from the wall. Freeing it, he clang both his dual swords together as if he's about to slice his meal into pieces. Fionna stood back up on her feet and ready her sword for Python's next attack. Python suddenly started swinging his arm, creating a cyclone tornado around them, bringing dust up so that the audience couldn't see or watch what was going to happen. Wind was blowing everywhere in the arena, but it didn't reach the audience for it only cover the battlefield.
Fionna was having a hard time because she was trying to not have dust go into her eyes while trying to keep an eye on her opponent at the same time. She watched as Python kept creating the wind of cyclones until he stopped. The wind didn't die down though, it was still there. Nice and strong. This confused her more for what Python was trying to do. That is, her question was answered when he suddenly disappeared into the dust of winds. This made her kept her guards up and cautious of where he was going to appear. "There issss nowhere you can run nor hide for thissss isss my sssanctuary now and you will die in my sssanctuary," hissed Python. He chuckled, "I told you that you were weak and worthlesssss. Don't even know why that prince even wantssss you. He issss pathetic to want a weak and worthlessss human." Hearing that pissed her off, she doesn't mind if her opponents are insulting her, but when it come to insulting Flame Prince, no one was going to get away with it. Raising her sword up to her face, she glared at the dust of wind, "don't you dare insult him! He isn't as pathetic as you. You, who hide in his own wind for protection, compare to Flame Prince, you're just a coward!"
That seem to have pissed Python off because he hissed really loudly in the wind and the wind started to become harder and thick. Fionna didn't panic; she knew she had to have a level head to know where her opponent is. Scream. That's what came out of her mouth next. She screamed for when she felt blades cut her. The wind cut her on the arm, legs, back, and even her side. She knew they weren't deep but it still hurt. The wind still didn't die down nor was the pain of getting cut. Having enough of the pain, Fionna brought her sword up and waited where the cut was going to cut her next. Closing her eyes, she concentrated. She got a cut on arm again, then her leg, and then her side. Listening closely in the wind, she heard it. She heard the metal of swords clinking together.
Using that as her chance, she spun the opposite way of the wind was coming and sliced up the huge thick of wind behind her. She heard Python screamed in pain and felt the wind died down immensely around her. Opening her eyes, she saw that she has wounded Python in the stomach. "How dare you!" hissed Python, hissing in pain. Fionna smirked, "I told you that I would prove you wrong." With that said, she shook her sword that was covered in Python's blood and took in an attack position. Python hissed and brought both of his dual swords up above his head until the ding of the bell rung through her ears. 'Already? No! I'm not done with Python yet!' thought Fionna.
It wasn't long after Byro, the mixed beast, came crashing in front of her, squashing Python under his feet. She jumped when he suddenly appeared in front of her, shaking the ground with him. If it wasn't for her trying to calm and not panic for trying to find a way to deal with the beast, she would have heard the entire arena's audience cheering. Python groaned and hissed under Byro's feet but the beast squashed him into the ground a bit more to quiet him.
Taking some couple steps back, Fionna never took her eyes off of him, cautious that if she were to avert her eyes from him, she would be dead second flat. Just when she was at least a good five feet away from him, he suddenly roared, making both her and the audience cover their ears from the loudness. After when he finished roaring, he raised his wings before tucking them in his back and ran towards her with fierceness in his eyes. Doing the only first thing that popped up in her mind, Fionna jumped over his head and quickly grabbed one of his horns while still gripping on her sword. That seemed to piss him off because he roared once again and started flailing his head, trying to fling her off. However, she held strong and tried to wait until he start to get tired.
Of course, that never came because Byro suddenly took a hold of her with his arm that has five snakes on it. Fionna shivered in disgust when she felt the sliver hold of the snakes hold on her. "Aw Gross!" Fionna exclaimed. She started flailing around, trying to get out of the snakes hold on her, but that seemed to have no effect for their hold on her is only getting tighter. She then heard a loud snort and hot air windblown in front of her face. Facing him, she almost paled and showed fear in front of him. Instead, she smiled brightly and waved at him, "hello, mind putting me down and out of your snakes hold?" She got another snort and hot air blown in front of her face.
"I'll have to take that as a no."
After her response, she got flung right into the audience, next to Borvo and Vesta. She coughed a bit and turned to look at him and his date. Fionna stared at her for a while before giving a thumb up to him, "cute girlfriend. Glad you finally confessed to her." Her compliment made him blush while Vesta giggled at his stutter, "t-thanks." Smiling, she stood up straight, cracking her back and neck at the process, and ran back into the battle field where Byro was still snorting and craving for some action. Jumping back into the arena, Fionna winced when she landed on her feet. Inspecting her right leg for a bit, she noticed that she sprained it. It wasn't that bad though, she just have to finish the job before it got worse. Walking back in front of Byro, she positioned her sword in defense, "okay, this time I'm ready."
Roaring once more, the audience applauding along except Flame Prince and Cake, Bryo ran towards her once more. She was about to dodge him again but what took her by surprise was when he suddenly brought his snakes arm in front of him and made every five snake bite into her. She screamed when she felt them bit into her shoulders, legs, and on her side. "Fionna! Mother enough of this! She can't hold up any longer!" exclaimed Flame Prince, worried and anger etched on his face. Fire Queen looked at her son before smirking, "then she dies. Besides, the both of us already made a deal. If she wins, she gains my trust once again to date you and do as she wishes. However, if she were to lose, she loses her life. She has already chosen what she wanted and this is how her result of her choosing is going to be. Tsk tsk, what a shame." Listening to his mother rant about how little she cared fueled his anger.
Another scream came from Fionna. The snakes were biting more into her while Byro was stomping on her stomach. She coughed and spit out blood while curdling screams came out of her blood fill mouth. Borvo held tightly onto Vesta when she couldn't take the sight anymore and buried her face into his shoulders while trying her best to block out Fionna's screams. Cake just sat there, clenching and unclenching her paws and claws. She couldn't take seeing her little sister die and scream in agony. Marshall just floated, watched and took everything in. He knew he couldn't interfere for that will make Fionna lose the battle. But out of all of them, the one who is suffering the most just by watching and listening the love of his life, was Flame Prince. He knew his mother was cold hearted, but he never knew how cold hearted. Until now it would seem.
Her scream were becoming quiet every each second. She could feel the darkness pulling her, trying to lull her to unconsciousness. Of course, she wouldn't hesitate to take it, but in the back of her mind, she knew that she had to stay awake for something. But for what, she could not remember. Then she felt the snakes that had their mouth bit into her shoulder, legs, and side disappeared, also the huge weight that was above her. Fionna coughed one last time until she felt something warm surround her.
Before she fell unconscious though she heard someone yelled.
"ENOUGH!"
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