Me: Sorry it took so long to update. I had to wait to have my avast! updated. I couldn't go online until that was done or my laptop might have got a virus. I just didn't have time to get it updated with all the house work. New tile floors, new counters, fireplace. All of it done in a week.
Icefire: Yeah. It was very tiring.
Me: All you did was sit around and watch, you lazy dragon!
Icefire: It's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it.
Me: ...
Key
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Memories
//Dragon's telepathy//
/Phoenix telepathy/
: Telepathy :
End Key
Chapter 20: PurposeJen lay on the cave floor. He collarbone throbbed painfully. Blood was gushing from the wound freely. The cut on her arm was bleeding, hurt less than the one on her collarbone.
She fought to stay in her newly regained consciousness. Her eyes were focusing in and out. Her breath was coming in ragged gasps.
Would she live? Or would she die? What did matter? She had fulfilled her purpose in life hadn't she? She would be a burden to others now. Wouldn't she? Memories came to her.
FlashJen was holding Wish. It was their first encounter. She was earning the monkey's trust by showing her kindness.
FlashJen was cradling an injured Wish to her. Jen had a monkey-like form. Her body was cover with violet fur her eyes were a shade of blue between ice blue and sea blue. Her tailbone was extended in a violet monkey tail.
FlashJen was holding Mandarin to herself protectively. She stared fearlessly into Skeleton Kings glaring red eyes.
FlashShe was carrying Mandarin on her back. Her legs were exhausted, but she shoved on, jumping from rock-to-rock up the mountainside.
FlashMandarin was on her back and Antauri was in her arms. Jen was carrying them as she chased down a shadow.
FlashShe stood between an army and her friends. She was fighting despite her exhaustion. She wasn't going to let them down.
FlashJen blinked. Maybe… maybe she wasn't a burden. They needed her, now more than ever. And she had no intention of letting them down.
She forced her battered body onto its feet. "I promised I'd never give up. I promised to fight to the death. And that's exactly what I'm going to do." Jen growled. Her legs trembled threatening to give under her weight.
Her father's transparent figure came into view. : I'll try to help you in anyway I can. I might be able to release your felinadon half. You will remain in that form I will be unable to reverse the spell. :
Jen nodded. "Do it. I need to help my friends. Please hurry."
: Close your eyes. : He commanded. Jen did as she was told. Her father placed a transparent hand on her forehead. He closed his eyes and began to chant in a language Jen couldn't understand.
Jen began to glow with a white light. Her tailbone extended to a cat's tail. A pair of small wing stretched themselves from her back. A pair of cat ears sprouted for the top of her head.
The light faded away and the alchemist stopped chanting. He opened his eyes and backed up. : You can open your eyes now. :
Jen opened her eyes and looked at her father. Her cat ears were as white as snow with the tips being black. Her tail was white with black stripes. Her wings were white with black tipped feathers.
On each of her cheeks were three whisker-like markings. Her ice blue eyes remained almost unchanged. The only difference being that her pupil was slited like a cat. Her teeth were fang like and very sharp. Her hair was as white as snow with black streaks.
Jen's inner felinadon was a white bangle tiger.
She smiled. "Thank you, Father."
He nodded. : Now go! Your friends need your immediate assistance. :
Jen nodded and raced down the tunnel her friends had vanished down earlier. Her father watched her. Jen had a fiercer felinadon than he thought. Of course her mother was a rare breed of felinadon. Her mother was a liger. Though she didn't sport any of the stripes.
The alchemist vanished. He still needed to keep a watch over his daughter. No matter what she became. It was his job as a guardian and a loving parent. And as a parent he was worried. Jen's wounds were bleeding a lot.
Jen ran into the night and to the edge of the ledge. She didn't stop running though. She leapt off the edges and spread her wings. Her small wings beat the air, taking to the sky with natural ease. Nothing was going to slow her down.
She narrowed her eyes as she flew into the night, the moonlight reflecting off them. The reflecting light enabled her to see. She focused her eyes ahead, searching for any sign of her friends. She saw none. She resorted to listening for the familiar beating of Kaze's wings, but heard nothing but the fluttering beats of her own wings.
She was just going to have to hope. Hope that they made it to the city on one piece. That was really all she could do as she flew.
The city loomed into her line of vision. The caninadons and felinadons were locked in combat. She pulled up keeping herself alight with the slight breezes and with the fluttering of her wings.
Her fury was mounting at the sight of the city in such a mess. They were hurting her people. Her friends. Her home. She let out a fierce battle cry and folded her wings to her back in a dive.
Me: Done!
Icefire: Next!