Nothing mattered to Maia other than what was laid hidden behind the door. She was no longer trembling in fear but instead felt peaceful n calm. The door opened and out came a bigger drake than the first one.
"Maia!" Jowan screamed as he scrambled to get off the ground and set off running towards her.
His sudden reaction caused his party to turn to the direction he was heading to; Maia was walking towards another bigger drake.
"Maia! What are you doing?! Get back from that creature!" Alistair now joined Jowan in his sprint but both were stopped short.
A barrier was surrounding Maia and the drake and they could not get through, no matter what they did.
"The rest of you focus on this drake! It seems to be weakening! We can do this!" Sarine shouted at the rest of her party, desperate to keep everyone alive. At that point, she was willing to sacrifice Maia, even if it meant the rest of her party could survive. She would have lost a huge asset and advantage to her party but finding excellent and willing fighters were harder.
Even though Jowan and Alistair desperately tried to call out to her, Maia could hear nothing. Her gaze was focused on the drake. Smoke was seen coming out from its nostrils but no fangs were bared. They inched closer together, maintaining eye contact. The two of them were inches away from each other when they stopped.
Jowan and Alistair held their breath as they expected the drake to chew her head off.
"NO! MAIA! WAKE UP!" Alistair screamed as he pounded his shield at the barrier but to no avail.
Meanwhile, the rest of the party was struggling to keep the drake slowed down. With Jowan and Alistair away from the fight, Arianna and Morrigan found it difficult to keep the drake slowed down and Wynne had to constantly heal everyone. Their supply of mana was running out fast. They need to put an end to this soon. Zevran was no longer on the back of the drake, he was thrown off when his attention was distracted by Jowan's screams. Everyone looked as though they are getting tired from the fruitless fight but the drake just got more furious with its attacks. Leliana barely missed the fangs when she slipped but Sten was there with his long sword who hit the jaw away, in time for Leliana to flee.
Maia could see how clear and beautiful the drake's eyes were. The longed iris was amber in color and it seemed to be burning bright with fire. The tough skin around the eyes framed the fiery sight like a painting. She felt a sudden urge to touch it. With a calm and steady hands, she raised her right hand and stopped momentarily, as if waiting for a permission from the drake. With a nod of the head, Maia touched it's snout.
A huge and powerful burst of energy was released into the hall, which sent everyone flying and the other drake stunned. With a blink of an eye, the drake Maia was touching, leaped over her head, carefully missing her and charged at the smaller drake. With its fangs bared, and jaws wide open, Maia's drake chomped on the neck of the smaller drake which caused it to scream in pain. Maia's drake's powerful claws dug into the abdomen of the small one and intestines were ripped apart. With a twist of the neck, the small drake's head was pulled apart from its body, blood gushed out from the neck and dripped along the victorious drake's teeth and jaws.
It trotted over to Maia and dropped the head of the fallen drake in front of her.
"What. In. The. Name. Of. Andraste?" Leliana managed to force the words out as she covered her mouth from shock.
Author's Note:
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