He had known he would see some awful nightmarish things, but it was completely different to whatever he could have imagined. War was gross, and the stench in the air was suffocating.
He continued following after Sedaine though, and they didn't stop until they came into the courtyard. Sedaine waited to see if he could see Kurt, before turning to Tyler. He narrowed his eyes as he looked into Tyler's eyes, assessing his sanity for the moment.
Tyler gave him a raised eyebrow, but Sedaine looked away, obviously satisfied that Tyler was ok.
Sedaine was just about to lead them through the yard, to try and find out where Kurt had got to, before he appeared, running in their direction through the battles, batting a few enemies along his way. As he reached them he looked over Tyler with his eyes before addressing them quickly.
"Your mother, my dad, and Colgar are up in the top tower," He told them, and they both shot a glance up towards the magic above them, "I sent Finn up there, with Halle."
"I'm not going up there." Tyler said stubbornly as he glared at his father, knowing exactly what Kurt was going to suggest, "I'm staying and fighting."
"Tyler-"
"No! I want to stay with you, with Sedaine, I want to help!" He said holding his ground and Kurt sighed, as Sedaine looked to Tyler with respect and pride.
"Fine," Kurt relented, "but stay close."
Tyler gave his father a small smirk and a nod, and then Kurt led them back through the hall, slicing into enemies in his way with a blade of light, his victims writhing a screaming with pain before dying.
Tyler swallowed a little harder than usual as he watched before taking his own sword in hand, and following after him. Sedaine watched Tyler closely, as they moved along, making sure he was alright. Tyler appreciated the sentiment, but he really wanted to prove he was fine.
This was what he had been training for, but he didn't feel like he would ever be ready to take someone elses life.
"My strategy wouldn't have worked with a surprise attack," Kurt mumbled as he came to a pause by the far wall, "Blaine and I, we could have dealt with it, but not with this many people around us."
"It's ok, Kurt," Sedaine said as he came to a stop next to him, "we'll figure out a plan."
Kurt was trying to think, but he hadn't the space or time for a breather, before they were attacked again, this time from above.
The drake that appeared through the hole in the ceiling, growled loudly before it shot flames at them, Kurt throwing up a shield quickly, just catching it in time.
Sedaine quickly stood in front of Tyler, swirling magic in his own hand until it formed a disc, radiating with crackling energy. Kurt kept the shield up as the flames hit it, but dropped it when they stopped, just long enough for Sedaine to throw the disc, slicing into the neck of the drake and killing it.
As it slumped to the ground and transformed back, they all sighed.
"This will be a harder battle than I thought." Kurt said and swiped one hand over his head, collecting the sweat beginning to bead there.
Tyler and Sedaine watched him for direction. They were soon moving along again, into the back of the castle, and Kurt groaned as he saw witches in the air. Along with a huge black spiky dragon shooting fire at them all.
"There he is."
Kurt, Sedaine and Tyler quickly made their way down to the gardens, underneath where Blaine was fighting. Sedaine spying his guards up in the air on Keekies alongside the dragon.
"Tyler, you take anything on ground level, while we take the air combat with the others." Kurt told his son, who nodded a little nervously before glancing around them.
Sedaine and Kurt began firing energy balls at the enemies in the air, the black dragon in the sky looking down at them quickly, before he swooped into another witch circle in the air.
Tyler steeled his mind as he spied some creatures coming out of he darkness beneath the witches, crawling along the ground towards where Kurt and Sedaine stood. He breathed in and out once before stepping in front of them, placing himself between them and the encroaching figures.
He held his sword in front of him, and swung it once to get used to how it felt in his hand, like Blaine and Sedaine had both taught him how to do. He blinked a couple of times, and calmed his nerves before the enemies spotted him.
They growled and howled as they started towards him, and he steadied his stance before swinging for the first one.
The first slice through the dark creature was easier than he thought, but the creature let out a growl and swiped for him. This is where Tyler's battle training came into play, and he twisting his whole body out of reach of the claws, and swung the sword down again, slicing right through it, which was a little harder.
As the first one dissipated, the second one moved closer, and he glared, focusing his gaze on it, ready for the attack. As the creature jumped Tyler spun and ducked, but brought the sword up in an arc above him, catching and slicing through the underside of the dark creature, it howled in pain as it landed on the floor and disappeared.
Kurt was watching Tyler out of the corner of his eyes, smirking when he found that his son was faring pretty well, before focusing his attention to getting rid of the witches around Blaine. He was throwing discs of red light, that were slicing through the dark wisps in the air, and knocking the witches out of the air, Blaine was catching the fallen ones and crunching them as they fell.
"Sedaine, can you create an ice wall?" Kurt asked and Sedaine nodded while focusing on cooling the air around the castle, his eyes shining a little blue with the power.
Everything around them started freezing, including the grass and the flowers in the garden. Tyler shivered as he concentrated on hacking away at the dark creatures on the ground, they were becoming slow as they froze, so it made it a little easier to gain the upper hand.
Kurt was firing balls of energy at everything flying around above them. Taking care not to hit Blaine, Puck or Sam, and as the air became colder, the enemies starting becoming sloppy in the attacks. It was easier to hit them, and Blaine eventually could leave the sky, leaving the rest to Kurt and Sedaine, and opting instead to help Tyler on the ground.
Tyler was doing well, but he had never been in this kind of battle situation before, so Blaine landed as the Dyrex directly in front of him and attacked the dark creatures crawling from the ground.
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Finn still had hold of Halle, he had swung her up onto his back, and created a shield around her as he ran through the courtyard, not looking back as they left. The battle was still raging around them, most of Colgar's and Selvia's soldiers faring well against the dark enemies. Finn ran through, swinging his staff out at a couple of dark entities that were materializing from the ground.
Halle gasped as the staff lit up brightly at the first couple of hits, and she ducked her head as some of the dark creatures swiped at the shield around her. Finn ran again, past everything, and into the castle again, past the great hall, which had almost been destroyed and through to the corridor that led to the tower.
He checked on Halle quickly before ascending the staircase, knocking down a couple of creatures that were steadily making their way up.
When they reached the top, Finn dropped the shield and put Halle down, placing a shield over the door before making his way over to Burt.
"Finn," Burt greeted as he threw another ball of light towards the creatures below, "where's Kurt?"
"Fighting." Finn replied as he stood by the small window and began firing magic himself, as Halle stood beside him.
Burt gave her a small smile as she looked over at him, and she only gave a tentative look back. Burt knew she was nervous and afraid, but any form of comfort he could give her he would.
"There's more coming!" Colgar exclaimed as he threw another lightning bolt across the sky, electrocuting a few flying creatures and drakes, watching them all to the carnage below, "Burt we need a lot more help!"
"There is no more help, we have to deal with that." Burt told him, before moving to look out of the small window.
There were creatures and darkness coming out of the woodland around the castle and he cursed quietly before he turned to look at Halle. She was still a little frightened but her eyes were watching everyone carefully. Burt walked to her and took her hand, pulling her against his side, and she placed her little arms around him.
"Finn, I'll keep Halle with me, you should go and help your brother." Burt told Finn, who turned to regard him with confusion.
"Kurt told me to stay with you." Finn said and Burt nodded.
"He worries, but up here in the tower, we'll be alright, you need to be down there," Burt said with a small smile, placing his hand on his step-son's head, "Halle and I will be fine here. Go."
Finn hesitated a little, looking over Halle and Burt, before nodding slowly, and leaving, making sure that his shield covered the door again. He gave them one last glance before he ran back down from the tower.
Halle looked up at Burt when Finn left.
"Come on, Halle, you can help us with this stuff." Burt said with a small smile, as he led her to the window, she looked nervous but she nodded all the same.