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Chapter Twenty-Five

Soul felt warm as he hugged Snow. He could feel her breathing and her heart beating. Soul indulged in Snow's warmth a second longer before regretfully separating from her.

"I-uh I think we should get going," Soul said.

"Okay, but which way do we go?" Snow asked.

"Well, I remember the path Fury took to get here and what he saw. If we do some backtracking, I should be able to identify landmarks that I saw." Soul peaked his head out of the cave cautiously, in case someone had followed them. Then he carefully treaded out of the cave.

"Listen it's going to be faster and easier to find the path while we're flying but follow me and be ready in case they start shooting at us again."

"Alright." Snow replied. Soul jumped into the air unfolding his wings and flapping them to gain altitude. Soul shot through the trees and into the blue sky and when he got high enough, he left his wings open and glided through the air. Soul saw the cave where he had crashed and remembered that Fury had headed past one of the small hills below. Now that they were back on track, Soul felt relieved that they would be back in Warfang soon. Suddenly Snow shot past him that the air whipped at him.

"Come on keep up!" Snow shouted playfully. Soul laughed before angling his body up and then suddenly diving for a burst of speed. It didn't take long before Soul was next to Snow and about to speed past her. Snow saw this and tried to gain more speed by tucking her legs in further. But by that point, Soul had already soared past her;

"What did you say about keeping up!?" Soul shouted. He noticed that she was falling too far behind and decreased his speed by angling his wings forward to cause more resistance. Soul stopped when he was next to Snow again."

"Aw, it's too bad you lost to a Dark Dragon huh." Soul taunted.

"No, I didn't! I-I just let you win." Snow said back. Soul smiled, knowing full well that he had won that race.

A thought came to mind, "So...w-what..." Soul stumbled and hesitated.

"What is it?" Snow asked.

"Nah nevermind." Soul tried to dismiss it. He felt that it would be rude maybe even hurt if he asked her.

But she asked inquisitively, "Come on, tell me." Snow asked.

He sighed. "What was it like...um...back...before all this?" Soul asked. There was a pause. Soul couldn't tell what the expression on Snow's face was and he grew anxious. "Why did you ask something like that?! Idiot idiot idiot!"

"Why do you want to know?" Snow asked distracting Soul from his thoughts. Soul thought for a second before responding.

"Because you're my friend, one of the only ones I've ever had," Soul said hoping it didn't sound stupid. Another round of silence made him even more nervous but he kept his mouth shut.

"Alright, I'll tell you even though there isn't much to say. I had a family, one that cared about me. It was a very happy time….then Fury was born," she paused. "Fury directed attacks on our kind and they killed many light dragons. When they attacked our village, my parents tried to get us to safety Before we could, I-I realized I had lost the necklace that my grandmother had given to me. It had landed on the sidewalk only about ten feet away from me."

She pointed to the ruby on her neck "I ran back to grab it and just as I grabbed it...Fury landed in front of me. My parents were there a couple of seconds later. They had told me to leave it but I just couldn't." Snow looked down at the necklace " 'Where are you going little girl,' he said to me." "

"Then...h-he grabbed me and lifting me up in his giant paw. My parents said to spare me that I was just a little girl and that I didn't deserve to die. He asked, 'What are you willing to give to save her?' My parents dumped what they had onto the sidewalk which was more jewelry. They both said, 'everything.'" Her eyes began to tear up.

"Hey we don't have to talk about this any further if you don't want to," Soul said trying to comfort her.

"No it's fine just-just give me a second," There was a pause, Soul felt horrible for even asking.

" 'Everything?' Fury had asked them. They both nodded yes. He dropped me and I ran away with my back turned to my parents. I suddenly heard a scream and I turned around. I saw the silhouette of my parent's bodies. Fury was looking at his claws, which were dripping with blood. He turned and grinned at me 'You see, little girl. This is what happens when you let yourself care for others.' Then he took off laughing, and left me bawling in the streets. I was found by elders who took me to the temple in our city. They raised me for a couple of months before giving me the duty of watching over the streets and the skies. Eventually, I was given a promotion to the royal guard and got to guard Light herself. But… Fury came back and burned all the towns around us. Then the royal guards were attacked. They were all critically injured...except me. When Fury attacked Light, I was told that I had to escape. They trapped and preserved me in amber, telling me of the prophecy as the world went dark." As she finished, Soul noticed there was a tear rolling down her cheek.

"There... that's my story." Snow said

Soul had a shameful expression on his face, "Soul, I'm sorry. I didn't… I didn't mean to bring up your past like that."

"I-It's fine. I'll feel better when Fury's dead."

Soul nodded, "Me too."