MISTRESS OF DRAGONS
Sight is a lie and images tell no truth, and the cat lies in the bush, a silent shadow with a lust for blood, and a mortal toy or two. Love can blind the soul, but persistence can seal a deal.
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Chapter Four: Displacer
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Mayir stood from the water after she felt that the water was too cold for her liking, and walked to the side of the room to pick up her clothes when she heard the shuffle of rocks and the sliding of ones hand. She swiftly dressed and grabbed her scimitar and exited the room to see Tobias trying to flee.
"How dare you?" Mayir said, her voice cold. "After I place you under my charge you..."
Mayir bent down to pick up her hand crossbow and pointed it at Tobias and fired, but it missed as he rolled down and pulled put his rapier. Mayir threw the crossbow down, seeing that there was no bolts left, and drew her scimitar.
"I didn't mean to, I mean I didn't want to and um?" Tobias and Mayir paced in a deadly dance, Tobias' blade shaking in his hand.
"Then why do you, a mere bard, dare to taint my grace?" She spat, swinging wide so as to let Tobias block her, to lead him into a trap.
"I don't know... I don't, and I'm sorry." He had no idea what to say, he had just been caught, what was there to say.
Mayir caught his blade along the length of hers and pulled her face near to his.
"I should gut you like the petty fish you are." She hissed, throwing him back. Then she charged and their blades collided in an array of sparks.
Mayir tilted her head and gazed steadily at him with her ice blue eyes and he stared back with his deep brown eyes, though his were filled with an unknown pride.
"If I beat you can I have you?" He asked, placing one hand behind his back.
A smirk spread across Mayir's face and she gave a mock bow. "As it is to you." She looked back up. "If you are to win this, then you may 'have' me." She folded her arm behind her back with her blade and put out her other hand empty.
"Then prepare to be mine sorceress." He said grinning, then he charged only to be met by the point of her scimitar in his gut as he passed, Mayir stepping aside to let him fall.
"To be who's?" She mocked, placing the edge of her blade to his neck.
"You are to be mine!" He gasped, rolling out and kicking her scimitar from her hand and standing to place his blade to her neck instead.
Mayir tilted her head again and looked at him. "Do you truly think it that easy?" She asked then backed into a demotion door and disappeared.
"What the?" Tobias gasped backing up to take a closer look at the place where Mayir once was then jumped around when he felt a tap on his shoulder. "Mayir?!" He looked at her in shock then strengthened his grip on his rapier when he noticed the scimitar once again in her hands.
"How did you do that?" Tobias asked a look or utter confusion on his face.
Mayir shrugged, and Tobias attacked again only for Mayir to run off down the hall. "Come and catch me bard!" She laughed.
"Oh that I will." He yelled running after in hot pursuit.
Mayir stood atop the entrance to the cave and looked back to see if Tobias was following, and as soon as she saw him dash around a corner she jumped down and ran, skid, down the cliff side to the ground. Then dashed into the woods to wait.
Tobias came the cave entrance and looked down then he too slid down the cliff side to find her. Tobias looked around uneasily, unable to see her in the underbrush, and then he started to walk along the dirt path until...
"Put up your blade!" Mayir called out from behind him and he twirled around to meet her with the clash of their weapons, but Mayir backed away.
"What is it?" Tobias asked.
Mayir looked around, "There's something out there." She said, only to be hit to the ground by a long tentacle, which lay firmly, stuck to her face.
"It's a Displacer Beast!" Tobias shouted swinging his rapier at its tentacle and slicing it off. The large cat like creature screeched and Mayir jumped to her feet and stood beside Tobias, her weapon in her hand.
"What the hell is something like this doing near a dragons cave?" Mayir asked getting into attack position.
"Don't as me." Tobias muttered going in for the attack.
"Don't, you have to aim behind it!" Mayir shouted but it was too late and Tobias missed to be smacked down by one of the displacer beast's tentacles. "Fine, don't listen to me." She said bitterly.
Mayir then went in for the attack, her scimitar slashing though the beast's image and just missing the creature behind. "I hate these things!" She growled, going back into the defensive.
Tobias attacked again only to miss, then Mayir blocked one of the displacer beast's attack against him.
"So you do like me." He said. Mayir glared at him.
"I need only for you to help me kill this." She said but fell back to the ground, the beast jumping overhead. Mayir made herself into a ball, her feet up and waited, expecting contact when its figure hit her she was taken back from the weight of its body as it landed and the pain as its claws scratched through her flesh. All she could do was struggle against its weight.
Tobias looked at the beast, which seemed to be attacking the earth, then took out a small throwing knife and threw it at the beast. It screeched and backed up off Mayir, and then thinking fast, Mayir pulled out her scimitar and stabbed the beast through its face and this time is crumpled to the ground dead.
Soukon started to clap from the entrance of the cave. "Good job, you two managed to kill it." Soukon's voice was mocking.
"Shut up Dragon." Tobias muttered, trying not for Soukon to hear.
"You are in no place bard to speak of or to me as you did." Soukon snapped jumping from the cave and polymorphing in the air back into his dragon form, the wind catching his wings and pulling him up.
Mayir tried to get up, but now after the adrenalin of the fight had worn off she had the hot sensation of burning pain on her chest and face as her blood poured from her wounds.
"Soukon, could you help?" She asked looking up at him as he soared overhead. Soukon didn't reply, he just landed back in the mouth of the cave and looked around.
'DAMNIT!' She finally heard in her head. 'They are progressing on the river, I must stop them.'
Mayir looked at him. "The river is way out of your territory." She stated.
'No, if I can see it its mine.' She heard in the back of my head, and then she tried to get up again.
"Gah!" She growled tipping back down, then she watched at Soukon flew over to the river to stop the 'intruder'. "Thanks for the help Soukon!" She shouted to him.
'Of course.' Was the last thing she heard in her mind before Soukon disappeared from view.
"Let me help you." Tobias said, helping her sit up. "I know a few minor spells, I could heal you."
Mayir looked up at him, she hated needing help, but she was wounded. //I'm just using him.// She though to her self nodding for him to help.
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Author's notes: I hope you enjoyed this chapter, please R&R.
//|| To Tom Valor – Thank you for you input, I have changed the composite crossbow to a hand cross bow, I must have not been paying attention when I wrote that. As for the dragons, having a gold dragon can help to add later conflict now cant it? **Evil Grin** ||\\
Sight is a lie and images tell no truth, and the cat lies in the bush, a silent shadow with a lust for blood, and a mortal toy or two. Love can blind the soul, but persistence can seal a deal.
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Chapter Four: Displacer
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Mayir stood from the water after she felt that the water was too cold for her liking, and walked to the side of the room to pick up her clothes when she heard the shuffle of rocks and the sliding of ones hand. She swiftly dressed and grabbed her scimitar and exited the room to see Tobias trying to flee.
"How dare you?" Mayir said, her voice cold. "After I place you under my charge you..."
Mayir bent down to pick up her hand crossbow and pointed it at Tobias and fired, but it missed as he rolled down and pulled put his rapier. Mayir threw the crossbow down, seeing that there was no bolts left, and drew her scimitar.
"I didn't mean to, I mean I didn't want to and um?" Tobias and Mayir paced in a deadly dance, Tobias' blade shaking in his hand.
"Then why do you, a mere bard, dare to taint my grace?" She spat, swinging wide so as to let Tobias block her, to lead him into a trap.
"I don't know... I don't, and I'm sorry." He had no idea what to say, he had just been caught, what was there to say.
Mayir caught his blade along the length of hers and pulled her face near to his.
"I should gut you like the petty fish you are." She hissed, throwing him back. Then she charged and their blades collided in an array of sparks.
Mayir tilted her head and gazed steadily at him with her ice blue eyes and he stared back with his deep brown eyes, though his were filled with an unknown pride.
"If I beat you can I have you?" He asked, placing one hand behind his back.
A smirk spread across Mayir's face and she gave a mock bow. "As it is to you." She looked back up. "If you are to win this, then you may 'have' me." She folded her arm behind her back with her blade and put out her other hand empty.
"Then prepare to be mine sorceress." He said grinning, then he charged only to be met by the point of her scimitar in his gut as he passed, Mayir stepping aside to let him fall.
"To be who's?" She mocked, placing the edge of her blade to his neck.
"You are to be mine!" He gasped, rolling out and kicking her scimitar from her hand and standing to place his blade to her neck instead.
Mayir tilted her head again and looked at him. "Do you truly think it that easy?" She asked then backed into a demotion door and disappeared.
"What the?" Tobias gasped backing up to take a closer look at the place where Mayir once was then jumped around when he felt a tap on his shoulder. "Mayir?!" He looked at her in shock then strengthened his grip on his rapier when he noticed the scimitar once again in her hands.
"How did you do that?" Tobias asked a look or utter confusion on his face.
Mayir shrugged, and Tobias attacked again only for Mayir to run off down the hall. "Come and catch me bard!" She laughed.
"Oh that I will." He yelled running after in hot pursuit.
Mayir stood atop the entrance to the cave and looked back to see if Tobias was following, and as soon as she saw him dash around a corner she jumped down and ran, skid, down the cliff side to the ground. Then dashed into the woods to wait.
Tobias came the cave entrance and looked down then he too slid down the cliff side to find her. Tobias looked around uneasily, unable to see her in the underbrush, and then he started to walk along the dirt path until...
"Put up your blade!" Mayir called out from behind him and he twirled around to meet her with the clash of their weapons, but Mayir backed away.
"What is it?" Tobias asked.
Mayir looked around, "There's something out there." She said, only to be hit to the ground by a long tentacle, which lay firmly, stuck to her face.
"It's a Displacer Beast!" Tobias shouted swinging his rapier at its tentacle and slicing it off. The large cat like creature screeched and Mayir jumped to her feet and stood beside Tobias, her weapon in her hand.
"What the hell is something like this doing near a dragons cave?" Mayir asked getting into attack position.
"Don't as me." Tobias muttered going in for the attack.
"Don't, you have to aim behind it!" Mayir shouted but it was too late and Tobias missed to be smacked down by one of the displacer beast's tentacles. "Fine, don't listen to me." She said bitterly.
Mayir then went in for the attack, her scimitar slashing though the beast's image and just missing the creature behind. "I hate these things!" She growled, going back into the defensive.
Tobias attacked again only to miss, then Mayir blocked one of the displacer beast's attack against him.
"So you do like me." He said. Mayir glared at him.
"I need only for you to help me kill this." She said but fell back to the ground, the beast jumping overhead. Mayir made herself into a ball, her feet up and waited, expecting contact when its figure hit her she was taken back from the weight of its body as it landed and the pain as its claws scratched through her flesh. All she could do was struggle against its weight.
Tobias looked at the beast, which seemed to be attacking the earth, then took out a small throwing knife and threw it at the beast. It screeched and backed up off Mayir, and then thinking fast, Mayir pulled out her scimitar and stabbed the beast through its face and this time is crumpled to the ground dead.
Soukon started to clap from the entrance of the cave. "Good job, you two managed to kill it." Soukon's voice was mocking.
"Shut up Dragon." Tobias muttered, trying not for Soukon to hear.
"You are in no place bard to speak of or to me as you did." Soukon snapped jumping from the cave and polymorphing in the air back into his dragon form, the wind catching his wings and pulling him up.
Mayir tried to get up, but now after the adrenalin of the fight had worn off she had the hot sensation of burning pain on her chest and face as her blood poured from her wounds.
"Soukon, could you help?" She asked looking up at him as he soared overhead. Soukon didn't reply, he just landed back in the mouth of the cave and looked around.
'DAMNIT!' She finally heard in her head. 'They are progressing on the river, I must stop them.'
Mayir looked at him. "The river is way out of your territory." She stated.
'No, if I can see it its mine.' She heard in the back of my head, and then she tried to get up again.
"Gah!" She growled tipping back down, then she watched at Soukon flew over to the river to stop the 'intruder'. "Thanks for the help Soukon!" She shouted to him.
'Of course.' Was the last thing she heard in her mind before Soukon disappeared from view.
"Let me help you." Tobias said, helping her sit up. "I know a few minor spells, I could heal you."
Mayir looked up at him, she hated needing help, but she was wounded. //I'm just using him.// She though to her self nodding for him to help.
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Author's notes: I hope you enjoyed this chapter, please R&R.
//|| To Tom Valor – Thank you for you input, I have changed the composite crossbow to a hand cross bow, I must have not been paying attention when I wrote that. As for the dragons, having a gold dragon can help to add later conflict now cant it? **Evil Grin** ||\\