As The Dark Rises

Chapter 3

Pillars of death

Godric could barely open his eyes before, but now with the smoke in his eyes he couldn't open his eyes at all, and he was also having hard time breathing. He pulled lightly on Flamigena head hoping the dragon was smart enough to understand that meant, "Go up." Thankfully she did, and in no time they were soaring above the clouds. Godric started looking for Salazar. He didn't see him anywhere.

Godric heard a loud screech below him as Salazar and his dragon came pelting through the clouds looking for some air, Godric could see that his hands were over his eyes protecting his eyes from the smoke, but while Godric was examining him he didn't realize that they were coming straight for them.

But Flamigena did, and dived down just barely missing salazar's dragon, and then leveling out to skim the clouds.

Godric patted her neck and said, "Good girl, now bring me underneath the other dragon."

She shook her in a very show off like way, before she turned around and heading to Salazar.

Salazar was trying to get the non-existent smoke out of his eyes and didn't even see Godric come from behind. As flamigena leveled out below Salazar, Godric slowly stood up and took out his sword.

Flamigena realized he was going to hurt the other dragon to get to Salazar, and immediately warned the other dragon with a screech before going into a deep dive. She didn't even realize she left Godric behind, hoping for her to come back.

Godric grabbed at anything he could there was nothing there, just air, he tried to grab the clouds, but nothing was their either. He screamed for help for anybody, anything, to help him. But nobody hear him. Not even the dragons with their great hearing could hear anything but a faint whisper of a soon to die man. Nobody heard him, but Salazar saw him.

He didn't know what to do, help out his only friend that he owed his life too, or let him die in a volcanic field falling hundreds of feet before burning in the red-hot magma.

His mind told him to do the latter, but somewhere deep inside, very deep, a part of him said that if he didn't help him, that he wouldn't ever help him, and that scared him though he did not know why.

Godric watched his friend sit on his dragon as he fell to his early death, he saw his life flash through his eyes, he relied how pitiful it really was, sure he started a school, and did some good things, but nothing compared to…Helga, Rownea…or even Salazar.

Then he came back to reality feeling something solid beneath him, and to his surprise it had hands. He opened his eyes that he hadn't realized were closed. He saw Salazar's face, it was the best thing he had seen all day, it didn't matter that Salazar looked utterly miserable about the fact that he saved Godrics life, it was just the best thing he had ever seen.

"Thank…" Godric started but a growl from Salazar told him to shut up.

"Call your dragon." Salazar said.

Godric Yelled 'Flamigena' and not soon afterwards she found them. She started to growl loudly, before charging at Salazar, while trying not to hurt Godric.

"Call your bloody dragon off me Godric!" Salazar yelled at him

"Flamigena!" he called "Do not hurt him…he is our friend."

"WHAT?" Was Godrics reaction to hearing this, "I'm no more your friend that I was before, nothing but a life debt repaid this was."

"Flamigena! I change my m…" Godric started

"NO! GAHHH, I hate you Godric, were you always this difficult?

"Hmm…I'll have to think about this one for awhile." Godric replied, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw Salazar's mouth twitch into a smile for just a small moment.

"Now call your dragon again, and get on him this time."

"Flamigena!" Godric yelled again, as the dragon's head, followed by her body, came through the clouds. Godric jumped onto her and flew away from Salazar, before turning around.

There was a moment of silence before a pillar of rock and smoke came bursting through the clouds behind Salazar knocking him off his dragon but Salazar quickly grabbed the reigns that were on his dragon, as the dragon started to fly away from the burning pillar. He climbed the reigns to get on top of the dragon. Before another pillar came through the clouds almost knocking him of the dragon again.

They both started to fly franticly to get away from the pillars, but they kept coming each one getting bigger, faster, and hotter than the last. Neither of them knew where to go, so they just flew as hard and as fast as they could, just hoping not to get hit. They both knew that if they got hit by one of the pillars they would burn to death instantly, there was no hope for survival.

Off in the distance Godric saw something, it was a mountain. He knew if he could get to the mountain there was at least some hope for survival. With out even looking at Salazar, who was probably doing the same thing, he flew at full speed to the mountain. Each minute made godric hotter, while the pillars got bigger. Godric knew if they didn't speed up they would burn. As he was having some suicidal thoughts, a pillar of lava found its way right in front of him. flammigena screeched and took up higher into the sky. Godric let out the air he was holding, and tried to sigh, just to learn he couldn't breathe. He quickly performed a charm, and a bubble appeared on his head. He took a deep breath, and leaned into his dragon again. He wasn't flying like that for very long before Salazar and his dragon came out of the clouds directly in front of godric.

Flammingea was able to quickly dodge Salazar, and do a barrel roll to the right. Godric just barely hung on.

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As he did, this another pillar came hurtling through the clouds, this one bigger, faster, and hotter than all of the others. The pillar hit Salazar, and burned him, but the heat was so intense godric got knocked unconscious and fell of the dragon to fall to his fiery death.

The End