Aby and Meg were flying straight to the hunters ships, blasting the two smalls one with everything they got at first. They were avoiding arrows as best as they could but unfortunately, Thorgard got one in the neck and it weaken him.

-"Thorgard! Come on baby you can do it!", Aby encouraged her dragon as he was growling in pain.

The dragon roared and flew as long as his strength made him able too. Meg and Luna came by their side, covering them as Thorgard blasted lightning on the ships.

He was about to keep blasting and go to the main and bigger boat but Meg stopped them.

-"Meg! Why are you stopping us?!", Aby shouted in the chaos.

-"Look closely on the deck!", Meg retorted.

Aby blinked but took a closer look. She gasped. There were dozen cages with trapped dragons inside.

-"Go back on your island with Thorgard, I'll take care of them!", Meg ordered.

-"Meg wait!", Aby tried but Meg was already diving on the ship with Luna.

Meg covered her face with her hood and the turtle neck of her shirt and drew her sword out. She ran to the men and knocked them one by one, not caring if she killed them or not. She just wanted them down to be able to free those poor dragons safely. The white dragon was by her side and covered her rider the entire time, slapping hunters with her tail and shooting at them.
But even if Meg was strong for her age, she didn't have enough breath to keep going and started to feel her muscles getting sore. She didn't want to give up and never wasn't going to, especially right now.

-"She's here! Shot at her!", she heard a man yell.

She decided she couldn't fight any longer and ran to the cages, opening as most as she could. Unfortunately a guy appeared behind her and throw her away, slamming her against the wooden wall of the deck. She groaned in pain and screamed even more when she felt an arrow piercing her left shoulder. Luna immediately came to the rescue and blasted the guy out of the ship.

The Light Fury helped her rider standing up but Meg's vision was becoming very blurry and her breaths became sharp. She took the arrow out of her body and throw it away. She leaned on Luna for stability, her ears ringing and her legs shaking. The arrow might had some tranquilizer on it cause she felt her brain fog.
She glimpsed through her dangerously closing eyelids the last dragons still prisoners of those rough cages.

-"I... need..", she moaned.

-"I got ya!"

-"Aby... what are you..", Meg blinked.

-"I'm not leaving you behind. We are a team from now on. You can't fight like this so you're the one going on the island and I'm staying.", Aby helped Meg on Luna.

The auburn haired girl wanted to protest but she only fainted before she could open her mouth again.
Aby pointed the island to Luna and the fury understood right away, opening her wings and taking off. The blonde girl sighed of relief and turned around, her Skrill next to her and apparently feeling better.

-"Let's rescue some dragons Thorgard!", Aby cheered, taking her two daggers in her satchel out.

She heard the men from the other side of the deck coming nearer so she hurried to the last cages and opening them.
By the time the hunters arrived, all the dragons were freed. Aby ran to Thorgard to escape the fight but the Skrill didn't see another arrow landing on her wing.

-"Thorgard!", Aby shouted.

The dragon fall under the shot. Aby took the arrow away before the tranquilizer could do its effect on him. Thorgard growled and tried to stand on her feet but really slowly.

-"Well well, isn't it sad? A poor girl trapped on a hunter ship because of a useless dragon.", a tall buff guy walked closer to the blonde girl.

He had a mustache and was bald. He had really thick arms and grey eyes. Aby could only believe he was the leader of these troops.
She stood in front of her dragon, arms spread in defense.

-"I won't let you hurt him!", Aby shouted.

-"Hn. I don't want to hurt your dragon but I need him. Surrender and no harm will be done.", the guy teased, drawing his huge sword from his back.

-"Never!", Aby challenged.

-"Alright, as you wish.", the guy's eyes became glacial.
Aby fall on her knees and hugged Thorgard, waiting for the final hit, closing her eyes.

But it never came.
So she opened one eye after the other. The first thing she noticed was blood. All over the floor. She blinked and looked higher. She gasped in horror.

-"Meg!"

-"You won't touch my friend.", Meg spatted.

Suddenly, a blind light was coming from their left, blasting all the men to the sea. Luna rushed back by their side once the deck was clear and cooed once she was next to Meg.

Aby shook her head and took control of her body again. She ran to face Meg and covered the scream that came out of her lips with both of her hands.
Meg had taken the slice. Her whole chest stained in blood, her shirt cut open and showing the deep wound and the blood flooding from it.

Meg only grinned at Aby before completely fainting and falling. The only sounds she heard before her mind drift off was Luna's roar of distress and Aby's calls.