After a lot of climbing spiral staircases, I ended up at the top. Looking upwards, I found myself in a large room decorated with red velvet curtains, a red carpet and lots and lots of gold. At first, the room appeared to resemble an office - but on closer inspection: I noticed that this was an office designed to fight in. "So are you one of the wizards who dares to enter my guild?" I glanced in the direction of the voice. I turned around to see a young woman around my own age, maybe a few years older. She had silvery white hair that framed her face in smooth locks, falling down to her waist. Her eyes were sharp and piercing, they were a pale purple in colour. Poking out from her silvery white hair were two horns. The wizard grinned, bearing a pair of fangs. "What are you?" was all I could bring myself to say.
"I'm a demon," was the answer that I received. "I serve lady Zaila." She grinned expecting a response from me. I frowned, she seemed surprised for a second. Then a look of realization appeared on her face. "Oh, I forgot. Your memories!" She let out a long cruel laugh. I honestly had no idea what she was talking about. Did it have something to do with my past before I was sealed away? "Sorry for being so rude," the demon sneered, "I forgot to tell you my name. My name is Onna. Some call me Onna the ghoul." I stared straight into her lavender eyes. She grinned.
"I have a question," I spoke up - keeping my eyes fixed on hers, "Who is Zaila?" Onna was still grinning.
"Lady Zaila is the world's queen. She has rested for hundreds of years, but has now been awakened. She has had a big influence on this world and has affected many lives, she will affect many more in the years to come." I scowled at the demon before me. "She has already affected your life Haze," she laughed, " or should I say Faya Vermillion. No - your name is Faya Dragneel." I gritted my teeth.
"How do you know my name? The only people who know my real name are myself and my mother. I didn't tell you, and my mother certainly wouldn't. So how do you know?" Onna laughed again.
"Lady Zaila told me of course! She knows everything about you Faya Dragneel."
I was getting fed up of this demon talking. But I still needed answers. "Are you the guild master?" I asked.
"Yes, I am. I created this guild under Lady Zaila's orders."
"Is Zaila a demon?" I couldn't help but ask. Onna frowned.
"Lady Zaila is a goddess. Lady Zaila is a queen. But if you're talking about her origins..." Onna looked upwards, deep in thought. "You could say that she was human... You could say that she was a demon... You could also say that she was a dragon..." Onna looked up and shrugged. "That's a good question. I have no idea what she would be classified as." I was stunned. How could somebody be a human, a dragon and a demon? What was going on here? "I'm not sure if Lady Zaila knows what she is herself. I'll have to ask Lord Zeref if I ever happen to meet him..."
"What do you want with Zeref? What does he have to do with this!?" My question came out a little more harshly than I had intended.
"All in due time Faya Dragneel, all in due time. But first, I'll have to prove my strength to Lady Zaila by fighting you." With that the demon sprang up and launched herself towards me at incredible speeds.
I was only just able to dodge Onna's attack before she turned to attack once again. I was only just able to dodge the next one. I kept on dodging, but soon enough - her attacks began to land. Just barely though. I couldn't keep dodging forever. "fire dragon roar!" my breath of flames shot towards Onna. I heard the attack collide, though I couldn't see anything because of all the smoke in the area. When it finally cleared, I noticed that the wall was now on fire and Onna was nowhere in sight. "Up here Faya Dragneel." I looked upwards to see Onna. A pair of black leathery wings had sprouted from her back. I clenched my teeth. If Onna was a demon... How was I supposed to defeat her? I had heard of something known as a demon slayer before. But I was a dragon slayer. This was starting to get irritating. "Fire dragon brilliant flames!" I sent the large sphere of fire upwards towards Onna. She shouldn't be able to dodge the attack. Unfortunately, I was wrong. Onna was able to dodge the attack, but she seemed slightly grazed. I sighed. This was useless.
Onna hovered lower to the ground. That was when I had a crazy plan. That was when I decided to hold onto both of her legs. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" she screeched. I didn't let go. Even when she tried to shake me off. Even when she flew higher. This wasn't the main part of my plan, I ignited my hands in flames which then licked around Onna's legs. She howled in surprise. Caught off guard - I decided to let go. As I fell, I used a fire dragon wing attack to hit her wings. That was when she hurtled to the ground once more. It was also when I realized that I was falling as well had had nothing to break my fall. I slammed hard straight onto the office carpet. Every bone in my body ached. I was pretty sure I had broken something. I looked upwards towards the ceiling. I noticed that my fire dragon brilliant flames had burst a hole in the roof. I slowly lifted myself to my feet. But before I could even sit up, I felt pain surge through my body as I was slammed back down to the ground via Onna's talon foot. I felt the same pain again when she slammed her talon down on me once more. I let out a gasp of pain. Again and again, she kept on stomping down on me. I could here a voice cry out in pain. It was like a scream. It sent shivers down my spine. It was only then I realised that the sound was coming from me...
Now I was sure that even more of my bones were broken. I closed my eyes. I thought of Miriza and Wendy. It would be nice to feel sky dragon slayer magic. If one of them were here I would feel much better... I felt the next attack from the talon pierce my skin. I felt blood oozing out of the cuts which had been formed. My clothes were torn and bloody. Bones were aching and broken. I opened my eyes to see the blurry form of Onna - looking down at me with her lavender eyes. I could faintly see pleasure dashed upon her face. She was enjoying this. The next time she attacked I punched her leg with a fire dragon iron fist. I felt her wince. I had a feeling I had been hurt more when I had attacked. My arm and fist were now throbbing. I clenched my teeth to suppress a scream. "You shouldn't attack me," she spoke calmly and softly. For a moment I almost thought that she was an ally. It must have been her voice manipulating me because just then, I felt her yank me upwards by my hair. "Your hair looks so pretty..." she muttered, "How about I change it up a bit?" With her claws, she cut my black ribbon in two, letting my hair fall loose. I kicked upwards. But before I could make contact, She stomped on my leg, crushing it beneath her talons. I yelped. The sound that came from me didn't sound like me. She then extended her claws, I noticed that they were razor sharp. She grabbed the hair that fell over the right side of my face. When she let go, the hair that had once fell past the right side of my face in waves down past my elbows was now cut to just below my shoulders.
"Much better," Onna muttered, "It doesn't look as pretty any more." I was then dropped to the floor and crushed by her talon again. "Stop!" I cried out. This pain, I couldn't hold out much longer.
"Are you begging for mercy?" she asked a twisted sadistic smile appearing on her face.
"Just stop!" was all I could say. When her talon came down once more, I grabbed it to stop it from making contact.
"I have another you know." She said - Striking with her other talon while using her battered wings to allow her to hover in the air. I held on as hard as I could to her talon. All I could think was: Stop. Stop. Turn around and stop. Stop. I carried muttering those words as I thought them in my head. I detached myself from my body, as if I were someone from the outside watching the fight. I wanted the demon to stop hurting the dragon slayer before me. Stop. Stop. Stop. I felt the pain in my body, but at the same time, I could feel the movements of Onna's talons against my body as my own. Stop. Stop. Stop. I embraced myself for another blow. Just half an inch away from my body, I saw the talon halt. Just for a second. Onna had stopped. Just like I had willed. I used that short window of time to attack. "Fire dragon secret art, flame lotus: phoenix blade!" I said the words and attacked as quickly as I could. I had put every last ounce of my magic power into that spell. I could only hope that it was all worth it to end this torture. Luckily, the attack landed head on. Now, Onna was unconscious on the ground. I sighed in relief and slumped to the ground in exhaustion, only to cry out from the pain sitting had caused me.
