Act 1, Chapter 4

The Pyrus Volcanoes..

They were a string of Volcanic Islands that lied on the ocean to the West of the Northern continent. Some of them were active, while others weren't. The largest of these Volcanoes was known as Mount Helfyr, named after the First King of Clan Sagittarius. Either way, the sky around the Volcanoes was colored completely black from the mass buildup of Ash and smoke released into the air.

For hundreds of years, the dragons of Clan Sagittarius made the Pyrus Volcanoes their home. But after the Twilight War ended, and the six clans of Light dissolved, the most of the Sagittarius dragons left to live elsewhere. Nowadays, only Moles, some Fire dragons, and a few other species that can survive the extreme temperatures lived on the Volcanic Islands.

On the Island that was home to Mt. Helfyr, near the edge of the Island's south beach, a cloud of purple smoke appeared. Out of that cloud, walked two young dragons, a White one and a Blue one. It was Runefor and Nellie.

Runefor was holding Nellie by the upper foreleg. The Blue dragoness had a strange, snake-like black necklace wrapped around her neck. Runefor had a similar necklace around his own neck.

As soon as Runefor and Nellie walked out of the Purple smoke, The Blue dragoness started panting from the heat. Runefor laughed.

"Something the matter, Nellie?" He asked, cocking an eyebrow.

"Why did you bring me here?" Nellie demanded.

"Well, I thought you could use a little vacation from our little love nest." The White dragon chuckled.

"I can't take this heat!" The Blue dragoness protested. "I'm a Water dragon! I can't stand extremely high temperatures!" Runefor rolled his eyes.

"Now that's too bad, because we're going to be here a while."

"Why?"

"It's the first stop in my 'death to everything but me' campaign." He answered, smirking. "Once I'm finished here, we'll move on to the next stop."

Nellie struggled to use her Water magic to cool herself down.

"You could have just left me behind." She said as she rubbed water on her face.

"Oh, quit your complaining already!" Runefor snapped. "I've got work to do. Come on."

Runefor started walking forwards as Nellie stood where she was. After the White dragon walked a certain distance away, an ethereal green bond suddenly appeared between the two snake necklaces, yanking Nellie forwards onto the sand. She hit the ground with a thud, while Runefor laughed.

"You didn't forget about the chain already, did you?" He chided. Nellie climbed back onto her feet, groaning.

"No…" She responded solemnly.

"Well then.." Runefor turned and prepared for flight. "Don't fall behind, Nellie!"

Runefor and Nellie took off into flight, the Blue dragoness following close by the White one.

Shortly after Nellie was forced into becoming Runefor's captive six months ago, the White dragon created the black snake-shaped necklaces, so that he could keep the Blue dragoness from fleeing from him whenever he took her out of the cave they were hiding in.

Nellie had mixed feelings about this. On one hand, she couldn't stand the way Runefor used her for his personal enjoyment, nor did she agree with the horrible plans the White dragon was scheming.

And yet, the Blue dragoness put up with him. Part of the reason was the fact that she was afraid of Runefor: He was far more powerful than her, and could kill her at any moment. But the biggest reason was, she still had hope. Rune, the real Rune, was still alive, somewhere deep inside Runefor's mind. She had even been able to speak to him on occasion.

She would never forget the first time she made contact with Rune, back on the first night she was Runefor's captive.

During their round of pleasure, Runefor had allowed Nellie to enter into his mind to speak to the Black dragon. When she saw him approach her across the great black abyss they were staring in, she was nearly in tears.

Rune looked extremely weak, as if he hadn't eaten in weeks. When he walked forwards, he was barely able to move. He had a look of great despair in his eyes. And when he spoke, his voice echoed across the abyss.

"Nellie…." He moaned, defeated. The dragoness gasped at the sight of him.

"Rune?"

As Rune shambled forwards, Nellie ran forwards to comfort him.

"Rune!" She shouted, excited to see her beloved again.

However, before she could reach him, a great invisible force got between them, preventing them from embracing. Nellie struggled as much as she could to break through, while Rune just looked at her, depressed. Runefor's horrible laughter filled the abyss.

Having trouble getting to your lover, Nellie? He asked tauntingly. The Blue dragoness looked around the abyss, trying to spot the White dragon. She snarled.

"Let me through!" She demanded. "And go the fuck away!"

Sorry! No can do! Runefor responded. I can't have you planning with Rune behind my back, so whenever you two get to chat, I'll going to be here to supervise, and as an added precaution, I'm going to keep you two from even TOUCHING each other.

Nellie growled as Runefor laughed again. Rune sighed in sadness.

"Just forget about me, Nellie." He said.

"Forget about you?" The dragoness exclaimed incredulously. "Why would you want me to do that?"

"I'm the reason that everything's gone wrong." He answered. "My mother's death, Tyrrany's disappearance, and your violation by Runefor are all because of me. I can't even ask for you to forgive me. I'm a traitor, just like I always used to believe." Rune turned to walk away from Nellie.

"Rune, wait!" Nellie shouted, wanting desperately to embrace him. "You're not a traitor! None of this was your fault! It was Runefor's doing!" Rune sighed, turning to face the dragoness.

"Don't you get it?" He asked. "I am Runefor. He's a part of me, just like he always has been."

"No, he's not! Don't let him get to you, Rune!"

"Just stay away from me, Nellie."

And with that, Rune continued walking away again.

"Rune, come back!" Nellie exclaimed frantically. "Don't go! I for give you!"

But Rune didn't go back to her. He just continued walking away into the abyss, until he vanished. Nellie slumped onto the "floor" and cried.

"Oh, Rune…."

As the blue dragoness cried, Runefor laughed at her yet again.

Oh, don't waste your time crying over that cowardly pile of Apeshit. I think you'll find that I'm a FAR superior lover than that Black pussy.

"Stop saying those things about him!" Nellie demanded.

Or what? Runefor asked.

"OR….or….." Nellie didn't have an answer. There didn't seem to be anything she could possibly do. She just tilted her head low and sighed in defeat.

"Nevermind…." the dragoness replied sadly. Runefor chuckled.

Good answer.

Nellie got up from the "floor" of the abyss and turned to walk in the opposite direction that Rune took. After a moment, she found herself lying next to Runefor in the outside world again.

After that initial meeting with Rune, Nellie began trying to find a way to save him. No matter what it took, The Water dragoness would do whatever it took to free Rune from his imprisonment, get control of his body back from Runefor, and destroy the White Beast inside him once and for all.

Don't give up, Rune, she thought. I promise that I'll save you.

…

Runefor and Nellie flew across the sky, heading towards the Mount Helfyr. It was a struggle for Nellie to concentrate on flying through the uncomfortable heat, and it only got harder as she got closer to the Volcano. Runefor, however, didn't seem effected at all.

"Doesn't the heat bother you?" She asked, confused.

"Nope." He answered.

"Why not?"

"Because, unlike yours, my Water magic doesn't suck." Nellie glared at Runefor in anger.

"That was uncalled for!" She exclaimed.

"Oh, don't worry, sweet-cheeks." The White dragon responded, looking at her with a grin. "You'll get better, eventually."

"Gee, thanks." Nellie said sarcastically. Runefor laughed.

After this, the two stopped talking, and continued on their trip to Mr. Helfyr.

The Volcano towered almost a quarter of a mile into the sky, and was a third as wide as the island it was sitting on. It was active: Because of this, the dragons and other beings who lived on the island had set up their settlements on the opposite side of the Island.

"It kind of makes you wonder why they bother living so close to a raging inferno in the first place, doesn't it?" Runefor asked.

"Well, the Volcano doubles as a mine, which the locals go through to collect various metals for multiple purposes, like making weapons and equipment." Nellie responded.

"Yeah, I don't really care."

Eventually, Runefor and Nellie reached the rim of the mouth of Mt. Helfyr. Runefor came to a landing right at the inner edge, while Nellie landed as far behind him as possible. The Bleu dragoness was panting harder than ever.

"I can't stand this!" She cried out. "Can't I please just wait somewhere far away from here!"

"Nope." Runefor replied, nodding his head.

"Why not?" Nellie shouted frantically. "I'm dying out here!"

"Oh, you're not dying!" The White dragon scolded, glaring at her. "Quit being such a baby and deal for five minutes!"

After that, Runefor turned back around and looked down into the volcano at the layer of Lava lying before it. The Lava was about halfway to the bottom of the Volcano. He smirked.

"Hmm, if I sit around and wait, it could take AGES for the volcano to erupt on its own.." Runefor said. He then started charging Magical energy.

"What are you planning to do?" Nellie asked.

Runefor created a small purple orb in front of his open mouth. Runefor then shot the orb into the sky. It hovered a good distance over the Volcano. Runefor then fired a blast of Purple energy at the Orb, making it grow in size. After a short while, the Orb had become almost as big as the opening in the Volcano. Runefor then turned to face Nellie, a smirk on his face.

"You see that Giant Orb?" He asked, pointing with a talon.

"Yeah…" The blue dragoness answered.

"It's made of Convexity. Once I have it drop inside Mt. Helfyr, it'll cause the Volcano to become EXTREMELY unstable..."

Nellie gasped.

"You're going to flood the island in the Volcano's lava?" Runefor chuckled again.

"Well, that didn't take long to figure out, now did it?"

Runefor turned around and faced the floating orb. He raised a forepaw out towards it, seemingly getting it under his control with the Memory element. As he lifted his paw upwards, the Orb floated upwards as well. The White dragon was preparing to have it drop down into the volcano.

"Runefor, stop!" Nellie demanded. "Don't do it!" The White dragon laughed.

"You don't honestly think you can get me to stop just like THAT?"

Nellie wanted to say something, but she knew he was right. Runefor was far more powerful than her.

The blue dragoness sighed and looked away.

"I'm not going to watch." Runefor smirked.

"Do what you want."

After this, Runefor looked back at the giant Orb of Convexity and prepared to have it plummet into the Volcano….

But then, something made him stop. The White dragon could hear something far behind him.

"What the..?" He asked, confused.

Runefor turned around and looked around at the Island before Mt. Helfyr. Nellie looked around too.

"What's that noise?" She asked.

"You hear it too?" Runefor responded.

The two young dragons looked around for a while. And then, they spotted it.

A massive swarm of Black monsters had appeared out of nowhere, and was flying across the settlements off in the distance.

Nellie gasped, while Runefor grinned

"Is that a swarm of Crepsculi?" Nellie exclaimed.

"Well, well, well!" Runefor chuckled. "Looks like things have gotten a little more interesting!"

The White dragon turned back to the Orb of Convexity. He held his paw out and took control of it again.

"What are you going to do now?" Nellie asked, hope in her voice. She believed that Runefor was about to give up on causing the volcano to go unstable.

She was wrong.

"Well, first," Runefor began, "I'm going to do THIS!"

Runefor swung his forepaw downwards quickly, causing the Orb of Convexity to hurtle deep into the volcano, much to Nellie's horror.

After a short moment, the whole volcano started to rumble. Runefor turned to face the settlements and prepared for flight.

"Next," He said, "You and I are going to make a run for it!"

Soon, the Volcano started shaking even harder. Runefor and Nellie took off for flight as Mt. Helfyr started to erupt.

As the two dragons flew across the sky, Lava started bursting out of the volcano at a rapid rate. Runefor led Nellie towards the settlements.

"Why are we heading towards the monsters?" Nellie shouted. "We could just head back to the cave right now!"

"True, we could leave now.." Runefor smirked. "But why not have some fun first?"

"FUN?"

"We're going to go kill some Crepsculi for a bit before the Lava blows this whole place to hell!" Nellie gasped.

"But, we couldn't possibly take on an entire swarm of them?" She protested.

"Oh, relax!" Runefor chuckled. "If you stick near me, you won't get hurt too badly!"

As the two dragons flew towards the southern settlements and the attacking swarm of Crepsculi, a large number of the beasts spotted the two dragons. As the Crepsculi flew forwards to attack them, Runefor began charging up energy.

"Try to keep up, Nellie!" He shouted.

Immediately, Runefor flew into the offensive, dragging the surprised Nellie along with her.

For a while, Runefor flew through the air at frightening speed, slashing Crepsculi with his talons and blasting them into nothingness with Convexity blasts. Nellie had to struggle to catch up enough to keep from being dragged like a ragdoll through the air. Some of the beasts tried attacking the helpless dragoness. However, Runefor moved so fast that the monsters couldn't even reach her.

Nellie was frightened. Not by the Crepsculi, but by Runefor.

The whole while he fought, he was either grinning or laughing like a mad-drake. The Crepsculi were nothing compared to him.

After Runefor had killed close to several dozen Crepsculi, Nellie found that he had led her to a place in the sky that was hovering over one of the Island's below, she could see dozens of beings running in a panic, trying their best to fight back against the invading black monsters. Off in the distance, Nellie could see the lava from Mt. Helfyr rolling across the land, getting closer and closer. It was like a sea of red and orange Fire, that burned everything that it consumed to ashes.

Those poor people. who live here.., She thought as she went flying past several Crepsculi. They're doomed.

Suddenly, something happened that frightened her. The sound of a Giant Roar echoed across the sky. It sounded nearby.

Runefor was startled by the roar as well.

"This ouhta be good..." He said, getting on his guard.

The Crepsculi stopped attacking the two young dragons; instead, they just stayed where they were, hovering in place.

Suddenly, a giant White dragon came flying into view from behind them, roaring in rage. Runefor saw the giant flying towards him and flew out of the way at the last minute, yanking Nellie after him. After missing the two young dragons, the Giant White dragon came to a stop in midair and glared at them.

It was Runileon.

Nellie flew behind Runefor, who chuckled at the Giant.

"Why, if it isn't Runileon the Wicked!" Runefor shouted. He turned to look at the blue dragoness. "Nellie, I'd like to introduce you to my Great Grandfather, and one of the beings responcible for my current state!"

"SILENCE!' Runileon bellowed. "You have a lot of nerve to intervene in my plans!"

"I have a lot of nerve?" The younger White dragon asked. "If I recall, Nellie and I were the ones to arrive first! It is you who's intervening in my plans!"

Runileon snarled.

"Either way, This land belongs to ME!" He sneered. "Because you're of my kin, if you leave now, I'll let you live..for now."

Runefor laughed in Runileon's face.

"You great big moron!" He chided."I don't need your charity!"

"WHAT?" Runileon bellowed.

"What are you doing?" Nellie whispered. Runefor ignored him.

"Did you forget your own fucking Curse? I'm far more powerful than you'll EVER be! Your time's over, ya old fart!"

Runileon snarled in rage.

"PERISH! The Giant White dragon roared.

Immediately, Runileon fired a blast of Convexity at Runefor. The younger White dragon darted out of the way, Nellie helplessly dragged along after him.

For a while, Runefor and Nellie dodged away as Runileon attacked them with a barrage of Convexity blasts. Nellie was stricken with fear, but Runefor behaved as it were a game to him.

"What's wrong Great Granddad?" He chided. "You can't seem to hit me!"

The Giant White dragon roared in rage as he continued his rampage, trying desperately to attack his smaller, faster opponent. After a while, Runileon noticed that a strange, ethereal chain was connecting The two young dragons together. He recognized it, and got an idea…

At first, he acted as though he was making a grab for Runefor. The younger White dragon made to fly right past the Giant's forepaw to taunt him. However, Runileon fired a blast of Convexity between the two dragons just a split-second before he made the false grab for Runefor.

Just as Runileon expected, the chain passed harmlessly trough the Convexity. Nellie, however, hit the beam head on, screaming in pain. She was sent hurtling downwards to the ground below: Runefor was yanked after her by their necklaces.

The two dragons clashed violently into the ground in the middle of the village. Runefor slowly got back onto his feet, groaning more in annoyance than in pain. Nellie, however, was crying in agony: she had various bleeding wounds allover her body. Her wings were broken in the fall.

When Runefor saw what happened to her, he glared.

"DAMNIT!" He shouted. "I certainly can't fight with you reduced to dead weight!" Tears and blood poured from Nellie.

"Help me.." She pleaded weakly. "Please..."

"Didn't I tell you to stick near me?" Runefor responded.

"I'm sorry..." The White dragon groaned.

Suddenly, a great roaring came from above. Runileon was charging downwards towards them, ready to attack again. It was a problem.

But that wasn't the only problem.

Many citizens of the village were running in terror from the north of town. Off on the edge of the village, the Lava from Mt. Helfyr had finally arrived.

There was little to no time to act. Runefor sighed, snapping his talons...

...

Moments before Runileon could crush the two young dragons with his paws, a cloud of Purple smoke suddenly appeared around both of them. When Runileon came to a hard landing, he expected to hear bones crunching and loud screams of agony. Instead, all he hear was the simple thud of himself landing on the ground.

Runefor and the blue one had teleported away.

"DAMNATION!" Runileon bellowed in rage. "I swear, I will make that louse and his personal harlot suffer for this!"

Suddenly, Runileon heard the sound of something fast approaching from the north. He looked in that direction, and saw the Lava of Mt. Helfyr rolling over the village buildings. The Giant White dragon took to flight to avoid being burned alive.

From high in the sky, Runileon watched as the settlements of the island were burned to a crisp by the raging lava. Once by one, the many homes and other buildings were completely destroyed The many citizens fled for their lives as fast as they could. But alas, the only ones who had a chance to survive were the few dragon citizens. And even thsese few only found themselves being attacked by the swarm of Crepsculi in the air.

In truth, there was no hope for any of them...

Once the destruction had finally come to an end, Runileon looked around at the other islands. Whatever the young White dragon had done, Runileon knew that it was a most effective way to eradicate the lives that lived around the Pyrus Volcanoes.

"But how did he make the Volcano erupt?" Runileon wondered out loud.

He held one of his forepaws in front of him. He charged Convexity energy into it.

"Perhaps some usage of Convexity is the key..." The Giant White dragon looked out around the islands again. "I wonder what that whelp was planning to do by destroying the islands. Whatever his plans are, or were, it doesn't matter."

Runileon looked around at his army of Crepsculi. Each and every one of them was giving him their attention.

"Move on to the other islands." He commanded. "Each and every one of them must fall within 36 hours."

Almost immediately, the massive swarm of Crepsculi split in two groups: One half of the swarm went north, while the other half went south. Meanwhile, Runileon focused on the destroyed ruins of the large island underneath him for one last moment.

"That young one may be more powerful than I ever intended."

And with that, he flew off to the north.

...

In a burst of Purple smoke, Runefor and Nellie appeared in the middle of their cave. Nellie was still greatly wounded, and still crying in pain.

"Please.. help me..." She begged sadly. Runefor rolled his eyes, groaning.

"If COURSE I'm going to help you, dumbass!" He yelled. "Letting you die would be a waste of pussy, and I sure as fuck don't have Necrophilia."

Immediately, the White dragon set to work using his Pain and Water magic to heal the Blue dragoness's wounds. After only a short moment, Nellie was fully healed. However, she was still tired from her exposure to the extreme heat of the Pyrus Volcanoes.

Runefor sighed.

"It looks like we're going to have to stay the fuck away from that that place for a while!" He said with chagrin. "I should have figured one of the Victiu-whachamacallits would arrive to bust skulls. Oh well, Great Granddad will die with the rest of them soon enough."

Nellie struggled onto her feet and turned around to look at Runefor.

"What are you going to do in the meantime?" She asked.

"Well," He began, "I'll have to move on to attacking other areas of the Dragon realms. I don't really have a hit list for this. But for now…" Runefor grabbed Nellie's shoulders and forced her down onto her belly. "..you must be tired from that little accident."

The White dragon walked around and laid down beside Nellie on the Cave floor. She sighed, rolling onto her side and presenting her belly to him.

"I'm ready." She said to him solemnly. Runefor grinned, getting up close to her.

"Glad to see you're starting to take initiative." He responded.

This had become their routine. For the last half-year, the two would spend some of their nights mating. At first, Nellie couldn't stand this treatment. She wanted to claw this monster's eyes out and force him to consume them.

But then, she started to try something to null the pain: She imagined that she was mating with Rune, not Runefor. She pretended that it was the kind-hearted, Black-hided boy she had fallen in love with, not the Narcissistic, White-hided BEAST. She looked into Rune's tender, Golden-iris eyes, not Runefor's Malevolent, Demonic gaze.

Sometimes this worked, and sometimes it didn't.

And on this night, it didn't.