Chapter 8
Ty's POV
"Jerome, I'm going to go ahead and walk by Sky, you stay back here, ok?" I asked him.
"Ok." He said.
I quickened my pace until I was to the left of Sky. I draped my good wing around Sky and brought him closer to me. He jumped and looked at me. I could see him eyeing my damaged wing. I saw a small flame in the middle of each eye, but it was quickly put out by the dancing patterns and the golden swirls that dominated his eyes. He looked to the right, towards the group. I followed his gaze when he landed on Seto. He watched him for a short time before he laid his head on my shoulder.
Sky's POV
As I walked back home followed by Ty and the others, I was deep in thought. Why had seeing Seto caused so much hate to bubble up inside me? He has been my friend for quite a while now.
I was in the deepest of my thoughts when a wing was draped over my shoulder and pulled me, causing me to jump. I looked to my left only to see Ty looking back at me with his good wing on me and his bad wing stretched out behind him. I saw blood slowly run down his wing and drip onto the ground, once again anger tried to control me. But this time I was stronger than it and pushed it back.
I turned my head to the right and looked back at the sorcerer again, feeling as though I had seen him from somewhere long ago. Suddenly, images and memories flashed before my eyes. I felt my eyes widen as I looked at the mental image of him, only as a small child, scared as if he was cornered. He looked like he was only 3 or 4 years old. I laid my head on Ty's shoulder, just in case I fell over as I felt myself being rushed into a flashback.
~Flashback~
I had been flying for hours on end, never stopping to take a break. Ty was still out cold in my arms. I was still searching for a reasonable explanation for how Ty became a hybrid, when I suddenly felt a pain in my left wing. I looked over thinking not much of it, but it turned out to be a big gaping hole in the middle of my wing. It was singed at the edges of the hole and it burned. Then out of nowhere something heavy hit my right wing, to my great surprise, with enough force to break the bone. I roared out in pain, as I started to fall. I wasn't able to do anything except hold Ty close to my chest and using my still functional wing to maneuver to where my back would hit the ground first. I knew this was going to hurt, but it was better than accidentally crushing Ty if I tried to land.
I braced for impact, shutting my eyes as I neared the unforgiving ground.
I hit the ground hard, the air immediately escaping from my lungs. I slid for at least 20 blocks before I finally came to a complete stop. My left wing was laying underneath me while my right wing lay lifeless over me. I looked down at my chest to check on Ty, he looked completely untouched. A strange sight to see since we just crashed landed.
I gently sat Ty on the ground knowing we would have to stop to my great demise. My broken wing was going to be painful as it slowly healed. When Ty was on the ground, he unconsciously wrapped his wings around himself when a slight breeze passed by.
I sat down beside him, pulling him gently towards me to give him warmth. The last thing I heard before I passed out was a rustling, and then a small blurry figure coming out from some bushes not too far away. I brought Ty closer to me and growled at the small figure, but sadly the growl sound more like a choked, painful growl then a defensive, protective growl like I wanted. I saw the figure walk closer as sleepiness washed over my senses.
I woke up, with a yelp as I felt a burning pain shot through my broken wing. I stopped when I heard a rustling sound coming from the bushes 3 blocks away. I immediately got up and stood over Ty defensively. Whatever it was, I was ready for it. But I was taken aback when a little boy came out from the bushes, scared as Nether, just staring at me. I calmed down a little but still kept my ground, not knowing if he was alone or not. But after what seemed ages, he finally spoke. It was only a whisper if anything else though.
"Pw-pwease don't hurt me." He said, a tear leaving his eye to travel down his cheek.
~I won't hurt you as long as you don't hurt me.~ I thought back towards the kid.
"I'm sorwy, I didn't mean to hurt you. But I thought you were going to hurt me." The little boy began to cry. He turned around and tried to run, but my tail stopped his progress. He looked up at me with eyes filled with fear.
"I didn't mean to, I'm sowwy. Pwease don't kill me." The boy slumped to the ground, pulling himself into a tight ball, slightly rocking back and forth as sobs shook his body.
~I said I wouldn't hurt you, I would of done the same thing if I saw a big dragon.~ I said, smiling gently at the kid. ~Is anyone else here with you?~ I asked looking around the vegetation again, still tense.
"No," The kid looked down again.
~Why are you all alone?~ I asked again, I laid down after hearing that he was alone. I knew worry was visible on my face, I could feel it.
"I don't weally know." The little boy burst into tears again. I brought my tail closer to me, pushing the little boy closer as well. He got scared again and got up to try and run away, until I gently wrapped my tail around his small body. He squirmed and twisted but my tail wouldn't budge. I had a hold of him and I wasn't letting go. I felt protective over him, just as I am protective over Ty. Maybe it's because he's young, or maybe it's because he's alone. I brought him over to where I had Ty hidden, and let him go wrapping my tail close to my body like a wall. He looked at Ty and then at me, then he looked at my tail that blocked any escape.
~Its ok, I'm not going to hurt you. What is your name?~ I asked.
"My n-name is S-Seto. What is y-your name, and his?" The boy, now known as Seto, asked still sniffling as he pointed towards Ty.
~My name is Sky, and my brother's name is Ty.~ I thought back. ~By the way, did you throw something that was on fire at me and something that was heavy as well?~ I asked him, curiosity getting the better of me.
"No. But I was healing you before you woke up." Came the reply.
~How? You're just a kid.~ I asked, bewildered that this kid knew how to heal.
"With magic of course, I am a sorcerwer after all." Seto said, pride shining in his eyes, but it quickly dimmed away.
My eyes widen, how had I not sensed it before? I could clearly feel the magic radiating off of the kid now. ~Do you know how to heal a broken bone?~ Sky asked, maybe he didn't have to wait long after all.
"Kind-of. I know how to heal, but its slow." Seto said, looking at my broken wing, knowing that is why I asked. "But it is faster than waiting. I already healed your left wing. But by the looks of damage done to your right wing… well, first it needs to be relocated back into place before I can do anything, and I know I'm too small to do that. Once it is back into place though, it might take me, oh… maybe 30 minutes to an hour at the most.
~That is not too slow, that's actually quite fast for your age.~ I replied back. ~By the way again, do you think you could wake my brother up, he's been knocked out cold for hours and I still haven't been able to wake him up?~ I asked.
"Hmm… let me look at him and see what I can do…." Seto said, as he stood up and walked over to Ty. He knelt down beside Ty and looked him over. He reached into a bag that hung from around his neck and fell beside his right hip. Which I hadn't even noticed was there until now. He pulled out a small box. He opened it up and took something out. It looked like a normal stick with tiny leaves to me.
~What is that?~ I asked, curious as to what he was holding.
"It is a branch from a plant that produces really strong smells. It can even wake people if they're in a deep coma." He said as he broke off a little at the end. He leaned over and held the object under Ty's nose. In a matter of seconds Ty's eyes shot open and he sits up almost hitting heads with Seto.
He looked around wildly, looking at me, then at Seto. He then looked behind him and just stared at his wings.
'Shit,' I thought to myself.
~End of Flashback~
Sky's POV
I snapped out of the memory when we were half way back to my house. But soon I was brought back into another flashback
~Flashback~
~Ty, it's ok. Calm down, no one is going to hurt you. It's just me and my new friend, Seto, the boy sitting by you.~ I said towards him. He looked up at me.
"W-What am I?..." He asked me.
~You turned into a hybrid enderdragon.~ I thought towards him.
"How?" he asked me, looking at his claws.
~I really don't know how.~ I thought back.
~End of Flashback~
Once again I snapped back into reality when I saw my house. I then noticed that there was a problem.
Ty's POV
As we walked back home, I glanced at Sky to see what he was thinking. I almost stopped dead in my tracks at what I saw. Those eyes… they were the same as before when he had first turned into a dragon in front of me. Two dark golden abyss that just swirled and twisted as you looked at it, as if it was alive. And it scared me, because well… I don't know why really… it just did.
I was about to ask him why his eyes changed, but the house stood in front of us. I took a quick look at him again, and his eyes were the green cat-like eyes again. How could they change that fast?
I realized something else though, a problem that just arose. How was I supposed to get in if I couldn't move my bad wing? I guess Sky sensed my predicament because he shrugged out from under my wing, and destroyed the door and a bit of the wall for me to go through.
So I tried to talk like how a 4 or 5 year old would. I hope I got it. A bit longer than the other chapters, but oh well. Review to tell me what you thought about the chapter.