Me: Sixth chapter is up!
Link: We established that when it said "Chapter Six."
Jon: Sigh...
Lily: What's the matter?
Arae: Yeah. What's wrong?
Jon: I don't own The Legend of Zelda... sigh...
Chapter Six
Arae hissed loudly at Jon as he saw the creatures behind Jon. He just grinned and said, "I get it, ok? You don't like to fly."
Lily barked and growled as she saw the creatures. She had smelt them for a while, but didn't know if they were friend or foe.
Jon whirled around, and sighed. "Oh, that's what you meant," he said. "Guess I should pay closer attention." Arae nodded and turned silver.
The four creatures held clubs, just like their fallen comrade. They had the same masks on, and walked with the same slow gait.
"Let's face 'em one on one," Jon said, flexing his arms. Lily heard a muffled snap of a twig, and turned around to see four more creatures advancing. She nudged Jon with her nose and he turned to see them. "Oh, crap," Jon muttered.
Arae turned fire red and spat at the creatures. They were all surprised to see a spurt of fire emit from Arae's mouth. Jon quickly made the connection.
Silver… fast like quicksilver… red like fire… Jon thought happily. "Dude! You've got some sweet talent there!" Jon quickly picked Arae up and held the snake's head out in front of him, and grabbed the rest of Arae's body with his other hand. "Breathe fire! Do it!"
Arae hissed at Jon, but spat again, and a stronger burst of fire shot out. It didn't reach the creatures, but it startled them a bit.
Jon was giggling like a little girl. "This is awesome! I got myself a flamethrower! BACK, DEMON-SPAWN!" He jerked Arae's head forward, and a large stream of flame streaked towards the creatures.
Lily growled as the four creatures approached Jon's back. "Duck, Lily!" Jon yelled, and spun around in a circle as Arae blew a fiery inferno from his mouth, burning the creatures. "This is freakin' AWESOME!" Arae sighed inwardly as he blew more fire at the creatures. He found that after he spat, a substance rested on his tongue, and when he breathed, the air touched it and turned into fire, much like when someone sprays a flammable spray into a lighter.
The creatures fell back, not wanting to get any closer to the flame-breathing snake, or the giddy dragon man holding it. Jon dropped Arae. "Let's see what else you can do!" Jon said happily.
Arae fumed inwardly about being treated like he was. His emotions made his skin change colours rapidly. Arae found that if he thought of a certain colour and concentrated hard, he could change that colour. But if he became mad, any colour he thought of would change his skin. And right now, he was thinking how Jon's insides would look once Arae got his hands on him…
Lily barked loudly at the creatures. They seemed hesitant to attack again. Arae calmed himself down and changed his skin to match with the ground, and slithered towards the creatures. The creatures didn't seem to notice Arae; they were intently focused on the golden wolf and the black scaled dragon man. He went behind them and turned red. Then, taking a deep breath, he burned the creatures with a blazing inferno. They shrieked as the burns took their toll on them.
Jon whirled around and dashed at the creatures behind him. He had learned not to run too fast, as to keep his wings down. As he picked up speed, his wings unfurled, and as he jumped, he grabbed the arms of a creature. He stalled in midair because of the added weight, but slowly began to soar upwards. The creature thrashed wildly, until Jon judged that he was high enough, and let go.
The creature shrieked as it crashed to the ground. The other three creatures began to advance on Lily, who was growling.
Jon swooped down and barreled into a creatures back, taking it down. The other two creatures were surprised at this attack, and Lily took advantage of the surprise to lunge at one and take it down. She attacked the creature's unprotected throat.
Jon's claws wreaked havoc on the creature's unprotected skin, and it was soon dead, covered in gashes from Jon's talons. The third creature turned tail and fled, but Arae had turned silver and quickly slithered after it. Arae bit deep into the ankle of the twilight creature, and it fell to the ground, thrashing wildly. Then Arae's poison took its toll on the creature, and it died.
Jon wiped off his talons on the grass. "Well, Arae, you have a special talent, I have a special talent… what about Lily?" he said, looking at her.
Lily shrugged. Her golden fur seemed to blend in with the golden light.
Arae turned silver again and hissed. Jon seemed to understand. "Right, well, let's get going." He jumped into the air, and Lily and Arae followed on the ground.
Jon could see Death Mountain looming in the distance, still spewing out the golden smoke. "What's going on here?" Jon muttered to himself. He flew lower to Lily and Arae. "You sure you don't need a ride, Arae?"
Arae hissed as it slithered along side Lily. Jon could see that Lily was slowly pulling ahead, and that Arae was struggling to keep up. "I don't think you're meant for long distance sprints, buddy." Jon picked up Arae in his hands. "Don't worry, I'll fly low this time," Jon promised Arae, quelling his hisses of protest.
Arae soon fell asleep, coiled up. His skin rippled different colours as the light struck his scaled skin. Jon flew along side Lily, no words passing between them. The bare trees passed them as they sped along the beaten path towards the large volcano.
Soon, the scenery changed. The trees disappeared all together, and the path led into a canyon that had no vegetation to speak of. There were a few abandoned houses here and there, but no people.
Jon and Lily stopped to look around. The mountain loomed over them, and they saw a path that seemed to lead up to the mountain. Jon landed on his feet and began to walk beside Lily, who was sniffing the ground ahead of her.
"Where is everyone?" Jon asked. There was an uneasy silence about the place.
Lily gave a short bark for her answer. She had no clue.
They walked up the path in silence, Arae still slumbering in Jon's hands. The path led them to a dead end. There was another path above them, but it was too far to reach. A large net covered the rocks leading up to the ledge.
"I can fly up there… but I don't know if I can carry you," Jon said, looking at Lily. She barked and walked over to the net. She tried to climb up, but her claws wouldn't pierce the net.
Jon looked at the net thoughtfully. "There's gotta be a way up there…" he muttered. Then, he was struck by an idea. Jon flew up and began to cut away a section of the net with his sharp talons, which easily sliced through the thick net. He carried up the section that he had cut, looked it over, and dropped it. "Lily," he said, "Get in the middle of the net. "I'll carry you up in that."
She barked to show that she had understood, and went in the middle. Jon flew down and gathered the corners in his claws, and then began to fly up. He had expected her to be heavier than the creature that he had dropped during the battle, but Lily was quite light. He easily flew up and deposited the net on the ledge above.
Lily and Jon continued their trek up the path, which was much steeper. Lily had no trouble with it, but Jon kept sliding backwards. He eventually just hovered up the path beside Lily. Meanwhile, Arae slept peacefully in Jon's large hands.
The path led to a large clearing with small geysers spouting hot steam into the air. Lily and Jon carefully avoided the geysers while making their way across.
There was a piercing shriek that Jon instantly recognized as the black dragons'. He looked around, but couldn't see any thing in the sky. "It must be higher up," Jon muttered, and turned to go up the path.
Suddenly, there was a tremor as the dragon landed in the clearing, unfazed by the hot geysers. But just as the twilight had changed the three kids, the twilight had changed this dragon.
It was much bigger than it was last time, nearly filling up the whole clearing. Three pairs of eyes stared at the three kids standing there. The heads were bigger than Jon was, and its talons were longer and sharper. Its scales shimmered with every color of the rainbow.
Jon staggered backwards. "Holy crap…" he whispered. Arae slumbered through it all.
Lily howled at the three headed dragon, which shrieked back. Jon heard it breathe in, and yelled, "RUN!"
He and Lily dashed up the path just in time to avoid the fiery death that awaited them, courtesy of the dragon. It shrieked as it flew into the air.
Arae: Zz...
Jon: He's still sleeping?? After what we just encountered? Dude! I wish I could sleep like that!
Lily: I know. It's crazy.
Link: HA! HAHA!
Jon: What's so funny?
Link: You have to face a three headed dragon... and I didn't! Nah nah nah!
Arae: Zzz...
Jon: Oh, that's it. Once I kill that dragon, I'll bring it back to life, and then YOU can kill it!
Link: No, that's quite alright. Review and tell us if I should fight the dragon or not!
Me, Lily, Jon: Make him fight! Make him fight!
Arae: Zzz...