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~Chapter 29: Power~

Zoey P.O.V.

I was locked in a stalemate with Simone. We were still in the castle, which was blown up in some areas thanks to Damon's henchmen. I had no idea where mom and dad were. Simone and I were currently in the kitchen.

She threw me onto one of the metal tables and tried to stab me in the heart with a chef knife. I kicked her in the stomach as she backed off. Next I did a backflip off the table before her whip could hit me.

I yelped in pain she dug her nails into my shoulder literally trying to pull it off. I smacked her hard while I flipped her over on her back to punch a hole inside her body.

"You're not going to win this fight." She told me while preparing to throw something. I didn't know what it was until a loud explosion took over my hearing. I was thrown against our large stainless steel stove as I made a deep impression in it.

I tried to get up but found my arm impaled by one of the stove pipes. Luckily it wasn't the big. I could still use my legs to lift myself up. While I was attempting that, I braced myself for impact of the three large microwaves about to fall on me.

Nothing happened because they were suddenly levitated away from my head. I looked up to see my mom. She had some epic powers.

She even helped me out by giving me a hand. "Thanks." I said as my arm started to heel. She smiled and then her face went serious.

"Zoey, Simone has escaped and parts of the castle of beginning to fall. We need to get outside. Your father is there waiting on us." She replied as we ran towards the garden area. Damn we had a whole lot to clean up afterwards.

Krystal P.O.V.

I was running up a series of ramps working my way to the top of the mountain. My ankle was pounding with every step but I continued to press on. I was in the mouth of the volcano where all the lava was. If I fell in, I think I would die.

Finally reaching the top, I came and jumped onto a large platform that was red and had several nice sized holes with in it. The large dragon was already waiting on me.

It used it large wings to try and blow me off of the platform but I stuck my weapon in the ground to hold myself steady. That was then that I noticed that the fire protecting barrier around me had started to dim.

As the dragon flew around the area the ramp like stairs had disappeared. I was continuously throwing my scythe at it like a boomerang. Only when it came close enough, I would gather up the courage to jump onto its back and try to slice and dice it.

It worked a few times, but as was trying to cut off one of its wings, it threw me off as I landed into one of the fire pits on the platform. The fierce fire burned off my shoes and socks. And the ground had started to become hot.

I had to jump from foot to foot soon. The red dragon roared really loud as it shot out a large ray of fire at me. I rolled to the side quickly to dodge and grabbed hold to its tail before it could fly away.

It knew I was there as it angrily crashed into walls on purpose to try and throw me off. I held on as tight as I could as I tried not to scream. The angry dragon decided that it wanted to attempt a bunch of flips and stuff, but I still held on tight, and was finally able to cut off its tail.

It was a very bloody sight and I ended up losing my grip. While falling possibly to my death, the dragon swooped underneath me and bit into my arms with its large teeth. It tossed me into the air and that's when I felt my body starting to heat up. I was sweating like mad.

I quickly turned around and aimed my scythe for its face as it came at me fast. I managed to cut halfway through its face when it tried to crush me with its sharp teeth. I felt warm blood beginning to seep from the bottom of the feet.

My wounded arms were currently trying to hold up the dragons top teeth. I was pushing my way up when he was several thousand times stronger than I was. After a two minute struggle and tons of stressing out, I felt face was drenched in sweat. The fire wall bubble was gone.

Still inside the dragon's mouth, he had the nerve to summon up a last ditch effort to kill us both. A large stream of fire was closing in on me as I finally was able to get free and try to jump out to a ledge of some kind.

My scythe flew from my hand as I fell. Sadly, there were no ledges as I once again feel toward my death. Luckily, I landed on the red platform. Thing was the dragon lit itself on fire and it feel towards me. I had no strength to move and I slid down to my knees. I couldn't breathe and I knew that I was dying.

I stood up anyway against the much agonizing protest of my body and with one last effort, I threw my long scythe at him and it cut him in half as both sides landed on both sides of me. I was covered in blood, sweat and tears.

Then the lava pit below me had started to rupture and shake. The red platform raised high in the sky and toppled over and I fell off. I had seen Kiryu Castle in its severely damaged state, people running and screaming who looked like dots. And then I fell.

There was a large tree that I happened to land in. My hands caught the first branch with pure luck. But I was still high up and my grip was loosening fast. I fell and hit several branches on the way down before I landed on the ground with a thud.

I felt someone trip over me as I struggled to get up.

"Ow. What was—Oh no Krystal!" Mrs. Kiryu yelled in concern.

"H-hey." I replied weakly. That's when Zoey, Mr. Kiryu, Zero and Ichiru joined in. Zero was the first to pick me up. I started screaming as I held my chest and placed my hands over my heart.

"What's happening to her?" Zoey said eying my serious wounds.

"The symbol of power is connecting with her heart!" I heard Mrs. Kiryu yell over my dreaded screams. I felt my body heat up faster and then it cooled down as something was drawn over my heart.

Since parts of my uniform were torn in a few areas, you could see it. Over my heart was a symbol of three s-shaped lines with a one solid dot. I was struggling to not to pass out. I felt really drained.

"Krystal, you did a great job, stop trying to stay awake you need your rest." Zero told me as he placed a quick kiss on my lips.

I looked at them all and then back at their castle. "What about your home and—" I started to worry about my friends. The last thing I saw was King Kiryu's small smile before I passed out in Zero's arms.

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