Episode 6: Black Wyvern.
Arc: "Devil's Deal"
Opening: Shiver – Gazette.
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Half of Dipper's mind told him to run away as fast as he could and pretend nothing had ever happened; the other half told him to continue. He chose the latter.
Why that? After reaching the bottom of the cliff – winning, of course, some scratches as a prize for being 'the stupidest kids of the year' – the roars got louder and scarier, and they were also incessant. Upon hearing the third roar, Dipper knew he couldn't handle it anymore. It was like the creature was begging for attention, wanting the apprentices to find it as fast as they were able to. At least the roars could indicate where the wyvern was, at all, but it was all so annoying that Dipper felt like exploding right now. Any creature was welcome to rip his ears off his head, Dipper wanted to welcome them at this point.
His ears were aching, as he was now a wolf and his ears were pretty sensible to the faintest sound. He could even hear the squirrels' footsteps from far away, as well as the birds' flap of wings. Asaph wasn't bothered at all, Daniel was somehow trying to put up with his sister who was singing 'Shake it off' on an infinite loop (his left eye was twitching in a rhythmic, though disturbing, way). Dipper wouldn't even believe in how his own throat would hurt if he tried to do that. Danna didn't seem to be affected by anything, and was even a little optimistic, much like Mabel would be.
Upon thinking about Mabel, Dipper looked down – he had almost forgotten about her. But the deal he had made was for her. It was to keep her safe, and to save her from everything; from Bill Cipher. She would understand, wouldn't she? Of course, they were siblings. They were twins, and best friends. Everything would be ok, wouldn't it? Of course it would.
"For how long have we been walking?" Asaph asked all of sudden. Dipper had been asking himself that too, and he knew the answer.
"We've been walking for 5 "Shake it off" replays." He answered with an amused tone, but with a straight face. Asaph and Daniel sniggered quietly while Danna didn't even bother looking at them; she just kept singing her song. "And that's basically 15 minutes." He decided to add, just in case people didn't know what he was talking about. This was like a dream-nightmare – a dream because he finally got the chance to meet new people who were cool and funny, like Wendy's friends, and a nightmare because he still had a deal with Bill Cipher.
"My legs hurt." Danna answered, finally stopping singing for once.
"We've barely started walking." Daniel answered her, looking slightly surprised as his sister hadn't complained for the past 15 minutes due to having herself busy with her own song. He was kind of relieved, though, because his twin had finally stopped singing that annoying song. At first it seemed like a good song – it was a shame that Danna had ruined another good song. Danna shot him a glare of indignation.
"My legs are short. I have the right to feel tired." She retorted. Daniel rolled his eyes.
"Sure you do."
Suddenly, another roar echoed through the forest and peeked through Dipper's ears like sharp knives. The wolf bent down and held his ears against the ground in an useless effort to muffle the sound. When it was over, Dipper stood up and tried to make his ears stop hurting. They had to put an end to this. And fast. "Let's go, it came from there." The light brown wolf said, pointing to a clearing at the end of the forest.
The four apprentices ran – against Danna's wishes – as fast as their legs would allow them to. When they reached the clearing, there was nothing there, just a few flowers. However, at distance, the wolf could immediately recognize the flowers due to his great hunting-animal sight. Dipper, who was in front of them all, immediately stopped; the rest did the same. "Why did you stop?" Asaph asked. He was trying to look what was bugging the brown-furred wolf by peeking through his shoulder. Immediately, the white tiger found out the problem. "Those are…"
"Yes." Dipper answered. "Adehnias, the worst type of flower you can think of." Dipper turned to his comrades, and narrowed his eyes. "One simple touch and you're dead." Everybody fell silent. Asaph seemed to recognize those types of venomous flowers, as he could recognize an Adehnias.
"But they're so pretty!" Danna argued, mesmerized by the flowers' movement due to the wind. "I'm sure you're misunderstanding it for another ugly flower. I'm going there and pick some to make my ex-boyfriend jealous." Daniel's eyes widened and he grabbed Danna's tail with his mouth. She yelped. "Ouch! What are you-"
She was interrupted by the sound of a creature flying. It was an American Dipper. The bird's left wing accidentally touched one of the flower's petals and it a few milliseconds it fell dead on the clearing. Daniel let go of Danna, who was staring at the flower field with wide eyes and hung open mouth. "Still wanna go there?" Asaph asked with a smirk.
"Nah, I'm fine." Danna answered. Dipper sighed in relief; at least the dead bird managed to make up her mind. He shuddered after realizing that the bird that died was an American Dipper.
Their single moment of peace vanished into thin air as they heard a loud roar, louder than everything they had ever heard in their lives. The four of them looked up and saw a black, tall shadow land into the clearing, making the entire field and, eventually, everything around it tremble. "It's that dragon!" Danna exclaimed. Her loud tone made the wyvern look at them. And Dipper saw them again: the crimson eyes, as red as his own blood. The thought made him want to vomit. Unexpectedly, the wyvern tried to hit the four kids with its tail. They all avoided by jumping at the same time, although some trees didn't survive.
"How do we defeat that?!" Daniel asked, exasperated. He didn't want to die.
"We have to go to the clearing and hit it on its weak point, the nape of the neck, it's one of the most sensitive points of that creature's body. It's a shortcut to the brain and full of important veins. Kind of like our own neck." Asaph answered. He had read mythological books once, and knew about the dragons and their weaknesses and strengths. "But the flowers… If we barely touch them we die. Dipper, do you have any ideas?" The wolf was about to reply when he was interrupted by an angry Danna. Also, he was a little happy for that because his mind was literally blank and that would buy him time to think of a plan.
"Why don't you ask me for any ideas?" Danna narrowed her eyes in indignation. Asaph rolled his eyes at her, showing how useful she was being for the team.
"Fine, miss drama. Do you have any ideas?"
"Uh… No." She answered finally.
"Thought so…" Asaph and Daniel quoted at the same time, rolling their eyes. Ignoring the three of them plus the wyvern, Dipper looked around, trying to think of a plan that could work. Then his eyes widened, he was having an idea, but had to formulate it. One of the pine trees that the wyvern had knocked down was leaning against another one, which was still standing somehow. It was almost like a stair to the other tree. Of course! Dipper exclaimed inside his mind. He turned to the others who were in the middle of a fight.
"Guys-"
"You're an idiot, Danna! How did you even manage to get yourself a mentor? Oh, right. Because I had to beg to mentor Beatrice for you to join me!" Daniel snapped.
"It's not my fault that you were an idiot to do so." Danna retorted, rolling her eyes.
"You two should be more responsible and get some brains on a garage sale!" Asaph said.
"GUYS!" Dipper shouted, immediately making the other three apprentices look at him. They were really mad at each other. "I have an idea, but we need each other to make it work. So let's work together on this." The three of them looked at each other before huffing and looking the other direction, revealing to Dipper that they weren't going to give in so easily. "Come on, guys, we have to work together if we want to ever get out of these bodies!" The others didn't seem to cave in; Dipper waited until he couldn't anymore. "I'm leaving you all like this forever." And he stood up, preparing to leave, when he heard a voice.
"I'm sorry, guys. I've been rude." Daniel said, lowering his head in shame.
"I'm sorry too; I should've been more useful and all." Danna confessed, which made the others' eyes widened, since she wasn't the apologizing type.
"I'm sorry to you all. I'm just an idiot who thinks he's better than the others…" Asaph sighed and shook head, like the rest of them. Dipper spun on his heels and smiled.
"Okay, then." Dipper then joined them. "I have a great idea, but we need each other to make it work." They all nodded, ready to hear what the brown-furred wolf was going to say. "The trees are the answer." Just as he was about to explain this sentence, Danna's face lightened up as she quickly cut him off. She felt like she just had the greatest idea of all the ideas of the world; coming from Danna, though, they couldn't expect anything else than something like this:
"I get it! We're gonna get the trees and hit the wyvern with them!"
"How will we do that without stepping on the field?" Daniel pointed out.
"I think you're forgetting a big point: we're demons. We can do anything!" Danna smirked at her explanation of how things would work her way. Unfortunately, things weren't always her way.
"We're half demons, and we can die too." Asaph explained, and then pointed to Dipper with his tail. "Let him finish."
"Well, as I was saying, we are very agile on those forms, since we've gotten used to them now, right?" They all nodded.
"We still need some time to get used to walking in all four legs, but I think we can handle it." Asaph explained with a smile.
"My plan is to climb the trees and use them as a distraction to the wyvern. They are very weak against demon magic, and all we need to do is shoot some flames at it and it'll get weaker until it faints – or dies, which is highly unlikely since our magic isn't that strong. My plan is that, while two of us are running in circles between the trees and distracting the wyvern, the other two will be hidden – although still moving so the wyvern won't notice where you are – and shooting flames at it. Do you all get it?" The three of them smirked and nodded. Danna was more excited than the others; she would prove them that she was really useful.
"After four shots from each of us, we'll switch turns. I'm coming first to shoot, who's coming with me?"
"I am!" Danna promptly answered. It was finally her time to shine, and she was sure that, because she answered first, Dipper wouldn't decline her offer. The wolf rolled his golden eyes and nodded. "Come on, we have no time to waste." And then she started to climb a tree with her own claws, totally forgetting she could levitate like any normal demon. Dipper levitated, with some difficulty, though, and stopped on a branch next to her. She blushed (which wasn't visible due to her red-orange fur) and rolled her eyes. "Oh, right; levitation, I almost forgot."
"Hurry up. You two, go on!"
Asaph and Daniel nodded, whilst they levitated towards the nearest tree they could find. Daniel sloppily grabbed a branch with his tail and threw it to the wyvern, trying to catch its attention. It worked, and the wyvern roared to them. Not letting panic settle in, they started to run in circles to the right, while Dipper and Danna started to run to the opposite direction, which was the left. While the wyvern was trying to catch Daniel and Asaph with its mouth and tail, Dipper and Danna were running and ready to do their part.
Danna opened her mouth (since she couldn't use her paws) and formed a small orb of energy, surrounded by black flames. Then, she shot it at the wyvern, which grunted and turned to her; fortunately, he couldn't find the halfling since she was running in circles and well-hidden, unlike Daniel and Asaph.
"It's working." Dipper said. "Let me try." He opened his mouth and concentrated. An orb surrounded by yellow flames formed on his mouth, and he let go, hitting the creature's neck. It roared, instead of grunting like it did before. That was because Dipper had hit it on its weak spot. The creature used its tail to attack them (Dipper and Danna), and hit the tree that the two of them were. Danna luckily fell onto another tree, though she went unconscious for a few seconds, while Dipper was going to land directly on the field of venomous flowers.
All he did was close his eyes and wait for the end.
A/N: Hi... *avoids pebbles and anvils* Sorry, but school took most of my pasttime, specially when I had to study so much. Fortunately, I think I went well on most of my avaliations. BTW, my keyboard is broken. Now that explanations are done, I shall tell you the ANSWER TO THE QUESTION!
I'm a... ... ... ... Girl! Congrats! Most of you got it right! Although my name wasn't a tip guys, I got the name 'Niwana' from 'Nirvana' (kinda) so it's a normal name ok?
BTW(2) I wrote the ENTIRE chapter listening to Counting Stars from OneRepublic, and my God, I'm addicted. If there was a drink called Counting Stars, I'd drink it. Hope that music doesn't affect the chapter's plot... Nah.
Awakened Niwana, off.