Aisha's POV:
The flames had disappeared, the dragons had disappeared. I was suddenly back on the street, surrounded by my two sand walls. What on earth had happened? I should be dead. The sounds of battle still surrounded me, the sphinxes were doing battle with the dragonspawn. I needed to get out of here quickly. That dragon was around here somewhere, I can think about what happened later.
I used my sand form to go straight through the barrier in front of me, the sphinxes had almost finished cleaning up. I came out of the sand form to save power, running as fast as I could down the street and took a left then a right. This city was built like a maze, I couldn't attract any more attention to myself. I came to a house and tried the door, it was locked. I left the door and ran down another street, trying to make my way back to Blue Pegasus. I heard a roar from behind me, I turned around and my worst fears had come true, the dragon was flying down the street. Its flames engulfed the whole street. How fucking stupid must I be? I've ended up in the situation where I died, again. This must've been fate, I was fated to die a pointless death. At least that's what I'm going to tell myself, I think I've just made stupid decision after stupid decision.
I looked up at the dragon and decided if I was to die, I would take this dragon with me. Tenin, your time has come. I'm summoning you, before I had a chance to finish the spell I was hit with a great force and suddenly lifted up into the air, I could feel talons digging into my skin. Whatever this thing was, it wasn't the sand bird I had sent the young mage away on. I hope she got out safe, she was far too young to die in such a senseless conflict like this one. I looked up to see what or who saved me, I was completely shocked with what I saw.
"Mira?!"
She didn't answer right away or even look down at me, fully focused on flying. She was in one of her demon forms. She must've come down and picked me up, I assume she used the force from flying downwards to gain more speed. Mira had saved my life, I was certainly dead if she didn't come down. I said a silent prayer to Mai-at, she had saved my life in more ways than one. I don't know what the future held for me, but I can promise that I will protect Mira. The coming battles might test that, but I will not fight Mira. She made me feel things I hadn't felt since Saadiya. Maybe she was up in heaven watching me with Mai-at, looking after me. Saadiya, thank you for everything. Please look out for us, and I will see you again when my time comes.
Mira flew us up higher and took us towards a quiet area of the city, there were no dragons or mages fighting here. It had blissful silence, something I never knew I'd value so much. I was in Mira's embrace and it just felt like home. I wish I could stay in her embrace forever, it's just so warm. She looked down at me and I looked up into her eyes, the rush of emotions that overcame me were just too much to bear. I moved my head and placed my lips to Mira's, closing my eyes. Her lips felt perfect, this kiss was a long time coming. Mira has totally changed my life, she makes it worth living. If it hadn't been for her, I'd be dead. It would have either been from dragonflame or just from how depressed I have been for the last few years. We stayed like that for a few blissful moments, we both broke the kiss simultaneously and I couldn't do anything aside from open my eyes and look at her. She looked down at me with an unreadable face, I felt a pang of guilt in my chest. Have I just ruined this for us?
Whilst we were flying above the city we heard a giant crash from the palace, Mira flew us to the castle and we saw Natsu beat Rogue and launch the dragons into the eclipse gate, destroying it. The spell had been undone, we had won somehow. A glow appeared across the city, the damage that had occurred was disappearing alongside the dragons. The people who had died in the battle should be coming back to life, I have no idea what damage this will have done to the timeline but I couldn't care less. After all, it was better than dying.
I still couldn't get my emotions right, I had died and I had kissed Mira. I don't know if I will ever come to terms with dying, I will be thinking about that for the rest of my life. The kiss between Mira and I is something I will need to come to terms with and soon, does she even feel the same as me. I looked into Mira's eyes and said the only words I could even begin to say.
"Mira, thank you for everything."
She didn't say anything again and the silence was deafening, thankfully it was interrupted by the cheers from the city. The people were celebrating and it was about time we went and joined them.