The Owl House, Broken Hearts, Shattered Bones

A Taste Of Power 2

"What the hell is making all that noise?" I said to myself before I saw an incoming homing TUBE, it aimed and butted its head directly on my stomach causing me to fall back

"HOOT HOOT, sorry guys, Eda doesn't want any company, but I'm here to play." The foul tube of a bird exclaimed out loud and eagerly.

"Restrain that thing, don't let it get a fix on you!" I yelled out to my men to restrain the thing. The men charged at the beast, with their weapons and spells, hoping  it will be enough to stop that thing.

"YEHHAY! NEW FRIENDS TO PLAY WITH! I feel like dancin'" That thing started to held off and defeat my squad without even using any techniques when fighting. It started waving its tube body left and right, causing the rest of the men charging at it to fly back.

I watched as it grabbed one of my squad member by their hoodie and started imitating it, the poor, dangling victim started flailing his arms around and punched one of ours by accident.

"THIS IS SOOO MUCH FUN, OH, I KNOW, LET'S PLAY TAG." The bird tube wasn't even being serious, or scared. I unsheeted my sword and charged at that monstrousity that was beating the men.

I hastily ran towards the thing, with the tip of my sword pointing at it, ready to slice its tube body. Suddenly, It turned its attention towards me and made its move.

"Oh, oh, that's cheating, I'm not even looking." It extended its tube towards me, I jumped and pushed my swords down its tube body, but it extended upwards to me and hit me in my stomach, it sent me flying, and I managed to hit a tree behind me, breaking my 10 feet fall on the ground.

"Oh, Look! A bug." It turned its attention on a random spot, I used this oppurtunity and grabbed my staff, I twirled it around to cast a Meteor Spell, suppose it was meant to hit that Bird Demon, but it somehow managed to dodge the coming space rock.

"Oh, no, it's just a dead fly.... Well that's good to!", just as the flaming rock was about to hit it, it ducked and conviniently dodged it, and I noticed the giant rock was heading towards me. I gasped and tried moving out of the way but the impact send me flying away. I was sent flying back to a tree, and my head met the trunk first.

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I was left unconscious, unaware of what's going on, my head was bleeding, I could only slightly open my eyes, my blurry vision can only make up what is left of my men, fighting back, or fleeing from that demon. After a few second witnessing my men mercilessly beaten, I passed out.

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I woke up in a strange environment, I was a bit taller, and my memories altered. It was that same dream I was having again, this time, I feel as if I was not dreaming at all. That same voice called out again...

???: "MOMMY, DADDY!"

I looked over to the side of my bed and ask the tired figure next to me the same green figure I saw on the previous dream.

"Our child is calling us, dear." I tiredly ask the figure, "(Wait, dear?)".

"Oh, it's your turn, you comfort her." a familiar voice replied in a dreary tone. (Wait, that voice? Could it be?...)

I sighed tiredly and got out of bed, I then made my way to a door where the voice is coming from. I opened the door, until suddenly, I felt someone shaking me. I flashed out of that dream and snapped back to reality.

I slowly openedy eyes and felt a tuck on both my shoulders, I couldn't quite make out who was helping me at first for a couple of seconds, until I could make up a familiar figure. "We got a live one here!", It was one of the scouts in the Emperor's Coven. They must've seen our bodies laying on the ground, our humiliating defeat I could carry.