Shielded - The Marilla Chronicles

Chapter 22

I was almost to her, she is so close.

BOOM

I looked towards the noise that came from my right, noticing a ball of darkness spreading over the horizon.

"Marilla!"

The woman continued but my eyes were fixed on the dark clouds spreading out over us. I had never seen anything like it.

I saw large leathery wings spread out in between the clouds. Was it a dragon?

I felt arms wrap around me, I looked up to see her Black hair covering her blue eyes. She looked scared as she looked into the sky.

I followed her gaze to see a man flying towards us. A man with Leathery wings. His white hair visible from here.

Where he moved the darkness spread out around him. He flew across the sky dispersing the darkness until all we saw was a starless sky.

Column of smoke hit to the ground and inside them Men in black with black eyes stepped out, cutting down people as they did.

She started running, carrying me as she did. I looked over my shoulder to see a man lose his head as he fell to the ground. People screamed and cried, but the screams were getting less.

She carried me into a large castle that glittered with blue and silver walls. She continued upstairs dodging sword blows as more and more minion appeared, killing the guards as she ran.

"Protect the queen." The one guard yelled as they stepped behind her stopping the minions from following her.

She continued up the stairs until she reached a balcony and placed me down and looked out at the village. Below, smoke and screams were all that echoed around us.

A fog of black smoke seemed to spread through the streets as more and more screams where abruptly ended.

A large figure crashed down onto the balcony, cracking the tiles where he landed. His wings was flared out behind, blocking out entire view of the town below. He slowly lifted his head up to reveal the dragon.

He stood tall, he was massive, large and tall. I felt so small compared to him. His white hair whipped violently in the air as his silver eyes examined her. The Queen.

He strode forward with a blade in his eyes. Completely unaware of me sitting so close to him. "Stop." I cried out, feeling a wave of fear. He froze, and I saw his wings twitch.

His face slowly turned towards me, those silver eyes galring.

I opened my eyes underwater. I had decided to meditate down here to avoid distraction from Malaki. He had luckily allowed me after another entire morning or bloody foot movements.

It had been three days since our kiss. He didn't so much as look at me again, not like that. He would pull us out for training, then storm back into the facility leaving Maxwell and I alone.

I felt the water around me ripple as my blood began to rise. Had Malaki Killed my mom? That was definitely him sweeping onto the balcony. His face colder, and fiercer as he walked towards the woman. And that woman was my mom.

I shot out the water solidifying the water where I landed. I looked towards the shore to see Malaki and Maxwell sparing. Maxwell would lunge at Malaki and Malaki would doge each blow with fluid like movements.

It made me more upset to see them sparing. I had been told I was not ready for fists, but of course Maxwell had been.

I walked towards them, feeling the anger rise within me. I got closer just as Maxwell three a jab towards Malaki's face. Malaki had his arms kept behind his back, but dodged the blow perfectly.