Tainted Balance

Wings of Taint

Jordan shivered, curling against the trunk of the tree. He hid his face away from Tom. He didn't want him to see him like...like /this./

"Jordan.. What's wrong? I..I can't help you if you don't tell me what's wrong."

Jordan wanted to tell him. He wanted to scream and shout what had happened to him; what /she/ was doing to him. But the second the thought crossed his mind.

'Don't. Even. Think about it.'

Her harsh, cold voice cut through his mind and a stab of pain made him whimper and mutter soft apologies to what sounded like no one.

"I'm sorry.. Im so sorry.. Don't hurt me again please.." He pleaded as he gripped his head, preparing for the worst.

"S-sorry? What are you talking about Sparklez? Why're you sorry? Who's hurting you?!"

Tom looked anxious, moving in close and gently grabbing his shoulders. The moment Tom's fingers hit his shoulders, it felt as though his entire body; that each and every /nerve/ in his head was on fire. He yelled out in pain, backing further into the tree in an attempt to get away from Tom's hands.

"S-stop!! Please, you're hurting me!"

Tom's hand instantly pulled away, as though he had been burned.

Jordan whimpered and shook. The voices began to whisper to him, though.. It was different now. They were voices he'd recognized, of people he'd care about. He could hear Sonja's, Tucker's, Wag's, even Tom's; even though it was clear that he wasn't talking at the moment. But one voice rang out clear among the others. It was... /her's./

'Aye Jordan.. Why don't he just give in? Our lady's only tryin ta help ya. Can't us see that?'

He froze, eyes widening and tearing up. It.. It's couldn't be..

'Capsize?' He thought, all of the other voices seemingly vanishing. She chuckled, one that he'd used to love hearing.

'Aye, lad. Its me.'

Outside of his mind, he sat completely still and was breathing short, quick breathes. His face grew pale but his eyes seemed to pulse with a deep indigo light. Tom called out his name, not wanting to touch him again for fear of hurting him, but he didn't reply.

'I..I thought you were dead..?'

'Aye.. I'm dead lad. But Ianite let me come back fer a bit. Ta help ya out.'

He distantly could feel something snap in his mind. Like a rope pulled to far. He felt his head pulse and his back began to feel like it would snap but.. It didn't hurt.

'Capsize? What's going on?'

'Sparklez.. You know Ianite only wants what's best fer ya, right?'

'...I.. Yes..'

'She wants ya to become a /true/ follower of Ianite. That's why tha Taint infected you. That's why she's.. Fixin you.'

'Fixing me?'

Jordan's body twitched before he slumped over, eyes rolling to the back of his head and twitching. His hands sparked with a purple energy and his nails grew longer and turned a pale shade of lavender. A snap was heard before he felt his wings vanish and were replaced with bigger, sturdier ones. He could hear Tom yelling, most likely through the communicator. He felt a long scaley tail, replace his own small fluffy ones. Cold scales began to sprout from his hands and along his neck, back and even in certain places on his face. His left eye burned and felt like it would pop out of his skull but.. No pain came from any of this.

'What.. What's happening to me?'

A dark laugh was heard from Capsize, as he felt something press against his skull from the inside before popping out with a sickening crack. Horns. That's what it felt like at least. Long, curved, and sharp, coming out from the top of his head and poking at the soft ground beneath him.

'I already told ya, Sparklez. We're f I X I N G Y OU.' Her voice turned deep and distorted, sounding like a monster of some sort.

He snapped back into consciousness and looked around. Tom had backed away and was staring at him in shock. He could hear Tucker's voice coming from the communicator, which had fallen to the ground. He felt a smile grow on his face before he stood up, and turned to Tom. He looked down at his hands. They had random patches of skin and scales in random places and claws in place of nails. He grinned as they sparked and he flexed his new claws. These would defiantly be useful.

"J..Jordan?" He heard Tom ask, timidly. His head snapped up and he glared at him venomously. Tom flinched and backed away further. He turned and looked over his shoulder, looking at his new wings and tail. They looked like..an ender dragon's. His tail and wings were a dark black, like obsidian with bright purple scales instead of white. His wings had random splotches of Taint covering them. Giving one last glare to Tom, he spread hid wings wide and shot off into the air with a flap.

'Head to the edge of the forest. Do not let the Dianitee follow you. We have much to discuss.'

Nodding at Ianite's request silently, he flew off to the far off edge of the forest, leaving worried and scared Tom alone on the ground.

((/falls to the ground/ I FINISHED /rolls around/ yaaaayyyyy! Ok! So! Big shoutout to MadelineBelinky for the idea of Dragon Sparklez! Thank them if you see them in the comments! If you wanna I mean. Also I'm sorry I haven't been updating as much! Or rather that it took so long.. I just had a hard time finding the effort to write. BUT IM BACK! And I'm already working on the next chapter! Of both this book and the new one that I posted a while ago. Leave some feedback if you want! I'd love to hear what you have to say! Anyways! Hopefully you enjoyed and I will see all you lovely people in the next chapter! Later!))