The Dragon Prince

A Horrific Encounter

Alyssa

"Oh no, we're stuck in here with him!" Dahlia's voice was laced with fear.

"You looked scared, dearie," Devin laughed, giving me a devilish smile. He was playing with me.

"How are you doing this?" I demanded him.

"You mean, how is my face a dragon, but my body is still sexy?" Devin laughed. "What so you think?"

"They experimented on you!" the flash of realization hit me like a ton of bricks.

"DING DING DING! We have a winner!" Devin smiled.

I stayed as far away from him as I could. Maybe if I keep him talking, he won't burn me alive. I hope that Alexandria and Izzy can break down the door.

"Why are you helping them? Look at what they did to you!" I said.

"They made me stronger, Alyssa. More powerful than you!" Devin flexed his body.

"You think I can't see how much pain you are in right now," I said.

"A small sacrifice for so much power. When I was human, I was nothing!" Devin growled. "Now look at me!" He extended his arms as he basked in his glory. "I'M PERFECTION!"

Wait, did he say human? I thought they only experimented on magical beings.

"You were human?" My face showed a shocked expression.

"Surprise," Devin winked.

"You said something before. Sozin? Who is that?" I asked him.

"We are his warriors!" Devin roared. Devin pulled on the chain that kept him locked. With three powerful pulls, the chains snapped; they now hung around his wrists. He smiled at me with his deformed mouth. "Enough talking!"

He lunged at me, teeth bared. I barely managed to dove to the side, so he only grabbed air. "Devin, you don't have to do this," I pleaded for him to stop.

"Oh, but I do dearie," Devin laughed maniacally.

"Dahlia, can we transform in here?" I started panicking. "I need you!"

"The room is too small! We can't do anything!" Dahlia panicked.

"I know what your thinking, dearie. This room is too tiny to turn. I can use most of my powers without shifting entirely," Devin cackled.

I could see fire building up in his throat. Without thinking, I dove at him. I was on top of him and punched him in the face as hard as possible. I yelled out as I felt the bones in my hand breaking on the impact of his hard scales. I could hear Devin's devilish laugh as he heard me cry out. He pushed me off him.

"You really aren't the brightest are you sunshine?" Devin scoffed.

Devin then grabbed me by the neck and threw me across the room. I hit the wall hard before falling to the floor. He picked me up the hair, and I screamed in pain, as it felt like my scalp would be torn off.

He slammed me hard against the wall, holding my neck with one arm. I tried to loosen the hold, but he was too strong. My lungs were screaming for oxygen.

I remembered his broken arm, which he held close to his body. I grabbed his broken hand and twisted it as hard as possible. Devin screamed in pain and released his hand from my throat. I collapsed to the ground and gasped for air.

"YOU FILTHY BITCH!" I saw Devin's eyes glow bright red, and once again, a fire built up in his throat and fired a fireball that I barely managed to avoid. I could feel the air getting thinner; his fire magic was burning up the oxygen. I could see that this affected Devin; I kept seeing him taking short breaths.