The Dragon Prince

Castle Infiltration

Alyssa

I woke up in a cell with my head on Gloria's lap. "You're finally awake," Gloria sighed in relief.

"Ugh, I feel like I've been hit by a plane," I put my hand on my forehead as my head pounded.

"It's alright, you're back with me," Gloria said softly.

I opened my eyes, and everything felt like waking up from a daze. The room spun momentarily, and I started to feel quite nauseous, even though I had no idea when I had eaten. "It hurts," I hardly got my words out. "Everywhere,"

It was like every nerve in my body was twitching, making every move I made hurt. I felt the ground beneath me shake and heard explosions coming from outside. "What's going on, Gloria?"

"I don't know dear, but it sounds like fighting," Gloria said. Gloria then helped me sit up and placed my back on the wall. "What happened to you?"

"I fought a Behir, but Elijah called him Subject Zero. Apparently, they used to hunt dragons," I said. The room spun as I talked.

"The Behirs are the original practitioners of Dragon Communion, and they taught humans how to use its power before Dragonkind and the Fairies wiped them out. To think Elijah brought back a member of an extinct species, Goddess, Eijah, what have you done?"

Thinking about Subject Zero and how I knocked him out, I couldn't help but grin. "I won," I laughed.

"You what? Don't take it as an offense that I'm surprised. But well done," Gloria smiled.

"Thanks, but I'm wondering if I had just given in if that would have hurt less than right now," I said.

"Don't think like that, you're safe now, and that's what matters," Gloria said. Soon, the cell door opened, and Gloria stood up to meet who was visiting us.

"Get Alyssa up, Gloria, now!" Timothy said.

"She's too weak to stand! Leave her alone!" Gloria stood in his way.

"Then I guess I'll drag her out of here!" Tim approached Gloria.

"Don't you dare!" Gloria growled. "You've done enough to her already!"

"Trust me, crown dragon, we are just getting started. Get out of my way!" Timothy threatened.

"Got going to happen!" Gloria said.

Timothy sighed. "Have it your way then!" Timothy quickly knocked out Gloria by bashing her head on the wall.

"No, GLORIA!" I shouted, but my head pounded harder.

"And they call her the Crown Dragon? The Moon Goddess chose poorly; such a waste. Stubborn bitch," Tim laughed.

I wanted to fight back and defend Gloria, but my body didn't listen. Timothy grabbed my arm and pulled me up. My legs barely helped me up, so Tim had to put his arm around my waist to drag me out of the cell.

Alexandria

"Alex! Alexandria, where are you?" I heard Megan yell my name.

"Do you need to yell?" I laughed softly.

"Alex! Are you alright?" Megan helped me get up on my feet

"I've been better. Are you hurt?" I asked.

"I think I'm fine," Megan said, looking up through the crack we had fallen through. She didn't know how far we had fallen, but I didn't know how we had survived in the first place. "Can you move?"

"I can stand; at least that's something," I said. But as soon as I took a step, I roared in pain and fell to the ground. "My left leg, I think it's broken!"