My Memory

Chapter 11

"So Z, do you know why this guy kidnapped you?" Lucy asked.

I was laying on the bed looking up at the celling of my cell. Everybody else had fallen asleep from exhaustion. 'I guess they used too much magic.' Lucy was trying really hard to stay awake.

"He said he wants me to destroy the magic council," I said bluntly I was also trying really hard to stay awake. My actions earlier had used a lot of my magic. But then again, the pain in my arm could've kept me awake for ages.

"Could you?" She mumbled.

"I don't know, but I can't recreate the same roar as I did before. When I do it's not nearly as strong," I answered.

I waited for a reply but got none. She must have drifted off to sleep.

So I turned over and shut my eyes letting the waves of sleep cover me once again.

'Mummy, what is that?" I asked.

'That is a dragon, sweetie, and she is here to see you.' the woman answered.

"We finally found you guys! Come on! We need to get you out of here!" Warren's voice pierced through my sleep, and I shot into a sitting position. They found us! We might be able to get out!

"How did you find us?" Wendy asked.

"I kept an ear out for your minds, then I followed them. It doesn't matter, though. What matters now is that we need to go! Everyone else is fighting those monsters!" He was frantic.

Warren unlocked the cells and the chain around my wrist then led us out onto the veranda; from there we could see all kinds of magic being used by the guild. It was surprisingly beautiful, in a sense. There were so many bright colours of magic.

"Go help the others! We can handle Korin ourselves!" Erza yelled to Warren.

"Ok! Be carful!" he replied before running off in the other direction.

Nobody needed to say anything. I lead the way to where he had invited me to dinner. We had to start somewhere, and it was the best place to see what was going on.

"That friend of yours has no idea how to hide his presence." Korin was several metres in front of us; his back to us, looking out onto what was becoming a battlefield.

I didn't care what he said anymore. My veins pulsed with anger at what he not only did to me but my friends too. I charged toward him, getting ready to punch him in the face, but he turned and stepped out of the way. Bringing my leg up to kick him in the stomach, he sent a snake at me, which started to strangle me. Damn, he was strong. The others started attacking too. There were various magic styles, and Korin kept dodging and shooting snakes at them. Soon we would all be suffocating.

I could feel the snake getting tighter around my neck. Black spots started to invade my vision and my breathing was becoming more and more laboured.

But still, even through all that, there was determination in my eyes, and courage in my bones. I wasn't going to lose.

'I am not going to be killed by you!'

A sudden pulse of strength overwhelmed me, and I managed to rip the snake away from my neck with my bear hands. With only a few seconds to catch my breath, I started to charge at Korin again, but this time, a blue light glowed around my hand. I swung my fist at amazing speed, and punched Korin straight in the middle of the face, making him break his concentration. The snakes disappeared.

It didn't take long for him to recover, but this time instead of snakes, he made monsters. Erza picked up her sword and sliced one of the monsters in half, but it just grew back. Great. But I was going to have to rely on them to take care of the monsters. As they focused on fighting the monsters I focused on fighting Korin.

"Why couldn't you just do what I asked?! Then none of this would have to happen!" He shot, moving his arms to point at the others fighting.

I didn't say anything, but my eyes screamed that I didn't care what he had to say.

"Honestly, why can't you be an obedient little girl?!" he grinned a grin that could make even Erza cringe.

I charged at him once again, sending boiling hot water spikes at him, before we engaged in hand to hand combat. I had the upper hand.

Or so I thought.

I moved to deliver my final blow, but before I could, Korin sent a massive black cloud at me. It slammed into my torso, making me fly and hit the wall.

Again, my right arm connected with the wall, but this time, my head also collided.