OC In throne of glass

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Neon lunged but banked back as Erawan send a gust of dark wind his way but the Lycan warrior swiftly parried it with a shield of ice.He manoeuvred next to Erawan faster than even he could react and swung for his throat but the dark king was able to duck just in time, narrowly avoiding decapitation.Neon slammed his blade down only for Erawan to barrel roll away and bolt up to his feet, leaping to the side to avoid a fireball."You're good" Erawan complimented with actual sincerity in his voice "but there's something about you Neon Riding that just seems so familiar" Neon ignored him and dashed forward at a break-neck speed and slashed at his chest, Erawan managing to get out of the way to avoid fatal damage but a deep cut still had black blood oozing down to his abdomen "so fast, you truly are the perfect soldier aren't you Neon?" Again, Neon didn't answer and swung at him again but colliding with nothing as the Valg king backflipped and suddenly appeared behind him at a speed that surprised even the Lycan but he was able to dodge to the side to avoid his body being split in half.

If Aelin still had her pyro abilities then she would have been able to melt the ice but as of now, breaking through the barrier that Neon had conjured was proving to be impossible and everyone else that watched the ultimate  display of violence seemed to agree as they too had no luck freeing themselves of the restraints Neon had held them in.It was a wonder how Neon could focus enough to hold his magic and still manage to fight Erawan, let alone actually wound him.

Neon flipped away from a blast of darkness and barrel rolled forward underneath another and swept Erawan of his feet, he got on top of him to try and remove his head but was immediately blasted by by a surge of blackness. Neon landed on his back as Erawan leapt at him but the Lycan was quick and sent a light of healing careening into the monster who fell next to him, screeching in pain.Neon slammed his blade down but Erawan managed to roll away only sustaining a cut on his cheek, the two sprang to their feet and Neon sent a ray of fire at the Valg who responded with his own emission of darkness and the two magical substances collided, fighting for dominance just as Neon and Erawan were, the fury in both eyes enough to melt the heavens.

Lorcan was growling and roaring, still in his tiger form, doing everything and then some to destroy this wall of ice that was preventing him from going to the boy, he had never felt such urgency in his life, not when the ilken had swept down upon him and Elide, not when the collared Fae had attacked the court of Terrassen, not when they were trying to outrun that flood in Anielle. Seeing the boy who had been through so much under the service of the same monster he once fought for, his tanned skin and night-black hair and youth, he could have easily been his child and the sight of the king of darkness trying to consume him unlocked some sort of instinct he never really knew he had.

"DORIAN,YRENE,HELP HIM!" Elide called out at the other two who were still being pinned by non burning fire but she knew it was no use, she looked towards Aelin,Lorcan and Fenrys who were getting no closer to breaking the ice, Rowan who was trying to be to suck the air out of his fire but somehow failing to produce any results and Miranda who was roaring at the top of her lungs.Erawan sighed as he began to taunt the Lycan for psychological advantage while his darkness pushed against the fair that threatened to reduce him to ashes."I know about Chris, Neon, you think about him so much, it's his memory that gives you life, well if you yield now then I promise to quickly and painlessly send you to him" .
"YOU BASTARD" Neon bellowed, his rage further fuelling  the fire, proving  Erawan's offer to be counter-productive.
"DONT YOU EVER TALK ABOUT HIM,YOUR DEATH WILL MAKE HIS LOOK LIKE A GENTLE PASSING!"

Erawan cackled as he looked for ways to get inside his head in the way he wanted."You know it was your fault Neon, deep down, you know that he died protecting you and he suffered for you incompetence at the hands of Maeve, a Valg queen, do you know what someone of her calibre is capable of Neon? She was looking for you that night, YOU should of been the one to die while Chris got away with his life, you know you deserve all the pain so why don't you just give in to it?"  Maeve was now standing in the middle just behind the point of collision of power and was cackling like the demon she was.

Even you break Neon Riding.

Neon's eyes widened at where Erawan had just gone, he was right, Neon blamed himself for it, every single rutting night, he lay awake and berated himself for not being faster, not being better, if he hadn't been so pathetic then maybe, just maybe Chris would have still been alive and if he just stopped, if he decided to just let Erawan finish him off then maybe he would see all his loved ones again and just beg for their forgiveness for failing all of them.

For being worthless.

Aelin's eyes widened in horror as she beheld the hopelessness and pain in the boy's eyes and Erawan's ink-black ray edging ever so closer, gradually pushing back the flames, the Lycan had conjured.She couldn't just stand there and watch this happen, she couldn't save her parents, she couldn't save Sam, she couldn't save Nehemia but she would do whatever it was she had to, to save Neon because he was the best of all of them even if he didn't see it.He deserved better.

He was just a boy.

It may have been a fire that took his world but it would be a fire that healed it.

"Neon, don't listen to him, he knows nothing of what happened, it wasn't your fault, none of it was, Maeve did this, it was her and her alone and Chris refused to break because he valued you more than himself, he would of rather died then let that bitch get anywhere near you so if you want to honor his sacrifice then don't give up!"

Neon looked towards Aelin and a spark started to emerge in his deep brown eyes."I know what it's like Neon, I lost Sam, I loved him so much and he didn't want me near the danger so he refused to tell them a word, I should have been faster but you can't blame yourself, not for these bastards." And with his   Vigor renewed, the Lycan growled a roar that echoed throughout all space and time and all of hell strayed erupting from his powerful body, Erawan knew he didn't stand a chance so he immediately formed a dark shield but the combustion didn't just extend to the tower, the flames were all pouring out into the battlefield, atomising the Valg, their morale plummeting to new lows.When Erawan realised what was happening he send a command through his bond to the demons roaring at them to retreat as he began to manoeuvre out of the tower, his shield gradually weakening the further away he got.

At some point the king ended up jumping off the tower since he couldn't get through the ice barrier and shifted into a bird, flying away with his minions like the cowards they all were. Erawan was now gone and the battlefield was starting to clear up and the magical cages ended up disappearing as Neon collapsed to the ground, he was as naked as the day he had been born because all that fire had disintegrated his clothes.

Down below and high in the air, the forces and allies of Terrassen were cheering their victory letting the world hear of  their ruination of the Valg attempts while everyone who had witness the fight between Neon and Erawan had rushed over to him.Lorcan shifted back into his fae form and pulled the boy onto his lap as Miranda and Yrene had immediately began their work, Rowan helping wherever he could and Elide limping off somewhere to find blankets. Fenrys just stood there swearing as Aelin knelt down next to the semi-conscious Lycan  and placed a hand on his bare chest just to feel his vague but present heartbeat.

Lorcan had deep concern in his eyes has he placed his massive hand atop of his head, making sure to be gentle with his Lycan ears."This child fought the king of all Valg and drove him away and is somehow still breathing." Yrene murmured in an awestruck voice."I would say thank the gods but there are no gods left to thank." Aelin smiled as she looked at the hand she had on Neon's chest."He's fought and endured much more than any seventeen year old should and he never needed the help of any god to bring him through it, he's a miracle in his own right, the strongest".

"We'll keep him safe, make sure he doesn't get into anymore trouble" Lorcan stated, more of a command than a request and everyone nodded their agreement.