TBATE-ONESHOTS

A Dragon Princess 12

Tessia hung her head low, and let out a long, frustrated sigh, "What are the fucking odds." She stood straight, stepped away from the wall, turned to face Arthur, and crossed her arms. "First, I had to deal with your jealous ass girlfriend. Now, I have to deal with you."

Arthur raised a brow and tilted his head slightly. "I wasn't aware I was in a relationship." 

Tessia hid her surprise, keeping an irritated expression. "Someone should tell Caera that."

"And I take it that is whom you're running from," Arthur said, taking a step toward Tessia.

Tessia stared back into Arthur's cold azure gaze, taking a step back. "Not running. A tactical retreat."

"Running." Arthur corrected sternly. His eyes narrowed, "Like you're thinking about doing now."

Tessia raised a brow, "Tactical retreat."

Tessia turned and was about to run through the opening to get away. However, her eyes widened a second later, and she stepped back as a wall of ice suddenly blocked her exit. Tessia mentally cursed, seeing she was now closed in, and the only way out was past Arthur. Tessia looked down, seeing a path of ice, and followed it, seeing it lead to Arthur's left foot. When she looked up, she met his stern gaze.

"More like a failed tactical retreat," Arthur said, his voice firm and strict. He crossed his arms. "You want to run, go ahead." He pointed his thumb over his shoulder, "The exit is that way. All you have to do is get past me."

Tessia turned to fully face Arthur, showing confidence, despite feeling unsure. She raised her chin and smirked, "You make that sound like it's a challenge." 

Arthur's face remained cold and stern as he continued to stare at her, crossing his arms. He remained motionless as he stood there, almost like a statue. 

Tessia narrowed her eyes, contemplated her next move, and looked around the area. She noticed they were in a straight away, and there were no booby traps in sight. It was just him and her. Thinking back, she had barely seen him fight before. He had only sparred once, and that was against Lucas, which didn't last long. So, for all she knew, he could be a lousy fighter. But she highly doubted that. 

Tessia let out a huff, "Fuck it."

Tessia thrust her hands forward, summoning a wave of vines around her that shot straight at Arthur.

Arthur didn't flinch as the vines closed in on him, and suddenly, a cyclone of fire appeared around him. 

The fire exploded, and Tessia quickly surrounded herself in a wind barrier as the fire engulfed the area around her. She winced as the heat from the flames was intense. A moment later, the fire died down, revealing all of her vines had been burned away, and the walls were singed. 

"You can do better than that," Arthur said flatly. 

Tessia gritted her teeth and raised her arms. The wind barrier around her broke apart, forming several spears of wind. She thrust her hands forward, shooting the wind spears at Arthur.

Arthur once again didn't move as the wind spears closed in on him. An ice barrier quickly formed around him, blocking each and every wind spear, which chipped away some, but very little, of the ice. Suddenly, the ice barrier broke apart into dozens of icy shards, which went flying at Tessia. 

Tessia quickly raised her hand, blocking the ice shards, and grunting as they intently pelted her windshield. Once the last ice shard hit her shield, she lowered her hand, canceling her wind spell.

"Come on, Elven Princess," Arthur said, standing firm. "Do something."

Tessia cocked her hand back, surrounding her fist in wind magic.