Eclipse of the Moon

Chapter Four

"Thank you," Cielast smiled with a nod, and put the scroll to the side. "No need to thank me, I promised your mother to give this to you if she couldn't." Paintra grinned back at her, and threw another scroll she was holding into the pile. "Now, I think I should get going." Cielast stretched out her wings and glanced towards the entrance hopefully.

"Have a nice journey and watch out, Waves and Azure are probably already sending guards to search you everywhere as I know them." Paintra warned, and waved as Cielast exited the cave, walking back to the path she was on previously. In the midst, there was a castle standing tall, made of stone brick.

Her gaze turned back towards the forest on her side, and through the thick green leaves she could see a swift flash of blue scales skid past. The cave behind her was empty now, a breeze whisking by the entrance. Her tail slowly curled as she glanced back at the castle, taking a deep breath.

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The castle looked so big up close, she gulped and stared down at her talons nervously. Curiosity was tugging on her wing, inviting her to investigate the castle further, but she couldn't just break in... there had to be someone somewhere...

Her mind was filled with thoughts as she paced the ground in front of the castle, tapping her talons against the wall with a restless grumble. I wonder if they'll let me in through the entrance... she wondered thoughtfully.

Just then, there was a streak of orange scales that flickered across her vision as she narrowed her eyes. Talons extending, she swiftly turned towards where the figure had gone, but there wasn't a trace.

"I'm hallucinating again..." she sighed to herself, and began to pace in front of the wall once again. Her eyes narrowed as the streaks of orange kept passing by, getting closer each time.

A twig broke swiftly as she finally wheeled around to face her opponent but it was too late... Huge grey talons grappled around her neck and brought her barreling down to the ground.

Cielast gasped but quickly it was cut off by the talons as she struggled, looking up to see the one that had hold of her neck. Her vision was blurry as she squinted, ducking her head repeatedly.

Up above her was a stern-looking scarlet adult dragon who had his talons firmly squeezing her throat, as his coal black eyes narrowed down at her. She gasped once again, spreading her wings as a distraction to no avail.

The red figure began to get up onto his talons and drag her across the thick green grass, all she could see was the long, green stalks of grass sprout up from the ground rapidly.

Before she knew it, the ground below her was stone, as her vision dimmed and the sunlight crept away from her. Writhing around in the adult dragon's grasp, she peered around the area around her, struggling to see where she was.

He dragged her deeper into the black abyss with a snarl, his talons clanking loudly against the cold, stone floors. Squinting to see where she was, Cielast struggled through the unseen hallway with a grunt.

What is he doing...? She questioned herself, as the dragon loosened his grip on her neck, dropping her to the ground with chains rattling softly in the distance. He then tilted his head and stepped forward, facing back towards her way. "Who are you?" his voice was quick and snappy, and very frightening.

"C-Cielast." She muttered and was confused, backing up against a stone pillar nervously. The dragon took this into consideration and tapped his talon on his chin, she couldn't exactly identify who he was because his face was coated by the darkness. "Hmm... Interesting, why are you here?" the figure's voice was now softer, but it still had a hint of anger in it.