Eclipse of the Moon

Chapter Eleven

He laughed, "That was pathetic, but with a little practice you might learn how to intimidate one's opponent, and not make them cry of laughter." Hydrax grumbled to himself and wheeled around to see the huge dragon before him, he rolled his eyes. "Uh huh."

Jade stepped back with her eyes narrowed, preparing to strike as Cielast grabbed her arm, concerned. "Don't..." she slowly whispered, flaring her wings.

Azure stepped forward a bit, "Maybe you could work on that attitude too," he growled, his cold breath running down Hydrax's spine. "Anyways," he continued. "I'm not here to waste time with some measly dragon like you," he looked at Jade and Cielast in disgust.

Hydrax leaped to the wall of the cave with a hiss as Cielast narrowed her eyes as well, peering over towards Jade who she swore would try to tackle Azure if she had the chance. "Will you just die already?" Jade snapped up at him.

"I'd refrain from saying that," he snarled, and swayed his icy tail from side to side. Hydrax stared up at him fearfully, with his wings bent downwards as he whimpered. Azure's talons extended as he launched himself at Cielast without hesitation whilst he roared.

She slid to the side to avoid his attack, her eyes darting left and right to find a place to hide. Jade stood as she watched her attempt to escape Azure's grasp, and Cielast swore she could see a grin stretch across her face... But it couldn't be, they were friends, weren't they?

"Ooh, this is just like the time I killed your mother." He said, taunting her as he prepared to leap at her again. Memories soon started to flood her thoughts again, as she gritted her fangs in anger.

His eyes sparked up with entertainment, as hers now glittered with tears as she sniffled. "Now, you managed to get away as a hatchling but now you will go back to my prison. Perhaps you can give as much entertainment as your mother did... Before I killed her, but to be fair, she did get boring and tried to escape, so that's that." He taunted, his words were like daggers slicing through her scales as her breath became heavy.

Jade didn't do anything to help her, she just stood in the middle of the cave and watched the chase with a smirk drawn across the side of her face. Cielast was surprised by this, and continued to whirl around Azure as quickly as possible, his talons approaching her slowly but surely.

"Your miserable attempts to escape my grasp will surely backfire," he remarked, as his talons slid around her neck with ease. She howled in disappointment and tried to wriggle out of his grasp. "I'm sure hoping you'll be of good entertainment in my arena," he snorted, as his tail uncoiled and grappled around Jade.

She snapped to attention and realized what was going on with a snarl, joining in Cielast's struggle. She opened her mouth to breathe a plume of flames, but it was snapped shut soon afterwards. "Haven't you caused me enough pain?" Cielast roared up at Azure who then pinned her to the ground with her wings bent in uncomfortable positions behind her back.

He remembered that exact line being spat by Pyra and a grin stretched across his face slyly. "That was one of the lines your mother told me before I left her to die," he remarked, clearly enjoying Cielast's ride of emotions that rushed through her like a hurricane.

She roared up at him with her snout closed, struggling to say something. "You... You monster!" she shouted up at him, her voice being muffled by the stone. "Oh stop it with the compliments, I only disposed an annoyance, besides, I enjoyed her screaming as she died." He taunted her, as she tried her best to wheel around to stab him.

He then slammed Jade into the wall with his tail, as she fell limp and tumbled to the ground with a thud, her eyes slowly shutting. He then turned back towards Cielast and looked her in the eyes deeply, his bright blue eyes sparkling excitedly.