Eclipse of the Moon

Chapter Fourteen

Cielast blinked up at the ceiling, her muscles were sore and felt like a group of eels were gnawing on her bones. She grunted, as her tired wings spread weakly onto the cell floor. She hardly remembered anything, all she knew was that she needed to rest.

With a yawn, she slowly crumpled into a little ball and rolled onto her side. She was back in the lonely, gray cell. The walls were as dull as ever, the old cell she was used to. She was beginning to be paranoid, as this crowded little room was feeling almost as if it was her home.

Her eyes widened, as she rolled over restlessly to be greeted by the bars of the door ahead. Grumbling, Cielast slowly put her head up, she felt dizzy. Her vision was groggy and she could see a faint figure of a blue dragon.

"You did a fantastic job out there," he congratulated, clapping his talons together in delight. His horrid, creaky voice took a moment to echo through her mind, before fully registering what he had said. She frowned and shook her head, the past was all coming back to her and all she could hear were screams ringing through her mind like a bell.

They both were quite surprised at what she had done. Cielast gulped, swaying her tail to the side. She wasn't a murderous monster... She just did that for her mother, she wouldn't have otherwise... or would she?

Killing other dragons was against what she believed, she'd never ever be able to kill a dragon without rhyme or reason... Or could she?

The questions scrambled around her mind as she swallowed hard, glancing up at the huge tyrant that stood before her. He yawned, and glared sharply into her eyes. They were like huge whirlpools leading down to the empty abyss of his soul. Then, out of the corners of his mouth, a sly, toothy grin awoke.

She knew exactly what he was planning, the look in his eyes gave it away. His glare slowly faded into a fake friendly stare, whilst he raised his brow.

"Oh, what would your mother say if she saw you like this?" No matter, this is only the first battle of many to come in the future. So, you better get used to killing." He gave her a look almost as if he saw her as a precious jewel, but thought of her worth much less than that.

To him, she was just a source of endless entertainment. A bug to his eye, but also amusement in flesh and bones. He always made sure that she knew she was his prisoner, and she'd be kept that way until the end of time.

He was such a cruel, cruel dragon with no place here in Gholis. Cielast wanted him away, banished, along with all his other little minions. He had taken everything away from her, Pyra, Flarius, Jade... She was just about to get comfortable in a fresh new life in Flarius' kingdom, and forget about her past but that wasn't possible... He had to ruin every last bit of her freedom.

Surely, he'd pay for this... He'd pay for all of this one day.

Azure leaned closer to the bars, his talons holding onto them tightly as the faint sight of icy bits glued themselves onto the bars. They stood in a moment of silence, their eyes fixed on each other. "But for now I shall grant you rest," he informed. "Until then." He gestured his talons towards her and whirled around to meet the entrance, walking away silently.

She then crippled to the ground, her tail coiled around herself. The dry blood glistened on her talons brightly, as she frowned with a sigh. She'd killed another of her kin... She was like Pyra now, a murderer who meant well but couldn't serve it.

A single, crystalized tear shed from her eye, as she draped her wings over herself. Cielast sobbed silently, remembering Jade's screams as she tried to escape the lava, but it took her as prisoner and dragged her right back down. It made her wonder, what would have happened if Jade would have won? She'd probably be kept as prisoner again, though... Just like Cielast.