Eclipse of the Moon

Chapter Nineteen

Cielast gulped, she had no idea what to do anymore. Her eyes darted left to right, Suntrap's tail had blocked the entrance. Thump, thump, thump. Her heart hammered against her ribs, making her feel weak. This was it. She had ruined everything.

Suntrap appeared to be a monster now, his razor fangs poking out through his jaw. He roared loudly, and spread his large wings, causing boulders to crash all around them. He roared mightily, and crashed through the rocks, his tail snaking behind him.

"Thank you, Cielast, without you, I wouldn't be able to take my revenge on this horrid world." He cackled bitterly, and flew out into the world, darkness trailing behind him.

"No, no, no!" she yelped softly, not caring about the flying debris that seemed to fall around her like a cell. She closed her eyes with a sigh, sobbing quietly. This couldn't be happening, she didn't mess up that badly...

The Deathseeker would never be found now, it was all gone. Everything that was important had vanished, and it would never be back to the way it was. She lost her final chance...

Her emerald eyes blazed, as she got to her talons with her eyes narrowed. If she was going to give up now, Suntrap would kill every dragon alive, not stopping until every living creature was dead. Not until he destroyed everything in his path.

Her eyes darted around the surrounding area, as she began to climb out of the rocky bars around her. She sat on the ledge, her tail coiling around one of them. She was their only help... She had to find Moongrace.

"What have I done...?" she muttered to herself, as the sound of a scurrying dragon echoed from behind her. She peered backwards, her eyes glistening with tears.

A rather scrawny greenish dragon came barrelling out from behind a wall, sitting upwards. He stepped out of the yawning cave entrance, and hurried towards her with his large orange eyes staring up at her.

"Looks like you freed the wrong dragon." He sneered, blinking at her, his eyes adjusting to the light.

"I know." She snapped back at him, throwing a pebble at his snout angrily. She sighed and twitched, slouching her back down.

He swiftly slid out of the way, and climbed up one of the rock pillars to sit beside her. His tail swirled into a spiral, tilting his head to get a better glimpse at her. "I've been hiding with Suntrap for as long as he'd been trapped, bringing him food as he pleased. His pendant wore out, he can't make any magic now, and he spent the last of it on reading minds of those he can sense. He felt your presence, seeing as you were afraid and took advantage of it, I know him all too well. You seemed gullible enough to take advantage of, and didn't have much knowledge of him. You were desperate too, and he knew you would be strong enough to break the chains. I'm too weak, and I know of nobody that would free a helpless dragon from under a mountain. They'd all know it was him."

"Are you saying I'm stupid?" Cielast asked coldly, her eyes narrowing as she prepared to strike at him. He shook his head in panic, and backed away.

"No, no, of course not." He laughed nervously, then frowned. "The only thing that can stop him is Moongrace, but she's in the mirror... He tried to keep it hidden from anyone, as it is a magic portal to teleport to the mirror world. It was also to guard his magic, keeping it in an item so he wouldn't use all of it up. You could create whatever object you wish with it, it was quite powerful. A large dragon took it from him, and kept it as a treasure, unsure of what powers it held."

She stared directly into the dragon's eyes, letting her newly discovered information sink into her mind. So that was what the mirror was for? Another dimension to trap the victims that he couldn't kill inside of... She began to think that he was just a coward, hiding behind magic.