Eclipse of the Moon

Chapter Twenty One

She gasped, putting her talons to the wound hopelessly, her roars echoed through the cliffs, as the empty feeling in her chest made her feel weakened. The lights in her eyes flickered on and off until they slowly dimmed and became black.

Her roar slowly got quieter as she fell to her right, small glass shards spurting from her scales. Her scales began to crumble, as she landed on a tree. She slowly scampered up it as she crumbled. She slowly crippled around the tip of the tree, and whispered one last sentence, "I'm coming home to see you, no more pain. Mother... Father..." Her scales then shattered down the tree, falling between the leaves as they crumbled to the ground.

There was a moment of silence, as everyone sat back, their jaws hanging down as they stared onwards towards the broken puzzle pieces that crackled and started to sink into the ground faintly. The two arch nemesis that dreaded each other for so long had finally killed each other, it was finally over... Or so it seemed.

Astaroth slowly veered her gaze towards Cielast, seeing as her tail was coiled around herself. It all happened so quickly, it was all so sudden...

Hydrax slowly slithered to behind her, his jaw was still open in awe. The biggest legend ever was truly real, and they'd just witnessed his death...

Cielast stared blankly at the both of them, her wings cowering behind her. That was it, it was over. The two had fought their last fight and both had lost. Everything was okay now... Wasn't it?

Suddenly, the clanking of talons could be heard from a distance, as a triumphant cackle rang throughout their ears. Cielast froze in place, chills slowly creeping up her spine with fright.

"At least that moron was right about something." his voice sneered, as the talons approached them, and Astaroth went pale in the face. "Now... Explain... this, Astaroth, what are you doing?"

She stayed as still as a statue, all the emotions slowly draining from her body. Hydrax slowly sank behind Astaroth, being as careful as possible to sneak away from the situation.

Cielast recognized that voice anywhere, it was crisp and clear as if he was speaking right to her, similar to Suntrap's but much creepier. Her spine slowly scrunched up, as she muttered the one word under her breath... "Azure."

"Oh, you guessed? What a surprise." He exclaimed with high levels of sarcasm, rolling his eyes which appeared to match Waves'.

Astaroth sighed, and balanced her stare between the two of them, feeling Hydrax crawling up her spine. Azure tapped his talons against the floor impatiently, and grumbled to himself.

"Cielast, I'm going to end your miserable life here, as victory is most deliciously served when seasoned with irony, is it not?" he laughed, and fixed his dark, narrowed eyes on her.

"Did you really expect me to give up so easily? Even if you manage to kill me, which is highly unlikely... I'll always return to haunt your nightmares, I'm always here." he spat at her, his brow raised.

"I will end your life twice if you ever came after me. It's beyond this day is where your life will be non-existent." Cielast said boldly. "There is no escape to satisfy my fear! So we shall do this right now."

He snorted at her bravery, and took it with a grain of sand. His talons tapped together curiously, as he slowly leaned towards her. "Oh, just let us prolong this battle, I'm quite enjoying this here... But it's such a shame your mother isn't here to protect you this time, isn't it? Shame that she had to perish under my talons." he informed with a shrug, adding salt to her emotional wounds.

She quivered, as faded memories toyed with her mind, his soulless eyes appearing in every direction she turned to. Her eyes closed tightly, as she hissed at him. She tried her best to come up with a way to refuse, but his points countered every single one of hers.