APOLLOS' POV.
Pandora growls, and I let my arm fall limp.
The man shakes me, causing my armor to begin to slip.
I stare at the man, bkank faced.
He growls, "Why does it speak?"
I shrug, "She always has."
More shaking.
I hang loosely, like a leaf in the wind.
The man growls, face red, "Why does it speak?!?"
I summon the Owl, and fly away.
He leaps to grab me, but fails.
I ask, "Do your dragons talk?"
They shake thier heads.
I shrug, and perch on Pandora's horns.
A big man rushes over.
Great.
I turn into a Mischief dragon, and stand beside Pandora.
The new man strides to the man who'd shook me.
He asks, "What is going on?"
The first man growls, pointing at Pandora, "It speaks!"
Pandora warbles, playing along.
Then, she asks, "Sorry to cause trouble, but why is my rider a vigilantee magnet?"
The man who had shook me takes off, along with everyone else.
The remianing man whispers, "Many believe you are...."
RIIIINNNGGGG! RIIINNGGGG! RIINNNGGGG!
The man asks, "You have a sword? Shield? Dragon armor?"
I nod, and turn human. I run, and leap onto Pandora.
Pandora is covered in armor suddenly, and my Shadow leap out in battle armor.
The man smiles, "Son of Chrill?"
I nod, "Apollo."
He smiles, and whispers, "It's time for battle. We have been summoned."
I nod, and Pandora and I take to the sky.
It's black with smoke, and smells like burnt meat.
Oh no.
I bring out my sword and shield.
I notice a fire to the north, and a figure tolling a bell.
Too late to turn back now.
I salute the man with the bell with my sword, and slam my helmet on.
I sit deep in the saddle, and we dive straight down.
The other soldiers are here too, but don't have dragons.
Huh?
The general, the man who saved me, is the only other with a dragon.
I see Echo and my parents approaching on horses, no dragons in sight.
The general commands me, "Find the heart of the enemy side. Then, use all your powers to distroy it. Call your Shadows in before you go."
I call them in, and we take off across enemy lines.
The smell of smoke makes me gag.
I try to hold myself together, readying an Element whip.
The heart is in sight, but I feel a strange resistance on my whip.
I flick it, right into the heart.
The sound of a huge whip cracking is all that can be heard.
People curse, and my whip cracks.
Pandora fires a few balls of Ice and Fire.
The enemies seem to be terrified, but it doesn't stop one more whip crack, into the air.
They retreat, and I fly back.
The memory of how easy that was scares me.
I fly back, and suddenly the sound of a bola hits my ears.
Pandora can't dodge in time, and she falls to the ground.
I use my sword to cut her loose, and we fly off.
Suddenly, she turns tattoo.
I yelp, and turn into an owl.
Then, I land on the Generals shoulder.
He seems confused by my presence.
He asks, gently, "Who sent you, little owl?"
I reply, "No one, my dragon was forced to a tattoo by an unknown source. This was my first form I could think of to save myself"
He nods, and we fly back to camp.n
I ask, "Why did she disappear?"
The general sighs, and replies, "A mage found you. It's why many of us hide our dragons, or ground fight. I see sneding you across was dumb. You'll be ground fighting next time."
I nod, and I preen my feathers.
YOU ARE READING
Unexpected Heroes
Fantasy"What are you doing climbing up to the heirs room?" Apollo is the crown prince of a kingdom named Arsalon. Arsalon has it's upsides , but mostly down sides. Raids are all anyone thinks about. Arsalon is the laughing stock of kingdoms on the penin...
