The Pheonix Dimension

Chapter 20: First taste of war

Aphmau's P.O.V.

We decide to go after Lexy trying to catch up to her. Katelyn is directing us from Aarons arms as her leg is broken. Lex you are so dumb! Why did you ran away like that?You should've waited for us! After a few more turns and detours, Katelyn starts talking.

"If we go straight, we're gonna enter in the middle of the battle! Are you ready?"

We all nodded, not being able to say a single word. We are scared for our safety. But we are ready to help Lexy and her friends. Because they have all suffered enough. We run a few more meters, than reach the camp, who's all destroyed. A girl with pink hair, with a weird machine body is in the middle of it, fighting some knight-like dark figures. 

"Decibelle!" Aaron and Katelyn yell in the same time. The girl turns her head to face us with a confused look. The thing that she is fighting, profits of the distraction and hits her in her side. She flies across the camp and lends at our feet. 

Aaron and Katelyn jump to her aid. It looks like she passed out, however I didn't get a good view, as the shadow attacked us as soon as he saw that the girl was down. I guess he finds her more of a treat than us. And I guess he's right after Aaron's explanation. But that won't stop us from holding him back. I jump into the fight, followed closely by Travis and Vylad. There are five shadow creatures, so we're outnumbered. I start fighting one of them, and it quickly defeats me, making me fall to the ground. The boys aren't doing well either. Vylad is jumping around, trying as hard as he can not to get hit by the shadow's attacks, while Travis is pinned to a tree, doing his best to push away the creature. Next to me, Aaron is fighting two of the things, protecting Decibelle and Katelyn, whose hand glows white above her friends head, probably doing a healing spell. Wait... From when does Katelyn know magics? 

"Aphmau! Watch out!" someone yells, reminding me I'm the middle of a battle. I dodge at the last second a blow that could've been fatal. I jump on my feet and try to hit the shadow, but it quickly doges and pushes me from the back. I turn around and remember the months of training that I had with Aaron. I start to concentrate, and, slowly, I feel the angel wings growing from my back. I dodge another of the hits, than hit the creature in its side, making it make a very disturbing sound. As it happens, I see that the angelic sword materialized into my arms, burning the shadow's side. I scream in success, but I guess I do it to soon, as the creature pulls out the sword, than snatches it from me, and throws it somewhere in the forest, making it impossible for me to reach it. I search for my diamond sword, but quickly realize that I dropped it when I got the other sword. In panic, I yell, not knowing what to do, knowing that the next hit will come soon. I close my eyes tight, hoping that it wont hurt to much, but after a few seconds, I realize that the blow isn't coming. I slowly open my eyes and observe that the creature is no longer in front of me. In fact, everything disappeared. No more Aaron or Katelyn or shadows or camp. Or ground. I look down and see in awe that I am floating 30 feet above ground. I scream and distract everyone from what they are doing. My friends and the shadows are all looking at me, ones with shocked faces, the others with a look of horror taped onto their faces. The shadows don't have any expression but they look a little surprised too. After calming myself down, I decide to fly away, to try and find one of Lexy's friends, or maybe even her, but a shadow quickly appeared in her face, blocking the way.

"THEY CAN FLY?!" Travis yells, looking at the shadow fascinated, yet scared. "THAT'S SO COOL!"

"What's that supposed to mean?!" I yell back at him. 

The shadow starts coming towards me, and I try to fly away, but I end up 10 feet higher, then, as I try to go back down I start shaking fanatically in every direction possible.