Dragon Haven Book 1

Chapter 23

Zac's POV

Attak dragged me to the market place and shoved me into the street, "Right. You draw him out and I'll ambush him." He explained ducking into an alley.

"H-hey why am I the bait?" I protested but he ignored me shuffling his cards. "Great.... I don't even know what I'm looking for..." I mumbled and looked around the empty street. A heavy and mysterious fog settled over the street and it began to rain. I held out my hand a fire lit parting the fog a small bit. From the fog emerged a figure, he stood down the street looking at me. "That must be him..." I whispered under my breath and he nodded in response.

"Very observant Dragon Wizard... Know this, I am Mammon..."

"Mammon...? Like one of the seven demon princes?" I asked tensing up, he had a threating aura, I couldn't make out his appearance through the fog but he was clearly staring at me.

"Yes... While I have taken this name it is not mine... Avarice..." He said and my fire was snuffed out.

"H-hey! Fire make lantern." I said and nothing happened. "Lantern!" I said again and nothing happened. The figure raised his hand and fire blazed from it.

"Wrath..." He said and pointed at me and the fire shot up into the air and rained down.

"H-hey what is this?" I shouted dodging the fire and raised my hand, "Fire make shield!" A dome of fire raised around me and it blocked the raining flames.

"This is the power of the Seven Deadly Sins... Avarice, Wrath, Lust, Gluttony, Sloth, Envy, and Pride are all under my control, and you shall fall to them." He proclaimed and raised his arm. With a wave of it the fog cleared in a perfect circle revealing him. His face was hidden behind a Plague Doctor's mask and he wore a tribal outfit similar to Attak's.

"Watch the cards dance... Dance of Ice!" Attak shouted and the cards surrounded Mammon and glowed with a blue aura.

"Attak... Wrath." Mammon said and with a wave of his hand the cards burst into flames and vanished.

"So it is you..." Attak said emerging from the fog and Mammon nodded. "It has finally come to this."

Chapter 23: Seven in One.

"Uh what's going on here exactly...?" I asked and they shot me a glance.

"It is a long and old story your ears do not need to hear... Trust me, it is for the best..." Mammon said and Attak nodded in agreement. "Know this, we may have been allies in the past but now we are enemies and I shall not hold back. Wrath." He waved his hands and fire formed a ring around us.

"Zac listen well! His spell Avarice steals your magic from you and Wrath sends it back!" Attak explained and his cards spiraled around him and he held out a hand, "Dance of Lightning!" He shouted and his cards flew into the sky glowing yellow and thunder struck the ground.

"Avarice..." Mammon responded and the lightning and fire vanished.

"Don't forget me. Fire make Ember!" I shouted and fire sparked to life in my hands again and blazed towards Mammon.

"Gluttony..." He said and with a wave his hand the fires hit him and did not react.

"W-what did that do?" I glanced at Attak who was shuffling his cards.

"Gluttony causes him to absorb magic for a brief period of time..."

"Like a dragon slayer...?"

"In a sense yes..." Attak shuffled his cards and they formed a circle around Mammon. "Dance of Earth!" The cards crashed into the ground causing the paved street to raise shooting me and Mammon into the air. "Now!" He exclaimed and I nodded.