Take Me Down

22

"What?" Avery stuttered, unable to coherently speak.

I was just as shocked as she was. I couldn't believe it, and I wouldn't.

"When does this happen?" I question and Hermia shook her head.

"I can't tell you." She said and I shook my head.

"If you really were our grandmother, you would tell us." I said, and she sighed. She simply raised her hand and pointed to the other carvings. I went over to them quickly, seeing a carving of me looking at this exact carving. I watched as the carvings on the wall shifted slightly as I moved.

"What is happening?" I questioned and looked back at Hermia.

"The future is shifting." She said and I looked at the charred carving, hoping it would change. Everything around it shifted and then, the same form reappeared.

I growled and grabbed a hold of one of the blue candles, throwing it directly at the wooden carving. It lit up in a ball of smoke and then de-lit, going back to its charred state.

I growled in frustration, throwing another candle at the wall. I punched the wall, cracking it. Aaron came into the room quickly, seeing my distress. He was followed by Cornelius and everyone else as they took in the carvings on the wall.

"We found out how to activate Andrea's powers," Aaron said and my face turned to stone. I bottled up my emotions and put them away in my brain.

"We need to leave." I said and pushed past Aaron. I ran down the stairs and Aaron caught up to me, grabbing my arm.

"What is going on?" He questioned and I shook my head, tears filling my eyes. My emotions were pushing back to the front of my brain.

"I think I'm going to kill Avery," I said, and Cornelius hissed.

"What do you mean?" Cornelius questioned, looking at Avery.

"The future has been predicted, and it won't change no matter what we do. One of us kills the other." Avery said, pointing back to the room.

"We can fight it," I said and she shook her head, pushing me back.

"Avery, we can do it. We just need to-" I was saying when she pushed me back again.

"No! We need to stay away from each other!" She said, and I shook my head.

"Avery, we can't just run from it!" I said, and she shook her head.

"Well unlike you, I don't want to die, so we are leaving." She said, grabbing hold of Cornelius' hand. I followed after them, yelling as Cornelius flew away with her. I ran after them and Aaron grabbed hold of me as I struggled to get after them.

"Stop." He said and I tried getting out from his grip. I was mid shift in his arms, my bones cracking and snapping around as I fought my insides.

"Nooo, Avery!!!" I screamed and got free. I fully shifted into a dragon and flew off after them, right out of the dragon village.

I flew fast, trying to catch them when I saw a helicopter smash into Cornelius and Avery was thrown into the air.

I roared and dove after her, catching her in my claws.

I put her on the ground and watched as a rally of men came after her on the ground as I landed. I stood over her, guarding her body.

The men rushed me and I threw them to the sides, hearing their bones snap as they hit the trees. The others joined ran out of the dragon village to join us, including Andrea.

Aaron came over to me, pulling the earth from underneath the men around me. They screamed and fell below, the earth swallowing them whole. Aaron swept the earth back over them, trapping them underground.