One chance

The war has just begun

I rode the dragon into the sky plunging my sword into the air as my comrades and I ascended into the sky. A thousand demons lay before us. The fear in the air was sickening as we advanced letting out a weak war cry. The demons roared at us sending shivers down my spine as I clutched the reins to my dragon.

I can do this

I urged myself forward letting all fear I had before melt away. I had nothing to lose.. my cry became more powerful as my sword stopped shaking and held power behind it. The distance closed in as demons and humans collided into a mass of destruction. Fire was everywhere as our dragons fending off the weaker ones. I heard screams and cries as swords flew and claws slashed. I spotted a lone demon charging stinger, my dragon, toward it. I felt my sword plunge into the demon as he let out a ear splitting screech. He quickly retaliated slashing my face with his mighty powerful claws. I felt the skin tear on my face pouring out all that was inside me. The cool liquid spilled out across my face blocking my vision with a sickly red cover. Using my other eye I stabbed my sword into the demon's heart sending it plummeting from the sky into the murky depths below. Grinning in victory I turned to my fellow warriors to aid them in battle. Stinger dove through the air stacking demons as he went. He growled and I patted his side.

"It's ok stinger.. the battle's almost done..."

Of course the battle was far from done but my poor dragon was exhausted and trying his best not to fail me. Using my sword I slashed to the left of me thwarting the attack from the side. The demon helped and kicked out hitting me with his claws. They tore a hole in my jeans as another person threw a knife straight into his heart. He fell the life draining from his eyes as he died. Two demons suddenly dropped out of the sky onto Stinger ripping him apart and tearing his scales off. He growled but was prevented from using us fire in case he hit me. Taking a deep breath I let go of his rope telling him to slow down. He almost came to complete stop as I slowly stood up. The demon's claws were sinking into Stinger's flesh as he yowled in pain. I faced my sword toward them leaping at one stabbing it in the side. It let out a ferocious growl and lashed out striking my stomach. Blood soaked into my t-shirt and the wound quickly started to hurt like hell. I screamed and thrust the sword deep inside the demon. He writhed for a second before falling off the dragon to his death. The second demon yelled in fury and pounced at me forgetting all about stinger. I dodged to the side avoiding her sharp claws outstretched from me. I poked her in the side and she let about a growl as yellow blood poured out from the slim cut in her hard skin. With every step she took her claws sunk into Stinger holding on embedded into his flesh. Stinger yelped as he obeyed my command to hold. The blood roared in my ears as I heard Stinger cry out.

"No one, hurts MY DRAGON!!" I took of jumping into the demon thrusting the sword into her with all of my will power. The top of the sword appeared on the other side. Quickly yanking it out she fell to one side down descending into darkness. I grinned a tiny bit for my achievement before the smile disappeared as I stared at the battlefield. I was panting and out of breath. Sweat dropped from my forehead and blood gushed from my cuts.  The humans looked to be losing the battle.  I saw my friends fall and fight. A demon suddenly came flying up and attacked the dragon to my right. The dragon was probably new because she thrashed and jerked around causing her rider to fall plummeting to his death. Screams ricocheted in my ears torturing my soul.

I have to be brave, for them..

Somehow that thought urged me onward. Stinger climbed into the sky as I held on tight to the rope around his neck. My breaths were heavy and short as the air became thinner and thinner. This is where most of the demons lay, knowing most humans could not stand it. They dropped down and killed us and then returned to their safe haven. Stinger kept going higher the altitude clearly not affecting him. Angry screeches followed as several demons came down attacking Stinger sinking their sharp teeth into his scales. He wailed but stayed in place. I drew my sword and started attacking left and right seeing demons fall from Stingers side. Teeth bit into my arm and claws raked my side but I continued pressing on. Almost four of them were dead now and three retreated leaving me two more to fight. I felt my nerves stiffen and groan in resistance from all the movement but I leaped forward ducking an aerial attack as the demons spread his wings blocking me. I cut in the soft tender part of his wing making a huge slit down the side. He immediately stopped flying, the cut was making him unable to use his right wing deeming him unable to fly. He dropped to all fours sinking his claws into the soft flesh under Stingers hard scales. Stinger flinched and looked at me with pleading eyes. Getting the gist I put my foot out using it to propel myself forward. I kicked out making the female fall to her knees and whirled around catching her head with the sword. Her head went flying and her lifeless body tumbled down disappearing into the ink cloud below us. The demon launched at me catching my shoulder ripping it open. Fresh blood spilled from the wound as I turned around slamming the blade into his chest wedging it into his small heart(demons have very small hearts, which makes them harder to kill) thus ending his life. There was soft patches of torn up flesh dotted all over Stinger. He whimpered as blood covered most of his entire body.

"Shhh, it's ok Stinger" I hated to see my dragon in pain. I patted his head as he gave a soft purr. Turning back to the battle I saw no immediate threat I had to annihilate so I went to the nearest target helping a friend take down another demon. A demon suddenly came hurling out of the sky and attacked himself to Stingers face. Stinger roared in fury and pain but mostly stayed still.

"Hold on Stinger!" I cried as I rushed forward. The demon ripped out one of Stingers eyes and Stinger no longer could control himself. He flailed around making me bounce up and down.

"S-Stinger!!" I called out. He started flying around rapidly doing flips and sharp turns to rid himself of the demon. My hands were starting to sweat and become slick and I was having a hard time holding on. Out of the blue Stinger flicked his tail really fast and with enough power to make a city collapse. My hand was free from him and I sank into open air. I screamed as I fell. The demon released Stinger and flew away. Stinger  ruled his wings in as he fell too reaching out to catch me, his talons flailing around. My hands grabbed on to nothing but open air as I continued screaming. I saw some heads turn to look down on me but none rushed to my aid. I didn't blame them, I had done the same countless times. There are people that just can't be saved. My screams quieted to a low drone as I felt the air rush past me lifting my hair up to the heavens as I plummeted down toward hell. The black void awaited me. I turned my gaze upward softening my expression. I tucked my legs in a bit to try and slow or speed up my fall. Anything to put me out of my misery. Tear droplets flew upward as well as blood that was relentless. My shoulder pulsed and I felt radiated heat coming off me despite the cold chilling wind. The black neared me as I accepted my fate, I squeezed my eyes shut reaching up one last time. Only to feel an impact. Not that of solid ground but strong arms. I glanced up to see large wings beating and a face staring down at me.

A-

A demon!?!