FROM THE SHADOWS

CHAPTER 8: fight

Wallace woke up the next day to find Lucy wasn't there, nor were the trees
Not the forest he remembered. His vision was blurred, he looked around the area.
It seemed like a crater, rock walls all surrounding an almost glowing lake. As his vision focused,
He notices many dragons on the rocks,
As if they're about to see a show.
He's confused.
Where on earth was he. He turned around to find more dragons behind him. He looked at them, they weren't on the rocks. They cowarded to a corner.
"Where am I?! " Wallace snaps
One of the dragons, horns all over her face growls at him, seems no one will answer. He turns around and stares into the crowd,
What are they here to watch?
A dragon, starry wings and black and white splotches all over his face steps out
"Ladies, Whelps, and Wyverns! Welcome to the annual tournament! Whicher dragon wins gets to live to see the World! If they lose, they are dead!"
The crowd yells and cheers.
Wallace glares, and tries to run out, he runs into a force of some sort, like magically invisable chains and bars, the announcer turns around "seems we have our first fighter!" The bars than evaporate, and Wallace falls out, and into the ring, he shakes his head.
"On this side, we have a no named, unknown guild, common western dragon!  He seems strong!  Hopefully he shall survive his opponent!!"
The on another cage on the other side, out steps a pitch black dragon, mask on. With seven strands on each side. He stepped forward
"On this side we have Zepher, shadow guild, puppeteer! "
Everyone cheers, Zepher just shakes his head and growls.
"Let the battle begin!" With that the announcer was off, Wallace watches him fly to the audience,
Than he got hit with a claw to the face. Zepher roars loudly,  as he than went for wallaces eye
SLICE
With that he clawed Wallaces eye out, wallace yowls in pain and backs up, Zepher than grabs him by the neck and throws him in the lake, Head first.
He held Wallace down, the crystal clear water now filled with blood. The crowd starts to chant for Zepher. Wallace could hear.
He than realizes Zephers talons aren't paying attention to anything but his neck.
He the whips Zepher with his tail.
He fell down and yelps.
Wallace pulls himself up and bites Zepher in the neck
The fight goes on and on, wallace and Zepher earning more scars per minute. They both started to grow weak from blood loss
Wallace glares at Zepher.
Zepher is walking almost drunkly. Any second he'd pass out. Wallace left worse gashes on him, considering he has larger claws.
Zepher pants, and speaks to wallace "you... H-.. Horrible dragon-" he pants.
Wallace than decides to make a final blow to the head, killing Zepher. And snapping his mask in half.
He looked a lot like Wallace, despite an ugly scar on the bridge of his nose to his forehead. He scoffs and walks to the lake to clean himself.
The crowd is silent.
"The victor is no name!" The announcer cried out for the crowd to hear
Soon cheers built up, seems as though Wallace was the new Favorite. He growls
"Next tournament will be in 7 minutes! The victor may now rest for the day!" Wallace was sent back. Except in a different way, through a more lower cave. Which opon entering seemed to be a sleeping quarters, with healing water at each bed.
He'll still have a missing eye, it'll just heal over. He layed in the pool of it next to his bed and sighs. His cuts and gashes heal quickly. He dunks his head in and his eye heals as well, he pulls out and sighs, one dragon with wings like fins stood at the door, his scales were golden and brilliant looking. He had orange scales at his feet ,  ears and wings. His wings skin were light yellow
"Hey- uh. Big guy?  When do I get to leave?"
"Next five nights, if you survive you go. If you don't, well you don't."
"Ah thank you. Happen to have an eye patch of some sort?"
He looks at him "sure- I'll be back." He walks off
Wallace relaxed in the pool for a bit, than steps out. Crawling into a semi comfy bed. And he yawns,
Sleeping.