FROM THE SHADOWS

CHAPTER 9: runaway

Artist : KatsTie))

Wallace was set to fight another creature the next coming days.
He knew what he was fighting as well.
Another one of those black dogs he faced at the Sapphire Kingdom.
His stomach gre upset as he stepped out into the arenas.
He started breathing heavy. And grew nervous.
"Its okay wallace,  you can do this" he said to himself.
Rubison are said to be a lot stronger than normal dragons. And sometimes even bigger.
Wallace heard the angry rubison from the other side of the area.
Its growls where ghostly. And its one eye glimmered red through the bars, wallace gulped. The spokesdragon flew down
"Ladies and Gentleman! Welcome to the final round featuring Wallace of the shadow guild, and a Rubison found near by!"
The Rubison let's out a loud snarl bark.
"The faint hearted should look away, and Parents whatch your whelps! For this could be the bloodiest match we will have! "
As the spokesdragon went on
Wallace gulps again. And whines. He looked back at the Rubison. Heart pounding. Was this gonna be his final match?
Would he never see Lucy again? Is he gonna die?
Than the match began.
The magic cage that kept the demon dog bound fades away into nothingness.
And the Rubison dashes out, the size of wallace. It pounces.
Wallace swiftly dodges its paws. But not its teeth.
The Rubison bites wallaces wing hard,  nearly snapping it.
Wallace kicks the beast away and heads for the water.
He jumps in, the pool filling with blood once again.
He pulls his head out. And looks at the Rubison.
Thank goodness.
It didn't seem to know how to swim. The crowd boos, while others cheer.
Wallace stayed in the water for a good bit.
Hoping no one would move him or anything.
The Rubison than jumps in. It weakly doggy paddles to Wallace. Wallace dives and as fast as a swordfish, he's back on land.
The Rubison seemed to be drowning.
Wallace smiles.
No fighting needed to kill this thing. The spokesdragon than flies down to get Wallace
"Well, judging as most dragons are leaving. And the Rubison is drowning. You win. " the spokesdragon seemed to say some sort of spell.
Than wallace felt a lightness in his bones and wings.
He can fly again. As wallace flies up a bit.
The spokesdragon is attacked by the Rubison.
Who pulled itself back up out of the water
"Oh well- good luck" spoke Wallace as he flew off.
The spokesdragon cried for help.
But that ended quickly with a sickening crunch
Wallace flew from the arena. Happy to be free once more.
He tried finding where he and his friends were.
But ultimately could not.
The sun slowly set.
So Wallace decided to find shelter.
He lands and walks around for a bit.
He walks past some magical creatures other than dragons.
Including a Satyr, Gryphon who was asleep, and a Centaur.
Wallace payed no attention.
But all of them, besides the Gryphon. Stared at him.
He grunts as his claws click agaisnt the forest floor. His feathers/fur scraping against stickers and branches.
He finally finds a cave, he sniffed a bit.
And it didn't seem it was anyone's territory. So he padded in.
He looks around a bit at the Stalagmite's and Stalactite's.
They seem to be crystal. Or at least a little bit crystal. He huffs and looks around more.
Just to make sure no little dragons ,  satyrs or something live here.
He stumbles upon another part of the cave.
That seemed to be stairs. "What in the-" he sees light.
He squints his eyes and snarls slight, he walks down the stairs.
What he meets at the end surprises him.
Another library? This one was interesting. It used the Stalgmite's and Stalactite's  as scroll and book shelves, and it had a crystal clear mineral lake. There were small hand made carvings everywhere too. Wallace stepped on  and yelled in pain "OW- WHAT THE HELL?!"
His yell echoed. Causing him to quickly cover his mouth
"Who's there?" A misty voice asks.
Wallace freaks out and hides behind a Stalagmite. He watches the stairs closely.
No one comes down, he turns to meet with another painted carving of a fierce blister scale. He gasps. Till he notices its just a statute. Above it is a flag, with three elements on it.
nature, fire, water.
The main 3. He stares at it. Wondering why it didn't feature other elements.
He shook his head. And turned to walk out.
As he turned. He was faced with a fierce dragon. Again. This time it wasn't a sculpture.
He had fins all down his body, replacing scales. And two golden whiskers on top of his head. He was dark blue with stunning ice blue eyes and neon blue and dark purple highlights
"What are you doing?!"
Wallace backs off. His eyes wide "i-i-uuuuhhh-"
The other stares down at him
"Lost-"
"Lost?"
"Yes lost-"
"Where are you from? Why are you here?"
"Uhm- I came from the arena. I can't find my home-"
"Oh?"
"Yeah. Its another library. Human owned, before they went extinct"
"Oh really now?"
"Yeah, and I thought this cave was empty-"
"You see a staircase,  lights, and scrolls. Yet you assume its empty?" The dragon laughs
Wallace growls slight "yeah yeah whatever-"
The other dragon puts his claw out "ifyra. You?"
"Wallace"
"Nice to need you trespasser."
Wallace again growls
"Well I suppose you can stay for a bit. Just be careful. The sculptures break easily"
wallace says under his breath "more like easily break your paw-"
"Hush now. I'll take you to the sleeping quarters"
Wallace gallops over to Ifrya
"Its close to a magma pocket,  so its nice and warm! I put an enchantment on it to prevent breaks"
"Oh- wow. Nice-" Wallace hisses
They make it to the sleeping quarters.
There is a door and everything. Ifrya closes the door and walks to an almost royal looking bed
"you'll either sleep on the floor or on here. There's comforters and blankets if floor"
"I've been sleeping in uncomfortable beds for weeks. I'll take the soft bed,"
"Alright" Ifrya jumps on. And gets under the covers. Wallace does as well.
They both fall asleep. Wallace thinking of his friends as he drifts off into the land of dreams.