Orion hesitates as Lilith comes sprinting forth. His heart is heavy within this battle, this is new. Lilith come slashing towards Orion but he's too slow. Luckily, Lyra immediately steps in and uses the golden faerie blade against the demon. Their blades clash violently against one another. Lyra holds her strength and throws Lilith slightly off balance.
"She's not herself." Orion blurts, observing the fight and stepping back slightly.
"Tell me about it!" Lyra defends Orion once more as Lilith goes at it again but with more strength.
Lilith suddenly screeches in agony, stepping away from Lyra. Lyra hadn't known what happened until she gazed upon the demon.
A golden arrow sizzles within the demon's shoulder. Lilith holds her shoulder and makes eye contact with Orion. She suddenly has soft features and blood streaming through her mouth. Orion gasps.
"O-Orion?" Lilith comes through the haze of insanity.
"Don't listen!" Lyra yells between them.
Lilith suddenly snaps back into an evil stir of emotion.
"KEEP YOUR PRETTY MOUTH SHUT, ELF!"
Lyra felt her hands suddenly shake as the demon screeched her way. She tries to suppress it. The last thing Lyra needs is to be weak, she felt.
Orion finally had made up his mind in the heat of the moment. He knew this thing that controls Lilith isn't her. They must run.
Orion shoots another arrow before the demon could move, she screeches loudly as Orion slings the bow over his shoulder. He goes and grabs Lyra's hand, running with it as the demon is slowed.
Lyra keeps her head in the game as the demon now dashes after them, the shadow figure following silently after.
They run as fast as their feet can take them. Orion runs with his arrows being shot aimlessly behind him, blind as they keep their pace.
They suddenly stop. Orion hitches his breath.
A magic wall unveils and opens, showing a rustic cottage within the woods.
Orion is frozen in fear.
"Orion?!l" Lyra yells as the demon keeps after them. She tightens her grip around his hand and runs within the house.
Orion is paler than death. His features spell pure terror. Lyra holds the door as the demon slams itself against it.
"ORION! HELP ME! SHE'S GOING TO GET IN!" Lyra screams.
He suddenly mumbles and moves his hand ever so slowly towards her. "We need to find a way out." Orion starts to look around.
"What?!" Lyra grows confused as the demon continues its rampage on the surprisingly sturdy door.
A force abruptly take Lyra and Orion by surprise. It swings them in the air, levitating and suffocating their forms. Their limbs are tied and stiff.
The loud banging against the front door abruptly stops. It swings open with a bright fire behind them radiating, showing more figures in the room than before.
Lilith stands at the at the door way, completely still, still stricken with hysteria.
Orion and Lyra look around panicked. But as soon as they meet their eyes with the front door again, the demon is gone.
Hooded men stand all around this small cabin's main room. Lyra and Orion struggle in the air within the middle of it.
Orion finds himself shocked and trembling slightly. His nerves fried of everything he had feared.
They were caught... by the witch.
Their golden weapons and satchel are thrown across the room by the invisible force.
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The Lost Artifact of Sira
FantasiLyra, an elf within a monarch world. Just wanting to live up to a higher status within her kingdom, she has the short end of the stick and practically messes up all the time, making her the girl that calls wolf. The king and his people make her a la...
