Monsters and Deamons | Book One | ✔

XIV. Heroes and Demons

Remi lunged at the large Somber, only scratching it, which was her plan. It screeched in pain and the humans covered their ears. Remi want bothered by it, but she did notice more Sombers coming to help the big one. She quickly looked back to the others and she noticed Lavi giving them a neon pink liquid, 'Lavi, what are you giving them?'

"A potion to help," she said as her tails swayed calmly.

'To help with what?'

"You, Princess. You need their help, you can't take down all of those on your own," she commented. "Don't try to protest, because they're helping you whether you want them to or not!"

Remi's heart picked up speed. It felt like it was going to burst, 'Okay fine, how long do they have?'

"Until the fight is over. Once it's done, they will turn back to their human forms and never turn to an Aurora again," Lavi explained.

Eden looked at the Dreamer surprised, "That's what she is?! I thought she was a Lucent?"

"Princess is many things, a Lucent, an Aurora, a Royal and even a Somber," Lavi explained.

Remi glanced over to Shiloh, who wasn't really paying any attention to anyone. He was too busy trying to get the ringing out of his ears. She gave a sigh of relief and was still unsure if he ever noticed the Somber was her when she shifted back to her human form. She could tell that he was slowly not believing in his Somber anymore, which was good for him, but bad for her, 'Drink them, now!' She linked everyone as Somber's about the size of her stalked towards her. She turned back to face the enemy and noticed the large one stayed back, scared and frightened. 'Remember, take the smaller ones down first, do not harm the large one. I repeat, do not harm the large one!'

'Yes ma'am,' the others replied in unison. Remi looked beside her and saw six other Aurora's standing next to her, ready to fight. She saw Shiloh was a mix of a tiger, fox, parrot and a unicorn. She couldn't take her eyes off of the small hints of colors from the parrot that were in his fur. She noticed Arlo was a mix of a snake, some sort of domestic cat, bear and a hellhound. She could just barely see a dark aura that came off of him. She glanced over to Winter, seeing that she was a mix of snow leopard, puffin, gecko and an alicorn. Her wings looked as smooth as a gecko with the pattern of a snow leopard and Remi couldn't believe her eyes. She shook her head and looked over to Eden who was very large and was mixed with a rhino, harpy eagle, jaguar and a jackalope. Her antlers were subtly feathered thanks to the harpy eagle, but Remi thought it looked good. Her attention went to Cove next and he was subtly larger than Eden. He was mixed with an elephant, buffalo, owl and dragon. He had large wings that were feathered like an owl, but Remi could tell they were dragon wings. Finally, her gaze went to Braylen, who was mixed with a rabbit, alligator, maned wolf and a phoenix. He was covered in flames, just like a phoenix, but tall like a maned wolf with a rabbit's tail and the teeth of an alligator.

'Wow...you all are beautiful. Please stay safe and use your creatures abilities to defeat the smaller Sombers. You all are what we call Aurora's in the underworld, but you are special. Aurora's don't receive the powers of their mythical beings, but those who aren't born as one do,' a woman linked the others. Remi whipped her head to see her mother in her Lucent form standing before them, keeping the Somber's distracted for a few more moments. 'Please stay safe my children,' she linked before her beautiful angel wings lifted her off the ground. Remi couldn't take her eyes off of her mother's form. Her mother was the size of a large wolf, with angel wings, just like her. The only difference was that the queen had no antlers, but instead had dragon horns and a flower crown that hooked on the horns.

Remi was too engrossed watching her mother that when a Somber, subtly smaller than she, came charging towards her, her reflexes were obscurely slow. She was pushed over, embracing for impact, but she fell on something soft. She looked down to see Shiloh's Aurora form couching her fall, 'Thank you,' she linked him. He just smiled and licked her muzzle softly. She giggled in her head and stood up, growling at the Somber that drove into her.