Ferinix the Night Fury

Chapter 14

The moment I awoke I heard I heavenly voice sing,

I wanna live,

I wanna live away from darkness,

I wanna live away from sickness

I wanna live away from all this hatred

I need to fly,

I need to live the way I want!

I need to get these chains off me!

I need to be FREE!

Where is my family?

My mother and father?

My brother and sisters?

Where is my dignity?

My power and strength?

My stamina and glory?

I wanna live,

I wanna live away from darkness,

I wanna live away from this sickness

I wanna live away from all this hatred

I need to fly,

I need to live the way I want!

I need to get these chains off me!

I need to be FREE!

Where is the sky?

The clouds and mountains?

The grass and forests?

Where is my freedom?

The place I belong?

The coves and hills?

I wanna be away from this SLAVARY!

I wanna be away from this MISERY!

I need to FIGHT!

I need to get their HOLD OFF ME!

How long will I let them hold me?

I felt this unexplainable urge to go meet the dragon singing that beautiful tune. I paced the door with my eyes narrowed. And I scratched the door with all my might but it wouldn't budge.

Soon the song faded from my mind and so did the urge to follow it. My eyes wandered to the pile of hay in the corner that I pushed away on my first night. I Stepped over to the mound and used my forepaws to make the straw scatter around the place. I found one lonely piece and sent a spark of purple flame to it and it immediately set on fire and started to bend and turn grey then become ash. I looked around for more straw to set ablaze and saw a small pile of five near the door. I prepared my blast in my closed mouth then heard "Welcome everyone! This afternoon, we will have a particularly interesting battle!" so I swallowed my blast and looked though the crack.

I saw a normal hunter say, "We have two demons of mystery! "And the crowd applauded. "First of all, we have sand shattering, Sand Wraith!" The crowed cheered and whistled and then I heard a steel door open. "Also, we have the unholy offspring of lightning and death itself, the, Night Fury!" and the gathering of Vikings exploded with sound. My door slowly creaked open revealing what looked like an adult and armoured version of Sevi but she was slightly browner and instead of blue eyes, she had glowing green eyes.

The Sand Wraith Screeched and shot a clump of flaming sand that would've hit me if I didn't dodge it. I narrowed my eyes and bared my teeth then charged. Before I got too close she rose into the air and growled, "You'll have to be quicker than that newbie". I shot a powerful blast that knocked her out of the air and into a wall.

"Not bad for a newbie eh" I hissed.

The Sand Wraith smiled and slowly camouflaged herself like a Changewing. Good thing I knew how to deal with that. I roared up into the sky and raised my ears. I heard an echo that sounded like there was a large lump behind me. I raised my tail and hit the invisible dragon in the face. She reappeared and bared her teeth then pounced on my tail and bit into it. Hard. I snarled and blasted her face so she let go.

I flexed my wings and suddenly exploded from the ground and flew laps around her. I dived and landed on her just like my mother did with the boar. I heard the sound of bone crunching and the crowd chanting and a roar of agony from the Sand Wraith.

This time I was going to finish the fight.

I raised my paw and lashed at her face leaving several scars that would never fully heal. Then I ripped apart her armour and tore out her throat. The fight was over.

I saw the dragon blood on my paws and I my stomach growled. I haven't eaten in weeks. I dug into the carcass and ate. I had this guilt growing in me but I guess I would have to get used to it. There was no getting out of here.

After a few minutes the small door opened and I looked over my shoulder seeing the usual hunters carrying their usual weapons. Then I thought, well I could get out through there. I see some sunlight behind them. I opened my mouth showing the all my blood-soaked teeth but they continued to step foreword. So I let them have it their way. I charged and easily ploughed through the first two hunters easily and turned to the other three.

"Let me through, or suffer" I rumbled. Either they were too stupid to understand me, or they wanted to die. I bit the closest one in the waist and I threw him aside. I looked back at the terrified Viking faces and jumped onto one of them and looked piercingly into him. "Please, please no," he mumbled weakly. I raised my paw and suddenly a piece of leather was thrown around my neck. "What the-" I questioned as I was tugged to the ground. I whipped my head around to see who dared to try to cage me again. I saw one of the hunters that I pushed away. As I was about to give him a taste of me, another piece of leather wrapped around my rear leg and I was forced back to the ground.

I heard Gezzor's voice again and instead of listening I though to myself, I'm not going to just let them break me. I howled as loud as I could and whipped my tail around knocking many hunters over until a strip of leather was tied around it to. I didn't stop fighting. I rolled and wriggled and screeched "My Thor! I think this dragon has a bit too much spirit!" yelled a hunter wearing a yellow Nadder hide shirt. I eyeballed him and saw the satisfaction on his face. I wasn't making sure he didn't break me, I was just making him happy. I remembered my plan I made days ago and stopped moving and went completely limp on the ground with my eyes closed and tongue hanging out of my mouth.

"Has anyone shot her?"

"I do not see darts,"

"What is it doing?"

They started walking towards me and then undid the ropes around me. Once all the ropes were off me exempt my tail, I continued to stay still waiting for a clear path to escape through the small door. They all went behind me to untie the rope on my tail. I continued to lay seemingly lifeless on the ground. The rope on my tail fell away and I sprang to life. I rushed to the door but the door slammed shut on my face. I squinted the pain away and one of those feathered darts dug into my hindquarters. I whimpered and laid on the ground before the drug even started getting to me. There was no escape no matter how hard I tried. I looked longingly into the hunter with the yellow Nadder hide shirt and he continued grinning and darkness came.