Evil among us

Hurt

* I changed some character names
     The wolf gave the girl a small nod and closed her eyes and when she opened them they glowed a bright blue. She took a step back and let out a howl. It caused a reaction from me that I had never experienced before. Something from within my core sparked for the first time. For a split second I felt whole. Something from deep within me arose and came out of me. A black mist detached itself from me and took form. In an instant a wolf with fur as dark as the night appeared. He smiled and spoke, his voice deep clear and confident, "Philamina."

     "Axel!," said Philamina happily as they ran up to each other and hugged.

     "Confused here," I said as I raised my hand to make an interjection.

     The girl drew her eyes away from the pair and explained, "They're mates. Every spirit has one regardless of what type of spirit they are. Life Source's mates belong to their owners sibling, like how Astra's mate belongs to my sister, Annabelle. An unbreakable bond is formed from the moment they are created. However, Guardians have mates that belong to their owner's mate. So with that being said...that means..that you and I...are..."

     "Soulmates" The words rolled off my tongue. As she explained it had finally clicked in my mind what was happening.

     Before I could say anything else a scream had erupted into the air, "Emma!" It had come from the dragon. She sprung up from her position and was in a frantic hurry. In that moment I realized that that was her name and such a beautiful name it was.

     Emma quickly turned to face the dragon, her face completely engulfed in worry. "What's wrong?!" she asked.

     Astra was frantic, her eyes searching the ground trying to understand the situation. "It's Hayden, he's hurt!" She said her eyes widening. I didn't understand why she was reacting this way, but as I watched her, it seemed like the pain was her own.

     "But, that would mean-"

     "I have to go!" The dragon was growing impatient. She yearned to leave. She needed to.

     "No. No way, you're way too weak to do anything right now."

     "Emma please! You know what it means when your mate's hurt. You know how I feel. Please let me go they could be in danger. They could need our help! "

     She sighs in deep frustration, her eyes closing and her lips forming a tight line. "Fine. But take Philamina with you I don't want you going anywhere alone. Philamina take care of her make sure she doesn't do anything stupid, " She says as she jesters to the wolf.

     Suddenly Axel speaks up,"I'll go too."

     Philamina wipes her head around to face Axel her brows furrying, "No absolutely not. Not happening you're not going. We just reunited I'm not losing you again."

     "And you won't, but who's gonna keep you from doing something stupid. "

     Before Philamina could reply Astra interrupted them saying,"Less talking more moving." She seemed rather whiney for a dragon of her size. The two wolves spread their wings and took flight leaving behind only a trail of dust.

     Turning her attention back to me she said," I have to go. Annabelle's in trouble." With that said she turned to leave. I suddenly reached out again to grab her wrist, stopping her in her tracks and simultaneously restarting the tingly feeling I get when we touch.

     I don't know what clicked in my head or what came over me. When I looked at there was this over welling compulsion to protect her, to be by her side and hold her hand, never letting go. Something in me switched. My heart began to race as I thought of her in battle. My heart ached at the mere thought of her getting hurt. And you wanna know the worst part I didn't even know why. But that is why I felt the need to and why I said, "I'll go with you."

     She slowly turned back around, stopping to look at my hand on her wrist. She slowly followed my arm to meet my eyes. She analyzed me before saying, "There's no way that I can make you stay is there?"

     "Not a chance," I said, letting go of her.

     She sighed yet again, for what seemed like the millionth time. She could see that I was persistent and that the more she rejected me, the more I would insist."Fine take my hand," she said extending her hand. I slowly grab her hand, not noticing that I had unconsciously intertwined our fingers. She tensed for a second, but then instantly relaxed. She levitated from the ground quickly pulling me with her. Before I knew it, we were soaring through the sky. The breeze felt cool against my skin. I had never experienced anything like this. We are heading in the direction of the forest that was near my house.

     We reached a clearing, where the sounds of an intense fight could be heard. I saw that Astra, Philamina, and Axel had already gotten there. They were dodging attacks left and right, Axel and Philamina shielding another giant dragon who I could only assume was haydn. There was a girl, with fiery red hair, trying to fight of what looked like a blacck shadow. It moved too quickly for me to tell what it was. Somehow it was able to not only attacked her, but also keep the spirits at bay. No villian I had ever encountered was capable of holding back five enemies at once.

     We landed on the ground, Emma immediately letting go of my hand. She ran towards the girl. The figure was firing black orbs at her, a couple actually hitting her, causing the girl to fall. Just before the final orb was able to hit her the girl brassed for impact. But the blow never came. Emma was able to throw a swift ray of ice completely destroying the orb. Sighing in relief Emma turns back to give the girl a hand and help her up, while saying "Did someone call for backup?"

     The girl slowly opened her eyes and looked around her eyes landing on Emma. She beamed a bright smile while grabbing her hand. The girl stood up looking around herself and patting away dust from her clothes. Her voice drowning in relief as she said, "Thank the stars you're her-" She stopped abruptly once she noticed me standing off to the side. Her eyes never left mine as she asked, "Umm who's he?"

     She nodded off the question with an "I'll explain later" Seeing them stand together made me notice their resemblance, drawing me to the conclusion that the girl was, Annabelle, her sister.

The shadow finally stopped moving and solidified to revealing a man tall and dark appearance. His skin and dark pale grey with hair being a dark flowing shadow. He obscured his body like a shadow. His gaze landed on Emma and a smirk formed on his face as he said, "Well look who decided to finally show u-" His sentence was cut short when Emma shot a look at Philamina and Astra. Together they shot a beam of ice at him. The man was frozen in a block of ice, but not for long. His body temperature began to rise and he started to turn red. The block melted and he was irritated, "Do you have no manners?" The man asked sincerely with a wicked smile. "Hasn't anyone ever taught you, it's rude to interrupt someone while their talking?" Suddenly his notices my presence. "Oh you've brought me a toy, how thoughtful of you, sweetheart." In his hands were beams of dark shadows aimed at me.

I got into a defensive stance, but he was too fast. The beam was coming straight for me and there was nothing I could do to stop it. Emma screamed "No!" as she ran and got in front of me. She protected me, but in the process, the beam hit her and she fell in my arms.

The man lowered his hand as he said, "Always the noble heart. Look where that got you." He shook his head, almost disappointed, as his body slowly evaporated into a black shadow and disappeared into the night.