A Sacrifice To Save You

Testing patience

It was hell, pure and simple. Trying to teach these dwarves how to fight a foe much bigger than themselves tested Myra's patience far too much for her liking and she was about to snap. Dain particularly was getting on her nerves each day more and more. It was like he wanted her to lose it and show everyone what kind of beast a dragon really was. Well, two could play this game.

Smirking as she watched Dain heaving a breath after dodging her relentless attacks and fires she was enjoying herself. Blowing air from her nostrils Myra waited for the ginger-haired dwarf to make his move when a commotion on her left draw her attention away from Dain.

Grinning as this was the moment he had been waiting for, Dain lifted his ax charging forward aiming at her chest.

But Myra saw him coming from the corner of her eye and a low growl emerged from her throat as she turned her huge head sneering at him.

"Did you think it would be that easy?" she chuckled lowly taking a deep inhale much to Dain's horror.

Releasing her blue dragon fire it came out roaring as the searing heat catch anything nearby into flames. Dain was able to dive at the last minute into the ground hiding his face in the mud groaning while the fire scorched everything around him.

Thorin shook his head while watching from above on the cliff how Dain's men struggled to get near enough to even scratch Myra's scales.

"Oh Mahal, this is gonna take forever, and we don't have forever," Fili groaned rubbing his face while Kili rolled his eyes watching the chaos below him.

"As long as Dain doesn't trust Myra they never are able to improve their skills before the war is here," Thorin sighed lowly his eyes scanning the ranks scattered all over the place.

Roaring Myra charged forward her jaws wide open, her electric blue eyes shining brightly, frills on her neck and back flickering as they stood up. The ground under her feet vibrated at each step she took, making the dwarves trying to find their balance while pointing their weapons at her.

Some of the dwarves lost their cool screeching turning on their heels running as fast as they could, grand, cobalt blue dragon right behind them approaching fast.

"I didn't sign up for this!" one of the warriors cried out glancing over his shoulder yelping when he saw the ominous line of sharp teeth closing in on him feeling Myra's hot breath on his neck.

"I don't wanna die!"

Snapping her jaws behind him loudly close, it earned another cry out as the warriors ran away from her like chickens. Turning her head, Myra saw some of the dwarves trying to run the other way and growling deeply she swoop with her tail a huge dust cloud following it and took the dwarves off guard as she cut off their escape path.

Frozen in their spot, they slowly turn to look back. Myra was standing no more than twenty feet away from them, glaring at them over her shoulder, turning up her lips exposing her stake-knife like teeth a snarl rising from her throat.

Dwalin shook his head hiding his face into his hand mumbling something earning Thorin to chuckle next to him.

"Couldn't agree more," Thorin said quietly glancing at his friend amusingly before shifting his eyes back on eh training area.

"Wait....where's Dain?" Kili asked suddenly frowning as he tried to find the ginger-haired warrior. Thorin furrowed his brows taking a step toward the edge staring down trying to find his cousin among the other but even he couldn't see Dain.