Through the 12 Realms

Chapter 8: The Last Of Kin

As the bright and roaring figure descended upon the land, all the trees and shrubbery burnt away to a crisp, with nothing left behind. The winds were raging against every direction, lands far and near felt the winds mighty blows.   

"It's getting closer!" Nattie shouted in an attempt to get her voice through to Antoinette.

"Is it...changing?" Antoinette said out loud as she observed the creature approaching faster and faster.

The creatures beautiful, bright scales began to change, the body itself began to liquify as it took on a human-like appearance. The horns atop its head reverted into nothingness as it changed into its human form. The large, shining wings ceased to exist as the golden light its body gave off began to form wings of light on the body's back. 

The creature had then descended upon the ground and touched it lightly with its foot, as the rest of its body came to a soft and graceful-stop atop the ground. The golden wings of light that had formed upon its back dispersed back into light as it was all absorbed into the body of the creature. 

The remaining golden light formed clothes on the body, it consisted of a white tunic with a deep pink skirt. It's hair then flocked out in a beautiful golden twirl of light, free-flowing, seemingly unaffected by the law of gravity as it floated around 35cm out from the head. Then it dropped, showing a tone of golden hair that could outshine the sun itself. The creature had transformed into what seemed to be a female human body. It then opened its eyes, only to show a vibrant golden hue, brighter than the sun itself, its eyes possessed a shine that could overwhelm any darkness and shadow. It then looked towards Nattie, Antoinette and the bowing Kraur, its eyes scanned them up and down before locking its gaze with Antoinette. 

"Who are you?" The creature's feminine voice was as soothing as the cold breeze in summer against a hard-working body. 

"I...I am Antoinette" Antoinette could not help but stutter a bit as she faced the creature.

The creature's eyes then turned to Nattie.

"I'm Nattie..." Nattie was just like Antoinette, overwhelmed with fear.

The creature's eyes then turned to Kraur.

"Oh, a Royal Dragon? How rare, Ice as well. You may raise your head." The creature gave the order to Kraur to raise his head, confirming that it was of a higher status.

Kraur then raised his head, though still holding a pose to give honour to the creature. The creature then waved their hand gently which sent Kraur into Antoinette's shadow.

"Just...just like Raf..." Antoinette mumbled under her breath. 

The creature smiled, then turned their head behind them, observing the trail of destruction that they left during their landing. The trees had burnt, the shrubbery as faded away from the lingering fire, and the dead Dragons body had been half burnt. 

"What are they doing?" Nattie asked Antoinette curiously.

"I'm not sure..." Antoinette replied back. 

The creature then held out their right hand, with the palm facing up towards the sky. Then a golden light emanated from their hand, it burned like a fire, a golden flame. It grew larger and larger until it was the size of a humans head, it then began to reach out from her hand and turned into a golden mist that surrounded all the burnt trees and bushes. It also surrounded the Crimson Dragons dead body, it was a beautiful mist, one that you'd imagine was from a magic book, it captivated all who saw it, and none could avert their eyes from this wonderful mist. 

Once the mist made contact with anything that had burnt or been damaged, it plunged itself into that object. Over time each tree, each shrub began to return to their previous form. The trees were revitalized, the shrubs began to blow with the wind once again as all the leaves regained their green colours. The Crimson Dragon's dead body took back its full colour as the ice upon its head melted into water. The scratches left behind by Kraur healed to their natural state, although it did not come back to life, it healed all its wounds and left it in a perfect condition as if it was just asleep. 

'Everything is healing..." Nattie said in amazement. 

"As if...it was turning back time, reversing the flow of time..." Antoinette also said in pure amazement, captivated by the scene unfolding in front of her. 

Once all the trees and shrubbery had been restored, the creature lowered its arm and once again turned back to Nattie and Antoinette, returning only a warm smile. 

"What...Who are you?" Antoinette asked in curiosity.

The creature held a warm smile for a moment longer, before it spoke.

"As for what I am, I am a DragonKin a mixture between a Dragon and a Human. However, I am the last surviving DragonKin upon this earth, for all the tribes had been ravaged and destroyed during the battle of Norguth. As for who I am, well I am quite clearly female. However, my name is Alora, Alora the Last Surviving DragonKin. A pleasure to meet you."