Twizzlers (MxMxM)

Chapter 14 - Why Am I Here? Pt. 1

Ah, shit.

Seriously? Wren had another vision? And this time, I was pulled into it.

"Aaron, you came," Wren said from behind me.

I turned around to face him, not at all surprised to see the rocky landscape he'd described before. The sky was really an alarming shade of red as if it was on fire. Did all of the dragon realm look like this? I had to be honest...it wasn't very nice to look at. "Why am I here?" I asked him.

I didn't expect to get called so quickly. Then again, Wren had gotten two visions practically back-to-back. This dragon must be desperate if they were contacting Wren so frequently.

"To help them," Wren said, before pointing to a large rock structure I hadn't even noticed.

It almost resembled a cliffside. When I looked up, it went on for a little while. The structure didn't...look natural. There was no other way to describe it. It was too perfectly crafted. Clearly, it was meant as their prison. The chains that held the dragon's arms up were seemingly fused with the stone and there were shackles on their ankles, too. I only saw them when their robes shifted a bit, the very same red and gold ones Wren described before.

They lifted their head to look at us and my heart stopped for a brief millisecond. Wren had described Rin's eyes to us before, but the description did them no justice. They immediately pulled you in. Clear, but full of color all at the same time. It was amazing. When the dragon shifted their head a bit, their eyes shone different hues of the rainbow. It was as if someone molded crystals into eyes and shone a light through them to refract a rainbow.

"You have to help me," they pleaded.

I expected their voice to be different for some reason. It was quite melodic. Damnit, was there anything about this person that didn't scream unique beauty? No wonder Evander had a thing for them. Well...maybe it was best I confirmed it was Rin before continuing. "Are you Rin?"

The dragon smiled weakly and nodded their head. "Yes. I take it Evander told you."

"Yeah..."

"You make him happy."

"What?" I whispered in shock. "How do you know?"

"I saw it," they answered simply. "He's hesitant about caring for you two, but he's starting to."

"How-"

Before I could finish my sentence, the ground began to shake. Wren stumbled and I grabbed onto his arm to support him. We both watched as the stone structure began to glow with carvings I hadn't even noticed before. They spread out across the entire expanse of rock, glowing a pale blue. I looked at Rin, only for my shock to turn to confusion and slight horror when I saw the fear etched onto the dragon's face.

The glowing cravings began to pulse with light and the rumbling increased. Wren and I could only watch as the light reached Rin's restraints and the shackles seemed to be a connection of the carvings. The light crawled up the shackles and Rin started to struggle in vain. Once they reached their skin, a chill went down my spine at the scream that ripped from Rin's throat.

It sounded more like a roar, which made sense given their species, but it was filled with pain and anguish. It shook the structure even more, to the point where a few boulders came crashing down. I pulled Wren out of the way of one that got too close, but barely. My feet were planted into the ground, my entire body frozen in fear. Rin's entire body began to glow with smaller versions of the carvings. They threw their head back in pain, but the screaming stopped. Their mouth was still open, and so were their eyes, which were now glowing that same blue.