Drakians (Telios & DawnAntalios)

[Telios]

Vane watched her slept and gently lied down with her. Peace and quiet... He smiled, happy that they finally back together again.


(What about timeskipping ahead? :3)

 

[DawnAntalios]

The next days were spent really uneventful as they recovered their strength. Zoe hated this waiting, she spent her days walking up and down, trying to help the clerics in their healing rituals or she was just watching Vane carefully. She wanted to observe everything that her mate did - to learn everything from her superior.


Then when they fully recovered they finally headed home. She welcomed the change of pace and as soon as they got home she begged Vane to train him.


" Please, can we train now? " she looked at him with a sheepish look " We sat idle for days, doing nothing, I want to work hard again! "

 

[Telios]

Vane's parents got jobs to support themselves now so Vane wasn't worrying about them as much as before. Vane smiled and chuckled at Zoe's enthusiasm. "Alright alright. Let's go to the outskirts of the town."

 

[DawnAntalios]

Like a small child getting her birthday present she jumped around Vane, looking at him happily. She dashed outside, happy to run again she hurried outside the town, eager to learn something from the superior dragon. She waited for him to arrive and she looked at her with big puppy eyes.


" So what is first? What shall I do? Teach Master Vane, teach! "

 

[Telios]

"Simple elemental spells." Vane chuckled, looking at her when she was using the puppy eyes. "You can do spells in either your human or dragon form, so change into whatever form you prefer."

 

[DawnAntalios]

She nodded and concentrated.


Few moments later she had a halo of earth surrounding her as a protective barrier, the wind created dust devil at her feet and rain started to pour down from the sky. But when she tried to cast the fourth, fire, all the elements suddenly disappeared, leaving her disappointed.


" They are so different. " she said, confused " I can not maintain all four of them, they all confuse me if i do that. The three is manageable, but not more: the opposite powers are too alien. "

 

[Telios]

Vane smiled as he summoned a ball of flame and a ball of water, each one on each hand. "You'll master it eventually, don't give up."

 

[DawnAntalios]

Nodding, she concentrated again, this time she tried to reverse the order of the elements, starting with fire.


The volatile element bent to her will easily, as she now summoned water. It reacted hostilely with the fire but it reamined stable for now. Draining power from her very surroundings she now called upon the wind, which started to blow around them. Now came the hard part: the fourth one.


The earth initially refused to act as she called. She had to drain her energy and push herself to her limits to move the earth: and finally she was able to.


Maintaining control over all four of them was so exhausting that she could not imagine it. Suddenly the desert vanished from her eyes, as she saw a large, snow white dragon writhing in agony. She screamed in surprise as she lost control over the elements and she fell to the ground.

 

[Telios]

Vane made the spheres of the two opposite elements disappeared and went over to Zoe, helping her up. "Are you alright? What made you lost your concentration?"

 

[DawnAntalios]

" I... " Zoe thought for a second of she should tell him what happened but then decided against it. " It was nothing, let us try again, shall we? "

 

[Telios]

Vane nodded and grabbed the spells book out of his bag. He instructed her with a few more spells like teleportation and barriers.

 

[DawnAntalios]

She nodded as they kept practicing. After hours of exhausting spellwork Zoe finally collapsed on the ground, wiping her sweat from her forehead, completely drained.


" I am sorry. " she said, panting " But I am at my limits. I can push no harder. "

 

[Telios]

"It's fine. Let's get back to our house and have something to eat, shall we? It's around noon." Vane invited, helping her stand by letting her lean onto him.

 

[DawnAntalios]

She happily accepted his help, but on their way back only the vision was on her mind. Whilst walking she wanted to ask about it but rather vaguely.


" Say... do you happen to know a dragon of pure white? " she asked curiously.

 

[Telios]

"No... Not really. Why?" Vane asked her, curious. He thought about it for a while and soon able to deduct what happened when she lost her focus the first time. "You had a vision?"

 

[DawnAntalios]

" Yes... I mean I am not sure. I have seen one but I could not make out too much of it. Only this " she said puzzled. She skipped the part where the dragon suffered from some kind of injury since not even she was sure what could have caused the leviathan to suffer. "

 

[Telios]

"Is that all of the thing you know? Is there anything else?" Vane asked on their way home, thinking about the dragon. "Any markings, injuries, distinct features?"

 

[DawnAntalios]

She tried to concentrate harder to recall a feature from the vision. After thinking for am minute the realization struck her. She remembered one last thing: the eyes of the dragon. The orbs which haunted her memories... the dark purple flame which kept her awake sometimes at night.


She let go of Vane and fell on the road, her face turned pale white.

 

[Telios]

"Zoe!" Vane picked her up, shaking her gently. "Are you alright?" He wrapped her arm over his neck to haul her up, walking back to the house.

 

[DawnAntalios]

" Y-Yes, I am. " she said, still shivering " And I believe I just realized who exactly I saw in the vision. "


With the help of Vane Zoe climbed the stairs then took a drink to rejuvenate herself. This was a vision of opportunity - a chance to strike back... if only it would have been longer.

 

[Telios]

"Who is it?" Vane asked as he slowly sat down next to her on the bed. He had a hunch about who might be able to give Zoe such fear... But he wasn't certain.

 

[DawnAntalios]

She looked at him.


" It was Punos. " she said " But... this was the first time I have seen him in his dragon form... moreover this was the first time I have ever seen him in agony... "

 

[Telios]

"Wait what? Punos in pain?" Vane was at least surprised, more like completely shocked. "Who or what managed to hurt him?" He asked nobody in particular, thinking over the problem.

 

[DawnAntalios]

Zoe punched to table with her fist in frustration.


" I am sorry but... I could not see it. " she said, blaming herself for her ineptitude. If she could have seen it clearer they might be one step closer in defeating their nefarious opponent.

 

[Telios]

"Don't stress yourself over that too much. You are safe and that is what matters most to me." Vane reassured her, kissing her forehead to calm her.