by TrizzyTreke » 07/10/2014 12:43 AM
A sound began building in the distance. It was a snarling, frightening roar. More horrible sounds followed, becoming worse and worse. The degree of pain rose with the decibels for each sound. Sky realized she could move her legs, and she wasted no time. There was her bad guy. She ran toward the sounds, because she was just that kind of girl.
She stopped at a clearing where the earth was dry rock and the trees were twigs. She could see the source of the noises. A black dragon came between two trees into the clearing. As it moved past them, the trees dissolved into smoke. Sky could see every fiber becoming a thick smoke, which the dragon absorbed through the thin crevices in its armor. Smoke came from everything the dragon touched as it crawled toward her.
But Sky decided as long as she could control her body, she would not stand still. She and the dragon began to circle, and she considered how to extinguish the worm's fire. This wasn't reality, after all, so she could fight however she imagined. She started with a sword made of water.
The crevices in the dragon's armor gleamed red, and fire forced its mouth open to fly at Sky. She swung her weapon in an arc, and a pulsing wave of water countered the burst. The dragon's talons stabbed the earth, and smoke bubbled through the cracks in the ground. The smoke collected on the dragon's body, and there was an instant of darkness. When the light returned, the dragon was covered in a newer, spiky armor. Four monstrous wings unfurled, and the dragon flew at Sky.
Sky made her sword bigger, but it held its original weight. Each swipe the dragon made was kept back by her swings, and she sliced the fireballs it breathed in midair.
"You cannot defeat the devil," the voice from before seeped through the dragon's sharp white smile.
"True," Sky admitted. "But I can dance with him." She lunged and knocked the dragon backwards. It spread its four wings and beat the air to regain its balance, hurling Sky to the ground. The sword left her hands, and the dragon grabbed her in one of its claws. "Well," she said. "That was a short dance."
"You put on a brave face, child. But I am everything you fear." Cold flames licked the dragon's teeth, so cold that Sky was chilled to the bone from being held near the dragon. She felt even colder than before. "Fear is a power stronger than anything you can hit me with. It dissolves. It destroys. It devours."
Then the dragon picked up the sword of water and Sky watched it disintegrate in its claw.
What's a name?
Just window dressin'
Everybody knows it's clothes that make a man
Play the game
Just keep 'em guessin'
Mix and match me
Try to catch me if you can