Winged

Chapter 15

Scar let out a loud growl, as I charged toward him.  His large clawed paw swung at me.  I quickly cut down his talon like claws and he hissed.  Frantically he lashed his tail at my arm, giving me a small gash.  I waved my right sword and cut his tail.  The beast screeched in pain.

I jumped on his back as he was distracted.  Scar twisted violently trying to get me off of his body.  I connected my blades and sliced down until I couldn't feel what was beneath my sword.

Scar fell to the floor his head rolling into the water.  I sighed and looked around, Blaz wasn't there anymore, but Azura had waken.

"Azura! Are you alright?" I rushed toward her.

"Y-yes," she gave a weak smile as I lifted her into my arms.

"Where's Blaz?"

"Who's that?" She looked confused.

"The white haired boy."

"Only person here is you," she looked at me.

'Hmm,' I thought to myself as I began to trudge through the water.  As I neared the sword I could feel a great energy around it.  I began to wrap my hand around the cool iron when a familiar voice stopped me.

"I heard something, this way!" It echoed through the room.  A dragon and a winged weasel burst through the entrance.

"Rhea!" They shouted and tackled me to the floor.  I laughed as they began licking my face.  Azura giggled at the sight.

Warner, Talia, and Hunter ran in.  They looked relieved when they saw me.  I sat up and Talia wrapped her arms around me.

"Oh thank the gods!  We had no idea where you went!"

"What do you mean?" I said confused.

"After you left the inn we all looked for you, this of course was the last place we checked," Talia said quickly and shot Hunter a glare.  He smiled sheepishly.

"I thought you guys were in Bangkok?  Blaz had brought me here," my head started to hurt.

"Blaz?  Oh the demon Blaz he must have manipulated your thoughts, we've been here the whole time," Hunter explained.

I escaped Talia's grasp and wrapped my arms around Warner.  He returned the warmth to my body by wrapping his arms around me.

"I thought I'd lost you," I began to sob.

"Rhea everything is fine, I'm here its ok," he rubbed my back.  I raised my head and saw Scar's body vanish into tiny white stars.  They exploded and shimmered causing a tiny twinkling noise.

"Wait why were we here in the first place?" I said as Warner and I separated.

"Well after you had told your father the idea of Rune training our army.  He told us to come here and find the lost sword that you would need in battle," Warner explained.

I stood there trying to process everything.  I looked at sword and stepped toward.  Wrapping my fingers around once the iron once more, I pulled from the stone.  The sword slid out with ease.  It was well balanced and light.

I detached the two sides and took a practice swing.  My friends looked at me and I could see the hope in their eyes.  I gave them a thumbs up.

"Alright I say we head back Bangkok!" Hunter exclaimed.

"I agree I've had enough of things messing with my head," I snorted and led the way out of the cave.  Azura sat on my head, while Draco sat on my left shoulder and Ashton took the right.

I was hit by cool air.  A light snow danced around as the wind whipped it around.  I held the blades in my hands and took to the skies.  I waited a few moments before everyone had ascended into the cloudy sky.  We then took off, our wing beats matching each others pace.

We flipped through the air and raced to Bangkok.  We hadn't stopped once before we reached the large castle.  As we touched down all four of us were quickly escorted to the castle cells.  Where Rune awaited us.

"Rhea! Your back," he smiled at me and bowed.

"Rune, I am going to trust you," I turned to a guard, "show him to a room please."

The guard nodded and took Rune to a room.

"Thank you!  I won't let you down!" He called back.

"Are you sure about this?" Warner looked at me surprised.

I nodded, "we have to see the goodness is everyone's heart."

Warner smiled and Hunter hit him lightly on the back. 

"Ah my father!  I should so see him."

"Yea he's probably worried, we'll meet you later!"

I smiled, and walked out of the cells to my fathers office.  Knocking twice I let myself in.  He sat at his desk stacks of papers surrounded him.

Looking up he smiled and gestured for me to sit down.  I closed the door behind me and crossed the room to my seat.

"Did everything go well?" He looked at me with curiosity.

"Well for the most part..."

"Hmm and what would that mean?" He flashed me a smile.

"Well a demon played tricks and a beast was in the swords room."

"Ah Blaz and Scar aye?  They've been causing problems for a time, don't feel bad even I have fallen to their tricks," he gave a light laugh.

I smiled, "how tricky then."

"Yes, may I see the sword?"

"Of course," I stood and handed over the blades.  My father examined it for a time and nodded his head.

"Father?"

"Yes?" He questioned lightly and handed back the sword.

"I don't understand, how was Blaz able to so easily trick me?"

"He used what you care about most and started from there, its most likely that he erased part of your memory for a short while and then replaced them."

"I see.."

"Yes, now its time you've learned how to handle such a strong blade," and with that he stood up.  I followed after him not sure where we were going to go next.