Elarayne - What Am I?

Chapter 11

Alexanders POV

Suddenly Orgos and Fokhin came through the door.

"Arexlan! Ocmre noog!", Fokhin said while not looking quite happy. He seemed like in a hurry.

"What's now?", I asked.

"Something bad. Come!", Fokhin said.

I rushed to the door to go with Fokhin. I turned myself while I was walking into a dwarf.

After closing the door I asked Fokhin: "What happened?"

"The situation is very bad! I don't know how it's even possible!"

"What? Tell me!"

"Zolton Gubnil... he.... he's back."

"How is that possible? Zolton Gubnil was a mortal that died hundreds of years ago."

We were walking to the crystal ball of communication that I used to inform my fellow dragons.

Fokhin opened the door and I could see a lot of dwarves surrounding the crystal ball.

I walked closer until I could see an elf in the crystal ball. She noticed me immediately.

"Eashabel, Arexlan! I am Aurora, Leader of the hunter clan north of Airea. My current location is in the great palace of Airea at the crystal ball. I have news for you, as you already know."

"What happened?", I asked Aurora.

"As we were hunting we saw a person clothed in black clothes with a ... a ... some kind of red mist surrounding him. He was performing some kind of ritual... He didn't notice us but I ordered my men to follow him undetected."

Another elf came. He was older than Aurora.

"What she says is true. I saw her memories. Oh and I am Sonalis, keeper of the knowledge in Airea.", Sonalis explained.

"You saw her memories?", I asked them.

"Yes.", Aurora said," I have a unique power of letting others see my memories."

"What I saw wasn't good. It was Zolton Gubnil who once captured Elarayne. But he didn't seem normal. Something is different about him.", Sonalis explained.

Aurora chanted some words until a sort of magical screen appeared. On it you could see a forest in which Zolton Gubnil was performing a ritual. He was chanting something and red mist surrounded him.

"That's very strange. He's actually a mortal ... but it seems dark magic is here at work ... Something that isn't familiar to us...", I said.

Suddenly Orgos stormed into the room.

"Somebody come! Elarayne is unconscious!", Orgos said.

I ran out of the room into the training room. The others were following me.

What I saw in the training room wasn't good. Not good at all.

Elarayne was laying on the floor unconscious and she seemed to be in pain.

The worst of all is that she was surrounded by red mist.

Elaraynes body wasn't normal either. She got blue scales on her face and wings were growing out of her back.

It seems like she would be forced to transform into her dragon form.

"Somebody inform Aurora to command her men to stop Zolton Gubnils ritual! Now! He's doing something to Elarayne!", I shouted.

Orgos ran out of the training room.

"Elarayne do you hear me! Elarayne!", I wanted to touch her but Fokhin held me back.

"Zolton Gubnil obviously wants dragons for some reason. It's better not to touch her or you could be affected, too", Fokhin said.

"Can't we do something! We must do something!"

I feel so useless... How can I help her?

Elaraynes POV

My eyes see only a red mist. A person clothed in black is standing in front of me. The person comes closer to me until he says:

"Long time no see ... Elarayne.

Don't you remember me? Oh right... You forgot everything."

"Who are you?", I asked.

"The famous Zolton Gubnil. You probably are wondering why I am still alive... well...it's simple.

As I left after you were rescued by your lover I stumbled upon creatures in the dark. They have been hiding for centuries because the light wasn't for them, deep in the ground they were.

But for some reason one rose to the light finding me. It made me a deal: "I will give you your wish of immortality but in return you must get me a dragon body. I see that you have a scale of a dragon in your pocket. You were experimenting on it. Such a waste that it is now gone. Give me the scale for an early payment. Take your time with the body. You have an eternity time."

I needed ingredients for my ritual that I am performing now. After all I needed to find you.

And now I am fulfilling my part of the agreement. Your body is turning into your dragon form right now as we speak. Then my fellow friend here will inherit your body."

I feel pain all over my body. I scream but no one hears me.

"Don't worry... It will be over soon.", Zolton Gubnil said.

"What are you?", I say but those words were hard to say.

"I'm a human. But my friend here is a Drevok."

Red mist covers my whole body.

Is this the end? Will I die? Pain covers my whole body. It's getting worse by every second.

Suddenly the red mist clears.

"What's happening? No! The ritual! It took me hundreds of years to gather the ingredients!", Zolton Gubnil shouted.

"This isn't over.", the red mist said.

My vision clears... I open my eyes.

"She's waking up!"

"The red mist is gone!"

"Her body is normal again!"

"It worked!"

I hear voices but I don't know to whom they belong.

"Thank the creator!", I recognized Alexanders voice.

He takes me into his arms and I see his emerald green eyes. What would I do without them?

You could see in his face that he is relieved. Then he kisses me like it is the most normal thing in the world.