TBD Chapter 25 T.W.A

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Chapter 25

"That—*pant*— was awesome…"

Fira stared down at Demex, her claws still raised but the intent to harm, gone. She finally got off of him taking several steps back and sitting down. Her face showed disbelief but her eyes shone with hope as she watched him stand back up.

"Yes…I am Fira." she answered slowly. "Demex…is that you?" she asked.

Demex slowly stood up as he looked at her. She was just shorter than him, but her beauty had doubled. There were soft curves that he found hard not to stare at. Her scales shimmered brightly as the sunlight danced on them. But what bothered Demex was the fact she looked older. He himself was older. What the heck was going on?

Fira let her eyes wander over every part of his body as she studied the older and bigger Demex. His wings had grown to be even bigger than him. His body was now bulging with new muscle. His eyes were just as she remembered; midnight blue and red that showed kindness and gentleness. Slowly, she saw him nod. She was about to walk towards him but stopped herself. She stopped as she remembered something.

The Demex she knew…was dead; dead a long time ago.

Demex was now then puzzled. He noticed that she was about to walk to him but stopped. Her face bore the expression of surprise and shock but then turned to…skepticism.

"Fira it's me, Demex." said Demex slowly approaching her.

"Stay back!" she shouted. "You're not Demex." she said shaking her head and backing away.

"Huh, what are you talking about?" Demex asked, confused at what she was saying.

"You can't fool me. I know you're tricks. I should've killed you when I had the chance." replied Fira menacingly.

"I...I don't understand—you think I'm lying to you?" asked Demex.

"You are. The Demex I know is dead." replied Fira.

"What?" Demex asked, getting even more confused.

How was he dead when he was right there, standing before her. And how was Fira saying that he was lying. Didn't she have the ability to see through people's heart?

"Fira, I'm not lying to you. It's me, Demex. Check my heart if you have to. You'll see I'm not lying." said Demex raising his hands in a form of surrender to emphasize his innocence. Fira looked at him warily then stared. Demex's heart was pumping as he was nervous of the outcome. He kept watching Fira's face for any sign of expression change but her poker face was placed quite well.

Seconds ticked by and Demex saw Fira's expression change. From wary…to shocked. She looked up to him with astonished eyes. Demex smiled.

Before he knew it, the red dragoness summoned all of her strength and collided with the male dragon, setting him off balance to fall onto his side. Demex was completely caught off guard by Fira's sudden move on him, but before he could react he found her lying on top of him.

"Stop it—*laughs*—it tickles!" he struggled to say as Fira gave him kiss after kiss on his face and started licking his face non-stop, her tongue going over his scar.

"I missed you. I really missed you." she said stopping, her voice beginning to tremble, as she got off him.

"Fira, what's wrong?" he asked her, noticing her tone, as he sat up.

"I thought you were dead…" Her voice was barely above a whisper.

She felt the tears she had been trying to hold back start to fall. Demex frowned as he saw the tears fall. He had never seen Fira cry before but now that he did, it made him feel sad.

"Fira, I wasn't dead." he said, pulling her close to him so that her head rested on his chest. She buried her nose into his chest and breathed deeply letting his scent start to make her lightheaded. She started to purr gently as her sobbing began to subside.

"What on earth made you think I was?" asked Demex. She removed herself from his chest and looked up at him.

"Because... You were gone for two years. We assumed you died, even though we never found a body." she answered.

"Two years?" he exclaimed. Fira nodded and laid her head back again. "Two years..." he mumbled.

Well that explains a lot. That would explain why he and Fira looked older. Time passed by. He then began calculating in his head. Approximately how long was he at the Other World? He jogged his memory and came with the answer. He was there for approximately two weeks. So that must mean that spending a week there would be the equivalent of one year here.

"Whoa…" was all he can say as his mind reached the conclusion. He was about to ask 'what else did I miss' when something odd happened. It suddenly became dark. Demex looked up and saw that the skies were beginning to darken.

"That's odd, it was sunny a moment ago." he said. Fira pulled away from him, surprising him.

"What?" she asked him.

"Look." said Demex, referring to the sky. Fira's eyes widened.

"We have to get out of here." she said standing up quickly. Demex stood up as well.

"Why?" asked Demex. Then rain fell down from the sky; heavy rain. "You're afraid of the rain?" asked Demex teasingly.

"No, I'm not afraid of that—watch out!" she shouted as she pulled Demex out of the way as a tree fell to the ground, struck by lightning.

"That's what I'm afraid of, the lightning. C'mon let's go! We have to get to the Temple." she said as she ran towards the direction of the Temple. Demex followed with no question.

"It's happening again…; what are we going to do, Terrador?" asked Malefor to the green guardian. The dragon sighed as he stared outside the window.

The clouds were beginning to dim and that only meant one thing. The storm was brewing. It was going to rain in a few moments; followed by the gale then the lightning strikes. It was going to be hell all over again.

"I'm not sure anymore Malefor. All we can do now is to survive through the storm. Let's hope that Volteer's knowledge doesn't fail us." he replied to the Fire Guardian. Then the ice guardian, Cyril, walked into the room.

"Has anyone of you seen Fira? She was supposed to come back a few minutes earlier." asked Cyril.

"She's not here yet?" asked Malefor, concern evident in his voice.

"No, she isn't." replied Cyril. Cynder walked down the hallway and overheard the conversation.

"Want me to go look for her?" she asked them.

"No, I'll go myself." said Malefor heading for the door.

"But—"began Cynder but was cut off as Malefor brushed past him.

"No buts." he said sternly.

Cynder sighed.

Demex and Fira literally ran for their lives as the storm became more dangerous. Demex looked to his right just in time to see lightning strike a nearby tree, startling him and Fira.

"Watch out!" he yelled as the tree, now a burning debris, came crashing down, in front of them.

Fira stopped right on time as the tree crashed in front of her, a few feet away. Demex, instinctively, opened his maw and unleashed a torrent of ice to freeze the burning wreckage. But he was surprised as cold ice wasn't the only thing that came out of his maw. Along with the breath of ice, came sharp icicles that stabbed the tree with deadly accuracy. Something he hadn't done before. But still, with his ice breath, he froze the burning tree, allowing them to safely jump through it.

The two of them grunted as they jumped both at the same time. Immediately after landing, they bolted towards the Temple, which was now visible, its roof, in the distance.

"You know this would've been easier, if we flew!" shouted Fira as they ran straight ahead.

"I can't; my wings are sprained. It would've been quite painful for me to do so!" shouted Demex back over the raging gale, heavy rain and claps of thunder.

"The Temple's just over that hill, c'mon!" shouted Fira as she pointed at the distance. Demex nodded.

The two began climbing up the muddy hill. This was the final obstacle between them and the Temple. It was hard to climb up due to loose footing but the two of them successfully climbed to the top. Demex was about to jump down the opposite edge but stopped when he saw how steep it was.

"Fira are you sure ab—Ugh!" he grunted as Fira collided with him. Both dragon's yelped and fell down the slope together. Apparently she wasn't looking at where she was going, she was looking at something else. Before Demex fell to the ground, he got a glimpse of what she was looking at. It was a tree that got hit by lightning, which was going to fall on them, that he didn't notice. As their bodies slid down the muddy, wet hill, the tree crashed to where he was earlier. Fira had saved his life, again.

"What were you asking me!" she shouted as they slid down the mountain, their speed's reaching uncontrollable heights.

"Never mind!" he shouted back at her.

Malefor strode down the halls of the Temple. He was headed for the main exit as he needed to scout the surrounding areas to look for Fira.

"Where you headed?" he heard a voice that made him stop. He turned his head and saw where the voice had come from. It was from a blue dragon that stood at the corner of the hallway. It was Delnok.

"I'm going to look for Fira; she was supposed to come back earlier, but she hasn't." answered Malefor. Delnok nodded.

"Let me come with you." he said walking up to him.

"I'm assuming there's no point in arguing?" asked Malefor with a smirk as they began walking again.

"Yes, you won't be able to change my mind." answered Delnok. Malefor nodded.

The two strode down the halls of the Temple; getting a few curious looks from the other inhabitants, the students, wondering where they were headed with a storm raging outside. They eventually reached the main hallway where the main exit doors were located.

"Are we good?" asked Malefor.

"Yep, we're good." replied Delnok and the two of them opened the Temple doors. Outside, it was still raging as ever, visibility was dropping rapidly as the rain continued on. They were about to walk outside when they heard someone screaming.

"AH! HOW DO WE STOP!" shouted Demex as they slid down the hill. He turned his head to face Fira.

"I DON'T KNOW!" she shouted back to him.

The two of them slid down the hill and into the wet and muddy soil of the Temple. They should've stopped there but their momentum kept them moving; moving, towards the main entrance.

Malefor turned his head just in time to get a glimpse of two dragons, red and blue, slid down the Temple soil, towards them. The two were moving so fast that Malefor and Delnok didn't have a chance to get out of the way. The four dragons slid down the Temple floor, reaching a few feet, before stopping.

"Can you please get of me, Fira." Delnok said from beneath the red dragoness. When she noticed that she was on top of him, she blushed and moved towards Demex not noticing the smaller blush hidden on Delnok's face.

Demex, whom was on top of Malefor, looked up. He was still panting a bit as the adrenaline was still coursing through his body

"That—*pant*— was awesome…Let's do that again!" said Demex with enthusiasm.

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