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The other two quieten, finally Vain pushes against Aqua to let here go and lifting her hand she starts manifesting a protection spell. Rea copies her sister, her movements sluggish, but her words clear. Dream and Hope do the same chanting their spell, their words in unison as they chant.
“Light so bright, light so pure, protect these tunnels from any plight.”
“Light so bright, light so pure, protect these tunnels from any fight.”
“Keep all within safe, keep the peace within tight.”
“Light so bright, light so pure, rise, rise and what we say will be right.”
The minute the sisters grow silent I am taking Hopes’ hand to guide her away from the entrance, the others follow suit. I hear the concerned gasps from the girls as we pass the destruction that has occurred in the Dragon’s lair as the rocks fell to block out previous entrances, there are Dragons that have been injured, and some killed by the fall of the rocks. Instead of the usual chaos, there is silence as the Dragons help the injured and start cleaning away the debris.
When we enter the main cavern, we find Doil and Brok walking towards us, Doil is bleeding from a cut to his upper arm and Brok is holding his side which indicates that he might havehurt his ribs. “You made it!” Doil states as he comes to stand before us, “we were heading out the west tunnel when the walls collapsed” he reveals with a grunt.
“There are Dragons by the entrance that are frozen like the Gargoyles,” Brok explains, “I don’t understand as the ones in here are fine.”
“Toron must have infused his own spell with Love’s as she sang, because only her singing wouldn’t have frozen the Dragons.” Rea says as she rubs her hands up and down her arms which I notice has Zain stepping up close behind her to rub her arms for warmth.
“Do you think he is using Love as a conduit?” I ask as I glance around making sure that we aren’t in any imminent danger standing here.
“Yes, I think he might be” Dream replies with a sad expression.
“We will find a way of breaking his Zombie spell on everyone and then we can defeat him,” Hope says as she takes Dreams hand in hers.
“For now, we need to be helping the Dragon’s clean up and try and rebuild what has been destroyed,” Vain states as she looks around at the destruction. I look around once again surprised at the calmness of the Dragons, I thought that they would be at our throats, blaming us for what has happened, but they are calmly going about what they need to do without blame or finger pointing. I know that Dragons are the oldest, wisest faction in Eternity Fae, but only when I see how controlled they are do I realise how much the Wolves still need to learn.
If we were with the Wolf packs, they would be slaughtering us right now for the danger that we have brought to them, but instead the Dragons understand that even though they are currently under attack because we are here, they would haveattacked them either way in the long run to try and conquer their power.
Darius had invited us to enter the tunnels and stay but only until the girls found their sisters, the minute they did we should have left, but no one kicked us out, no one said anything, and now Darius has been turned into stone.
“Are all the entrances protected?” I ask, I want to make sure that we aren’t all slaughtered in our sleep if somehow, they manage to make their way inside.
“Yes, we have protected the tunnels, the Dragons home, for now they won’t be entering without us knowing.” Rea replies.
“You need to rest,” Zain says as he looks at Rea which earns him a glare.
“I agree with him, all of you need to rest,” I raise my hand before they can complain as they open their mouths to argue. “You will have to fight Toron again,” I explain, “and I am thinking soon, therefore it would make sense for the four of you to try and recuperate your strength so that you can help us instead of being too exhausted to do anything.”
“We need to help, we can’t just go and sleep,” Hope complains earning her sisters’ quick agreements.
“That’s fine, then why don’t you go and find all the kids, take them to one place and keep them occupied while their parents make it safe for them again.” I see the scowl on Vain’s face, but the girls finally agree as they start looking around for the children.
“Let’s get to work, we need to try and make these tunnels safe again” I order, I know that even though I’m not their leader, I was the second in command when Brog was leader at Eternity Fae. When Darius is around, we defer to his order as he is theKing’s guard and higher in rank, but now that he isn’t here the others will defer to me.
“Doil, why don’t you go and get your arm sorted and then come and help.” I state as I see the blood still running from his wound. He nods, turning he heads in the direction where the infirmary used to be.
“Have any of you seen Darius?” Brok asks as he looks around.
“Darius was with us; he was frozen like the Gargoyles are” Shok’s explanation has Brog’s eyes widen in surprise.
“No way,” he mutters, “never thought they could do that to a Dragon,”
“Looks like the spell targets specific factions as it didn’t affect any of us” Shok says as he bends to pick up a large rock and push it towards the wall of the Cavern. We start helping the Dragons cleaning up, helping the injured ones getting them to the infirmary. We work for hours, building, cleaning, and assisting with the dead.
I keep an eye on the girls, making sure that they do not tire themselves out. I see that Dream has fallen asleep against the Cavern wall with a little girls’ head on her lap as she was stroking her hair. Both are sleeping peacefully even though there is banging and scrapping all around them.
Hope is sitting with two boys, playing some king of game while Rea is sitting a few feet away with a group of four kids as she tells them a story. Vain is sitting on a boulder with a teenage girl, by their earnest expressions I would say that Vain is guiding the girl through her fears. It is known among the guard that Vain has the gift of helping beings with their self-confidence, with their purpose, guiding them to become the best that they can be. She is great at strategy, but she is better at building and guidingpeople. Her self-confidence and wisdom are always welcome and adhered when offered.
We all know that the sisters are still finding their powers, that they are still building their strength and inner magic. Toron is forcing them to speed up their growth, stopping them from finding their own strength at their own time, finding the magic that binds the five of them. Instead, he is pushing them, so that he can acquire their strength for his own evil plans.
