Aether came to a halt right in-front of the crystal castle. Flora dismounted him and stared at the sparkling building. Suddenly, the ground started to shake and she was thrown to the ground by an immovable force. A dragon, who was not Aether screeched from the air. He was a dark, blood red with black spikes covering his back. His emerald green eyes shaped like a crystal. The sun shone on his claws making them resemble copper. Flora shielded her face from the debris flying around them.

Aether screamed back in a horrifying manner causing Flora to shudder and shrink back to her knees against her chest. She could feel the other dragons hot breath threatening to expand a blanket of fire upon the castle and across the valleys of Cayra.

Flora scrambled from the ground and stumbled because of the winds pushing her backwards.

Aether flew above the other dragon before swooping down and banging straight into him. The other dragon screamed, letting his breath set the side of the castle ablaze. Flora gasped as she jumped out of the way of a piece of crystal fell next to her.

Aether snapped his neck back and screeched back while trying to chase the other dragon away from the city.

Flora looked closer and recognized the dragon- Taber; once he was used as the king’s way of transportation until he was injured and exiled from the city- until recently. He had come back for revenge.

She ran from the battle ground to find a knight to assemble the army to take him down. She hesitated. Taber was treated horribly after his injury, maybe the kingdom deserved it. However, she kept running to find a knight.

Aether bit down hard on Taber’s tail before he spit it out because of the spikes that cut his gums. Taber snapped back in his direction and clawed at his face, leaving open wounds slashed across his face. Taber whipped Aether with his spiky tail and Aether was thrown to the ground. His weight and force caused the path to shatter.

Aether painfully turned back to face Taber and growled deeply. Taber struck him again as he laid defenseless on the ground.

Flora turned to look at the dragons battling and noticed Taber sink his teeth into Aether’s neck.

“Aether!”