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Enderstorm shifted into her human form, the black dress she wore as shifting clothes stained in blood. She crouched on the ground, silently crying.
“I wish Father Wick was here,” she whispered under her breath, her eyes filled with sorrow and loneliness now that the pain had mostly subsided.
Anna reached out to pull her up, silently thankful she'd lost her memories. At least she didn't remember any people from before. "What now?"
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Enderstorm stood shakily, and began combing the blood out of her hair with her fingers.
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Enderstorm glared at her.
“I was born with it, and it surfaced after…after…” Enderstorm choked on her words, tears and blood beginning to run down her face.
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Tessa shot a look at Alex that made full gown men cower. "Some things are not that simple," she snapped.
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Enderstorm turned away, and put her hands up to her face to stop the tears and blood. She shifted into her dragon form and flew off, just within eyesight of the group.
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Tessa crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes at Alex, projecting her stress onto Alex. "Now look what you did."
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Enderstorm cried on the ground, memories of a ginormous black dragon screaming in pain, blue blood flowing everywhere, and smaller, higher pitched screams sounding closer, screaming for her mother. She took her anger and pain out on a tree, crushing it under her huge paws, and breathing flame on the forest. The purple fire quickly spread, beginning to consume the trees around her.
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Ronan tapped Tessa on the shoulder, just a tad worried. "Umm. Temper tantrum in the forest?" He meant it to be a statement but it came out as a worried question.
Tessa temporarily snapped out of her mood as she looked at the spreading forest fire, cursing under her breath. "That's not good. I mean, I'm fireproof, but I highly doubt everyone else here is."
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Enderstorm looked at the spreading fire, finally realizing what she had done.
“Oh no.” She flew back over to the group, landing and crouching down sheepishly.
“I’m fireproof, I can protect you guys at least for a little bit,” she said, spreading out her wings over the humans to create a shield.
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Tessa slapped Ronan's arm. "Do your thing."
He gave her an incredulous look. "You're not serious." She gave him a blank stare in return. Neither sibling backed down.
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Enderstorm suddenly began coughing, and hacked up blue blood from her throat. Her tail whipped wildly, almost whacking Anna.
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"Careful Enderstorm," Tessa warned as gently as she could. "Do. Your. Thing," she pressed Ronan. He shook his head in protest.
"Agh!" Anna yelped and dropped to the ground, the flames licking at her memory. She looked over at Ronan with wide eyes and nodded at him. Anything he could do that might help, she was in favor of.
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He sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "Fine." He moved away from the group. His skin cracked, then he turned into a pile of rocks. They shifted then tumbled away from each other and towards the burning forest.
Tess pouted. "Aww. I wanted to see a bunch of mini Ronans."
Anna's eyes widened as the rocks rolled away. "He turned into a rock." She stated it directly, wondering if anyone would correct her.
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Tessa snorted. "He's a mountain dragon shifter. I can burst into flame, he can become and manipulate stone." She nodded at the rocks as they disappeared in the trees. "Those rocks will become mini clones of Ronan–less powerful but still have the same powers as him."
"That's pretty awesome." Anna watched the space of the woods he'd vanished into.
"While your brother takes care of the fire, please listen up." Max was back, and he seemed angry.
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Tessa's somewhat amused mood instantly soured at the sight of the cat. She scowled at it without saying a word.
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Enderstorm’s eyes glazed over, and she felt very faint.
"Good job coming this far, and be aware- you are the last survivors, there is no one else out there. We do hope you'll survive." He seemed to power off, his eyes dimming and his head tilting down.
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(Ugh, we had to listen to this band called Attaboy for an assembly at school. They're not bad, but they're not my kind of music.)
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Enderstorm collapsed on the ground, panting. Her scales were clammy and cold, and she seemed very weak.
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Tessa rushed over to Enderstorm. "Hey, hey, hey. Enderstorm? What's going on?"
Ronan's rock clones managed to smother the flames, leaving a smoking forest behind as they rejoined and Ronan made his way back to the group.
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Enderstorm had fainted. Her scales were clammy and cold to the touch, and seemed to be a little paler than before.
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(Sorry to Mother Hen in advance)
"Shit," Tessa cursed colorfully under her breath as she worried over Enderstorm. "I'm really not liking it here anymore. If only Cinthia was here…"
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For once, Enderstorm was completely still in her sleep. Mercifully, she was not plagued by nightmares, and slept peacefully for the first time in years.
(I'll permit it just this once…)
Anna knelt by her, debating whether or not to wake her up. She decided to leaver her, and stood again to check the progress of the fire. It seemed to be under control, and she stood again.
