Yami Shorts

 Truth Doormaze Drage was the first to wake. She was glad that she was in a place where she could see the sun. The next thing that she was glad to feel was the cold air and then she heard the sound of people nearby. She could even tell that there were many. She slowly sat up, knowing that getting up too soon would not be a good idea. She looked around to see that she and her friends were in the middle of a cobbled road, where there were people going to and fro. Quickly she pulled Burn and Coalmine out of the way and at the corner of a house on the other side of the road. “Aw!” Groaned Burn as she woke, nursing her hurt behind. “Are you alright?”  “No! My stomach and butt hurts and I’ve got a pain in my chest that won’t go away!” She rambled. This some her up completely as she felt a ripple run throughout her body as she gasped and covered her mouth. “I didn’t mean to say that!” At this they frowned. “Are you alright Doormaze?” “No.” “Why not?” “I want to go home. Yet I can’t b...

 Dragon Bone Island Pendragon was already dead before he crashed into the deep. His head was fully on fire and his brain was ash. Yet his body was not fully covered by water as it was the size of a continent. This caused the water to spread out leading to tsunamis throughout the nearest lands. This caused the shorelines to be permanently changed and the towns and villages to be devastated.  The waves fell back upon the dragon corpse. Soon the blood spread throughout the ocean and seabed. This attracted the sharks nearby. Which ate away at the wings and the sections of the body that lay beneath the waves.  Yet the rest remained above the water. This attracted the birds of the air, which ate away at the belly and the flesh in the talons. This attracted more and more types of marine and flying animals that continued to eat away at more and more of the dragon. Yet, as time wore on, the remains swelled up and discoloured. This sent a foul stench throughout the lands that the w...

 The Fall Of The Dragon King  The first thing she did was slide down to the head to get to the left eye. There she stopped at the eyelid. She tried not to pay attention to the storm clouds below them as she caught a glimpse of the volcanos where she fought the fire dragon poke out like a spider’s bite. She knew that she did not want to fall here. Yet this meant that she could not afford to drop for one moment.  She had to ignore the itching in her back. However she could feel her body shaking uncontrollably. She started to breathe in and out rapidly. Her stomach churned painfully. She was suddenly afraid that she was going to throw up and lose her grip and fall. She bit her lip as she could feel ice in her racing heart. Yet she had to look down at the eye for a moment. Then she saw the dragon palm coming at her. She quickly dived down and in as the eye closed. Darkness eclipsed her as she was smashed between the inner eyelid and the eyeball, but she knew that she could no...

 The Battle In The Sky The first thing that Loc did was send a blast of fire at the gap between the talons and knuckle. She then spread it out and kept it up until the one talon in her side fell. She immediately slid out of the other talon and fell. She reached out her hand and pulled herself on top of the talon. She then looked up at where the head was. Only to see it staring at her. She had milliseconds to stop the fire. Then he coughed and coughed and coughed before the fire came out. At this, she let out a breath of relief as she climbed on and on and on daring not to look down. She knew that the moment that she did, the battle would be over. So she charged on and on and on and dived onto the knuckles then on to the upper wrist. She could feel her body was as cold as ice and she felt like there were invisible claws scratching at her chest. Yet she pushed herself on and on and on.  Then she saw the wounds of the battlefield so she drove the fire into them all. Then Pendrago...

 Getting Out Of The Dragon  When she woke up next she felt something brush the back of her hand. She quickly grabbed it and it took all that she had to pull herself up and she climbed and climbed then stabbed the stomach lining. She groaned and she pushed herself up further and sat on the handle.  She felt utterly exhausted. She panted as she felt hungry and yet robbed of something internal. She felt cold and her head felt light. She felt her eyelids drop and there she slept heavily. It was a sleep that she knew that could not be denied. It was a sleep that her body craved. One that her mind needed as tears fell at the mere thought of those that she had led to their deaths. When she woke up, she wondered if she stayed there, would her whole body be digested? Would that lead to her death or would she stay there, her soul pinned to her ever dissolving bones? And once her bones were dissolved, would her soul follow Pendragon’s digestive system until she came out the other en...

 Inside The Dragon Loc fell down the esophagus and gained speed until her body slapped into the stomach acid. Suddenly she felt the burning all around her. Yet she looked up to see the whole stomach was like a large glowing lake. She could see that there were corpses of all the men all around her. Yet she could not even count just how many there were in the dim light. She lit a ball of fire to get a good look around to see the dead and half digested face of Kai. At this she let out a scream. Then, as she looked on, she saw more and more dead bodies that were just alive a moment ago. She also noticed that there were more and more dead bodies and some skeletons too! All around her and some sank beneath the clear stomach acid. Yet there was one deep beneath her that caught her eye. It was one coated in black armour that she had not seen before in this world. However she had seen material like that back in her world! It was black dragon scale armour. She could tell by the pattern and ...

 The Ground Battle He dived on and looked beside her. She pulled out Rock and Stone and hit the side of the tallon that was the size of a house! This did nothing. She did it again and again and again but it did nothing. She then raced, along with several men, climbed on them and hit the tallon again and again and again and then it cracked. Then the paw was raised up and slammed down. They all collapsed on the ground. Then she saw the blast coming. She pushed it on as far as she could as the men all raced on. They were back on the talons. Then they all raced on and on and went to stab the back of the hand again and again and again. Yet he did not even let out a grunt, no, he just looked at the group with nothing but annoyance as they stabbed away at it. Only to be raised again then some raced up again and ran as fast as they could to the ankles. Then they dug their blades into the scales as he slammed the claw down.  They then pulled out their blades and went to slice the ankle...

 The Dragon King Lands They were able to get out of the stone tunnels and found out that it led to the middle of an open field with a layer of runes that were once a castle of old which was on the side of a mountain. Loc would have looked around with a gaping mouth if she knew that this was not the time for sight seeing. So they descended the ancient stone stairs and at the foot of a large and open field. She looked around for the pools and spotted that they were ahead. She soon set them all alight.  At this she could not help but feel a sense of satisfaction as she knew that, as Paradtopia was dead, Pendragon could no longer make any soldiers and with no more soldiers there would be no more armies. She let herself smile then cleaned herself and her clothes. The rest of the men and eagles did the same. Once they were all clothed and cleaned she saw a tiny shape in the sky. Yet as she looked at it, she saw that it was getting closer and closer and closer. Soon it blocked out th...

 The Final General They soon were able to come to another set of stairs. They all walked up to another set of double doors. They walked on and the doors opened to where Basilisk was. They all looked back for a moment then looked on. They let out a deep breath. Now was the time to take out the last general. Once this one was taken out then it would be the last dragon. This would mean that all the people of this world would be free from the fear and terror of the dragons and would be able to sleep safe and sound, knowing that the morning will bring a new world and a new way of life. Some men could feel excitement run throughout them. Some wondered what they would do after this and with their new found freedom. Some dreamed of marrying that woman they wanted. Others, finally confessing their love to her. Others just wanted to see their wives and enjoy her comfort by a cozy and warm fire and rest in her arms. Wrapped by her love and kindness. With a tender intimacy that only married co...

 Oroch Once they had eaten and rested and attended to the wounded. Those that could moved on. They came to a set of stone stairs leading up. Seeing that there was no other way, they all walked up the stairs with their guards up. They all kept their eyes trained upon the darkness ahead. They soon came to a group of stones and they had to move them out of the way which made the staircase lighter. Then they walked on and saw more and moved them out of the way, yet all of them were able to keep their guards up.  Loc, in particular, kept her guard up the most as she did not want to be eaten again. She also noticed that she smelt. Yet she pushed past the scent and made sure she went on and on and on. Soon they came to a set of double doors with the same lion on them. The moment that they arrived at the set, they opened. They all looked at each other and then looked ahead of them. Ahead of them was a sleeping hydra the size of a five floored mansion with thirteen heads! The moment th...

 Kuromaru It was in the morning two days after the final army’s fall when they arrived at a set of double doors. Both doors had twin tailed lions standing rampant. Lions, that Loc could swear, could see her and cheering her on, along with the army. She could almost feel their pride at how far she had come over the past year, since she came to this world. It was like their courage was oozing out and entering each and every one of them. Upon coming to the front of the doors, they opened. She walked in and spotted the glowing green water running parallel to each other at the sides of the cave-like structure. This illuminated the whole tunnel with a good but dim light. They kept their eyes trained on the centre where it was the most dark. They all stayed there a while out of caution. Upon seeing that there was nothing coming out the heads and Loc looked at each other. “So, do we walk in?” “As it is obvious that Kuromaru isn’t coming out, it seems that we don’t have a choice.” “What’s t...

 The Fall Of The Final Army It was night when they arrived. Loc looked around. She looked back for a moment then at the eagles. She knew what to do. So she, along with every head of the armies, looked around and circled the entire camp and noticed all of them and she counted all of them. Good. “So, your plan?” “Strike from the air. Take out as many wings as we can. Then get the ones on the ground to take care of them.” “Isn’t that all that we’ve been doing woman?” “Brother!” “Yes, but this time there are no nasty surprises.” He nodded. So they all went back and the eagle riders mounted upon their eagles. They almost flung themselves into the air. Then they looked down at the camp. Both rider and eagle loaded their arrows and fired at the wings. This took out fifty wings. Immediately after both went onto taking out fifty more and another and another and another.  Yet the remaining fifty woke up and looked up and shot to the air. Yet as they spread their wings and flapped them ...

 The Final Fourth Division  They all arrived at the camp of the fourth division at half three. Yet it felt like it was later, mainly due to the sun going down quicker. This made Loc secretly hope to get this over and done with within a week. After all, she knew that it would not be good to fight Pendragon or be risking fighting him in the winter. Especially with these men. She looked down to see that the giant wyverns were all going to and fro. All seemed more vigilant than the last. She could tell that they were getting ready for a fight. This caused hoe to travel to the left and then further on down wind. That was when they saw a group in front of them. “The wings.” She spoke before they released a wave of fire. They all dived behind her. She stopped the flames. Then pushed them up. The men all charged on and some men hopped onto the backs of the eagles. Then they fired at the wings of the giant wyverns. Then the giant wyverns at the back started to fly up and they followed,...

 The Final Third Division  They all had been marching for two hours, only taking a break for a quick lunch. Kai made sure to walk by Loc. “How are you not harmed?” He demanded. “I saw you fall and get hit several times and there is not a scratch on you.” “I’m immortal.” “Oh?” She let out a sigh. “This was not my choice. I was forced to become this way.” He looked to the side with a curled lip. “How?” “I was captured when I was no older than seventeen by a cult called the Sunburners. Mainly as a tool to be used against my sisters. Yet they had to make me immortal in order to make sure I survived giving birth to a star.” “A what!?” “Actually I vomited it up.” “Oh.” His eyes narrowed. “Are all of the stars of your world made that way?” “No.” He nodded as his lip curled more. “And is that your secret?” “No…I don’t think so…” She looked down as they walked on and on in silence for a moment. “And what is it like?” She winced. “Painful. Yet when I start to itch…” His eyes widened as ...

 The Final Second Division  It was at ten when they arrived at the camp of the next division of the giant wyverns. She looked around and could count that there were four hundred. “So, how many are there?” “Four hundred.” “Your plan?” “Attack right now, meanwhile I will be stopping as much of the fire as I can.” Kai nodded. “Don’t be such a girl.” “Brother!” “Actually, there are only four hundred and about twenty thousand of us. It’s almost barely fair!” “Oh.” “Now let’s go.” Soon they all drew their blades and arrows. The eagles and their riders were in the air. Then they all shot down as silently as they could with the group on the ground sliced their necks. They did this again and again and again. Soon the four hundred were dead. “Well, that was swift.” “I know! That was easy.” “Yes. Far too easy.” One of the men opened their mouth, but before he could say anything, that was when they saw a blast of fire landed on the left. They all looked at it for a moment and then at the ...

 Strike Of The Final Army It was early in the morning and the sun had not yet risen. Loc knew that this was the best time to arrive and take the first division out. She, along with all the men and eagles, were tired of waiting for all the armies to arrive and knew that it was time to take the battle to them. She looked down to see the giant wyverns the size of houses. Then she looked back. “What’s your suggestion?” “Why ask her?” “Brother.” “Sh! They will hear.” “Oh, right. Thank you!” “Don’t thank her, you should have known better!” “Well we go from the to go from the to the top and at all sides. We will have to take out as many as we can while they sleep. Yet the moment that they wake up is when we need to worry.” “The rest nodded.” “Coward!” “Strategic. Also, we need to pay attention as much as we can.” “Right.” “Is this-” “Not the time. So all of you, tell the others and the first thing to do it take them out before they even come round or wake up.” “Right.” “I still don’t like...

 The Gathering Men Loc had a long and heavy sleep, right up until late morning. She could feel like her body was like it had been covered in water. She could see that everyone in the camp had found more dead to bury. Then she could smell that they were cooking and she could hear them laughing.  She could not help but feel a smile rest upon her lips. She was glad that they were all getting along. Yet she could not help but feel a shadow of dread pass over her. She could sense that all of this is nothing more than a calm before the storm. She could even swear that the clouds had become grey and thicker.  Her eyes rested upon a group that were dancing. Her eyes looked down, wondering how many would be left once Pendragon was dead. Yet she knew that she could not allow herself to become close to any of them. But she knew that after all of this, she should try to get to know at least some of them. When she could feel that her body was ready, she moved around. “How are you Comm...

 The Final Unit They all woke at nine at night. They all had a quick tea before they looked at the fiery horizon. They were all well rested but they all knew that they needed more. Yet after this, they all decided to bury and mourn the dead and have a good sleep. Maybe right into midday.  After all, they all knew that they would have to pack their backs and get a move on to the next place to go to attack the last army before going onto the generals and finally Pendragon. Yet, none of them allowed themselves to think about that. Nor his generals either. The least amount of dread in the room the better. They did not see the first head until between eleven to twelve. Loc looked up, for a moment, then looked at Elijah. He looked back at her and nodded. She was soon on his back and they all took to the skies. She looked down and could count ten at the front, yet even though she could see three rows, she could only just see two more obscured by the darkness. So she looked on to take...

 The Fourth Unit After a good rest at half past three, they all got to their feet. Loc could see the first heads as the sun started going down and low on the horizon with the first stars faintly coming out. She looked at Elijah. He nodded and soon she was on his back and in the air and she looked down. She counted the hydras on the first row and found ten and only nine rows. Ninety. Good. We can win this. “How many?” “Ninety.” “Significantly less.” “Getting dark. Now get down.” So they were back on the ground. “Same plan, but we need to get as much fire lit on the battlefield as we can after the battle. That way we will be able to see better.” “Right.” So all the eagles set off and all of them were in the sky. The eagles loaded their bows and fired the arrows at the eyes of the first row, then the second row and the third row.  Yet the fourth row looked up and let out a blast of fire. She stopped it and Elijah fired the arrow. Then she parted the fire. Then they returned to fi...

 The Third Unit It had been half an hour after eating their lunch when the first hydra was seen. It had three heads. Yet Loc took to the sky and looked down. She saw thirteen on the first row. She then looked on to see that there were eleven rows. Which made her stomach drop slightly. One hundred and forty three… This one is going to take a lot out of us. Even though it will be hard, as long as we are able to get to those stomachs, it won’t be unbeatable… Which means we need to get those eyes taken out as soon as we can. So she looked down. “I have a plan. First eagles, pair up with a man. All of you, aim for those eyes. Once they are all blinded, the rest of the men, and myself, will slice the stomachs. Meanwhile you stay in the air and keep the heads occupied. Right.” “Right.” So fifty of the men climbed on the backs of the eagles and were all in the air. Loc was on Elijah’s back and she looked down. The eagles and the men archers loaded their bows and fired at each eye. They did...