The shadows took all of his focus and the Dark Fairy could not spare even a glance behind him to see how the Knight's battle fared. There were simply too many foes to keep track of, but with each assault there were fewer. It began to seem to Hadama as though they might yet triumph--
The cries and clang of battle at his back did not distract him, but the bubbling gasp of an apology did, and he whipped his head around to see the Knight falling. He uttered no more words, but the look in his emerald eyes was terrible as he swept the trailing sleeves of his robe back and gripped his staff in both hands, bringing it down upon the flawless tiles of the ballroom hard enough to shatter them. He did not know what spells he might call upon, but his intention was as hard and clear as a diamond:
Save her.
The crystal at the staff's tip exploded in dazzling green light that expanded throughout the room like an emerald wave before gathering at a point high above the melee and lancing down into the body of the Knight. Hurts were healed and wounds were closed, but in the process the Knight
and spread leathery wings the match of the Roc's as she rose again in the body of a great white and silver dragon.
And as the shadows pounced upon the undefended back of the Dark Fairy and dragged him down beneath their smothering, inky weight there was only silent satisfaction in his eyes before they were hidden from sight.
The cries and clang of battle at his back did not distract him, but the bubbling gasp of an apology did, and he whipped his head around to see the Knight falling. He uttered no more words, but the look in his emerald eyes was terrible as he swept the trailing sleeves of his robe back and gripped his staff in both hands, bringing it down upon the flawless tiles of the ballroom hard enough to shatter them. He did not know what spells he might call upon, but his intention was as hard and clear as a diamond:
Save her.
The crystal at the staff's tip exploded in dazzling green light that expanded throughout the room like an emerald wave before gathering at a point high above the melee and lancing down into the body of the Knight. Hurts were healed and wounds were closed, but in the process the Knight
...changed...
...grew...
and spread leathery wings the match of the Roc's as she rose again in the body of a great white and silver dragon.
And as the shadows pounced upon the undefended back of the Dark Fairy and dragged him down beneath their smothering, inky weight there was only silent satisfaction in his eyes before they were hidden from sight.
