New Chapter!!
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Chapter 16
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One of Darkness.One of Light.
The sun rose over the magnificent city. It's light illuminated the glass towers in outstanding detail. Arcanus stirred. The stiff haze that took hold of his body was ripped apart as his eyes opened. His vision was even slightly hazy but what grinned back at him was horrifically recognizable. Jace's unmatched malice shone on his face. Arcanus was lying on the floor with Jace standing above him.
"JACE!!!"Burst Arcanus in outstanding joy. He jumped up and was questioning at Jace within seconds.
"How did you get out of there?"He asked flabbergasted."And..and..gah.ga..WINGS!"Choked out an amazed Arcanus. Jace laughed deeply. His wings were only red when they just emerged due to being under intense heat. Now they had cooled and were a deep abyssal black.
"That dark night in the dungeon. It pushed me beyond my limits. I explored places I should never be.I thought being Draconic would make me stronger. Then I realized Humanity is what made me complete. Humanity is creativeness. Ingenuity. To invent and push boundaries is The Human way. That is why we were the only Perfect Creation. Dragon's are power. Brute force and magic manifested. Only they were born with compassion and not hate like the rest. We are both. We were given tremendous power and the ingenuity to use it!"Said Jace slowly and meaningfully stretching every syllable to emphasize the importance. Understanding shone in his eyes. He seem more happy than he ever had been before. He had gained something he had searched for his whole life. Peace.
"Jace. I am glad you have learned so much.But are you not sad about Laith?"Asked Arcanus blown away by Jace's story. A look of intentness that had been reserved only for the hardest spell learning was on his face the entire story. Jace's smiling features grew just a fraction of an inch less joyful. He chuckled and a look of contemplation crossed his face. He began to think of Laith again.
"Laith has moved on. He lived his life in the best way. I could never be more sure he will find a Heaven where he is comfortable. Stealing bread buns from the old ladies,Raising horses and irritating guards."Said Jace soberly thinking about the times he spent with Laith. He shook it off.
"But first it is time you understood. It is time you understood what it means to be Draconic."He said with that same malicious grin that told you he was plotting behind his kind eyes. He grabbed Arcanus's shoulders with both hands. Arcanus froze and his eyes went foggy. He looked up toward the ceiling and began to shake slightly. He seemed to be in some sort of trance. a strange electricity arced from Jace's fingers into Arcanus's shoulders. He start to shake more violently. Suddenly Arcanus stopped. A quiet sizzling could be heard. Amira emerged out of the darkness in the cave. She had been listening in the darkness unnoticed.Oddly suspicious.What reason would she have to hide? She slowly came out into the light and saw Arcanus and Jace. The sizzling grew louder until it was all that could be hear.It transformed into a roaring flame. It stuck inside your head like a never-ending crashing of waves. It filled your head with a strange deafening madness. Suddenly it stopped. Then in a glorious crash of burning embers wings broke out of Arcanus's back. Jace let go of his iron grip and Arcanus slowly looked at him. He smiled. A million things raced through his mind at a lightning pace. His mind was accommodating for all the extra knowledge it could hold and was forced to receive. His mind was learning to deal with how fast it was able to run now. The magnificent red wings began to cool off quickly. Slowly but surely they began to show their real color. They were pure white wings that shone in radiant beauty with his white robes. Jace's black combat suit and shining daggers set off his dark wings very nicely as well. Amira sneered.
"I see you've embraced your scaly side. Well how is that going to help us? We're in a war. Unless those fancy wings can take down an army of Archon's your not helping anyone."She replied snidely. Arcanus's mind was filled with all the knowledge they needed. The only thing either of them was confused to was why Amira was acting so oddly. Jace answered Amira politely.
"In fact we are much more powerful now then before. It took all the Dragon's in the world to defeat and trap The Archon's. We however are much more powerful than that. Separately of course. But together we know what we have to do. We have the knowledge of ages. We know what we must do."Said Jace. Arcanus nodded mirroring his certainty. Imagine having your entire knowledge uprooted and then have it rebuilt except with knowledge of the past and future for ages to come all inside your mind. That's how much knowledge they gained. Amira snarled to herself.
"Well then prepare warriors. The war is near. The Archon's are rising. And it definitely won't be pretty."She mumbled. Jace and Arcanus looked at each other and smiled.
"We'll be ready."They replied in unison.