"Farron! Get out!" Aurelius cried, urging Nox to go faster.
Valkyrie cast a glance over to Farron, her eyes cold and glazed over. She was undeniably upset about everything, but her expression changed as she went to his Aurelius again. This time, her blade slashed into the side of his leg. Nox turned her head and started to blow vivid blue fire at Valkyrie. Valhalla was forced to slow down to shield her with his wings. This gave her and Aurelius just enough time to pull ahead and try to escape.
They flew up next to Farron.
“Aurelius. Are you alright?” Farron asked, his gaze doing a quick scan over the othe make and his dragon, “What the hell happened with Valkyrie?!”
"I-I don't know… I'm not sure what's happening, but stay away from her. She's a damn traitor, is what is is." Aurelius was doing his best to steady his breathing; he was trying to do anything to distract himself from the pain. He was bleeding from a sizable gash in his arm, and another on his opposite leg. He was obviously hurt, but clearly more concerned with escape than his state.
While all that was happening Zander quickly swooped down and His dragon caught Mara and pulled her right off of Riven. A scream came from her lips as she hung in the air. "Zander put me down!" She grabbed her sword and slashed at the dragons leg and it let go and she started to fall to the ground. "Nox!" Was the first dragon that came to mind as she was falling. She was sure if Riven tried to catch her she would break his back or something.
Jade snorted as she and Quincy flew after Zander. Quincy’s sword was drawn as she wasn’t going to let Mara be taken again.
Auri… Mara's back there. I don't want to risk you getting hurt anym-
"GO! We're helping her!"
Nox went a little out of her way to catch Mara on her back. She curled her tail around Mara's waist to help her stay on, then wove frantically farther away, trying to catch back up to the others.
Aurelius, I can't go much faster!
"It's okay. You're doing great."
“How many people aren’t still alive?!” Farron called out to Aurelius, flying back to meet with him.
"Well, considering the Hall of Elders is up in flames… There's blood in the streets… Not everyone even managed to get to their dragons and fly, and the worst isn't over yet? We're talking utter destruction," Aurelius replied, "Of our group, I think we got at least almost everyone."
"Get me down to Riven." Riven has been down below following all of them and was just hoping that Mara was okay. "We're close enough to the ground, just drop me Riven can catch me." Mara wasn't sure if they could even hear her.
Farron nodded, “We should get to somewhere safer. North or east is our best bet from here.”
Nox tilted a little, lowering her wing so that Mara could use it as a slide down to Riven's back. Aurelius clung to the dragon tighter.
"Nox… I'm a bit unsteady. Let's not do that again. You might drop me," Aurelius muttered before agreeing with Farron.
Jade and Quincy flew back to the group. Quincy ‘properly’ mounted and they looked at the utter destruction behind them. Quincy didn’t know what was worse, the fact she wasn’t hurt by all of her friends burning to death, or the fact she thought some of them deserved it.
Aurelius saw Quincy from the corner of his eye and breathed a slight sigh of relief.
"We good? Anyone following us?"
“None that I can see,” Qunicy responded. She still had a tight grip on her sword, “They could be hiding though.”
"Let's keep going, then. I'd say North towards the mountains. Lots of places to hide and rest if we must," Aurelius said. His grip on Nox was becoming less firm. He had to sheathe his sword, in fear that he would slip off if he didn't have both hands.
“There’s a clan of northern dragon rides that I… I know will give us cover if need be.” Farron was hesitant but swallowed it down.
"We'll figure it out once we get that far," Aurelius said, thinking if we get that far.
He finally turned his head to look at his arm. The cut was deeper than he'd thought, but that explained why he was already feeling a little drowsy.
"Any other ideas? Suggestions?" he asked.
“Nope, other then Harrow’s clan I can’t think of anything else…” Farron said, shaking his head.
Mara landed on Riven's back and put her sword away. Mara, I'm glad your safe. She hugged her Dragon and just followed the others. The bad thing about not being able to fly was that she couldn't hear the conversations. "That was terrifying."
"Is everyone else unhurt?" Aurelius asked, glancing around. He flexed his fingers. They were becoming cold, and therefore a little stiff.
“I’m not.” Farron said, looking over Ysethen.
"Good," Aurelius replied, "So we should be able to make it a bit farther."
Nox fluttered her wings a little in distaste.
Yeah, a bit. That's all. I feel you about to slide off my back up there.
"Aurelius!" Mara shouted from the ground, with all the background noise and the wind blowing in his ears. When she was up there he looked to be in bad shape, it would be safer if he were to ride Riven and Mara to ride Nox.
“What is it?” he shouted back, his voice breaking a little. For some reason, he was beginning to feel more afraid now than he did in the midst of battle.
Quincy looked around and said to the ithers, “Why don’t we land so Mara can be included in this?”
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