Thread:Kusindlerp123/@comment-37242682-20181127213244/@comment-30921738-20190101182450

When Noctis opened his eyes, he had expected to see what the afterlife was like. He did not expect to be hundreds of feet off the ground and dangling from a dragons claws. But when he looked up and saw the face of Hunter, suddenly he wasn't so glad to be alive. He kicked and thrashed, trying to get out of the dragons grasp, and attempted to swing his antlers into Hunter's face. He was rewarded with a flash of pain as Hunter grabbed Noctis's antlers and held him there, dangling by only his antlers.

"Don't even try to escape. If I drop you, you'll surely die. If fact, you're lucky I even saved you from your first fall. But next time..." Hunter trailed off. Noctis didn't need to be a genius to know what she was going to say.

Noctis looked down at his arms, which were bound by thick metal cuffs. His legs were also bound, and he had a rope around his mouth. Loose enough so he could talk, but too tight for him to open his mouth enough to bite anyone.

"Why did you even save me?" Noctis snapped, his voice muffled by the rope.

"Would you rather have me let you die?" Hunter asked. When Noctis didn't respond, she went on talking about something else. "Sadly, we weren't able to continue in the raid. But that actually benefits us, as the Dark kingdom will think that you succeeded in assasinating me, so they won't expect an attack any time soon. And you can congratulate yourself and your friend for making that possible."

Noctis refused to respond, as he knew she was just trying to make him angry or hopeless. In fact, he didn't speak  or struggle through the whole way back to the castle of the Light side. Hunter had given up on talking halfway there, and eventually changed position so it was more comfortable for Noctis. He wasn't sure if she was trying to be nice to him or trying to make him more obedient, but he didn't like it either way.

Once they reached the castle of the Light side, the first thing that Noctis noticed was that it was not a pretty pink palace as he had imagined. In fact, it was more like a fortress. It was kind of beautiful in a way, but imposing at the same time. Hunter flew to the main gate in the wall surrounding the whole place. Four guards met them there, a pheonix, griffin, and two manticores. On top of the huge wall were tons of guards staring down at them.

"What's with all the guards?" Hunter asked as she landed. She set Noctis down in front of her and held him by the shoulder in case he tried to escape.

"Powerful dark mage escaped the fortress and immediately dissapeared the moment she got into the woods. We're not sure how, but we raised the defenses and sent search groups to find her," the pheonix explained.

"All that for one mage?" Hunter asked.

"She was extremely powerful and managed to completely freeze a dragon, most likely killing it. Plus, ice mages are the most dangerous," the griffin responded.

"How long as she been gone?"

"Half an hour."

"As general, I order you to call back the search groups, but keep up extra defenses for a short time. All this is uncalled for, as she is probably long gone by now if you haven't yet found her," Hunter growled.

"Oh Hunter, are you trying to take control of the defenses again?" a gruff voice sneered.

Hunter spun around, snarling. Noctis torned around to look at whoever had spoken.