And there was Darkness throughout the land.. (Lycanscar X Eldarwen)

Setting and Plot:

Early in the morning, at the crack of dawn - a hint of a sun ray was to be seen winding up behind the top of the mountains, colouring the sky into a dark turquoise around the edges of the hills. The rest of the sky was still pitch black. The first birds started to twitter happily awaiting the day. But not everyone was as happy, darkness had begin to crawl over the lands.
A nearby lake started to reflect the turquoise colours the sky was emanating, making the surface look as if it were something supernatural. Or was it?
Dark creatures were lurking around the borders of the lake and the forest, lurking around the borders of the mountains. They were demons, risen from the darkest and deepest parts of the world, trying to form an army, ready to fight anything that would dare to stand up against them. Though something had to be done. Would there be enough people gathering up the courage to fight the ever-growing threat?

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OOC:
Who: Ixin Crossblade

IC:

A black robed figure with a big crossblade on his back walked down a path way that was near this lake that had rumors of a Demon Horde was forming. This figure still continued down this path despite the warnings and cries of this area, he finally reached a point on the road which he can see the lake, but see no army of demons. “Humph. The villagers must have been drinking or something.” said the mysterious traveler with a calm and soothing like voice. He ventured even further towards this mysterious lake.

Abraxas had once again gotten no sleep that night. Dawn was already crawling up over the mountain tops and she was looking at the sky, sighing. She had heard rumours, rumours that did not make her sleep any more comfortably. She flicked her orange and brown tail around nervously. Something was in the air and it was not necessarily friendly. Shaking her mane out of her eyes, she slowly started to make her way towards the lake.

Suddenly, the scent of a human got into her nose. She threw up her head and started to scan her surroundings to see where the person would be. She couldn't see anything at first, but then slowly she could make out the movement of a darkly dressed figure with something huge strapped on the back. Without making too much noise, she made her way towards the human, wanting to see who it was and the intentions.

As the man's voice resounded through the night, she nearly snorted out with laughter. The villagers were not her favorite kind of people, that's why she kept away from them even more than from any other human. Usually, curiosity got the best of her when a person was wandering about on their own, especially this mysterious dark clad figure. Since he was going into the same direction as her, she followed him, but couldn't resist the temptation to reply a little after he had made his exclamation: "Well, they're not completely wrong.. Even though most of them are drunken bastards."

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This dark clad figure continued to venture towards the lake until he heard someone or something replied to his comment. He prepared himself to unhook his cross and looked around the of his surroundings, but saw nothing. “Ok, show yourself you fiend, I don’t like being followed and being replied to when it’s not needed.” He waited for a reply, but yet heard nothing. “Ok, I’ll count down from ten, if you don’t show yourself in that time limit, I’ll go hunting.” He said with annoying arrogance. “Ten… Nine… Eight…”

Uuhh, he was a feisty one, Abraxas thought. This should be fun. It had been a while since she had encountered someone who did not immediately back away because they were scared of her. She never hunted anyone down that ran from her, but it would be nice to have a little verbal fight for once, if it developed into a physical fight, so be it.

"Was that supposed to be a threat?" she mocked, her voice still low, without threat. She wanted to find out a little more about the person before she revealed herself but seeing that he was about to take down the thing on his back - she still couldn't figure out what it was, but she was sure it was a weapon - she took a different approach. Still not revealing herself fully, she stepped partially out of the shadows, so that the man could see her outline. Her eyes glittered in the slowly rising sunlight and they were fixed upon the man. As he continued counting, a low fire began to shine in them, signaling that she was not about to let herself be hunted.

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He looked off to his side where he caught a shadow of his follower. “Hmmm. So, there you are.” He said with a thought in his mind as well. Great, don’t tell me this dragon decided to have fun by scaring the villagers to think of demons now. I hate killing their kind. “So, you’re going to tell me why you’ve been following me?” He gave a smirk towards her, but still held his cross firmly in his grip waiting for the first move.

Seeing that the man had no intention of putting away his weapon, she decided to toy with him a bit. Slowly, she edged forward, still keeping in the safety of the shadows. Her whole attitude was that of an animal, stalking its prey. Inwardly, she had to smile. This was fun, she had nearly forgotten how much fun it was to scare off people and to make them think something that was not true. Especially since her intentions were not bad.

"I wasn't following you. You appeared in front of me," she replied, still not changing her tone of voice. Her body stiffened, so she would be ready in case he tried something stupid. "What are you doing in these parts of the lands. You've heard the rumours, haven't you?" She thought it rather stupid of a single human being to venture here, especially with what seemed to be going on.

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He saw her move slightly forward, but yet he made no sign of movement except for his eyes locking on her to wait for something to happen. “Indeed I did hear the rumors, but that’s not why I’m here. I’m a traveler who’s out for some adventuring. May I ask why you are here and why you have terrorized the locals around here—” he said until something with a black claw interrupted his question trying to strike him the head.

He caught the movement just in time to counter of his eye to dodge, there was no time to pull his cross out, but he released it and let it mount itself into the ground. Quickly he grabbed the arm of his attacker and threw it’s attack away from him and made go towards the grass soil.

She started laughing out loud and was about to reply when her opponent was suddenly attacked by something else. How come she had not scented the other creature? Her ears lay flat against her neck and she took on a more obvious fighting position, ready to roast whatever it was that was attacking the man. The fire started glowing stronger in her eyes and tiny flames were flickering around the corners of her mouth.

She was pleased with the man's reaction though. At least he actually knew how to defend himself and was not only pretending to be a mighty adventure seeker, who in reality was only a little boy who'd run away from home and was shitting his pants as soon as he saw a wild cat. Abraxas made no attempt to help the man - at least as of yet - wanting to see what he was really capable of.

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He looked upon a creature of black chaotic skin and had two wicked horns sprouting from its forehead. An Imp. Grrr. I let down my guard down talking to that thing. I need my weapon. He reached for his crossblade with his right arm when all of a sudden three small barbed like needles punctured his arm. He gazed over to view upon more demonic figures coming towards them.

Great. So the rumors are true. He pulled the barbs out with his left hand then he grabbed his crossblade with his right and quickly spun around taking the Imp’s life then he got into a ready to fight position. “This is going to be fun.” said the black robed man.

“So, were you just coming here to enjoy the view of this fight or are you actually going to do something?” he asked towards Abraxas, but never moved his eyes off of the demons that were heading their way.

The horse dragon's eyes widened when suddenly more of these weird creatures showed up. She had only seen them from far off until now, never really seen any details. But now that they were in front of her, she thought that they looked kind of cool, though the evilness about them was not to be missed and that was made her worry a little. How many more of these things were around?

She was about to agree with the man, making herself ready to take on one of the demons that was getting ready to jump the man's back, when he snapped at her. Angrily, she spat a wave of flames at the little imp, pulling it towards her to finish him off. "Well I could leave you to it, but believe it or not, I'm actually trying to keep your back clear," she grumbled in reply. More and more of the demons seemed to be pouring in. "Is there a nest around here or something?"

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The man couldn’t help, but smile. “Well good, Names Ixin Crossblade by the way.” He said pondering on her question. She’s right. There must be a nest somewhere near the lake. He quickly realized staying and fighting was not such a good idea when an army showed up running towards them ready to kill.

“There must be a nest for an army, but I don’t think this is the time for us to stand and fight. Especially since those barbs that stabbed into my arm had poison at the tips.” While he said that he got a piece of cloth out and wrapped it around his arm tightly.

“Besides, by judge they you were talking to me, your nicer than you act.” He grabbed his cross with his left hand.

"Abraxas." There was not much time to add anything else as another of the small demons was jumping at her. She reared up, crashing two more demons with her front legs when coming down again. They kept coming, no matter how many they killed. He is probably right, maybe we should run, fast, before they get us.

"Well, I guess you're right. There is an easy exit towards your right. Little forest aisle where they might get caught, not knowing where to go with all the bushes around them." She contemplated the place for a bit. It probably even was the only way out, from the looks of their situation.

She chuckled. "Don't be too sure of that though." She shot him a quick glance, seeing that he had already wrapped his arm into a piece of cloth. Slowly, the demons had started surrounding them. This is not good. They'd already have to fight their way towards the path she had mentioned. "How quick a runner are you?"

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Ixin also realized they were surrounded, he got up took his cross slashed many, but more came in their place. Not Good, Not Good. He heard her ask a question he told her his answer. “Uh, with this arm and the poison, not fast enough.” He quickly turned and blocked an attack that came towards his head.

Just what I thought. There would be another way but it was something she had never done before and something she was not too fond of doing. Since she was acting on her nicer part at the moment, she couldn't leave him there, although it would be easy for her to escape without a scratch. She sighed. Just get it over and done with, she kept telling herself.

"Right... Then get yourself ready, when I'm next to you I want you to get on my back. And don't take ages, otherwise I'm off without you," she growled. The demons were starting to annoy her really bad. It's not that they were hurting her much, but it was the nuisance they were causing. That they kept turning up in ever greater numbers and that they simply would not retreat. They seemed to have no fear whatsoever and they didn't care about how many died in the attempt to either kill or capture them - whatever it was that they actually did have in mind.

Turning towards the man, she yelled: "Ready?"

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Ixin was parrying and blocking attacks from every corner of his body. “I said… Back Away!” He yelled as he spun around with his crossblade strike all his foes that were surrounding him.

He heard her suggesting him to ride her to get out of this mess. “Say What?!” He quickly blocked an upcoming strike towards him. Great, the thing I despise the most is my way out, then again. An enemy of my enemy is my friend. I’ll just have to get over it.

He didn’t like the idea, but what choice did he had either go with it or get killed or worst captured. “Ok, ready when you—” He started to lose his balance and his vision became blurry. “Great. The poison’s effects are starting to take its toll.”

"Ah seriously, get a grip!" The horse dragon yelled at the man, when she realised he was starting to sway. This really was not the time to start being extremely vulnerable, not while they were amidst all the demons. A whole army nonetheless and they were certainly planning nothing good.
With a large jump, she hurried over to him, placing herself in front of him, pushing her back towards him to give him some stability, if he were able to stay on his feet long enough. Without a break now, she kept breathing fire, burning the little imps before they could reach her, at least most of them. Two were clinging to her tail, not letting go, no matter how much she was whirling it about. This is really getting on my nerves! The horse dragon started to lose patience and that was never good. She felt the utmost evil within her being released. Locked away for a long time, she had not wanted it to get out, not knowing what she would be capable of, should it ever get a hold of her again. Her whole body started trembling and the flames started to change colour from the usual yellowy-orange into more reddish colour, constantly growing in intensity and darkness.

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Ixin pulled his body from the ground and stood with Abraxas’ help. “Thank you. Let get out of here.” said Ixin as he breathed heavily and was thinking at the same time. I can’t believe I just said thank you to her. After this is all over I’ll have to kill myself for this feat. Ixin was ready and mounted on top of her. “I’m ready, let get out here.”

Abraxas forced herself to calm down again, especially now that Ixin was on her back, they could get out of here, quickly. As soon as she was sure he was completely on her back and could hold on to her somehow, she reared up and crashed a few more imps on her way down, gaining speed and running off with a few imps still clinging to her tail. As soon as the demons realised that the two were on the run, they mobilised and came after them.
Her heart was pounding, and she was still breathing fire once in a while at the demons that were in their way. A few more steps only, then we're in the forest aisle. Then we will be rid of them. I hope he will be able to hold on. His grip didn't seem to be the best at the moment, and she had the impression it was loosening a little. But the demons already started to fall back, not being able to keep up with her speed - she had to be able to escape somehow, considering the fact that she didn't have wings, so lost one escape way - and they were confused by the trees and bushes, just like she had thought they would. But she kept on running, to make sure they got enough distance between themselves and the demon horde.

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Ixin on her back was losing his grip from the effect of the poison, but Ixin was losing more than his grip he was losing the feeling in his body. The poison is rushing through my veins, is this going to be the end of my legacy… No, I won’t let that happen. He moved his arm slow into a conceal pocket and grabbed a vial of a milky white substance. Ixin put the vial on his lips and slowly try to drink it. Most of the liquid got into his mouth, but a few drop landed on Abraxas’ back. His arm fell quickly to his side and drops the vial on to the ground. His eyes were getting heavy, but before he shut them he pondered about his future. What does this mean, why should I respect her and her kind for the thing they did to me? Maybe he was right… With those last thoughts, he pasted out on top of her back.

Without risking another glance back, Abraxas ran full speed, flying through the forest, avoiding branches and bushes as much as possible. Last time she had looked, the demons had already fallen far behind, so she was now only bringing a bit more of safe distance between them, in case the imps kept pursuing them for a while longer. Her heart was beating quickly and she was starting to pant lightly.
When two drops of something fell onto her back, she startled a little, not sure what they were. Her first thought was blood, but when the place where the drops had fallen onto started itching a little, she dismissed the thought. But now she could not explain anymore what it was that had dropped onto her back and it confused her a little.
As Ixin passed out, she realised that he would not be able to hold anymore at all, so she stopped running and walked instead, only a bit further to reach a hideout spot. A relatively large assembly of bushes was growing alongside the forest aisle and she made her way behind them, so they would be out of sight from anyone travelling the path. Once they were there, she shook herself, causing Ixin to fall off, but since he was unconscious by that time anyway, it didn't matter.

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For several hours Ixin been out in slumber, but finally awoken by the sweet aroma of the forest around him. Did I die? Is this heaven or the afterlife? Slowly Ixin picked himself up with loads of pain rushing through his. He looked around to see giant trees covering most of everything. He couldn’t even see the lake no more. “What a rough dream.” Ixin commented to himself, his eyes gleamed with the sun shining through the leaves of the great trees that cover this land.

Ixin view his surrounding area, but didn’t see the dragon that saved his life. “I know you are there, you can show yourself, I won’t harm you.” he said looking toward a over grown bush.

Abraxas inspected the surrounding area for a while, seeing that Ixin was pretty out of it. He wouldn't awake for another few hours for sure. Scouting through the trees and the whole of their surrounding area, she came across nothing threatening. No imp had followed them here, and she could not even sense a tiny bit of dark aura. Looks like we're well out of harms way now. Then she shook her head in disapproval. Why am I thinking about a 'we'?
Then she heard him mumbling to herself as she came closer to the place she had left him again. "if you call that a dream, then I don't want to know what your reality looks like," she replied sarcastically, sending her voice across to him without Ixin being able to see her yet. Something he immediately reproached to her, calling out for her to show herself. She snorted in disbelief. So he really thinks he could harm me, interesting. "I'm on my way, relax."

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Ixin wondering over the fact why he just submitted to a dragon in which case saved his life. Why am I submitting to this… she saved my life I should give her more respect. In truth I can harm her, but… I’m not capable of killing or harming something that doesn’t have the essence of evil within them. Ixin looked up towards the tree covered sky and smiled. I curse you. You knew this day was going to happen one way or another. Ixin lowered his to see if Abraxas was around yet.

The horse dragon made her way towards Ixin, wondering why he was so weird around her. She sensed the obvious dislike but he somehow would not act on it but tried to act on the contrary. When se saw him looking at the sky, it seemed like he was not all too happy, despite the smile that was crossing his face.
"Feeling better?" she asked him, when she came into view. He was intriguing and certainly had even more secrets than herself. Settling down not too far from him but keeping a healthy distance, she looked at him, wondering if he was going to say something or not.
"What brings you here anyway? And don't say adventure, because that is not an answer," she asked, never leaving him out of sight.

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