Clara watched as both of their attacks merged shortly after she had casted her spell. The result when the combined fireball hit the Earth was amazing. The attack took out a whole city block easily but she was worried about it when the cave seemed to shake. Artimer didn't say anything about it so they must have been fine, 'Well that was amazing, at least now we know how well our bodies work together in flight. For now though we should get moving. I am starting to miss the sun.' He landed and started taking a tunnel that went West instead of their East direction that they had been taking earlier. At least Clara thought that it might be East since there was no sun or stars to go by down here. She couldn't agree more with Artimer about wanting to see the sun and wondered how much of a challenge this deamon would be.<br/><br/>After a couple minutes of being lost in her thoughts which was unusual for her when she was on the battle field. She had not been realizing how relaxed she got when she was riding Artimer like this. She had hardly paid attention to any of the turns they had taken or even if he had been talking to her. She sighed lightly and just leaned foreward and rested against him, 'I seem to be a bit off my game today.' She spoke through their link since he was a little hard to understand when he spoke in his dragon form. Then again last time he had spoken in this form had to be when they first met so he had been snarling and growling.<br/><br/>Her mind had wandered again and she was absent minded running her fingers over his frills again. They were almost as soft as his hair which he had said that's what his frills were. She closed her eyes and just watched the cave through Artimers so that she would know what was coming if anything came. She had thought about asking to walk but decided that if he wanted to carry her then she would let him for now. She didn't know what to expect to happen next down here but she hoped that everything went smooth and steady for them until they made it to the inner city. She had a feeling though that activity with this places inhabitants would pick up the closer that they got.<br/><br/>_________________________________________________________________________________<br/><br/>Desiderious sat in his thrown room in a foul mood from the news he had just recieved. The mage Darrel had been slain and his house was burned down. Which ccould only mean the the incompentant fool had failed him in killing the human and binding himself to the dragon. He grinned cruely as he held Darrels soul in his hand. His long sharp nails dug into the shining soul in in his hand making it let out a scream of pain, "You are very pathetic Darrel and honestly how hard is it to kill a human.... You played with her didn't you." He tutted as though Darrel was a small child who had said a bad word, "Naughty Darrel. You had plenty of beautiful women in my city to sate your demented desires." He grinned knowing how cruel Darrel was and how he usually ended up killing his lovers.<br/><br/>'Ppplease! My Lord give me another chance! I will not fail you!' Darrels soul struggled in his hand to no avail as he thought over the mages request, "I have given you many chances Darrel. You even almost failed to start this lovely war when I had you kill the dragons Queen." He smiled as he looked over at a large glass orb that was about the size of a horse that sat behind his throne. A mass of colors collided together endlessly inside and every oncce in a while you could hear the roar of an angry dragon. Though the sound was very much muffled. The soul of the draon queen had been to good a prize to devour so soon inn his litle game so he trapped it. With her soul trapped like this her succeser; a young female drgon known as Drianna; ccould not access her mothers memories and know the truth of her death.<br/><br/>The only thing they had to go on was the blood of a human and a 'accidentially' dropped medalion with the human Kings crest on it. How stupid they all were to fight a war started on barley nothing but conspirecy. He loved it when his plans came together. Darrel was squirming again and brought him from his museings, 'My Lord please allow me one last chance. You must understand that they are a bonded pair. I have never seen one such as theirs that is so intertwined!' Desiderious's hand tightened even more, "What! You incompentant fool!" He raged and in his anger his entire castle shook followed by the responding roar of his dragon to match his own rage, "When did this happen."<br/><br/>'I I'm not sure but it could not have been too long. Tthe bonding had started the day that they were here and doen't this mean the prop...' "Silence!!" He roared in anger aas his eyes glowed a bright red. He had tried to get the little bitch to kill the dragon the day they had entered his domain. With the way they had treated each other he had suspected that they were mortal enemies as they should be but he had felt another presence. He did not yet know who the voice belonged to but he was sure that it had covinced the knight to save the dragon.<br/><br/>He sighed and calmed himself as Darrel started to whimper in his grasp, "Perhaps you will get your second chance Darrel." He relaxed in his throne as a servant brought him his drink, "You can not possibly fail me in this....."