Chapter 477: Exchanges (1/2)
Answering Number 3's roar, the very land itself trembled, whilst the sky carried the rumbling to the faraway reaches of Haven. Every resident, be it an origin Haven's Dweller or a settler that was brought here from Eora was made aware of the presence of this new, majestic being.
Her outcry seemed to hasten to changes that were still happening to her body. Each of the tip of her fingers was now sporting short, curved ebony claws, matching Aiden's but slightly more slender, more gracious.
Like Aiden, her physique also swoll, bursting slightly more mass than before, earning her a couple of inches in height, yet still retaining her sporty, slender physique. Though, unlike Aiden's attire, she wasn't really fitting her new body, causing it to stretch to its limits, and even reveal some of the tones and bulges in her healthy abs. Her barren arms were now covered in scales, shining with the same golden glory that of the boy's but unlike his, hers were thinner.
She also had a longer tail similar to that of a saurian, slumped down on the ground and covered with shiny golden scales all the way to its tip. A pair of bony, leathery wings could also be seen resting at her back, grown out from her shoulder blades, just like how it was for Aiden.
All in all, her entire look matched that of the Draconians, the bipedal breed of Dragons and once-mighty and fearsome existences across many realms. Now, though they are almost extinct, two of them have resurfaced and are currently gazing at each other with a hungry, battle-driven, crazed look in their eyes.
Her transformation now complete, all the numbing and strange sensations finally vanished, leaving nothing but the unsurmountable surge of energy that was ready to be released from the limits of her body.
She stood up, as her previous grin resurfaced. Her eyes fixated on Aiden's as she slowly cracked her joints and knuckles getting a quick feel of her newfound form.
Her body radiated the same, heavy aura that matched the boy's. Being of the same, neither could gain any ground over the other, ultimately canceling each other out as they merged, fused together, covering both of them without any effect on the other.
Yet, this invisible battle, that happened ever since they transformed was left ignored by the two, as they stared silently at each other for several minutes, not making any move at all. As if time and space lost their meaning, the whole world crumbled before their minds, leaving nothing but the two of them in the otherwise empty void.
Two sides, two halves of the same, that only together could make a whole. To members of a long-lost race, two entities that are impossible. One outside of the grasp of time, the other a universal taboo, a forbidden, unknown evolution that as it turned out were deeply affected by the life force of the first.
Humans, Dragons, Primals… Neither knew what they truly were, not that it truly mattered. They were already above such terms.
Their gazes locked at each other, their minds connected, it was as if they were the same entity, two parts of the same being. One lip curving, the other already knew its whispers.
Yet, they both desired more. They both needed more. They needed to dance to this new tune, this ballad that only their hearts knew the beat to.
Their hands slowly moving, matching, mimicking the other's actions, entered a clawing posture keeping it slightly raised but still hanging around their waists.
”The song echoes in our hearts, the heart hungers for a round of dance.” Aiden's thunderous voice rumbled, breaking the long silence in the field.
”In that case…” Number 3 grinned, her voice rumbling with the same deep undertone. As she spoke, suddenly her body flickered, as she abruptly jolted her body forward, towards Aiden.
Not even a second later, her blurry, hazy figure appeared before him, both arms raised and striking down diagonally, forming an x as she tried to slice him to pieces.
…lets dance!” She finished her sentence with a wide grin. Just at the moment as her claws hit its opponent's block.