Book 3: Chapter 130 (1/2)

Lindyss lay on a bed inside of a dark cave, a book placed over her face, covering her eyes and nose. Her hands were crossed over her chest, and her stomach rose up and down in time with her steady breaths. By her ear, there was a snoring fairy, wrapped up in her hair as if it were a blanket. Light poured in from the cave’s entrance, but none of that entered Lindyss’ eyes due to the book. Because of that, she didn’t notice when a shadow blocked out the light.

A purple dragon poked her head inside the cave and looked around. Her eyes lit up upon seeing Lindyss, and she slinked inside. The entrance to the cave was a bit tight around her waist, but she managed to fit after breaking the entrance, widening it a little as rocks crumbled down. Alora crawled next to Lindyss and raised her front paw. “Hey,” she said in a small voice. “Are you asleep?”

There was no response.

Alora brought her front claw down and poked Lindyss’ side, causing the cursed elf to twitch and groan. “Wakey, wakey,” Alora said, poking Lindyss continuously. “The sun’s already up. It’s a beautiful day, and it’s a shame to be sleeping at this time.”

Lindyss lifted her left hand off of her chest and pointed her palm at Alora’s face. Her eyes were still covered by the book, and it didn’t seem like she had any intentions of moving other than that one motion. Mana flooded towards her hand, and her palm glowed with a white light.

Alora tilted her head. “Is that—”

Boom!

Lightning surged out of Lindyss’ palm and struck Alora’s snout, blasting the dragon clear out of the cave without even giving her a chance to scream. Erin shot up and looked around, blinking away the blurriness from her vision. She wrapped Lindyss’ hair tighter around her body and frowned. Seeing that Lindyss’ face was still covered by a book, Erin’s expression relaxed, and she lay back down. “Must’ve been a rat or something.”

Moments later, the ground shook, and rocks fell from the cave’s ceiling as Alora lumbered back into the cave. “What the heck!? That hurt!”

Erin sat up again and blinked at the glaring dragon in front of her. She rubbed her eyes with her hands and blinked again, but the dragon was still there. Her head tilted to the side. “Hello?”

“Hello? Hello!? Is that all you have to say?” Alora asked, smoke puffing out of her blackened snout. “I was shot in the face by a top-tier lightning spear and all you have to say is hello?”

Erin swallowed. “I don’t shoot lightning spears. You must have the wrong person.”

“Her!” Alora said and jabbed Lindyss’ side with her claw. “She shot me!”

Lindyss ripped the book off of her face and tossed it to the ground as she sat up. She glanced down at her side, which was bleeding, before glaring at the dragon in front of her. “Who the turnips are you?”

Erin blinked. “Did you just use a fairy swear?”

Lindyss glowered at Erin before climbing out of bed, mana radiating from her palms. She clenched and unclenched her hands before pointing both her palms at Alora. “You have three seconds to respond.”

“You don’t remember me?” Alora asked. “I’m Alora. I used to be blue, but I dyed my scales purple.”

Lindyss furrowed her brow and lowered her palms, the mana in them receding. “And what do you want?”

“You’re certainly grumpy,” Alora said and snorted. “You shot me in the face with a lightning spear. I should be the peeved one here.”

Lindyss snorted. “When did I do that? And if I did, it’s clearly because you had bad intentions.” She placed her hand against her bleeding side, and green light flowed out of the gaps in her fingers. “So, what do you want? Don’t tell me you woke me up just for fun.”

Alora narrowed her eyes at Lindyss. “I don’t like the attitude you’re talking to me with. I’m a dragon. Don’t you know you should respect us?”

Lindyss smeared away the blood on her no-longer-open wound and wiped her hand on her pants. “With all due respect, tell me what you want or get out of my sight.”

Alora sighed. “Alright, alright. Since I’m the one asking for a favor, I’ll play nice.”

“A favor from me after so rudely awakening me and not apologizing?” Lindyss asked, raising an eyebrow.