First Demonic Dragon

Eris couldn’t say that she lived through the dream in the same way that Izanami did.

In actuality, she was more like a third person looking in from beyond a window.

She didn’t feel the emotions personally, but she saw them expressed.

And Izanami had lived suffocated by these emotions for the better part of 1,000 years.

The feelings that Izanami had developed because of it were as real as the ground beneath their feet.

And what she had lost was completely and horribly unfair.

Eris only snapped out of it when she had seen everything. She was heartbroken.

Izanami awoke after Eris’ subtle intruding.

Her eyes showed immense horror.

"Izanami, I.." Eris hadn’t realized how much her tone had softened when she spoke to her.

Izanami hated that tone.

She almost sounded like her. The version she had already lost.

Izanami couldn’t stand it.

How many more reminders did she need of the reality in front of her? How many more times did she have to sit in front of the woman she loved and pretend not to feel pathetic?

She was an embarrassment. She hated herself again.

And she would have given anything if she could have just died before.

"Get out…" Izanami said quietly.

Eris felt her heart clench as she reached for her hand.

Izanami pulled away as if she feared that one touch would make her crumble. Her eyes had already begun to water.

"Please…!" She begged.

Eris became choked up.

She fled from the the woman’s room in a hurry, with Sei close behind her back.

Only Nyx stayed behind as she watched Izanami fall apart before her.

The change was gradual at first, with Izanami gripping the sheets until her knuckles turned white and her body wouldn’t stop trembling.

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She lowered her head all the way down to the mattress and cried while curled up in a ball.

She heard no sound over her crying, but she did feel Nyx suddenly rub her back as she moved beside her.

"I’ve no idea what is going on here, but I would wager all of the stars in my sky that my mother had something to do with it. Whatever she showed you, I need you to know that she was trying to break you. You can’t let her."

Nyx heard Izanami’s sobbing stop and change into a dry laughter.

Izanami found her concern funny.

After all, what made Nyx think that she was not broken already?

-

"Dad… Dad. Wake up."

Abaddon was gently stirred awake by his daughter.

He didn’t actually need her to say anything, and he nodded in response as he sat up.

While Thrudd walked out of their bedroom, Abaddon began waking the other occupants in his bed.

Since Lillian was already waking up too, she helped him rouse the others.

It had been approximately 38 hours since the group had entered that strange archway behind the waterfall.

They still hadn’t reached the bottom.

There wasn’t an illusion active or anything, but with the planet merging together with ten of it’s counterparts, that meant the planets core and anything underground would be ten times deeper.

But Valerie could feel them making progress. They may even reach the bottom today.

Abaddon was able to wake all of the girls successfully except for Bekka.

She clung to him even in her sleep and refused to wake no matter how much he shook or bit her.

Eventually, he just stood up with her bundled in his arms and went to the bathroom.

With a thought, the tub was filled with cold water and he jumped inside with both of their bodies.

Did Bekka wake up? Yes. Was she happy with her husband? Not at all.

No one could really blame her for her mood, since she had only gotten to take a four hour nap after all.

She hadn’t taken a four hour nap since she sparred with Seras after a full meal and got knocked out.

As she was now, she clung to her husband’s side until he could barely get dressed and voiced her displeasure.

"…You’re so mean."

"I know, dear." Abaddon replied, barely paying her any mind.

"You’re supposed to treat your wife delicately. Not throw her into an icy lake of hell."

"If you’d woken up I wouldn’t have had to do it."

"You could have just left me in bed."

Truthfully, he was going to. But Lailah and Audrina demanded that she get up and join the rest of the family.

It might’ve seemed like they were being mean, but in truth everyone just really missed Eris. They didn’t want to leave anyone else behind.

Abaddon pulled on a shorter version of his black skirt and draped a black fur cloak around his neck. He tied his hands and feet in black wrappings instead of bothering to put on shoes.

Bekka didn’t even bother getting down to get dressed. She just snapped her fingers and clothes appeared on her body.

"I’m hungry."

"I figured. You want something in particular?"

Bekka only needed a moment to think about it. Which in hindsight, was a little long for her.

"French toast sticks."

Abaddon snickered. "How old are you again?"

Bekka puffed out her cheeks and grabbed him by the ear hard. "Keep it up, pretty boy. Between your attempts to freeze me and now your making fun of me, you’re really running the risk of never getting to have sex with me again."

Abaddon kissed her on the lips.

"…Or at least not for another week." She wavered.

Abaddon and the girls finally finished getting ready and they exited the bedroom together.

Straga was walking past their door at that moment and yawned as he waived.

"Morning, old people…"

Ten different veins bulged in ten different foreheads at once.

When they entered the living room, they found Fiona sitting on the sofa with Thrudd and Behemoth. The blankets they’d given her last night were neatly folded in her lap.

When she saw Abaddon and the girls enter, immediately stood up and presented the blankets and pillow that’d been given to her.

"Mr. and Mrs Tathamet? I wanted to say thank you for letting me sleep here last night. I really appreciate it."

Valerie smiled as she took the blankets back and returned them to nothing. "No need for all the ceremony, dear. We’re just happy you slept well."

Boy did she ever. The couch and blankets were both so comfortable that Fiona never wanted to get up.

If Thrudd hadn’t come and ripped them away from her, then they might’ve still been staring at a sleeping woman.

"But you should try to talk to him at some point, Fiona." Abaddon reminded gently. "He’s earned at least that and we shouldn’t be giving him more reasons not to like me." He joked.

Fiona smiled wryly. "I will do that… thank you."

Tatiana found the almost 30 year old woman to be very cute.

She grabbed her by the arm and led her to the kitchen. "Come on, what can I make you to eat? An omelette? Maybe an oat and fruit parfait?"

Before Fiona could answer, Thrudd chimed in from the barstool. "She’s okay, mom. I gave her a protein bar."

Tatiana loved her daughter, but for some reason she stared at her as if she had just come into her house covered in mud and touching all of her white furniture.

"Thrudd, that is not how we treat guests, you know that."

"No she doesn’t. She’s never had friends before." Belloc joked.

It’s difficult to say what happened next without wincing, but it is important to note that Thrudd seriously compromised her younger brother’s chances of having kids of his own.

Around twenty minutes later, the unit was ready to leave the house.

They exited the front door and emerged inside of a deep cavern. The only light coming from down here was being produced by the huge lime-green crystals jutting out of the walls.

A total of roughly fifteen blue tents were erected a couple of yards away from the house.

The order’s temporary lodgings couldn’t fit down in this space because of its size.

It wasn’t like the dragons’ home, which could have it’s outside size adjusted without changing anything on the inside.

The whole reason Fiona slept at the Tathamet’s last night was because she didn’t want to sleep on a hard floor.

Abaddon noticed Shin’s eyes practically drilling holes into him.

He just pretended that he didn’t see it, and walked past the encampment without saying much of anything.

The order finally finished packing up too. Nobody had even said anything to each other yet.

Shin heard the sound of footsteps and turned around to find his daughter walking towards him.

She took the napkin in her hand and unrapped it, offering what was inside.

"Toast stick?"

Shin just kind of stared at the offering. He wasn’t sure if he should tell his daughter that he didn’t need to eat anymore.

But eventually, the answer came to him clearly.

"…Sure. I would be honored."

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