"Son of an eagle scout!" One of the male vampires cursed.
"Why is it so strong?' The elf groaned in frustration.
The elf lifted his hand, a fainted silver glow appeared at his fingertips as vines emerged from the ground. The vines twisted and darted towards the little imps, attempting to tie them up. Unfortunately, the imps were too fast and they darted away. Like little mischievous children they stuck out their tongues in a silly manner.
There was a reason why they were called imps in the first place. The human female with the short hair grinned a rueful look on her face. She twirled the dagger in her hand as she slowly got up from the ground. A slow smile crept over her face, her movements were swift as she engaged in an intense battle with one of the imps.
With an example right before them, the other 5 fighters also engaged in their own mini battles. The earth magic of the elf made the terrain difficult to navigate. The trees spread themselves out every time a fighter neared them. It was as if they were afraid to be damaged.
Astraea was mesmerized by the dance before her. The amount of blood and injuries; even the groans and gasp of struggle elicited excitement in her. It was like seeing a beautiful instrument being played in a magnificent orchestra.
As her eyes rove over the small battle below, the sounds of violin and trombone sounded in her mind. And every time a person hit the ground hard a base would thump, making Astraea hurt heart throb with anticipation.
It was priceless.
"Yes, Yes.. that's it.. Keep going!" she mused to herself. Her eyes sparkled.
The orchestrated battle went on for a full hour. In the middle of that hour the other vampire that had been knocked out gradually regained consciousness. They then joined the battle making the battle 10 v 10.
"If only these vampires, humans and the elf could multiply too. Then they could reenact a war for me." Astraea murmured. Her throat hitched as the images of a glorious battle appeared like flashes in her mind.
"Good…good. I choose you ten to be my warriors." Astraea clapped her hands gloriously. "Your genetic code will be good for my hatchlings."
Astraea had a lot to think about. A lot to experiment on; she needed the genes of above high level creatures in order to make a strong nation. Those falling in the civil war will live on through their genetically modified children.
"Damn." Astraea watched as the sun started to set. It was time to meet Chelsea and her clan members.
"Hum." With a wave of her hand, several portals popped up behind the 10 combatants. The whirlwind was so strong that each person was sucked in. A cacophony of streaks rang out before they were swallowed up Into the void. With a pop, the portals disappeared one by one.
"Hmm it seems I need to make a smaller coliseum . How will the rest of my people enjoy the fun?" Astraea cackled menacingly.
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The beauty of the moon glowed brightly, capturing the little village with iridescent light. It made the village look magical and story book-like.
"Maybelle, tonight the children will come of age." A man with deep blue eyes and a jagged knife mark across his face. ". They have become strong and rebellious; what should we do?"
"Let them have their fun, its their nature. Although, they are rebellious, they wont hurt us. This entire village are their parents who have loved and protected them." Maybelle spoke somberly. "It just, I wonder If their dragon mother will come looking for them not that they are of age and if she does , what could she possibly want with them."
"She better not have any inferious thoughts on my children. I bore triplets, she should be thankful. I'll fight her with my life if she hurts them." A plump woman with gray eyes and a big fat nose. She used to be a meek and gentle woman but ever since you bore children of a unknown creature, she became fierce and direct.
The village had a population of over 735 people.. Two centuries ago a female creature of unknown origin came to their small village of just over a hundred men, women and children. In a hazy and discordant manner, the female creature stole their essence and impregnated 50 women. Those women gave birth to either quadruplets or triplets. It wasn't until they were born did the villagers finally know what type of creature had laid with them.
Many believe that because the creature was long lived that their children would out live them. Fortunately, due to unknown reasons, the essence of the female dragon gave each person a lower level version immorality.
Meaning they aged very slowly and the normal human diseases no longer render them helpless. This was something the village did not expect; unfortunately for those they were not in the village that day or for the under age children went about their days in a normal human state.
As the adults continued to talk and plan in 'secret'; they didn't realize some of village adolescent dragons were nearby listening. The dragons stood their for a full 20 mins before they slinked away into the shadows.
"Layla, lets tell the others. The celebrations seems to be big. The decorations are beautiful." A female dragon with silver hair and green eyes gushed.
"Is that the only thing you took from that. Mira." am ale with bronze hair and blue eyes gave her the side eyed.
"Layla, your mother said that our half comes from a dragon and it was a female at that. I always thought it had to a male." Darius puzzled.
"Well, with how our physiques are; I don't fine that so fantastically." Layla grunted. "The adults always kept it a secret, as if it was something shameful."
"It probably it, how else would one female dragon get all the females in the village pregnant; and this is included with the ones they were already pregnant. Some of us only came out mere 2-3 months after those births. Don't you think its weird." Mira shrugged. Although she was sometimes oblivious, she wasn't so dense.
Deep in the forest, where it should have been quiet for the exception of small creatures running around. Instead there was a huge balm fire, with numerous dragons adolescents surrounding it. They waited for the others.
"So, what do they have planned this time?" Derrick asked. He had bright blonde hair and red eyes. He was a beautiful and enchanting devil. Thanks to both of his parents being other worldly gorgeous creatures.
" It's going to be a big party.. They said that we are off age now.. whatever that means." Mira enthusiastically answered.
" They think there's a possibility for our mother to come looking for us. Though it's not concrete yet, only a guess." Layla announced all of a sudden.
"What!!! Mother!!" The crowd echoed in unison.
"Are you saying the creature that impregnated our mothers is also a woman?"
Layla nodded without a word.
" I guess that's not a complete surprise." Trevor laughed awkwardly.
Cough. Cough " I think they might not be completely off." Micheal, the eldest of all the dragon children.
"Lately, I have been dreaming of two women, one trapped and batter and slavery and the other seems to be searching. I don't know which is our mother but I can tell that the one that is searching is near us… possibly a 3 or 4 day's journey from here."
" At first I thought it was just a dream but then Vanessa was able to sense that female dragon after dreaming of her."
"With that being said, is she going to come to use or bypass us. Our village is normally too deep for outsiders to happen upon. " Jerald murmured.
" I I want to find her." A petite female dragon mustered the courage to speak out loud. Mina was Mira's younger sister. She was quiet and timid. This being the only time she had ever made her presence known.
"Alright, little sister. I'll go with you." Milo the eldest of the set of triplets reassured.
After many hours the group of children discussed vigorously about looking for the mysterious female dragon. A vote was deemed it necessary to find the searching female dragon. After the hardest decision was made, they all made their way back to the village.