Yay! I've finally gotten' around to writing this chapter. Sorry it took so long, I don't know what happened. But I have something special planned soon. I won't tell you guys what it is, but you might like… then again you might not. *shrugs* this is going to be a rather short chapter.

Chapter 5: A Great Battle

Prince Pachua walked into his father's throne room, Pendragon sitting at the end of the room.

"Father!" The Prince called out as he bowed towards his Alpha, "I have urgent news."

"Speak my son," Lord Pendragon said.

"The Human, Lars and that female, Durga… I fear they may be a threat to us," Pachua said. Pendragon became concerned by his son's words.

"What makes you say this?" He asked. The Prince looked up at his father.

"Lars Anto is what is known as the Dragon Master." Lord Pendragon was shocked by this. "He is capable of incredible power, though the only power he's able to use is summoning a sword," Pachua explained. Pendragon huffed out of disappointment.

"Is that all? I don't see how he could be of any threat to me," The Alpha mocked.

"That's just it. It's Durga; she's what's known as a Master Fury. A Night Fury that's able to control a certain element, in this case water. If Lars and Durga both team up they may pose a problem," Pachua explained. Lord Pendragon stood up on all four and walked towards his son.

"Then you know what we must do, don't you?" He asked. Pachua looked back up at his father. "We must eliminate Lars and Durga."

Lady Chumana, who was listening around the corner, lightly gasped, but not enough for Pendragon and Pachua to hear. She ran outside, flapped her wings, and flew to find Lars and Durga to warn them.

"You don't have to go along with this if you don't want to Lars," Malinda told her son, "We can find a way to fix this." Lars turned around.

"I will go along with this," He said, "If this is my destiny… then I choose to follow my destiny." Durga smiled at Lars' acceptance with his power, and so did she. Durga walked up to Lars and stood by his side.

"Me too, I'll stand by Lars and protect him with all the power I have," Durga said. Lars looked at Durga and smiled back at her.

"Thank you Durga. I appreciate it," Lars said.

"Lars! Durga!" Chumana's voice yelled. Said pair turned around and looked outside the cave, seeing Lady Chumana landing just outside.

"Lady Chumana, what's wrong?" Durga asked worryingly.

"Pendragon and Pachua, they're afraid that you two might be able to overthrow them with your powers. So Pendragon plans to execute the both of you," Chumana explained. Everyone were taken aback and nearly jumped in shock.

"What!? He can't do that," Tiamat exclaimed. Chumana looked back at Tiamat.

"Unfortunately, he can. He's the Alpha," Chumana said. She looked at Lars and Durga again. "Lars, Durga, you need to leave or Pendragon will kill you." Lars looked back at his parents.

"Lars, don't worry, we'll be fine," Sameal reassured. Lars looked at Durga with an uncertain look.

"Lars, please; I don't want to lose you. Let's go," Durga said, sounding upset. Lars stared at Durga for a few seconds, and then nodded to her in agreement.

"Ok; let's go," he said. Lars hopped onto Durga's back and began to leave, but stopped and turned around.

"Goodbye"
"Goodbye," they said simultaneously. Durga flapped her wings and flew towards the coast. Durga's eyes started to tear up and she whimpered.

"Don't worry Durga, we might see them again someday," Lars reassured.

"I hope so," Durga said.

Back at the cave they all watched as Lars and Durga disappeared off into the distance.

"Be safe," Malinda said.

"Chumana, what are you doing here?" Pendragon's voice asked. They all turned around and saw Pendragon and Pachua standing beside each other, some armoured Night Furies standing behind them. "Shouldn't you be back at the palace?" He asked.

"Yeah; and where're Durga and Lars?" Pachua asked.

"They're gone. You have no reason to execute them anymore," Chumana said. Lord Pendragon smirked at Chumana.

"What if they come back? They could still be a threat," Pendragon said. Chumana growled in anger. "Guards, take her," Pendragon said. Two guards walked to Chumana and shoved her away. Pendragon looked at the two families watching them. "Take them away too," He said.

"What!? No!" Sameal protested. Guards walked over to them and shoved them. They shouted out to stop them from doing this, but they didn't listen.

"No! Let us go!" Tiamat shouted.

A few miles off of the Isle of Night, Lars and Durga flew away from the island. But Lars felt something off.

"Durga stop," Lars ordered. Durga stopped and hovered in the air and turned her head to Lars.

"What is it?" Durga asked. Lars stared back at the Isle of Night. He could feel that something was wrong. Then, he heard the voices of his loved ones crying out for help.

"Our parents… and Chumana, they're in trouble!" Lars exclaimed.

"How can you tell?" Durga asked.

"We have to get back there. Fly as fast as you can!" Lars ordered. Durga didn't question Lars; she just flew back to her home as Lars instructed.

A few minutes later, Chumana and the others were brought to the palace throne room. Along the way there, a guard had dragged Nightwing along with them. Pendragon shoved Chumana to the ground and one of the guards put his claws on her neck, pinning her to the ground.

"I'll ask you one more time: Where are Lars and Durga?" Pendragon asked. Chumana responded by spitting on Pendragon's face. Pendragon grunted and wiped the saliva off his snout. "Kill her," He ordered. The guard that had Chumana pinned down raised her head up, making her neck vulnerable. As he brought his claws to her neck, and put pressure on her throat causing her to bleed.

But just as he was about to end her life, the roof blasted open in a blue light and Lars came diving through with his sword in hand, yelling in anger. The guard stopped and looked up at Lars, as did everyone else. Lars came down with his sword and plunged it through the guard's armour and into his back, killing him instantly as Lars landed on the guard's back.

"You!?" Pendragon scowled. Durga then flew through the open roof and shot two guards with a plasma blast each before landing next to Lars, who was still on the dead guard. Lars pulled his sword out of said guard and stepped down off him.

"Are you alright Lady Chumana?" Lars asked. Chumana nodded as she stood upright on all fours.

"Yes. Thank you Lars," She said. Lord Pendragon laughed maniacally.

"Hahahaha! So you came back to face your death head on. A respectable quality," Pendragon said. While Pendragon was talking, Chumana ran over to where the others were.

"Pendragon… Pachua… You'll pay for hurting my friends and family," Lars stated angrily.

"You're going to make US pay?" Pachua asked sounding unintimidated. "No one needs friends. They're just complete wastes of time; especially yours" Lars became furious at what Pachua said, and blue plasma formed in his left hand.

"Don't you ever…" The plasma became brighter and larger, "talk about my friends like that!" Lars yelled as he instinctively threw the plasma at Pachua. The plasma ball exploded on contact and sent the Prince across the room. Everyone looked at Lars in shock. Lars realised what happened and looked down at his smoking left hand. He clenched his fist and smirked almost evilly, pleased by his new power.

"The Dragon Master's power; what a sight to behold," Pendragon said. Pachua, partly fatigued from the previous attack, stood up and walked to his father's side. "We will erase you both," Pendragon said.

"Over our dead bodies," A familiar voice echoed. Then, from out of nowhere, Ryu and Vasuki landed in front of Lars and Durga. "Sorry we're late," Ryu apologised.

"Yeah; we only just heard of the news," Vasuki said.

"Ryu? Vasuki?" Pachua questioned.

"Lars, Durga, we'll hold these two off while you and the others esca-"

"No," Lars interrupted Ryu, making him and Vasuki turn around. "This is our fight. You two get the others to safety," Lars ordered. Ryu and Vasuki nodded in unison. The two ran over to the others and lead them out of the palace.

"Be careful Lars," Nightwing called out just before leaving.

"So, which one do you want to fight?" Lars silently asked Durga.

"I'll fight Pachua. I'm gonna' make him pay for all the trouble he's caused," Durga said angrily. Lars glanced at Durga for a moment in surprise. He'd never seen her this angry before; it worried him.

"It doesn't matter which one of us you face," Pendragon started, "you'll both be dead in no time anyway." Lars ran at Pendragon and swung his sword at the Night Fury, only for Pendragon to duck under his attack and hit Lars with his right wing.

Pachua tackled Durga to the ground and began clawing and biting at her. Durga retaliated by kicking him off and trying to jump on him, but Pachua rolled out of the way. While they fought, Lars and Pendragon continued with their own fight, talking to each other while they attacked.

"There's no way you can defeat me," Pendragon said as he knocked Lars away with a head-butt. Lars staggered but regained his balance as he was pushed back.

"Maybe so, but I still have to try!" Lars swung his sword at Pendragon and slashed the Alpha's broken left wing, causing him to yell in pain. Lars went to attack his enemy again, but Pendragon reacted quickly and bit down hard on Lars' left shoulder. Pendragon spun around, with Lars still held in his mouth, and threw him outside the entrance, next to a cliff. Lars' sword was absorbed back into his body, and he slowly stood up holding his bleeding left shoulder.

Meanwhile, Pachua had pinned Durga down to the ground underneath his paw. Durga struggled to get up but Pachua held her down.

"You know, Durga," Pachua started, "I've had a thing for you for a long time." Durga growled at Pachua, disgusted by his words. "Your sexy body, your hypnotic voice, and your beautiful eyes; everything about you is just so perfect," Pachua described.

"But my biggest turn on by far, is seeing you struggle underneath my paw. I'm not going to let this opportunity go to waste," Pachua said, lowering his body onto Durga. The Prince noticed how unusually wet Durga's body was and smiled. "I didn't know you liked it this way. Wet is how I like my girls," Pachua said.

Suddenly, all the water on Durga's body pushed Pachua off of her and through the air. The water pinned Pachua to the back wall, much to his surprise. Pachua had a frightened and shocked look on his face as Durga walked towards him with a furious look.

"What's wrong Pachua? Isn't this how you like it: wet and forceful?" Durga asked. Pachua made a quick glance over at his father and Lars, then back at Durga.

"Instead of worrying about me, I think you should worry about Lars," Pachua said. Durga looked back and saw Pendragon slowly walking towards a wounded Lars. Durga let Pachua go and she ran to help Lars. Pendragon began to charge a plasma blast in his mouth, ready to finish Lars off.

"This is the end Dragon Master!" Pendragon yelled. He released the plasma blast and shot it just at Lars' feet, exploding and sending Lars off the cliff. When Durga witnessed this she became full of sadness.

"NO!" She yelled as she ran towards the cliff, ignoring Pendragon. She looked over the edge and was about to dive after Lars, but was stopped and pulled back by Pendragon and Pachua. "No! Lars!" Durga screamed.

In Lars' mind, time seemed to slow down for him as he fell. Although he had his eyes closed, he could feel that time was slower.

"Is this the end?" Lars asked himself. "Am I… going to die..? I'm sorry everyone… I failed you all."

"Lars!" Durga's voice echoed.

"Huh?"

"Lars!"

"Durga?" Lars questioned.

"Lars!" Durga's voice echoed again.

"That's right… I can't let Durga die... No… this isn't the end… I… I refuse to give up." Lars then shot his eyes open. "I REFUSE TO GIVE UP!" Lars' pupils narrowed and an enormous blue light erupted from Lars, catching the attention of Durga, Pachua, and Pendragon.

The light died down, then flew upwards and stopped in front of the cliff. The three Night Furies stared in wonder at the shimmering blue light. The light then dispersed in a shattering like effect, and revealed what none of them would have expected. A humanoid Night Fury with black scales, blue eyes, blue wings and tail fins hovered as it flapped its wings, a furious look on its face.

"What on Earth?" Pendragon questioned. The unknown being landed softly on the edge of the cliff.

"I will never give up," It growled. Durga recognised that voice.

"Lars?" Durga questioned.

"What!?" Pachua shouted. Durga generated water and pushed Pendragon and Pachua away, and then jumped to Lars' side.

"Lars… what happened to you?" Durga asked. Lars looked at his hand, still keeping the same angry look on his face.

"If I'm correct, it's another one of my Dragon Master Powers," Lars said. Pendragon, not caring about the reason, growled at Lars, making the Dragon Master shift his eyes towards Pendragon.

"You... You still won't be able to defeat me!" Pendragon said hesitantly and in fear. Lars put his hands in front of himself, generating plasma between them.

"I'll just have to finish you both off at once then," Lars said. As Lars threw the ball of energy, Pendragon's instincts quickly took over and did what no father should ever do. He snapped at Pachua, biting down hard on the back of his neck and threw him at the ball of energy just in time for it to collide with his diaphragm. Pachua's lifeless body fell to the ground, his mid-torso blown apart and the gaping hole singed from the heat of the plasma. Pendragon chuckled evilly.

"Heheheh. He made a great shield."

Well now… again, I'm sorry for the long wait. There's been a lot to deal with in my life. I'll write the next chapter when I can.
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See you all next time, XenoX out.