1x1 with sora22/waddledude

"Dammit, you dragon, get moving!", Severus said angrily. Brutas heard Severus' shouts, and her eyes widened. "No.... it can't be...", she said quietly.

Franarch's eyes were burning now. The tears were flowing over, leaving trails upon the ground below. "I'm trying!" he said, flapping his wings harder. Alphonse looked back and yelled to Severus. "She's gaining! Not only that, the woman on her back seems mighty angry!"

BRutas snarled. She recognized Severus' voice. It was the vocie of the hunter that had killed her parents when she was just a child(yes, i know, dragons take thousands of years to mature, pretend they ahve a similar growth cycle to humans). "I'm going to kill you, Severus!", she shrieked. She began flying at full speed, determined to kill the hunter.

Franarch shrieked. His own mate was flying at full speed towards him with the intent to kill and an angry Kaina on her back. Either way, he was scared. "Brute, stop!"

Brutas grabbed Severus in her claws. "Remember me, you bastard?", she snarled.

Alphonse yelped. He slid down, then hung from Franarch's front leg. "ohshitohshitohshitohshit..." he mumbled as Kaina lept from Brutas's back and ran to Franarch's head. "Fran, we're turning around right now!" she yelled at the dragon, who in turn looked at his arms.

SEverus growled. When Brutas brought him closer to her face, he plunged his dragonsbane spear into her eye. She let out a shriek and dropped Severus. Severus pulled out a silver whistle and blew on it. Immediately, a large griffin swooped down and caught Severus on its back. Brutas, meanwhile, was coughing as the dragonsbane spread directly to her nerves and brain. She became paralyzed and plummeted towards the ground.

Franarch screeched in horror. Throwing Alphonse into the far distance, he dived to Brutas. "Oh, by the Dragonness, NO!!!" he yelled. Kaina was screaming to Cade. "Hey, doof, doncha feel that!?!?!?"

"I feel it, Kaina, it's not like I'm not trying everything!", Cade shouted back.

Franarch caught his mate and lowered her to the ground. "Brutas! Can you hear me?" he asked, afraid the only he had ever loved in that way was going to pass while she was still in his arms.

Brutas lifted her head weakly to look at her. "F-franarch? Is that you?"

"Yes! Yes, Brutas, it's me." he said, wiping away acid tears before they touched his beloved.

((I'm totally listening to epic music while I'm writing this post.))

"Then, kill that bastard of a dragon hunter for me...", Brutas said under he breath.

"I will Brutas. And if I can, I'll do it again." he wept, then looked over at Cade. Knowing the connections between them, he knew Cade could possibly also die. Kaina set a hand on Franarch's leg, feeling his pain.

Severus circled over them on his loyal girrin.

Alphonse finally crash-landed into bushes about a mile away, thankful they were still fully leaved. "D*mn, that hurts." he said, standing and rubbing himself in several sore places. Then he looked into the distance, searching for a flying anything that might still be in the sky.

Franarch gently laid down Brutas's head, then curled up beside her. He now let the tears flow freely. But Kaina had other plans. She hurried over to the other dragon rider and hurriedly asked if he could also control time.

"Not as well as Brutas, but maybe...", Cade said.

"DO IT MAN! NOW!" she yelled, shaking Cade slightly.

Cade nodded and snapped his fingers, slowing down time.

((Writer's block!))

(think, buddy)

((*extreme thinking* *brainfart*))

(lolz)

Franarch laid an ear against the chest plates on Brutas, hoping for a beat.

Brutas's heart was still beating, but slowly and faintly as it was slowly overtaken by the poisonous dragonsbane.