Maylin *FINISHED*, Jaden Bieber [snow like ashes series txt] 📗

and Dark Father were wide eyed.
"M-Maylin?" The Dark Father asked me.
"Y-Yes?" I answered, twiddling my fingers. I was kind of nervous. I didn't know why.
"How could I have missed it?" Dark mother smiled. "You're a splitting image of your mother."
"M-My mother?" I asked shuddering.
"There you are." I heard Kole's voice behind me. I turned to him and put my hands on my hips to scold him.
"Where did you go?!" I asked him.
"I haven't used a portal in a long time. I usually take flight," He frowned, "My bad, princess."
"Don't call me that." I told him.
"Not good." Violet said, sniffing the air.
"What is it, girl?" Mitchel asked. Violet gave him a death look, obviously not amused.
"Dragons." She told him.
"Damn it." Dark Father growled. "Get Maylin into safety." He told Mitchel.
"Wait. What's going on?" I asked Kole.
"Dragons are attacking the castle again. We're in war at the moment." He explained to her.
There was a big BOOM and the whole castle shook.
"Sorry, kids. No time for chit-chat." Mitchel grabbed my wrist and ran, pulling me out of the room. We ran through the hallways. It was so dark after that, I couldn't see. I was even stumbling over my own two feet.
Mitchel seemed to notice and stopped.
"Are you okay?" He whispered.
"I can't see very well." I told him.
I felt his arms go around my waist and under my knees. He carried me like a princess.
"H-Hey Mitchel. You don't have to-"
"I know. It's my job to get you somewhere safe, though." He told me. Without another protest, I gripped his shirt and cuddle against his chest. He was diffidently someone I felt comfortable with.
"Where are we going?" I asked him, barley above a whisper.
"Somewhere safe." He assured me.
I felt him put me down, but he never let go of my hand. I heard him turn and knob and open a door. He pulled me into a room and shut the door behind us.
He let go of my hand and I heard him walk away.
"M-Mitchel?" I breathed out.
"I'm here." A lamp turned on and he was right in front of me. I stumbled back a little.
"T-Thank you."
"Listen," He came closer, " I have to go help fight. If you need me, just whistle. Can you whistle?"
I nodded slightly. He smiled.
"Let me hear." I put my lips together and whistled like he told me to. "Good. Just like that and I promise I'll be here."
I nodded and watch him walked out the door.
I heard roars of dragons and the castle shook a few times. I felt kinda claustrophobic.
I walked around the room. There wasn't much in it. I walked up to a dark green blanket hanging on the wall. I looked behind it and saw a window.
I slowly went to open it, but something came in instead.

Chapter 3

A big black figure crashed in. I squatted down and closed my eyes tightly. I covered my ears until I didn't hear anything. I opened my eyes and looked to the window. It was broken and not even a window anymore. More like a whole in the wall.
I looked to the other side of the room where the figure fought with the green blanket. I heard little growls. Its foot got tangled in the blanket and it tripped. When I heard it whimper a bit, my heart dropped.
I walked to the creature and helped it. I gently pulled the blanket off it. The reveal was a small dragon. Maybe four feet taller than me. He had scaly black skin and two large wings coming from his back, and had beautiful yellow-green eyes with a black, cat-like slit going down the middle.
He growled at me and came closer. I kept backing up until my back hit the wall. It sniffed me all over. He sniffed my sides and tickled me. I giggled and clenched my side. He backed away, unaware that I'd be ticklish.
I slid down to the floor and stared at him.
"A dragon, huh? So this is what it feels like to see one up close." His eyes never left mine. He didn't seem like he was going to hurt me, but I couldn't be so sure. I got up and pointed to the window for him to leave, but he didn't.
His cat-sliced pupils got bigger and his expression was playful. He wagged his tail like a dog and licked my face.
"I think you should leave now." I whispered, but he didn't seem to understand English. I clapped my hands to get his attention and pointed to the window. No luck. So I whistled and pointed to the window.
Oh no. I covered my mouth and started to panic.
"You need to go! He'll be here!" I said, now pushing the dragon towards the window. The dragon's ears perked up. He must've heard Mitchel running.
Quickly, he flipped me on his back and flew back out the window, carrying me with him. I held around his neck tightly.
"What are you doing?!" I yelled. I looked around. Bigger and stronger dragons were destroying the building. "Why are they doing that?"
"Who are you?" I heard the voice of a young teenager say.
"Can you talk?" I asked the dragon like I was crazy.
"I can put thoughts in your mind allowing you to hear me." He explained.
"Oh boy. This place is crazy," I said, sighing, "or maybe I'm crazy. Yeah. This is all a dream. Dragons don't exist. Right?"
"Wrong. Can you open a portal?"
"A portal? I- I don't know."
"What do you mean you don't know? Aren't you a mage?"
"I don't know! I was dragged from my bedroom to this strange place."
"By who and what?"
"Raven Mocker?"
"Mm. What's your name, girl?"
"M-Maylin."
"Well, Maylin. Try to, in about 3,"
"N-No wait-"
"2,"
"Bu-But-"
"1."
With a snap of my fingers, a black hole popped up again. The dragon flew right into it.

I opened my eyes. I was in my bed? I sat up and saw the dragon sleeping on the floor. I guess that took a lot out of both of us.
I slowly and quietly got out of bed, but I ended up waking the dragon anyway. He looked at me. He was watching my every move.
"So, is there some kind of reason you took me away from there?" I asked him, brushing my hair.
"Yes." He said into my mind, stretching.
"Well, in my dimension, dragons don't exist, so if someone sees you, you're dead," I told him, "And so am I."
"Are you a human?"
"I'm not really sure anymore." He got up and sniffed around the room. "Do you have a name?"
"Seth."
"Seth, huh? I like that name." I said, opening my bedroom door. I was starving. "Stay here."
"No." He said, fallowing me. "I won't get caught."
He fallowed me down the stairs, quietly. It was only then that I fell down the stairs, making a loud CRASH!
Seth ran to me and pulled me away from the stairs and into the kitchen by my shirt.
"You're a klutz." He said, chuckling. I frowned.
"Jeez, even a stupid dragon thinks I'm a klutz." He glared at me.
"For your information, I am not stupid." He got closer to me.
"Well, you're pretty stupid to be in my dimension right now." I backed away a little.
"I wanted to be here. Being where you want isn't stupidity, girl."
"I'm not 'girl', I'm Maylin." I corrected him.
"Whatever." He growled and shook his head.
"Don't give me an attitude! You're under my roof and you're going to fallow my rules." I narrowed my eyes into his. I wasn't going to let him know that I was scared.
"Maylin?! Is that you?!" I heard my sister yell.
"Y-Yes!" I yelled, running to the stairs before she came down to discover Seth.
"What are you doing?" She asked, coming further down the stairs.
"N-Nothing. Just getting a midnight snack." I told her. It wasn't exactly a lie. That was my plan when I came down here.
"What are you hiding?" She asked.
"H-Hiding? What do you mean?" I asked her in an uneasy voice. I wasn't the best liar around.
"Well, for one, you're not letting me go down the stairs." She frowned.
"Well, that's because I'm going up the stairs and you're in my way." I told her.
"I thought you were getting a snack."
"I am."
"Where is it?"
"In the kitchen."
"Then why are you going upstairs, Maylin?!"
"I don't know!"
"You're hiding something." She said, walking past me and into the kitchen.
"W-Wait-" A hand covered my mouth and a strong arm wrapped around my waist.

Chapter 4

My breathing became uneasy.
"Shh..." I heard in my ear.
"Huh. I guess you weren't hiding anything." I heard Lexie say. The person who held me quiet let me go. I spun around to nothing but the staircase.
"I-I told you." I said. I was confused. Extremely confused.

After I got my snack, I went back up stairs. Walking into my room, I found Seth sleeping on my bed.
"Pst. Seth?" I whispered.
He snored. I studied his sleeping face. He was exhausted. I smiled. Maybe me and Seth could be friends after all.
I crawled in with him. Strangely, my king sized mattress was big enough for us, though I didn't have as much room as he did. I didn't know if this was the greatest idea, but I felt safe with this worthless reptile.

"Maylin," I heard a smooth voice say. "Maylin?"
I replied in a groan that meant, 'I'm sleeping,' but I heard, "Maylin," again.
My eyes fluttered opened to Seth's big eyes. It was the first time he's called me by my name and not 'girl'.
"What?" I whispered, hugging the covers.
"It's time to go back." He told me.
"I don't want to go back." I whispered, softly.
"I do." He said with hope in his voice that I'll help him. I wanted to. I sat up and stretched.
"How did I do it last time?" I asked him.
"You snapped your fingers." He said with enthusiasm. He was glad that I was helping him. I guess he didn't have much hope that I would, but I have a heart for animals. Especially this pain in my butt here.
I snapped my fingers once again, but nothing happened.
"What happened?" I asked him.
"I guess you have to be thinking or panicking." He said, jumping off my bed and onto the floor with a soft 'thud'.
"Oh."
"3," He said, getting closer to me. I backed up.
"N-No. Not this-"
"2," His voice now a little angered that I showed fear made me back up more.
"C'mon Seth, s-"
"1," I close my eyes and snapped my fingers.
There was a long silence so I opened my eyes. A black portal stood in front of me to walk in.
"You did it, Maylin," Seth said, smoothly like usual.
"I did," I said, confused as usual, "You better go, then."
"Will you be back?" He asked me.
"I hope not."
"Then I will find my way back to you." He promised.
"W-Wait, Seth. It's okay. You don't need to stay with me." I said with a hand on my heart.
"I know." He licked my cheek and flew into the portal faster than ever. It closed behind him.
"Now I can re-live my normal life!" I cheered, wiping my cheek off from kiss.

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I walked to school with Lexie like always. School was a bore, yes, but it took my mind