My Love Triangle: Choose Werewolf Or Demon Prince

Luna and Helios traveled for two days before they finally reached their destination. A black fog surrounded the clearing she was in; it tainted the water, turning the blue crystal lake a dirty brown color and poisoning the flowers that bloomed beside it. The tall blades of grass that surrounded her were wilted, and they lay flat on the floor. Even though nothing looked familiar, she knew exactly where she was. She was back in the meadow. Helios had wandered off to take a leak—something she wasn’t certain familiars could do, but she didn’t dwell much on it; Helios was a strange creature.

“How is this possible?” She muttered to herself.

The sprite lake that often had dozens of sprites dancing in it, splashing water at each other and occasionally zapping her with their magic whenever she got too close, now had no sprite to give its magic. The darkness had consumed them. The tree Dryads looked like they were long dead, and their trees looked hollow, empty of the life that used to fill them up.

“Run!!!”

She whipped around, looking for where the sound came from. It sounded like

“Run, Luna! Run!” Helios yelled as he yelled and tore through the black fog that veiled the other side of the clearing.

“Are we under attack?” Luna asked as Helios dashed past her. She reached for her dagger by her waist, but she couldn’t find it there.

“What the fuck?” She muttered to herself as she patted her body and searched the clearing for her trusty dagger.

“Luna!” Helios yelled from a safe distance away.

“Give me a minute,” she yelled back.

Helios yelled something in reply, but it was muffled by the growl that resonated through the air. She froze and slowly looked up.

She was face-to-face with a chimera. It was a shadowling, but the features were distinct. A lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a serpent’s tail

“I can’t decide who to eat first,” the chimera hissed. The lion's mouth opened, and a forked tongue came out. “That familiar of yours sure looks tasty."

The chimera was almost two times her size. Luna gulped, and she slowly backed away from where she knelt. Were the shadowlings evolving? She didn’t know what to do; fear had her frozen in place.

“Run!” Helios's voice pierced through her, and she immediately jumped to her feet and dashed off. She ran as quickly as she could through the forest, using the familiar terrain to her advantage, ducking over low tree branches and running in a zigzag around the trees.

She could hear the chimera catching up behind her; it wasn’t running as fast as she thought it would, and a part of her felt like it was toying with her. like a predator playing with his food. She didn't know why the thought angered her more than it scared her, but she ran all the same. She ran into the dark fog head-on and regretted it immediately. It was difficult to see in the dark, and it wasn't long till she stumbled on some roots and fell face first. She quickly turned around and watched with wide eyes as the chimera slowly slinked towards her. It had an almost human smirk.

“You smell so good,” Its voice came out in low whispers that made goosebumps rise on her skin. “I wonder if you taste any good.”

It didn't waste any time leaping for her, but as it jumped, its glinting claws mere inches away from ripping out her throat, everything slowed down.

Luna could hear crickets chirping; it was like her mind was transported to how the meadow was before. She heard the wind that blew and the leaves of the trees that it ruffled. She could feel the earth below her pulsing; she could feel the power at her fingertips eager to be let loose, begging to rip the world apart and then put it back together in a way that pleased her and only her. She could feel the unbridled energy rushing through her veins; it made her fingers tremble and the back of her throat burn, and she could taste electricity on her tongue. The power was begging to be set free.

So she let it go.

Pure white light shot out from her, searing through the chimera and disintegrating it almost immediately. There wasn’t much she could do to hide her grin when she heard its dying screech as it disappeared into nothingness. Even the black fog seemed to have cleared a little. Luna slowly stood up, the weight of her actions sinking in.

“You channeled light,” Helios whispered from behind her.

“I did,” she whispered, looking down at her hand; it still had a faint glow.

“How did you do it?”

“I don’t… I don’t know; it just happened. "Everything was so sudden." "I was feeling everything, everywhere, all at once.”

Suddenly, her eyes glowed a strong, bright white, almost as bright as the light she emitted, and memories she had long forgotten hit her all at once.