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Continue with the Flashback
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From their hair to their skirts were shaken violently by the tornado wind. Then, they were shutting their eyes tightly and began to walk backward until the toe of their shoes touched the main door of the warehouse. The sound of thump against the wooden door was heard.
They then turned their backs to the wind. Courtney rushed forward to the door first, she shook her hand harshly on the doorknob, trying to open it. But only the rustling sound of the door was heard. It was locked.
"Come on, open up!" Courtney said impatiently as she continued to shake the door open.
She stopped and groaned, then looked at her friends, "Ugh, who locked this? Where's the key!?" Courtney asked, glancing between Eris and Tina.
Tina shrugged, "I don't know! it wasn't me who locked the door!" she yelled through the noisy room with the sound of gushed winds.
Eris then took the key from her skirt pocket and showed it to her friends. She swung the key back and forth in front of their faces as she smiled, "I did,"
She stopped smiling, "Now move!" Eris said seriously in an authoritative tone.
Courtney scoffed, crossing her arms, "Hah, you can't order me," she said with her hair flew everywhere on her face.
Eris rolled her eyes, "News flash, you're not my boss," Eris replied nonchalantly as she walked towards the door and tried to unlock it.
Courtney was just about to reply to Eris's words, but Tina had already cut her off.
"Just hurry up, fool!" Tina shouted to Eris while holding her hair off her face.
"I am! Can't you see it?!" Eris yelled back angrily, still focused on unlocking the door.
Courtney only tapped her foot impatiently. The wind has started to grow closer and closer to them. Their hair and clothes were already in a bad mess because of the wind.
Courtney stopped tapping her foot as she said, "HURRY UP!" she shouted.
Eris then managed to open the lock, swings the door open, then ran out first. Leaving her friends behind dumbfounded by her action, they gaped in disbelief.
"See ya suckers!" Eris shouted as she salutes them from behind. She was already gone.
Tina gritted her teeth, clenching her fists, "That girl, I swear I'll get her when-"
Tina could not continue her sentence when Ioreos was already near them. He roared once more to warn them to leave as soon as possible.
The tornado had already stopped expanding but continued gushing hard on them.
Tina and Courtney could not take it anymore, they screamed hysterically, then they flew out the door.
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Ioreos scratched the rope that tied Roxie's hands and feet with his large talons, he cut the rope free from Roxie using only one long claw.
Roxie happily removed herself from the cut rope, moving her hands and feet from the chair, and then stepping in front of Ioreos.
Roxie's eyes have returned to normal; she's looking up at the huge dragon with a smile, "I am very grateful for your help, Ioreos. How can I repay you?"
"No need, my lady. As you are my master now." Ioreos bowed his head again at Roxie.
"Please raise your head Ioreos, I don't like it when you're being too formal with me. Please just call me Roxie, not my lady,"
"Very well, miss Roxie,"
Roxie sighed exasperatedly but she ignored it for now. She had a lot of questions that had come to her mind when she manifested her anger. Somehow, she was not that surprised with herself to suddenly have a power or meeting Ioreos. It was as if she had used her power before, but she could not remember when. For Ioreos, she felt familiar with the dragon instantly, she could not explain why. But she knew.
"Ioreos, how did I create you? I mean, technically I did not know how I did it, but you just happened. I was shocked at first when you suddenly appeared." She said nervously.
"You didn't create me, child. I have always within your powers. I've been on the ice for centuries."
"Oh, Ookay..." She looked around, still confused. Then looking back at him.
"And what about my powers? I didn't know I had them until now. Can you please explain it to me how did I get them?" she asked innocently.
'So, she didn't know,' the dragon thought as he raised one eyebrow.
He then continued thinking, 'She didn't need to know that for now. As she is not ready yet. She'll have to upgrade her power abilities first, then everything will be explained in due time.'
"Time will tell you all, my child. Now, you must get out of this place. There is someone outside looking for you." Ioreos glanced at the door then back to Roxie, he said this one last time before he evaporates slowly into the air.
"But, I have so many questions ..." Roxie pursued the remaining smoky ice in the air.
"Wait ..." She raised her hand to reach out to him but Ioreos could no longer be grasped by Roxie.
The dragon growled and looked at her with his fading glowing eyes, hidden in its smoke of ice that was floating in the air, waiting for her to ask one more time.
She stopped reaching for him when she saw Ioreos was waiting for her to speak.
"I'm curious. Not just about my power, but I'm also curious about my dad. Do you perhaps know about Elias Walker?" She asked looking at Ioreos as she holds her pinky finger.
At the mention of her father's name, Ioreos was taken aback briefly but regained his composure back. It took him a while to answer.
"I knew your father. As for everything, you will find out soon along the way, miss Roxie. Grow, become a better wielder of ice, and a true owner of the ice kingdom, the Kingdom of Oryn. The journey awaits you, my dear. Find your father as well. That is all I can say to you for now." Ioreos said then he vanished into thin air.
Roxie stunned, she looked down for a while, her eyes are shaking. Then raised her head again once again, "Wait, so my father is alive??"
However, Ioreos was already gone.
"Ioreos? Hey, Ioreos!" She called out, but no sound replied to her.
Then the door of the warehouse was forced to open. The ice has also covered the door, so it was a little hard to push it from the outside. It seemed dark already. Roxie was ready to attack the person when she saw that it was her mother who had entered the warehouse.
A worried look etched on her mother's face as she looked around the darkroom.
"Roxie? Roxie! Are you here?" she asked anxiously and stepped into the room.
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