"Aelin, come on. We are getting late for our sparring round. Let's go." Devmaya shouted on top of her lungs. While looking at the lazy girl, who was lying in the sky, rubbing her eyes to rub the sleep away from herself, trying to digest what's going on.
While Aelin was like "..."
What? Wait what? What is sparring? And why do they have to do it right now? Isn't it way too early?
But, she didn't have the guts to ask any of the questions directly to Devmaya. After all, she knows things aren't simple, to begin with.
And if she needs to find out, then she has to go with the flow. After all, this girl is genuine to her and won't harm her, to begin with.
(Only if she knows, she was signing her own death. After all, sparring with a ligress, An alpha one on top of that. It would be a stupidity, until and unless she used her powers.
Powers of phoenix, which she currently is clueless about, completely. As for Miss Aelin Kim, a human. It definitely isn't an ideal thing to do.)
~~ Somewhere in forest type area~~
There were tons of trees around them. And since, poor Aelin has never seen the World, till now, completely. So, she thought, it might be one of the parts of This World.
Although, the way they come… or should I say, fly their way out. It definitely is something that was sending waves of terror in her heart. And if it hadn't been for her encounter with Prithvi, that too when she was falling to the ground, from the bed then, till now, she must have been screaming on top of her lungs, till she passed out from this level of over-excitement and fear.
Somehow, somewhere she could get that nagging feeling, that things aren't the way they were before. After all, the floor beneath her is usually cloudy. The roof above her is either white or light blue.
There were no walls or pillars like that in the room she was staying in. Even the door was made of gold and magic. And now, finally, she saw the soil beneath her and the clouds above her head, only then she felt a little more alive.
Maybe now things are normal. Little normal.
~~
Only if she knows what was awaiting her...
"Shall we begin? Aelin." Devmaya asked, in a humble and polite way.
After all, Aelin is still more powerful, strong and ranked above than her. So, even if they were friends, she still maintained that decorum.
Aelin, who was clueless, about what might befall to her, next, nodded slightly. Fine, whatever it is. It can't be worse than what she has been through, already. Right!!!
But the very next moment, the scene in front of her, startled her, to her very wits end. Damn it!!!! Just what on the Earth is happening, here.
~~
Devmaya, a girl, such a beauty, with simple, sophisticated, regal, noble and poise personality, just like Elsa of Frozen, the moment earlier snapped a little.
And, how to describe it, just within seconds, the place where a beautiful yet elegant girl was standing. At that very same place, there was a beast standing, in it's four legs, eyes fixed on Aelin.
Damn, that ferocious look, in the beast's eyes. God knows, whether it was a lion or tiger or what exactly it was.( Well, it was a liger. Or to be precise, a ligress.) The mere sight of that beast was more than enough to take the breath away from Aelin's soul.
Damn it!!! Where did that Devmaya disappear to? When did this beast come? Just what exactly happened? All that she [Aelin] did was blink once and all that happened within that single blink.
Within that one blink, the girl disappeared and this beast was left in her very place. Aelin's human senses were telling her she was in danger. That she should run as far away from this beast as possible.
But there it was ,again, that part of her, which was continuously nagging at her, telling her she can deal with everything, telling her, she is strong, powerful, fearless. The part, which she was ignoring for a long time, was telling her that it's not a threat, that she can tame and ride it . That, this beast can't harm her.
And that she can defeat this beast, with just one blow of her breath. But to present Aelin, it seems so surreal, that she would rather believe that sun rises from the west than to believe this part of her.
Especially the claim this part of her was making. Damn, is that even possible. A human, defeating a beast, with a single blow of breath. Impossible! Wishful thinking!
~~
But then the beast roared an earth-shattering howl, which made all the animals and birds of the forest scurry as far away from this very place as possible.
As for poor Aelin, better not ask. She was crouching on the ground. Her legs had long given up. Currently as a normal human, she was simply waiting for her predator to attack her.
After all, she definitely was in a surprised, dazed state. She was already cursing herself, for trusting someone again, be it Devmaya.
Now, she will die here. Like this.
Devmaya, who was confused after seeing Aelin acting like a terrified rabbit, couldn't help but raise her brows. She thought it might be because she was severely injured last time. So, she let out a howl, in order to give her time to prepare, and now Aelin was lying lifeless on the ground.
Devmaya, couldn't help but stop and shift back to her human form. Maybe, this phoenix is seriously very injured. And maybe she can't practise yet. Maybe. So, she decided to continue this sparring someday later.
~~
As for Aelin, who luckily even forgot to blink this time, saw the very beast turning into human, or to be precise, into Devmaya. And she felt a chill of terror running down her spine,at that moment.
This girl is a beast.. No, the beast is a girl. No, a beast turns into a girl. Just what on the earth is going on?
How could a woman turn into a beast? This type of thing doesn't happen in reality. It only occurs in the fantasy world. Just what? Shape shifting!!!! Wolf? Vampire? Dragon? Fiction