Chapter 22 - Chloe

“Warriors?” I asked Dakota confused.

“Yes, they are oath bound. They will only ever serve one High Priestess. Each warrior has a special ability and has spent their lives training to be a warrior. They are great to have.” Dakota said. I looked at the boys in front of me. I could use them for protection- but how did I know I could trust them?

I looked at the boy on the right, he had short dark hair, he wore a military haircut. He has a baby face and brown eyes. I stepped in front of him.
“What is your name?” I asked.
“Alexander” he said bowing to me.
“And what is your special gift?” I asked.
“Crystal magic.” He said sounding proud.
I looked to Dakota which seemed happy to hear that.
“What is crystal magic?” I asked looking back to Alexander. Dakota stepped next to me, “Well if he is telling the truth, that puts him in very interesting company.” he said eyeing Alexander. He continued, “Crystal magic is very powerful, and I would say one of the rarest abilities known to witches. Prove to us that you can truly do crystal magic.”
He smirked at me, “watch this.”
He quickly spun around throwing something into the cherry blossom tree behind him in the yard. THUD.
Watching the middle of the tree, I could see what appeared to be a light pink crystal shard stuck into the tree.
“Wait for it.” the other guy said. I watched as the Cherry blossom tree turned completely into crystal. I gasped. I ran down the stairs towards the tree. It now was a completely crystal.
The once brown trunk was now a dark pink and the petals and flowers was now a light pink. It was very beautiful. “How long will it stay like this?” I asked hoping it would be forever.
“It will stay like that until I release it.” Alexander said standing next to me. I looked up at him, he was smiling down at me. I felt my heart flutter for a second. “Then it is my gift to you.” He said not taking his eyes off me.
“Ahem.” I heard Dakota behind us. “ahh yes, and you are?” I asked looking at the other guy beside him. “Dustin” he said bowing his head. He has dirty blonde hair that was swooped back and blue eyes. With a serious baby face. Both men were extremely good looking.
“What is your gift?” I asked Dustin.
“Electricity magic.” As he said that the sky started to rumble, and lightning struck the ground beside him.
“That is awesome! You both have amazing abilities. But are you both willing to die for me?” I asked, as they both looked at me.
They both bowed their heads to me. “We are.”
“Then it would be an honor to accept you both as my oath bound warriors!” I said. “How do we do this?” I asked.
Dustin brought out a challis, “ one at a time, we mix a drop of our blood and a drop of your blood into some wine, say a small oath and if Goddess accepts, we will be bound together.” Dakota stepped next to me.
“Being bound can be very – intimate.” He said looking at me.
“What do you mean by that?” I looked at him.
“for starters you can feel their feelings and pain, and they can feel your feelings and pain. It is to help them better assist you. They can feel your fear, it is used to detect danger if they are not in the same room as you. Remember it is not possible to undo it once it is done.” I looked over to the boys.
This is what I wanted to do. If they wanted to be bound to me, I wouldn’t stop them. With my new status, I could really use their protection.
I took the knife from Alexanders hand and cut the side of my hand, dripping my blood into the cup, “let’s do it.” I said looking at Dustin. He took the knife and did the same.
“I swear my life to honor and protect you.” He said taking a sip. “I accept.” I said taking a sip. At that second, I felt my body get warm, and suddenly I could feel Dustin, even without touching him. It was incredible.
Me and Alexander did the same steps.
They were both now bound to me.
My own warriors. I smiled at the thought.
The sky around us started to turn black around us.
I could no longer see anything. “DAKOTA!!” I screamed out but I couldn’t hear anything. With in seconds, Alexander and Dustin was at my side, “get inside! Let us protect you!” Alexander was yelling in my face. I felt panicked. They turned away from me to fight whatever was out in the dark mist. As I started running towards the palace I felt a sharp shooting pain rip through my left arm, as I looked up a dark red dragon was lifting me up from the ground by my arm, his claw cutting into my arm.
Beside it was a man on another dragon, he threw white dust into my face. I coughed and tried to get it out of my face, but it was too late, I was being already blacking out. The last thing I heard was Alexander screaming my name as everything went black…