Amos

More than a century has already passed since his imprisonment, but Amos' hunger had not faded away in the meanwhile, indeed, if possible, it had even increased!

He was one of the most powerful dragons ever existed and, in itself, he was one of the most dangerous too. Exactly for this reason, he was laying in that prison for more than a century. It was hidden in the most isolated meanders of the reign, with the worst elements of Lyria, a wonderful realm, inhabited by humans and magical creatures.

Different kinds of creatures lived there, like fairies - quite peaceful but a little mischievous -, dragons, demigod creatures, who had to ensure that evil doesn't take over, taking the field if necessary and the last ones were the Dark dragons.

These ones were dragons who had decided to free themselves from their people, who were devoted to the defense and the cooperation with humans, to create a world based on the purity of race. Actually, they aimed to the destruction of all the creatures who were different from them, even if not all of them were so drastic.

After the split from the Golden dragons, Ezra and his suitors, as well as founders of this new specie, leaved the majestic and lush northern lands, headquarter of their people since the genesis, to head to the boundless lands beyond the forbidden barrier, a placed inhabited by unknown creatures that until then no one had never tried to go through.

More or less a century ago, a violent and bloody battle took place between Evil and Good's forces and both of them had been hit hard, but exactly when everyone thought that Evil would have won, one of the bravest dragons, with his last energies managed to strike the decisive blow which assured the enemies' defeat. The dragon in question was called Samael and, since that moment on, having survived by a whisker to that exhausting war, decided to start training the new generations to the world's defense from new dangers. Amos was imprisoned during that period. He had refused to join in the battle and for that his ex – allies thought selling him to the enemy to earn some time and to put together the rest of their army.

Despite his immense strength, at the end, he capitulated in front of that golden host and since then he lays in the dungeon's darkness waiting for the right occasion for his vengeance. But the thing that he doesn't know is that things will not go according to his plans. But, honestly, when they do so?

The imprisonment's years had seriously weakened him, but he did not have the slightest intention to give up, above all not after having passed the last hundred years to rot in a hole with the worst, with a magic chain who did not allow him even to get to touch that damn door, the only obstacle between him and the outside world. Although he was a Dark, he didn't share the ideals of his people, seen and considered that the elimination of all the other creatures would not change anything.

"Balance does exist for a reason. Good and Evil are not two distinct sides because between them there is an enormous grey zone which it is worth exploring. Who decides what is right and what is not? Or, who must live or die? I have been asking myself the same thing for centuries, but I am sure that once outside I will discover it soon, making suffer pains of Hell to the damn ones who are responsible for this. All of my enemies will pay, I swear it and I can't be in peace until I won't have sown death and destruction among them, I don't care about the price for this." And after those words rich of hatred, a thunder's roar so strong to make shiver the chains which imprisoned him, followed. Just so to set up some atmosphere! He tried to get as near as possible to the windowpane to see what the hell was happening outside, but, unfortunately, he just saw the sky load of dark clouds. Certainly, it was not a good presage!

«What the Hell is happening here? It is already a while that I'm feeling strange and I can't understand the reason. Damn you, why did the chains shiver in that way? Answer me!» He shouted, walking nervously back and forth, well, at least until the chain allowed him!

His long dark hair moved. He had marvelous purple eyes with golden specks, big and tremendously expressive. It seemed possible reading through them a myriad of conflicting emotions. He had an ambered skin tone and his face's features were strong and delicate at the same the time. His body was crossed by beans of muscle perfectly suitable with his figure's harmony. He was different from the others, even because no one of the other dragons who he had ever met before had his same eye's color. That color was really unique and he had never been able to discover the reason.

The situation seemed having took a dark turn so he thought that he would no longer have had the opportunity for doing so. Since his imprisonment, he had tried everything to escape from there, but all his efforts were useless. Those chains forbade him the use of his powers and it was the same for the use of the "classic tug of war" to try to unplug them from the cell's humid walls. It has been all useless.

«Maybe, I should just give up to spend my eternity in this hellhole, while those damn who should be my family didn't hesitate neither for a moment to sell me to save their own ass. No, I can't give up, at least until they won't have suffered all the things that I had to. They will pay just like the ones that put me here.» He told, throwing a punch on the hard rock. His hand would not have liked it very much, but pain kept him alive and allowed him not to let loose.

Suddenly, something changed. From the ceiling of his cell a kind of portal opened, leaving there a... human?! Or, at least, it seemed so. The subject in question felt on him, catching him off guard. Well, it isn't a place where you do expect visitor, much less in such a bizarre way!

The human was a young auburn-haired woman, with dark green eyes and with an unusual clothing. Except her clothes, he had remained enchanted by her beauty, so simple and so stunning. She seemed a nymph.

After a long gazes' exchange, the nameless young woman shook herself from him as fast as lightning, screaming with all the air in her lungs. Amos, to avoid to catch the attention, covered her mouth.

«If you want to keep living, I advise you not to do it another time. Where are you from and what are you doing here?» He asked keeping her blocked to forbid her to run away, not that she could go so far since they were locked up in an impenetrable underground fortress!

No one had noticed her "high" of before, maybe due to the fact that down there, screams were at the order of the day, but, in a moment of distraction, the "intruder" took the opportunity to bite his hand and to "take refuge" near the window, right in the only place where he could not get to!

«Ah, ah, you can't get here, fantastic! I am Clara Sandri, I am twenty years old and I am a Letters student. I am from Modena where I live with my family. Now, it's up to you, who the Hell are you and, first of all, what am I doing here? Are we still in 2021 and in Italy?» And after this motivated vent, the young woman slammed her hand against the chain smashing it after having invested it with a blue light beam.

If Amos was speechless, the young woman was even more, since she had freed a potential criminal from what she could have understood!

«Thank you Clara, I have been trying to free me from those uncomfortable chains for a long time. Now, I am really curious to deepen the knowledge.» He debuted with an almost sadistic smile on his face, after having seen what she was able. He must take the advantage to run away, then he would have taken care of the rest.

She was upset and the only escape route was a door behind her "opponent", obviously barred!

This Tuesday had taken an unexpected turn!