Era's P.O.V -_-.

Zephyr was running, I had to cling to his thumb for dear life. I don't know why he was in such a rush but if he didn't slow down soon I was going to fall off.
"Zephyr can you slow down" I yell. He looks down and notices that I'm clinging on for dear life.
"Sorry about that" he says as he slows down I sigh in relief. My grip on his thumb loosens and I no longer have to fear for my life.
"So when will we reach town" I ask, he looks down at me and sighs.
"It's just over this hill" he says, I look over to where he was gesturing and see that his hill was really a giant sand dune rising high above the temple we were staying in.
"You're going to need to hold on tight while I run up it" I groan in protest but do as he says. Once I'm sure I'm safely latched on I give Zephyr the okay to go. I close my eyes and the next moment feel the hot air from the desert rush past my face. I still don't understand why Zephyr would grab winter attire when we were in the desert, I mean it did get pretty cold at night but still winter attire. The rushing of air stopped and I opened my eyes, they widen in awe at the sight before me. Reaching all the way into the sky sand and snow fight against each other, neither force surpassing the other, forming a wall. Zephyr's wardrobe choice now made sense.
"This is the effects of the war between chaos and peace, believe it or not but a long time ago this was actually a Boreal forest. Pine trees, evergreen, and snow covered this land but with chaos winning the war it was turned into a desert." Zephyr explains, I frown at the new info.
"Who started the war?" I ask, he looks down at me and sighs.
"Cior and Regulus, they are the current rulers of this world" he says, his hand lowers to the ground. I take that as my que to get off, I throw the bags off first then slide off myself. The whipping of sand and wind behind me let's me know that Zephyr is transforming. I feel a hand on my shoulder and see Zephyr in his human form, his smiles is full of confidence.
"Let's go into town, there's a library that will better explain this world" he says, I nod.
"How do we get past the wall" I ask, he frowns and looks the wall up and down.
"Hmmmm watch this" he holds out his hand and I watch as a path is made between the wall. I stare in awe, no matter how many times I see magic I don't think I'll ever find it dull or boring. I walk towards the part of the wall Zephyr split amazed, it was almost as if the sand and the snow were beating against an invisible wall.
"Hey grab the bags and let's get moving, it's not safe for me to do this all day" Zephyr says, I snap out of my dazed state and nod. I run over to Zephyr and grab the bags. We start walking through the path, as we did it got colder and I wished I had a coat. Finally as we made it to the other side we were cast into a busy street. There were people everywhere trying to sell different goods, others serving food, shops scattered all around, there was barely any space to walk. I back up only to bump into Zephyr, he chuckles and Pat's my head.

"Calm down, they're just people" he says, I sigh.

"I think I prefer those fish to people" I tell him, he laughs.

" Can't disagree with you there, here put this on" he says and hands me a white coat. I take it and slide it on, it reaches just past my knees, the sleeves reach my wrists exactly, it had what appeared to be a shawl around my shoulders and it zipped up in the front, all in all it was a nice coat.
"Thank you" I tell him, he nods and grabs my hand. I frown.
"What are you doing?" I ask confused, he rolls his eyes.
"We have to get through the crowd, I'm holding your hand so you don't get lost" he says, I nod.
"Okay lead the way" I tell him, he starts walking at a brisk pace I match it so I do not slow us down.
"Yup you heard me right, this ball of fluff is actually a xeple and for today only you can have it for the small price of 50 000 hem" a gruff voice rings out through the crowd. I stop out of curiosity bringing Zephyr to a halt as well.
"What is it" he asks, I shrug and move towards the voice. I push through the crowd and finally make it to the front. I gasp, there in a cage, in it's own filth is what appears to be a brown fluff ball crying as people poke, prod, and pull on it through the cage. I go to walk towards it but Zephyr holds me back.
"I know it's awful, but we can't draw attention to ourselves. What they're doing is legal we can't interfere" Zephyr says angrily, this angers him as much as it does me.
"We can't do anything, the poor thing is living in it's own filth and being treated like a freak show. I can smell it's cage from here, there is no way I'm letting it stay in there" I tell him, determination flowing through me. He sighs but nods.
"Fine let me handle this" he says, I go to protest but the look on Zephyr's face stops me. He looks like he's about to kill someone again. Zephyr leaves my side and stands on an empty crate by the man's stall.
"Ladies and gentleman I hate to inform you but this man is lying to you, in that cage is a huffle not a xemple." Zephyr calls out, the swarm of people turn towards him. The man who is selling the huffle glares at Zephyr, I slip back a little and pull out one of my cards. Zephyr continues his attack on the man's reputability of his business. I step back and hold the card in my hand, once I'm sure no one's watching me I close my eyes. I wasn't sure if I would be able to summon something without blood but I had to try. I imagine magic coursing through my body and into the card, it might have been my imagination but I swear the card was heating up. Suddenly I open my eyes and start speaking.
"Come to my aid demon of sloth Belphegor"

Zephyr's P.O.V }:3

I had convinced everyone the xemple was a fake but had lost sight of Era. I looked around for her, still nothing. Shit I thought I told her to wait for me. There's a bang behind me and I see the seller on the ground pinned by a giant dog, there was a knife in the sellers hand.
"Belphegor don't kill him" Era's voice rang through all the chaos that was now happening. I sigh in relief and make my way towards her.
"I thought I told you to wait" I growl lowly so only she can hear it.
"Sorry, I just needed to call a friend" she says, I frown a frie... My eyes widen in realization, that dog was a demon she summoned a demon.
"Are you crazy" it takes everything in me not to scream at her. She frowns and puts finger to her lips.
"Shhh you're attracting more attention" she says, I look around and notice it's true. A crowd had surrounded us, the seller was screaming about assault, and curious on lookers kept gathering.
"Okay that's enough break it up" a males voice rings through the crowd and the knight from before walks through the crowd. His blonde hair is now slicked back, I still didn't like him though.

Era's P.O.V :')

It's that knight who saved me, I go to thank him but Zephyr holds me back. I look up in confusion and he shakes his head. Oh right he probably saw me as the girl who summoned a giant who killed people on both sides shit.
Niall, or at least I think that's his name looks over at me. I start to fidget in nervousness and Zephyr reaches for his staff.
"Tamer call back your familiar" he says, I frown and Zephyr sighs in relief. He didn't recognize us, that's good but what's a tamer?
"Tamer I won't ask you again, call back your familiar or I will arrest you" he says, I regain my composure and meet his stare.
"This man tried to kill my friend, why should I let him up if he's just going to try it again. Not to mention his cruelty towards the huffle" I say, everyone in the crowd starts backing away nervously. The knight smiles and I inch closer to Zephyr.
"You're right which is why I've come up with a solution. First though you must call back your familiar" he says, I look towards Belphegor, he's growling at the man I then look at Zephyr for his advice. Zephyr looks at Niall and then at me.
"Do as he says" Zephyr whispers, I look towards Belphegor and let out an ear piercing whistle. Belphegor jumps off the man and trots towards me. The seller jumps up, his face is red and he stomps towards us, Niall stops him.
"We're going to handle this like civilized people" he says, the seller is fuming but he complys.
"Now miss please state your problem and how you would like to have it resolved." Niall says calmly, I sigh.
"I do not approve of how he's treating that huffle, I want him to release it" I say, Niall nods and looks towards the seller.
"Sir state your issue and how you wish to resolve it" he repeats, the seller looks at me and Zephyr with hate.
"They slandered my good name and assaulted me when I was not looking, I want a duel and my reputation back." He says, I glare at him.
"I have no problem fighting you" Zephyr says and pulls out his staff, the seller takes a step back.
"N-not you her, she's the one who attacked me with her mutt" the seller stutters, Belphegor growls.
"Okay calm down, how about the lady and you duel, if she wins you must give her the huffle, if you win you get your revenge and they have to clean your store" the knight says, I look to Zephyr again and he shakes his head.
"No way" he says, Niall glares at him.
"I could always arrest you and throw you in jail" he says, Zephyr opens his mouth to speak but I cut him off.
"I accept, Zephyr can I borrow your staff?" I ask, he glares down at me.
"You're making it very hard to protect you" he says and hands me his staff. Niall looks towards the seller, the seller grins and awful grin.
"I accept" he says, Niall nods.
"Very well, this is a magic duel. One weapon is allowed to each participant. There will be no killing, the duel will end when someone is unable to fight." The knight says, I gulp nervously but nod. Both me and the seller get ready to fight, I lift Zephyr's staff.
"On three, three, two,.... One go"
The seller lunges towards me with a sword, I lift the staff just blocking the sword. The seller pushes down making it hard for me to stand, if I slip I could very well lose this fight and get injured. I tilt the staff causing the sword to slide away from me, I free my staff and bring it down on the back of his head hard. I hear a thwak sound, my hit only seems to anger him. The seller stands up and makes his way towards me, I go to back away but a blur rushes past me and hits the seller. I hear a scream and realize Belphegor had jumped at him and was tearing at the sellers leg, red stained the dirty snow as Belphegor continued his relentless assault.
"Belphegor enough" I yell, Belphegor growls one last time before walking towards me. I look around to see the horrified faces of the crowd, the seller still screaming. Niall walks towards me, he grabs my hand and raises it.
"We have a winner" he says, then as if it had never happened the crowd was cheering and people in white suits took the seller away. Zephyr approaches me with the huffle in hand. I pull my hand from Niall's and back away towards Zephyr.
"Can we leave now" I say sadly, Niall nods and I start pushing through the crowd. As I walked along people would Pat my back and tell me good fight, Zephyr was right behind me and Belphegor was trotting ahead proud of himself. Once we had broken free of the crowd Zephyr pulls me into an alley way with a water pump, Belphegor transforms into a boy with short black hair, completely red eyes and horns coming out of his head.
"Well that was fun, it's been a while since I've been summoned. Hey I'm going to head home now but feel free to summon me again tot" he says, I glare at him.
"I told you already my name's Era" I snap, my words fall upon deaf ears as he disappears. I turn to see Zephyr pumping water on to the cold huffle, I walk over and use some of the soap Zephyr got to help clean it up. We did this in silence, finally once we were done the huffle had white fluff. It shakes the water off and jumps towards me, I catch it in my arms and smile. It purrs and starts to turn pink, u stare down at it amazed.
"An actual xemple can change it's fur to any back ground it sees a huffle changes colour due to it's mood" Zephyr says blandly, I nod. I run my fingers through the huffle's fur as the awkward silence continues. I kept sneaking glances at him wondering why he wouldn't look at me.
"Did I do something wrong?" I ask he turns towards me and sighs.
"You're so naive, what did you promise the demon" he says, I frown. How did he...
"I know there's no way you could control a god and demon at the same so what did you promise him to make him cooperate" he says, I gulp. Damn so much for playing clueless.
"Era what did you promise him" he yells and stands up.
"A date!" I blurt out, he stops and stares. His face goes from rage to angry to calm. He laughs.
" Is that it" he asks, I nod. He nods then punches a wall, I flinch.
"Zephyr?" I say cautiously.
"What" he says without turning around.
"What's a date?" I ask, he starts laughing even harder than before. The huffle turns black and snuggles closer to me. This Zephyr was scary.