The Villainess Wants To Go Home

Chapter 48 - Imposter or not

Artemis watched how the barracks was getting smaller as Demarcus flew further away. She couldn't

help but stare in amazement at how peaceful the town of Aureum is. The palace was remarkably

beautiful under the moon.

She looked down at her dangling feet and the forest beneath her.

"Wow" there was excitement in her eyes when she looked at how beautiful the forest beneath her

glowed in a light teal colour and overgrown with night flowers.

"Human girl, what kind enchantment did you place on me?" the dragon growled furiously at the human

girl that was trapped within his scaly tail. Artemis looked behind her and saw the dragon glaring at her

with his glowing green orbs. Her throat went dry. She didn't place any sort of magic at the dragon. She

didn't have any knowledge of how to use magic whatsoever.

"I don't know how to use magic" she called out loudly so that he could hear from the sound of the

gushing wind that past them quickly.

"Lies" he hissed, puffs of smoke escaping his nostrils. "I don't give shit if you believe me, Demarcus,

but I would never use such harmful magic on a dragon or any creature for that matter"

Demarcus felt something was off with her when he first laid eyes on her, yet he couldn't put a claw on

what. That lightening that sparked his heart and commanded him to break the chains was not his doing

but something else, it was like he was ordered to do it and couldn't refuse. He still couldn't move a

single part of his body nor his wings but his head.

No matter how many times he forced himself to turn around and fly back to the barracks there

something stopping his body from doing what he asked it to do. He just kept on flying without his will

with his wings refusing to let him take charge again.

Demarcus didn't swat his trainers away like that on purpose it was his tail that moved on it's own.

He couldn't grasp on what happened to him however he knew it had to do with the human girl.

'Why can't I move my body? Stupid wings stop flapping'

Artemis wanted to tell Demarcus if he was alright but his grumbles and angry aura surrounding him

indicated he was not in the mood to answer her.

"mmmm" Homura groaned, moving his little head side to side. 'Oh shit' Artemis grumbled. Now she has

to hear him screaming and whining all over again.

"Where am I?" he slightly opened his eyes. "Filthy human, is that you?" Homura's amber eyes laid on

her eyes that looked back at him with a slight guilty smile.

"Bad time to wake up" she said under the grin. Homura stared blankly at her, confused.

"Just don't look down or behind me" she warned. There was a slight groan coming from Demarcus,

Homura body froze, and his eyes showed nothing but fear and realisation.

"don't look" she shook her head, knowing he would soon regret looking behind her.

Homura being the snobby fox he is regarded her words and slowly peeked his head out. He spent a

few seconds looking at the dragon that was busy gazing into the unknown before moving his head in

and staring into Artemis' eyes.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" an ear piercing

shriek came out from him awakening the sleeping creatures below and irritating the golden dragon.

Artemis was about to say something to quiet down the terrified fox when suddenly she felt the tail

lighten before she was flung up in the air.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" now both, the fox and the human girl were screaming as they

were thrown high in the air.

"WERE ARE GOING TO DIE!" Homura yelled into her ear. "THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!"

"I'M SORRY" she screamed out. "WE ARE BOTH GOING TO GET SPLATTEN BECAUSE OF YOU"

In fear of the fox slipping out of her hands, she held him tightly.

Artemis felt how they slowed down; she peeked her head down to take a look when suddenly they both

came falling down rapidly. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"! their cheeks collided together,

both hugging each other for dear life and looking down at the forest that would soon be their graves.

"I'M SORRY FOR BEING SUCH A JERK TO YOU!" Artemis apologised, feeling how the icy cold wind

pricked her cheeks. "I FORGIVE YOU"

"I'M SORRY FOR EATING YOUR JERKY WHILE YOU WERE ASLEEP AND WAS GOING TO LIE TO

YOU THAT A RAVEN TOOK THEM" Artemis confessed knowing how angry this fox was going to be if

they survived the fall which was unlikely with this fragile body of Diana's.

"WHAT!" Homura forgotten about them falling and glared at her with anger as he was about to say

something when Artemis cut him off.

"YOUR TURN TO CONFESS NOW"

"I'M NOT GOING TO CONFESS NO SHIT TO YOU. I'M JUST GOING TO DIE WITHOUT TELLING

YOU ANYTHING" he yelled stubbornly.

"YOU LITTLE SHI-" Artemis landed on something hard and warm. "Hold on human girl" it was the voice

of Demarcus.

She opened her eyes to see herself on the back of the dragon, soaring through the wind of the night

sky.

Demarcus' body lifted up. Artemis grasping the situation quickly grabbed a hold on one of the spines on

the dragon's neck and adjusting her legs around the scaly neck as he flew up and into the clouds.

The Orga dragon straightened up and glided across the clouds, his legs scraping against the soft fluffy

white blobs in the sky. Homura still trembling and breathing heavily in fear, Artemis attention was on the

clouds.

She reached her hand down and let her hand glide through the white ball of gas. It didn't feel like

anything on her skin, but she liked how it split into two.

Demarcus let out a small rumble and another puff of hot breath. He wasn't flying fast anymore but

slowed down.

Artemis couldn't help but smile, her eyes darting around admiring the beautiful sky above her and

feeling how the slow breeze brushing the hair out of her face and cooling her cheeks.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU SMILING FOR?" Homura yelped.

A smug smile appeared on her face. "WIPE THAT SMUG OFF YOUR FACE BEFORE I SCRATCH IT

OFF MYSELF"

"It seems like that blob of orange is alive" Homura stiffened hearing Demarcus deep and gentle voice.

He turned his head slowly to face the dragon "p-please d-don't e-eat m-me" Homura stuttered.

"Eat you? I have never eaten a fox in my entire life" he said. "y-your l-lying"

"Let me explain something to you, little fox." He turned his head and glared at the trembling fox "A

dragon never lies." his emerald eyes narrowed at him as a puff of grey smoke escaped out his nostrils,

making Homura shrink his head down in fear. "Now if you don't mind, I want peace and quiet while

flying. I don't want to hear whining from you or your dreadful screaming"

"I'll k-keep m-myself q-quite" Homura was really terrified of this dragon even though he didn't threaten

to eat him.

Artemis patted Homura's head with a smile. "Don't you dare smile at me like that. Not after you got me

into this mess" he hissed.

"You heard what Demarcus said" She smirked. Homura looked at her shocked, moving his gaze to the

dragon and back to her. "This lizard has a name?" he sounded so surprised.

"LIZARD?" Demarcus was offended by being called a lizard.

Homura flinched. "I am no Lizard."

"L-lizard? Wh-who s-said lizard? Did you say it?" the fox shifted the blame to the human girl who rolled

her eyes at his stupidity.

"I wouldn't call a dragon a lizard. We aren't small or stupid"

Homura shut his mouth, yet the clattering of his teeth was loud and clear.

For the next 3 minutes it was quite between them, no one said a word until Artemis chose to speak up.

"Demarcus are you ok?" she said patting his scaly spine. "I have no breath to speak to you, Human

girl" his tone sounded hurt towards her and irritated. "I really didn't do anything. I swear." Artemis said,

she really didn't do anything to hurt the dragon.

"Then explain what happened to me earlier?"

Artemis clicked her tongue in annoyance. How many times does she have to explain herself to this

think skulled dragon?

She let out a sigh and tried to think what really caused the dragon to go out of control and snatch her. "I

can feel my heart in my ears" Homura mumbled.

Artemis eyes lit up with the sudden memory that came rushing in. 'Could there something about Diana

that I'm unaware of?'

Homura watched the human's face changed to a serious expression and seemed like she was in deep

thought.

"Demarcus, I know your still mad at me, but can you explain to me what really happened to you?"

Homura stared at how serious and cold she looked now. There wasn't a slight of terror in her eyes

when talking to the dragon. The hood that was hiding her face before was now swinging in the wind

behind her revealing the silver locks of hair that was flying in the rhythm of the wind.

Her pure white skin lit up under the moon.

"What is there to explain, Human girl?" Demarcus gentle tone echoed through the wind, his scales

making a swift noise against the current of the breeze and glimmering a glow of yellow under the light

of the white ball in the sky.

"If we are going to figure out the answer to our questions then I need you to tell me what you felt when

going crazy" Artemis demanded under her cold tone.

She wasn't going to let this dragon blame her for something she didn't do or cause. Artemis was going

to figure out what really happened, so it doesn't happen again when she encounters other dragons

because deep down, she feels she might have done something to start the uproar of the dragons.

There was silence. Artemis could feel the low breathing coming from the dragon she was riding. The

sounds of wind beating against his leathery giant wings as he flapped them up and down and Homura's

clattering teeth.

She couldn't tell what was going through Demarcus' mind and what he was going to say to her.

"What is your name?"

~Aureum Palace~

"How is your shoulder?" Damon asked, looking to where Edmond slumped back on the couch chewing

on a round cookie, he took from the stash he hides in Damon's office for emergencies.

Edmond glanced over with a glum look in his eyes. "It feels like shit". © NôvelDrama.Org - All rights reserved.

Damon arched an eyebrow at the response he got. "A prince shouldn't have foul mouth".

"Prince. Huh. You mean a homeless prince" he corrected wagging his finger in the air for Damon to

see.

"Well, you should have thought about your situations when you decided to leave Terra"

"Meh" he shrugged his shoulder but quickly winced in pain. "Be careful Edmond. We don't want the

stiches'' coming off" Damon said.

"****." He let out a painful sigh, placing a hand on the back of his shoulder. "That bitch. When did she

have the skill to throw a blade so accurately?"

Edmond didn't understand how Diana was able to defeat them so quickly and easily and it really

angered him that he got beaten by a woman who was supposed to be weak when comes to fighting,

injured him on the shoulder which he could have reflected easily however the metal star she threw at

him was fast, faster than light itself.

He didn't understand how Diana who was madly in love with Damon and would never hurt him actually

threatened to stab his eye.

Furthermore, he felt like rocks came toppling down on him when he witnessed how Diana, the woman

with ability to use no magic at all was able to jump on top of the earth wall he created then to run

across the roofs so swiftly and quietly without nearly tripping over where he had trouble, nearly getting

his feet trapped under the tile and tripping over.

He wanted answers badly. How could Diana he knew since childhood, a woman with no sense of style,

no ladylike manners, too cocky about her title and someone with no talent of anything whatsoever

except for humiliating herself in front of everyone at every social gathering, had suddenly been able to

fight.

It just didn't make sense at all. No matter how many times he tried to think, no answer came to him.

Damon rested his chin on the back of his hand and placed down the quill he used to write the

declaration and stared at the young prince that was caught up in his own thoughts

He knew exactly what was going through Edmond's head because he too was having the same

thoughts as his best friend. "Thinking about Diana"

Edmond shifted his green eyes to Damon's golden eyes that looked back at him with the same cold

expression he always held no matter who it was.

"UGH!" he shuffled the front of his messy brown hair in frustration that he couldn't think of any answers

to his questions. "I don't know what's going on with this world anymore"

"First I hear that Diana casually agreed with the annulment without throwing a tantrum and bursting into

waterfalls like 4 years when you said you will annule the engagement if she kept up with her behaviour"

Edmond started to rant while Damon listened quietly like he always did when Edmond ranted about

things he didn't like or what triggered him.

"Then she suddenly became some smart mage that gave us the plan to capture the Dark users then

she run away from home without a simple explanation, not like I care about that. She didn't even

belong there in the first place, but she suddenly attacked us. The precious and handsome prince of

Terra and Aureum's sleepless troll" he said glancing back at the crown prince with a visible nerve throb

on his temple.

"Aureum's sleepless troll" Damon echoed after him with a twitching eye.

Ignoring the dark atmosphere surrounding Damon he still continued "Then she ran away again and

was never caught by the spades. I mean the Spades have never lost chase to someone" Edmond

sounded so betrayed by the Spades, pouting. Damon continued on writing so he could finish off before

he had to stop for the night.

"It's not like a lost soul decided to possess her while she was sleeping to live out the life they never

had" Edmond still ranted completely ignoring the sudden change of expression of Damon.

Damon stopped writing immediately and stared blankly at the inky writing on the paper.

"I mean why Diana out of all the people of Alphyria. Why not me? I mean I have everything a

commoner wants. Good looks, A luxurious castle over my head, tasty f-" Edmond was cut short when

he heard the sudden scrapping of the chair against the wooden floor.

Edmon titled his head while scratching his chin, observing Damon thoroughly trying to figure out what's

wrong with him so suddenly. Damon had both his hands slammed against the desk and head right

down where he couldn't see.

Damon quickly lifted his head and Edmond flinched, startled by the sudden behaviour. He looked like

he had seen a ghost.

"Guards!" Damon suddenly yelled in a very harsh and demanding manner.

Edmond jumped up not knowing what he said to upset his friend.

"What the hell are you calling the guards? Did I say something to piss you off?" Edmond said with a

sweat drop.

The doors slammed open and came into guards wearing silver armour with a golden Phoenix crest on

the side of the chest of the plate.

"Yes, your majesty" the knights both bowed in courtesy. "Damon whatever I said I'm sorry. Don't take

me away"

"Call in the high priests" he demanded ignoring Edmonds sudden plead.

Edmond sighed in relief, relaxing his shoulders knowing the guards didn't come for him

Damon watched as the light guards closed the doors behind them. He wanted to know the truth. The

truth behind Diana's sudden change of behaviour. 'Are you really Diana or an imposter?'