9 Just Wish

Aster saw a thousand knives showering towards him. He immediately raised his sword and tried to protect himself. The sword took the shape of a huge shield which burnt down all the knives that flew towards him. The sword regained its shape, after destroying those Knives. Denver was not going to give up with this. He raised his hands, chanting a spell. Then there was a huge wave which formed on the Iand and moved directly towards Aster. Aster raised his sword again and the huge wave changed its form into golden flames and changes its direction. It goes straight towards Denver.

Aster had almost forgotten that Eren and Tania were on the same dragon as Denver was. The flames which Aster had created would not only burn down Denver but also his friends. He didn't want that. He turned to see Hogman and the other teachers watching him nervously. He hadn't seen them coming. Whatever Aster did all these while was just pure intuition. He had no knowledge of what he could do. Aster wanted to save Eren and Tania. He wished that he could go on top of the dragon that very instant. He shut his eyes, not wanting to see his own spell killing his friends. Denver was trying hard to fly the dragon away from the flames. But, he felt as if the wave of flame was following him.

"Aster, untie the rope." He heard a woman's whisper.

He opened his eyes to see himself flying. He was standing on something hard, rough and black. He was on top of the dragon. He was several feets above the ground level. He saw his feet, now orange with all the flames, touching the dragon's rough back. Next to him, he saw Eren lying down injured. Eren looked at Aster with surprise. His eyes pleaded for rescue. Aster could see that even thought, Eren would never accept it.

Aster turned to his other side and saw the woman, Tania. Now, he could see her clearly. Her flawless beauty. Not even one blemish on her skin. Her long bIack hair was braided and kept. She had perfect shape. Not even a single flaw. She had an armour too. A bronze armour. It had the carving of a dragon. Her face was slim. He had high cheek bones and red lips. Aster saw that her face was fearless. She held it high. But she was tied with some rope. Aster felt that he was the reason for her present state.

"Please untie this rope. This is a magical rope. It drains me out of all my powers." She whispered.

Until now, Denver was busy trying to fly his dragon away from the flames. But now, he felt that it was useless. He could feel his rage. He wanted to throw Eren into the flames. He turned to look at his hostages. That's when he saw Aster on the dragon, trying to cut of Tania's rope with the sword. He was halfway through it. But, Denver interrupted him. He lifted Eren 's body effortlessly and was about to throw him over. Aster saw Denver lifting Eren.

Eren groaned due to pain.

Whatever happened next, happened fast. Eren was thrown out of the dragon by Denver. Aster couldn't even get time to think. He stopped his work with the rope. He jumped out of the dragon too. Hogman and the other teachers were watching all of this in utter shock.

"Nooo!" Two cries... One from Sienna who still couldn't move. One from Eren's dad who was watching all of this.

Aster had more like, dived out of the dragon. Therefore, he was falling at a greater speed. He could feel wind screaming past his ears. He was getting closer to Eren, now. All he wanted at that moment was to save Eren. Nothing else. Finally, he was near Eren. But they were in the air, how could he hold Eren?

Aster desperately wished that he wanted to fly. All the wishes he made, arose deep from his heart. The next instant he saw that he was not falling anymore. He was merely floating in the air. He could turn around on the air, move up and down and increase his speed. He increased his speed and dived closer to Eren. Finally, he got hold of Eren. He landed on the ground, safely, with Eren in his arms. Aster carried him to the teachers who were still watching in awe. Eren's father came running towards Aster and helped him carry Eren. Even was laid on the ground near Sienna.

Aster had more things to do. He had to save Tania too. He was accountable to her. She had saved his life once. Aster leaped into air again.

Now, the fIames were close to the dragon.

Denver was sure that he was going to die. But, a voice echoed in his head.

"Ask Tania to open the passage back. We cannot lose her too. " The voice said.

Denver immediately understood his master's words and asked Tania to open the passage.

" Haha! I won't. Even if you kill me, I don't care. But I will not open the passage door for you. You will die here today." She said and laughed at him. She knew that, not opening the door mean't death. But she did not care. She would not go back to that ugly place as a slave again. Never ever again. She had decided. She would protest till the end of her life if she had to.

"Do what I say! That will be good for you. Otherwise you will die" Denver threatened her. But that threat was almost like a request because he was shivering like a leaf himself. He did not want to die. Not here. Not in this ugly place.

"Hahaha! You are gonna kill me?" Tania asked laughing."You can't even scratch me. Yesterday, you could imprison me only because I was sleeping. Otherwise, you couldn't have even touched me." Tania's face glowed with confidence. She could kill him that instant if she was not tied.

"Open the passage, you bitch! Open the passage or else, you will know what I can do." Denver shouted.

"Well, I cannot open the passage with my hands tied. I need to use magic." She said with fright in her eyes, with a sudden sense of submissiveness.

Denver looked at her thoroughly as if to confirm what she had just told. He could see nothing except fright. He had succeeded at last. Denver untied the ropes for her.

Tania stood up properly on the dragon. She raised her hands to perform the ritual before opening the passage. Or, so she pretended. She looked down an saw Aster flying towards them. She took out her knife from the secret pocket of her armour and attacked Denver. The attack was so fast that he had no time to respond. She stabbed him on the abdomen and called out to Aster.

" ASTER... I'M COMING. CATCH ME!!"

She jumped into the air.

Aster, heard the cry and looked up. He saw Tania jumping down from the dragon. He caught her right in time and brought her down.

Down on the ground, were the teachers who were thunderstruck to see the stunt. There was someone else too. The doctor! Doctor Schwann! He walked towards Tania and Aster.

"I'm glad you are safe!" He said to Tania.

"I'm safe. But, the dragons and mages won't go away until I open the passage." Tania replied, a little concerned.

Denver had almost collided with the flames now. But, unexpectedly, the flames died down. There's a time limit for every attack.

" Open the door. Let them go! And... you should go with them. We need someone on the ground." The doctor said.

Aster and Tania looked at him unbelievingly. How could he ask Tania to go back there? The teachers and Hogman, now looked at them fixedly. Denver had regained control over his dragon. The doctor saw that and asked Tania to open the door fast.

She hesitated...