I sat, leaning weakly against the wall on the other end of the Labyrinth. Wondering why I tried to play a hero and risk my life for them. I glanced up at the happy group as they were singing and dancing not far away from where I sat.

If I close my eyes, and drift into sleep, will I wake up at home in my simple, small room. And this dream will seem like no big deal?

Will Anna then approach me with a smile and ask me to describe it for her, as she is a very curious person, and maybe I would even do as she says and tell her everything from the very start.

How I thought that she was gone, and then I woke up in a dark stinky room. Or how I passed some weird talking Minotaur head that gifted me an ancient armor.

Will Anna like Luna the hybrid that has fluffy ears and tail. And the weird Azriel that clung onto me every time something scared him, but still tried to help whenever he could.

I smiled lightly as I leaned my hear against the cold rough wall, ignoring the noise from the happy group that clapped and sang joyfully.

Will Anna laugh it off with me and we will and move on as if nothing ever happened, and live our lives peacefully?

I drifted into sleep as I hopelessly begged to be woken up by her and never return to this nightmare.

***

'Dodge'.

Her lips formed a simple, short word, that could not be replaced by any other. She stood there bare foot on the thick, cold ice and softly smiled at me. Her thin figure shivered a bit and I felt like rushing over so I could catch it before it collapses.

Her silky white dress was brushing over the ice as the cold breeze joyfully played with it. Anna's image was mesmerizing, I felt that if I look away even for a split second she would disappear just like how she appeared out of nowhere.

We stood there looking at each other, she was only a few feet away but it felt like she wasn't there at all, as if she was just a hallucination that the Lizard made in order to confuse me.

A tear flowed down her pale cheek as she turned away and a pair of snowy wings tailed behind her and brushed the ice gently. Then as she spread them over and was hid behind them completely, the Lizard's tail blocked my view. I quickly dodged the tail as it was moving slowly and tried to find Anna, but all I could see where she stood a minute ago, were few snowflakes and feathers swirling around in the air and softly landing on the cold ice.

It felt unreal, as she wasn't there at all to begin with, and that the only reason I saw her was because I was on the verge of death, and she miraculously saved me.

Who asked you to save me Anna, why are you so selfish? Let me die peacefully so I could finally join you. I felt the sadness in my chest turn into rage. I was angry at myself, at my inability to save her, and for my inability to keep a hold of her as she was slipping right through my fingers and disappearing with the light wind that carried her farther and farther away from me.

Sharp pain pierced my chest and started to spread over my body like poison, that was slowly devouring me . I cried out as it got unbearable and shouted my lungs out for what felt like eternity.

A blast of heat escaped my body and in mere seconds I was covered in flaring red fire, which heat pierced my body mercilessly. I quickly morphed my armor back to normal as it was flaring, and even as I did so, my clothes were still on fire.

I started to panic and tried to stop the fire, helplessly swinging my arm or patting it, but it only made it flare stronger. It felt like the fire was alive and was not any ordinary fire.

The fire spread over to my bare skin and dyed my skin in bloody red, but it did not burn me,just like a dog would not bite his master. I glanced at my hand and the fire was slyly dancing on it with small sparks of yellow and blue. I turned towards the Lizard that looked confused and terrified of me, who was now covered in blazing fire that could make his ice vanish at once.

I grabbed the sword that was stuck between the Lizard's scales and the sword devoured the heat and turned into a bright crimson color. As if I were in trance, and did not feel anything towards what I was doing, I swung my sword through it's back and easily cut the black scales that were covering it.

The Lizard's loud cry filled the air mercilessly, and I got thrown off the Lizard's back at once as it was wriggling in pain and splashing blood over the ice until it collapsed on the ground helplessly. I would have felt sorry for it if it did not get in my way to begin with and did not made me lose Anna from my sight.

I sighed as I lay down on the dry ground where the ice melted where I fell and felt the warm blood flood underneath me. I wasn't sure anymore if it was my blood or the Lizard's.

As I was closing my eyes, tones of red and orange flushed in front of me and I felt the fire getting out of my control completely when I was about to lose consciousnesses.

***

"Hey James, wake up," an annoying voice disturbed my sleep as I was being shaken fiercely so I felt the sharp pain piercing my injured shoulder.

"Leave me alone, what do you even want?" I asked through clenched teeth and did not even bother to look at the person who made my shoulder ache so much.

Only a few days passed since the accident with the Lizard, and the group decided to stay until I recovered and only then move on. Everyone are talking about the way I fought off the Lizard even though nobody saw it, I told them partly what happened but did not mention anything about the fire, but the rumors about it still spread somehow, And my only guess is that it was my dear friend Azriel.

The thought about him telling this small story to everyone made me mad, and I felt a light fire tickle my skin as it started to spread through my skin. A scream disturbed my sleep completely and I lazily looked at the screaming person that helplessly tried to put off the fire. Thankfully nobody was around except us, it would be a pain if I had to explain everyone where the fire comes from as I myself don't quiet know yet.

"James, help help, where did the fire come from? And why are you so calm when you have fire on your arms?" Azriel yelped as he was panicking and patting his arm against the floor in hope to put it down, but unsuccessfully. I would have laughed but I did not want to explain to the group why there was a dead person that got burned alive like some barbecue meat, so I stretched my arm forward and said the most embarrassing thing I could have ever said.

'Salagadoola mechicka boola bibbidi-bobbidi-boo,
Put the fire away and save Azriel too,
Bippity-boppity-boo'.

I did not except it to work honestly, but it was worth a try, until Azriel stared at me with a confused expression, that for a second he even forgot that he was burning. I felt my cheeks burn and so my ears,

"Whatever! That's how you react when someone is trying to save you?" I shouted at him, of course I would be glad now to let the fire burn him a bit more. I'm sure that when I finally cease the fire he would go and laugh at me instead of actually thanking me.

"Don't leave me to die please! I was only surprised, I didn't even laugh at you yet." Azriel shouted while removing his burning clothes after few attempts to stop the fire from spreading.

After a while of struggling with the fire, the fire finally devoured Azriel's closed and only left few ashes behind before disappearing completely. I handed Azriel a blanket that was thrown nearby and explained to him roughly the full story about the fight. I told him about Anna and how I lost her and ended up stuck in the room and how she appeared during the fight and her wings were all that left in my memories as she turned her back to me. I also told him about the fire that gushed out of me and that I myself do not understand how and why.

Azriel was a good listener just as he was a good talker, I knew that it wont stay a secret for long but still told him about it. "It's a fire Attribute," said Azriel happily as he came to this conclusion at the end when I was done talking.

"I read in one fantasy book about how they all had different attributes that made each one of the characters unique, don't you think it would be cool if we all had a special power? I would love to have a power attribute, I mean I was always pretty weak physically, so I would love it if I could be stronger and make all the ladies like me..." Azriel excitedly blubbered but I lost him halfway there.

A fire attribute? How can it even be real, is it like magic, but why would I even believe something like that can make sense? Not like this place makes any sense to me though. I glanced at the walls that surrounded us as we sat on the cold ground in the corner of the huge hall.

"Hey, James! come look at what we have found," A huge brown dog jogged towards us, and made Azriel fall into silence as he watched it silently approach us. but to be precise it wasn't a dog, it looked more like a Dhole, it had brown fur with a touch of white on the ears and under its chin, and looked so soft that it was tempting to touch it. The only unique part that differs this Dhole from the other ones was that it was huge, it was around twice my size.

"Luna? What are you doing here? Weren't you and the others checking out where the hallway leads?" Azriel asked the Dhole, and did not look surprised at all.

"Luna?" I said surprisingly and the Dhole stared down at me with it's narrow brown eyes.

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(For people who wonder what Dhole is- Scroll up and take a look at the cute picture of a Canine I put there. It's a Dhole❤️. )

So here I am, Alive! (thank goddess, though I was gonna get killed from all those impatient readers.)
Pointing a blaming finger at EmptyHopes_ xDD

Don't forget that I love you all so I even made you a super long chapter :D.

What did you like most in it? Was it the attribute? Or maybe... just maybe... Luna?! DID I GUESS IT? I honestly think that having some hybrids is gonna make this story sooo cool!

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-DANI-