How much damage can a dragon do in the span of a few short minutes?

Well, let me tell you.

As much as it fucking wants.

Virgil had never shifted into a dragon before. Needless to say, it wasn't very easy being one. He had huge wings that knocked over pillars, he had horns, he had giant talons and a tail that demolished everything. Also, he really needed to sneeze.

Maleficent pointed at a part of the forest and she glared up at him, eyes flashing green. The dragon bowed his purple head and instantly the forest was ablaze, crackling loudly. Birds screamed, animals ran and the smell of burning wood filled the air, sizzling and crackling as it spread deeper and deeper. A few trees that had lined the forest were no more than blackened stumps. Maleficent ordered him to fire again, and the dragon burnt it all down to nothing but soot.

Needless to say, it was terrifying.

Logan and Patton were sheltering behind what remained of a wall, backs pressed against the uneven stone, face dirty with dust. Patton glanced over the back of the rubble and narrowed his eyes. "She's a monster..." He muttered.

"No, just psychotic and evil," Logan grumbled sarcastically. Even it times like this, he had a retort.

"I'm just gonna-"

"Get down!" Yelped Logan suddenly, grappling Patton by the arm and yanking him down. A jet of fire followed close after and torched a bit of Patton's' hair. Logan patted out any embers, eyes wide with panic. "We have to break the spell on Virgil, Maleficent will tear down all of Auradon and Virgil's probably too weak to get out of this himself."

Patton hesitated, glancing cautiously and thoughtfully to the giant dragon. "You don't know that..." He mumbled.

Snow White's' son turned to face Patton directly. "You're planning something... What is it?"

"Eh, probably something clumsy..." Logan raised an eyebrow at Patton and his friend grinned back, confidence hiding fear. "It's probably brave too. Maybe not clever, though."

Logan's' concern turned to fondness and he reached forwards, wiping some dirt off Patton's' glasses. "Stay alive..." Y'know, it would've been a cute moment if there weren't any screamings of terrified children in the distance, they weren't hiding in the remains of their boarding school and the forest wasn't on fire.

Patton smiled and turned to leave, before spinning around again. "Before I inevitably die, I want to do this." He leaned in and kissed Logan's' cheek. Pulling back to look at his stunned friend, he smiled sadly. "I mean, there won't be another moment like this. Bye, Logie!" And he got up, leaving the shelter and sprinting in the direction of Jafar, who stood a good way off.

"Patton!" Yelled Logan, reaching out fruitlessly but the other was gone.

Suddenly a hand grasped Logan's' shoulder.

.:*:.

The room looked exactly the same as it had only hours ago. It hadn't been damaged yet, nothing was burnt or broken, it was all so oddly... normal. Remus blinked. He had never expected this life to grow so quickly on him. He had come in with high expectations of him being a jerk but then he just decided not to so randomly. He had been too worried about Virgil to care about some stupid image.

Shifting his mace in his hand, Remus resisted the urge to lie on his bed and convince himself it was all a dream. He needed to fetch something.

Sitting on Janus's' bedside table, gleaming in the reflection of flames from the window, was the half-genie's' lamp. Remus picked it up and put it safely in his back pocket. An ember flew in through the window, landing at the foot of Remus's' bed.

The villain sighed, sitting down on the floor and falling onto his back, exhausted for no reason. He just felt really, really tired... And the smell of smoke seemed to grow stronger, the heat scorched somewhere behind him. Reluctantly, he tilted his head back to peer at his bed and let out a strangled screech.

His entire bed was on fire. Literally. The covers shrivelled in flickering flame, the inferno wrapped around the bedposts hungrily and it was spreading very quickly out to the door.

"Shit, shit, shit!" Remus shouted, jumping to his feet. The fire had already engulfed the doorway and Remus wouldn't be able to get past without either setting himself on fire or scarring himself for life. Both outcomes weren't exactly favoured. So there was the third outcome.

Remus stood, poised, then started running, moving his mace to protect his stomach and using his arms to shield his head. He charged through the window.

Well, he could cross, 'Running out of a burning room by jumping through the window' off his bucket list!

Remus was caught all of a sudden, the rushing wind gone from around him. Peering out of his eyes, he saw the window he had jumped through on the other side of the dragon and Janus was holding him carefully.

"What was that?" Yelled the half-genie. "I asked you to grab my lamp, not attempt to end up as a splatter on the ground!"

"I'm... dizziness, very dizzy," He mumbled up to Janus, eyes half-closed. "Disorientated and... uhm... disorientated."

Janus sighed loudly. "I can't believe you, give me my lamp."

"...Is in my pocket..." Remus replied.

Grabbing the lamp, Janus hesitated. This was only a theory. It's not like there had ever been any half-genies before that he could copy from. Janus swallowed and rubbed the lamp.

The idea was that it would notice his human side and he could wish to be able to use his own wishes. Up until then, he would grant the wishes of his friends and hope they coincided with what he wanted.

The lamp shone in the light and he tried again with a different hand. "C'mon," He muttered, "Work..."

Janus didn't really know what he was expecting. A bright flash of light? Would he end up in the lamp before getting ejected back out? Would it even respond? Probably not-

"Okay," Janus said shortly, stuck inside a cramped black void. "That just happened."

.:*:.

Logan spun around, fist coiled and just missed breaking Roman's' nose but successfully managing to sock his friend in the jaw.

"Argh! Dude, what the hell?" Yelled Roman, falling back.

"Sorry," Logan apologised awkwardly. "I'm a little on edge."

"No shit," Roman narrowed his eyes but quickly scrambled behind the cover. "What the hell is going on?!"

Logan swallowed, risking a glance around the shelter. Virgil's' tail smacked over a tower and something exploded. "A dragon is attacking Auradon-"

"I can see that, Lo!" Snapped Roman. He turned to Logan, eyes brimming with worry. "Where's Virgil?" Logan didn't respond and Roman's' face paled, tears beginning to form. "Logan, where's Virgil?!"

Logan slowly, robotically, unflinchingly pointed at the large dragon, eyes not once leaving Roman's' face. His friend turned white and tears began to fall down his face. "Maleficent's put a spell on him... I'm so sorry, Roman, she killed Ali-"

"Well, fuck Ali, right now!" Roman shouted, climbing to his feet. "I'll be back, Logan, I'm gonna beat a witch!"

"Roman, no!" Logan lunged, grappling Roman and pulling him back to the ground. "She'll kill you! She might get Virgil to kill you!"

"Yeah?" Growled Roman. "Fuck it." Suddenly, he paused and turned to Logan. "Where's Patton?"