Time stood still as the thunderbird, the unicorn, and the gryphon all watched helplessly as their mate rose into the air within the confines of a ball of fire that resembled the sun. The fiery orb rotated faster and faster, rolling the demonic, serpentine body attached to her into the ball like a length of yarn. Each of their bodies stung and ached, feeling the sickening blight of the dragon’s bite course through their own veins in sympathy with her. The sight was one cubs heard about only in legend. It was one that had been told time and time again as a bedtime story. It was a tale, a fable,
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