'Falling.. I'm falling again..'

Mizuki opened her eyes to a rapidly approaching pillar, the familiar pained glass with an image of her new body. As she neared the surface, she mysteriously slowed to a halt and landed on her paws.

"Hello?" She called out, only to receive her own echoes seemingly bouncing off of nothing. 'This dream again..? At least the dragon from last time doesn't seem to be around.'

Looking around the dark void the pillar seemed to rise out of, Mizuki slowly stepped towards the center of the structure before a bright light flashed before her eyes, shielding herself for a moment, her gaze would focus on a key shaped object about the size of a bat; the hand guard surounding the hilt deep crimson, chains dropped from below it to end at an orb similar to the one in her red and black mane.
She slowly reached out to grab it, almost on instinct, before the whole tower shook and she fell backwards onto her back and the key dissappeared.

"What the hell?" She sputtered, slowly picking herself up as another pillar rose in the distance, followed by another, and another, each one taller than the last. The next moment, translucent stairs appeared, running from her tower to the next.

Mizuki began her ascent, carefully making her way up the flights of stairs as they weren't protected by guard rails. With each tower climbed she saw the key again and again until it remained in view at the final tower. She slowly approached it, curiosity written on her furred face. Finally she took hold of it, her clawed hand wrapping around the grip as she looked at her reflection in the silver fuller. ".. what kind of lock do you fit into.." she whispered to herself.

Suddenly the ground shook once more, dropping her to her knees. That's when she saw it. It had returned, the silvered scaled dragon with the cross on its chest roared as it pulled itself over the edge to gaze down at Mizuki like a bite sized snack.

She covered her ears as the seemingly eyeless beast roared before taking off into the void. Watching it circle around the tower, Mizuki uttered a curse as it turned and dived toward her, mouth agape. She clumsily rolled to the side as it crashed onto the surface of the tower, causing it to shake.

She regained her footing as the dragon slowly lifted off the grown, it's deep growl reverberating in her ears as it turned and lunged for her. She leapt back, trying to avoid becoming it's meal, it lunged forward again forcing Mizuki to duck and crawl under the massive beast as it writhed above her. It's massive feet stomping the ground around her as if to crush her body.

The woman eventually moved her body out from under the dragon, just as if took off into the air once again. High in the sky in turned on a dime , but instead of diving at her like last time, it opened is mouth wide. Mizuki could see feint glow of its breath getting brighter in the back of his gaping maw, her eyes widening she eyed the stairs at the other end of the Spire.

She knew she wouldn't make it even if she sprinted, so instead she turned, ran, and leapt off the edge of the tower. She felt the crashing THOOM of the dragons breath crashing into the surface of the tower, the explosion propelling her forward to one of the lower adjacent towers from before. Her body collided with the edge, she slammed the key into the surface to keep her from falling, but the collision left her breathless. After pulling herself up she gasped for fresh air as the dragon rounded the tower she was on and prepared another breath attack.

She closed her eyes, waiting for the end. But ass the ball of flame came down, she heard the crash, felt the vibrations and the tremors, felt the heat on her fur.. but her life remained. Opening her eyes she looked up, only for her eyes to widen at the sight of Baroness Luna standing before her with a magic barrier. The air seemed to shimmer and warp around her, gazing down Mizuki noticed a key in her hand much like the one in her own. The alicorn turned back with a soft smile upon her snout. "Are you alright?" She said, Mizuki could only nod in silence as Luna eyed her body for any major injuries before her gaze landed on the key in the Zoroarks hand. "...When did y-" She was cut off by the roar of the dragon above, crashing down onto the tower, teeth bare as it slowly made its approach. "Damn.. Miss Himura, did you by chance have this dream before?"

"Wh- i- yes? But how-" "it's my job to know what happens in the subconscious when my subjects are sleeping. Now technically I'm not supposed to aide with these sort of things but this is.. rather extreme. Just stay close to me and you'll be fine." The baroness' hand glowed before a similar key appeared in her hand, with a crescent shaped handguard and a keychain in the form of a full moon.

Mizuki slowly stood up next to Baroness Luna, nervously gripping her key like a bat. "Let us begin." Luna said before her hand shot forward. The barrier dropped before the dragon recoiled from what one could only describe as invisible blades striking against its scales. Luna dashed forward with Mizuki in tow, the Zoroark swiftly ducked under a swinging claw whilst Luna leaked over and slashed downward across it's face, making it reel back in pain.

Mizuki struck upward with all her might, albeit clumsily so, straight into the dragons gut, earning a pained roar before it took off into the sky and circled around the Spire, shooting fire balls from its mouth. Luna lifted her key to form a dome barrier around her and Mizuki, each fiery crash making the baroness flinch and wince as the shield cracked and flickered before the beast came down and slammed its clawed feet down on the barrier. Luna and Mizuki rolled apart from the other as the barrier shattered, the Alicorn blasted it's hide with magic bolts as it took off once again, this time however Mizuki had clambered onto its leg before it shot into the sky, the wind blasted into her face as she slowly made her way onto its back, the dragon itself distracted by either magic being shot at it or the aforementioned invisible blades. The dragon roared before it reared its head back, Mizuki could feel the rumbling of its next breath attack; definitely stronger than the others. Fearing Luna wouldnt be able to block this one she hurried up the dragons back and drove the tip of her key right into the cross on its head. It stopped, the rumbling, the breathing, and its wings. Luna looked up from below confused until she saw Mizuki rip her key out from the dragons skull. "Uh.. I.. Did I do it?"

Poof.

Suddenly the dragon disappeared into a flash of light. Luna had to shield her eyes for a moment before her gaze went back to Mizuki whom was now screaming as she fell down to the void. "Miss Himura!" Luna leaped off of the spire and dove down, quickly catching up to Mizuki before she slung her arms under the womans figure and extending her wings.

"Woah! Okay.. haah.. you.. better give me a damn good explanation for this.." Mizuki said as the two rose back up to the top of the spire. "Of course, you deserve that much. But perhaps after you wake up, yes?" Before she could protest the baroness flicked her forehead, causing the Zoroark to shoot up, in her bed.

"..what the f-"

Author's Note

Yes hi hello I'm not dead.

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