Malefor's hell : Chapter 4

Chapter 4 : A friend?

As the sounds of the struggle neared his cell, Malefor placed his paw against the bars and stared out into the hall way. Through the hazy heat and darkness of the corridor he could see a pink dragoness; the same pink dragoness he'd seen being carved up on the way to the arena, being escorted forcefully back to her cell by another male dragon. He looked very different to any other of the prison guards...

This dragon looked like one who didn't belong down here. Instead of the usual cheetah-dragon hybrid body structure like Nightmare and his ilk, he looked the same as Malefor or Spyro. He was covered in dark red scales with a broad strip of shiny black chest plates running down his chest. However, he bore the looks of something evil too. His right eye bore 3 evenly spaced  claw marks and spikes ran down his back and erupted from his tail at regular points in circles of 4. To top it all off, a pair of sharp blades adorned the tip.
"Do you have to be so rough!?" The dragoness shouted as he pushed her towards the open door of her cell.
"Yes, deal with it" He replied and sharply kicked her with his hind leg, sending her flying into the back wall with an audiable thud. As he walked past Malefor's cell, he realised that the purple dragon had been watching.
"The hell are you staring at?" He asked and spat at Malefor through the bars before walking off.
Malefor collapsed against the wall of his cell; whoever that guy was it was clear he was not looking to make friends...

Behind him, the purple dragon could hear soft crying. Malefor felt helpless just sitting there unable to do anything. He smacked the wall with his tail in frustration, and was pleasently suprised as a large piece of mortar fell from the stonework and shattered into gritty pieces on the floor. "This stuff must be pretty old..." Malefor thought to himself , stroking the wall with his paw"Maybe I can..." He inspected where the mortar came from, the wall was literally falling apart. The purple dragon placed his paws against one of the large bricks that seemed loose enough and gave a strong push, causing it to turn slightly.

After a few minutes; and with a powerful grunt, Malefor turned the stone slab on it's axis, giving him a view into the neighbouring cell. He peered through the sizeable hole to be met moments later by the pink dragoness' tear stained face.
"Hi there" He whispered with a smile
"Hey! Who're..."
"Shh!" Malefor put his paw onto her snout "Not so loud, we don't want the guards to find out about this..." The dragoness nodded in agreement.
"Sorry about that" She whispered and sniffled due to her still crying. Malefor raised his paw to her eye and wiped the tear away.
"You look like you've been through hell..." Malefor said, looking in particular at the bloody scars all over her body.
"It's not as bad as it looks" She said through her tears "At least not compared to what Damien does to me..."
"Who?" Malefor asked raising his eyebrow "That red dragon?" She nodded at his comment
"He's the master prison guard, and the nightmare's second in command. He's a souless beast that takes pleasure in dealing with those who break the rules one too many times..."
"What a bastard..." Malefor snarled under his breath, then looked at her again "I'm sorry, I forgot to ask the lady her name"
"Lady?" She cracked a weak smile and giggled "It's Magenta" He smiled back at her.
"Such a pretty name, i'm Malefor" he replied. When she heard his name, she reeled back slightly.
"M...Malefor?" Magenta had a distinct look of fear about her.
"If you're thinking about the 'dark master'" He rolled his eyes when he called himself that "Yes that was me, but i've changed. You don't have to be scared anymore" Slowly, Magenta slunk back towards the hole.
"How do I know I can trust you?" She said in a cautious tone. Her words caused him to think
`How can I prove i'm not that monster anymore?` His thoughts brought him to her blood stained paws and without thinking he breathed a fine icy mist over them.

Magenta yelped a little as the numbing sensation stung her open wounds greatly, but she was soon relieved as the pain was no more. She looked at him with a beaming smile. "Thank you..."
"Don't mention it sweetie" He said back with an equal amount of smile. Then Malefor did something that was a suprise to them both; he reached through the hole and planted his lips on hers, giving her a passionate kiss. At first her eyes widened then she slowly closed them and enjoyed it. After some time, they decided to break the kiss.
"Now do you trust me?" He half asked, half joked.
"Oh definatly" She giggled in response. "Well, I better get some rest; give my wounds chance to heal. See you around Mali" She winked and pushed the stone slab back into place.

With a smile Malefor walked back to the feeble excuse he had for bedding and laid on his back staring at the ceiling. His heart was racing for the fist time in ages. `Maybe this place isn't so bad after all...` He thought and flopped onto his side, finally being granted the peace of sleep.