(Was that a repost? xD)

They don't give up. Finally, Ironhorse had enough. "STOP!" He roared, much louder than usual

Yeah,sorry. I edited it. XD Sorry.)

(No worries xD)

The iron knights pushed their captives forward. It was a torturous, nightmare march toward Machinas tower.


A length of chain was wrapped around Ash's and Jason's waists, attaching them to Ironhorse, who walked briskly down the tracks without pausing or looking back. Ash wore another, and it was hurting him. He kept stumbling, barely managing to keep his feet as we followed Ironhorse down the railroad tracks. Gremlins cavorted around them, poking and pinching and laughing at their torment. The knights walked to either side and refused to let Ash step off the iron tracks, shoving him back if he tried. Once, he fell, and was dragged several yards before he finally got his feet under him again. Angry red burns crisscrossed his face where his skin had touched the metal tracks. The sky clouded over, changing from yellow-gray to an ominous reddish-black in a matter of moments. Ironhorse stopped and craned his neck, flaring his nostrils.


"DANG IT," he muttered, stomping a hoof. "ITS GOING TO RAIN SOON." Lightning flashed, filling the air with a sharp tang.


"QUICKLY, BEFORE THE STORM HITS." The horse stepped off the tracks, breaking into a trot as thunder growled overhead and it was either keep up or be dragged. Ash stumbled and fell, and this time he did not get up.


A drop of rain spattered against the ground. More drops fell, hissing as they struck the ground. The air reeked of chemicals, and a few gremlins screeched as the raindrops hit them. A silvery curtain of rain crept toward them. It caught up to a few of the slower gremlins, engulfing them. They screamed and writhed, sparks leaping off their bodies until they gave a final twitch and were still. The rain came on.

Ironhorse was leading them into a mine shaft. They ducked under the roof just as the storm swept over them, catching a few more gremlins, who squealed and danced around in agony, holes burned through their skin. The rest of the gremlins jeered and laughed.


Ash lay motionless on the ground, covered in dust and blood from where he had been dragged. Steam curled off his body where the raindrops had hit. He groaned and tried to get up, but didnt quite make it off his back. Snickering, a few gremlins started poking him, climbing onto his chest to slap his face. He flinched and turned away, but this only encouraged them further

(Oof that was lengthy. Sorry!)

(I don't mind the length.)

Jason saw how they treated Ash and felt horrible,wanting to help but not wanting to get him hurt more. "Ash...I'm so sorry." He whispered,keeping his body to himself. He was pale and didn't seem to care about where he himself had been burned by the acid rain. He growled at the rude creatures,baring his fangs but it was a weak motion. He didn't seem to have much strength as blood seemed to just drain the life out of him as it left his body and decided to paint his hoodie in fresh red liquid. His body seemed in angony and for once he actually let out the faintest sounds of pain as he tried to move before he ended up falling to his knee's...hard.

(Sorry about the short replies in our other rp, this one is taking up almost all of my creativity)

Ash tried to tell him not to worry, but he couldn't speak. His throat was much to dry.

Hissing, they swarmed up Jason's pant legs, pulling his hair and raking him with their claws. One sank its razor-sharp teeth into his shoulder. "ENOUGH!" Ironhorse's shout made the ceiling tremble. Dirt showered them, and the gremlins skittered back. Ironhorse glared at C
Jason, swishing his tail against his flanks, then tossed his head at the knights.


"TAKE THEM INTO THE TUNNELS," he ordered with a hint of exasperation. "MAKE SURE THEY DO NOT ESCAPE. IF THE STORM DOES NOT ABATE, WE MIGHT BE HERE AWHILE."


The chains binding them to Ironhorse were released. Two knights pulled Ash out of the chains and half dragged him away down a tunnel. The last knight, the one with Ash's face, took Jason by the arms and led Jason after his brothers. They paused at a junction where several tunnels merged. Wooden tracks led off into the darkness, and rickety cars half-filled with ore sat off to the sides. Thick wooden beams held up the ceiling, standing along the tracks every few feet. A few lanterns had been nailed into the wood, though most were broken and dark. In the flickering torchlight, glimmering veins of iron snaked across the walls.


They continued down a tunnel that dead-ended in a small room, where two wooden posts stood side by side in the middle of the room. A few crates and an abandoned pickax lay stacked in a corner. The knights pushed Ash against one post, unlocked a cuff, and reattached it behind the beam, securing him in place. The flesh under the metal band was red and burned, and he jerked when they snapped it around his wrist again.

The knight whod first caught Jason straightened and patted Ash on the cheek, chuckling as Ash flinched away from the steel gauntlet. "Feels good, dont it, worm?" he said. This was the first time one of them had spoken. "You oldbloods are completely weak, arent you? Its high time you moved over. Youre obsolete now, ancient. Your time is done."

Jason didn't fight,weak from loss of blood and drained of all anger. But when his original captor spoke so rudely to Ash he got upset again,tho not as angry. "Leave him alone idiot. He's more than you'll ever be." He growled,his voice gurgling with his own blood as it dripped out a bit from his mouth,falling in dark red spots on the ground along with where he was already bleeding.

(It's okay. I'm flexible so I don't mind however you do your thing. ^w^)

(You're so nice :3)

The guard hardly gave Jason a second look.

Ash raised his head and stared the other faery in the eye. "Bold words for someone who stood aside and wrestled an almist lifeless dragon while his brothers fought for him." The knight backhanded Ash. "Leave him alone, Quintus," the guard by Jason said in a calm voice.


Quintus sneered. "Feeling sorry for him, Tertius? Maybe some brotherly affection for your twin here?" "We're not supposed to speak to the oldbloods," Tertius replied in the same cool tone. "You know that. Or should I inform Ironhorse?"


Quintus spat on the ground. "You were always weak, Tertius," he snarled. "Too softhearted to be made of iron. Youre a disgrace to the brotherhood." He spun on a heel and marched up the tunnel, the last knight following behind. Their boots rang loudly on the stone floor, then faded into silence. Tertius stayed behind.

(I'm not. I'm as cruel as possible when I'm angry.)

Jason felt a bit hurt as Ash pointed out how weak he was but he made no protest. He watched the two guards go and then seemed to finally let out sputtering coughs that seemed to have been held in. Blood spilt to the ground and his shoulders shook. He seemed to be trying to take control of his body again,to force it into submission as he'd done so much before but it refused and it only caused more pain and the blood to come darker on his hoodie. "I-I'm really sorry Ash...I should've...fought...I should have done more...so much m-mo-" He was cut off by more bloodied coughs.

"No," he said firmly. "Don't beat yourself up over something that was out of your control."
In the flikering darkness of the tunnel, Ash's raspy breathing could be heard, as well as the shift of gravel as he sank into a sitting position

"....it could...have been tho...if I'd....done more to help...you....if I was....as much a dragon...as I should be....if I wasn't both a wimpy dragon and wimpy human,let alone...a duo of the two." He said,forcing his body back under his control. He heard Ash sit and he soon found his own legs giving way and he collapsed to his knees again but he tried to force himself from falling forward. "Besides.....wh-what does it...matter if I beat...myself up? Ha-*Coughs**Pants* Hah...I'm just....a hide .... of useless scales...not like...I matter." It was softly spoken but it was something that he'd believed for so long,and now it was out....it was out.