The last animus (by foxleafWC)

The last Animus.
By foxLeafWC.
(loosely inspired by "Animus Sunny AU".)
note: i will never have the motivation to finish this, and this is probably the farthest i will get with it. so if you want to write the next Scene, go ahead and do so. i would be interested to see how you continue the story line.
WARNING'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS FANFICTION CONTAINS DEPICTIONS OF DEATH AND VIOLENCE. (or will in later chapters.)
Prologue.
He was drifting in a blank void, around him was but a gray expanse. Except  for A small purple flame hovered in front of him, smaller than ever but still clinging to life. The flame was his magic, he had known that for years. This was how he spent his nights now, alone with only his magic for company. Every day it got a bit smaller, slowly fading along with his soul. He sighed, one day it would go out for good, and then the world would finally be safe. “How are you doing?” he asked the flame, it sputtered  weakly in response the way it always did. “That's about what i thought”  Then without warning, the flame disappeared! “What?” he started, but suddenly the entire dreamscape flashed a bright purple, and he awoke.
Chapter one.
Stonemover jolted awake confused, through blurred eyes he saw that he was still in his cave, so he hadn't used his magic to take him somewhere else or removed his curse like he so often feared he would. “What was that flash? Was my magic trying to tell me something?” He cleared his eyes and looked to see if there was anyone else in the cave, He didn't see anyone there. And He could still feel his magic inside him, and though it was very weak, it was still there. so his magic going out hadn't been what awoke him. “hmm…” he thought, “is anyone there?” he asked the empty room. The room did not respond. Suddenly he felt the magic inside him falter again, nearly disappearing this time. “Maybe my magic IS going out?”. He thought about this for a bit, but that didn’t seem like it was what was happening. “Well no point wondering about it if i can’t DO anything about it." 
“Or you could leave…” his magic whispered, “just leave the cave, you could find out what happened with as little a thought.” “no.” he thought back at the purple flame that had appeared in his mind's eye, “If I leave I would be putting the world at risk.”
“But you would be free…” his magic continued, “free to go wherever you want, and eat whatever you want… …wouldn't you like that?” "NO," he said, "now ether tell me what's going on, OR SHUT UP!" 
it did not respond.
"umm... are you talking to me?" said a voice from the entrance to the cave. and stonemover realized he had said that out loud.
the dragon walked into view, and he saw that it was sunny.
"stonemover?" she asked, "are you ok?" she sounded like she was actually concerned about him. "um, yes I'm fine." he responded, "why are you here?" 
"oh, i was just checking to see if you needed anything, sense the storm will be here in a few hours, and we won't be able to come up to this cave for a day or so after."
"oh, no I'm fine for now." he said. "but if you could visit again after the storm i would appreciate it." "ok, sure, i can do that."
"thanks." "its no problem, see you then!" she said, and left the cave.
"but you won't be here when she gets back..."
"yes. i will." 
"well see..."
CHAPTER TWO:
he awoke to the sound of thunder and wind.
he opened his eye's to see his cave had about a half inch of water pooling in it. but strangely, he wasn't wet. 
the water was clearly touching him, but he couldn't feel even the faintest trace of cold.
"maybe i just got used to it."
he felt the magic laugh quietly. "if you have something to say, just say it." he thought, somewhat annoyed. it didn't respond, but he felt it laugh a bit harder.
"whatever, I'm going back to sleep."
BREAK.
he was in the void. he was watching the flame.
it seemed different tonight, it was both brighter and dimmer than it had been before. somehow more unique, but also more fragile and frail.
sort of like a old scroll in a museum.
he had an urge to help it, to make it strong again. but he knew this was just another trick. another way to get him to use magic again.
"its not..." 
"shut up."
he was watching the flame. he was wondering why it was different tonight. he couldn't breath. 
"wait what was that last thing?"
he was cold now. the void's temperature was falling, frost creeping in at the edges. his chest was tightening, he started to panic. 
"i could save you..." "no." he said. "you'll die..." 
he had to wake up.
he was almost out of air. "i don't NEED air in a dream." 
"so you must be out of air in real life..." it reasoned, "remember all that water on the floor? it 's probably over your head by now."
he HAD to wake up. he was light headed now. "FINE!" he screamed, "JUST WAKE ME UP!" and he let the magic take control.
BREAK.
he was awake.
but he was not himself.
"first problem, we are underwater." 
"first solution: i go up." he thought back.
"second problem, you are stone." he felt it realize something. "wait, i can solve that."
he shivered as his scales turned back to flesh even as he fought to stop them. his head rose up above the water, though he told the mussels not to move, and he gasped for breath. "things would go faster if you stop fighting them you know." he sensed what was about to happen right before it did. "WAIT NO-" 
and they were one. again. the magic stonemover had tried so long and hard to free himself from rejoined him. they were no longer two minds sharing his skull, but a single entity, thinking and acting in unison. "WHY DID YOU DO THAT!" but there was no response. save their own indignation at their question.
they felt their priority's shift as his/it's vision took on a slightly purple tint.
POV SWITCH!
but the merger was not total, in a small corner of what had been his mind, a part of stonemover hid. unknown by the new entity of the two minds. the black and white now merged to a flat gray.
the fragment of stonemover, (for as far as he was concerned, he was the only true stonemover left now.) sat in a corner of the gray void that was his mind, and watched through their right eye, as the body he used to be, walked to the edge of the cave.
and took of into the raging storm.
CHAPTER 3:
POV switch!
sunny was helping to finish take down to piles of rocks that the DOD had set up in the tunnels to keep water out of the sleeping caves. she had just placed the last rock of one of the major piles into the storage cave from which it had come, when she heard what sounded like a scream of pain come from the entrance cave. 
she and the students that had been helping with the rocks turned towards the sound. a moment of silence passed as everyone stood still listening for anymore screams, before she started to sprint towards the entrance cave. 
she arrived to a room full of chaos. students ran in all directions, fire and frostbreath shot from the center of the cave, and to her horror, several students lay on the ground, seemingly uninjured, but unmistakably dead.
 
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