Rise of the Malactric Heir

\'She is fast, and she seems distracted,\' Alix thought as he ate then looked at Adora.

"Hey," he said, and she looked at him because she was sitting next to him.

"What\'s the matter?" she asked.

"Just figuring a few things out, maybe I should be asking you that Alix, eat your food," she replied, before he sighed and resumed eating.

After everyone had finished eating, they went to their rooms to freshen up, and when Alix took off his shirt to go take a bath, he passed by a mirror in his bath and barely noticed a dragon mark appearing on his back.

"You\'ve got to be kidding me, the rest just vanished and now the only one who keeps showing up is a star and now this, ugh," he said before going to freshen up and a while after he finished.

Alix changed into his clothes and examined the mark on his back before grabbing a vest to put on.

"What does this one mean? All I can see is a dragon," he said as someone rapped on his door.

"Alix," Adora called out, and he went to open the door, and when she saw his body, she blew a whistle and he smirked.

"Come on in, close the door," he said as she walked into the room, then shut the door, and her eyes widened as she turned around and saw the mark on his back.

"Yeah, that one might stay there forever; people will just think of it as a tattoo, so relax," she said as she walked past him, and he looked at her.

"If you say so, here for the map?" he asked.

"Yeah, try summoning it, you\'re the owner, it\'ll respond," she replied, and he closed his eyes and took a deep breath before the map appeared in front of him, and she smirked.

"Open your eyes now," she said, and he did, seeing the map floating before him.

"Yeah, I think I\'d rather not understand how this thing works," he replied, and Adora chuckled.

"Relax, it\'s not that difficult to understand," she said, and he looked at her as she pulled open the map and markings they had seen before began to appear on it.

"Is the moon out as yet?" she asked then Alix stepped out into the balcony and looked up at the stormy sky.

"Nope, not yet," he replied, and she sighed as she sat down on his bed, and the map closed itself back and stopped glowing but continued to float.

"Do you mind if I stay until it comes out?" she asked, and he looked at her.

"That\'s fine with me; stay as long as you want," he replied, and she smiled.

"Thank you, Alix," she said with her head down and his pupils constricted.

"You\'re acting weird," he replied as he sat down on the couch and turned on the TV.

"Weird how?" she asked.

"You seem more disturbed than usual since you returned from the Crystal Valley, and I am not wrong," he responded as he looked for a movie to watch.

"I am not going to say you are," she said as she got up from the bed and approached him and he looked at her.

"What is it?" he inquired.

"Lend me your heart for a moment," she replied.

"Huh? "You\'re being creepy now," he said, and she scoffed.

"Come on out here for a minute," she responded as she entered the balcony, then checked the time and saw it was almost midnight.

"What is it?" he asked as he entered the balcony, and she placed her hand on his chest, then her eyes began to glow bright red along with his body, and the star appeared in both his and her hands, but neither of them noticed it.

"What are you up to?" he inquired.

"I learned that I cannot remove the block all at once; with my powers, I can remove them one at a time, you can simply say that\'s how they work, the seal on your heart is like a gate," she replied, and he sighed.

"There\'s no need to do that right now," he said.

"Too bad, I already began, the seal on your heart is one of the strongest, it will take a lot more energy, that is why I am the only one who can open it, there are six steps in total, I will undo the first now and you have to keep practicing control okay?" she said as he looked at her then sighed.

"All right," he replied, and a snake crest appeared in her eyes, and the snake mark on his body appeared on his heart while glowing purple.

"Here I go," she said as his heart rate increased slightly and her body began to glow bright red, while Alix\'s eyes turned red with an orange star appearing in them and Adora smirked as she was about to fall, but he grabbed her and an orange glow surrounded his body as a marking appeared on his chest showing six gates, one of which had disappeared, and she smiled.

"One is done," she said, and her body returned to normal. The mark with the gates and the snake, as well as the stars, vanished, and he returned to normal, feeling more energized than before.

"Felt weird in a way but are you okay?" he inquired, and she smiled.

"It\'ll take a lot out of me; I just need to sleep and I\'ll be fine," she replied, and he sighed.

"Thank you, Adora," he said, and she grinned.

"You are welcome; it is my duty; I am simply fulfilling a promise," she responded.

"Like I said, you\'re weird," he said to which she chuckled.

"So are you," she replied, and he scoffed before looking up at the sky and seeing the moon emerge from the clouds.

"Come on," she said as she grabbed the scroll, and they left Alix\'s room, and Adora called out to the others, who came out of their rooms immediately because none of them were sleeping.