Yenir Wayrac and the Feline Priestess (Episode 4)

Everything seemed to blend with shadow...
Flash! There was a sudden burst of bright light that blinded everyone with their eyes open to it. Sizrit seemed to explode with vibrant celestial light that basked all in momentary daylight as the dragons breached the oasis. The giant dragons flared their wings out bringing them to a halt as they recoiled from the blast, sending a whirlwind of sand in their wake. Yenir lowered his head to shield his eyes from the sand. When he looked up the huge dragon illusions were now one beast that hovered in place causing billows of sand to dance around it. It was unnaturally black in color and seemed to be made of shadow stuff. It was substantial but at the edges of its form it seemed to swallow the light around it. It's giant bat wings looked like they were emanating a sinister smoke.
"Fiend of the Abyss! You dare trespass on my land!" Selena held an ornate holy symbol of the goddess Sharess aloft. "You will pay for your intrusion!" The giant cats bounded forward to meet the dragon who was shaking its head, dazed from Sizrit's glare. The ground shook where they stepped. It lifted its eyes to focus just as a massive clawed paw swiped for its head. In a puff of dark smoke it seemed to become as substantial as a shadow and the paw passed harmlessly through it.
"Hmmm. Interesting trick." Yenir said to himself aloud. "Let’s see how you fare without that gift." He rummaged through his pack and pulled out a purple black crystal that seemed to hum in the presence of the shadow beast. "Denizen of shadow! Be shackled to this plane!" The crystal shattered into a thousand shards that mingled with the sand around the smoky dragon. The beast roared thunderously as it unwillingly became whole again and crashed to the ground. Yenir fell over from the tremor when the great creature hit the ground and kicked up more sand in its wake. Selena laughed as if this was all some sort of amusing game.
"Clumsy sorcerer. You will need lessons in standing, yes?" He answered with an amused grin. He floated from the ground and hovered in midair ten feet from the surface. Selena nodded respectfully to his show of power. Sizrit spoke up,
"Have you seen Twik?"  The gnome was nowhere in sight.
"He was just here. " Yenir answered as he looked around. The dragon howled in pain but not from the monolithic cats, it seemed. They stalked in a circle around the dragon as if sizing up their prey. Then Yenir spotted it. A tiny form on the neck of the dragon was nimbly jumping and sliding on its flailing head. The dragon tried to shake it off but it held firm, cutting deep gashes where it could with its dagger. It was Twik, climbing up the neck of the dragon! When he reached its face he let forth a color spray of rainbow lights from his hands that sent the dragon's head reeling. Twik, then, jumped off and landed just below Yenir.
"Hit now, Sir! Light hurts it but fire will not scathe." Yenir nodded and began gesturing to the weave around him. Three portals tore through the ether around him and three light clad angels stepped out.
"I require your assistance; we face an enemy of shadow." The angels nodded and together they flew at the dragon with great swords made of light itself. Selena walked to Yenir's side,
"You have great power to summon such aid." She was impressed. The angels were making short work of the dragon who was howling in pain when they struck. He shrugged
"Just a parlor trick." He said.
"That's some parlor trick." She nodded. After a while the angels vanished leaving the dragon severely wounded. It beat its wings and rose to flee but the cats were ready and pounced, pinning it to the spot. The dragon howled in rage but the cats held it fast.
"Let me go!" It roared savagely, murder flaring in its eyes.
"Tell me why you're here and I may let you live." Selena demanded in a voice that would have shaken mountains.
"Surely you have guessed, pitiful human." The Dragon said. Selena glared at him. "You have made enemies in the past, have you not? You have something very dear to my employer." Something that could be counted as a sneer broke on its face. Selena looked down at a pendant that Yenir swore was not there when he first saw her. It was wrought of obsidian in the shape of a spider. Yenir scowled, knowing full well who the dragon's "employer" was. He had heard stories of a woman of great power facing the spider queen long ago and defeating her. That was eons ago. Could this really be the one who slew the dark goddess so long ago?
"I'm sorry. Did you say something, dragon? I must be losing my hearing in my old age." Selena moved dangerously close to the dragons fangs. "I could have sworn you had just called me human. Is that so? Do you really think me nothing more than a low born human." She bent over like a mother about to scold a child, awaiting a reply.
"You all taste the same in the end."
“Wrong answer sweetling.” Was the last thing she said before Selena grasped its snout with unearthly strength. Her black hair flashed silver as great power rushed through her. The dragon's eyes rolled and it disintegrated to sand in her grasp. Yenir stood agape at the sight. Selena turned to him with a smile that made him quickly reset his composure.
"Now, you came here to see me." She said as her lashes fluttered. "Whatever for?" her voice was as sweet and seductive as a brothel girl's and Yenir stammered a moment before replying.
"Uh..well..ahem" He cleared his throat. It was unusual for him to be on the receiving end of such charm. "I come with word from Laerel Arunsun that you are needed. The realms are in peril and they need your assistance as you may have already guessed." She sauntered closer as if to kiss Yenir, paused for a moment and then turned to face away from him. Yenir realized he had tensed and something in him stirred beneath his robe.
"Oh well.." She sighed. "That is usually the case when my sister calls upon me. I do wish she would call on me more often for more casual reasons than to save the world again." She playfully sighed again. Sizrit eyed her,
"You are of the chosen of Mystra?" He asked.
" Former, among other things." She smiled sweetly. Yenir stirred again, now at full attention. She looked down and giggled. A giggle that was very out of character for the powerful priestess they had, just moments ago, fought beside. "You’re going to have to keep that under control if I'm to be riding with you on this journey. Yenir was it?" He blushed for the first time in centuries.
"S-s-so you'll be joining us?" Yenir said a little more aniouxsly than he had intended.
"I see that pleases you." Her voice became low and gruff as she moved even closer to Yenir. She pressed slightly against him causing him to hold his breath. She looked dreamily up into his eyes, "Anything..." sultry innuendo plain in her voice, " ...to be rid of that spider bitch, Lolth!"