Blessings

Lynk meets the Devil

I was running as fast as I could when Akari set out without me. She was too caught up in her mission when she left me, probably for the better though, but I was her protector. I knew exactly where she was going after I checked the quest board and saw which one she took. So I set out to Mt. Kilgrimsin and I ran as fast as I could on my little paws. I morph into my agility form and start to glide up the mountain. As soon as I hear a scream I’m there to protect her. I see her ahead of me surrounded by what look like shadows and I jump in the air and start to form into my defensive state. I’ve been told I look like a moving metal rock but really I don’t care. I yell for her to run, to go, I’ll protect her.
   As I see her turn the corner a few jump on me and more and more until I’m enveloped in shadow. I immediately shift into my attack form which is a mighty wolf engulfed in flames. I unleash this beast to find that more have shown up, I’m wounded, I can feel bruises and I’m limping. They begin to circle me, I can see that they are ready to attack and I make my flame brighter and as hot as I can, I notice that it turns white and I know that’s enough to kill them all. I burn them all to a crisp and return to my natural form with burns all over my body, man I hurt; I just want to get back to Akari.
   One more shadow shows itself, bigger than the rest I notice, but with wings this time. All I see are its eyes, gold with blue in the middle, and I hear its voice. “You were a fool to try to save your friend and you will die, but so will the girl,” he laughs maniacally, “I’m heading there now to destroy her from the inside out, you stupid little animal”. I can feel him lift me into the air and I black out.
   The next thing I remember is a boy lay me down beside Akari’s door, it must have been hours since I last saw her, but I see his face with blonde hair and blue eyes wearing all black. I wait to gain enough strength then start howling and scratching at the door… no answer. I wait again but all I hear from the door are whimpers and her cry out in her sleep. I scratch at the door more and she finally wakes, because I hear her footsteps. She opens the door, looks down at me and starts to cry, but I don’t think she would admit that to anyone. She asks how I survived and all I say is it took her long enough, it took me some strength to get the words out, and she just laughs that evil laugh when she is scared.
   I wake in the hospital room and see my friend lying at my bedside. “How are you,” I ask seeing that she is awake.
“I was worried sick, Lynx, I couldn’t sleep and I wanted you to wake and laugh and be your uptight little self,” she says both worried and relieved.
“Well if I wasn’t uptight nobody else WOULD be,” and we both laugh, even though it hurts, cause I know it helps her feel better. We talk a little bit more, but I didn’t tell her what I saw, about the boy or the shadows. She finally leaves to go to the board, even though I know it’s a bad idea she won’t listen to me for anything. After a few minutes I hear the crashing of tables and I feel the temperature drop, now I know that Akari is angry, so I set out for her when the doctor wasn’t looking. I think she might have gone on the quest already so I go outside searching for anything, a smell, a footprint, even some ice to show me where she is. I get tired quick and collapse. I can feel the gashes getting wider on my body and I can’t feel my legs. Is this what dying feels like? Am I dying? I don’t want to, because I will miss my friend, my family. Now all I hear are footsteps and smell a cat, maybe they found me. But I know it’s too late.