The Night Myth

Friend Or Enemy

Trail woke up to bright rays of sunshine coming from the window of the Flower hut he was staying in. This was the best sleep he ever had, the bed was just so comfy and the warm soft feel of the blankets made him wanna stay in bed forever. But he knew that's what he couldn't do. Right now he was on a mission to save his friend. He sat up and pulled down the blanket. He then rubbed his eyes trying to adjust to the sunlight.

Trail got out of the bed and went to the window to breathe in the nice smell of the Flower huts, which smelt oddly wonderful. He walked over to the door and opened it. Glancing left and right he walked out the door and into the living room. "Where is everyone..?" He said to himself. He opened the door to the outside. Being cautious, he walked down the steps to the Flower hut. "Goodmorning Trail!" Frost greeted her friend. "Morning," he said looking around, gosh was everyone here a morning person because he sure wasn't.

Trails belly grumbled. Frost must've heard it because she mentioned something about it "I'll take you to our healers and then we can get breakfast" She said guiding the way to the healers. Trail was a bit nervous but tried to hide it. ''scared?'' She asked looking back at him. He blushed out of embarrassment, Frost chuckled ''don't be scared! the healers here are great, they can fix ya up in no time!'' She said nudging him playfully. Trail couldn't help but smile at her.

Trail sighed, he now have to survive with a cast on his paw. How could he? He heard a quiet giggle from Frost who was walking by his side. "What's so funny?" He asked lowering his ears a bit. "Oh nothing, just the you are reacting" She said innocently. "If your still hungry we can grab something to eat" she told him. He thought for a moment then remembered that they got to save Aqua. "No! We gotta save Aqua now!" He said dashing toward the stone wall. "Wait!" Frost yelled running after him.

Most of the Plant paws were giving him uneasy glances. He noticed Primrose sitting on top of the stone wall looking at him with narrowed eyes. He was about to jump onto the stone wall until he tripped on the dirt path.
Frost finally caught up to him and helped him up, "I said wait!" She told him. He sighed "i know but I gotta save her! She might be dead by now!" He exclaimed. "Calm down Land paw, I know what kind of monster that is" Primrose said jumping down from the stone wall.

Trails ears perked "I can help you guys get her back" Primrose told them. Frost growled "I- I mean we' don't need your help" She said stepping closer to her sister. Primrose smirked "ya sure?" She asked tilting her head. Frost groaned jumping onto the stone wall, "come on then".

Primrose used her powers to make some flower steps like Frost did. Trail followed her up the steps and jumped from the stone wall to the other side. Trail walked by Primroses side and Frost was walking behind the two. "Why don't you catch up Frosty" Primrose said looking back at her sister. Frost growled then lunged at her sister. Trail backed up from them who were rolling around. He walked forward to the Jumble of roots.

Frost caught up to him and spat out a piece of fur, that must've been her sisters. Primrose ran ahead of them through the jumbled roots.
This time Trail didn't catch any any thorns on his back while following her. "We have to get there quickly" Trail said walking ahead. Frost and Primrose shared an uneasy glanced. "What?" Trail asked looking back at them. "Well how are you gonna help when you have a hurt paw?" Primrose asked lifting his paw with a cast on it. He pulled it away setting it back on the green grass, "I'm fine"

Frost shrugged walking up to his side. "Why can't you just fly us there?" Trail asked Primrose. Her ears perked then lowered a bit, she glanced at her wings "oh uhhhh, there's two of you and that will be to heavy!" She responded hurrying ahead of them. "Oh" Trail said watching her.

They finally made it to the gorge. "Okay what's our plan?" Frost asked. "Pfft plan? Never knew em" Primrose said jumping down into the gorge taking Frost with her. Trail heard faint a echoey bark. He gulped then jumped in. He closed his eyes as he fell down into the cold and dark gorge. "Oof-" he landed beside Frost. Primrose was somewhere in the gorge. The gorge was weird, it had a lot of caves and tunnels inside it. "Where's Primrose?" Trail asked Frost. "I told her to start to looking for Aqua" she told him lifting up her paw and making a glowy flower bloom from it.

"Now let's go" Frost walked into the first tunnel she saw. Trail followed close behind. He heard a few echoed creature sounds, which made him jump. Frost held the glowing flower while she walking in the dark tunnel. There were small puddles on the cold stone floor. Suddenly they both heard a loud bark, Trail crouched down next to Frost. "That must be Primrose!" Frost told him running towards the sound. Trail followed her, running by her side. Even though he was afraid to face the monster he still had to pay Aqua back.

Frost stopped at a cave with a wide opening. Aqua, Primrose and a white and black figure. "Trail!" Aqua raced over to hug her friend. Trail returned the hug with a bright smile. "Where's the monster at?" Frost asked turning to Aqua. Aqua pulled away from the hug and laughed a little bit, "turns out the monster isn't actually a monster..!" She said turning to the stranger. "That's...the monster..?" Trail couldn't believe it. "Mhm!" Aqua smiled. The stranger walked up to Aquas side, he was a bit shorter than her. "Hi...I'm Magpie" Magpie smiled nervously.

"I'm Trail and this is Frost" Trail tilted his head "what are you..can you like transform into a monster or something" Magpie stepped back a bit. "Actually it's a very long story but I'll tell you anyway!" Aqua said perking her ears.

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"Trail!" Aqua reached out her paw to him but it was to late. The monster grasped her tail and was dragging her into the dark and cold gorge. She landed and the monster let go and looked at her. "Woah!" She immediately ran away from the monster and into a cave. She panted pressing up against the cold wall. "Phew...I gotta get out here..." She told herself. As soon as she turned around the monster ran inside the cave. "Aaaaugh!" Aqua tried to run but the monster grabbed her and flung her towards the wall.

"WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME!?" She said stopping to catch her breath. The monster charged at her. But Aqua didn't move, instead she looked at the monsters gaze and noticed that it was looking at her wrists. "The bracelet..!" She looked at her paw then back at the monster. "I'm not trying to kill you" The monster said. Aqua was puzzled. Suddenly the monster faded into a short black and white creature.

"Sorry about that, but I really need that bracelet" the creature reached out to Aqua but she backed away. "Dude you could've just asked..." she said blinking at him. "Ah yes, that...that would've been easier" he said looking away in embarrassment. "I'm Aqua" she introduced herself. "Magpie" he said dipping his head respectfully. "Your much more...scrawnier than I would imagine" she said poking his side.

Magpie rolled his eyes. "What even are you? A land paw?" Aqua asked tilting her head. Magpie shrugged "I don't really know.." he admitted. "Why do you need this bracelet again?" She asked looking at the bracelet. "I need it to change into my monster form, I have to eat gems in order to do that" Magpie told her "so I'm powerless without any gems" Aqua lowered her ears a bit "oh..well I don't think I can give it to you" She said looking down at the bracelet. Magpie frowned "but you can come with me and my friend to adventure..!" Aqua offered.

Magpie smiled a bit "i guess that beats living in a cold and dark gorge" Aqua laughed. "My friend Trail should be coming any minute now"

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"....and then I told him all about how we escaped the sea palace!" Aqua told her friends who were walking back to the beach. Primrose and Frost agreed to come exploring with Aqua and Trail and Magpie. "You escaped a castle!?" Primrose asked surprise, "mhm! Want me to tell you about it?" Primrose perked her ears "yes please", Aqua cleared her throat "okay so..."

Trail tuned out the rest of what Aqua was saying. He looked back and noticed Magpie trailing behind the others. He stopped and waited until Magpie walked past him, "Hey, are you alright?" Trail asked Magpie. He looked up at him and smiled "I'm fine...thanks for asking" Trail wagged his tail. Magpie did seem friendly.
Trail had many questions he wanted to ask him. "Can I just...ask you a few things?" Trail asked tilting his head at Magpie. Magpie nodded eagerly "of course! Ask away" he said smiling. "Hooray! Alright so first of all...."