Dragon's curse

chapter eight

Mom, I lost your diary and I don't know where it is. The last I saw it was when I was with uncle Matt. I don't even know why I am writing to you in my diary, I guess I forgive you for everything you have done to me. I thought that I would be free but instead I am in a cell with a curse that I can't get rid of. There is no known cure for this curse and I can't control it either. 

Three hours later, Slit's voice echoed through the hallway that connects the cells and the lunchroom. Ash quickly shivered at the sound of the voice and Death immediately clutched Ash with a tight embrace of comfort. 

He said through the hallway and lunchroom, “Ash, you are up against Death Reaper. You have five minuts to get ready for the fight and head into the arena one A.”

As soon as Slit spoke through the speaker, he stopped instantly and Ash looked at Electro with a concerned look on her face for an answer on what she should do next.

Electro said in understanding, “Now we have to wait until the twins come. Once they come into the lunch room, we are going to get Ash out of this place.”

Suddenly, a man came up to the entrance of Ash’s cell, he stood silently while looking at Ash with a smirk. For the longest moment, he then switched his gaze towards Electro and his eyes narrowed on him in an instant.

The man asked with a slight gravelly voice “everyone is ready to fight for Ash amongst other things.” He then looked back towards Ash and continued “I can smell the curse running off of her skin, how bad is it child.”

Death replied with a hint of anger in her voice “Why do you want to know and what will you do to her.”

“I just want to help her out, I know some spells that may be of use to you, Ash.” the man said.

Ash asked, “What is your name?”

“I was called Flin but I am not called that any more though. Now my name is Necromancer, at least that is my gladiator name.” he said with a hint of a smile.

She asked in a concerned and nervous voice “Would you like me to call you Flin instead of Necromancer?”

A large smile came across Flins face as he replied “You can call me either of those names if you want, Ash. It does not matter what you call me as long as you feel comfortable about the name that you choose to call me.”

Death asked with a little bit of hope in her voice, “Can you get rid of Ash’s curse.”

Suddenly, Flins smile quickly disappeared in an instant as he replied “You mean the dragon's curse right?”

Death nodded her head yes a few times as her smile disappeared like it was never there to begin with. She sighed as she hoped beyond hope that Flin would say yes, that he knew a way to get rid of the curse but instead there was silence that filled the room.

After a few more minutes, Flin said “I don’t… I dont know any way of getting rid of the curse that resides in Ash but I do know a spell that allows her to control the curse at will.”

Ash and Death quickly perked up in an instant as Death asked “Control the curse?”

“Yea, she would only turn into a dragon at night when the sun sets and the monsters come out to feast. At day you will be a normal human being, with the spell you can turn into a dragon at day whenever you want, any day, any time. If you want I can teach you everything I know about monsters, potions and spells, I can also teach you how to fight things that hide in the shadows.” Flin said with a smirk.

Ash said with excitement “I would love to learn everything you know if we get out of here at all.”

Death's smile returned as she asked “Hey Ash?” Ash quickly looked at Death and she continued “ When we get out of here, I will let you learn from him for as long as you want and once you are finished learning from him, I was wondering if you would like to live with me, maybe I could take care of you as well?”

Ash’s smile grew even wider as she said “Yes, I would love that. I would love to live with you and for you to take care of me.”

They slowly leaned against the partial wall and waited patiently for the plan to begin. Flin then walked away to the lunchroom where everyone waited quietly as the time ticked by in an instant. Five minutes felt like five hours as they waited for the twins to come for Ash. The dripping sound filled Ash’s cell, the hallway, the lunchroom, other than the dripping sound of the leaky ceilings, there was utter silence that filled every corner of the arenas, cells and rooms. Electro quickly stood up from the hard ground, he quickly started to pace back and forth frantically as five minutes had already passed a few minutes ago. Suddenly, there was a loud squeaking sound like rusted hinges were being moved as the door opened up. The door slowly opened up to the lunchroom and the two twins walked in with caution. They looked around and scanned the interior perimeter as if they were looking for someone. Flin watched them intently as he stood in between the hallway to the cells and the lunchroom, he looked at one of the men sitting a few meters from him, he nodded his head up and down one time at the man. The man nodded his head back for confirmation once and looked back at the twins, Flin then started walking towards them silently with an annoyed look on his face. As soon as the twin spotted Flin walking towards them, they stopped in their tracks and quickly turned to face him. After Flin was only a few inches from them, he stopped walking and stared at them intently as he waited for them to speak to him. 

After a few minutes of silence, Flin asked with a devious grin, “So, what business does Slits little slave monsters have down here in the deapths of the prisoners?”

The twins started with anger as they did not reply to him as they stood in silence. Flin slowly looked over his shoulder to see a Dark sitting at the table behind him, his hands moved in a circular motion and for a moment Flin thought that he was using  his abilities from his curse that he holds. After a few more seconds, he looked back at the twins with anger in his eyes and never broke contact from their eyes.

Flin said with a serious tone in his voice, “You will never get Ash and if you even try to get near her, well lets just say you will have to go through me.”

“Very well, If that is what you wished for but just let you know we won't go easy on you, you have been warned.” said the twins simultaneously with a hint of a smile on their face.

Suddenly, both of the twins ran towards Flin in an instant but they abruptly stopped inches from Flins throat. Confusion filled Flin as he looked at the ground and saw that there was black sand surrounding their legs to the point that they couldn’t even move a muscle in their legs. After a few seconds, the sand started to move and transformed into two large hands surrounding both of their legs. Flin quickly whipped his head towards Darks direction and saw that the black sand connected to the ends of his fingers as he struggled to concentrate.

Flin said in a surprised voice, “Holy shit man, I didn’t know you could do that Dark.”

Dark smiled as he said in a stranded voice as he tried to concentrate, “Yea but it's not as easy as it looks though and I have to focus a lot to keep the sand steady or else it might get out of control.”

He then winked at Flin with a smile for a moment and then he went back to focusing on what he was doing before he started talking to Flin, his focus was so intense that you could cut it with a knife.

“Thanks man… So where is the other guy that wanted to kill Slit for his eyes or something if I heard correctly?” He asked with a curious look on his face.

Dark replied “I am not sure where he is at right now.”

Right as he asked that, the man came into the lunch room and asked “So how’s our plan going?”

Flin replied as he pointed his index finger towards the twins for a few seconds, “So far so good, do you want anything from them?”

“Oh, the twins that cursed Ash under Slits orders and everyone else in this room. How pathetic and I bet you liked it too.” The man said with a smile as he waited for them to speak to him.

The twins looked him over and saw that he had no human ears, instead he had wolf-like ears on top of his head and a wolf-like tail.

One of the twins said with anger, “Go to hell.”

The man smiled as he asked while he walked in a circle around them, “I am already there, You see you gave me one of the curses that can make a person go mad and do you know what kind of curse that is?”

The twins said nothing to him for the longest moment and after a few more minutes, one of them replied “All of you deserve the curses that we put on you and we don't even care.”