Dragon's curse

chapter fifteen

I met the werewolf that we are hunting and now I have some doubts about Flin now. The werewolf made me feel like Flin is hiding something from me but I don't know what it is that he could be hiding from me though. I will find out one way or another about what he is hiding from me and maybe we can talk about it calmly without fighting or having an argument. 

He then ran away into the darkness like a scared animal being hunted by a predator. A few seconds later, Flin came into the light out of nowhere with four small rabbits in one hand and a large canteen of water in his other hand. Ash whipped around in fear as she thought that Wolf was going to kill her from behind, fear filled her face for a brief moment as she turned around in two steps.

Flin noticed that she was scared about something, asked in concern as he dropped the two rabbits and canteen, “What's wrong Ash?”

Ash’s knees quickly gave out from under her and Flin ran over to Ash to catch her as she fell to the ground, he caught her just in time as she was a few inches from hitting the ground.

Ash said “I guess my legs were tired, it's nothing. I promise.”

Flin asked in concern, “Are you sure?”

Ash replied “Yea I am sure, I guess I was more worn out then I than I thought I was but I’m ok now.”

She quickly regained her footing and stood on her own two feet and wobbled for a moment as her nerves calmed down. After a few minutes, she calmed down and was able to walk on her own without the feeling that she was going to fall to the ground from shock. 

Flin asked “Can you skin and cook the rabbits while I get things ready for tomorrow Ash?”

“Yep.” she said as she walked over to the rabbits.

She slowly chanted in an unknown language “Five elements appear and allow me to get into my bag and disappear.”

Suddenly, Ash’s backpack appeared out of nowhere next to the rabbits. She squatted a few inches from the backpack and unzipped the second row of the pouch that had a zipper sealing it shut. Ash quickly unzipped the zipper and opened the backpack in one swift motion, she then stuck her hand in the bag while searching for something. After a few moments of searching, she pulled out a small knife that looked identical to the knife that Jack had befor he was killed by Slit.

Flin asked in a surprised voice “Where did you get that?”

Ash replied “What this thing?” She held the knife out to show Flin and continued “Me and Gray cleared out the hidden room. I found this in there and thought I might as well take it.” 

She then closed her backpack and watched as it disappeared into thin air as if the backpack was never there to begin with. Ash closed her eyes and imagined a cutting board made of wood that was big enough to hold the rabbit's body on it and still have room. Out of nowhere, a large cutting board appeared next to where she was standing and Ash quickly picked it up in an instant. She then sat down on the ground in front of the rabbits lifeless bodies, Ash had three inches of room between her and the rabbits. Ash paced the cutting board in between her and the rabbit and prepared to skin the rabbits. 

Ash smiled as she said while pacing a rabbit onto the cutting board, “My uncle had a knife just like this before he died you know.”

Flin said as he checked his backpack to see what he had, “I did not know that but I knew Jack. He was a good person.”

Ash slowly started cutting into the first rabbit's skin and cut away the fur as if it was another layer of dead skin. Flin quickly came over to Ash with a large pan in one of his hands, once he was a few inches from Ash he held out the pan next to Ash’s shoulder. Ash noticed that he had a pan, she quickly grabbed the pan and placed it on the ground as she started cutting the meat off of the bones.

Ash said as she worked on cutting the meat, “Thanks.”

Flin asked in a concerned voice “Did something happen while I was gone?”

Ash slowly sliced the meat into smaller pieces as she replied “No, nothing happened at all.”

“Alright. Let me know when the food is ready.” Flin said as he walked away.

Ash said as she placed the sliced meat into the pan, “Will do.”

After she finished skinning the two rabbits and cutting the meat, she placed the pan onto the fire with ease until it was eavan enough that it would not even tip over. She waited for the meat to slowly cook in the pan and after ten minutes the warm smell of food filled the air. After three more minutes of waiting, the food was finished and they started eating their warm meal that sat in the hot pan. Flin and Ash quickly picked one piece of meat out of the pan, one peace at a time with their fingers. They then relaxed as the moon came out from behind the clouds and lit up the night sky that was filled with bright stars. Suddenly, there was a sharp pain that hit Ash as she held her chest in pain while Flin watched in concern for what was happening.

Ash said in pain as she tried to get up from the ground, “I have to go… into the woods… It's… almost time.”

She quickly walked into the darkness in pain as Flin waited and watched the outlines of the woods. As Flin waited, he thought to himself, I am glad I put Jack's knife into the hidden room when I did, if I hadn’t then Ash wouldn't have found the knife. He waited patiently for Ash to change into a dragon, the silence was defining as he waited and for a moment, Flin wanted to pull his hair out from waiting so long. Flin curved his ears to block out the sounds that Ash might make as she changed and at that moment he closed his eyes as if he was a little child. Ash cried in pain as she got further and further from camp until she couldn’t even walk any more because of how much pain she was in. Ash screamed in pain as she started to transform into a dragon, she quickly passed out from the pain that filled her as she slowly started to change. After a while there was more license, Flin slowly opened his eyes and uncovered his ears to block out any sound. The sounds of crickets and natcher filled the air and a flood of relief washed over Flin as he knew that the transformation was finished. Ash slowly woke up in pain as she lifted her head from the ground and started walking back to camp. Meanwhile, Flin waited silently for Ash to return to camp and get some sleep. Suddenly, she heard the distinct sound of heavy footsteps in the distinct, the footsteps got louder as if it was a large dinosaur walking around. Flin looked into the distance for Ash and saw a dragon with light blue scales walking towards the camp. He instantly knew that the dragon was Ash, Flin watched as Ash laid down in pain across from him on the opposite side of the fire. The fire flickered as they sat in silence without saying a word to each other, the air started to feel uncunfertibole as time passed by. 

After a few more moments of silence, Flin broke the silence and asked “Are you ok?”

Ash slowly said in pain as she moved her right arm to hold her shoulder, “I will be after a while, it never lasts too long.”

“You know that's not not what I meant, Ash.” Flin said in a slightly irritated voice.

Ash said “I know and yes… It's…” she immediately stopped talking as the pain started to spread throughout her body slowly, she continued “The pain does get worse with every transformation.”

Flin said in a reassuring voice, “It will be ok, I promise. When we catch the werewolf, we will go to a town I know of that may be able to help us with your transformation… We should try to get some sleep, we have a long day tomorrow.”

Ash nodded in understanding as she watched Flin put out the fire and they quickly laid down onto the ground for some sleep. For a moment, Ash couldn't fall asleep, she then closed her eyes and fell asleep instantly from the pain and exhaustion while Flin stared at the stars. He thought to himself, I have to find Wolf, he is the only one that may be able to help Ash. I won't stop until I find him. Flin then closed his eyes and slowly fell asleep from exhaustion. Two hours later, Ash woke up to the sound of shiverin. She opened her eyes to see that Flin was shivering from the cold that filled him and at that moment, Ash couldn't help but feel bad for him. She slowly reached out her claws and lightly grabbed Flins foot. She slowly and carefully dragged him over to her side to keep him warm, she then went back to sleep when she stopped hearing Flin shiver from the cold. Warmth filled Flin as he slept without a care in the world and dreamed sweet dreams of delight. In the distinct sat a gray wolf that watched and listened  for anything out of the ordinary and acashinaly he would walk around the camp sigh quietly to see what was going on around the campsite.