Ordinary man

Chapter 10

I heard the people scream and shout at him all the way down to the ground, they followed him all the way to his cave.

"Let me through! Out of my way!", I pushed them away.

He was scared in front of the cave, his tail around him, weeping and growling.

"Leave him alone!", I finally reached him.

"He's terrorizing us for hundreds of years! It needs to stop!"

"He's right! This has to end!"

"But he his peaceful, he just attacked for Food!"

"He hypnotized him with his magic!"

"He's not a wizard! He didn't do anything wrong! We are the villains here.....who forced him to become this creature. It's not his fault.", I looked at him with a sad smile and he built up in his full size.

I reached out my hand and as he wanted to come over, a loud scream escaped his mouth, shocked what happened I noticed the arrow in his chest only a few minutes later. He stumbled backward on two feet, covering himself in a light cloud of smoke, revealing his half dragon self before he reached the edge of the cliff and fell down.

"NO!", I tried to grab his hand.

I ran to the edge and looked down, following hisbody with my eyes, I didn't think and jumped too, slowing myself down by ramming my sword into the rocks, calling my horse on the way down.

As I reached the ground too, Marvel was lying in the dirt and grass, motionless. I lifted his head and looked at him, he was still breathing weakly, the arrow right in his chest. I pulled out my knife and made a short cut to remove it without hurting him more, luckily it was just in the flesh, but it was bleeding a lot.

They started to shoot arrows down at me too, it was too dangerous to stay here, I ripped off my shirt and tied it around his chest, to stop the bleeding. I pulled him on my horse and headed home, pressing on his wound with one hand, he held on to me, before he fainted, I pulled him closer.

"Everything will be okay, I promise.", I cried, kissing his forehead.

"What happened?!", jane wondered when I carried him inside my house.

"Get me some medicine and bandages."

"Okay, we didn't mean to hurt him....."

"Go! We don't have time for that now!"

I placed him on the bed, and removed the shirt.

"Please, let me die, it's better for all of us, I just create chaos.", he whispered.

"Never. You mean too much to me.", I smiled, then he fainted again.

"Here! We got the medicine!"

"Thanks."

"We wait outside.", she left.

I put some alcohol on his wound and his muscles contracted in pain, I put some bandages on it.

"It's okay.", I petted his hair.

"I love you.", he mumbled barely hearable.

"I love you too."

"The curse is over soon."

"I don't want it to be over.", I felt my eyes getting wet.

"Goodbye, my brave knight.", he closed his eyes.

"No! Please.", I held his hand and placed my head on his chest.

The scales on his arms and legs slowly faded away, his ears got smaller and lost their red and black color. The curse started to break, he turned back to human, he would be a beast for the rest of his life, but now it left him, after hundreds of years.

"Please don't leave me.", I whispered and squeezed his hand.

I looked at it, even the claws started to fade, replaced by normal finger nails. After he turned fully human again, I lifted my head looking at him, then I noticed he also stopped breathing. I kissed his hand and stood up, running my fingers through his hair, before I left.

Jane and John were waiting outside, I just looked at them and shook my head, I couldn't stop the tears from escaping my eyes.

"We're sorry.....we didn't mean to hurt him, really."

"It's okay.", I looked away.

"He was nice, you know, he hated being a monster, he was caring and charming, he buried the fallen knights who died of heart attacks after seeing him, he gave each a small rock to mark their graves. He was cursed, but he never lost his kind heart, yes he attacked, but he needed food, he never killed someone....."

"We didn't know this.."

"No.....Why do you look so scared?", one moment later I felt a hand on my shoulder, scared I turned around and met his big light brown eyes.

"No!"

"Your heart is the kindest I know.", he smiled.

"I....I...thought..."

"No, I'm alive."

"You're human."

"My heart stopped for a second, my life was over for a tiny moment, the curse is broken. But I can't take you to the stars anymore."

"I don't need the stars, I got you.", I placed my hands on his cheeks with a smile.

"I know that I'm risking to get cursed again but....", before he could end his sentence I crashed my lips into his.

"When you said you loved him, you meant more as a friend?!", John wondered.

"Of Course you idiot!", Jane slapped the back of his head.

From now on, Marvel lived with me in my house, we didn't live out any romantic actions in public, but the people were relaxed about him now, he was completely human now, not dangerous anymore. But they respected him for breaking a lifelong curse and so do I.

The end.