"More ghosts?! They're floating around here too!" Ace groans.
"If we stop to fight, we'll never get anywhere. Let's just keep moving." Deuce sighs.
"Sure, but don't act like we voted you team leader. The only reason we're here in the first place is because of that stupid stunt you pulled." Ace glaires at Deuce.
"Oh? I'm pretty sure this all started because you tried to shirk your window-cleaning punishment!" Deuce fires back.
"Guys..." I try to stop the fight.
"So, we're bringing up ancient history now? Then if you wanna get down to the brass tacks, this all started when furball torched that statue!"
Grim flinches. "Myah?! Maybe you shouldn'ta made fun of me then!"
Deuce groans. "Guys! We're in real hot water, remember?! If we don't come back with a magestone by morning, we're all being expelled!"
"Yeah, which is why we don't need you ordering the rest of us around. It gets old real fast." Ace argues further.
I stand in between the two. "Guys, calm down! I don't think Deuce is trying to order us around. Huh?" I hear what sounds like a watery groan. "Wait... I think I heard a voice just now."
We all quiet down trying to listen for the voice. We hear the groan again.
"Wh-where's that comin' from?" Ace looks around, fear in his eyes.
"...neeevvvaaa... ...iiivvv... ...ooouuu..."
"Sounds like...it's getting closer..." Deuce takes a step back.
I squint to try to see the source of the sounds, the blue flames flickering on our candles barely helping.
"Wait... I think I see it!" I flinch back.
It looks like some sort of deformed body, almost like a giant slug. It has a red shirt and a floppy hat. Its head is a giant vial with a crack spanning over where its face would be. Some sort of liquid oozes out of it.
Its watery voice calls out. "Stooonesss... stooonesss aaare miiiiine!"
We all scream as it moves towards us. We ran behind some stones.
"What is that?!" Deuce asks wide-eyed.
"Myaaah! No one said there'd be monsters! Let's get outta here!" I cover Grim's mouth to quiet his yells.
"That thing's super creepy! But didn't it just say something about 'stones'?!" Ace questions.
"Wait, what?!" Grim pulls my hand down, speaking quieter now.
"Stooonesss... ...nevvva give stooonesss...!"
It sounds really close to us, making us gasp.
"So there ARE still mage stones here!" Deuce smiles.
"Myaaah... Even as a master sorcerer, I... I don't think I can take that thing down!" Grim crosses his paws.
"But we need a magestone or we'll get expelled! I'm going in!" Deuce stands up.
"Are you outta your mind?!" Ace tries to get him back down.
"Deuce, It's too dangerous!" I look up at him worriedly.
"I won't be expelled! No matter what!" Deuce drops his candle and sprints towards the monster.
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The Fallen Empath - Welcome to the Villain's World
FanfictionThe meek Yuna Solace wakes up without her memories in a world completely unlike her own. She meets a troublesome cat-like monster who consistently drags her into his problems, a self-praising headmage of a well-known school of magic, a bully who ten...
