Asher the Survivor

Chapter Seventeen

After the prophecies were out of the conversation, Asher was thrilled to go to King Ryleigh’s in hopes of gaining power. So that morning Dylan went out to catch a boar, and Asher was smelling the ground in hopes of prey. Soon they found themselves in the lighthouse eating grilled deer together. ‘’So how about this?” Dylan started. ‘’I know you want to go to King Ryleigh, so how about we go to him with the head of the Black Eyed Sorceress?”
… Though he agreed Asher was a bit taken aback by what Dylan was saying. Offering a King a head was morbid; but knowing Ryleigh he certainly would be pleased by it. Besides the sorceress was wicked, and Asher had nothing to lose. ‘’We’ll need Toni’s help.’’ Asher suggested. Dylan thought he could do the whole task by himself, undermining the powers of the sorceress. In Asher’s mind the sorceress was degrading, and she deserved to die because of her wickedness…

Later that afternoon the two of them traveled to Toni. Toni greeted both of them as she always did. ‘’We’ve come to you because we need help.’’ Asher meowed. ‘’We want to show up to King Ryleigh with something valuable, and we can’t think of anything except for…’’ He then spoke about decapitating the sorceress. Toni cringed when she heard of this, yet she still agreed to help them. Asher rested on her boot, happy to see her.
… ‘’So here’s the plan,’’ Dylan announced. ‘’Toni we will need you to shapeshift into a butterfly to distract the sorceress.’’ … ‘’Asher, i’ll need you to stay by my side incase this does not go as planned, and then i’ll kill her with my sword.’’ He announced with an unnerving look. Dylan realized this was all about teamwork.
Thunder rippled across the skies, and in an instant Toni transformed into a beautiful dark blue butterfly; she fluttered right above Asher, staring into his eyes as she landed on his nose. Asher found himself staring at her, her tiny butterfly legs tickled between his eyes. Looking at Toni’s butterfly form, Asher found himself amazed by her magick; the edges of her sapphire-blue wings were as dark as shadows. Asher knew behind this memorizing creature, was someone he loved; his instincts did not tell him to catch her.
She fluttered once more, sprinkling his nose with the dust of her wings. She then flew away and headed in the direction of the sorceress. 
‘’Toni is amazing, isn’t she?” Asher spoke to Dylan. Dylan wondered if someone were to catch that butterfly, would Toni herself be hurt?

…
‘’Just stay behind me.’’ Dylan whispered, as he was getting ready to pull out his sword. In the echos of the cave, everyone heard the sorceress speak.. ‘’Yes Caveling, good Caveling.’’ She spoke softly to the roaring beast. ‘’Rawwwahhhh.’’ The creature squealed, he must have needed to be fed. She walked out of the cave, and stood upon her rock, watching over the land.
Toni then flew above her, distracting her…
Dylan emerged from behind the rock, and with one strike of his sword, she was no more. Poof! Toni shapeshifted back into her human-self. ‘’You guys did great.’’ She applauded, turning away from the remains of the sorceress.

‘’I hope the Skeleton King grants you guys.’’ She rejoiced. ‘’As always, it was great seeing you two.’’ …
With that Dylan and Asher left. Asher rejoiced knowing he might have powers by the end of this. Upon dwelling about it, Asher thinks their prophecies were indeed about Toni. Beware of someone you think you know. Asher thought he knew Toni; but her butterfly form was more mysterious than anything he has ever seen. Thinking about this he was overcome with emotion…

Asher explained that on the way there, he wanted to introduce Dylan to Deaser. And soon they found themselves at the Boltcat’s small cabin. ‘’Deaser! Deaser!’’ hearing the yowel of a Boltcat, Volpyx came to the door. ‘’Who are you?” She asked, her red hair blazing like fire. ‘’My friend Asher led me here,’’ Dylan explained. ‘’Asher says this Boltcat is his half-brother,’’ He kneeled down to pet Deaser. Deaser greeted Asher with a flick of his tail. The first thing Dylan noticed, was that Deaser had a slightly robotic voice, that matched with his movements.
Deaser noticed Asher’s tail, and the expression he had was if he was about to faint. ‘’Don’t worry it doesn't hurt anymore.’’ Asher assured.
‘’We have a deal with King Ryleigh, it’s time to go.’’