The Fire Sorceress

Chapter Eighteen

*Toboe's POV*
Seto and Ember were on their feet again within an hour. The sun was almost at its peak in the bright blue skies. I decided that it would be a great time to go to Pixellaria. "Come on, grab my hands," I directed my friends to link, and we began to change. Sora and Poof yipped in marvel.

Soon, in addition to Ember and Seto's wolves, I was looking at a small, ice blue--almost white--wolf with a silver sheen to her pelt and ice-blue eyes. Next to her, a chestnut wolf with intelligent spring-green eyes and dark pine streaks in her fur stood. Their tongues were lolling in excitement. As the undeclared pack leader, I led my fellow now-wolf friends across the desert, a flurry of dogs racing across the sand. Sora and Seto were faithfully following me while Poof and Ember were tussling playfully in a cloud of sand. Seto whipped around and barked sharply at them. Poof whimpered apologetically while Ember growled.

A few hours later, we were beginning to feel tired after going at max speed for this long. Poof's seemingly endless energy had run out and her tail dragged across the ground. Sora was panting and struggling to keep up. Seto was still at my side, but I watched him breathe heavily as he tried to keep up. The only one unaffected was Ember. The hot temperatures must have been fueling her energy. Poof and Sora collapsed near a lone tree, embracing the shade. Seto wobbled on his legs and sat down. I, myself, lay in the shade to rest, but Ember leaped around boundlessly, kicking up sand in her play fights with imaginary wolves. "Knock it off, Ember..." Poof whined.

"Yeah, we're trying to rest!" Sora panted. Ember sniffed and delicately sat down, her tail thumping against the ground in a restless manner.

"So," I changed the subject. "Everyone has a wolf name. You should know what it is if you reach deep inside of you, down to the essence of your soul. It should be mixed with other animal names, but this one will pop out at you. Try to find out what it is!" I watched as my friend's tried faces morphed into ones of concentration. Ember's eyes squinted as an invisible hand grasped for the name. Her eyes lit up.

"My name is Ash."

"That's what we'll call you in your wolf form." One by one, everyone listed their names. Sora was Oasis, Poof was Icefall, and Seto was Flame. (A/N: Wuz13000 PenguinPoof6 Toboewolfsrain1 text/pm me if you want your name changed, or tell me at school.)

"Toboe, what's your wolf name?" Ash asked inquisitively, cocking her head.

"Oh, mine is Crimson..." My ears flattened at the horrible memories regarding the name. Ash saw that she had hit a nerve and blinked apologetically. "Shall we get a move on?" Everyone looked recovered and nodded eagerly. We set off across the desert to Pixellaria, unaware of the chaos we had left behind at school.

A/N: SUCH A DAMN SHORT CHAPTER! Oh btw you may/may not be seeing damn in my books because I have decided it is an acceptable curse...because it really isn't that bad. Aaaanyways a new chapter will be released soon; I just need a lot of fill-in chapters before the main attraction. But don't worry, it'll be just gold! If you get that reference, I love you forever...but it is pretty obvious. Man, off track two times in a row! Hope you enjoy these new chapters; they are causing me to be sleep deprived. Oh, and above all else...
Stay blocky, Crafters!
~Ash