Elemental Writings

IV

This part has been written by @chresson047

I hesitantly followed the wolf into a cave.
"Stay here" it said and went just outside.
I waited and watched the trees outside, as they swayed with the summer wind.
All was peaceful.
Until i heard the screaming.
I ran outside to check on my potential new ally when I see that in his place was the most beautiful young man I have ever seen. Maybe one, two years older than I.
I was struck. I was always teased for my sexuality, but this man was just the picture of perfection.
"well..." he panted. "are you gonna stand there staring like a lil teenage girl, or are you gonna help me up? It isn't easy changing you know."
I shake my head and help him up. I can see his slight, yet toned muscles slide under his skin. DAMMIT. FOCUS BEN.
"So... Wee bit queer, are ya?" he asks.
I look at him and he laughs. "come inside"
I walk into his cave. He sits down and throws some wood on the burning coals.
"want a drink?" he invites and i nod. He pulls back a rock to reveal a crevice... Which was packed to the brim with... BEER?
"BEER?" i exclaim. "Where did you get beer?"
"Ahh. So you can talk" he says
"Of course i can talk."
"So what's a young man like you doing lost in the woods?"
"As you said. Lost."
"Well 'Lost', what do you know about the Elementals?" he raises an eyebrow and takes a swig of his beer.
"Elementals?" Fuck. This guy might not be such great news. "Never heard of them"
"Don't lie to me, Ben. I saw how you watched the trees. Moved with them. Connected with them. How you swiftly ran over the rocks. Basically carved you pathway." he shuts his eyes. "There is no room in this world for freaks of nature."
I don't even have time to register the silver blade until it is shoved brutally into my stomach and i have dropped to the floor, in a bleeding heap.
As my vision darkens I hear him say. "It's a shame really. Clean you up and you'd be kinda cute"
My eyes shut but i manage to open them to see a young wolf riding away.

***

As my spirit begins to float through the other world i hear the voices of my mother.
"Ben... My brave boy... Come here... You have served the Elements well..."
"But Mother..." i begin. "I am not finished there is still more to to be done."
"Then run my baby. Before they catch you as they did me!"
I turn to see the death collection spirits whipping their beings towards me. I run. Across this black, baron plain. I run until i see my lifeless body laying pale on the ground. I dive into it...

And wake up as a physical being.