Elements

A Challenge for a Win

The sun was setting across the blue water that was neighboring the town. The lanterns were starting to light up the streets.

Moses and I headed down to the towns square to go and find Lulu's booth.

"Come on folks let's see what you got to fight the strongest man in town! He's never been defeated! He's never been hurt! But he likes to wrestle! Come on give it for old Eugene Burt!"

A middle aged man roars to a large audience from a small arena. And a couple of men go on to challenge the huge man. Moses and I watch how pathetically the men punched.

Along the side of the stage, was a man with a hood sitting at a table just watching every move. He didn't look impressed.

Eventually the men gave up and came off the stage sweating.

To my curiosity, I walked forward and shouted at the man who was yelling at the people for the challenge, and asked him,

"What's the prize if you defeat him?!"

He looks down at me. Laughing.

"Hahaha! You think you could win two free tickets to the most important ball of the year?! Hahaha!" He snorts and laughs. As the audience laughs along with him.

"ELora what do you think you're doing?" Moses runs up to me. I ignore him showing him that I can definitely do it.

"Well good sir! We do like a good challenge!" I said. "We?" Moses says.

He snorts and laughs again. "Ha! You two don't even have the chance!"

I get on the stage with him. "Oh yeah? I don't even see anyone trying. You call that before fighting? Please! I've done actual training for stuff like this."

The man still laughs at me. Smelling like a wet dog, "Well, let's see you try!"

"Come on Moses!"

I extend my hand as he looks around and almost doubting this. "Come on, you said you've never seen me fight, so right now is the time to show you that."

He sighs and grabs my hand. Now we were both on stage.

The man jocks us both. Giving us dirty looks. "Alright! Rules are simple you cannot use any magic, potions, or spells! Got that?!" We nod.

Moses starts first in the arena. He can tag me whenever he needs me to step in. "Alright, you can do this! You got a plan how to defeat him?"

"ELora, just for those tickets? I don't know if I should use my skills for this." He sighs.

"Don't be a downer! You can do this. Just breathe and go." His red eye looks at me. "This won't be easy but alright." He sighs.

He holds his pendent, probably praying to the gods for help. Which I highly see him do.

"3,2,1! Fight!"

"Go! Moses! Go!"

Moses was a shapeshifter, he was able to disguise himself as any animal. The man said no magic, no potions, and no spells. He never said anything about power. He was naturally born with it.

In a blink of an eye, he turns into the biggest wolf I've seen. I haven't seen him shapeshift into anything since we were kids.

I looked closely at the man that Moses was fighting, it had glowing red eyes and suddenly knowing it wasn't a man it was a monster!

"Moses! It's not a man it's a—!" His wolf face turned to me and the monster got the chance to hit him back!

"Tag me in now!" He grabs for my hand and he turns back into his human form. "My turn."