Myths

Chapter 4

"So where are we headed? We can't stay in the woods or that horrible woman will come back for us,"Adara told Ash as they both laid down on the grass. "I know, we'll stay in a hotel room until we figure out how to get rid of her, that means we won't be able to keep flying around here,"Ash told her. "I understand, but for how long?"Adara asked, worried that she would never fly again. "I don't know Adara, I don't know,"Ash repeated. "Oh,"Adara said with a frown. "But I promise it won't be long,"Ash told her. Adara nodded.

"Now lets go ahead back to the town,"Ash told Adara as he sat up. "K,"Adara said and got up as Ash did. Ash went over to the tree that held his shirt which was now fully dried and put it on. After Ash put his shirt back on he jumped up and transformed into a phoenix again. He stayed in the air, flapping his wings as Adara turned into a phoenix.

Ash nodded and started to fly out to town. Adara followed him while watching where she flew, well watching to see if she could stop that horrible woman.

They ended up arriving at the edge of the woods, quickly. They both transformed back into their human forms and began walking out of the woods.

"We're going to find a hotel and go check into it,"Ash explained to Adara. She nodded and continued to follow him. "How long have you been there?"Ash asked Adara. She looked back up at him"In the cabin, you mean?"she asked him and he nodded back. "I don't know, for as long as I can remember,"Adara explained as she looked back at the ground as they walked. "I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have asked,"he told her. "No its fine,"Adara replied.

They then arrived back into town. "I know there's a hotel around here,"Ash told Adara. She nodded and followed him. They walked on the sidewalk towards the hotel. It was a talk building with obviously many floors. It didn't look too bad from the outside but looks can be deceiving.

Ash walked to the door as a bellman opened the door for them. They both walked up to the front desk. "Hello there, how can I help you two love birds?"the man at the desk asked. They both chuckled but kept it to the side. "I need on room please,"Ash told him. The man nodded and then asked"One bed?" "Um no, separate beds,"Ash responded. "Some odd love birds, yall are,"the man replied as he raised one of his eyebrows. "Here ya go, number 6 on floor 2,"the man added as he handed Ash the key to the room. "Thanks,"Ash replied as Adara nodded in agreement.

They didn't have any luggage with them which made the man puzzled but he left it alone so Ash and Adara took the elevator to their room. They opened the door and Adara looked around.

Their were two queen sized beds with a large flat screen television in front of them. On each sides of the beds, their was a drawer with a lamp sitting on it. A telephone sat on the middle table.

"It is beautiful,"Adara said, amazed by the new, unfamiliar room. "When you see the other hotels, you won't say the same thing,"Ash told her. "Oh my,"she responded. "Well its real late at night is we should go to bed,"Ash told her as he got into bed. Adara nodded as she got into the other bed.

Ash turned all the lights off and Adara just laid down, staring up at the dark ceiling. Everything was completely black. No light at all. Adara began breathing hard. It was as if everyone could hear her. "I'm safe, everything's okay, I'm free," she began repeating out loud to calm herself down. Adara's breath begun to get louder and faster. She then shot her head up quickly. She rushed out of the bed. She ran to the door and quickly opened it. She shut the door behind her, quickly. She leaned against the door as she tried to calm herself down. "Breathe, breathe,"she heard herself tell herself.

"They're gone, they have to be,"she repeated to herself as tears started to form in the corner of her eyes that were now fiery red. You could actually see flames in her eyes.  "I can't do this! I'm not human!"she yelled through the silent halls of the hotel. She began running down the hallway. She ran straight out the door and the man at the front desk just raised an eyebrow. "I guess the honeymoon didn't go so well,"he chuckled at his joke.

Ash then came running out of the room and past the man. "Man, things really didn't go well,"he added to himself.

"Adara! Adara! Come back!" Ash yelled as Adara ran down the parking lot. Ash chased her. "What's going on?!"he yelled the question for her to hear. Adara was still breathing hard, she stopped and turned around to look at Ash. He also stopped in his tracks. He saw the tears streaming down Adara's face.

"I don't belong here! I never did! I dint belong anywhere! I am not a human! Neither are you!"Adara yelled throughout the quiet night. "Adara! No one ever truly knows where they belong,"he told her as he began slowly walking towards her. "Then why are we here!? You've already attacked those bad men that YOU want to hide from!" she yelled at him with tears. "No! We may of fought them once but that doesn't mean we could do it again!"he yelled. "Yes it does! For years humans have hurt me! It's our turn to fight back!"she yelled at him as her tears dried up and only anger can be seen in her eyes. Flames surrounded Adara as she turned into a phoenix. As soon as she was a phoenix she flew away. "Adara! Revenge will never help!"he yekeld back as he turned into a phoenix and followed her.

Ash knew that because of Adara's past, she believes all humans are monsters. He knows if he doesn't stop her then she'll get hurt.