The Wolf in Me

Chapter 22.2: Death Battle

Ethan POV

"Do you swear loyalty to the Dark Lord?" James asked Daron.

"Not until I have breath in my body and blood in my vein," said Daron.

"Fine then," said James and strapped both of us to the walls. "Then DIE."

And so we waited in great fear as Will came towards us. My heart was pumping very fast but it seemed that Daron was calm, he probably knew he was going to die and so didn't make a fuss about it. Both of us had our hands tied to the walls and waited as Will came towards us. His eyes were red and he was growling with very large teeth.

"Will! Don't do it!" I said to him.

"I'm sorry Ethan," he said, "but I must, my master has commanded me."

The pain was on my body. I looked down to see that my chest had a lot of hair on it and my toe nails became black claws. My eyes became gold and soon I had claws in my hands. Muscles appeared on my bare body and then my snout became large. I grew in size then and my trousers were ripped off. I quickly pulled my front legs and then ripped the chains down.

I was for some reason feeling very wild like I was not in control, obviously it was because Daron was not using his magic to keep me sane, and so I felt like the first time I changed. I felt pain in my body and almost like a normal werewolf without any magic, but still I had some sense left in me.

I got down on four legs and began to growl and move in circles and then I jumped at Will, and bit him in his neck. I bit him many times and clawed him too but he was too strong. My teeth could barely cross his thick fur and do any real damage to him. Though he couldn't hit me in the beginning, he suddenly swung his hand with giant claws and knocked me to the wall beside Daron. I turned back to human and was very weakened. I was covered in the dirt of the dungeon below and my body was paining too much. I tried to get up but could not, and so I fell to the ground almost unconscious.

"Ethan!" Daron said to me as he came towards me and then pointed his palms at me. "What grace has been given to me, let it pass to him."

His hand glowed white and I felt strong, but still couldn't get up. Daron suddenly looked at his hand and then was horrified. "Why isn't this working?"

"Silly elf boy," said Will, "Do you think your powers will stop me? You are nothing but a fairy, without your magic you are as good as any human."

"No," said Daron. "For my skill resides to not only the use of spells, for I am Daron Darkslayer, son of Jairus the Wise, and I am well-rehearsed in sword and spell."

And so Daron pulled his chains with full power and broke them. He came towards Will and started to use the chains as whips. It looked like he was on fire (literally). I felt his heat on my body. Where he touched Will, it burnt his hide away. Though it seemed good, I knew that it was not because he was dying, he was burning because his spirit was leaving his body and as it left it burnt away his body.

He wounded the werewolf very much and with his fire burnt away his rawhide. But soon Will but him again on his chest and threw him at the wall right beside me.

"Puny draconimus," Will said, "You cannot kill me, I will kill the both of you!"

I soon found a lot of strength within me. It was not Daron's magic but rather my own powers that did it. I got up and then turned back into a wolf. I then jumped at him and where Daron had wounded him a month ago with his sword and then burnt with his fire, I plunged my teeth and it went down his body to his neck.

The werewolf whined as he fell down and was killed. Though he was not really killed, he fell unconsicous and I and Daron had won.

I quickly went to Daron who appeared lifeless, I could not speak then but only whine. I with my snout touched his nose and then licked his face like a dog does. I with all my heart wished for him to not die, I tried to tell him to stay alive for a while. My tail was wagging as I expected him to soon rise up and hug me in happiness to see me alive, but he did not.

"Daron!" I tried to say to him. "Stay alive, I'll go out and get some help."

But then it hit me, I was in a castle with vampires, I did not know how I was to help him. But still something told me to just try and help him. Suddenly Daron's body cooled down as he appeared lifeless, he seemed to have died.

"DARON! NO!" I shouted as he fell dead.

I whined and cried and sat down on his lifeless corpse. The sorrow was so much that I turned back to human form, never did I cry so much. I hugged his dead body and kissed him on his cheek as many times as I could, wishing him to rise, but he did not.