Werewolf 2: Dungeons and Werewolves

Chapter 18: Coming Together

Stampy couldn't help but give Stacy the cold shoulder when he saw her appear all of a sudden. After everything that's happened over the past few days... or months... even years. And yet after what he saw in that crystal ball... all he could think of was why?

"I'm so sorry..." Lizzie mumbled, her head on Stacy's shoulder.

Stacy growled and pushed Lizzie away. "Don't touch me! Traitor!"

Lizzie had some tears forming in her eyes, but she was holding them back. Julia leaned over to Moon Moon's ear and asked, "What's happening?"

"I don't know, I'm just as lost as you," Moon Moon whispered back.

"I didn't mean to shoot you..." Lizzie said, turning around and pointing at Stampy. "I meant to shoot him!"

"Excuse me?" Stacy said bluntly.

"You said you knew she was a werewolf... why did you try to shoot me, Lizzie?" Stampy asked.

"I was aiming for you... right between the eyes, it should've been a perfect shot... but Stacy got in the way. So I lied and said I knew she was a werewolf... I guess I was right but I didn't mean to kill her!" Lizzie explained.

"You had silver bullets... HOW DID YOU NOT NOTICE?" Stacy shouted, causing Moon Moon and Julia to hide behind the Aether dragon.

Lizzie sighed and had a look of distress on her face. She had no idea what was happening anymore. "I don't know... I guess we lived peacefully for so long I... I just don't know what's happening anymore. Why would I kill my best friend? Stacy, you didn't know this but I was dead too. Someone killed me and I was stuck in that Inferno too. I can't predict the future, and apparently, Cassie can. I just want to go back in time, and stop all of this from happening. I would've been fine living with werewolves, but when they start killing my friends. That's one thing I can't accept. So let's just calm down and try to find out what Ein is doing. Alright?"

Everyone was silent and no one made a sound. You could hear the beat of dragon wings from the outside, and roaring along with other creature sounds in the distance. Stacy had an angry look on her face, but it turned into a smile when she looked at Stampy. Though he wishes that he could do the same.

"Is everyone done arguing now?" Moon Moon asked. "Can we come out?"

"I don't know why you hid in the first place, but yes. It's safe." Romeo said.

"Romeo? You're dead! I saw you get hanged right in front of me!" Stacy gasped.

Romeo simply chuckled and nodded slightly to Stampy. "Well, he was my way out. So thank him that I'm alive."

The tensions died down and everyone started to talk, but Stampy just stayed isolated from the rest of the group. Sometimes he would overhear something that would make him clench his fists, and that eventually caused his left arm (specifically his shoulder) to hurt. I fought Grazer over her. Why did I even do that? Was that even real? Am I real? It all seemed so simple with the easy magic and werewolves. Now there's dark magic, prophecy pools... what's real and what isn't? Was what I saw through the crystal ball real or just an illusion? Please, Notch... let that be an illusion... Stampy thought.

I wonder how Grazer is back home. I wonder how New Growler is. Olivia is probably confused but she'll be happy to see Axel again. Where is Axel anyway? I should find Lukas, he would be proud of everything Radar is doing for the town. At least that's what Olivia told me. Maybe once Ein is stopped... I could help out with the town. Now that Cassie's back she'll probably want her shop back as well. So much is happening so quickly, it's almost insane. No. Seeing Stacy kiss Ein is insane.