All The Afflicted

Metal Shard

"Why don't you go fetch us some food or something, Dust" Stunner emotionlessly says.

"She's not your maid, stuns" Ahlex snaps.

"Okay, jeez, I was joking, man"

Stunner trying hard to sound apologetic, says.

"No. You don't treat her like that!" Ahlex raises his voice.

"It's fine, guys!" I yell. "he was kidding, calm down Ahl!"

Ahlex looks at me softer now, noticing his new nickname.

"I'm sorry." and with saying that, Ahlex stands up, turns the other direction and strides out. I get up and run after him.

He walks faster, hearing my footsteps. "Ahlex c'mon." I say sternly. "I was defending you!" He sputters out the words, practically spits them in my face.

"It was a joke! listen to yourself!" I try to say it as nice as possible but, he takes it the wrong way.

He lifts his hand up and I cringe, thinking he gonna hit me. He goes to swing and Cas walks up behind us and knocks him out with a swing of her fist.

"You're really good at that, aren't you?" I ask her.

"Yeah, I've had practice and he's my dummy."

We both laugh.

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The next day Ahlex apologizes for his pathetic outbreak and for almost hurting me. So him, Ben and Stunner all went out somewhere.

They didn't tell us where.

I was stuck with Cas and she started to tell me how there are tons of different types of Dusk Butterfly's.

"There are Spell Junkies." she's says,

"They are pretty powerful because their body's allow them to be taught a wide variety of spells. they aren't born with them"

"Oh, that's amazing." I sit still listening carefully to what she says.

"They almost all have the same personality"

"What's that?" I mutter.

"They are the rebels. the hippies. the grunge. the sad, druggies."

"Oh" is all I can say. it almost sounds I could be one of them.

"Them there's the elemental's" she says cheerfully. "each one holds element, you know what the elements are right?"

"Of course" I giggle.

"They master combat and they don't need to be taught spells because they're born with them." she's speaks the words as if she's said em before.

"Then there's The Dark Ones," a sly smile appears on her face making me smile. "they are malicious and evil. they kill and hunt for fun, and they use dark magic" she laughs with bright eyes and says "that's me, dude"

"I guessed, dude" mimicking her voice.

"There's The Light Ones, practically opposites." She's says with laughter in her voice. "The Friendly Ones, I hate them. and then Brain-Washed. think of them as huge zombie wolves." 

"oh, god." I mumble " that's...extremely terrifiing" I try to laugh it. I don't know who the Freindly Ones are or why Cas hates them, but I would like to find out.

Cas' face remains serious, her eyes drift off into the distance and she tells me we should go get coffee. I agree, knowing I actually could use some.

"Theres Coffee shops around here?" all i've seen are woods, creepy people, and more woods and a couple house. Discluding our cabin. 

"no, actually, I should of asked..." Cas speaks softly. I cock my head. "would you like to go get some rad coffee from the "human world?"" actually using the hand motions. 

I agree and we change forms. I press my paws on the wooden floor of the cabin kitchens, I walk forwards. After stumbling around and brushing agaisnt chairs, I somehow mange to make it out the door.  Being a wolf is so amazing, but when I am a wolf with wings, c'mon man, that's just....amazing. It's obviously something i"ve never felt before. But it feels as good as sex, bad sex, and bad sex still feels good.  

         We sprint through the woods at the same speed, as i'm running I see a dark shadow running towards me so fast I barely notice till it knocks me off my feet. I scream but the scream turns into a loud yepling/barking noise. In my blurred vision I see the groung getting closer to my face and my head impacts with the ground. Dust fills my eyes and lungs and I start to gag. A soft sting covers me like a blanket. When I lift my head and stand up, a more powerful sting covers my shoulder and blood blankets the spot in which I was standing at. My heart immeditly starts to race and I realize a metal shard is sticking straight out of my shoulder.  Oh god, no.  I start to howl and gasp, choking on the earth and air around me. Cas notices i've stopped and runs toward me, when she near me, I squeeze my shut and when I open were both humans again. I start to scream. 

"oh, hell" Cas says, "oh, hell!" she shouts. 

and she leaves, I see her blurry form running away. "Cas!" i scream. it's no use, shes not coming back, i'm gonna die. i'm gonna die. I sit, silently and push my myself against a tree using the strengh in my legs.  I slowly shut my eyes and blackness covers evrything, and it's the last thing i see...and remember.