Four Paws and A Tale

The Real Chapter 30: Jacob

Pixie fell. I looked out the hole. There was no sign of her, only a river, fast flowing, icy, I saw bubbles in it as Pixie sank into its bottomless depths.

My vision blurred, obscured by a puddle of liquid which pooled in my eyes. I felt myself weaken and the black tint disappeared from my sight, I'd been released from the Shadow Shards hold. I turned my head to Archie, pure hatred and murderous intent were clear on my face. He merely laughed.

A large wave swamped the room, catching Archie by surprise and causing him to choke. It pulled me up and threw me out the hole in the wall, Archie caught the wall and stopped his fall.

Glair jumped out the hole, she caught me with her tail and started gliding away from the castle. I saw Tertle dive out the hole in the wall, into the river below.

Glair landed in a snowy forest, at the edge of the frozen lake. We sat in silence, I don't know how long we waited but eventually a Tirtouga surfaced from the lake and crawled towards us, he looked sad.

"It's too late. She's gone."

We sat in silence a little longer before I stood.

"We need to go back to the guild."

Glair, Tertle and Pixie (Wait, scratch that last one, not Pixie, because you know... She's dead), the pair looked at me solemnly.

"I'll explain on the way. Pixie wanted to save the world. Let's make it happen."