Chapter 9

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The cage rattled around me as the big Black Wolf flew towards a mountain range. When I looked closer, I saw that the mountains were actually volcanoes!

I started rattling the bars of the cage, hoping that it would distract the Wolf from dropping me into a vat of lava. "Stop moving, or you're dead."  The wolf warned me. Now, don't get me wrong, but I really don't want to die, so I stopped moving with an indignant snort and sat in the middle of the cage. Soon, the Wolf landed roughly on a hot stone floor. "Now be quiet, or you're lunch meat for the other prisoners." the Wolf snarled at me. I shivered at the thought of the other prisoners eating me, so I stayed quiet until the Wolf shoved me into a cell."Guards! Come guard this..." He paused and looked at me with disdain."... human... and don't let him out of your sight. If he escapes, well, let's just say that... you won't be seeing light again." Five guards rushed to attention and positioned themselves at the entrance of my cell. I huffed and sat down, seeing that I wouldn't be escaping any time soon. As I looked around the cell, I noticed that all the other  building I had seen in Narina's world were beautify carved, smooth, and white.  Here, though, everything was just hacked brutally out of the obsidian-black stone walls, and in some places, molten lava was oozing out of cracks and gaps in the ceiling and walls.  I shuddered when i saw that some of the lava was slowly creeping into some of the prisoners' cells, forcing them to stay along one wall or corner. "What a hideous place," I thought. "Who would ever want to live here, knowing that you could burn up at any time?"  I was still thinking when a charred black lump was tossed through the bars to me. "Dinner. Eat up; you won't be eating until tomorrow night."  I almost protested to the guard, but caught myself, remembering what the wolf had said on the way here. I stuck my tongue out at the black "food" and nudged it away from me. Assuming that it was night, I curled up on the hot, stone floor and slowly  drifted into sleep. 

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