Chapter 37: The Odd Advice

WISP

    The grey wolf yawned. Lately, they've been travelling in daylight more than usual. "To see the path," said Shadow, but Wisp could see the road as well in the dark.

    Snuggling beside him was his and Midnight's friend, Mist. The pale grey fur had deeper grey swirls on them, painting a wispy image of the mist.

    Wisp's ears perked upwards as he heard the camp in a lively time of the day. Where humans were bustling, other animals as well, the wolves were a new addition to the morning glory.

    Beside him, Mist began to wake, but not quite.

    A familiar mahogany wolf strode towards them. It was Ironide. Wisp, to be honest, was quite relieved to have him around. The wolf was always kind to him.

    "Good morning, Wisp," he grunted.

    "Mornin'," the sleepy-headed Mist replied instead. She rolled over before dozing off again.

    Ironide offered a smirk in amusement. "We're heading off again, Chief Darke wanted to make sure you're ready to go."

    Wisp sniffed. Lately, his father was spotlighting the attention to him. Wisp was as well his only family left.

    Except Wisp doesn't accept the fact.

    He knew Midnight was still out there.

    Somewhere... Somewhere...

    "Oh, yeah," Wisp replied. "I'm good."

    "There's a deer by the chief's resting place for breakfast," Ironide offered, "still fresh."

    Wisp nodded and stood up, and shook his fur. He looked at Mist, who was still fast asleep, and left for breakfast.

    Wisp was familiar with the new routine. Sleep, some other wolves hunt, eat, leave. Everyday.

    They often only get a meal a day, and the unlucky ones wouldn't even get much left.

    However, food wasn't the problem. Water was. Sometimes, the water hole they found was dry, and the river they have been following was thinning away. Sometimes, the river was murky, so the wolves didn't dare drink it.

    There was a large deer on the ground, it's antlers intertwining with the grass, leaves and branches. A few young pups were playing with it, batting, scratching and licking it. Wisp was a little old for that.

    Ripping meat from it's hind leg, Wisp noticed Shadow nearby. He was pacing around, which wasn't normal, staring at the ground as if the grass was blue.

    Feeling full quickly after his meal, Wisp strode over to Shadow. "Hey, Shadow, what's wrong?" he asked.

    Shadow glanced up. "I- uh-"

    "What's wrong? Is it my father?" Wisp asked. Many wolves had the tenancy to feel awkward when talking to Wisp about the chief, so the young wolf thought that might be it.

    Shadow swallowed and nodded. "His condition... it's getting worse."

    "How?" asked Wisp.

    "He's weakening so rapidly, it's insane," Shadow replied, sighing, looking into Wisp's eyes.

    Wisp blinked, but Shadow still stared at him. "Mhmm," he finally said and Shadow averted his gaze.

    Shadow sighed. "How can I break this to you?" he muttered. "You're young, Wisp, and if your father makes you Chief, I'm sorry to say you're inexperienced."

    "The wolf generals can help me," said Wisp.

    Shadow grunted. "Aye, but as an advisor, I would always be your... say, partner. Only, if you're young and gullible, it's dangerous for you to make decisions," he said, slowly, and Wisp wondered if Shadow wanted to be chief.

    "Shadow, are you-"

    The advisor cut him off. "I'd be honoured to advise you in many paths in the future, Wisp," he said, bowing down.

    Wisp was stunned. What's going on with Shadow? Is he thinking that... I'm getting RID of him?

Author's note: Darn, I forgot to post last week. Sorry guys. School made me lose memories of some things I should remember like important event dates and posting schedule. Like, seriously? Anyway, this chapter is a bit short, sorry.

Chapter 36: Magic Battle

DUSK

    The wolf was stunned and confused. First, there was a tree monster. Then there was a silver dragon. Now, the silver dragon has her in her clutches, breathing out fire at their foe, a flying dinosaur.

    Dusk had never felt so helpless or confused in her entire life.

    Dusk convinced herself not to look down. The ground seems to be so far away, dotted with green, black, brown, grey and white. She felt a tug as the silver dragon sharply turned right, and the ground beneath her swirled as well.

    She gulped and looked ahead.

    The deep blue sky was dotted with stars, and Dusk was closer to them than she ever was.

    The stars blinked out and reappeared.

    Dusk felt the talons loosen then tighten itself firmly around Dusk without actually hurting her.  She only wished the dragon knew how to hold her right and not drop her or even find time to land and drop her off in safe ground.

    Beside Midnight.

    That, however, was impossible. The dragon was engaged in combat.

    Blue fire burst out once more, Dusk feeling the heat, the sky tinted with a bright blue light. The dinosaur swooped away as the dragon chased it, fire still bursting from the dragon's mouth. Dusk couldn't see well from underneath it's underside of silver-blue scales, but she could see the view quite well.

    Suddenly, the dinosaur was attacked by a sudden burst of water. There was a brown hawk in the skies, water orbiting it's body. When the dinosaur faltered, the hawk used the orbiting water to act as a beam, directed at the dinosaur, and it crashed down. "I hope I didn't hit you, Sigma?" asked the hawk, it's voice a little sharp.

    Sigma shook his head. "Thanks, Beta."

    Then, before the hawk could reply, the dragon extended his wings and fluttered downwards towards the ground, towards the denser trees. Dusk could hear the beating of his wings slow down as they neared the ground. She hopped off towards the ground, feeling the shaky ground beneath her paws. She looked back. A towering dinosaur was battling a black wolf. Dusk recognised the wolf, it was none other that Midnight.

    Dusk felt the feeling of dread creep up her. The black wolf was climbing up the creature at a quick speed, but a few voices called out, "Midnight! Get out of the way!"

    Another said, "Midnight! Watch out!"

    Suddenly, water crashed down on the creature and Midnight. There was laughter. Dusk knew who did it. The one with water from above. Beta.

    "Hey! Beta!" Dusk screamed, looking up, the brown hawk laughing. "Stop that!"

    The hawk's eye gleamed dangerously. It turned into a mammoth and was free falling towards the triceratops... right where Midnight was.

    "Get out of the way, Midnight!" Dusk screamed. If Midnight died, she didn't know what to do.

    She found Midnight, that's good enough. All she has to do is try to locate Wisp and show him her sister. Then, everything's well.

    Midnight is the chief.

    Midnight agilely leaped off the triceratops as Beta came crashing down. The earth shook at the impact.

    The triceratops was reduced into rubble.

    There was the flying dinosaur and tyrannosaurus left. Sigma the dragon was fighting the flying dinosaur, clawing each other mercilessly. Sigma burst flames from his mouth, and the hatzegopteryx's large body aided Sigma in more chances to hit the dinosaur. Charred, the hatzegopteryx went down in flames, crashing on the soil.

    On the ground, an enraged Midnight was clawing the dark tyrannosaurus's back as Beta showered the creature with water with a grey-black-white wolf's help. "Midnight, get off!" a clear voice said, which came from a winged wolf. At once, the black wolf jumped off the dinosaur's back.

    The blue winged wolf stood beside a black and white wolf, who were chanting. The orbs around the winged wolf glowed yellow and the black wolf's eyes glowed in the same hue as well.

    Suddenly, lighting came crashing down. It struck the tyrannosaurus as the surrounding creatures fled. The bright light was a cause for Dusk to squeeze her eyes shut.

    When she opened them, there was a charred picture on the ground, piled on it was timber and rocks.

    Dusk gulped.

    In this world, there was something she was oblivious to.

    Magic. 

Author's Note: I decided to keep Dusk's perspective! Yay! I've planned so much, I can't wait to write them!

Guys, before your character's die for real you might want to comment...

Chapter 35: Prehistoric Battle

MIDNIGHT

    At least ten trees had transformed. Eleven with the T-Rex clutching Dusk. Sigma turned into an equally fearsome dinosaur and began to clash with the creature grasping Dusk. Sigma had an advantage. As the creature's forearm was occupied with Dusk, Sigma knocked the creature over, pulling Dusk over to him.

    Dusk looked terrified. Midnight could understand why.

    Lambda had been chanting more spells, creating homing blazing fire around him, targeting for the creatures. Some caught on fire. Some didn't.

    Epsilon was turning back, charging into the forest. Why, Midnight didn't want to know much about it. Delta was as a large grey mammoth. Delta slowly walked towards a tree-stegoraurus. The stegosaurus roared at Delta, and Delta trumpeted back. A blast off fire crashed against a velociraptor. The stegosaurus' head was crushed underneath Delta's mighty foot, but it resisted. Furious, Delta trampled across it, returning the creature into earth- woods and rocks.

    Beta! Midnight suddenly remembered, turning around, seeing her nowhere in sight. Where is she?

    Suddenly, a creature touched down from the skies beside her. It was Comet- err- Omicron. The arctic wolf them shifted into a grandiose winged wolf, standing on his forelegs, and then dropping down to all fours. The crystal bracelet on his tail was no more. Instead a blue orb danced around him.

    His wings fluttered gently as he cried out a spell, the orb's glow expanding. Alongside Lambda, his orb burned and shimmered white. Fire burst out, but instead of being red flames like Lambda, Omicron's flame was white. Blazing white fire.

    They danced around him, attacking the surrounding creatures, and those who were targeted burned down. However, when the grass started blowing, a splash of water would be aimed at any burning spot aside from the creatures. It was Beta, laughing, flying in the sky, her brown fur glinting in the sunlight.

    Midnight wasn't all that pleased.

    Omicron was shying from one spot to another as lighting crashed down around him. It was a spinosaur attacking him. "Zalzedj!" cried Omicron and the earth underneath the spinosaur rushed up, throwing the creature upwards, where it was near to level with Delta, who sprayed him with high-pressure water. It then smashed against a carnotaurus.

    The T-Rex was being burnt slowly by Lambda, but it seemed like there was no change. The T-Rex was then harassed by Delta, who was trying to move it. The T-Rex, annoyed, snapped at Delta, who dodged in time, and the T-Rex started to rampage towards Delta. Trumpeting, Delta shifted into a large snake and slithered away from it's crushing blows.

    Sigma was as a large dragon again for quite some time. He had Dusk in his talons as he fought a hatzegopteryx in the skies. Beta tried to help, but it was too risky as the two were moving so much.

    The final creature alongside the hatzegopteryx and the T-Rex was a massive triceratops. It's brown-black skin flared up as lighting flickered between it's two horns, directed for Sigma.

    Midnight couldn't just do nothing, she needed to help! She didn't need to, but she... she wanted to! She felt desperate to stand around doing nothing.

    The tricratop's lighting flickered. Good, far from perfect, noted Midnight.

    With that, she charged out of the forest and began to run for the triceratop. This better be something.

    Crash! The tree was as hard as a rock.

    Tilted it head to observe Midnight, it clearly saw a mortal. One who could die quickly, suddenly. Enraged and determined to live on, Midnight leaped...

    ...right onto the creature.

Author's Note:  Sorry for not posting last week. The Internet got cut off, so I hope this makes up for it. It's action time!