Lambda intimidated Dusk, but she was surprised when he said, "We need to talk."
Dusk and Lambda were walking through the woods. A distant sound of a woodpecker made itself clear in the air.
"What is it?" inquired Dusk. The wind blew back her fur, and her irritating long fur- err- feathers.
Lambda cleared his throat. "I'm sure Midnight told you that the advisor, Shadow, of your pack, is one of us, rising as a villain. However, out there, he is unable to perform magic because the land has little to no magic," he said. "He's trying to rise again. What can you tell me about him?"
"Hmm, first he arrived," Dusk said, "then the Chief started making plans for new rules. He said he was being too lax, thus the rules."
Lambda was nodding. "Mhmm, go on," he encouraged.
"After that, a silly quest named Pack Quest was established, where we had to travel to a ruins called Rygeane, grab a rune and go," said Dusk. "Then, a week after the chief's mate went off for the quest, she passed. After that, Shadow was the closest to the chief."
"I guessed," said Lambda, growling. "Manipulation."
"Excuse me?" yelped Dusk.
Lambda started to pace around. "Manipulation. Beta- the Shadow one- best plays magic in manipulation. Making things seem what they aren't, making things believable, that's what he's doing to your pack."
"What's he scheming?" inquired Dusk.
Lambda shook his head. "I shouldn't tell just yet, it might be wrong, but, again, I don't want panic to spread."
Dusk sighed. She was hoping for an answer. Still, Lambda had explained many things. About the fake incident of hunters, about the attack of the water hole. Shadow was playing them all as fools. Dusk wanted more than ever to strike him down.
Lambda nodded at Dusk's feathers. "You must be close to irritating him, what did you do?" he inquired softly.
"I... I can't remember," said Dusk. She tried many times to remember why she was alone without the pack but she simply couldn't remember.
"Either way," said Lambda, continuing, "he was trying to perform a spell on you. The Silent Misfortune, as we call it. Very difficult, and only skilled people can use it. It's words are very twisting, so Beta must have panicked when he was using it. Perhaps someone was stirring to life or that someone was approaching, then he sped up and slipped somewhere. Certain slips in the spell can cause many other things.
"A storm, for the earth to part, but he must have slipped in a minor part that he didn't notice. If he did, he would have stopped and cancelled the spell. Instead, he gave you wings."
"WINGS?" yelped Dusk. "What wings?"
Lambda nodded. "Wings. To be exact- a wing. Growing feathers is the first step, then, over the days, you will feel sharp pain as your bones modify itself and starts to grow out. If you ever need any help, any of us can calm you and reduce or take the pain away."
"Is there any way for me to get rid of this right now?" Dusk growled.
Lambda nodded. "Your choice, by either using alberteau, the spell of change, or ignisis, the burning spell. Using the changing spell will stop whatever has happened there in your bones unwanted, but the feathers remain. Using the burning spell, it needs to be used repeatedly over time, but if there are no feathers, the bones wouldn't want to modify until the body is suitable."
"That doesn't even make any sense," growled Dusk.
Lambda's eyes twinkled. "It's not like anything here makes sense, right? Either way, the less painful and effective way is too complicated and one slip might change you completely."
Dusk frowned. It was pain with or without wings or a risky spell.
"I'll keep the wing," she finally said. Wing sounded weird being a singular.
"It's your choice," said Lambda. "I advice you to meet up with Delta or Zeta some time around if you need any help with... your change. Theta can hide your wings if you're uncertain."
Dusk nodded, not knowing who they are.
The bushes rustled. Dusk was prepared for a fight when Lambda casually turned over. A horned steed entered the clearing. Dusk was flabbergasted. "A unicorn!" she cried.
"Yes," said the unicorn. "I am Chi, but you can call me Chie as well. Lambda, you called?"
Lambda nodded. "Chi, it's been a while, and I'm not sure if you'd still like to do it, but-"
Chi whinnied a little.
"Would you help me search this wolf's memories?"
Author's Note: I'm SO dead in the Blogger world. Don't worry, guys, I'm not going on a hiatus on this account because it's easy to access through my phone. Except I got busy and forgot yesterday and last week, so I'm terribly story. Ugh.
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