[WARNING] this book may contain bad English / grammar errors
This is real? Ori questioned himself, then he saw Howl approaching.Ori then emerges from the bush that had cushioned his fall, so Ori and Howl were less than a meter away, if he is not real he cannot hurt me, right? while Ori was distracted in his thoughts, Howl picks up a trunk that was lying on the ground with his mouth and hurls it at Ori, Ori dodges again but was caught off guard by the blow of the howl's paw, Ori and thrown into a tree,Okay, it's real, real too much Ori said as he got up, he hears the howl running towards him ,so when he saw the howl approaching he invoked his spiritual bow and shot an arrow at howl, but the arrow only crosses it like Ori great, i can't hit him anymore but he can hit me Ori said in an irritated tone in his voice, Howl tried to bite Ori but Ori used his dash and dodged,i can't hurt him, so how am i defeated? Ori jumped on top of a tree while Howl was running after him, so Ori has an idea The cliff that leads to the Sunstone and the Gumo fortress, if I can get you there I- Ori was interrupted by a howl strike that hit Ori by hitting his belly, Ori was thrown again by hitting his back on a tree Ori groans in pain, in great pain and almost without energy he sits at the base of the tree then he looked down and saw his belly bleeding there was a deep wound the howl's claws had torn the skin they touched, so he hears Howl arrive Ori closed his eyes he put his hand on his belly to try to relieve the pain and try to stop the bleeding a little bit accepting his defeat, then again his chest started to hurt again, Ori squirmed in pain so the pain stopped Ori still with his eyes closed waiting for his death, he hears:
???: Are you ok?
Ori opens his trembling eyes and sees a figure in front of him, so he opens his eyes fully and sees tokk in front of him
Tokk: Hello again little spirit
Ori was very confused by the situation so he doesn't respond
Tokk: so... you need help?
Ori comes out of her trance of confusion and speech
Ori: Hm? oh yes, a little help with this injury will be good
Tokk looks at Ori confused.
Tokk:sorry, but ... what injury?
Ori was surprised by tokk's question
Ori: The one in my-Ori stopped his sentence when looking at his belly, the serious injury was still missing but...
Tokk: are you sure you are ok? Tokk asked a little concerned about Ori's behavior
Ori: yes I'm fine - Ori said confused
Tokk: if you're okay, then I'll be going
Tokk started walking towards the forest but stopped when he heard Ori say
Ori: Tokk how did you get here?
Tokk: remember young spirit, i am a traveler i always find i way to explore
Ori: ok but ... how did you know i was here?
Tokk: actually our meeting was by chance, i was just walking around so i heard some screams and came to check
Ori was a little embarrassed
Ori: did i scream too loud? -Ori says embarrassed
Tokk: Don't worry, I was just around here I doubt if anyone heard
Ori: I hope that no one has listened, and sorry for the scare
Tokk: no need to apologize, it was just a misunderstanding -Tokk says smiling to Ori Goodbye little spirit
Ori: goodbye tokk
Tokk waves to Ori and goes towards the forest, after Tokk disappeared in the woods Ori started to think,What the hell happened?, I'm sure I saw the howl and I was bleeding, all this was real, at least real for me, am i dreaming? or did I die? I wanted to know -after Ori finished thinking he started to feel really bad, a huge weight was thrown on his back, his feelings changed dramatically his happiness disappeared giving way to sadness and guilt, but this change only lasted a few seconds,Ori then feels something in his stomach a strong pain hit him, his vision became blurred he closes his eyes then he feels something rising in his throat, tears trickle from his eyes before he can vomit whatever it is he passes out from the pain.
Ori opens his eyes and realizes that he is again in the dark place of his nightmares
Well, well, well look who's back
Ori looks back and sees the same shadow from his nightmares
Believe me, more than ever I would come back here but I don't seem to have a choice
Who said you don't have a choice?says the shadow
Well, that and a dream cannot stop dreaming is not even
if you don't blame yourself, and learn to control your emotions maybe you wouldn't have nightmares
The shadow on the right side of Ori said
Ori I think it's strange that they didn't say anything negative to him, so he question
Why are they doing this?
What?
because they are being "nice" to me
because we are not your enemiesI
very much doubt
we are your friends, would have no reason to harm you
I think your perception of friendship is very different from mine, and even more how I can believe you after all what got me through
sorry for all that, we were just trying to make it stronger mentally and emotionallyit's not really us who are your enemies, your real enemies are the ones you call "family"
and why should i believe in you?, they love me and i love them they always supported me and helped me in difficult times
just stop to think a little, who do you think was the culprit of the blindness of the forest?
there is no culprit, the reason for the blindness that happened was just a way for Kuro to protect his last child and she only did it because she was blinded by hate
wrong my child, sein was the culprit he launched that great wave of pure spiritual energy, all this to call you even though you were still small and didn't know what that call meant
Ori looked away and crossed his arms with a slightly irritated and questioning face
if you don't believe, stop and think again Naru was also at fault she prevented him from going to the tree, she prevented him from listening to the so-called sein.
No, mom was just trying to protect me she didn't know it was going to happenOri says in a frustrated tone
But I knew what you were and what the spiritual tree meant to your people.
Ori's frustration vanishes and gives space to for questioning Is it really true? sein was to blame for the blindness? NO, that is not true sein and mom would never do it right ...?Ori's thoughts were racing in his head. He no longer knew if he could trust the shadows or his friends.
well, it looks like you have to go now, think about what we said
Hm?... wha- before Ori finished his sentence the floor beneath him opens, causing him to fall into a limbo of darkness, then he wakes up.
AAAAAAAAAHHHHH -Ori wakes up screaming and jumping with fright, but he doesn't realize that Naru was carrying him so Naru also gets scared and loses his balance and the two fall to the groundNaru: MY BABY, ARE YOU OK? -Naru says sitting on the floorOri was recovering from the fright of his nightmare and the fall, says:Ori: yes mom i'm fine -Ori says rubbing his head
TO BE CONTINUED...