REVISED AUTHOR'S NOTES:

1/28/2022

So yeah, I'm revising some of these earlier chapters due to them being completely uncharacteristic of my writing. The TLDR is: You don't have to read these 'revised' chapters again if you're already caught up with the story. I'm just extending dialogue and character choices to better align with how they are later in the story. And obviously fixing continuity errors and grammar issues.

The only thing worth note if you're already a reader of this story, is (SPOILER START) - Fate talking about why Gale needs to be transported to the dragon realms from earth gets majorly fleshed out from the old dumb explanation. As well as making Ignitus and Fate seem less dumb and as incompetent as they seem in the next few chapters. Which was wholly a downfall of my own writing back then. Because it really wasn't their fault!

(SPOILER END)

For now I just have plans for revising the first 4 or so chapters, but I may do more in the future who knows

And the "Chapter 1" being off-center is fixed! Probably the most embarrassing error to have tacked on a story for 2+ years straight. Gives such a good first impression of the quality of my writing! Amiright? Ugh. Have fun with the revised version, peace for now.

Chapter 1

"A Cruel Fate"

The wind whipped past my hair as I cheered, "Woohoo!" I was flying on the back of a magnificent dragon, with scales as golden as the sun. It was a lucid dream, but… I felt alive. More than I did in the real world. The dream world I was in was untouched, vast lands for as far as my eyes could see on the horizon. The dragon below me not caring for the world, as it soared and flew almost like a dance in the sky.

I laughed as the dragon took a short dive making me feel funny, I could feel the beast give way to it's own chuckle, a feminine voice sounded, "Are you having fun?" It asked me, to my surprise.

I stuttered and answered, "Y-Yeah this is awesome. And you can talk?"

It merely huffed at my response, "Of course I can, I'm glad you're enjoying this!"

It fell silent as I suddenly felt odd, not realizing I was essentially taking advantage of the beast. We gently glided over a lake in a mountainous region, "You can land if you'd like. If you're tired."

It laughed as it did another twirl, "Nonsense, getting tired, in here?"

I smiled and fell right back into the enjoyment of having fun. We dived, twirled, circled, even had some fun free falling and letting the dragon catch me. Sometime later once we were peacefully soaring the dragon asked me another question, "If it's a dream, why not make yourself into a dragon and fly yourself?"

I did briefly consider it, but I smiled as I shook my head. "I can't. I'm a human, it would be like trying to ride a bike, without properly working legs, and never having driven one before."

We landed for the first time on the edge of a ridge overlooking a valley, with a gorgeous sunset. She shook her head, "Why, that's just silly. You seem to belong more in the sky than on the ground anyway."

I shrugged, "Trust me I'd love it. But I'd like to stay realistic, y'know? If I wake up and remember I'm not a dragon, it'd be quite a disappointing day, don't ya think?"

The dragon smiled, "But what if you could be a dragon when you wake up?"

I laughed with a raised eyebrow, "Well then, that'd be pretty cool. I wouldn't mind it. Like a dream!"

The dragon seemed to ponder to itself, "What's your name child?"

I sheepishly rubbed my neck, "Oh, my name is Gale."

The dragon lowered it's head and gave a small smile as it looked into my eyes, "Well than Gale, I hope we see each other again."

I nodded and before anything else was said, the dragon rose to its feet, my eyes widened, "Do you have a name?" I nearly yelled.

It looked back and smiled playfully, "You'll have to figure it out!"

The dragon took one flap and it was gone, soaring fast and graciously towards the sunset. I looked on, happy with the experience, but in jealousy still.

I returned to the waking world and immediately felt myself inwardly groan. My alarm sounded off loudly right next to me, and I forcefully shut it off. I had middle school to attend to… I heard my name called from downstairs, "Gale, are you getting ready?" I heard my sister call me.

I yelled back, slightly irritated, "Getting on it now!"

"Well hurry up! You've got to be there really soon."

I groaned to myself once again. It was the start of a new school week and I was not looking forward to the week ahead of me. I slipped on some grey shorts and a blue t-shirt, than I pulled on my black tennis shoes lazily. I went to the bathroom and fixed my brown hair, making sure to put on my glasses in the process. I've tried wearing contacts before, but my friends tell me it gets rid of my cyan eye color which they think all looks pretty cool. They're mostly cyan but they have a bit of a grayish look to them, I find them rather normal.

I finished getting ready and headed down the stairs, my sister was waiting at the door with my niece. "There's a waffle in the toaster, but you'll have to eat it on the way." I nodded and retrieved it from the kitchen and we headed out.

I currently was living with my sister and her husband. I didn't really have much of a choice, but I was fine with it, they were nice, and pretty cool. I just wish the circumstances leading to living with them hadn't happened! But hey, people lose their parents all the time. It was both their faults anyway, drinking and driving is bad kids! Though they must not have learned that at school, or parenting skills. Anyway, none of our aunts or uncles were around anymore so they just stuck me with my much older sister, which must've been a legal nightmare but my sister refused any other options. Especially after they offered foster care. She is twenty-three, and I'm still only fourteen…

My sister was nice enough, and her husband was a really cool guy. I just really don't get much more than like… friendship from them. Sometimes it brings me down, knowing that I don't have any parents to rely on for things. I tend to avoid hanging out at friend's houses because of it, seeing their perfectly functioning family just makes me feel so depressed. It's just unfair that it was essentially just a negative dice roll for me. I'm just happy my sister was already in her twenties, there's no way I would be able to get by in a foster home or something similar.

I arrived at school, got out and said goodbye. I greeted my friends on my way into the school and we conversed about the latest games and such. I entered the first period with a groan as I remembered, 'I forgot my homework last night…'

Two figures stood in a large open room, filled to the brim with books and other old papers. "I'm telling you! He belongs here, he shouldn't be able to make contact. I can feel it." A feminine voice said to the other.

"Even still, I can not upset the balance. We do not know if he would even agree. And are you suggesting that we simply take a child from his family, just like that?" A older gruff sounding male said.

The female huffed, "He said it would be a dream come true."

The male shook his head, "So tell me. If I were to fulfill this request using such volatile magic… Do you think this feeling you've felt would disappear? What purpose would it bring? There is currently no need, no, not with what is transpiring in the realms."

The female smiled mischievously, "You tell me what purpose it serves. Read this book." She said as she pointed towards a black, silver, and dark blue lined book on the table.

The male huffed, "That doesn't answer my question."

"Yes it does. Read his book, then-..." She searched around for a minute, and found another book. She gently slid it across the table towards him. It was a grey book, with cyan highlights and paper made seemingly from silver. "Then read this one, you may come to see just what I see."

The male sat for a minute in silence as he glanced between the two books, flipping through each he gasped in awe, "You didn't tell me he…" he paused for a moment, glancing wearily between the two, "If it's what I think you're trying to say…" He paused for another moment, "I will give it consideration."

The female smiled wide, "Thank you! I-"

The male interrupted, "Hold it! I said I will consider, this is still a very big task for such seemingly grave effects. You know what you'll be subjecting them to, I presume?"

She shook her head, "I know, but I also know you'll do it if you see things the same way." The male groaned, and they moved on to another conversation.

I was leaving school, but I wanted nothing more than to disappear right now. Mondays always suck, but that day was a living nightmare! My friends said goodbye and I halfheartedly returned the farewell. I approached my sister's car and took the back seat. "Well you look like you failed a few tests or something. What's wrong?" She asked me.

"Nothing," I groaned, staring out the window."

I could see her raise her eyebrows through the overhead mirror, "Is it a girl?" She asked with a mischievous grin.

"What? No!" I said in disgust.

"Then spill it short stuff." She said with a laugh.

"Fine, fine." I sighed, taking a deep breath, "I forgot my homework for the first period, then I got detention because of it being the third time in a row. Than my third period was extremely hard, I'm not good at math y'know, and why does it got to be mandatory? Then to top it off, another group of kids took our usual table at lunch, so we had to separate to random spots. And if that wasn't enough, I nearly bombed a presentation in fourth period! And all my classes gave me a ton of homework. Just an amazing day overall!"

My sister shook her head after a minute, "Stop forgetting your homework, I swear I'm going to tape it to your forehead." She paused, "Some days just don't go your way, and everything feels like it can't get any worse. Then somehow it always does get worse, you gotta try your hardest to pull through those days. You've done it before, I know you're strong enough.."

I nodded begrudgingly, "I just wish every day didn't feel like that." She didn't reply, just glanced at me worriedly through the mirror.

We continued on to pick up my young niece from preschool. Then continued on home in relative silence other than my Niece. Once we got home I went to my room quickly, I wanted nothing more than to stop thinking about my day, or my month, or my life for that matter! I didn't blame anybody but myself for my situation, not even my awful parents. So I resolved to take a nap. It didn't take long after throwing myself on the bed to fall asleep.

I opened my eyes, but curiously I realized I had shown up on the same ridge from my dream earlier. 'Ah, a returning dream. That's rare.'

I looked around but there was not much of anything in sight, the sun had set long ago and it was dark, but I could feel a sort of eerie feeling. Not a single sound was made from the forests around me, and I felt eyes on me from every direction. 'This is just a dream, I can just make the scenery different!'. I closed my eyes and thought of a nice warm beach in the middle of daytime, but I opened my eyes and nothing had changed.

I heard a sound in the forest down below. I looked over the ridge and my eyes met an extremely disturbing image. It was my mom and dad, but they were both mangled, but still somehow moving, then their faces twisted into a smile. I turned away horrified and nearly threw up. Once I looked back they had disappeared, but I could see two pairs of red piercing eyes look up at me from the darkness. I heard the flapping of wings above me, and the eyes disappeared quickly. "You look ill, are you alright?"

I turned and was met with the golden dragoness from early, she looked worried which I found odd. Not many dream characters thought about that stuff, I nodded my head, "I'll be okay."

She sat down next to me and we sat in a long silence. I noticed the forest sounds had returned, but I wasn't quite sure what caused it. "So theoretically, if you could be a dragon given the chance. Would you take it?"

The character was definitely odd, she acted real. I slowly nodded, "I have no attachment to being a human, and dragons are cool… So uh… yeah I guess? Maybe not, if I got dissected by the government."

She nodded, "But what about your world? Would leaving it behind bother you?"

I thought for a few moments, I mean sure, I'd miss my sister and her family. And some of my friends. But beyond that there wasn't much tying me down at all. In fact, old memories were all I was left ITV in this place. "Given the new world is habitable and I can be a dragon? Yeah, I'd take a deal like that. Sounds like an upgrade."

She smiled, "So you want to?"

I just looked at her kind of oddly, "You know, you're kind of odd for a… character. What is this questionnaire for anyway?"

She looked at me curiously, "Character…?" She seemed to come to a realization, "Oh! I'm not part of your dream. I'm real! I'm a celestial being!"

I laughed, "That'd be cool, wouldn't it?" So that's what's going on. It's a very realistic character that thinks it's real. Pretty funny. "And I'm the hero of humanity. A true god."

It huffed back at me, "Do not mock me… I'm real, I swear!"

I smiled, "I really wish you were right, but my brain is a powerful weapon."

It growled and rolled it's eyes, "So is that a yes for becoming a dragon and changing worlds? Mind you this offer is a real one, and permanent at that. Unless of course, you know an actual human with celestial powers."

A magical floating paper materialized with a pen, it looked like a contract, and just said "Do you consent to changing race and worlds?" I laughed again, "On the off chance you're not just a cruel joke of a dream, sure." I signed it and it disappeared.

She nodded and was standing up to take off, "So when does it take place?" I asked with a playful mocking smile.

She turned back, "As soon as you'd like."

I thought about it for a moment, "Well, then prove it. I'll do it tonight." She nodded.

"So, see you again later?" I said with a chuckle.

She just smiled and took off while yelling back, "Probably not!"

I jolted awake to my niece who had jumped on me, she was giggling incessantly as I groaned. "What was that for?" I said, sitting up and grabbing her playfully.

She giggled again, "It's dinner!"

I just nodded groggily, "Alright I'll be out soon, did you get your hands washed?"

She shook her head and ran out of the room quickly as I swung my feet over the edge of my bed. What kind of dream was that? It got really surreal near the end, and then I signed like a contract. Would I mind? Leaving it all behind? I took a glance around my room, and thought for a moment. Yeah, I guess it really wouldn't bother me much at all. There's no chance that was real though, so it's fine.

I put my glasses on and rubbed my eyes a bit, then stood up to go get some dinner.

Once again three beings stood in the large open library. One golden dragoness paced eagerly back and forth whilst she dumped as much information onto the other dragon as possible. An older blue dragon sat there in mild annoyance as it flipped through one of many books. "Anyway, he's already agreed and signed away his consent, so how about we get to it!"

A third dragon, with purple scales and slightly smaller than the other two, seemed to look weary from his pillow he sat on. "I'm not sure that's enough to allow it. Did you tell him how dangerous this could be?"

The golden dragoness looked at him in a questioning manner, "He agreed and signed on it, it wouldn't be our fault if he didn't mean it completely."

The purple dragon shook his head, "We can't be sure he meant it. You said it yourself, he thought he was dreaming the whole thing."

She huffed, "Well, then he'll be in for a surprise."

The purple dragon nodded but still looked curiously at the golden one, "You know, I still don't get why this matters so much to you."

The golden one groaned and sat down on a nearby pillow, "I've been watching him for a while, due to other circumstances, he unfortunately needs to change realms more than you may think."

The blue one looked up from the book and looked at her in disappointment, "I've told you not to stalk. And on beings from other worlds no less."

She shook her head, "You think I can just spy on anybody from any world? Do you know how stressful that'd be? No, the only reason I can even visit this one, is because he radiates the same energy as someone from our own realm."

The purple dragon's eyes widened, "Are you saying he's not from his realm?"

She shook her head again with an exasperated sigh, "No, of course not. I'm implying that his dreams all take place in the dragon realms…" The purple dragon looked sheepish as he laughed a bit. "Okay, Spyro. Energy is always sleeping out, everywhere you go, every person you , energy seeps out of one realm and into the next. Sometimes it's as simple as experiencing deja-vu, other times that energy flows into a specific being. And that's how you get people that vividly remember a "past life" which is really just the life of someone from a different realm. But this is most likely to happen with energy from your own realm." She paused to see if Spyro was following.

"Why'd you never tell me any of this Ignitus?" He said with a raised brow.

Ignitus shrugged, "It is… Unnecessary, unless for a situation such as this."

The Golden one continued, "Emotions cause energy to seep out more and more. So what's happening is, this kid's energy seeped out so much that it crossed realms and connected with something from our realm. Which is extremely rare. But now our realm is realizing some of it is essentially in another realm, and is trying to take back what it owns. At any… tragic cost that it may be."

"Are you implying the realms are sentient themselves?" Spyro asked, confused.

She shook her head, "Think of it more like… the laws of physics. And how they are an absolute that must not be disturbed. Well, that kid connected to something that is causing it to be disturbed, got it?"

Ignitus nodded in curiosity, "You never told me any of this, that's certainly a more interesting case than before. You should've led with that, Fate."

"This changes things. If he is upsetting the balance by being in his world, it may call unwanted attention to him. And if his species or world has not developed a use of any magical properties, he could potentially send his world towards destruction."

Spyro's eyes widened, "Destruction of his own planet? This is a lot more important than I thought at first." Spyro said. "I must ask though,"

"Hmm?" Fate hummed whilst scanning through multiple books quickly.

"How do you know so much about all of this?" Spyro asked inquisitively.

Fate in Spyro's opinion, had froze at that answer. Staring down at her book before looking up at him and laughing a bit, "We're celestials, Spyro, what kind of a question is that?" she slammed the book shut nervously, "Anyway you've got to wake up soon so… See ya!" Fate scrambled to collect her scrolls and books before moving to an unseen part of the library.

Ignitus shrugged at Spyro's expression, and nodded in agreement, "Yes indeed. It's nearing dawn, your time may be up for now."

Spyro bowed, "Thanks for having my opinion. See you soon enough you two." After that was said the dragon faded out slowly as if he'd never been there.

Ignitus said louder to the retreating Fate, "So, why exactly, am I just now hearing this?"

Fate paled, as she squealed and dropped some of her items, she turned to his face but quickly averted her gaze shamefully, "Hehe, I um… I was distracted?.." She gave a nervous smile.

Ignitus sighed and shook his head, and beckoned her over, "Get back over here. So that we can figure out how we're doing this…"

I yawned as I stood up from my seat on the couch. I have school tomorrow so it would be a good idea to get some early sleep. I said goodnight to my sister and she told me to take my niece Lucy upstairs for bed as well. I groaned, but agreed as she followed me up the stairs, when I heard a small voice from behind me, "Gale?" I turned as we reached the top of the stairs, the look she had made me feel really bad, as she looked at me sadly. "Why are you always so sad?"

I rubbed the back of my head and kneeled down to give her a hug, "I'm sorry Lucy, I don't mean to upset you."

She made a sound of annoyance, "No! Why are you sad! Not me."

I backed off a bit to look her in the face, "I… I don't really know, Lucy. I just don't feel like I belong here. I keep getting this weird feeling like I'm being torn apart, and it gets worse each day." How do you explain depression to a young child? I barely understood it, or knew if that was what it was in the first place.

She looked down at her feet and I expected her to cry about how I didn't like her or something, but she looked back up with an angry face, "Then why not go somewhere that makes you not feel that way?"

I sat there for a minute with a blank face, then I finally looked down with a sad smile, "I wish it was that easy." She looked at me curiously in the eyes, "Plus, if I left I'd make you and your mother upset, wouldn't I?"

Lucy nodded but also held her determined look, "I'd miss you a whooooole lot! But I want you be happy more than I want me be happy!"

I smiled at her and laughed a bit, "So if I suddenly left and went somewhere else, possibly forever, you'd just be okay with it?"

She nodded, "If it makes you not sad, yes."

I nodded amused, "Well, I don't think you're getting rid of me that easy. You just want all those cookies for yourself!" I said tickling her a bit as she giggled. I seriously doubt anything like that would happen anytime soon. But it was reassuring that my niece cared so much for how I feel. I stood back up and yawned again, "Thank you Lucy. Now why don't you go brush your teeth and stuff and get to bed."

She silently walked into the bathroom and did whatever she needed before bed as I got some pajamas on. As I was sitting on the edge of my bed I tried to figure out why I felt this way. It was as if something was pulling on my body or like my soul or something… it felt really distant but something was pulling on it and I didn't understand. I heard Lucy leave the bathroom and head to her room, I walked over to her door and knocked. I heard her say "Come in." and pushed the door open.

She was already in bed with the lights off so I just smiled, "Night Lucy."

"Goodnight Gale," she replied.

I closed her door, went to the bathroom, and readied myself for bed. I turned the lights off, then I lied down and set my alarm as I stared at my dark bedroom ceiling. I was falling to sleep rapidly, but as I was falling asleep I felt a huge tug. As if the feeling of near longing was yanked at from somewhere. I wrote it off as a mild muscle spasm and went to sleep with no such interruptions afterwards.

I had a dream. As if my body had been squashed and stretched and pulled through a tiny hole. And the inside looked like something I could never comprehend. It wasn't painful, but my brain felt overloaded. I awoke from my sleep, but to my surprise it was due to nature sounds and sunlight on my face. I groaned loudly and hoarsely yelled out, "Ashley, Lucy, it's not funny!" I knew my niece had a nature sound player to help her sleep so I assumed she got help from my sister to freak me out and open my curtains.

After a few moments of nothing changing I rolled over in my bed to try and… why did my bed have grass in it? Wait, why is my bed so hard and why does it feel like I'm outside!? And why does my body feel so weird!? I opened my eyes quickly and they burned for a few moments as they adjusted. But to my horror once I managed to adjust, I realized I was on the ground outside. I was laying on a grass floor in the middle of a clearing in some kind of forest or grove, they didn't even look like trees we had anywhere around my house! Had I been kidnapped?

The feeling of my body shifting with my weight was feeling even more off than I originally thought. I tried to stand up only to realize I felt completely different in every way, I fell forward onto my face after trying to stand, and that's when I noticed the pain felt farther away from the rest of my face, and that's when I realized I had a muzzle… My eyes widened and I frantically scrambled around to look down at myself.

Wait… wait a second.

That contract was REAL?

"This is a disaster!" Ignitus paced back and forth.

Fate just shrugged, "It went pretty good in my opinion."

Ignitus turned angrily, "You tricked me! I thought you would be more helpful than this due to your circumstance, but you're just as clueless!"

She held up her paws defensively, "Calm down. Neither of us have ever done this, and I gave you no reason to believe that he would be exactly where you wanted him! Look, we did it, he's here, he's a dragon, and more importantly he's in one piece. And not going to inevitably doom his own realm."

Ignitus just shook his head and continued pacing, "No, no this is not what my intentions were. He's completely clueless in the middle of some unknown realm, and we have no idea what he looks like, or where he is. And to say he's in one piece is a bit of a stretch!"

Fate looked at him oddly, "And what were your expectations? You'd get to give him some speech before landing him right down in the middle of the temple of warfang? This wasn't a prophecy of some kind, this was us trying to save a realm, with a hatchling attached to the end of the bargain."

Ignitus's face nearly seemed to redden back to his original color, "That's not exactly what I had in mind, but it is certainly closer than dumping him in the middle of nowhere."

She continued, "Also, he seemed pretty much in one piece to me!"

Ignitus growled and covered his face with a paw in annoyance and shame, "He's barely a few months old now!"

Fate paled, "You just said he was younger then before… I didn't think you meant… Oh… I now understand why this is bad for him."

Ignitus said nothing, only seeming to pace around faster. "So… Exactly how old is he now?" She asked curiously.

Ignitus just growled out an answer, "Only six months."

I started to panic mildly, but halfway through I stopped. Wait, this is nearly exactly what I had wished for. But how and why am I here? I surveyed my surroundings, they did not look like earth after closer inspections. The fauna was nearly entirely different, and completely alien like. There was a nearby rock with crystals protruding from it. I was about to walk again, but then I tripped. I was gonna have to learn how to walk all over again! The sudden thought made me nearly pale but I just groaned. It can't possibly be that hard right? I just have to stand on all fours and walk normally… kind of. Like a dog!

I quickly learned this was not at all how quadrupedal walking worked. Funny enough, imitating an animal is way harder when you are the animal. Or reptile, or… whatever a dragon is!

After trial and error I could stumble myself forward, but my legs felt weak after only a few moments of practice. Which brings me to another thing! Why does everything here look so ginormous? I felt like an ant in comparison to the trees that surrounded me, and the rocks nearby looked like boulders, maybe they were boulders. I don't know! Hell, even the blades of grass came up to my chest, which gives me very few explanations. One of which being, that I must be in a very large forest with massive ancient fauna. Or the other being, that it's because I'm a young dragon, which would probably be the worst of the two. But why would I be so young? A fourteen year old dragon should at least have… teeth! I don't even have teeth yet!

I shook my head and breathed deeply to try and compose myself. I managed to stumble close enough to the crystal rock, I didn't recognize the crystals, but they were pretty reflective and I leaned in for a closer look at myself.

I had very light tannish-grey colored scales covering my body, and my underbelly was a washed out cyan color. One of my eyes was cyan like they had always been, while the other was somewhat grayish with no cyan. It wasn't heterochromia, but the gray one almost seemed to be missing it's cyan coloring for some odd reason.

I had two white colored horns on the top of my head, that sat on the back and curled back outwards, while two shorter black horns came out of the back of my jaw and slightly pointed forwards, not enough to be useful though. Overall I thought I looked pretty cool for a dragon, but the only thing I could think of came out of my mouth, "Man, they're gonna think I'm a freak show if I ever get back home…"

And then I stopped and thought for a moment. Where would "home" even be? Was I still on earth somewhere? There's no way. Were there humans here? Other dragons? I groaned and put a hand to my head, or I guess it'd be paw now. Or would it be claw? Paw sounds better…

"Gahh! What is going on!" I felt my heart rate increase, and then I started to panic again, so I closed my eyes to take some more deep breaths.

I would admit though, that the area I was in was quite beautiful, if not intimidating. "Okay," I said to myself, "So, definitely not what I would expect, but also I'm not that disappointed with it either." I noticed my voice sounded a lot higher, not that it used to be much deeper, but it had lost any amount of aging I used to have. Which leads me to believe that I was young out of my two guesses."

I sighed, "This should be easy, you're a dragon now! A predator! Top of the food chain."

I looked down at myself and slowly felt less confident, "A dragon with no idea how to use his body, in an unknown world of some sort, with what seems to be a very young body."

I slowly started panicking again, "Am I even at the top of the food chain?" I frantically looked around me as I felt the forest nearly become darker and more sinnister by the second. My imagination ran wild, making me see things I knew weren't there.

I realized my panic once again and took even more deep breaths, "Look, you're here for some reason. Which means you've just got to figure something out. Who knows, maybe someone brought me here."

I groaned, "Man… I really hope I can figure out what's going on. Well I know what's going on. That contract was real and she left me to fend for myself in this dumb forest! If I ever meet her… I'll…" I grunted in anger as I tried walking once again.

"Ima fight her" I said simply, "That's my motivation to learn how these stupid legs work." I said, half truthfully.