Here's chapter 16. The next two chapters will come out really fast now that the end of the story is almost here. I know a lot of you will love and swoon over the next chapter. I can't wait.

Enjoy this one.

Vibrant lights break through the dark cloud cover above burns Atreyu's eyes. The sound of waves seep up to the shore in the eye of the darkness, wait a minute, Atreyu thought. He lifts his head up gazing at the unfamiliar sights around him.

He laid on a beach of sand a few feet away from the sweeping shore, and to his left stood a huge palace on high rocks and hills. Atreyu didn't know how he got there but what worried him more was that nowhere in sight did he see the Queen Lucy.

Atreyu gets up and from behind him which he did not yet see until now were animal footsteps which lead into the woods. Atreyu follows them up into the woods and then they couldn't be seen anymore.

Atreyu pushes long grass and hedges out of the way to take a look at the ground beneath him to study a print. He swoops his hand over the track picking up strands of black and grey hair.

In the distance Atreyu could suddenly hear a distant scream belonging to Lucy. "Lucy!" He exclaims getting up and darts fast through the woods towards her screams. "I'm coming hold on Lucy!"

Atreyu now had a sense in direction of where Lucy was, upon a hill laid large masses of rock and he bolts towards them.

On arriving Atreyu saw Lucy shivering between a corner of the rocks. He tries to dart over to her as Lucy began to tell him to watch out but couldn't finish it when a dark limb swipes him away off of his feet and falls on the ground.

It all happened so quickly that Atreyu had a whiplash moment before coming back to reality. Atreyu felt a sudden sharp pain on his left side below his torso. He looks over and touches the wound where it bled.

"So we meet again," Said the familiar harsh and shaky voice of Gmork the werewolf. "You've arrived just in time. I was just about to explain to Lucy again why you two cannot stop the Nothing."

Atreyu didn't say anything, he only heaves in every breath he made in agonizing pain as his cut bled more and more.

"There is nothing you can do to save this world anymore. This land will be gone by the afternoon. Which is only two hours away and you both still don't know what to do to save it." Gmork continued on.

Lucy furrows her brows and mouth nervously as she watches Atreyu falter more around his fatal wound. She wanted so badly to cross to his side. Lucy tried by stepping forward but Gmork whips his head fast at her and growls. "One more move then I will rip you into shreds girl." His fierce fangs collide as he bares them.

"If you know we'll fail," Atreyu speaks hoarsely as he felt weak. "Why are you taunting us both then?"

"Like I said before boy I enjoy having the control and power," Gmork growls. "I want you both to recognize that before you are taken out of existence."

Atreyu places his palms on the ground as he grew more lethargic fighting to stay up.

"Looks as if you'll be dead before the Nothing will actually get here," Gmork chuckles viciously at Atreyu.

As Gmork continues to tease Atreyu Lucy had grabbed a stern stone and made her way quietly behind the werewolf and strikess him hard with it straight across the back of his head. Gmork lets out a ferocious roar which made the rocks above fumble down towards them.

Lucy quickly makes her way to Atreyu and carefully throws his right arm over her shoulder gently getting up in a fast pace to get away from the tall rocks. Lucy began to move too fast that when they got out she trips over a root without looking where she was going beneath her and Atreyu falls on top of her completely silent and motionless which frightened her.

Lucy saw Gmork come after them, his face full of dripping blood and deep anger. He lets out one last roar and then a pile of big boulders and rocks came piling in on him. Lucy turns her head to not look and drags herself and Atreyu further out of the way to a clearing until the falling rocks came to a stop.

Without hesitation Lucy sits up and cradles Atreyu's head in her arms. He was still alive as he exhaled in low hoarse manner and slightly looks up at Lucy. "Hang in there okay," Lucy tells him taking some form of flask out from her belt.

Atreyu couldn't remember much after that moment, except a strong taste of sweet serenity and drifts off into a dream.