Welcome to chapter three! I hope you enjoy! Don't forget to review!
(In the castle tower, approximately 2 o'clock in the morning)
Ash unlocked the iron gate of May's cell and released her, "Okay your highness, I'm gonna get you out of here. But first, there's something that I need to do..." May still couldn't see her saviour since it was so dark, the only things she could see were his glowing eyes, she nodded. "Kill the king, right?" "Yeah" Ash replied as he headed towards the door.
The raven haired teen took a peak around the corner at the bottom of the staircase, there were two guards standing by the window, they were inspecting the cup that he had knocked over earlier. Ash cursed quietly, "Okay, stay here...I'm gonna take those two out." May nodded, the aura user sneaked around the corner and stuck to the shadows. Once he was close enough, he slammed the end of his sword's hilt into the back of on of the guards heads. He then grabbed the other one and put his sword to his neck, "Where's the king! Tell me, if you value your life!" The guard looked terrified, "H-He's d-down the hallway t-to the l-left" Ash grinned, "Thanks..." The teen brought down the guard's head on his knee, knocking him out cold. May walked over to him with wide eyes, he rubbed the back of his head wit a goofy smile, "Sorry you had to see that..." May shook her head, "No it's okay, you did what was necessary" The two teens began to move down the hall, towards the highly decorated door. Once they were close enough, Ash put his ear to the door, there was no sound coming from inside. "The king must be asleep..." He whispered to May, "Let's just get it over with..." She replied, Ash nodded and slowly pushed open the door. Once it was open wide enough, he sneaked inside, followed by May.
The two teens could see that the king was sleeping soundly in his bed, Ash sighed, "Time to end this..." The raven haired teen sneaked over and raised his sword, meanwhile, May was looking around for something. Ash aimed the tip of the blade at the man's head, "So long pal" He whispered as he drove the blade into the king's skull, killing him instantly. Ash let out a sigh of relief as he sheathed his weapon, he noticed that May had lit a candle and was reading a piece of paper, she had a worried look on her face. "What is it May?" She looked at him, "You should take a look at this..." Ash raised a brow and took the paper from her, he began to read the fancy writing. "To my comrade in arms, King Fletcher. I am sending you this letter to confirm that you have the contract for our agreement to unite for world domination. I have sent this letter to the other three kings as well, keep the contract on your person at all times! There will no doubt be thieves and assassins that will try to steal it from you. If the information goes public, then it will be all over, it may even lead to an uprising. With your safety in mind, Lord Sheila." Ash was confused, "So, what this is trying to say, is that we need to kill the people who are involved in this scheme to be able to stop this war?" May nodded, "And get the contracts so that we can prove that these people intended to take over." Ash looked at the paper again, "Who's Lord Shelia?" May shrugged, "But by the looks of it, she's the mastermind behind all of this..." Before the two could say any more, a made walked into the room, "Shit..." Said Ash, The woman saw the bloody corpse of the king and screamed, her scream alerted the whole palace...
"We need to go! Now!" Ash shouted as he grabbed May's hand and ran out of the room and down the hallway, May had a hard job to keep up with his speed. Ash could hear the heavy footsteps of guards that were charging up the stairs towards them, he pushed May against the wall and pressed himself against her, this made her blush like crazy. The teen then pulled his cloak around them both, they were completely invisible in the shadows and the guards passed by without noticing. Once they were gone, Ash grabbed May's hand and began to run again.
Once they reached the bottom of the stairs, it was a choice of left, right or straight forward. May took over and pulled Ash down the left hallway, "How do you know the way?" Ash asked as they ran, "I *Pant* live here *Pant* stupid..." She replied, Ash could tell that she was struggling, being locked up in that tiny cell for ages had to have made her legs ache like hell. Ash scooped May up into a bridal state, making her yelp, and picked up the pace. "Which way?" He asked as they neared another turning, "Right, the a left and straight out of the front doors" Ash nodded and followed her directions. Soon enough, he came to two very large doors, he slammed them open with his shoulder and continued to run. The guards at the gate weren't expecting the intruder to come from behind, Ash made it by with little difficulty, he cursed when he heard the sound of galloping hooves. They would catch up in no time, he sprinted as fast as he could towards the town, perhaps he could lose them in the streets.
Ash, still carrying May, slowed to a gentle jog. He was panting and sweating, the teen had managed to get away, for now..."Uuummm, you can put me down now..." Said a slightly red faced May, Ash jumped, he had forgotten that he was carrying her in the chaos. "Oh! Sorry, I didn't realise..." He slowly let her down, she cringed slightly as her feet touched the cold, wet ground. An idea popped into Ash's head, "Stand on my feet." He proposed, May tilted her head in confusion, "What?" "Stand on my feet, then yours won't be cold." May thought for a moment, standing on this guy's feet did mean that she wouldn't risk stepping in whatever was on the floor, but it also meant that he would literally be embracing her. The thought made her blush like crazy. "O-Okay..." She mumbled shyly, Ash nodded and wrapped his arms around her waist, May stepped backwards onto his feet. All the while, a scarlet blush was on her face. The fact that May was an inch or two shorter than Ash meant that he could see over her head. May could feel the muscles in Ash's arms, he was very strong. The two began to walk forwards. As they walked into the main lit street, A few people gave them weird looks, but nobody pried any further into their business...
As they rounded a corner, they heard hooves galloping and the sounds of guards shouting, "Crap, they'll be here any minute..." Ash looked around, he spotted a barrel off to the side, "May, I need you to hide in there..." The brunette looked at him, "But what about you?" Ash grinned, "I'm gonna teach those guys not to mess with Ash Ketchum!" May's eyes went wide, "I only just realised that I didn't even know your name until just now!" Ash laughed. May stepped of his feet and lowered herself down into the empty barrel, there was a hole in the side so she could see everything that was going on.
As the guards rounded the corner, they spotted Ash standing in the middle of the street with his sword drawn, "There he is! Get the bastard!" A small crowd had gathered to watch the fight, Ash held out his sword, the guards took their battle stances. Ash looked them over, there were three, one was skinny and had two daggers, another was normal looking and had a sword and a shield and the last was slightly larger and was holding a steel war hammer. Ash grinned, "Which one of you retards wants to die first?"
Ash brought up his sword and blocked the downward slash attack from the guy with the sword and shield. He then grabbed the guards arm and pulled him towards him, the teen stuck out his foot and laughed as the guard's face smashed into the wall. "You'll pay for that you little brat!" He bellowed angrily ad he charged, attempting to smash the teen with his shield. To his surprise, the boy ran straight towards him. He brought up the heavy metal plate, ready to block whatever attack was coming, he felt a small thump on the shield and became confused, was that all he had? When he looked over the top of the shield, his mouth dropped, the kid was nowhere to be seen! "Ummm, over here..." He heard a cocky voice say behind him, he spun around to meet the hilt of a sword that had been smacked into his face, knocking him out cold.
The crowd cheered, the raven haired teen had used that guard's shield as a platform to jump over him! The other two guards were shocked as well, the kid was fast! The one with the daggers stepped forward next, "Screw taking you one on one, we'll both attack!" The other guard nodded, Ash sighed, "No honour huh? Oh well, extra people won't help you anyway..." Ash said with a cold grin, "Just be thankful that I'm not going to kill you..." The one with the hammer scoffed, "We'll see how long you can keep that cocky attitude..." This would be a new challenge for Ash, he had never fought more than one opponent at once before, he would have to be careful.
The one with the hammer attacked first, he swung his hammer to the left, attempting to take out Ash's legs. The teen jumped over the hammer and shoulder bashed the guard in the chest, he then dodged to the left to avoid the spinning slash from the guy with the daggers. Ash struck back by going in for a diagonal upward slash, the skinny guard managed to dodge but the larger one suffered a deep gnash on his main arm, Ash grinned, "That would slow him down!" He cheered inside his head, whilst Ash was pulling back, the skinny guy dived in and swiped his blade to the left. He caught Ash off guard and gave him a nasty slash on his left calf. Ash grunted in pain but quickly kneed the guard in the stomach, he gasped for air. The teen took the chance and grabbed him from behind, he then used him as a human shield to block the hammer swing from the guard's comrade. The metal made contact with the skinny guard's helmet and made a huge clang, the skinny guy was out before he even hit the ground. The big guard looked mortified, he could have just seriously injured his friend! He began to feel rage well up inside of himself, his glared at the raven haired boy, "YOUR GONNA REGRET THAT!" Ash smirked, "What are you talking about, your the one who hurt him" The guard couldn't take the anger any more and charged towards his target.
Ash had thought that the guard couldn't, but when he least expected it, the guard threw his war hammer and hit Ash in the side of the face. The blunt part of the hammer didn't do much damage because of the guard's weakened arm, but there was a sharp point on the hammer that opened up a slash above his left eye, blocking one of his eyes with a red liquid. Ash was furious, but then he realised something, the guard was now weapon less. He looked at the big guy with a death glare, he could see that the man was panting, blood was leaking from his injured arm. Ash held up his sword, "It's over" He said calmly, to his surprise, the guard nodded, "Indeed..." He managed to grunt as he fell to the ground, unconscious. Ash sighed in relief, the crowd applauded, it seemed that they had been waiting for someone to teach the guards a lesson. The teen looked over to the barrel that his acquaintance was hiding in, he saw her peak up over the top, she had a wide open mouth. Ash walked over to her, "Are you okay?" She asked worriedly, the raven haired teen wiped the blood away from his eye, "Yeah...*pant*...Just a little tired..." May looked shocked, "How could you not be! You just took on three guards, two of them at once!" Ash smirked, "I'm aware of that" May giggled slightly but then became confused, "Where do we go now? We can't stay here..." Ash nodded, "I have a friend who can help us out..."
(10 minutes later)
Ash sighed in relief as he pushed through the door of the sleeping hydra, the sun was now above the horizon and the city was waking up. He noticed that Cynthia was sitting at a table, twiddling her thumbs, the blonde then noticed Ash and smiled. "You made it back! How did it go? And who is she?" Asked Cynthia curiously as she pointed at May, Ash began to explain, "First of all, the king is dead. Secondly, this is princess May, her family was murdered by the king that I killed." Cynthia's eyes widened, she turned to May,"It's good to see that you're okay your highness, I'm sorry about your family." May smiled, she still looked a little sad. "It's fine for you to call me May, I'm told that you're a friend of Ash's?" She said as she looked at the raven haired teen, Cynthia nodded, "He helped me out so now, Iv'e got his back." Ash grinned, "Thanks".
Before any more words could be said, a man that was the same age as Cynthia (20), burst through the door. He was carrying scrolls and had a brown knapsack on his back that was full of gadgets and many other pieces of equipment. "Cynthia, Cynthia! I think Iv'e finally discovered the truth abou-" His shouting cut off when he noticed the two teens. Cynthia giggled, "Hi Jack, it's okay, these two are my friends." The man sighed in relief and walked over to the group, Ash took in his features, he had short spiky brown hair, a chiselled face with a small amount of stubble running around the bottom of his chin to his ears and scarlet coloured eyes. He was quite good looking and could give Ash a run for his money. "Hello, I'm Jack, It's nice to meet you madam" He said as he extended a hand towards May, she smiled and shook it, "It's nice to meet you too Jack, I'm May." Jack nodded and turned towards Ash, before he could shake Ash hand, Cynthia spoke up. "Hey Jack" She said, getting his attention, "I know something that I think would amaze you." Jack raised a brow, "This isn't another game is it?" He replied, Cynthia shook her head and looked at Ash, "Jack can be trusted Ash, we've known each other since we were toddlers, is it okay if I tell him about...You know" Ash caught on to what she was saying, he looked at Jack, his eyes were full of curiosity. He seemed trustworthy, the teen nodded, "Yeah, that's fine by me" She smiled, "Great!" Jack was now even more puzzled, "What? What's goin' on? What am I missing?" Cynthia giggled again, "Weeeellllll, you see, Ash just happens to be an aura user" Jack froze, it took a while for him to process what Cynthia had said, "C-Come again?" He said quietly, "Ash...is...an...aura user" She said slowly, suddenly jack was all over Ash, "You're an aura user! Where have you been!? What can you do!? What do you eat!? Is there some kind of special meeting place!?" Ash was caught off guard by the barrage of questions, he waved his hands in front of him as he tried to get some breathing room.
(5 Minutes later)
The four friends were now sitting at one of the tables in the inn, the two teens were busy learning more about the new addition to the group. Ash's mouth dropped, "You study aura users!?" Jack nodded with a big smile on his face, "I sure do! I never thought that I would actually get to meet one! Sorry about bombarding you with questions earlier..." He said whilst scratching the back of his head, Ash chuckled, "Don't worry about it, I can understand how excited you must have been." May spoke up, "So, Cynthia said that you've known each other since you were little, how did you meet?" Suddenly, Jack's perky attitude disappeared, "Uh...I'd rather not talk about it, it's not that I don't trust you. It's just that, weeeelllll, It's kind of a big secret that me and Cynthia have been keeping for years..." Ash raised a brow and looked at the blonde haired woman, "We'll tell you when the time comes, just not right now." She said with an understanding smile as she looked at her long time friend, suddenly, the door was kicked in and five guards charged inside. The group stood up, Jack and Cynthia were in front of Ash and May, the guards barked orders at them. "You two! Get away from those criminals! If you don't, we'll haul you in for harbouring fugitives!" Jack tried to negotiate, "Now now, we weren't hiding these people at all, they just stopped by for a drink. Put away your weapons and then we can all have a nice chat, hmm?" He said calmly, the guard wasn't having any of it, "Shut your mouth peasant, or else I'll cut off your tongue!" Jack frowned, "That was uncalled for and extremely offensive, aren't you supposed to keep the peace and not ruin it?" The guard growled and held up his sword, "Those two behind you are guilty of murdering the king and if you don't step aside, you will be treated as one of them, the same goes for your wife!" Cynthia's face turned scarlet at the mention of the word 'wife'. Jack became furious, "You have no right to involve my completely innocent w-I mean friend!" He shouted with a tiny blush on his face, Ash looked at May, he could tell by the look on her face that she knew they had to get out of there. They didn't want to cause trouble for Jack and Cynthia, but the only way out was the front door, which was blocked by guards. Ash felt tired, he was still exhausted from the earlier fight.
"Gggaaaarrrggghhh! That's enough! Just kill em'!" Shouted one of the guards as he threw a sword towards Cynthia, her face turned to one of terror, Ash knew he wouldn't be able to make it in time but suddenly he froze. Jack had jumped in front of Cynthia and had taken the blade directly to the stomach, he seemed completely unaffected by the pain. "How dare you..." He said coldly as he slowly pulled the sword out of his blood stained shirt, Ash and May were dumbfounded, Cynthia had tears in her eyes. "I guess there's no choice now..." He said as his nose and ears began to grow longer and his body grew twice in size. His arms extended and he gained a considerable amount of height, his finger nails turned into razor sharp claws, all over his body were thick muscles that were grey and in black in certain areas. His mouth had extended like his nose to form a snout, Ash could see very sharp white teeth poking out of Jack's mouth, his eyes began to glow a deep red colour. The thing that came next terrified everyone except Cynthia, a deep growl that turned into a fierce roar, Ash finally figured out what Jack was. He was a moon shifter, or in other terms, a werewolf.
Moon shifters were thought to be extinct, they were a very mysterious race, only a few had been accounted for. In hindsight, they could barely be called a race since their numbers were extremely low, much lower than aura users. They are called moon shifters since they normally like to transform at night because they gain much more speed, strength and agility than transforming when the sun is up. It also takes a very large amount of skill to transform at day if you're a moon shifter, their abilities include enhanced smell, sight, hearing, reflexes and they can also resist poison, fire, water and lightening magic. Moon shifters can initiate a 'feral' or 'primal' ability where they abandon their human mind for a certain amount of time in exchange for unstoppable endurance and battle skills, literally making them invincible. They are also know for being immortal, the only way to kill a moon shifter is with a weapon made out of silver, that is then stabbed through the heart. Increasing and decreasing their size, as well as changing their form is another trait of their race, they can go from looking like a werewolf to transforming into a normal wolf. They have evolved to be almost un-killable so that the race can still survive, even with its tiny number of members. Other perks include night vision, hunting and tracking skills.
The first guard was the most unfortunate, he was slashed across the front by a huge claw, the man slammed to the ground and was left to bleed out. Jack then went down onto all fours, thanks to his arms being longer than his legs, and growled at the remaining guards. They were all shaking, Jack was too terrifying to even look at, even May could feel her knees trembling and she was on his side! The guard nearest the front went for it, he charged at Jack, waving his axe and screaming a battle shout. His voice was cut short when Jack pounced onto him, knocking him over, then next thing he felt was the beast's sharp teeth biting into his neck. The werewolf then looked up from his kill and spotted only two guards, the other must have rune to get reinforcements, or had simply run away because he was a coward. Jack growled and began to walk forward, standing up straight and looking huge, his chest had a clearly defined six pack and solid chest muscles. The sounds of whimpering coming from the guards excited him, he could hear their thumping hearts, terror was radiating from them. Suddenly, one guard grabbed his hammer and attempted to smash Jack's head, a simple upward slash ended everything for him. The last one turned and tried to bolt out of the door, he felt a strong grip on his leg trip him up and drag him back inside, "HELP ME!" He half screamed half cried, he was turned over to meet the slobbery maw that was Jack's mouth, said person let loose a soul haunting roar that turned the guard pale. He slammed his hands together and closed his eyes as he began to pray for aid, to his surprise, he didn't feel any pain. The guard was scared that if he opened his eyes, everything would end, he did it anyway. The werewolf was no standing next to the blond haired woman, "Leave this place! Don't come back!" He almost fainted in relief, "Y-Yes...O-Of course...whatever you say" He stuttered as he picked himself up and ran home, he was done wit this job.
(10 Minutes later)
Some people screamed, others dropped their mouths and some just stared. To say the least, a wolf that was slightly bigger than a horse wasn't a common thing to see running through the streets of Petalburg city. Ash, May and Cynthia were all riding on Jack as he was heading towards the exit of the city, they couldn't possibly stay there now since the news of a moon shifter being in town was spreading like wildfire. Jack would be hunted down by the elite generals and killed if he stayed, evacuation was the only option. Ash was marvelling at the speed that they were going, May was playing with Jack's relatively soft grey fur, braiding it and stroking it and Cynthia was patting Jack's head, trying to stop him from roaring at May. It's not that May was hurting him, it was just the fact that Jack didn't want to end up looking like a pampered pooch or have any patches of his coat missing from the amount of hair that May was pulling out by accident. Ash suddenly remembered something, "Hey, wait! What about my horse!" "Don't worry Ash, if any horses get left at my family's inn, we take care of them!" Cynthia replied over the sound of the wind that was rushing past. Ash nodded, Chestnut was in good hands.
(1 hour later)
The group had made it out of the city and were now looking at a beautiful brook that was running past them as they made their way through the forest. Jack let out a yawn from his huge mouth, Cynthia yawned as well, followed by Ash and then May. "Maybe we should stop for a rest?" Said Cynthia, she saw Jack's ears perk up at this suggestion, she giggled. "I think Jack agrees, how about you guys?" May nodded, "I could use a nap" Ash shrugged, "Why not? We've lost the guards anyway."
Jack walked over to the base of a huge oak tree, once the three had jumped off of his back, he flopped onto the ground with a loud thud. He then curled up and began to sleep, his slumber didn't last long since he was disturbed by a certain brunette who had pulled his big bushy tail over her and was now using it as a blanket, whilst laying against his body. She giggled, "It's so warm and fluffy, like a sheep." Jack sighed, although it sounded more like a grunt or snort. He closed his eyes again and began to sleep, Ash smiled at the scene, he was glad that he was in the company of people that he could trust. Cynthia was over by the brook, practising her water magic, Ash decided to go and have a look around.
(20 minutes later)
A successful rock throw earned Ash a fallen apple from a tree branch, there were lots of thing to eat in this forest, it was no surprise that he had seen lots of wild life. The trees were extremely tall, he hadn't noticed when they had first entered the forest. Ash continued to walk until something caught his eye, it was a wolf, and there were two small pups running in and out of its legs. He raised a brow, wolves were hardly ever sighted in the human kingdom, "Maybe Jack will know more about you..." Ash said to the creature, it stayed still, watching him with curious eyes. Ash decided to leave the animal in peace and continued to walk up the side of the brook.
(10 minutes later)
Ash broke through a line of bushes came into the view of a huge blue lake, on the far shore of the lake, a group of deer were drinking from the crystal clear water. Ash looked upwards and noticed that the sun was going to go down soon, he had to get back, he didn't want to get lost in the forest at night. He began to make his way back through the forest.
(20 minutes later)
Ash scratched his head, this was bad, the sun had already set and he was still confused about where to go. The forest looked completely different at night. He had to hurry, not being by a fire at night in a forest was very risky, anything could attack him at any moment. Night time was when all of the more vicious creatures began to wake up, he heard an owl hoot from above him in the trees and the sounds of many other things that lurked in the darkness. He closed his eyes and tried to slow down his rapid heart rate so that he could focus, eventually, the thumping died down and he was able to sense the aura of the things around him. He knew that doing this was risky, because of his glowing body and eyes, he was practically begging to be a target. The teen saw a faint glow of three figures, one was much larger than the other two, that had to be his friends. Just as Ash was about to make a move, he spotted two other glowing figures, they were much larger than him and seemed to be walking in his direction. Ash opened his eyes as they stepped through the bush, ogres...
One of them spotted Ash and elbowed his companion, "Oi! There's a rat over here!" The one who had been elbowed snarled, "I hate rats!" Ash knew that ogres were incredibly stupid, the thing to watch out for was their strength, the teen could tell that these two were strong since they were both carrying heavy wooden clubs. Ash gulped, this fight was going to be difficult, he couldn't focus on moving around in the darkness as well as fighting. "Let's just kill him!" Said the first one as he chuckled evilly, "Yeah, and den we can eat him, right?" Said the other, like an excited child, the first one nodded and took a swing at Ash...
(Back at the camp)
May was worried, it was already dark and Ash still hadn't come back, she turned to Cynthia who also looked worried. Jack was fast asleep, he seemed to become very lazy whenever he transformed, he was more like a dog than a wolf. Suddenly, Jack's ears twitched and he began to growl, he had heard something that he didn't like. "What is it Jack?" The beast simply stood up and morphed into his humanoid form, he looked at May and Cynthia and pointed at the ground whilst giving them a bark, he was trying to tell them something. "Are you saying that we should stay here?" Asked Cynthia, he nodded and then took off into the darkness of the trees, leaving a very dissatisfied Cynthia and a worried May behind.
(Back with Ash)
The teen ducked under yet another swing from a wooden club, the ogres were getting angry, "Grrrr, little pest, stop moving! I'm hungry!" The other ogre tried to jump on Ash but he dived to the left, barely avoiding a horrible death, he could smell the sweat that his two opponent were covered in. The raven haired tee was beginning to feel exhausted, he fought against the urge to fall and dived forward whilst slashing to the right, he managed to slice one of the ogres across the chest. "GGGAAARRRGGHHH, THAT HURT YOU BRAT! I'LL MAKE SURE TO BOIL YOU ALIVE!" He bellowed in pain, "Gork! I'll kill ya!" Shouted his friend as he swung at a downward angle towards Ash, the teen tried to run but tripped and slammed into the ground. Is this it? Is this how I'm gonna die? He braced himself but felt nothing, he only heard a slamming sound and a grunt from one of the ogres. Ash rolled over and saw the furry back of his friend, Jack had saved him, the wooden club had been stopped and was now being gripped in his right hand. The beast growled, making the ogre let go of his weapon and back up in fear, Ash grinned. "Thanks Jack, thought I was done for..." Jack looked over his shoulder and nodded at him, he then swung the club at the injured ogre's head, the impact shattered his skull and killed him instantly. The companion of the dead ogre shrieked in fear, Jack simply threw the club towards him and turned around. He walked over to Ash and yawned, the teen got the message, "So you want me to take this guy?" The beast nodded, Ash shrugged, "Yeah, okay, why not? I guess I owe you one." Jack patted Ash on the shoulder with his massive hand and then stood by to watch the fight.
Roark didn't know what to do, if he took on this kid then he could die, if he gained the upper hand then he would die since that wolf was watching and if he tried to run then he would die...No! That furry bastard killed his friend, as soon as the kid was dead, he was next! The ogre picked up his friend's club and growled, there was no way for that kid to dodge two clubs at once.
Ash looked his opponent over, he was clearly furious about the death of his friend and was swinging two clubs around like crazy. He began to charge towards Ash, whilst screaming like a madman. As soon as he got close enough, he brought the two weapons up high and swiped them downwards, Ash ran forward and slid under the ogre's legs. The clubs smashed into the ground, creating a mini shock wave and sending rocks flying everywhere. Ash rolled over onto his front and lunged at the ogre's sweaty back, plunging his sword deep into his opponent's flesh, and causing him to roar in pain. The ogre growled and attempted to crush Ash by falling backwards, the teen quickly jumped back and landed above the ogre's head, he then brought his sword down whilst the fat figure was recovering from his fall. The blade went straight through his neck and finished him off, Ash had won.
The teen pulled out his sword and sighed in relief, "Whew, glad that's over..." Jack walked over and patted him on the back, he chuckled, "Thanks for the help...*Pant*" The teen saw his friend morph into his wolf form and then look at him, Jack barked, "You want me to get on, right?" Jack nodded, Ash did so and climbed onto the creature's furry hide, he was then lifted up and taken back towards the camp.
(10 minutes later)
May was anxious at first when she heard rustling sounds coming from the bushes in front of the camp, but then her anxiety turned to relief as she saw Ash on Jack's back. "Where have you been!? Do you have any idea how dangerous it is to be out in the darkness of the woods at night!?" Ash slid off of Jack's back and scratched the back of his head, "Sorry...Kinda got carried away...And lost." May smiled slightly, "Well, it's good that you're back, I hope you are thankful to Jack" Ash nodded and patted said person's head, "I am, thanks buddy" Jack closed his eyes and enjoyed the praise, he then got a little too happy and licked Ash's face, "Ewwww! Gross!" May giggled, the wolf then walked back over to his spot by the tree but noticed that a certain blonde beauty was already sleeping there, he sighed and morphed into his humanoid form. Jack used his long arms to pick up his child hood friend and move her slightly, he then morphed back into his wolf form and curled up around her, she smiled in her sleep and snuggled up closer to his face. They had always slept like this when they were in the wilderness since it didn't require a fire to keep them warm, meaning that they wouldn't be spotted by any bandits or other bad things.
Ash sat down on a log near the fire with May next to him, he was looking at the sleeping form of Jack and Cynthia with a smile on his face, although he looked a little sad. May noticed this and became a little worried, "Ash? Are you okay?" He blinked a couple of times and nodded, "Yeah, yeah, it's just that the way those two are sleeping reminded me of the hugs that my mom used to give me..." May became curious, "Used to? Doesn't she give you hugs any more?" Ash's face shaded over, "Not any more..." May could tell that Ash was feeling bothered by her questioning so she decided to stop. To her surprise, Ash continued to speak, "You know...I wanted to take revenge against all humans for the stuff that has been happening with my race, but now, I've learned that it's not all of the humans that are causing this. It's the leaders, the kings and queens, the governors. They all need to be taken down. I didn't want to be involved with anyone because I feared that I would get them killed, but maybe it's time for a change of heart..." May was listening intently and jumped slightly when Ash looked her in the eye, "I need you, all of you guys, I'm not gonna make it on my own..." May blushed slightly, "I-I owe you a debt that I can probably never repay, staying with you is nothing compared to what you have done for me...Thank you..." She said shyly as her blush deepened, Ash smiled, "Guess we better get some sleep" He said as he stood up and went and led back against Jack's huge furry body, May followed suit and used Jack's tail as a blanket, "Goodnight May" Ash said as he drifted off into a deep slumber, May smiled, "Goodnight Ash..." She replied as she drifted off as well.
Nobody saw it, but that night, a kiss was planted on a certain teen's cheek. The question is, which one?
And there you have it! Thank you for reading this chapter, sorry it took so long to upload, I've kinda been in a slump and haven't been able to generate many ideas. So! As you can see, there is a new addition to the team, I hope you like him! It was a pleasure writing this and I hope that it was a pleasure for you to read, don't forget to review, and until next time! ;)
P.S. Iv'e changed my name to Will O Wisp191,doesn't sound too bad...Does it?