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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

Creatures of Nightmares

Chapter 15

(lol I sure hope I haven’t done this chapter cause it’s been a few days I don’t see a chapter 15)

Astra yelled sharply. The connection stopped with a jolt. “Astra?!” Apollo barked.

No answer.

Pax and Prince were silent.

“She is very tough,” said a female voice. “I doubt anything will happen.”

Apollo turned. He could barely see a laying down black mammoth.

“Yeah, she be ok!” Said the young brown mammoth.

Apollo, Pax, and Prince heard multiple voices agreeing.

“Is there any water?” Apollo asked. “Us wolves are a bit bloody..”

The black mammoth nodded and stood up, muttering in annoyance and the heavy chains around her legs. “Follow me.”

She led them through a crowd of mammoths to a large trough filled with water. Dirty water.

“We have cleaner water for drinking. This should help a bit, though.”

Apollo stuck his head in and used his paws to wipe off blood, revealing the three scars from his left eye to his snout.

Pax and Prince took a while to clean. Apollo used his tail to flick what seemed like gallons of water on them, and slowly but surely, they were clean.

Apollo swerved his head away when the two wolves looked at his scar. Apollo wandered the dungeon a bit. He wanted to be alone.

Apollo wasn’t sure why his father had become evil. After all, he was the protector of wolves. But he had become the destroyer.

Apollo finally sat down when he found an old mirror. Looking at himself, he noticed how he looked so gray. His tan fur seemed faded in the darkness. The pretty spots on his back were dull. And the scar. Going from his left eye to his snout. It was a miracle he could see through his left eye.

He curled up tightly. And waited to see if his black swirls would glow.

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Astra yelped as some kind of creature slammed into her. “Sorry lassie,” said a young female voice. “Can’t control me wings, eh?”

Astra turned to see a bright orange wolf with fluffy wings. “So I suppose that piece of the prophecy is true,” Astra muttered.

“Say, ye don’t have wings?” The wolf asked. Astra shook her head. “How odd. Then again, I’ve never been on the ground. Ye don’t know much about CloudPaws, do ye?”

“Nope,” Astra replied.

“Us CloudPaws are literally named for where we live. In the clouds. Barely any ever dare go down. It’s dangerous.”

Astra was very intrigued by this wolf. “I think you need to meet a few other wolves,” she said.

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Apollo’s black swirls glowed.

-DiploLover24