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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

Creatures of Nightmares

Chapter 36

The wolf wanted a break.

The Power of the Beyond allowed it to.

It wandered the snow capped mountains and the ice caves and all of that.

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“Hey Prince, I got food,” Astra dragged a couple sabertooth salmon and set them down. “Prince?!?”

He was laying on his side, closing his eyes in pain. Blood splattered the floor.

She rushed to his side, making ice to put on his head and cool him down.

“Hurry up, Ridley,” she muttered.

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They swam for a while, but couldn’t find anything.

“How are we going to help Prince?” Pax asked as they resurfaced for air.

“Not sure, but-“

Ridley was pulled under and so were the others.

They were pulled through a small to where creatures and Jane were.

“Diplos,” Ridley said, bubbles rising from his mouth.

They swam around him with cute sounds.

They gave them oxygen and gestured to their mouths.

Ridley opened his. “Hello?”

He could talk underwater.

“Took you long enough,” Jane said. A baby Diplo swam to her. She pet it gently. “You all were moving everywhere so that the diplos couldn’t find you.”

The diplos swarmed around them. One particular orange one spoke. “Need weed.”

“She doesn’t speak fluent wolf.” Jane said.

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The wolf wandered and wandered, coming across many places he remembered.

Then it came to one.

Where its younger self had come to an end.

Where.. its younger self had died.

The wolf shook its head and continued on.

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“Grab one on of the diplos.” Jane said, holding onto the orange one.

Ridley, Reign, and Pax each did and the diplos jolted out of the hole up into the swamp. They were pulled to a small area with a seaweed like substance.

“Weed,” said the orange Diplo.

Ridley pulled on it hard, putting his foot on a tree to help, but it would not budge. “Yep. That’s the one.”

The orange Diplo gingerly bit it and pulled it off. She handed it to Jane.

Jane held back onto the Diplo.

“What are ye doin’?” Reign asked.

“They will help us to the tundra. They can outrun Megs.”

For a couple hours, the diplos swam and swam, avoiding sea creatures. “Whoohooo!!!” Jane cried at the open ocean, holding with one hand onto the Diplo.

Ridley, Pax, and Reign were all cheering happily too.

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It had been a while now. Prince’s blood was on the floor everywhere still.

But then, Astra heard a sound.

“We’re here!”

Ridley, Pax, Reign, and Jane ran to her. Jane crouched on the ground, feeding Prince the weed.

A few seconds passed. “Is it working?” Astra asked. Ridley used this time to change them into wolves. So did Jane.

His gaze went to her. Her blue white fur glimmered. His cheeks blushed as she noticed.

Prince’s wound slowly healed. The blood sank through the floor, disappearing. Prince stood up and stretched. “Hello, my friends.”

They all cheered and crowded him and hugged him.

After a while, they all sat around.

“I’ll be back,” Astra said as she whirled around to leave for a bit.

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The wolf was walking around until it saw a large mound of snow.

It lifted its paw to brush around the snow, wondering if there was a bush.

It was cold, hard ice.

The wolf peered at it and saw many words. But what caught his eyes were the first ones.

‘Here lies Apollo,’

His heart beat wildly in fear. He brushed off snow to read the rest of the message. (Using he is not a mistake I made. U now know it’s a boy.)

A wolf walked toward him and was confused. “Hello?” She said. Astra.

He turned to look at her, then looked away.

“What are you doing here? Who are you?” She lifted a paw to flip his hood off of his head.

He dodged her paw and turned to run.

“Wait! Why are you here?! How would you know him?!” Astra followed.

She fumbled and stepped on his cloak. The wolf was pulled back as it unclasped from his neck.

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“Have you found them?” A man said, appearing to KJ.

“No,” he said.

“Perhaps you need to help?”

“No.”

The man vanished.

“I could not rely on a human to locate a few measly wolves?” A cunning female voice said. KJ turned to see Adira.

“Hello,” he said.

“You don’t bow?” She waved a paw as he was brought to one knee. “That is better.”

Her eyes glimmered. “Trusting humans was a bad idea. Fail once more, and your race will be gone.” She vanished too.

“What have I gotten myself into?” KJ muttered.

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Astra and the wolf had reached the group after walking for a while.

“Astra?” Jane asked.

“The wolf I saw..” Ridley muttered.

The wolf unclasped his cloak and let it fall to the ground.

He looked away as the group gasped.

Prince was confused. “Apollo?”

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