Creatures of Nightmares

Chapter 17

“..CloudPaws know all prophecies ever made. Which is why we rarely go to earth, cause the other wolves are crazy! Ye must know it, don’t you?!” The winged wolf yelled, translucent from the connection.

“..No.. at least I don’t know all of it,” Apollo said. “There is a spell upon it. Any non-CloudPaws who tries to say it gets it jumbled. Somehow I know which parts of the jumbled version are true.”

The winged wolf huffed. “Here we go..” she sat tall, wings folded. Her voice changed. Became hollow and eerie, yet sang the prophecy beautifully.

“ Danger comes to fight

One becomes a sacrifice

If they are gone

Before the battle

The Night shall win

The earth will rattle

But if they live

There may be a chance

Or a deadly

Circumstance

The world depends

On these five wolves

If they lose

What happens? Who knows..

Ice and sea

Come together

Joined by time

And deadly weather

And the fifth

Not many know

Some people think

The wolf won’t go

His power is quite strong

Though it cannot last long..

This true prophecy

Is known by few

It is simple

But complex too

Just know the danger

Of the Night

For these five wolves

Must win the fight..”

And she fainted.

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A few days later:

Shadow was sitting in his room, as quiet as a mouse. A side of his face was burned. Long before Astra ever left the hyenaedon pack, he had herded all land wolves (many FlamePaws, SeaPaws, EarthPaws, and the one family of TimePaws) toward the edge of the snow biome. He had finally taken them all to a dangerous island far away (this is real in Ark! Look at map in Ark and there are two islands. One is calm, one is dangerous) across the world.

But there was a price. On the side of his face, there was blood. He lost his eye. His ear was ripped clean off. Fur on that side was burnt to a crisp and had fallen off.

“Darn FlamePaws,” Shadow growled. “They’ll be dead in a few days, though. The creatures on that island will devour them. Along with all other wolves.”

Bam bam bam!

A wolf banged on Shadow’s door. “Yes?” He asked.

“Sir, we think we’ve found Astra’s location.”

Shadow gave an evil grin. “Perfect.”

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The connection was stopped. Apollo, Pax, and Prince heard footsteps coming to the dungeon door. Mammoths were silent and clung to the shadows.

“Hello, Ridley.” Apollo hissed, seeing the large black wolf open the door.

“I have a mission for you, if you decide to rejoin me. I suppose you’ve had enough time to think.” Shadow growled.

“What? Get out!” Pax snarled.

“Shut up!” Shadow snapped.

After contemplating, Apollo came to a conclusion. He knew what to do. He gave a smirk. “Thought you’d never ask.”

Apollo went to the door of the dungeon and was pulled up by Shadow. Pax and Prince were stunned. But as Shadow walked away, Apollo winked. Then he closed the door.

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“We have found Astra’a location, my son. I have sent many warriors to get her. We will win this battle.”

Apollo’s heart thumped wildly. -No..- he whispered in his mind. -Astra..-

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“Well that was quick, wasn’t it?” The winged wolf said.

Astra nodded. “You know, I never got your name. Mine is Astra.”

“I’m-“

“FREEZE!” Yelled a voice.

The orange wolf unfolded her wings and prepared to fly away when a net was tossed on her. Wolves held her down and hit her.

“Run, Astra!”

Astra sharply turned to run but saw a wolf. Instantly her blue swirls glowed and she froze him. She created an ice trail (it was certainly harder than when Prince provided the water) and slid on it, other wolves chasing her.

Even though the wolves couldn’t get on it, they still gained because she wasn’t on a hill. Using her powers, she made ice spikes beside the trail.

Most of the wolves hit the spikes and stopped chasing, but one still did.

“Come on dearie,” said a grey wolf. She knew his voice. It was the hyenaedon who hunted with her and Shadow.

She turned, still sliding and thrust herself onto him in anger. He snapped at her, destroying the old ice ear she created forever ago. Frost creeped on her paws and tail. She used her powers to create spikes on her tail and swung it.

“Let’s dance, pretty boy.”

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The winged wolf, tired and bruised from the wolves who caught her, was being dragged to a large castle.

Every time she groaned, they hit her, then told her to shut up and save it for the dungeon.

When they arrived, she was thrown in the dungeon. The winged wolf was still in the net.

Pax and Prince looked at her and recognized her as the wolf who Astra showed.

Prince examined her coat. “Just like mine, but I have more red..” he muttered.

She shuffled and huffed. “Could ye help me get out of this mess?”

Prince immediately pulled at net, and Pax soon joined.

Sorry guys! Gotta do the next chapter! I was continuing but then it wouldn’t let me type.

-DiploLover24