I watched as the women’s short ink black blue hair blew in her face with the wind, her puke green dress was burned and worn at the edge. A single horn coming from the side of her head parting her hair it was white and shined like Fletch’s hair. “Save my small please protect him get us out of here,” I knew who this woman was as she slowly stood a mask over her mouth and the left sleeve of her dress flung around in the wind she looked to me and I went to Fletch she let me pass as I stroked Fletch’s hair I looked back to the dangerous woman “Sim don’t kill anyone.” She tore the mask from her face and it took off in the wind blowing over my head and circling in the wind “I take no orders from you.” She charged the men and I turned away their screams filled my ears and I heard their bodies hit the ground and gun rounds fire off as screams rang short after a line of fire. I clutched Fletch’s hand “Fletch, what happened?!” I said looking to the new scars and his hair the way his body laid lifelessly. Fletch pulled my face to him as he pulled me into a kiss his lips were chapped and scaly as were mine. His breaths became struggled as he put my hands to my own heart “may we meet again.” He slowly closed his eye and I watched as he exhaled I watched his body lay there waiting for it to inhale as tears started down my face. His hand still in mine so bony and cold his shoulders and collarbone poking from his skin as if they would tear from his skin. My body began to tremble as the screaming stopped Sim came to my side as she looked at him she sighed and bit her arm black blood poured from her wound and she began to chant and the blood caught fire as it fell onto Fletch’s face. I brushed away the flames and my skin turned green as a burst of energy came through me. I watched as Fletch’s body returned to how I knew it no bones showing and a face of color and his lips went back to looking soft. His hair stayed the same sadly, and I watched as his ears came from his head and his tail came back. She stopped chanting and the blood stopped turning to flames she shook her arm and watched as it healed. “Who are you to my father?” I gently touched his face his eyes and face he laid looking so peaceful, “His boyfriend, you called him father?” My Norse was spotty as I spoke as I looked to the trees it was fall meaning I had been out for almost a year meaning he had been put through hell for almost a year and I didn’t even know. Not only that but he refused to leave because of me and based on my brother's reaction Fletch must have escaped before, only to come and see me. Taking the abuse and horrible things they did to him just to make sure I was okay. “In order for my creation, the blood of several different creatures but the amount of Fletch's blood far surpasses the others.” I stroked his head so gently and Sim looked around “Can you fight father?” Fletch didn’t move and laid there his face was calm, unlike any other time he had slept no thrashing limbs or twitching. “Alright small, do not say a word and stay behind me do not leave Fletch’s side.” Sim took a knee and gestured for me to do the same, moments later the sound of a motorcycle filled the wind as it crept from the woods. When the motorcycle stopped it was inches away from SIM, I didn’t look up and clenched Fletch’s hand and watched the man step off his bike as he turned it off. The man stepped on Sim’s head and pushed it to the ground, “would you like to explain why I had to track you down by your collar?” I felt my body shake and go weak I began to struggle to stay awake. I fell over and quickly got back up the man stopped and came to me grabbing me by my hair he lifted me up looking at me up and down as I stood. Grabbing my own hair in pain I looked at the man. He had two horns that were brownish red and sprung from his bright red hair his eyes were pure flames watching them dance as they froze my whole body. His pants were grey skinny jeans and he had a black leather jacket with a white shirt that said king with a bleeding crown in black bold. He let me down and my knees caved and I sat he leaned over and turned my face to his biding. “Heal him.” He pushed down my face and Sim stood “Yes Lord Brice.” Sim bit into her arm and blood gushed from her mouth and arm as she let go and began to chant as the black blood dripped down her arm and began to catch fire and fall onto me. It was cold and gave a pinch of pain as it landed on my back, “you may pass out.” I barely lasted a few moments then I passed out the way of cold came over me my body shook everything faded and I was gone that was it. When I woke up I had different clothes on and a shackled around my neck and wrist. I looked around and I saw tuffs of white fur soaking in blood in the corner of the stone room. I stood and the chains were loud as the dragged from the floor I looked to the door bars I went to it little bars acted as a window I ran to it and I ran out of chains and was yanked back. My voice went dry and my breath fell from me, I crumbled falling to the ground with a clang off chains on my ankles, wrists, and neck. I sat at my thoughts ate me alive, noise drowned out and my vision faded everything was dark no light. Minutes dragged their nails into my skull breaking it open and tearing out everything flaw and worthless moment and made me relive it. I shook my eyes focused in and noise flooded everything, Fletch stood to shake me by my shoulders, I hugged him as tears poured down my face. “Fletch,” I felt a wet spot on his clothes and I looked to see blood spatters, my body froze Fletch touched my face his hands were wet and I saw the blood marks on my clothes where he had touched me. Blood soaked his hands until his elbows and splattered all over him, yet the cradled me s gently. He tore at my chains and shackles calmly I then knew every single person in this building must have died. He broke each and the clang to the floor, tearing a strip of cloth from my shirt he blindfolded stroking my head. We walked in utter silence, Feltch picked me up a few times and when he did I could hear his feet stepping in a liquid my mind got the worst of me as I pictured pools of blood and random limbs and heads. “Oi, what do you think you are doing? That's the new pet I just got him to put him down.” The deep voice that rang out made Fletch stop it was Brice, “I will stay after I return the small to the humans.” Fletch said tightening his grasp on my arm as he carried me, “I am guessing you are the one to blame for this mess.” The sound of something being kicked rolled toward us and splattered in liquid. A set of footsteps rang out running toward us everyone and now hitting a puddle and the sound of splashing and Fletch stroked my head. The footsteps stopped “SIM kill him.” A chain clang rang out “Sim what is this what do you think you are doing?” Groaning filled the air and it stopped Sim cleared it the throat. “Lord Brice of the fire demon household you are under arrest for the imprisonment of a human, harming a human, imprisonment of a royal, an attack on the jail, and the murder of 278 royal guards, your sentence is to serve the only remaining royal guard of that night Lord Fletch of the Silver changling household.” Brice groaned and the chain was tugged and we walked on, Brice gave us directions without a fight and we left, every now and then Brice would try to run or escape but Sim was far to fast I am guessing the chains limit Brice to little to no magic. When we finally got out the sun shined brightly on our faces and Fletch set me down ripping the clothing from my face the fresh air flooded my nose. My body was no longer weak but my throat was killing me and I stood looking into the woods. “Gale are you okay?” Fletch looked me up and down I nodded and he hugged me the dried blood on his hands and face made me push him away. He paused and turned “you learned the human language for him? How sweet you stupid fucker let me out!!!” Fletch looked back at the building I followed his gaze to find SIM hunched over a dead body an arm in her grasp and blood flinging with each bite. A growling sound filled the air my body shook and I back up slowly I then turned and ran for the woods my heart beating with each step, running pushing twigs and branches from my view and dodging trees and rocks as I ran. When I finally stopped I heard the road I ran to it and watching as a car sped by, I watched the road waiting for another car when it came I ran into the road watching the car rush toward me the horn blaring. I closed my eyes and sighed for impact, the sound of tires screeching filled the air and a growl. The softness of Fletch’s fur was wet I slowly opened my eyes to see him soaked in the water his wolf form with mud on his feet. I looked to see the car in the middle of the road, a woman and a man poured from the car and turned to me fear filled their faces. “You tried to kill yourself?” I pushed Fletch away “we aren’t meant to be together okay look at everything that happened it’s never going to work okay give it up.” I went toward the humans and Fletch ran in front of me “Damn it, Gale, I love you. What do I need to do for you to realize that?!!” I went around him and rubbed my head thinking everything was just so crazy. “I just need to think okay I will be in the town closet to here okay give me a month then come find me. I need some time to think.” I went to the random people, Fletch walked over and I turned and screamed: “I NEED TO THINK DAMN IT !!!!” I looked to Fletch he stood and raised his head “I owe you my life I will stay by your side until you die.” I groaned and walked up to him “I don't want you around me anymore every time you are around I nearly die so fuck off. Let me be a normal fucking kid!!!” I clenched my fist and punched Fletch he looked at me in shock my hand filled with pain as I stood strong. He turned and walked away, I looked to the couple and the man stood in front of the wife. “I am sorry, but could you give me a ride to the nearest town?” the woman looked at me and ushered me into the car and we drove in silence for a while. “So um where you from?” I paused and sighed rubbing my head my body began to shake and noise faded in and out as panic filled me. Remembering Sim eating a human remembering the smell that filled the hallways, I clenched my arms and pulled myself into a hug. “Doesn’t matter now I just need a fresh start,” the rest of the ride was in utter silence when I got to the town the couple looked at it and sighed it was run down and a gun shoot filled the air “I think we should go over one more town this is a bit uh.” I opened the car door and got out “Thanks for the ride and sorry I don’t have any money.” I walked away and I watched as the car sped off, a dumpster was the first thing in sight I screeched through it and found a trap with a tiny hole. I took it in the woods and set up using sticks and stones I laid and struggled to sleep the next day I walked around to broken down stores asking if they would hire me. I sat on a bench defeated I rubbed my head my stomach roared out, I looked to the sky and watched as the sky slowly began to sprinkle and quickly turned to pouring rain. I heard footsteps I turned to see Fletch the necklace around his neck and he wore a rather nice outfit of black pants and a white button up long sleeve shirt. He just stood he reached out to me and I stood looking to him, I felt my body shake as the thought of him killing people and touching my covered in their blood flooded my body. I turned away from him, I went to my spot in the woods and hung my clothes under the cover of my little hut to dry. Days dragged by, each day without food none wanted to hire me and with each day I began to stink and get rather dirty from my little hut in the woods and with that the chances of me getting a job burst into flames. During the day I walked the streets and got used to the land having to sit outside buffets and eat from the garbage. It was bad I hated it and each day seemed to be worse. Two-week mark, I found paper and ended up writing my name and age on it then wrote I killed myself because I am homeless. I set the note under a stone that pinned it to the ground next to a strong oak tree, I grabbed rope I had found, and tied it to the tree I sat tying the other end into a noose, a sat up a series of stones and stood putting the noose on. The hairs on the noose were rough and dry the rope was heavy and my stomach empty. I kicked the stones from under me and my body began to trash and jolt as I tried to take in the air, my hands twitched and tried at my neck. I heard footsteps run toward me and I was lifted up from behind I looked down to see Fletch he sat me on his shoulder and tears fell down my face as I cried: "let me down Fletch stop!" He broke the rope and said nothing to me and just set me down and took off the noose “I HATE YOU!!!!” I pounded on his chest, he took each hit as nothing was even touching him. “LET ME DIE!!!!” Fletch grabbed my hands and looked at me pulling me into a hug as I cried. “I won’t leave your side. Gale, I know you need time to learn to love but I want to be with you, and with time you will realize it.” I felt tears drip of Fletch and onto my shoulder, Fletch pulled my head to his chest and he stroked my hair. After calming down Fletch took the note and tore it up, we walked together to where I didn’t ask, where ever it was it was far better than a tarp tent. Fletch looked to me and took off his necklace and gave it to me putting it on me so gently, his hands covered in blood made me jump back I paused looking to his hands there was no blood. I sighed and touched his hand the warmth and gentle hand seemed so far away from this hole this cage I was in. He gently stroked my face and smiled he backed up and went into wolf form he hunched over, lumps began to move in his body going to his back they grew until they slowly busted through. Bird wing bones stood, Fletch groaned and looked to them and looked at me “Sorry I should have warned you about the blood.” I shook my head and he groaned and I looked back to the wings to see a layer of skin and a few random feathers. “Can’t we just walk?” Fletch shook his head “no we are going rather far and I rather get fast.” Fletch and I waited for a while we walked while his wings came in he had to stop in pain often When his wings finally came in the white feathers seemed to shine he waited a while after complaining about them being sore after the pain faded I got on his back. Pushing off the ground and flapping his wings the cold air blew into my face, I sat on his back quietly touching his warm fur and running my fingers through his new hairstyle. When it got dark he kept going we hadn’t spoken a word unless it was for bathroom breaks I didn’t really mind it either it gave me time to think without worry. Watching the sunset and the stars break through the clouds, the cold air on my skin.
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