“Holy shit Malcolm stop.” I cut the collar off and felt my sheath form around my waist, I sheath my sword and Steel looked up to me. I looked at Roger and watched as a burst of flames came from his mouth and melted the bars of ice, I held out my hand to Steel he took it and stood. I froze the shackles on his wrist and watched they shattered, Steel looked to me and then Roger. “What do I do now?” I looked to him he had scars all over him and looked so broken “You go back home.” Everything went dark and I saw a little boy flying breathing heavily and two others that looked similar to him flying the look of utter terror filled their faces. Everything faded and I looked to see Steel his white hair and broken body a blue stone in his chest “How many years have you been with those people?” Steel looked down, “I was 8 when I was taken.” I then knew that little boy must have been him “Why are you in the human realm?” I watched as tears went down his face. “My parents were peace makers with the humans.” Jonas grabbed my arm and pulled me into a hug. I closed my eyes and saw a little bald boy being beaten by a man. Images flashed by as the by got older the abuse got worse. I saw the boy standing with a bloody knife and a trembling body as the knife slipped from his grasp. I watched as the boy beat up others his age and the years moved on and then the I saw him watching me laying in the cold creek the day my dad woke up in the hospital. I watched as the boy clenched his heart and his face went red, he whispered something and smiled. The image faded and I saw his mother being pulled away by cops screaming for her and escaping the grasp of the cop holding he went to her. She put her forehead to his and tears crept down her face, “please don’t leave me mom.” He wrapped his arms around her and she smiled and looked down into his tear filled eyes. “I have to go but I promise to come back.” She put her forehead on his and he was yanked away as she was pushed into the car. The image faded and then Jonas hled his face in his hands sitting on his bed the days events going over in his mind. He sat there silently sobbing I watched as he thought of me and shook his head and stood picking his phone. The image faded and I heard gunshots echo saw me fall the ground, Jonas was in the cage with ice spikes he screamed and punched the ice. His silent screams and crys hit the pits of my stomach and the image slowly faded and I heard the deep echoing voice of the wolf spirit. “I heard about how humans love and was rather surprised by the things I heard. I am rather excited to see how this plays out.” I looked to the wolf and saw images of Jonas and I float around. The wolf flitched away an image of Jonas being jealous that Roger was all over me. I sat down and watched the images the wolf sat next to me, “I have taken your fear of speaking and you seem to be doing far better. But you do not speak your mind with this one” I looked to the wolf and then back the an image of Jonas pinning me to a locker when he used to bully me a bit. “I am not sure if I really like him I don’t want my first boyfriend to be a blur of confusion.” The Wolf spirit sighed “you are the first of my elves to be raised as a human. It's quite amazing how you continue to deny your that you are an elf.” I closed my eyes and opened them to be back in the real world, back in Jonas’s arms I gently pushed him away and looked away. “You need to go home all of you… Roger and Steel we are going to see Mama Maddie and get Mayaken to take you home.” Roger nodded Jonas turned me back to him, “I am not leaving your side.” He tugged on the collar on my neck and pulled his knife from his pocket. I felt him digging into the collar and a beeping noise came from the collar and it rang out and shocked me. I crumbled to the ground in pain and screamed, the beeping went on and I formed my soul sword, I couldn’t pick up the heavy sword and watched as Jonas picked it up and cut off the collar. Jonas wrapped his arms around me and sat with me until my body was able to move. I went to Steel's side and he looked at me “How many people have I killed?” I patted his back and sighed “look at me… It wasn’t you it was those sick people. They chained you up and controlled you, right now you need to get your mind in order and then go back home.” I turned to Roger “Can you take him to Mayaken?” Roger nodded and I patted Steel’s back “Roger is also a dragon he is going to take you to someone who can get you home okay?” Steel nodded I looked to Roger and he wrapped his arms around me “I love you okay be careful.” He suddenly pulled me into a kiss and pulled Jonas to him by the collar of his shirt “Look at me… If he dies... You die…” Roger let him go and Jonas came to my side and put his arm around me and I watched and Roger and Steel went into the woods. We all piled into the car and I called my dad. He quickly answered “hello?” I looked to Jonas and watched as everyone looked at me still shaken by everything. “Dad I got attacked by humans who control magical beings… I don’t know what to do…” My dad sighed. “I told you not to tell anyone… You are going back to the magical realm go home for the time being. We will talk more later.” I scoffed “Dad Wait… What about those people they control?!” There was a pause “They are not for you to worry about you can’t fight government. But what you can do is save yourself.” My dad hung up and I threw my phone down and threw my head to my hands, “FUCK!” I screamed ripping the hair from my head. Jonas grabbed my hands and pulled me to his chest “Hey hey calm down…” I cried in his chest and after claiming down I tried to control my elf form. I closed my eyes and hugged myself focusing on the darkness around me I felt my breath leave me I stayed calm until I couldn’t hold my breath anymore opening my eyes choking and gasping for air not I coughed and finally air filled my lungs and I beathed haevily. I looked to my fingers to see them red and white I groaned and looked out the window. I then darted away and pulled my hood up and put my head on Jonas’s shoulder looking to the shackles on my wrists. I froze them and watched as the crumbled onto the floor “Hey Jonas I am going to go to sleep.” I closed my eyes and began to sink through the seat I opened my eyes and saw the grey room with black water. I looked to see the the Wolf Spirit it’s white fur wasn’t effect by the black water he laid in. The wolf turned to me and walked t me towering over me he looked me up and down, “How did you get here so fast?” I tapped the wolf’s chest “ Why do you keep showing me therses images of people I touch?” I looked to the wolf and he scoffed he laid back down “ I am helping you understand them better,” I looked to him and sighed "it's making me uncomfortable it's way too personal to do that. Anyway." I looked around to see the car. “Oh you are awake…” I sighed and watched as the smoke left Jonas’s mouth. “When I talked to my dad on the phone he said I need to go home… So he can take me back to the magic realm.” I looked up to Jonas “He can’t do that… You can’t leave that’s just not far…” I watched as everyone agreed with Jonas as they looked to me. Sparkles asked for my address I gave it to her knowing there was no way to avoid my dad’s choice. We drove there and I got out Joans did to, “please don’t do this…” Sparkles turned off the car and got out Ruffles confused followed her slowly everyone else did as well. I looked over to see my dad’s truck I watched as they waited for me by the door. “I need you to take care of Drifter and Meatlug okay…” I looked back to Jonas to see him crying, “Okay…” He reached out to my face and gently touched my cheek. I held his hand and he leaned in and kissed me, I held his hand as we walked to my house my legs became jelly and I opened the door as everyone followed me. My dad was sitting at the table he stood and looked to my friends. “Dad these are my friends Sparkles, Ruffles, Gears,Snakes, and Jonas…” Sparkles looked my dad up and down. “So you want to throw him into a different fucking world... Huh? You are banished and the mention of his parents name will turn any help away so what the fuck is going to change? He will just end up lost, homeless and hungry and it will be on you” My father scoffed and came over to m grabbing my hand and pulling me from Jonas. “We don’t have time for this.” Jonas grabbed my dad's hand and free me from his grasp, “Do not pull him around!” Jonas got in front of me and Gears pulled me out of the way and I looked to my dad with anger filled eyes. “Excuse me who do you think you are to question me. I am his father I know what’s best for him!!!” Jonas grabbed him and pulled him closer he looked down on my father. “I don’t care who you are you hurt him and you are dead meat!” I tried to go to him put Gears stopped me “let them work this out.” I looked around and looked to my dad and Jonas my dad went on to talk about how Jonas knew nothing about what I was. Jonas scoffed “Who cares about what he is!!!! Who is he is what matters he is gentle, caring, sweet, small and worries about other people more than himself he saved everyone’s goddamn life now we repay him by saving his from you!” I looked at Gears and thought about the wolf spirit. “Hey I’ll be right back okay.” Gears looked down on me confused “Don’t freak out and do not wake me up.” I said looking up at him he nodded “Do whatever you need to... I guess?” I closed my eyes and took a breath feeling as I began to sink when I fell through I opened my eyes to see the wolf sitting there. “My father wants to take me back to the magic realm I want to stay to help the others that are under the control of those nasty people. What should do? And Everyone is fighting I need away to make both sides happy” I watched as the wolf walked toward me “In all my years I have never met an elf that could come here so quickly.” I looked up to the wolf spirit and he looked around “Summon me I will speak with your father.” I closed my eyes and took a breathe. I felt my body sink through the water and I opened my eyes Gears was holding me as if I was a tiny baby, I looked around and Gears looked at me. “That was kinda weird, but compared to other stuff that happened today not too high on the list of weird.” He said gently letting me down, I sat down and focused on bringing the wolf spirit here. Taking a deep breath I left something change I stood and watched a ball of light come from my chest I held my hand out to my chest and watched as it hovered above my hand I pulled back my hand and watvhed as it slowly dropped to the floor. Everyone stopped and watched as it began to grow and Jonas let go of my dad. They watched as the light hit the floor and a burst of light blinded us all recovering from the blast of light and rubbing my eyes I looked up to see the wolf spirit. My dad froze and the wolf turned to him my dad bowed taking a knee and lowering his head and placing his right hand on his shard of a stone and letting his left hand go to his side. “My name is Spite Half Human Half Elf I am the father of Malcolm. I am honored to be in your service.” The wolf sat down and looked my dad up and down. “You no longer are in charge of the safety of this child. You no longer have any rules over him that prevent him from helping the controlled magic beings, or any other missions he decides to take on. Do you understand?” I looked at him shocked and my dad didn’t move “Yes Sir.” The wolf turned to Jonas and the other humans in the room, “You are the humans who choose to stand by the young elf correct?” Jonas nodded and the others stood dumbfounded, “So you wish to fight alongside him?” I turned to the others and held up my hands “You guys don’t have to think about your families and friends this isn’t a walk in the park you saw what happened to me I got shot just know that could happen to you…” Jonas pulled me to his side “I will fight with him.” I looked up at him and watched as he looked to the wolf I turned back to the others. The others looked at each other and the wolf looked at them “Do not be ashamed of your choice war is not for everyone. What you can do is stand by and help them anyway you can.” The wolf looked to my father “ If you wish to stand by your son and help him then Stand up.” My father stood straight the wolf sat down and raised his paw poking my dad in the chest his body body was swallowed by light. I watched the light fade and when I could see him he stood wearing elf clothes with white hair. He had a blue shirt and blue pants and a white cloak that nearly touched the ground, the sheath on his waist was white and his pants were blue. He looked to his soul sword and drew the blade from the sheath it was pure white and it began to drip into light. The light dots went to me I held out my hand and watched as my soul sword formed from the light dots. “Your father gave you almost all of his stone so his soul sword changed to form to you. Your mom gave you her whole stone so you should have two soul swords” The wolf gestured Jonas to back up he stood next to the others and I watched as the wolf slowly lifted his paw and touched my chest. I closed my eyes and felt things moving around me the feeling of lightness and strength came over me. I opened my eyes and looked to see a red cloak that faded to white and my sheath was now on my back. My shirt was black and so were my pants, I pulled my sword from the sheath and looked it over nothing changed it’s blue blade with white edges and the ice crystals on the hilt of the blade with the red oval jewel in the middle of the ice crystals. I looked to the wolf and he paused “It seems you haven’t quite awakened the fire element which is surprising because it is your strongest element.” I looked to him as he circled around me, he then looked to Jonas, “oh you.” He sat down in front of Jonas and chuckled “you still want to protect the young elf?” Jonas nodded and the wolf raised his paw “You leave him and the powers will disappear I have never given a human Elf powers. I do not know if you will survive do you still want to protect him?” Jonas nodded and I grabbed him and pulled him to me “you are of no use to anyone if you are dead!!” He patted my head and kissed my forehead. "I love you," He turned back to the wolf spirit and nodded the wolf spirit reached out and poked him. A light swallowed him and moments later the light faded and he fell to the ground his clothes were different. He wore a black sleeveless cloak with red edges and had an empty sheath at his side. His body began to shake and I felt tears go down my face as I crumbled at his side. His mouth had foam come out and I rolled him to his side crying and talking to him hoping he would stand up and tell me it was a sick joke. He suddenly stopped and his body went lifeless. "Jonas? Please this isn't funny..." I watched as the wolf looked away and the others came to his side.
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