As quiet as she can she tries to catch up with the wolf. The wolf runs easily between the trees and suddenly it disappears, leaves Elong standing alone there.. Not knowing where she is.
,,Damn, now I am lost too.� She sighs deep and looks around her. The trees are standing closer to each other at this place. The light of the moon does or almost not reaches the ground. She can hear the sounds of animals. An owl�s call and the little tippling of mice. A bit scared she looks around and tries to walk towards the place she saw the wolf the last time. When she walks carefully and a bit scared she hears the whistle again. It is clearly a human whistle and filled with hope she runs towards the whistle. When she is running she can hear a soft stream crawling. The trees she runs past aren�t that scary anymore, and they seem not to be standing that close anymore. Elong keeps on running towards the place she thought she heard the whistle.
Coming closer to that place she can hear nothing else then a waterfall. When she notices that there are bushes she slows her rhythm and looks through the bushes towards the open space she sees before her. It is still dark. The open space before her was at a stream, you could see a clear waterfall and two caves. One behind the waterfall and the other at the opposite of it. Only at this place the moon is shining everywhere and she can see the wolf again. But this time the wolf is not alone. A tall man is standing next to the wolf. His white hair reflects the moonlight and he wears green clothes. Standing with the back towards the hidden Elong he kneels next to the wolf and pets it. The wolf seems to like it and growls again. Then the man opens his mouth and picks up the piece of red cloth the wolf has still in his mouth. With a deep friendly voice he asks the wolf: ,, So and where did you found that Summer? This was not a rabbit you had cough.� He stands up and looks around him. Elong can see his face. It is one of the prettiest faces she has ever seen. His leave green eyes look into the world with a friendly sparkle in it. His lips are soft red and look very kissable. Elong� s heart beats faster and she tries to look in his eyes. Suddenly their looks cross each other. A bit surprised Elong falls down on her back and breaks a few branches. The man grasps the bow he has laying on the ground and walks toward the bushes. ,,Who is there?� he asked with a threatening voice. Elong stands up and runs of again. The man sighs and says something in the ear of the wolf. Then the wolf runs off and follows Elong. Not knowing where to go Elong just runs between the trees. While running that fast she cannot avoid some branches from the trees and gets them in the face. But she is more afraid for what the man would ask her or do to her when the wolf catches her.
The further she runs she noticed that there aren�t that much trees around her anymore. While not watching out she suddenly runs into someone�s back. When she falls on the ground again and looks up she can see it is a druid. When he turns she sees an evil look in his eyes and she recognizes the tattoo of Verossa on his forehead. ,,Oh no.� She crawls back again on the ground. The druid grins evil and walks towards her. ,,And what do we have here? A female elf, lost in the woods? I don�t mind helping you dear.� He chuckles and Elong shivers. The chuckle sounds cold and she gulps once. While still crawling on her back she suddenly hears the wolf howling. The druid looks up and his face does not look that happy anymore. She stops crawling back when she hears the howling. Happy she looks over her shoulder. Then she looks back to the druid, and grins. ,,Take him Summer.� She says soft. The wolf jumps over Elong and bites the druid. Elong stands up again, looks at the ground for some rocks and throws some on the druid. The druid heavily wounded flees away. ,, I will get you for this.� Then the wolf looks at Elong and cries a bit. When Elong looks at his paw she can she it is a bit wounded. She looks at the wolf and strokes his back. ,, Listen to me Summer. I am going to help you with this paw. It may hurt a little bit, but trust me please. I own you one for saving me.� Then she kneels next to the wolf and looks at it. Almost like he could understand her, he gives his paw and waits patient. Elong looks at it and then starts to concentrate. She has learned this from her teacher. She can do it. Soft singing a tune there forms a little ball in her other hand. She lays her hand on the paw and let the power fluid through the paw. When she opens her eyes again she feels even more tired then she was before. The power took the last bit of energy she had left. The wolf looks happy again and licks her face, pushing her downwards. She looks up and sees the moon almost going under again. Then she hears that whistle again and stands up. The wolf looks happy at her, licks her the last time and then runs off. She must find Elysia and sleep there. This place is not save. Walking like a drunken man she sees a road and follows it. Looking around her she recognizes this place. But sadly her brain does not let her think further and she follows the road. Not having any memory how she walked, just following the road she recognizes the gate of Elysia. Happy and relieved she walks toward the gate. Toward the first tavern she sees and gives her last money to rent a room. When she finally lies in her bed she falls asleep. Still with her clothes and shoes on.
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