“James…” the voice called!
That voice was something James had not heard in nine years. It was nothing that frightened him, far from it. He thought of the voice as his imaginary friend since he was very naive at thirteen years old. The voice would talk to him from time to time, asking about his world which at the time didn’t sound weird to him. James’s parents would look into his room from time to time wondering who he was talking to but left it as something he would grow out of. After a while the voice began to fade away into the years until it stopped entirely. Which was hard on James since he didn’t have any real friends, Just kids that hung around him because his family was rich.
“James….” It called again
“Who are you?” James replied
Silence greeted him until the voice spoke again.
“Hidden in the chaotic forest,
Remnants of the past flourish,
Journey to the eclipsing castle,
You will Find your answer without much hassle.” it stated.
That didn’t answer his question, however it must have been a sign of where his answer would be. Though the response that was given was very vague. There has to be a way to figure it out.
It was at that moment the Wraith woke up. The seat of the aircraft he slept on was very uncomfortable and sleeping on it was not one of his brightest ideas. His back was killing him and due to the lack of heat the interior of the ship was freezing. The only logical idea was to leave the cave and warm up outside but there lies a problem. Depending on what time of day it was outside would determine if he could be outside at all. However it wouldn’t hurt to see what was going on outside anyway considering he was essentially in a world of multi colored horses. So he started making his way out of the cave.
About a half mile later, He made it to the mouth of the cave. It was indeed daylight outside maybe noon if he had to guess. Which presented the issue if he was outside for very long he would be spotted. The wraith was going to have to be careful if he wanted to see what was going on topside. Every cell in his brain was screaming to stay hidden but he dismissed these thoughts and continued on.
The wraith repeated the same routine, he did last night with his rappelis rappel gun making his way to the top of the wall. He dropped to an alleyway and began sneaking from corner to corner of the alley till he reached an opening. There stood what looked like a news stand with papers lined around the top of the counter, that would be an ideal source of information. Before he made a move a door from behind the news stand opened and out walked a blue horse with…
“Wings?” The Wraith stunned at the thought.
So… pegasi exist here, that makes my existence all the more harder to keep hidden. I’m going to have to stay off the rooftops until nightfall. He thought to himself.
This also meant he was going to have to stay around the city until the moon had raised which also meant to stay out of open areas even if it was dark out didn't mean this city didn't have a nightlife!
As soon as the blue pegasus left the Wraith snatched a newspaper off the stand and headed back to the alley. As soon as he got a good look at the paper he realized it was written in latin which wasn't all that hard to read but it made him wonder why all the horses could speak in english but wrote in latin. It was going to have to be something to figure out later.
Equestria Daily
Everypony rejoiced at the safe return of Princess Celestia. After Nightmare Moon had foal napped her, six ponies came to her rescue. Using the elements of harmony on Nightmare Moon the six ponies managed to revert nightmare moon back to Princess Celestia's younger sister, luna. Who will have her powers restored as princess, more on page 3.
“Fascinating, so there are two princesses that govern this land and by the look of things I have been referring to them incorrectly, so they are ponies. That doesn't change the fact I need to figure out where that castle in the chaotic forest is. However that castle over there may hold the answer. There has to be some sort of library in that castle. Considering monarchs liked to document everything that goes on in their kingdom, but this means I am going to have to sneak in without being detected.” With that in mind he was about to return the paper when a word caught his eye. There in a column of text was a small report of last night with that stallion he stopped from hitting the mare.
Fleur de lis after a rough day came to one of the balconies of canterlot castle. Her intention was to be left alone, however one infamous stallion decided to break that silence but before he could do anymore damage, what Fluer could only describe as a bipedal being grabbed his hoof and somehow lifted him in the air without magic. Before it left fleur managed to get the beings name, The Wraith.
The sun had set far off into the distance, giving the Wraith the much needed edge he was waiting for. Scanning the castle with his eyes, trying to find an entrance, the wraith spots two entry ways. The first was the front gate option, which would hold no tactical advantage. The second would be an open window he could see with the shutters open, while it could hold some advantages worst case scenario he walks in, and whatever pony is in that room thinks its a burglar.
However; it was still an option. Another entrance came into his mind, the balcony where he put a stop to that mare being hit by Mr stick up his ass. It was close to the main level and could hold some advantages. However; since it was a castle, he was going to have to stay sharp and keep an eye out for guards.
The first option was a no go; it was too open and anyone could see him sneak in. The second option, being the open window; while good at first began to fall apart, when he remembered that most european castles that had a tall tower; would have very narrow hallways, and stairwells wouldn't give much room to hide or if he had to make a quick get away. The third option was becoming more of a fruitful idea, than the last two. The balcony, even though he saw it for a brief second, had a ballroom that could provide some hiding spots if this castle stayed true to what european designed castles had. With a plan set he put it into motion.
Grappling on to a ledge he found himself on the balcony. He made his way into the castle’s ballroom. Once there he looked above him, he could see a good few perchs towards the ceiling, those could make for great hiding spots. Now that he was in, he was going to need a source of info that would lead him to the castle's library. As if someone was listening to his request, a familiar stallion came roaming into the ballroom in what he could describe as a nightgown.
“I’ve been through this castle a thousand times; why can't I find the kitchen,” the stallion said, obviously annoyed.
This was going to be fun…..
Blueblood had gotten himself lost again in the castle. This was always an issue at night, he didn't know why but nonetheless; he made his way towards, what he thought was the kitchen. However; a small glare of light shone in his eyes. He looked around to try and see where it was coming from, there on the floor was something silver in color. Curious, he made his way towards the object. As soon as he was right on top of it, there was something odd about it. It looked like a bit, but not one Blueblood had ever seen before. Usually, bits were gold in color and had Celestia’s face on the front, and her cutie mark on the back.
This was different; this “bit,” had some strange looking pony on the front, with a strange looking mane. There also appeared to be something written on the top, but Blueblood couldn't read it. He picked it up in his magic and could see on the back, was an eagle perched on a branch. He flipped it again and on the front he could make out a number; under the strange pony was “1932,” this was so interesting! While Blueblood sat engrossed into the quarter that was purposely left to distract him, a figure slowly snuck up behind him. Before Blueblood realized what was going on; something from behind grabbed him and hoisted both of them up.
“Hey, remember me?” said a familiar voice that Blueblood couldn't put a face to, that is until he opened up his eyes.
There, right in front of him, was the same being from last night; and just like last night fear could be seen in his eyes. He wanted to scream but before he could even open his mouth…
“Scream, and I will drop you right now, take a look down.” it threatened.
Blueblood looked down and saw that both of them were several hooves in the air that alone made him shiver.
“What do you want?” Blueblood said hesitantly.
“Information!” it said.
“Where is the library?” it asked.
Blueblood almost completely speechless managed to muster out.
“Duh, duh, duh, downstairs near the castle garden it's the only door there!” said Blueblood completely terrified.
“Smart choice, now you get to take a nap.” it said pulling something from its side.
“Wha” Blueblood couldn't even finish that sentence, a hiss came from the object the figure pulled out in front of him and he slowly became sleepy.
After the Wraith had finished his interrogation, he lowered himself and the pony to the ground. Since he didn't know where the pony’s room was he had to make it look like he fell asleep in the room, which wouldn't be hard. The Wraith put the pony on the floor and covered his torso with a carpet leaving his head exposed.
The Wraith left the room, making his way through the castle, looking for a staircase going downward. Going through the halls he still kept his guard up, this was a castle after all and castles had guards to keep them safe. Eventually he found the staircase, before he could make his way down he could hear voices two coming from the staircase and one voice coming from behind him. Looking up, he saw a ledge he could hide on, wasting no time he grappled up.
The Wraith looked down, two guards were coming up from the staircase and from where he was standing prior was a; (thinking back to his greek history class) alicorn if his memory served him right. However; it wasn't very well lit except for a window with moonlight shining into it. So, he couldn't really make out very many details.
“All I am saying is that, can we really trust her after what she did to Celestia?” said one guard.
“You do realize that the elements of harmony brought her back to her former self, and even bringing this up could get you in trouble!” said another.
“No… thou is right not to trust us, we haft betrayed not only thine sister but our subjects” said the alicorn.
“Princess Luna, I apologize I didn't know you were there!” said the first guard.
So, her name was Luna…
All three of them were standing near the window where the moonlight was shining through, there he could make out better details. The alicorn was navy blue, and appeared to have what looked like a mane that was different from any other pony he had seen. This mane seemed to waver as if an invisible wind was blowing through it, but he couldn't sense a draft anywhere. Maybe his eyes were playing tricks on him, but it looked like white dots adorned her mane as if they were stars in the night sky.
The Wraith began to lose focus, until the thought of why he was here in the first place came to his head. What the hell did I do that for , shaking himself out of his stupor. As all three of the ponies went their separate ways; he lowered himself back to the floor and made his way downstairs. Right as he reached the last step he could see the door, and the garden that the pony had mentioned. However; there was a problem, two guards stood on each side of the door. A thought came to mind to attack from above, but looking up there was nothing he could hook on the ceiling.
One of the guards was about to look his way, his instincts went on autopilot looking around as quickly as he could. He spotted a column that he could hide behind. He darted to it as fast as he could. He waited to hear anything that could pertain to him; only to hear one of them sneeze. He was in the clear, now what could he do to get past them? He couldn't stay there for long, while he couldn't be seen from where the library was, he would be at the mercy of the court if someone decided to come down the stairs. He had to think fast; then it hit him. He pulled one of his sleep grenades from his belt and pulled the pin; then threw it right in front of the door.
“Hey sarge, what is this?” said one of the pony guards.
“What is what?” said the other guard.
Before they could continue a noticeable hiss could be heard from the grenade.
Both guards were clueless to what was going on, until the gas had begun to work to its full effect knocking both of them out. Both guards had slumped over giving The Wraith some time to find what he was looking for but not much. Working as fast as he could, he moved each guard away from the door and hid their slumbering bodies in a bush out in the garden. He could now enter with very little worry. He was now in the Library, he was going to have to be quick about finding what he needed.
While looking he couldn't help but think about that conversation that took place up stairs, between the guards and Luna. What were the Elements of Harmony that he had heard not only in the halls but also read in the newspaper? Maybe if he had enough time he could find something out about them. The map had to come first though, so he had to find the geography section.
“Maps of canterlot, maps of ponyville, map of …. The hell?” he said, clearly confused.
“ManeHattan, is this some kind of joke?” The wraith said to himself not particularly amused by the pun of manhattan...
“Here it is, world map of…” he paused.
“Equestria, why is everything in this world a horse pun” he deadpanned.
It didn't matter though he had what he needed, opening the scroll fully, he placed it on the floor and took a photo of it. He immediately rolled it back up and put it back on the shelf. Now all he needed to find was something on the elements of harmony; but as fate would have it the door to the library creaked open.
“Hello, anypony in here” yelled a single guard.
No response came, so the guard decided to move in. The Wraith could just put this guard to sleep, but that would be overkill, and besides it was stupid of him to think that two guards missing from their post would go unnoticed; one more would make the matter even worse. So his best option was to sneak around the guard and make his way to the garden across the hall, and escape.
The guard came towards his direction and then stopped to look around, both of them were a bookcase apart. The Wraith did what he could to match the sound of hooves on the other end of the book case. When the guard began to look in another direction. The Wraith made a dash for the door, across the hall, into the garden, and grappled onto a ledge and swing away.
The next day
The Wraith took a look at the map he took a picture of, while he was inside the nighthawk. He was looking for something that consisted of a castle near, or around, or in, a forest where he would find this “answer” the voice referred to.
“There it is, the everfree forest is the place I need to go; it's near a small village called ponyville, directly south of canterlot” He mused.
Damn these puns!
As much as he hated it, he went with it anyway. His jet was still in need of repairs in order to fly, now was as good a time as ever for repairs, considering it was daylight outside. His aircraft was black in color and would be seen coming from a mile away in the sunlight. Night was his best option.
That following night
Ponyville
Everypony was sound asleep in their homes, the streets were quiet; nothing dared make a noise in this town. That was until a loud roar filled the sky, causing such a disturbance that everypony in the neighborhood turned their lights on to investigate. Some ponies claimed to see a black dragon flying weird in the sky. Other ponies said it was Rainbow Dash wearing a black suit practicing her flying.
One even said it was a human airship, but no pony paid her any mind. It became such an issue that Mayor Mare called a town meeting. Everypony was there to talk about what they had seen, and strangely enough all of their stories stated it was headed to the everfree forest. The mane six were tasked to figure out what was going on.
Well make it mane four since Rainbow Dash had fallen asleep during the meeting and was dragged by her tail out of the town hall. Fluttershy, locked herself in her house and didn't even bother showing up to the meeting. Rainbow Dash eventually woke back up to find some dirt in her mouth and then realised she was being dragged by her tail.
There was a small argument between Rainbow Dash and Applejack that came and went. Till another one had to start up, to get Fluttershy out of her house. With all of them there they could all go into the forest together.
The Wraith had been walking for a solid two miles, not once did he see any wildlife around, the thought alone made him alert, incase of an ambush. The forest itself felt ominous, kind of reminded him of a scene from a certain movie where these people were being transported in some kind of jeep, to see dinosaurs, but the only dinosaur they actually saw was a sick triceratops.
However; corny as it sounded he turned on his thermal vision goggles to avoid any hostile creatures, the last thing he wanted to run into was a raptor, if such a creature existed here. He continued his journey uninterrupted till he came to a rickety old bridge, looking down he could see some river rapids that he could mildly hear roaring from below.
He had no idea if the bridge could support his weight or not. It looked to be the only way across the gap so taking a step of faith he worked his way across. The only thing that would have made crossing the bridge more of a pain, is if he was crossing over it with a donkey that had a fear of heights.
Finally making it across, he could see the castle mentioned in his dream up ahead. Wasting no time he made a run for it. As he got closer and closer to the castle he started to see how dilapidated it was, the structure itself reminded him of the one in canterlot only slightly smaller in size. He was right at the front door and reached his hand out, however; a vision came to mind, of him opening the door only for it to fall flat on him. He pulled his hand back immediately, this was the only entrance he could see and the castle had looked like no one had lived in it for years. He decided to test the theory of the door, and gave it a good kick to test structural integrity.
The door didn't budge, so he assumed it was ok. Opening the door toward him he entered what he believed was the foyer, walking through it was no chore but he was keeping an eye out for cobwebs, since they always liked to sneak up in front of you and cause disorientation as you try to get it off of you. He didn't really know where he was going, although a thought came across his mind to use the sonic sound wave mapper.
However one, he didn't have it on him, and two, even if he did have it on him the castle was a little too open to even map anything. It was going to at least take him a good few hours to find what was supposed to be his answer; until a ball of light materialized in front of him floating in mid air. It was white in color and did not look or feel hostile; it felt different…
The best way he could describe it was,something that wanted his attention, it felt weird but welcoming. He followed it, it would sway back and forth from time to time like a dandelion seedling in the wind, as he rounded a corner the light vanished, there at the other end sat an organ. This organ was not your typical organ, like you would see in a church or a theater, it reminded him of the organ used in Phantom of the opera. The light led him here for a reason so it must want him to play it, the question that remained was what, as he took a seat. Suddenly before his eyes, words began to appear on the front panel of the organ.
The children comes to it's enchanted call
The whimsy and joy for the many that fall
The young ones come to see wondrous sights
But none of them will know of the real fright.
It read, however the words began to fade, then something new formed
etched into the shadowed wall
Plays the song of the midnight ball
Echoes of time that shows fancy of flight
But the truth will show the real blight.
Then that disappeared.
There on a wall to the right laid a message that was blotted out by a layer of dust but was blown away to make it more legible. From the top it read children of the night underneath it were notes like those to a song at first he didn't think anything of it; that is until the song started…
“How did this get here?” he said stunned but continued playing.
The Wraith’s mind went back to the time when he had first heard this song. Sitting with his mother on Halloween Night watching a movie called Hocus Pocus.
As he played the song, the sound echoed around the corridors seemingly as if it had a mind of its own. The sound eventually left the castle and began its journey towards the forest.
The mane six were making their way through the everfree on a seeming aimless journey.
Right at that moment something was off.
“Twi, do you hear that?” Apple Jack asked her friend Twilight.
A strange and ominous song had surrounded them. It was a song that none of us had heard before. However; it did make them quiver.
“Twilight… where do you think its coming from” Rainbow Dash said with a little unease in her voice.
Twilight tried to think of the most logical place that it could be, then she remembered.
“It's coming from the everfree castle, come on girls!” twilight said leading the way.
Fluttershy fell behind because the song frightened her. But she continued forward with her head facing down trying to hide that she was afraid. As she continued walking she noticed strange hoof prints that didn't look like hooves at all. They looked rounded and long like an oval but different. Her unease had started to diminish and she followed the strange prints.
Princess Luna was pacing the halls, still feeling very guilty of her actions a thousand years ago. She continued down the hall of the castle finding herself in one of the castle gardens. This garden in particular faced ponyville, which she could see out in the distance. She sat down a sad expression on her face feeling as if nothing was going to break her out of her grief.
That was when a light song tickled her ear. She really didn't think much of it until the song struck a cord that hit her with a flashback. Her mother, when Luna was a filly, came to her when she was having trouble resting, she would sing to her to help ease her.
“I must find where this is coming from.” said a determined Luna.
The only place that could play a song of that magnitude that could be heard for miles was the organ that her father built in what is now the old castle in the everfree.
When the Wraith had played the final note the organ began to shake. Taking the hint he moved away from the organ and before his eyes, the organ began to shift to the left opening a corridor with stairs going down. The light he was following prior was floating there. The light traveled down the stairs. He followed the light down the stairs without question, this thing wanted his attention, and so far it did nothing hostile to even signify that he could be walking straight into a trap.
These stairs almost seemed they went on forever but that was dismissed as soon as he reached the bottom floor. Torches lit the area which fascinated him, how long had these been burning for? It couldn't have been long because the whole castle would have been covered in smoke. It's almost as if the torches lit themselves as soon as he began walking down the stairs, but that couldn't be the case, could it?
Looking around the room nothing stood out, that was until he stepped on a floor panel
“GOD DAMNED BOOBY TRAPS!” the Wraith said as he ducked down to take cover.
Nothing…
No darts, no blades coming from the wall, just the sound of something he could only describe as out of an Indiana film. When the sound had ceased. The wraith stood up and right before him stood a pedestal with two alicorn statues behind it standing up wings apart and their horns nearly touching each other behind the pedestal. On the pedestal laid what looked like a staff which gave off a golden yellowish glow, as if it was calling out to him. Carefully he reached his hand to grab the object.
So far so good, nothing happened, nothing sank into the ground, there was no bolder or something just aching to fall on top of him, nothing. He was beginning to think this was going to go off without a hitch. As he held the staff with both of his hands he began to wonder why he was brought here. It was a nice staff and all but before he could finish that thought, What felt like an electrical charge surged through his body and as this was going on the Wraith had a realization.
He couldn't move.
Nothing was reacting the way it should. He was as frozen as the statues were before him. Speaking of which both of the statue's eyes began to glow and a yellow charge came from their horns and a beam shot directly at him, followed by a blinding white light.
He laid in a white void that looked like it went on forever in every direction. Picking himself up, he could see two shadows, shadows that outline two alicorns. The white light began to fade there; he could see both of them in every detail; these two alicorns looked nothing like the one he saw in canterlot. One looked to be male as he had a build on him the other appeared to be female as she appeared to have a slightly thinner Physique.
Before The wraith could say anything the male alicorn began
“James, I am Helios, king of the Daylight!”
That voice…. It was the same one from his dreams and his memories. So he was one of them the entire time.
“I am Mira, queen of the night”
The wraith stood there with his arms crossed with lots on his mind.
Both alicorns look at each other with a look of remorse evident on both their faces.
“We understand that you may have a lot on your mind” Mira said trying sympathize
“No shit, do you have any Idea what it's like to go through what I did as a child?”
Helios swallowed and began.
“No James we don’t, it's my fault that I didn’t even tell you the whole reason why the tablet was sent to your world and what its purpose was.” Helios said, trying to maintain his stoic expression.
“It's because of that Fucking Tablet, that I lost my innocence as a child” The wraith was failing to keep his composure
“It was not our intention to let that happen to you, you were the best match for...” Mira was cut off
“What the hell do you mean best match, best match for what?” The wraith inquired.
Helios stepped in
“You are the chosen one, James...”
“Chosen one…” The Wraith stammered
Mira took over from there.
“Let me show you what we are talking about,” Mira said, lighting up her horn. Images became visible with whatever she was doing.
“Several thousands of years ago, back when my husband and I were the rulers of the realm. A family we knew well, was going through a hard time in their lives. Their son had a disease that at the time was incurable. The family came to us and begged for help to save their son who was only a few months old. My husband and I tried our hardest but we were unable to stop it, and it progressed further.
We told them there was nothing more we could do. However, that did not stop the father from finding a spellbook of dark magic. He summoned the worst evil we have ever seen in order to save his son, but at a price. His life for his son,what followed was the darkest time that faced our kingdom. We tried everything we could to repel the evil force, but nothing worked. The son of the family I mentioned earlier, sacrificed himself to stop it, but he gave it what it wanted, a perfect body. We were able to put him in a magical form of slumber to hold it for a period of time until a solution could be found.
Then there came a powerful unicorn calling himself star swirl. He gave us a prophecy that the evil would be stopped by something unlike equestria had ever seen. He gave us a magical tablet that would find the one that would destroy the evil once and for all. A spell was applied to the tablet for it to find the one who embodied the traits that the dark force would not be able to control and sent it away. Another spell was applied to recall the individual the moment it found the match. We were then able to watch where it went from there.
The vision faded and I was back standing back in front of Helios and Mira.
“Since your world was void in magic, we needed an object here that would jump start the Tablet’s magical abilities,that is why you were led here.” Mira said.
“That staff will not only aid you in your journey but you will be able to disguise yourself as one of us along with other things that will be revealed to you in time.” Helios continued.
Mira looked at her husband as if talking to him without moving her lips, taking the hint he started up again.
“Oh, yes and one last thing the disguise was originally meant for a pony, not a human so even though you may look like us, some things will not look or act right” Helios added in.
“Ok so I get that I’m the chosen one and all that jazz. When can I kick this evil force’s ass and go home” the Wraith asked
“Since we are no longer among the living, our spell will fade away 1 year from now” Mira stated
“But…” the wraith said, starting to feel as if there was a catch to all this.
“But the tablet was only sent to bring you here and not send you back, so we're sorry to say that we can’t send you back” Mira said, nearly choking on those last few words.
The wraith fell to his knees multiple emotions hitting him all at once.
“So that's it then, can't go back home tell my only friend I’m alive” the wraith said just now feeling the gravity of what is now and will be, till the end of his days…
Mira walked over to the Wraith and put her hoof on his back.
“I know this is a lot to take in and it wasn’t right for us to have you go through all that pain”
Mira said, trying to comfort him.
“If there was another way we would have taken that, but you're the only hope for equestria, we only ask that you take this into consideration” Mira said in a motherly tone.
Helios gave a subtle cough and spoke.
“We will give you time to think this over and contact you again sometime soon” Helios said, a father like tone present.
“Before you go can you do one small favor for the both of us” Mira asked
The wraith looked forward standing back up on his two feet.
“And what would that be?” The Wraith said bouncing back the question.
“Please look after our daughters, Celestia and Luna.” Mira said a pleading look in her eye.
Taking a short moment to think it over he looked back towards them.
“Ok I guess” the Wraith sighed.
The white void faded as did Helios and Mira, he was now standing back in the everfree forest. The Wraith looked behind him and he could see the riggedy old bridge not too far away. He pushed a button on his belt to call his jet. However, his belt was unable to get a signal through. The forest must have been dense enough to block electromagnetic signals from leaving, almost like a Faraday cage.
With no other options, he was going to have to walk to the end of the forest to be able to leave. He turned on his thermal vision again because he didn't want any surprises, he continued his walk uninterrupted for a good half mile, till a heat signature came up on his thermal vision, It was big.
Moving closer to it he was able to make out the body better. Laying there in a pool of blood was what looked like a lion at first,but nothing here was going to be normal so it had to be something else. Looking over the body again he noticed a stinger like that to a scorpion. It wasn't a lion then, what else could be?
Thinking back on his greek History class, he thought it over until it hit him. It was a manticore, a dead one at that, he also noticed a green liquid leaking from the stinger which was probably venom. He left the manticore corpse and continued on his way out of the forest. However, it was not going to be that easy, the sound of growling could be heard near him. Pulling the staff from his back he went into a combat stance.
Three wolf-like creatures came out from the brush and went into a pouncing stance. One charged him but was immediately swatted with the staff disorientating it as it fell to the ground. The second circled him then dove in, its mouth grabbing the staff trying to pull it away from him. Taking a forward step and using his upper body strength to quickly twist the staff to the right and toss the wolf away and it falls to the ground in a daze.
Both wolves fall back and begin to circle him once more. Without realizing that there is one wolf missing from the pack a sharp pain shot up his leg, looking down he sees the wolf has a hold of his left ankle.
Using his staff he shoves the rod down the neck of the wolf biting him then twists it. The wolf lets go of his ankle but then turns into a pile of twigs, however there was a yellow ball of light that he could see leave the body.
He repeats this same tactic on the other two wolves, not without a fight though. The first one repeats his attack but becomes a pile of twigs after he timed it right. The other wolf tries to go for the other ankle but is also turned to twigs. The wraith tries to move forward only to fall under his own weight.
He looks at where he was bitten to see a familare green liquid leaking out. His vision starts to get blurry as he tries to keep moving. He sits at the base of a tree holding his wound writhing in pain. His vision starts to turn to black but not until a yellow and pink thing meets his eyes.
“Oh…. my”