Stand Together

Arrow Points Down

Mitch's POV

Constant crashing and shaking filled my senses. I looked above my head and cursed as I quickly ran away from the path of a falling boulder. What is going on? Is it an earthquake?

"Mitch watch your back!" Someone, I think Sky yelled as a flaming arrow whistled by my shoulder, just barely missing me.

"What's going on?" I yelled to Sky before ducking another arrow. "Fuck!"

"We're being attacked idiot. Duh. Have you been hit by a rock or something?" Sky laughed a little bit then shot an arrow towards a huge mob of people. I honestly don't remember this.

"Why aren't we on the ground? I know that many people here are more hand to hand combat ready." I couldn't help but bite my lip as Sky laughed again.

"Don't worry about that, Fluffy has it handled." Fluffy? Who the-wait. OH HELL NO. I pushed past Sky and ran down flights of stairs until I reached the bottom of the tower and the top of a wall. Am I in a castle? I quickly ran across the path on the wall, shooting arrows into the attackers every now and then. I don't know what I was doing, my body just decided to move on it's own, giving my mind no option but to follow it. I stopped on the area right above the door, where a group was gathering, and they were cheering? Why? We're being attacked! I looked down and saw one of the creatures that were in paintings on Jerome's bedroom wall walking out of the gates. It was extremely solemn, and seemed focused on it's targets, which was basically the entire army in front of the castle. With a quick flick of it's arm, it unsheathed a diamond axe, letting it shine in the sun for a dramatic effect. I rolled my eyes. Sooo cinematic. I watched it as it simply walked down the path that lead to the gates of the castle, waving it's axe around and letting gravity do the rest. Bodies flew left and right, and the army in front of 'Fluffy' quickly started retreating. The creature started to run towards the mass of people, skillfully dodging arrows and attacks, it was so cool to watch. It chased the army into the forest that was a little ways down from the castle. The entire place erupted into cheers, including me. That creature was pretty cool. I couldn't help but smile as it came back from the forest, it's brown fur now red, everything red.

We won. We won with the power of the Fluffy. I grinned and couldn't contain myself as I raised my bow in the air and yelled, "GG!" Everyone looked at me oddly until the Fluffy lifted it's bloody axe and repeated me. Everyone cheered again, mixed with shouts of GG. It was one of the best feeling I have ever felt. I smiled and looked back down at the Fluffy, who nodded at me, then walked into the castle gates. Everyone raced down the stairs to meet him, but I saw vines on the wall that reached all the way down to the ground. 'Trust yourself, don't trip. Do it on purpose.' I nodded to myself and leapt off of the wall I was on, then let myself fall. When I was almost at the ground, I grabbed the vines and slid the rest of the way to the ground. When I touched down, I looked up and saw the Fluffy staring at me. I waved a little, then walked over to it. "Hi." I said simply, slightly afraid that it didn't speak english. It grunted a little then pointed to Sky.

"He can't talk. He's mute." Sky stated, then pat the Fluffy on the back. "He's a Bacca." Wait a second, hold the phone and set it on fire. THAT'S a Bacca? Wow. Ok then. I looked back at it and examined it up and down, then met his eyes. They had a weird look in them, they weren't completely bloodthirsty or bent on survival. They were a beautiful shade of gold, no, that's not it. They seemed so...human.

"Holy shirt." I said suddenly, reality hitting me. It's Jerome. My face probably said it all, because Jerome growled, then lunged at me with his axe.

I woke up shaking, still feeling the diamond blade in my chest, my clothes were still soaked with blood. In my head of course. Jerome was staring at me, obviously worried.