Luckily, they didn't notice me when I sneaked away as quietly as possible. When I was out of their hearing distance, I sprinted toward Elysia. I was gasping for air. My body wasn't strong enough to run for that long, but I had to tell her this.
When I was close enough to Elysia, I instantly connected to her and alerted her, "There are Humans in the forest! I think they're hunting for creatures in the forest!"
"They're probably searching for ingredients; I doubt they would dare to violate the treaty between the dragons and humans blatantly. It should be fine, nothing to worry about, little dragon." She said, the face in the tree smiling back at me.
"Are you sure?!" I said, full of disbelief, "They seemed very keen on hunting for exotic animals!"
"I can assure you they wouldn't dare to break the treaty for some of the 'exotic' animals in this forest." She chuckled, "But if you're so stressed about it, I'll keep an eye on it." She said, trying to calm me.
"If you say so, I might have misunderstood them," I said, calming down. I noticed it getting darker, so I asked Elysia, "is there a place close by where I could sleep for the night?"
"Hmmm, there should be a cave not too far from here that should be perfect for you. I'll make a path for you to follow." As she said that, a path of blue flowers appeared again; it was a remarkable sight.
"Thank you," I said to her.
I followed the path of blue flowers she had made; it was odd what Elysia could do. Nothing like this would ever have happened on Earth; I mean, she is a tree spirit but still. This world almost seemed like a fantasy world. The bizarre creatures, the speaking with my mind, and Elysia's magical ability to create paths of flowers out of nothing.
Maybe there are more magical abilities in this world. Perhaps I could even learn a few of those magical abilities! I can already imagine myself shooting lightning bolts from my fingertips! Well, I mean claws; I don't have any fingertips.
While I was musing in my head on what kind of magical abilities I could come up with, I found myself in front of the cave the flower path let towards. It was hidden behind a bush; the cave wasn't too small or too large. Like Elysia had said, it was the perfect cave for me.
I moved the bushes aside and walked into the small cave opening. It was cold inside the cave. The stone would be difficult to sleep on, and the freezing temperature inside the cave wouldn't help; maybe I could warm up the ground by using my fire breath, but how can I do that?
What did I do when I breathed fire? I opened my mouth, and then a burst of flames came out. I tried exactly following those steps, I opened my mouth, but nothing happened. The only time I could do it was when my life was in danger, and that was out of instinct.
I tried blowing all the air out of my lungs, but that didn't work either. There had to be a trick to it. Maybe I need to first breathe in a lot of air and then breath everything out. I took in a big breath of air and blew out all the air in my long until I couldn't breathe out any more.
Then something happened, when I couldn't breathe out more air, another gas was escaping from my mount. It suddenly combusted into flames when it mixed with the air, like when I breathed fire at the wolf.
The cave was suddenly filled with flames, so I stopped breathing fire before I would burn myself in the flames. But now that I breathed fire, I think I can do it again. So, I did it again; this time, it was a lot easier to control, and the more I did it, the easier it got.
After practising, the cave I was in was utterly black and scorched, but at least it was warm now. I looked for the most comfortable spot to sleep. I laid down and into the best position. The warmth of the cave had a soothing feeling. It was the first time I didn't need to fear for my life in this new world.
All the stuff that had happened these past 4 days felt like a lifetime ago. I fought for my life, hungering for food, and finally found someone I could talk to. It was still strange adjusting to this new world; the things that happened here were so different from back on EEarth.
I was living a life in another body, experiencing things I thought I would never have experienced. I mean, I breathed fire! Who would have thought?! 4 days ago, I was still sleeping in my room and saying goodbye to my mom, but now I'm surviving in a forest.
I closed my eyes, and shortly after, I fell into a comfortable deep slumberโฆ but then I smelt something. It smelled like a fire, but not the one I had lit in the cave. The fire came from much farther away and didn't smell like burned rocks.
. It was a lot darker outside, so it must have been a couple of hours. Further, into the forest, I saw a light, it was close to where Elysia wasโฆ wait, the smell of fireโฆ light near Elysiaโฆ The forest near Elysia was burning.
I started sprinting towards the light. My body told me I should stop running, but I couldn't leave Elysia to die! Not after she's been so lovely to me! I must go and save her!
Quickly I sprinted towards Elysia's tree, and when I finally reached Elysia, I could see that a part of her tree was already catching fire, "What happened to you, Elysia!" I shouted at the sound of the crackling flames.
"Little dragon! What are you doing here? You should run! You were right. They were hunting for animals!" She shouted into my mind.
I then heard the human voice, "See what you have done. You have lit the whole forest on fire!"
"I thought it might lure out some of the animals!" The humans seemed to be bickering, but then one of them noticed me, "Hahaha, look, it worked! It told you it would work!" The human rejoiced, "Let's quickly capture it! It looks like something valuable!"
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๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ? ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค? ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ค ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ? ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐? ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ! ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐'๐ฏ๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ (๐'๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐% ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ซ'๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ), ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ.
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