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Chapter 6 - Fox Fire

As the sun rose in the sky the rays started to shine through the blinds waking not only me but everone else by shining directly in our eyes.

I get up to close the blinds but before i can theres a knock at the door i open it up and its David he said he wanted to make sure were up and ready to go on the quest he hands me some food he picked up and i pass some of it to Natalie and Jillian as we start to eat we start looking at a map David handed me and he says Madi the best route to the dungeon is here once we enter it wont be easy to leave according to the inn keeper he says once you enter a dungeon the only way out is to beat normally some have exceptions but he says if we win we dont just get the reward of the quest every dungeon holds treasure of some kind and if were carefull we might find rare artifacts that grant abiltys those arent just sitting around in the treasure those will be scattered in chest hidden throughout the dungeon those will be the goals find those and we will stand the best chance of beating the boss especially since none of us know fighting skills or magic.

I look at david and agree but i mention i have that wierd connection with my scythe that allowed to fight that fire user yesterday David says he thought of that and says that wont be enough so he says will try our best but he gets back to the point of us needing stat boosting items from the chests after we go through how were going to get through the dungeon in the first place.

we gear up and head out for the dungeon knowing how we will beat it but not knowing if itll work out as we reach the door we get ready for the danger and open it up as it opens were face to face with the dungeons portal and we jump headfirst into it not knowing where we will apear in it.

As i wake up i realize ive been seperated from everyone and im on my own i get up and decide to try to locate the others and i walk theough this maze of a dungeon i feel as if something or someone is watching me as i look around and see nothing. as I look around only to see the dungeon wall i decide to press on not knowing what lays ahead as i turn the corner to see whats over there i notice theres a chest in the corner out of exicement i run towards it but before i can get there the enterence i entered from closes and the chest vanishes but in its place a lion appears but this lion seems different then ones ive seen on earth it seams Ourm has different versions of the creatures i have back home this one has horns and some type of blade in its mouth. as I try to back away it charges at me and out of instinct i dodge and realize if im to contuine throught this dungeon i must beat it and claim what was in that chest so i pull the scythe out of its holder and prepare for the beasts next strike the lion readys up and as it lunges i focus and swing my blade cutting one of horns clean off as the lion hits the floor he gets up and eyes his horn on the ground he then proceeds to use the sword in his mouth and strikes me ,barely having time to react i block the brunt of the attack but still face damage from the blade making me fly straight for a wall as i hit the wall full force i get back up and use my scythe to get my footing back as the lion readys his stance to finish me off i calm my self ready for the end but as i focus its as if time stops around me and my mind opens up and before i can realise whats happening im face to fave with Widow as she looks at me she asks is this the extent of what you can do are you really going to let yourself die so early on i thought you had much more power in you but i guess i was wrong her words pierce me with a force even harder then when the lion hit me into the wall and i look at her and say your right i was willing to give up but if i lose here my friends will be left alone in here and ill never see them again i must survive if not for myself then i must survive for them and once that was said Widow looks at me and says then show me. As i leave my mindscape and return to the battlefield as the lions about to finish me off with new determination i stand up and ready my stance and with every ounce of energy i have left i use one last swing as the lion does the same and as we both strike the lion lands on the other side of me and then falls as i look around I realize ive won i though about how i must go on and that i cant lose and with that I was able to win as i try to get up useing the scythe to help stand I finally get up and look at the corner and the chest reappears i walk over to it and open it up to find what apperas to be a fox bracelet made from some type of icy blue steel i put it on and once that happens i fell a rush of energy and i continue on i leave the room as i leave i run into David and Jillian but i dont see Natalie anywhere i ask them if they saw her. not since we entered we havent seen her but we ran into some trouble we fought goblins earlier and found these he shows me a new pair of katanas and Jillian pulls out a new pack of arrows i ask if they know what they do Jillian says this pack of arrows seems to supply infinite magic arrows but they take time to appear once all gone and David says his swords grant him inhanced speed and strenght as were talking they ask about my bracelet and i tell them thr only thing i know about it so far is that it granted me enough stamina to keep moving they tell me it should do more maybe it will appear later but for now lets try to find Natalie will see if we can figure what your bracelet does later.

but david mentions one more thing about it as were walking and its that my brace seems to be incomplete its missing what looks to be some type of orb or tiny sphere i shrug it off as we enter another room as we enter i bump into Natalie who looks concerned and before i can ask her about it she screams,run for the door as she sprints for it the door closes and she seems panicked david trys to calm her down and she explains that this room were in as she entered it she saw what seemed to be a chest but she says she found one earlier and points to her new lance and she says that the chest in this room seemed different almost reminds her of when we first met the fox I tell her the fox we met isn't here and she continues by saying that it reminded her of how life or death the situation was but before she chould open it,it dissipered and then in its place was a giant queen spider whos still here as she points up we see a giant queen spider eying us as it jumps back down we all get back up and ready our stances and i hold my scythe ready for battle.

Jillian shoots a magic arrow at it and the spider shoots webbing block the arrow before it can hit.

I go to charge at it but its as the scythe wont let me David goes to use he sword before having acid spit at him that he barely dodges and without warning Natalie charges with her lance and lays a hit on the spider getting hit back after it landed i realize David and Jillians wepons dont fare well against this enemy but Natalies and my wepon should as i think it over i decide to attack and i aim for the spot Natalie so graciously made for me to hit as i slice the spider it hit me back as i realise this battles not over yet i look at Natalie and we know what must be done we charge in unision and aim for the spot she made earlier as we hit it we drive our wepons in and with our strenght combined we destroy the spider and it lands in the ground in two pieces.

as it dissipates i look at Natalie and hug her as we rejoice that we won but before we can celabrate for long David reminds me theres still the big boss that must be beaten before we can leave as he says that goalof winning is to leave and get treasure.

i remember we must contuine to the next room but before we leave the chest reappears and me and Natalie open it together to see whats inside and when we open it we find two things a shield and what looks to be an orb Natalie takes the shield as i look at the orb i realise it can fit in the bracelet as i put it in the bracelet it and the neckless glows but as soon as it started it stops and nothing happened. Confused we contuine on david pulls out the map and we look around to see were almost to the bosses chamber and once we beat him we will be able to leave as we make our way to the bosses chamber the door has a warning sign on it telling us to turn back or be destroyed ignoring it we open the chamber doors as we come face to face with the phoenix boss that we must defeat readying up david charges slicing and diceing up the pheonix and before you know david won the pheonix turned to ashes David starts to gloat but then i rembered something i learned about pheonix they revive from there ashes as i yell at David to move its to late the pheonix revies it self and blast david with the full force of it flames and david faints after being burned to the point you cant recoginze him i scream after seeing him like that but before i can rush to help him Natalie readys her shield and lance and goes to take the pheonix out but as she goes the pheonix flames turn blue and instead of fire it spits ice freezing her in place unable to do anything else Jillian shoots a magic arrow at the pheonix trying to stop it but before it can connect the pheonix flapsit wings sending the arrow back at her as Jillian gets hit i see her get shocked by electricity realizing she used an electric arrow after the arrow is done she falls to the floor completly unmoving and with that i was alone once more David could die if not treeted Natalie will die if shes not broken out of the ice soon and me and Jillian will die if i dont do something and before i knew it i snapped and in pure anger and desperation i scream for help and as i do my bracelet and neckless glow and in a blaze of fire widow appears but as she does its as if me and her are different widow starts to transform into a type of armour and as she does it forms around me as i feel a new strenght rising within me and once the fire vanishes we are no longer two seperate entitys we are one as my eyes now hetrochromic like widows gaze at the pheonix and as i do i hear him speak so you think this armour of yours will help you youve seen what i did to your allys this new form of yours wont help you but before i destroy you and your allys what do you call this feeble transformation of yours.

me and widow now as one speak up and say this form is our bond and its name is fox armor requip. As the sound left our mouth the voice shouts throughout the chamber the pheonix laughs and then proceeds to take a stance as the pheonix readys himself he says i give you one strike before i kill you and everyone you love.

we say back ill only need one to end you as we channel our energy ice forms in my in hands i then realize this power is widows ice and im borrowing it i thank her for her power before unleasing all of it at the pheonix and with everything we have i hit him and without time to move the pheonix gets overtaken by the power and gets completly frozen solid by our power as that happenes all my energy is gone as me and widow defused back into our original state widows return to her pendant sate and my bracelet stops glowing i then look at the ice to see the pheonixs flames have been put out meaning we won as i realise that i look over to see the damage done to us has been reversed as David's burns disappear and the ice around Natalie melts and Jillian wakes up after having been giving the energy to stand they all come over to me and ask what happened i tell them nows not the time.

they then help me up as we walk over and look at the treasure scattered everywhere david tells us along with the items from the chest were able to leave with as much gold as we can carry and one other item from the pile each as i focus i take out a book on what seems to be about magics and david takes a shield natalie takes a ring witch grants strength and Jillian takes a book about creature identification as were done picking out our items we see the portal to leave and we take it and arrive back at the gate to enter leaving proud we go claim the bounty from the quest then make our way back to the inn to get some sleep. Because tommorow we make our way to the next town were david can meet up with that teacher the guy mention and learn fire but for now we sleep for tommorow a new day will be opon us.