He slowly sat up before opening his eyes (to change it up a bit). Everything appeared fuzzy, and he could hear voices, though they were not very clear. When he finally got a semblance of awareness back, he saw the golden-eyed man, the bear and an old cat-woman, talking to each other.
They seemed to be talking about fixing a ferris wheel, but he might just be delirious from the blood loss. Oh right....he was bleeding wasn't he?
When he looked down, he could see the stitches on his leg.
Huh, it's gone now.
Before he could continue to admire the immaculate work done to his leg, he was interrupted by a giant BOOM, coming from his right.
He saw a giant ferris wheel, cracked and hardly recognizable, fall to the ground and shatter into a million pieces. He stared at the ferris wheel in shock. Then looked towards the man and the cat-woman, who had noticed that he was awake.
"So, how are you feeling pipsqueak?", the man asked while walking over with a concerned look onn his face.
"What did I miss?"
"Well...."
"First you almost died and then a lot of people did die, and it's all the old man's fault."
"I'm telling you, I didn't cause his injury, and I didn't cause the ferris wheel to fall!"
"It's all because your silly old magic is getting weak, I already told you that you aren't as young as you think you are anymore."
"I'm still as fit as a fiddle!"
"I fiddle wouldn't cause a giant ferris wheel to leave its place and crush several people to death"
"I-It might have! You don't know the fiddle! You weren't there!"
Marrie looked at the man weirdly. The man just shuffled away from the woman and decided that talking to the boy would be much easier than talking to the old cat that had no respect for him.
"So pipsqueak, I don't feel great asking this of you when you just woke up but, do you think you could help Marrie fix the ferris wheel? The others don't matter, just the ferris wheel?"
"Huh? Oh sure, I'm great with wood"
"If you hel-wait what? You agreed? Just like that?"
"Uh huh"
"O-okay..."
"Wait a minute you old ragged man! Aren't you gonna help us rebuild the wheel?"
"I would, but this has me worried. My magic should not have stopped working. This was not an accident."
"If only me and the kid work on the...."
She trailed off as she saw the boy already chopping down a tree in the forest with an axe.
"When did he get there?"
"See? You'll be fine!"
"Even if the boy is quick, it will take a long time"
The boy looked over and yelled to the group.
"Don't worry! It will only take 5 years!"
Marrie looked sternly at the man, while tapping her foot on the ground. The man smiled at the boy but kept glancing at Marrie, sweat dripping down his cheek. He couldn't take it anymore after a few seconds and broke under that stare.
"Fine, fine, be glad that I used this on you!"
Saying so he took out a whistle and blew on it. He smiled after blowing on the whistle and placed his hands on his hips, staring into the sky like a bigshot. Marrie stood confused, until she felt the earth rumble and heard the cries of a multitude of animals in the distance, getting closer each second.
"You didn't-"
"Yes I did"
"....How many more times can you use that whistle?"
"Hmmm.....I had already used it once before so...one more time"
"You stupid old man! You only use it during emergencies!"
"This is an emergency! I have to find the cause of this! These guys will help you"
Thousands of animals arrived in front of them in just under a minute. The man calmly faced them and smiled.
"Do you know why I called you here?"
Most of them grumbled and complained but still reluctantly nodded.
"Good! Then get to work!"
They all left to get tools or go and cut trees to help rebuild the ferris wheel. While they were grumbling and wandering about, helping wherever they could, the man walked to the boy, who was now sitting on a log and chipping away at it.
"Hey pipsqueak, since you are helping me, and you are related to Teresa, I think you deserve to know who you are speaking to"
"Okay"
"....Is that all you have to say? There are very few who get this honour"
"I don't even know who you are. How am supposed to be honoured to know a stranger's name? Right now, you're just a random dude who saved me, so thank you and alright I'll learn your name"
The man's face twitched. 'Is this boy extremely smart, and just pretends to be dumb all the time? How could a person be this different so quickly?'
"Oi! This is my tree, beaver! Stop chewing on it! If anyone is going to chew on this tree, it should be me!"
Saying so, he started biting into the tree with his teeth, ripping a piece of bark and chewing on it like a cow.
'Or maybe not...'
"Haaa...let me just show you"
The man started to slowly shapeshift. The boy looked shocked for a second, before he seemed to remember something, the shock turning to a wide smile. The man's neck elongated, fur emerged from his entire body, he grew two round ears and his eyes shifted to the sides of his head.
In front of him was a giant llama. It had a beautiful golden coat, brown eyes and looked like a majestic war hero.
"I am one of the four Titans, I am The Expensive Llama, the Flaming Archer, Hurdson!"
"Why not just call yourself the Golden Llama?"
"Ehhh...Golden Llama is too basic"
The boy had an even bigger smile now.
"You're my kinda guy! Up top!"
Hurdson saw the outstretched arm with the palm facing toward him in confusion. He did not know what to do with it, nor did he know what 'Up top' meant. Hurdson, instead decided to touch his nose to the palm.
The boy looked at his wet palm, then up at the llama.
"Close enough!"