ic The Hoard of the Beast

[Nerdzul]

 

"I can see you..." Luke whispered, his stare still vacant, his mind overwhelmed as internally he struggled to recover his bearings. 

Leon's words couldn't reach him, although he was barely aware of them, like if they echoed from worlds apart. 

 

He did however, feel the slap, or at least, the gesture was strong enough to divert his attention from the golden disk. 

 

"Hey..." He lamented, his smile however,s uggesting that he was grateful that his friend had managed to free him from the spell. Chewy clacked excitedly, and gave 

 

"What the hell..." He had little time to assess the situation however, as the ground stirred again underneath their feet. There was no doubt that the creature below was awakening now while Luke was no longer in sync with its tought, he could swear that it was pissed. "F..."  The boy jumped backward, barely avoiding a pile of treasure from one of the collapsing structures. "Run!"

They dashed away blindly for a few feet, but it was like trying to outrun the ocean, while standing on it. It was a struggle just to stand up. Luke's heart raced madly and with it, the rhytm of the cave did the same. His eyes had began to glow of a golden glow. Strangely enough, the young man found himself invigorated by the experience. "Maybe..." He stopped on his tracks. "There is no way we can make it on foot..." He added, as he dug as deep as he could for his power, the one that had eluded him for now. There!

 

"Yeah!" He half shouted, half roared triumphantly as he managed to grasp enough of his essence to change. Molten obsidian seemed to melt on his skin as he grew into his draconic form. Tiny, perhaps, compared to the creature below, but with his bat-like wings unfolded.... Maybe, it would give them a chance. "Jump up, man..." 

 

 

 

 

[Spacefurry]

“‘Bout time you snapped outta it.”

Leon said giving his head one last shake.

“You tell him.”

He looked down at Chewy. Suddenly the piles coins that was the ground under them began to shift again.

“Shi-!“

Leon dodged aside, narrowly avoiding a toppling pile of treasure.

“Don’t have to tell me twice.”

The young thief was already moving. He scooped up their little companion and followed his roommate. The two ran as well as the shifting ground allowed until Luke suddenly stopped. Leon skidded a few feet on the unstable coins but recovered to look back.

“What are you doing? We kinda short on options unless you can sud-“

Luke cried out in joy and the boy melted into the expanding mass of black scales that erupted into a full blow dragon.

“-denly turn into a dragon again.”

He looked down at Chewy and the creature chirp-snapped.

“You said it, not me.”

Leon smirked and ran for Luke, shifting Chewy to his right side. Grabbing hold, he swung himself up onto his friend’s back.

“Kick it!”