CHAPTER FIFTY

Funny how things change, but what is there a boy can do?

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His god had finally succeeded in sealing his fate

The message had distracted him and he’d noticed too late

He couldn’t help but laugh at the absurdity of it

As far as jokes could go he had to respect it a bit

But as he fell, he didn’t fall atop the rocky ground

He found himself entangled in a soft and moving mound

He started to imagine all the monsters it could be

But when he opened up his eye, Leaf was all he could see

They stared in silence at each other for what felt like days

The impact and the sudden meeting left them in a daze

Twig waved to his friend, but as he stood up off the ground

Leaf remembered something and began to look around

Twig joined him in glancing here and there curiously

Unsure what his friend was looking for furiously

Before they found it though, a sound caught the boys by surprise

“Do you think we can get moving, hurry up you guys…”

Leaf turned around quickly happy to have heard from Sky

But Twig was already there, and Leaf knew not how or why

Twig had moved from one place to another much too fast

But if he asked him now, that question might have been his last

Twig looked down at Sky and felt a feeling worse than fear

“No, this isn’t right, how come the both of you are here…”

He couldn’t look away from his friends fragile, mangled frame

And knew at once that for her wounds, his alone was the blame

Achievement: This Cannot Be!

How come Sky is lying there and all covered in blood?!

She should be at home, not out here dying in the mud!

Do something about this you infuriating child

Throw away your hesitation, go ahead, go wild!

She looked too weak to move, she barely looked alive at all

But as Twig started panicking, he heard the young girl call

“Twig, it’s good to see you, but we really need to move

We’ll talk later if our day should happen to improve”

Achievement: Listen!

Do as your friend says, you need to get them out of here

You have seconds before fifty more monsters appear

Maybe you could act as a diversion or decoy

Give them an escape route, you annoying little boy!

“Twig, get up, I’ll carry her, so try to follow me

We need to run toward the mountains, can you move quickly?”

Twig backed away and looked around as Leaf picked up young Sky

And noticed all the monsters they were now surrounded by

Achievement: Move!

Why are you just standing there in shock you stupid brat?!

Your friends are both about to die, are you okay with that?

Wait, it’s too late for you to run, here the monsters come

Your friends don’t have much time, so just try to buy them some

By the time Leaf noticed them, it was too late to run

It seemed like their final encounter had quickly begun

Leaf turned round to find there was a wall of huge monsters

Moving in on their humble party of three members

Achievement: Throw a Punch!

Okay, I’m sorry for that little trick I pulled on you

But now’s no time for overthinking, you have work to do

Your first kill was traumatizing, that much I’ll concede

But now you’ll die living the life a hero’s meant to lead!

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