Me and Alora have been walking through the swamps for what seems to be hours, calling for help was pointless since there's no service out here, my phone died and Alora doesn't believe in phones so we were on our own to find our way back to bourbon street. As we're walking through the swamp I hear something close by
"Aye you hear that?"
Alora looks around
"No, what is it?"
"Someone else is here, I hear another pair of footsteps"
We both look around but can't seem to find anything and the sound has stopped. I start heading to where I heard the sound and in a clearing I see Aurelia sitting down on a log with her head down. I turn to Alora
"It's Aurelia"
"So?"
"Should we go talk to her?"
"She tried to kill you!"
"Yeah but she also let me off the hook"
"You can go talk to her, I'll stay right here waiting"
"Fine"
I head over to Aurelia and sit down next to her
"Aurelia?"
"Oh it's you… just when I thought this day couldn't get any worse"
"Ummm well I just wanted to say thank you for letting me go"
"Looking back at it now I should've killed your stupid ass"
"But you didn't, why?"
"I don't know…. There's just something about you that told me not to do it, l just can't put my finger on it"
I smile and start talking sarcastically
"It's obvious you're attracted to me, I seen it since the day you came up to me in the bar"
"Very funny"
"I'm just playing. I don't know everything that's been told to me I'm still kinda confused about everything too"
"There's obviously something special about you, otherwise someone wouldn't want you dead"
"Yeah maybe… anyways I was thinking, you should come with us back to bourbon street"
"Why should I do that?"
"Well that bar is a home to outcasts, you don't need a coven to be accepted there"
Aurelia just hangs her head and I hear some sobs coming from her, she lifts up her head and there's tears streaming down her face
"I just can't believe my own father banished me from the coven"
"Wait Bastian is your dad?!"
"Yeah… I tried to my hardest to be accepted and prove my worth, but look where that got me"
I put my arm around her
"Well… maybe it's time to stop trying to prove your worth, where we're going you'll be accepted for who you are"
Aurelia looks at me and gives a slight smile
"I literally tried to kill you a couple days ago and you're being all nice to me"
"It's alright, I can let that go"
"Alright… then let's go"
We both get up and head back to Alora, they both just look at each other and say nothing
"Can both of you just get along?"
They both just stay quiet and start walking
"This is going to be a long walk back"
After almost an hour of walking and awkward silence we come across a broken down house.
The house looks like it's been torn apart and abandoned for years.
"Yooo who was living out here in the middle nowhere"
Alora speaks up
"I don't know but it feels… dark"
"What do you mean?"
Aurelia perks up
"Yeah, the energy around this place feels off. Something sinister happened here"
"Like what?"
Alora scans the landscape
"It could be anything, but if I were to guess it's something along the lines of black magic"
Before I can say anything there's a rustle in the bushes near the house
"Y'all heard that right?"
Alora pulls out her two guns. Aurelia is on alert. The rustling gets louder and soon three creatures emerge. Three little green creatures with big ears, tattered clothes and leather hats.
"Are those goblins??"
Alora speaks up
"Yeah, stay back Jay"
I start laughing
"They're so small!! Are you seriously saying these little guys are a threat?"
"Stop talking Jay"
"I mean come on, I think I can talk to these guys and be friends with them"
Aurelia butts in
"That's not a good idea, they might be small but they're dangerous. They also travel in groups… there's more nearby I can smell them"
Soon the more and more goblins start coming out the bushes and the swamp. A bigger goblin emerges, he looks at us and starts talking in a high tone
"Give him to us and we'll let you two go"
I can't hold back my laugh
"Oh my god!!!! I can't believe this shit!!"
"You dare mock and laugh at us?!?"
"Oh come on you guys are adorable"
Alora and Aurelia both look at me with wide eyes
"JAY!!!"
"SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!"
The goblin leader yells out
"Enough!!! You've been warned, now you all die!"
Soon all the goblins start closing in, Alora starts letting off shots and Aurelia transforms and starts tearing apart the goblins. I run and hide near the house and watch the chaos unfold. Goblins just keep coming, Alora is surrounded but Aurelia jumps in and backs her up. I want to do something to help but I have nothing to use, but I feel something drawing me to the house. I sneak away and feel this energy drawing me in, I walk through the house until I come across an alter, sitting there is a glowing tomahawk. I walk over and pick it up, I feel a heavy vibration as soon as I touch it but it feels good in my hands. I head outside and see the goblin leader all by himself, might as well put this weapon to use.
I sneak up behind him and swing the tomahawk as hard as I can down onto the top of his head. A cracking sound breaks through the swamp, everyone stops and looks towards me, the goblins all look on in shock and horror as they see their leader's head split open as he falls down in a heap, blood rushing out onto the swamp. I rip the tomahawk out his head and all the goblins start to scream in horror and run away after seeing their leader fall. Alora looks on in shock but also has a smile on her face
"Holy shit… where did that come from?"
"I found it inside the house, I guess the energy wasn't all that bad because this drew me in"
Aurelia transforms back to her human self
"Damn that's fucking crazy, you almost split him in two in one swing"
I look down at the tomahawk
"Yeah, this shit works alright… I think I'll hold into this for a while, guess killing me just got a little bit harder"
Alora looks at me
"Don't get too cocky, these little goblins aren't shit compared to what else could be looking for you"
I just shrug my shoulders and we start heading back on our way. I guess the story that Bastian told me has some truth if this tomahawk somehow drew me in with its energy.