(dis chapter is a little longer but then again, it isn't very long. It's pretty fast paced which im sorry about XD. Anyways, this one is kinda just about Skolris being poisoned i guess cuz it never seems like the characters are affected by battle and I want to demonstrate that they actually are. :)

Ananucas looked over at Skolris,"explain the dragon. Is it a bond?" He asked. Antariel rubbed her arm,"well, not really. She doesn't belong to us. My bond is a wolf and i am a werewolf. Nymos has a griffin and he has the power of water." Antariel said awkwardly.

     "Then why is it so uhh.. i guess tame?" Ananucas asked curiously. "Other then it attacking us but we provoked it. Sorry." He apologized. A shameful dragon-like noise escaped Skolris's mouth. I should probably just tell him im a shapeshifter. He'll find out eventually but I feel like we can trust these people. "If you don't want to, you don't have to." Antariel whispered to her.

     "What's going on? Why does it seem like you can communicate with the dragon. Is there something you're not telling me?" Ananucas asked while eyeing them suspiciously. Antariel looked at Skolris. You can tell him.

     "Weeellllll that dragon isn't actually a dragon." Antariel started. "What? Are you children messing with me?" He asked. "No, we are 100% positive. She is actually a human." Nymos said defensively. "Stop joking around. This is serious." Skolris looked at Ananucas and narrowed her eyes. She then shifted back into a human but that was a terrible idea.

     The injuries she had as a dragon were much much bigger when she was human. They were deeper and larger. "What in the world?" Ananucas gasped. "Skolris! I never knew you were that bad!" Antariel said aloud. "D-don't worry. I-i'm fine." She stammered though her body felt as if it were going to split in two.

    She attempted to move towards her friends but Shojer pulled her back down. "Don't move, you'll make yourself worse!" She said worridly.

"You can take care if her while we talk." Ananucas said. Shojer nodded. "What was your name again?" He asked. "My name? Umm it's Sk-Skolris." She stammered again. "Are you sure you're alright? You don't seem like yourself." Antariel said.

     Ananucas scratched the back of his head awkwardly. "Umm, some of those arrows might have been tipped in something we make called Droison. It's used against dragons and it's supposed to make them kinda confused and weak and other stuff." He said. Nymos glared at him. (You know where this is heading 🙂)

     Skolris's head was fuzzy and so was her vision. I hate this. "She's staring off in space now." Antariel said angrily. "Yep, very normal. Guess it's working aye? Anyway, let's get back to our conversation. Isn't Skolris that one girl everyone has been talking about who can shapeshift and such?" Ananucas asked.

     Antariel nodded, "and you're one of the few people who know her human form so don't tell anybody." She said. "I won't, you have my word." He promised. "Good"

     "You should get something to eat. You look as skinny as Shojer. But it's normal for her." Ananucas joked. "Follow me," he ordered. "Sir, she's not going anywhere if you want all of her wounds to split open. The droison and arrows and spears really did their job." Shojer said defiantly. "No really, i-i am as good as i w-will ever b-be." Skolris said mindlessly.

     "Just bring them food here, ok?" Shojer said. "Alrighty then, you watch them." He said before walking out of the room. Antariel and Nymos joined Skolris on the floor. "When will Skolris get better?" Antariel asked Shojer. "Well, the droison will take a day or two to wear off. Her injuries are pretty bad but will heal in maybe a week but who knows?" Shojer said.

     "A WEEK?" Antariel growled. Shojer nodded. Skolris listened in but just barely. It was hard to focus on things that went on outside of her body. She didn't notice Ananucas walk back into the room with a plate full of turkey and gravy.

     Skolris felt a tap on her shoulder and flinched. Who was that? "Do you want any Turkey?" Someone asked her. "What's that? Wh-who are you?" She asked. "It's me, Antariel, remember?" She asked in a worried voice. "Don't worry, it'll wear off soon." Someone else said back to Antariel.

     Skolris looked around and saw four other people in the room. Who are they? What do they want!? She began to scoot away. "What do you want? G-get away!" She growled. "We don't want anything." A boy said. "Just calm down."

     The girl named Antariel had a more panicked expression. "Skolris, you don't remember me? Why don't you recognize me?" She asked while scooting closer. What is she doing? I don't know her! Is she trying to manipulate me or something? Well, it isn't going to work!

     Skolris shifted into a bengal tiger and snarled, bushing up her fur.

Antariel stopped and backed away again. Panic was replaced with fear. That's what I thought. "Skolris, stop!" A woman shouted. Why are they trying to tell me what to do? First they try to manipulate me and now they try to tell me what i can and can't do?

     She stalked forward, towards her prey. I can show them who and who they can't control. Then, getting ready to spring, Skolris locked her eyes on the manipulator, the girl named Antariel. She wore a frightened face.

     Skolris leapt forward but in mid-leap, someone deflected her attack by crashing into her side. She looked up to see the leader of the group staring at her. With a snarl, Skolris pounced on him and they began a wrestling match. It was a matter of strength to over power the other but for some reason, the leader began to win.

     He probably didn't intend to hurt her but Skolris scratched at him with her claws. They were incredibly ineffective and weak. Why can't I do anything? I should be the one who overpowers the leader! I'm a tiger!

     Then, he suddenly threw a crushing punch at her nose, which immediately made her recoil. What am I doing? What just happened? And why do i feel like my skin got torn open again?

     Ananucas strode over to her, his fists clenched. He looked like he was about to attack her! Skolris crouched down and pressed herself up against the wall. What's he going to do? 

     He then stopped in front of her and raised his hand above his head. Skolris's eyes widened as she covered her face in her paws but there was no punch after. She moved her paw from her face and stared at him. Ananucas's face was full rage but it soon wore off.

     "Get up and go eat your food." He ordered. There's food? Im starving! As she neared, Shojer looked at Nymos and Antariel who had a frightened face. "So, are you going to apologize?" She asked. Skolris shifted back to human,"huh?"

     Nymos face palmed and sighed. "It's not her fault." Shojer said. Skolris looked around."what did I do?" She asked, confused. "Wweellll, since the droison made you kinda confused, you kindaa went into attack mode. You were a tiger and you tried to attack Antariel but Ananucas deflected your attack. You were weak from the droison so he was able to defeat you and I guess when he punched your nose, it got rid of the effects of the droison."Shojer explained.

     "I DiD THAT?!?" Skolris covered her face in her hands. How could I attack my best friend? How did I not recognize her? "Im so sorry!" She choked out, her face red and getting ready for a burst of tears. "I can't believe that I almost hurt you. How did i not remember any of you?" She murmured.

     "It was our fault, Skolris. We poisoned you but only because you attacked us, but then again, we attacked you first." Ananucas said. He joined everyone on the floor. Antariel looked around awkwardly. She knew that Skolris had lost control of her animal form when they were in the forest.

     "I actually didn't mean to attack you as a dragon." Skolris said. Ananucas looked at her."if you didn't, then why did you?" He asked. Skolris hugged her knees to her chest,"the truth is that I lost control of my animal form. Since we had been traveling for hours and in my case, flying, we were really tired so we stopped on this island. I was still a dragon and we were resting and tired and everything when you surrounded us and threatened to kill Nymos's bond. It made me angry and mad but my animal form was mad so it got out of control. I have also been shifting a lot lately and that's also part of the reason. We were planning on hunting down the bombers and defeating them after we rested but I sank their ship." Skolris said, embarrassed.

     Ananucas just stared at her. There was then a very awkward silence before he cleared his throat. "We can help you defeat the bombers but you may want to shelter on our island for a bit and rest. I see you've been through a lot of trouble lately." Nymos nodded his head,"thanks."

     They all finished eating their food before Ananucas showed them the cave where they would stay. As they walked, Skolris's injuries, stung but she tried not to show any hint of pain in her face. The last thing she would want was to be fussed over.

     Their room had three beds, a large table, a stone floor and roof, a large light, a bathroom, and a tv. It was like a large hotel room but with a stone floor. It was late at night and everyone plopped down on their beds. "Goodnight everybody." Antariel said.

"Good night." Skolris said. Nymos said the same. "Tomorrow is a new day, and it'll be a good one."

A/N: Tell me in the comments how many chapters this book should have before I make the second one. I don't plan by books before I write because im lazy so who knows how long this book'll be O_o

Tomorrow in the book is a Tuesday XD