Clay, Charles and Steffen stayed silent for a while. Sharp and shaky breaths filling the air.

"Come on, we need to find him!" Clay turned around, looking at the 2, whom only nodded and pushed themselves to their feet with stern faces.

Their feet trudged against the concrete path, rocks stabbing their shoes like daggers, though they didn't mind.

They needed to help Dave, and he needed help.

Clay fastened his pace, nearly tripping over tall bits of grass that his shoes accidentally got caught in, Charles and Steffen trying to keep up.

"We need a plan!" Steffen shouted to Clay, panting. The boy turned around, slowing down his pace and halting for a couple minutes.

"Right." His eyes got lost in thought, mind elsewhere. Steffen and Charles exchanged glances, wondering what they should do themselves.

A couple minutes of silence later, Charles jumped up. "I've got it!" The other 2 looked at him, eyes flashingwith excitement. "Okay, here's the plan..."

Dave's eyes widened, realising he may not be able to fight this beast alone.

The beast's jaws hung low, crimson liquid dripping from the sharp teeth.

It roared, kicking Dave, forcing him to, yet again, fly into a tree.

As he slid down to the floor, the bark scraped him, warm liquid leaking down his back.

He sighed, about to give up, but before he could let the beast take him, a rock flew past his face and hit the monster's eye.

It roared, it's head whipping to the direction it came from.

A figure, staring at the monster, who stared back as it slowly walked up to them.

The figure suddenly grabbed his sword and stood in a stance, ready to strike.

Suddenly, Dave felt a tap on his shoulder and he froze, slowly turning around.

'Steffen, Charles.. the other must be Clay..'

"Come on" Steffen helped Dave up, Charles throwing some meat, the monster smelled it and ran, gobbling it.

The 4 ran.

And soon enough, they were out of the forest.

"We need to get you healed.." Clay sighed, Charles smiled. "I know who can do that!" He skipped along the path, the others helping Dave walk.

"Ryan?" Charles whispered into the hut, the man already awake, luckily.

They walked Dave inside, sitting him down on the bed.

"What happened?" The wizard asked, Charles sighed, hesitant. "We.." he started.

"You.. what?" He looked at Charles. "Ryan, don't tell anyone." Ryan nodded, staring at Charles in the eyes.

"We went into the forest, I'm sorry Ryan! But we wanted to, we wanted to explore an-" Charles carried on his rant about why, Ryan shook his head. "I'm not angry" he carried on tending to Dave's wounds.

"This might sting.." Dave nodded, having paid no mind to any pain he was feeling.

"Done" the 4 smiled, waving a goodbye and leaving the Wizard alone.

"I guess we go home now.." Clay sighed. "I had fun" Dave replied, starting to walk off, leaving the 3 alone.

"I should go." Steffen started walking back too, Charles and Clay staying a bit longer.

"Today was a waste.." Clay sighed, Charles shook his head. "It was actually quite fun!" The taller boy looked at him, confused.

"Well, we had an adventure, plus, Dave said he had fun!" Clay smiled and hugged Charles. "Thank you" Charles looked at him, confused.

"You're an amazing being, Charles. You're so happy and you brighten us all up in different ways" Charles's eyes brightened, his smile grew, hugging Clay back.

They finally parted ways, walking back to their own kingdoms in pure happiness and contentment.

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