The Protectors

Into The Night

We decided the best thing to do was somewhere, somehow purchase some camping equiptment for our hike to a cave on Snowdonnia, to find the chalis. We walked around the shops and it occured to me that we don't have any money, "why do we need money?" Gemma asked. She looked around to make sure nobody was looking, she held out her right hand and waved her left hand over her right, and there appeared £100, she waved her hand over mine and there appeared another £100.

Amazed i asked "wow, can you make me a millionaire after this is over", she told me "this isn't real money, it's an illusion, when you buy something you give them this, they think it's real and then when they put it in the till, they shut the till, but it wont be there". Realising that we are technically steeling i started to panic "no we're steeling" i told her. "What else do you want me to do?" Gemma asked. I querried "why can you not make real money like you did with the driving license" she answered "its not a real license its an illusion". Not knowing what to say i let her do what she needed to do.

We picked up some new cloths to try on in the nearby clothes shop, and we brought some new clothes with our fake illusion of money. Having brought new clothes we walked out the shop and i felt convinced that we have got away with it. Feeling happy we went down to a local outdoors shop.

We walked in and the assistant came over and asked if he could help, Gemma told me "i'll talk to this one", as if he was a pony in a penn, "hello" she said cheerfully "we are going camping to find a chalis what would you suggest to camp on top of snowdonnia", curious the assistant asked "what chalis is theis then", Gemma very quickly got angry and told him "None of your bussiness, go and find me some stuff".

I told Gemma to calm down and i would take it from here, she obviously is not ready to talk to other humans, "oh i could just throw him and really hurt him just by a wave of my hand the inferior arse". "Shut up" i whispered "you can't drawl attention to us". Gemma calmed down and sat on a set up camping chair. The shop was well stocked with everything from wellies to tents and camping stoves. We picked up a tent some cooking stuff and a sleeping bag for each of us. I told Gemma "now it's going to be cold up there so we'll have to cuddle up while we sleep to keep each other warm", Gemma was very abjected by this and told me "theres no way thats happening, it's bad enough we have to do this together", Disappointed, i told her "it will be cold up there and the fire will only last so long, and we did it at the B&B when we were soaked after the lake". She ignored what i was trying to tell her, and turned to look at the merchandise.

We brought our stuff at the check out and headed out of the shop, to set our course for snowdonnia, wales. This time we Gemma made some more illusion money and we went to the car.

Althoughbwe had brought some bits, our journey would take a little longer, due to us stopping in various places to buy other bits with the illusion money.

We drove from Glencoe Scotland, to snowdonnia wales. As we arrived, i parked the car in a nearby car park and we started our assent. We climbed hills and climbed rocks, Gemma wanted to set a locating spell so hopfully we can find it without walking all over the mountain. so we done the usual but we risked doing the spell in the tent, bit this one was different, this one was like a GPS, it was a locayor on the map, and pointed us to where we needed to be.

The locater flame guided us up and over a cliff face. Failing to buy harnesses, i asked Gemma "what do you recon we should do" "hold on" she replied having already thought of a plan. Gemma raised her hand and i raised off the floor, scared out of my wits i shouted "HEMMA WHAT ARE DOING?" she lifted me with her magic to the top of the cliff, still at the bottom Gemma was laughing her head off at my reaction. As i was rising i asked "and how do you get up here?", "i'll meet you up there in a minute" she answered. She dropped me onto the the cliff ledge. As i looked over the edge back down to her she started lifting herself with her magic, she flew herself upto the ledge. I sat on the floor as she landed. "Well" Gemma said "you ready to go". She walked on, "bloody warn me before you do that next time please" i said as i was highing the floor. All Hemma could do was laugh as she walked off.

I told Gemma "you know you really scare me sometimes, you could do anything to me and there would be nothing i could do about it". She giggled and said "yeah". And walked off which left me uneasy, remembering what she done to me when we first met.

I ran to catch up, as we walked and climbed to find the chalis. The locator pointed over to some staggered and jaggid rocks, we walked over to the rocks and the locater was saying that it was around the area somewhere, but in the vision i looked as if it was on the floor of a cave. Gemma walked up and stood ontop the rocks. But i couldn't help but feel somethings not right and we were walking trap into a trap.

I followed Gemma to the top of the rocks to see if we can find the chalis, as we balanced our way across the rock's, there was still no sign of the chalis although the locater was telling us it was here.The locater seemed pointless.

After hours of searching, we agreed to set up camp on a flat surface that we've found. Having never camped before i tried to erect the tent. Failing and making myself look idiotic, Gemma giggled as she watched the entertainment, that i was unknowingly performing for her.

After so long of wetting herself with laughter, Gemma decided to help, but not the human way. She started to sway her hands and the poles started to put themselves into the correct places of the tent and the tent was up within 5 minutes.

"Why didn't you do that earlier instead of watching me struggle" i asked, "because it was funny to watch you suffer" she replied as she walked away giggling. "You go and find fire wood" she demanded "i'll get the fire going". I walked away from the camp as night was rolling in, i started to pick up sticks and other bits to get the fire going and keep it going. We were both frozen cold so we needed a big fire.

I walked through a wooded part, carrying an arm full of wood. As i was climbing over fallen trees and pointed rocks, i heard a deep growling, scared i froze still, my heart was racing and a shiver started racing through my body. As the evening sky was getting darker i looked all around but could not see anything. I found some courage and started to climb down off the rocks and fallen trees, the night was drawing in faster and faster, as i ran through the woods it was getting harder by the minute to see anything at all.

I could hear in the distance something charging towards me but because it was so dark, i could not see what it was, so i blindly carried on running, until i ran head first into a tree, i almost knocked myself out, i heard this thing stand over me and heavily breathing on me, as i looked up waiting for my demize, i saw the red eyes of the monster looking down at me.

The monster turned away, just as i thought i escaped with my life, it viciously grabbed my leg with it's razor sharp teeth and started tearing through my leg. The pain was immense i shouted and screamed for Gemma to help me, she did not come. It syaryed to appear to me that this thing was a werwolf, no doubt sent by Maria-Hope to make life harder for us for no reason.

I tried with all my might and agonising pain to drag myself away and pulled myself to safety. I punched and kicked into the dark hoping to get this thing off me. Eventually i managed to find a big stick in the darkness and swang it at the monsters head and just out of shear luck i stabbed this thing in through the eye. And the heavy body of the monster collapsed on top of me.

Laying trapped under the monster, i tried to wiggle myself free. The bottom of my leg felt as if it was hang on my a thread. Nearly giving in, i took as deep of a breath as my suffocating lungs would let me and shouted at the top of my voice "GEMMAAA".

After a long while of lying on the ground sandwiched under this monster, there was still no sign of Gemma "GEMMAAA" i shouted, i tried to wiggle myself free again but still to no joy, the pain was now unbarable.

I laid there and waited, and waited, i almost gave up hope. Until in the distance a saw the light of a torch, was it Gemma or someone else wondering the woods at night? As i watched the light moving around the woods in the dark, i heard a voice shout in the distance "Brendon", i soon realised it was Gemma, so with great anticipation i shouted "GEMMA" "Brendon" she responded "GEMMA" i shouted again. As her voice started getting louder, i carried on shouting until i was in sight of her light "GEMMA OVER HERE'", the light blinded me, i told her "yes this way, keep going straight". The light got brighter and brighter as she got closer, until her outline became visable.

Gemma shon the torch at the body of what it was i was fighting, it turned out that i've just killed a werewolf. Gemma helped me get the werewolf off me "CAREFUL" i screamed in pain "it feels like my leg is hanging by the thread". "Well i need to get it off" she told me. "I'll use magic to raise him off, if it hurts i'm sorry but it needs to move".

Gemma stood and prepared for her spell, she raised her hand and the body slowly raised too. I screamed in absolute agonising pain, Gemma was very apolodgetic but this thing needed to move. As the body levitated she moved it to the side, out of the way and started looking into the situation of my leg. "Right, i need stop the blood the wolf seemed to block the blood coming from your leg so thankfully i didnt loose to much blood".

Gemma used a healing spell on my leg, but it wasn't working. She tried with all her might again but it still didn't work. Gemma decided to do it the human way by making a bandage with her sleeve. She tried to help me up but i was just in to much pain to stand. Gemma put me down and told me "hold on", she lifted me with her magic and floated me back to the camp, picking up fire wood along the way.

We got to the campsite and Gemma gently put my down where the fire will be. She stacked the wood and sticks and chanted in that language, and a ball of fire came shooting from Gemma's hand and lit the camp fire.

As we both warmed Gemma became a nurse and tried to help with my healing by using her magic but still nothing worked. After loads of tries in different ways and more determination, a thought hit Gemma like a rock to the head, "i can't heal you" she said as she sat on a log "it's a werewolf bit, my magic can't heal werewolf bites". With a sudden concern that this is mission over, i asked "was this thing set on me", "i think it was" she replied with a tear in her eye.