Chapter 4 The Enchantment

Victor Onumonu 1.2k words

"Allen! Allen!! Aleen!! you can not run away from yourself Allen, hahaha",

the Alpha's voice now lived in Allen's head and it tormented him, he hadn't stayed in the woods for months without knowing where he was, he had lost every trace back to the settlement and often wondered what was happening there, he deeply regretted ever coming across the Alpha, but his determination to find a lasting cure kept him going even though he was really weak.

He saw a fruit tree and feed to his fill, he knew he had to keep moving but was reluctant to leave the tree behind, he decided to stay at the tree for a while, after a few hours the voices were back, they were so loud and tormenting "YOU, ALLEN DO NOT GO ANY FURTHER!!!!! DO NOT AHAAAA! DO NOT"

Allen felt heavy blows on his head as though his head was wiped with a chain, he held his head in agony and ran off in the exact direction the voice warned him not to go.

STOOOOOP!!!

The voice became louder and shrill, this made him lose all his sanity, and he just kept running in an attempt to outrun the voice. The scream in his head grew, and his head felt like it was pumped full and was about to burst, in his pain and confusion he stumbled and fell off a cliff, the fall came with relief, his head felt as though an outlet was created for all the rubbish that was pumped in to escape, as they left the voice reduced continuously until he was normal again, then the fear of the fall came in, he wondered why the fall seemed long. Just as he thought the fall was long he was corrected by the excruciating pain he felt as he hit his back on a tree branch and bounced off hitting three others before finally hitting the ground, he stayed in his landing position for a while, he could smell his own blood he gradually discovered a big sharp breakout branch had stabbed him and was stuck in his back a little under his left shoulder blade. Allen pulled it out with his right hand.

The pain got worse and more blood gushed out, luckily there was Bidens Pilosa leaves close to him, as a soldier he knew how medicinal the leaf was. He chewed some and put the munched leave in the injury, the bleeding stopped and gradually his eyes closed in slumber.

Allen was totally unaware of the time, and how long he had been unconscious. But the pain from the fall was almost gone, he was grateful he had fallen near the Pilosa leaves he quickly took some, he was still a bit weak and hungry, he immediately remembered the fruit tree, then his thought went to the deafening voice he was genuinely glad the voice was gone, he felt normal again and wondered what was happening at Allenwood, then a cold chill went down his spine as he remembered how the voice warned him not to go further.

Allen stood up gradually and looked around in an attempt to know his surroundings, he looked at the very high trees that almost got to the top of the very high hill, and he wondered how he survived such a fall his satire followed the tree all the way down to the beautiful flowers on the ground he noticed a stone paved pathway and followed it to a beautiful rock with flowing water which led to a river, he drank with his hands in a ferocious manner, when he was satisfied he took off what remained of his pants and dived into the river, he enjoyed a nice bath and when he got out he noticed that there were lots of fishes in the river to his surprise he saw a fishing net close to the bank he concluded that he was in his luck again, he used it to catch some and quickly made a fireplace and roasted them. For the first time in a long time, he had a decent meal he ate to his fill and slept off.

This was short-lived as he woke up with a harsh hunger pang, he tried to catch more fish, casting the net several times without catching even one, it now looked impossible, he wondered how he did it the first time and decided to go with the simple answer he was now out of luck. The hunger pang increased, and Allen couldn't understand why he felt that way. When he came to terms with the fact that there were no more fishies to be caught he left the river bank in search of something to eat, as he walked further he saw berries, he quickly plucked some and threw them into his mouth, as the berries crushed under his teeth he felt an unusual satisfaction, but it as soon as the berries finished in his mouth he felt the wicked hunger pang again but this time a little more checked for more berries but couldn't find any, Allen murmured under his breath ' I was almost sure I saw lots of berries'. Allen's attention was quickly drawn to a screaming rabbit that was caught in Hunter's trap, he smiled and thought aloud,' Your luck is back on. He roasted the rabbit and enjoyed another meal when the hunger pang was gone again. He stopped to think something doesn't seem right in this place,

"ALLEN DO NOT GO ANY FURTHER"

he remembered the voice of the alpha.

"Rubbish"

escaped his mouth as he disregarded any fearful thought, he stood to his feet and continued walking, thoughts of Allenwood and his people went through his mind.

He realized everywhere around him seemed the same, the yellow flowers two trees ahead of him the fallen tree trunk that was covered with mushrooms at his left, and a few other things didn't seem to change after walking for a while the flowers were still in his front when he was almost certain something was wrong, everything seemed normal again he got to the flowers and passed them.

It became dark almost immediately and he couldn't see at all. Allen tried to change to his wolf but he couldn't, he began to feel the hunger again this time it was ten times more painful. Allen could not do anything. He had to wait for daybreak. He laid down and folded in pain, hoping for sunlight to come quickly, he spent the night in serious pain by the time the sun was up he was less than half his size.

He saw an elf and went after it he could barely move in his human form, he turned into his werewolf and suffered a serious burn from the sun, the taste of fresh blood in his mouth in his werewolf state refreshed him and strengthen him a bit he ran under a shade and just like magic it was night again and he was very hungry in his human form. Allen was frustrated and shouted,

" you can only thrive playing mind games. show yourself if you're not a coward".

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