chapter 7 lost in the woods

When I woke next it had been hours, the sun had set, leaving me in the dark but at least I had a giant book and the ability to start a fire at the snap of my fingers. Concentrating a fireball starts to form in the palm of my hand I looked around the now dark forest that was such a mistake I was surrounded by unblinking glowing eyes, heart pounding I pick up the grimoire and start to back away from the staring eyes slowly picking up speed until I was at a full tilt sprint if I knew this place was so creepy I wouldn't have decided to sleep here I thought desperately running hoping none of the eyes had followed me why did I agree to that stupid thing "power" I thought recalling my cushy life in my apartment at least there all I had to worry about was corporate finding some stupid reason to fire me I said between ragged breathes slowing down I look around okay nothing followed me I said taking one deep breath I need to set up camp somewhere, somewhere safe my thoughts raced mom had never taken me this far it looks and smells unfamiliar anxiety leeching into my heart I start to panic WHERE AM I I yelled hold on wait I'm panicking I said feeling how fast my heart was beating taking deep but slow breathes it's ok you're not dead I said trying to calm down besides it's not like much could kill me I'm a dragon after all I said and on top of that I can do this I continued on waving my fire laden palm around, after a few minutes my heart started to calm and my thoughts were still enough to think rationally I finally took stock of the situation I was in Ok so it's night time, I'm in a forest, and I have a grimoire given to me by the dragon god that was getting heavier by the minute unless I put it down I'm bones unless this book can teach my incompetent self how to survive in a forest or has a map I said thoughts of opening it clouded my judgement but for now I should get some sleep I said look around at how dark it had become I'll sleep in this tree I said nimbly climbing it man this new body is surprising agile I thought getting comfortable on the branch letting my eyelids slowly close.

the sun shine just perfect through the foliage of the surrounding trees and penetrated through my eyelids putting my hand up to block the rays I open my eyes ah man it's too early for this I grumbled climbing down grimoire in hand maybe I should read this today scrambling down the tree it is really heavy after all I thought feeling how sore my left arm was deciding to sit at the base of the tree and just read this I thought opening the cover to the first page "Dragon grimoire" well that was pretty obvious I did get this from the Dragon God itself I thought flipping past the first page ah ssssh papercut! the sting shooting through my hand what was it lined with razors or something? ah man I got blood on the pages! I exclaimed blinded by the flash emanating from the pages.

several minutes had passed before I recovered my sight and every minute was agonizing, what next? rubbing my eyes my lap felt noticably lighter wait a minute? frantically scrabbling for the book where did it go? thinking back I didn't hear it drop earlier! did it just disappear who's idea of a joke is this! n..no it couldn't have disappeared I thought looking behind the tree and under the brush what am I thinking of course it would just disappear I'm on a world where I can bend the elements to my will I thought angrily kicking at the tree missing it entirely landing on my back. Looking at the dust caught in the wind maybe I should calm down before I make something explode taking deep breaths I got up dusted my clothes off I need to find a town where I can make money, stomach growling yeah it feels like breakfast time I thought walking back down towards the lake at least this time I don't have to lug around that stupid book and now I can practice manipulating water!

concentrating I light a small fire I'm getting faster at this, angling my fish I wait for them to cook I wonder what was written in that stupid book would have really helped me? maybe it's like one of those games I used to play? remembering crusaders of atlantis everytime you learned a new spell or ability the scroll would disappear so your inventory would be cluttered with useless scroll and tomes. concentrate gather the mana in your hand, wait since when did I refer to it as mana? I now have knowledge I previously hadn't it sparked my curiosity okay so what if it's kinda like instinct a burning smell penetrating my nostrils what..? My fish! whipping around one had fallen into the fire.

Okay now that that's over I can experiment with my mana concentrating I gather the mana in my hand, opening my eyes a ball of pulsating light sat in my palm it's existence confirming my theories what if I think of an element images of flames float through my mind to the amazement of my eyes I watch as the ball of light turns into a roaring ball of flames can I throw it? well since I'm next to the lake I can throw it under water walking to the edge I hurl it as hard as I can nearly falling into the cold water I watch as it skips on the surface like a stone bouncing out of the lake and into the forest it lands in a bush setting it ablaze, scrambling across the lake hoping to make it in time before the blaze got any worse gathering a ball of water in my hand it isn't going to be enough maybe if I throw like six water balls or what if I? concentrating I imagine the water as a hose spraying it off the tips of my fingers hitting the bush hearing the familiar hiss of a dieing fire relief I continue to spray water until all the embers are out next time I'll just hold onto it if it did that to my flames what about my water maybe I don't need a source for it anymore and besides water can't set anything on fire i concentrate holding images of water seeing a ball of glowing water form in my hand what about the different forms of water I thought flashing images of ice slowly watching the water freeze from the palm of my hand to the tip of the pulsating orb it was dagger like long and sharp it was deadly now I now I can throw my fire but what about? cocking my arm back this? releasing it strike a trees and keeps going freezing every consecutive tree after the first maybe I should just stop throwing my spells at trees and bushes maybe I should just go to bed I thought heading towards a tree to sleep among it's branches.

okay so mom said a human city was near by and I'm not to far away from the cave so maybe if I climbed up a really tall tree I can see it I thought climbing the tallest tree I had ever seen expertly grabbing the branches man this new body is agile! climbing this tree is a breeze! grabbing the last branch why didn't I do this earlier? looking around I spot an embarrassingly close city how I missed it in the first place is beyond me the branch snapping underneath me plummeting down this is how I die? this is such a stupid way to d... meeting the ground before I can finish my sentence I climb out of the me sized crater okay I'm a lot sturdier than I thought I definitely would have died had I been human dusting my clothes off for a second time I guess there are some benefits to being a dragon heading in the direction of the town maybe I can find some work and some food.