{"sf1_id":13645,"sf2_id":"ek5DvKpn","title":"Illusion of Reality Chap 4","author":"AshuraK","words":853,"posted_at":"2006-09-23T14:46:00.000Z","tags":["Avian","Character Development","Dragoness","Friendship","Hybrid","Incomplete","Magic","Modern","Other/Herm","Relationships"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/13645-illusion-of-reality-chap-4","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/ek5DvKpn","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/ad/c7/adc77bd6-9e5b-422a-ab6f-8456f48d40b3","description":"#5 of Mondias Tales","content":"Illusion of Reality  \nWritten by: Ashura L. Kusanaga  \nAdapted from: JDawson's adventure  \n  \nChapter Four  \n\"Ow...\" Anthony cried out. He propped himself up on his elbows, and turned his  \nhead towards the direction of the moans that weren't his.  \nLying on its back was a small child about his age with blue hair. Its head was  \nturned to the side.  \n  \nDrake and Toshi made their way across the plateau, and both examined both  \nAnthony and the other child. Anthony and the child just lay there breathing and  \nmoaning now and then.  \n\"Anthony's fine, but that fall looked like it hurt\" Toshi said to Drake, who was  \nexamine the damage on the blue haired child.  \n\"This one's a girl and she's bleeding from her head, but not too badly\" Drake  \nsaid, then placing some slight pressure on the girl's head where the blood was  \ncoming from. A moment later, the bleeding stopped, and Drake wiped the blood  \nfrom his hands and her head.  \n\"Let's get them over to the steeds, Toshi\" Drake said. Toshi nodded and  \npreceded to help Anthony up, who did not object.  \n\"I'm sorry I said those things Toshi\" Anthony whispered. Toshi smiled, and  \ncontinued to walk Anthony to Katey.  \n\"It's okay... if I didn't love you like a brother, I still would've forgave you,  \nbuddy\" Toshi replied quietly.  \n\"How are you doing small one?\" Drake asked the girl. He hoisted her onto  \nElkira, who kneeled down for the new passenger.  \n\"My head still hurts\" the girl said with tears in her eyes.  \n\"Unfortunately, my Magik can't take away pain, just injuries.\"  \n\"That's okay, it's better than the pain that I would've felt if that boy didn't  \njump into me.\"  \nDrake smiled, and looked to the skies, then back down at her.  \n\"You gonna be okay Anthony?\" Toshi asked Anthony as he got on Katey. Anthony  \nwas sad and quiet, but he looked up and smiled briefly.  \n\"Yeah, Toshi, yeah...\" Anthony replied. He squeezed Katey's sides with his  \nknees, and she made her way back in the direction of the Sear house at a  \nreasonable pace. Drake, Toshi and the girl took off a moment after Anthony.  \nDuring the ride, he kept thinking to himself about the girl's life he saved by  \ncolliding with her.  \n\"I can't believe I was even thinking about killing myself, Katey\" Anthony said.  \nHe hunkered down, and hugged her around the neck, while she bounced along.  \n\"Next to my parents and Uncle Drake, you and Toshi are the most important things  \nto me.\" She heard him, but didn't respond, as if to say \"Thank you, but you  \nneed to realize I'm am very important to you\".  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; \\*\\*\\*  \n  \n\"That should do it\" Drake said, after applying a cold wet cloth to the bruise  \nthat bothered the injured girl. Anthony said they should use his bed, as it was  \nclosest from the front door.  \n\"Can I come in, Uncle Drake?\" Anthony asked. Drake was already on his way out,  \nand shrugged his shoulders.  \n\"Sure, but I don't know if she'll want to talk to you after you accidentally  \nthumped her head and saved her life by doing so\" Drake said smiling, which  \ninvoked smiles from both Anthony and the girl. Then he promptly left.  \n\"You can come in, Volo\" the girl said. Anthony was surprised at this remark.  \nVolo happened to be Anthony in Tree Elven.  \n\"How'd you know my Tree Elven name?\" he asked inquisitively. She turned over to  \nface the wall, and shrugged. And as she did so, her hair parted just right to  \nreveal pointed ears, exactly like Anthony's ears. He felt comfortable in her  \npresence now, as he now knew she was like him.  \n\"You're half n' half like me?\" Anthony asked making his way over to his bed.  \n\"Yes\" she replied, then looked at him for a second then faced the other way  \nagain. He noticed as he sat down on the edge of his bed, that she had green  \neyes. He then realized that her hair and eyes were polar opposites from his  \ngreen hair and blue eyes.  \n\"What's your name? Who're your parents?\" he asked her.  \n\"My name is Nera Fain, and my parents are Sam and Taylor Fain, the merchants\"  \nshe said while still facing the wall. \"By the way, your wallpaper is nice.\"  \n\"Is you mother a Tree Elf as well?\" Anthony asked. She nodded knowing that he  \nwas on the bed. There was silence except for their breathing, and after a bit,  \nAnthony said something.  \n\"I'm sorry that I jumped into you, but I'm glad I did\" Anthony said quietly.  \n\"Thank you... I wanted to run right over the edge and right into the sea because  \nof what's been happening,\" she said. \"I'm glad you stopped me from ending my  \nlife.\"  \nAt that she turned to lie on her back again, and put her hand on his hand.  \n\"Here's to a life debt and a new friendship,\" she added.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; [In the next Chapter of IoR: ?.]  \n  \n{I'll edit it as soon as my friend reads it and makes a suggestion, as I've hit  \na temporary writer's block.}  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Mondias Tales","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/12071-illusion-of-reality-chap-3.json"}}