# Paws of Fire: Unwritten Story - Chapter 5

Author: Ambelsyn
Tags: Dragon, Fantasy, Human, M/F, No-Yiff, Romance, Slavery, Story, Tragedy, Wolf

#16 of Paws of Fire: Unwritten Book

_This entire chapter is Nick telling his story.&nbsp; Enjoy!_

_M/F will only apply to chapter 5.&nbsp; Nick is straight, so it seemed appropriate.&nbsp; We'll be returning to M/M in chapter 6!_

_Revision Note: Call it laziness if you want, but since Nick is telling this story, I only fixed spelling and grammar errors.&nbsp; It will remain a short chapter to reflect the length it took in class to speak._

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**Chapter 5: Paws of Ice**

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"When I first found this book, it was empty.&nbsp; I touched the paw print, and felt the world change around me.&nbsp; I remember being thrown out of a ball of light into a group of wolves that stood upright.&nbsp; They had the hands of humans, and the females had the breasts of humans, but every other part of their bodies was wolf.&nbsp; They all gave me a quick look before they kept marching toward a large mountain.&nbsp; I looked to see where the wolves were marching and saw the red dragon that I would live to hate even to this day.&nbsp; His name is Drayak, the ruthless ruler of the desolate world I was in.&nbsp; The atmosphere was so hot; I rushed to take off my overcoat.&nbsp; I walked in the direction that the wolves were walking from, only to be stopped by a large armored alligator.&nbsp; He ordered me to take off my clothing and put on a loincloth similar to the ones the wolves were wearing.&nbsp; I did as was ordered, fearing the alligator might punish me with his barbed whip.

I remember being kept awake for so long as I made my way into the cavern under Drayak...about 40 hours of mining for a special ore that he wanted, that I don't even know to this day.&nbsp; I didn't understand why a dream could feel so real, and I prayed and prayed to wake up.&nbsp; That's when...she...came.&nbsp; The most beautiful creature I had ever seen...a white wolfess dressed in what looked to be a cyan prom dress, came down from a flying ice platform and started freezing the alligator guards that made us work.&nbsp; The wolves were cheering, each one making a sprint for escape as she unlocked the binding chains we had on.&nbsp; I was the last one to be freed, and I ran after the wolves, hoping they knew a safe place.&nbsp; I could hear the weight bearing down on the rocks above me shift, the rocks seeming to sigh in relief as a great burden left them.&nbsp; The latter half of the wolves was crushed under the mighty stomp of the great red dragon, sending a chill through me.&nbsp; Me and the wolfess were separated from the escaping wolves.&nbsp; The dragon reached his giant arm into the cave.&nbsp; 'Aveyi!&nbsp; You can't escape me now!&nbsp; Surrender!'&nbsp; I looked up at the wolfess I now knew as Aveyi.&nbsp; She looked back at me with fear in her eyes.&nbsp; I wanted to impress her.&nbsp; I was young, and even in the midst of facing death I wanted to get a beautiful girl to desire me.&nbsp; I watched the pattern that Drayak reached and grabbed for everything, noticing a pattern after about a minute of studying.

I picked up a pickaxe and waited for the right time to shove the handle into the mushy ground, aiming the sharp points just right to achieve what I wanted.&nbsp; I ran back to the side of Aveyi, smirking with pride from her look of awe.&nbsp; I felt excited, thinking that my plan might actually be of some good.&nbsp; I remember Drayak reaching for that same spot, crushing his hand around the pickaxe before the arm quickly pulled out of the cave.&nbsp; The pickaxe was gone too, and I knew what happened.&nbsp; I told Aveyi that now was the time to escape, and she quickly picked me up in her arms and made a new ice platform that we sped out of the cavern on.&nbsp; I looked back at the dragon, smirking as the giant fucker was desperately trying to get the pickaxe out of his claw.

My joy turned to grief as I looked down at the cities of wolves just a bit below us.&nbsp; They were all malnourished, depressed, howling in despair.&nbsp; The homes were all broken down.&nbsp; There was little vegetation, hardly enough to sustain the populations I saw.&nbsp; Aveyi took me to a small hut in one of the desolate cities.&nbsp; She asked me so many questions about what I was, where I came from...I don't remember much else, but after I answered them all she seemed satisfied.&nbsp; She told me about herself, how her entire race was killed by Drayak and his alligator minions, and she was the only survivor left.&nbsp; They had been at war for years, and the side of righteousness had fallen.&nbsp; She hated herself for always running when Drayak would come to kill her, but I knew that if she had perished too, then there would be no hope.&nbsp; I comforted her as she wept in my arms, mourning over how evil had prevailed.&nbsp; I asked her if I could help.&nbsp; I was the only other one capable of fighting besides her.&nbsp; The other wolves were all weakened from malnutrition.&nbsp; How she managed to stay fit...I will never know.

She offered to teach me how to fight without hesitation.&nbsp; She was desperate for help, wanting to make the world right.&nbsp; I accepted.&nbsp; I noticed that every night I slept in the hut, I woke up in my room.&nbsp; Every time I touched the paw again, I went back to where I would have waken up in the book.&nbsp; Several days I spent training with her...and we grew close.&nbsp; I fell in love with her, and on the fourth night she invited me to stay in her room with her.&nbsp; She was...for lack of a better expression, a freak in the sheets.&nbsp; I never knew how much fun ice could be until she used her powers to drive me wild with passion.&nbsp; We sealed our love that night.&nbsp; I won't go into details, since I'm sure you don't want to hear about my sex life.

I became a competent fighter, knowing special ways to take on the alligator henchmen, and how to best avoid Drayak should he ever show up around me.&nbsp; I was able to apply these techniques in this world too.&nbsp; I became more physically fit, and my charisma sky rocketed.&nbsp; The day came when we decided to attack Drayak himself, and end the nightmare.&nbsp; The only thing we didn't have was a plan.&nbsp; That's where I came in.&nbsp; I had noticed that whatever I wore whenever I would enter the book would be on my person when I made it inside.&nbsp; Drayak was always surrounded by thousands of wolves, and although they were tired...they could be given guns to join the fight against Drayak.&nbsp; After I went to sleep that night, I brought two liters of coffee and some sleeping pills so i could quickly come in and out of the dream.&nbsp; I'm not allowed to give you the details on how I racked up fifty shotguns and three-hundred handguns, but I did.&nbsp; I would later regret the sleeping and waking up time and time again to transfer the weaponry into the book.&nbsp; The side effects were atrocious...but they were worth it in the end, I guess.&nbsp; I made my final transfer into the book, and Aveyi and I took flight on her ice platform, each weapon being hauled by tightly knit nets.&nbsp; We looked for the trail of slaves who would enter the mine today and quickly slaughtered the few guards around the vicinity.&nbsp; We untied our nets and we'd pass out the shotguns first to each wolf walking by, then the handguns.&nbsp; We made sure the safety was off and the guns were ready to fire right away, showing each wolf how to fire the gun.&nbsp; None of them fired prematurely, thankfully, or the whole operation would have been blown.

After the last gun was handed out, I pulled out the bomb I had brought.&nbsp; I figured the guns may not have been enough to take the beast down, so I'd have a backup plan...throwing the bomb into the beast's throat and blowing it from the inside.&nbsp; Aveyi and I skidded along the ground with the ice platform.&nbsp; Every time a wolf saw us pass by, the started sprinting with all their remaining strength towards the dragon that they hoped to finally bring down.&nbsp; The plan had already fallen apart as I realized I made a terrible mistake.&nbsp; The wolves carrying the shotguns in the front had to use their shells to kill the guards further along the path.&nbsp; How could I have forgotten the damn guards that were ALWAYS there!?&nbsp; Precious deer slugs were used on small fry.&nbsp; Drayak had appeared after several loud shotgun blasts, the dragon raging as he started stomping huge groups of wolves.&nbsp; Every armed wolf laid fire on Drayak, the beast screeching with pain, but not getting taken down.&nbsp; Aveyi flew me up above the dragon's maw, and I activated the timer.&nbsp; The bomb would go off in 5 minutes.&nbsp; I threw the bomb down, praying it would go into the maw.&nbsp; I cringed in despair as Drayak flung the dynamite away at a nearby mountainside.&nbsp; So this was it...he couldn't do the same thing twice.&nbsp; And they wouldn't be able to escape him this time.&nbsp; I fell to my knees and wept, and the last thing I felt was the sharp claw of Drayak bearing down on me.&nbsp; I was slain...

I thought I had died for true, but I woke up in...Well...the place where I acquired the weapons.&nbsp; I tried to go back into the book, desperately trying to help my love and her people.&nbsp; It was too late.&nbsp; I was dead in the book, and I couldn't come back.&nbsp; I opened to the last pages, watching as the book finally started writing on its own.&nbsp; Before, the book only made text if I was in it.&nbsp; Now it was finishing the story without me...from Aveyi's perspective.&nbsp; She was lost in despair, and longed to be with me again.&nbsp; She dodged the strikes of the mighty dragon, rushing for the bomb.&nbsp; She picked it up and kept a close eye on the timer.&nbsp; I could tell what she was doing...it was brilliant.&nbsp; She kept running from his strikes, dodging the deadliest of blows while staring only at the clock.&nbsp; At five seconds till detonation, she jerked around and threw the bomb with all her might into Drayak's clamping jaw.&nbsp; Drayak began to choke for a bit before the bomb went off, dragon scales and blood splattering the desolate lands around them, fiery wrath expanding from where the bomb went off.&nbsp; I was overjoyed that she had done it...but I would never be able to see her again.

So now I have an enormous debt to pay for losing all of those guns, and I'll never get to see my lover again.&nbsp; She still mourns for me...I read it in the story.&nbsp; She's helping the wolves regain their world, and it is rapidly changing for the better.&nbsp; The alligators are no match for her, and soon she'll have an army of trained wolves to exterminate the remaining filth in the world.&nbsp; I hope, one day, to return to the book."

Nick pulled a small vial from under his overcoat, showing the tuft of white fur in the vial.&nbsp; "This is all I have left of her in a physical form."&nbsp; Nick was hiding his despair well for so long, but now he let tears flow from his eyes.&nbsp; Still, he held back his sobs and snorts well.

The classroom was filled with teary-eyed and awe-struck students who applauded the enticing tale.

Only Daniel remained seated during the standing ovation.&nbsp; His jaw was dropped and he stared at Nick like he had just revealed he was actually a woman.

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