Ch. 3: The necklace's secret

Story by Dean Shaw on SoFurry

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#5 of 'Wolf/Dragon' by Dean L.R. Shaw

Ooh~! A loose ending? How will it end~?

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The following morning woke Dean up, tied down on his bed again. His eye sight wasn't clear enough, but could see the wall next to him. He shocked, tried to clean his eyes but his hands are tied. He sees some blood on the wall. 'Did...I....?' thought Dean as he strangled to get loose. "Good morning." said the voice from the other room. "Had a pleasant sleep, Dean?" It was Tyson, who entered the room, wounded badly from his right chest to his shoulder.

"What is the meaning of this? Why am I tied down?" said Dean as he re-tried to get loose. "Calm down. You were on a rampage last night." said Tyson as he sat on the edge of Deans bed. "A rampage?" Dean tried to get comfortable in his bed, but the cuffs on his wrists are slowly cutting into his fur. Tyson nodded. "You turned into a Dragon last night. You flew to a abandoned island not far from here." Dean looked a Tyson with astonishment. "Did...Did I left some tracks behind on that island?" he said as Tyson sighed deeply and rubbed over the band-aid. Tyson closed his eyes and nodded. "Yes...you wrote something in the sands of the beach..."

Tyson stood up and started to search for the key from the cuffs. "It was a name." he continued. "It was kinda hard to read, but I think you wrote 'Drake' in the sands." Dean stared at the ceiling. "...Drake?" he mumbled. Meanwhile, the book floated over to Deans room. It opened itself and words re-emerged out of the page.

Red, small and powerful.

It glows at night.

The book closed itself and dropped on Dean like a concrete stone, on the stomach.

Tyson bended over when he heard the air blown out of Dean's lungs. He picked up the key, stood back up and laughed a bit. "What were you doing?" he asked after he was done laughing. Dean gasped for air and looked angered at Tyson. "Not. Funny." Tyson smirked and unlocked the cuffs on each end. "Now please tell me exactly what happened last night?" asked Dean as he massaged his wrists. Tyson sat back on the edge of the bed and sighed. "I don't really how it happened, but you changed into a Dragon when it was midnight. You were grunting of pain. I thought you was playing a game to fool a cop like me. But I remained on my bed." Dean got out the bed and sat next to Tyson. Tyson continued. "But you kept on grunting. It went harder and harder. I got out and saw you, well, you as Drake the Dragon..." Tyson looked at the blood on the wall. "That mark was me. You was quite...vicious."

Dean stood up, looking at the stain. "I'm...sorry." he looked down. A silence went through the room. Echoes of sirens from the street came through the window. Tyson looked at Dean. "It doesn't matter. What matters was this." He hold up Deans necklace. Dean checked if his necklace was still around his neck but felt nothing. "How?" "When you tried to attack me on the island, I snatched the necklace from your neck. You acted crazy and flew back here. From that point I got to handcuff you on your bed to calm you down. And it worked apparently."

Tyson stood up. "Did that book tell you something?" he said whereas Dean nodded and repeated the books riddle. "So, it have to do something with the necklace." he inquired. "How are you so sure?" replied Dean in astonishment. Tyson shrugged. "Red, small and powerful. It got to be your necklace. What else could be red and small?" Dean nodded. He looked at the necklace. It reflected with it's shiny surface and reflected Dean's face. He sighed again. "What if it isn't?" he asked and looked at the butt of the Bull. Tyson turned around and smiled. "Then you can call me a jackass." he said jokingly aside.

There was a moment of silence going through the room once again. Dean and Tyson looked at each other with no expression on their faces. Then the guys started to laugh. "Jackass! What a joke!" said Dean between laughs. The guys started to roll over the bed, still full of the rather lame joke Tyson made. The necklace, that was bungling around Tyson's neck, started to glow bright red and hot. The laughter went on until Tyson started to get pain. "Whoo-! This laughing sure made me sweat!" he said as he swiped some of the sweat of his forehead. He touched the necklace and - like it was charged with static electricity - retracted his finger from the gem. "Ouch!" he said as the gem started to glow brighter and brighter. Dean shocked as the gem pointed at him. The gem tried to get separated from the necklace as it pulled Tyson forward. "Get this thing off me!" shouted Tyson as he tries to stop the pulling. "How?!? How can I do that without hurting you?" shouted Dean out of desperation, but remained still, like he was paralysed.

The gem - and Tyson - came closer towards Dean as it snagged Tyson forward. "Dean? Dean!" shouted Tyson as Dean stared at the glowing gem with open mouth. He stepped towards the gem as he is under hypnoses, but stopped at a certain point. It was his concious that hold him still. His hand formed a fist, he grunted to fight against the gem's power. "N...No..." he stuttered. It was just a couple of meters within the gem's range. The gem snagged Tyson again towards Dean. He couldn't resist it anymore and flew towards Dean. The two - accidentally - met each other's mouth. (Yes, they kissed. Commence the fanfics, lol)

Dean shocked when the Bulls lips meet his. His eyes were wide open and twinkled. His hart rushed, not only because the gem made contact to his body, but because of the surprise. Thoughts passed by like: "He kissed me?", "Did he really kissed me?!?" and "My wish came true!". Tyson did the same, but closed his eyes. He blushed a bit. The kiss that was an accident went over to sensual and intimate. The kiss ended rather quickly as the two looked at the gem that kept on glowing. It was like glue that was pasted on Deans chest. The glowing of the gem synchronised with Deans heartbeat and fell off his chest.

The book that was lying on the bed started to hover again. This time, the book opened and absorbed the gem. The gem reappeared in the pages along some certain words.

The one who carries the Gem of Flames,

shall infuse with the Dragons power.

Only who is worthy shall be the barrier.

Dean and Tyson looked astonished at the book and looked at each other. "That means..." said Tyson. "...Yeah..." replied Dean.

TO BE CONTINUED...