Shadow's Origins Chapter 10

I was surprised by how easy I slept, the warmth comforting as I felt myself snuggling closer to it. For the first time in my life I actually felt happy. My dreams wandered and took me away. It started with fields and flowing water, clean, bright and beautiful. Then it all changed in seconds, the ground cracked apart burnt as blocks of the world spread with force. I gasped and woke from my slumber, as I did I noticed I'd been using Ronco like a pillow that whole time, my face felt burned with embarrassment as he just slept peacefully. 

I stood up careful not to wake him and walked to the waters edge to cool off and drink. 

"Your one sorry excuse for a dragon Shadow" I sighed to myself as I looked at my reflection, my misery showed through all the waves. I don't know for how long I was sat there, just staring. I wandered a little finding a few small clusters of gems, I looked at my surroundings and took it in so I'd remember where they were. After all he was still wounded thanks to me.

I wandered back and he was awake and looking around 

"Shadow!" He called out as I approached from behind 

"I'm right here..." I said lowly my depression clear

"Thank goodness... I thought something had happened to you!" He yelled at me I could hear his worry

"I just needed a drink, is that so wrong?" I sighed laying back down "if you head back the way I just came, you'll reach a patch of bushes, head right and there's a gem patch you can use to heal your wounds." I couldn't face him thinking about it all. I clawed him causing nasty wounds then used him like a pillow... what a night this is. I laid back down and to my surprise he laid next to me "aren't you going to go heal?" I asked in surprise 

"I'm not leaving you alone, you need to stop wandering off and scaring me. We're a team now." He commented, it was like he was an adult telling off a child. I sighed 

"Fair enough..." I lowered my head and slept. 

It it was like while I was awake my dream had been on pause, the world was broken into pieces. I tried to snap out of it but I couldn't, I was stuck. I couldn't move. I stood anchored to the ground, watching as the worlds peices drifted apart. A gem or crystal floated in front of me and in my reflection was a pitch black dragon with smoke like aura around her, glazed eyes and a huge grin. I looked down at my claw, the same aura was around mine. I stared in horror. "No... that's not me!" I screamed my eyes tearing up "I don't want this!" I cried out "leave me alone!!" My voice trembling with my final outburst, when I opened my eyes I was still crying but the aura had gone. 
"Hey, Shadow it's okay." I heard through my bawling his paw and wing there to comfort me, it wasn't enough.. My eyes sore from my tears I found myself resting my head on his chest, I tried to calm myself down but it was so difficult to stop. I felt his front leg pull me closer and his soft voice whisper for me to calm down, that everything was okay. It took me a long time to calm down but I didn't want to move, I felt safe... I was like a child clinging on to her parents arm not wanting to lose them.