Creative Writing Fire

Crackling silently, the fire began to grow low as the orange glow it gave off weakened gradually. Leaning over towards it, I picked up a fresh piece of wood and tossed it into the flames. Since the fire would not need my attention again for some time, I went back to my original, comfortable position. Staring out into the darkness of the forest that surrounded my camp, I let out a sigh like a child does when there is nothing to do. “Something the matter, Edrick?” Came the sweet voice of what I was resting against. Turning my head slightly, I was met with the worried gaze of the fearsome drake I call my friend, Elisa. Shaking my head lightly, I replied, “It’s nothing, lass. I just want to get back to our hunt.” My answer calmed her nerves;

My next target came at me from my side, pounced on my back, and attempted to slice open my neck; however, I was much too quick, and I slammed my back into Elisa’s scaly hide. The goblin, with the wind effectively knocked out of it, slid off of me and crumpled to the ground. I finished the dreadful thing by plunging my blade through its heart and pulling back out quickly. The sound of footsteps alerted me to another attacker that figured it could sneak up on me, and I let it know this was not by spinning around with a slash of my

Elisa let out a triumphant roar at her destructive work whilst I taunted our remaining enemies. “Come on, yee bunch of sissy cowards! Stand and fight, I need the exercise!” Sadly, the few goblins left decided to take their chances with burning to death in the fire; as they ran into the flames and screamed for mercy. Brushing my messy, dark brown hair out of my face and spitting in disgust at the cowardly nature of goblins, I turned back to Elisa whom smiled brightly at me.
“How fun that was! Though it was no challenge, those goblins surely caught us off guard!” She said before nuzzling me affectionately. Letting out a chuckle at the irony of such a vicious creature being so adorable, I patted her on the head lightly and looked back out at the flaming forest; just in time for a large shadow to appear behind it. Elisa noticed my expression turn into one of unease and directed her attention towards the shadow as well. Suddenly, a giant, furry, hideous creature leaped through the flames and let out a mighty roar at my friend and