Chris dazedly looked up for a minute as he felt the blanket being draped over him but quickly fell asleep again, curling up beneath the blanket.<br/><span style="font-style: italic"> "Don't be a fool, rookie. Leave him here. Our orders were to eliminate the Purgers and do nothing else."<br/>"You're telling me you want me to leave a defenseless child out in the wild?"<br/>"..."<br/>"That's what I thought. Get me a blanket or something for him."<br/>"You know the prophecy. All our seers have predicted that this child is the one."<br/>"I know full well of the prophecy, Zak. The seers have been wrong before. And does not the prophecy state that the one shall free us?"<br/>""At a terrible price", rookie."<br/>"That's a price we'll have to pay."<br/>"*sigh* You better be right, Soren."</span><br/>Chris turned over in his sleep, murmuring quietly.<br/><span style="font-style: italic"> "The curse. The curse, it's taken hold of him."<br/>"How on earth did...his cousins must have done it. Those boys have crossed the line for the last time. I'll-<br/>"HOOOOOOWL!"<br/>"Damnit! It's advancing faster than we thought! Seers!"<br/>"There's no mention of it in any of the books! There's no cure! We'll just have to let it burn itself out!"<br/>"But how long will that take?"<br/>"I don't know..."<br/>"Alright...we'll have to take a look at him."<br/>The dragon elder pulled back the curtain and stepped back in horror as he saw the thrashing form inside. It turned, its normal soft blue eyes transformed to crimson orbs, blood and drool dripping from its mouth. Suddenly it sprang and-</span><br/>Chris shot up in his bed and shoved a paw in his mouth to stop himself howling. Sweat was pouring down his form and he gave a quiet whimper as the last vestiges of the nightmare vanished. Stifling tears, he lay his head back down and tried to get back to sleep, trembling.