I feel so wet and a bit angry at Megan. She dived into a lake and swam up a waterfall without me. Luckily we all made it to where we are heading too. I shake my head to dry off then turn away from the lake that we swam in.

Megan looks like she’s in awe and so am I. Azent Kingdom looks very large. It looks like a lost stone city in the Congo Jungle. The buildings almost look Mayan, but with a hint of medieval castles. The stone buildings have triangle roofs. In the middle of the Kingdom, is a large tower, it too looks Mayan and medieval.

Around Azent Kingdom are more green trees. But not the kind in the other forests that Megan and I first saw when we entered this new world. These trees look more like the jungle. They surround the Kingdom. Around the Kingdom is a very large wall at least twenty feet high. On the right and left of the Kingdom are large green Jungle Mountains. The left mountain has another tower. In front of the Kingdom are more waterfalls. They flow towards the Kingdom.

Behind the Kingdom are more Jungle Mountains. They go on for miles and miles.

Tigeron spits out some water. Grizzlyon shakes his body to get dry. Tigeron does the same. Megan takes off her robe and flaps the water out of it. I take off my robe and do the same. I put my robe back on, and so does Megan. I roll my eyes at her and quietly moan. Megan turns to me. She lifts her shoulders.

“What?” asks Megan.

I lift my shoulders. “You know you could have drowned if you haven’t known about breathing underwater. Why didn’t you wait for me?” I ask.

“Okay, first of all, you choose not to swim, and second of all, I’m a great swimmer. Why do I need to wait for you?” asks Megan.

“Who knows where that water might have led to? Besides, you could have been lost,” I answer.

“Relax. I knew what I was doing. And I knew that Ivreall Falls would lead to this Kingdom,” says Megan.

I place my hands on my hips and stare at Megan very seriously.

“Did you know?” I ask.

Megan hesitates to answer. I let it go and turn back to Azent Kingdom which is deep in the jungle. Grizzlyon and Tigeron both begin to walk toward the kingdom. Grizzlyon turns to the right and sees a path in the green jungle that leads to the kingdom.

“Follow me, kids,” says Grizzlyon.

Tigeron clears his throat and nudges Grizzlyon.

“I live here so I’ll lead. Thank you,” says Tigeron.

Grizzlyon growls and shakes his fists. Megan and I pass Grizzlyon as we follow Tigeron. Grizzlyon follows us as well. Tigeron slashes a few tree branches with his tiger claws to clear a path. Megan and I move a few branches on the path. Tigeron slashes one more branch and we arrive in Azent Kingdom.

The city is made out of stone. In the middle of the wall is a very large gate. It has a large stone picture of a wolf face in the middle them. On top of the large doors are two dark blue flags with light blue pictures of the same wolf face. Two Humanimals are guarding the front of the gate. They are holding two large axes in their mighty hands. The axes are moon shaped with black leather wrapped around the handles. One of the guards is a grey human bull the other is a brown bull. Judging by their faces they seem not too friendly. Megan and I quickly run to Tigeron and stood by him. Megan looks kind of scared and so am I.

“Are they friendly?” asks Megan.

Tigeron gulps and sighs. He looks very nervous.

“It depends,” answers Tigeron.

“On what?” I ask.

“The visitors that they usually get,” answers Tigeron.

I shake my head. “Wait.” I stop shaking. “I thought that this is your home?” I ask.

Tigeron looks down at me. “It is. But these guards can be very bad-tempered considering that they are human bulls,” answers Tigeron.

Grizzlyon walks to the two human bull guards. Tigeron nudges Grizzlyon and walks in front of him. Grizzlyon growls even more.

“Would you stop that?” whispers Grizzlyon.

Megan and I both follow Tigeron. Tigeron is about to pass the gates until the two human bulls block his way with their sharp half-moon-shaped axes.

“Hey don’t you remember me?” asks Tigeron with a cunning smile.

Tigeron puts his hands on his hips. But the two human bulls do not respond. They just stare at Tigeron with angry faces. Tigeron turns to Megan and me. He chuckles nervously.

“They're a bit sh-shy,” says Tigeron.

Grizzlyon shakes his head in humiliation.

“Oi Tigeron. Making a fool of himself!” says Grizzlyon.

Tigeron walks to the gate and ignores the two human bulls. They both push Tigeron out of the way.

“Hey!” roars Tigeron.

Grizzlyon groans and pushes Tigeron out of his way. Tigeron scrunches his shoulders, feeling annoyed after he was pushed by Grizzlyon.

“Really?” asks Tigeron.

Grizzlyon stands in front of the two human bulls.

“They are here to see King Feeon,” says Grizzlyon.

The two human bulls place their axes together to guard the gate. They still look very angry at us and more cautious. I would be cautious if a stranger wanted to enter my home. It looks like the two human bulls don’t know Grizzlyon or Tigeron. The grey human bull begins to speak.

“For what purpose?” he says with a deep bold voice.

Grizzlyon points at me. I move in front of Megan then she moves in front of me. I scoff and raise my arms up and down. “Really?” I whisper.

The two human bulls don’t look very impressed as they stare at me.

“It’s a boy. It’s just a human boy,” says the brown human bull.

Grizzlyon walks towards the brown bull and continues pointing at me. I wave my hand at Grizzlyon so he won’t point at me.

“Stop it,” I whisper.

Grizzlyon turns his head to the grey human bull.

“Take a closer look,” says Grizzlyon.

The grey human bull stares at me with a very serious face. I am feeling very scared.

“What do you see?” asks Grizzlyon.

The brown human bull’s angry face slowly changes into a calm one. “I see…” he says.

The calm brown human bull turns to Grizzlyon. The brown human bull's face changes back into an angry one.

“Just a boy!” he shouts angrily.

The grey human bull aims his ax at Grizzlyon’s belly.

“Now be gone!” shouts the grey human bull.

Tigeron walks towards the grey human bull.

“Look if you would just…” before Tigeron could finish his sentence the grey human bull uses the end of his ax, swings it, and hit Tigeron’s legs.

Tigeron falls onto the ground and on his back. The two human bulls place their axes on Tigeron’s chest to hold him down. Megan and I cannot do anything to help. The two human bulls grunt at Tigeron.

“You may think that your muscles are strong. But you are not good enough to sense anything around you,” says the grey bull.

Tigeron chuckles nervously with his white tiger teeth showing. Megan walks right by me and towards the two human bulls. I was going to stop her, but what’s the use? She never listens to me anyway.

“I can’t believe that you guys are fighting over Daniel Mark Tony!” shouts Megan.

The brown human bull looks at Megan with his face in shock. “Did you say the name Daniel?” asks the brown human bull.

“Yes,” answers Megan.

The two human bulls lift their axes off of Tigeron’s chest and Tigeron sighs very deeply while rubbing his chest. The two human bulls both open the large doors. The doors make a loud groaning noise. Megan looks confused and so do I.

“Did I say something?” asks Megan.

The grey human bull turns to me and smiles.

“King Feeon has been expecting you, Daniel,” says the grey human bull.

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I feel so confused. How did they know my name? Has someone been spreading rumors about me? Or have I been here before? I can’t remember.

I walk by the doors. Megan, Grizzlyon, and Tigeron are following me. I follow the two human bulls to where ever they are taking me.

I look around the Kingdom and the stone buildings are still very big. I look up and they look very beautiful and they are defiantly bigger than the buildings in Salt Lake City. Not only that, there are lots of Humanimals in this city.

I see a human raccoon. He wears a yellow Indian vest and a yellow Indian loincloth. He has a bow and arrows on his back. The human raccoon is eating strange fruit. It looks like a blue orange.

A chubby human tiger stands next to another human bull with a yellow vest, a dark green apron, and green gloves. He is hammering a sword. He looks like a blacksmith working on weapons.

There are hundreds of Humanimals in this kingdom. There are many species of animals. Wolves, foxes, bears, badgers, mice, horses, cows, dogs, birds, bulls, buffalo, tigers, rabbits, raccoons, rats, deer, gorillas, skunks, rhinos, and many more. They all look half human and half animal. There are even two Humanimal Alligators with green scales. One Alligator is muscular and the other one is chubby.

There are also young Humanimals. A young human male fox is playing in a puddle, a strong human wolverine is arm wrestling with a human panther, and a human black fox is eating blue fruit with the human raccoon with the yellow Indian vest. Megan turns to me with a shocked smile.

“What is this place?” asks Megan.

“Are these creatures the same as Tigeron and Grizzlyon?” I ask.

Tiger nods. “Yes, they are. They are Humanimals like me and Grizzlyon. We are all half human half animal,” answers Tigeron.

“That’s so cool,” says Megan.

Tigeron lowers his left eyebrow. “Cool?” he asks.

I pull Megan away from Tigeron. “Megan, don’t tell the others where we’re from,” I whisper.

“Why Daniel? Grizzlyon knows and it wasn’t hard for him to figure out and he trusts us,” says Megan.

“And don’t use my name,” I say.

Megan scoffs. “Why not?” asks Megan.

“These Humanimals might know my name and I don’t want to mention it anymore,” I answer.

“And that’s a problem?” asks Megan.

“I just don’t want you to spread my name. It can start a rumor. I don’t want any enemies to know that we’re here,” I answer.

Megan nods as she understands. “Right, my lips are sealed,” says Megan.

The brown human bull leads Megan, Grizzlyon, Tigeron, and me to the tall tower that is on a very tall mountain. Tigeron walks up to the entrance of the tower.

“Well I guess that we can see the king right away,” says Tigeron.

The brown human bull steps in front of Tigeron.

“Not you!” bursts the brown human bull.

The brown human bull points at me. I point at myself. The brown human bull nods at me. I walk to the brown human bull. He leads me to the entrance of the tower. We both walk through the door frame. I turn back to Megan and she looks very worried about me going alone. I smile and nod at her. The brown human bull closes the door. It is dark inside the tower. The brown human bull lights up a fire stick.

“Follow me,” says the brown human bull.

I follow him up a long set of stone stairs. The brown human bull leads the way. We both begin to walk up.

“Umm…is the king a wild Humanimal,” I ask.

“It depends,” answers the brown human bull.

I gulp in fear. We walk for a few moments until we finally make it to the top.

“Here we are,” says the brown human bull.

He leads me to another set of doors. These doors are also made of grey stone. A big arch is under the stone doors. It looks old and has vines all around it. The doors have claw marks all over them. The brown human bull begins to chop the vines. Then he pushes the doors. I was going to offer to help him, but he seems like a strong buff human bull to me. The doors groan and slowly open.

I walk under the arch. “Will you come in with me?” I ask.

The brown human bull shakes his head. “No one else is allowed to see the King unless it is important,” he says.

I turn my head to the brown human bull with my eyes wide.

“And you think that I am important?” I ask.

“You will find out. If you are not important then you wouldn’t be up here,” says the brown human bull.

The doors close with a loud groan. I walk into a very large room. I feel very cautious.

“I hope that the King is not a flesh eater,” I whisper.

I see some statues in the large room. They are Humanimal King statues. They are all Human wolves statues. They all look so old. Some have cracks, vines, and moss. I see two doors in the large room, one on the right and one on the left. In the middle of the doors is a throne. It looks like a well-carved stone throne with red fabric on the seat, on the arms, and the back. The room only has one window. I walk to the window and see the entire kingdom. I look down and see Megan. I wave to her and she waves back at me. I turn back to the Humanimal statues.

“These statues are amazing,” I say.

I walk up to one of the old statues and stare at it.

“They kind of look like werewolves, but with robes and crowns. These statues are amazing. Wait, I just said that,” I say.

“Fascinating are they?” echoes a gentle male voice.

I turn around to see who spoke. It is a werewolf standing next to the red stone throne. He is wearing a brown robe and a towel-like loincloth that is also brown. His fur is light blue, but his chest, belly, and jaw are white. He looks bigger than me and muscular like a pro wrestler. But not bulky. His fur looks thick. He is not drooling or growling, as I assume that he would be. He looks calm and stares at me with a glass bottle of wine. His body barely stands up because he looks a little drunk.

“You must be the King,” I say.

The blue werewolf takes a sip of his bottle. “Yes. I am,” the blue werewolf walks to his red stone throne and sits on it.

“Are you a werewolf?” I ask.

The blue werewolf sighs. “Is that what they say? My real name is King Feeon,” says the blue werewolf.

I stand in front of Feeon.

“The brown bull says that you wished not to be disturbed unless it is important,” I say.

Feeon gets off of his throne and walks towards a Humaniaml wolf King statue. “It’s beautiful isn’t it?” asks Feeon.

I nod. “And old,” I say.

Feeon turns his head to me. He looks offended by what I said about the statue.

“Have you ever seen a person carving a statue before?” asks Feeon.

I nod. “Yes, I have. In an art class in school when I was about twelve years old. Why do you ask?” I say.

Feeon looks back at the old Wolfman king statue. He chuckles.

“Long ago we always carved our Kings of old. The ones who will become King will get their statue. It’s a tradition. The carver always enjoyed carving many things, but mostly king statues.” Feeon stops.

He walks toward the window and then sips from his wine bottle. He looks out of the window.

“My descendants were all wolves. Just like my father and his father before,” says Feeon.

I nod “Can you explain why I am here?” I ask.

Feeon turns to me and scoffs. He walks away from the window.

“You are a human boy, so you can never understand,” says Feeon.

Feeon walks toward me with a depressed look. He puts his hands on my shoulders and stares at me.

“Do you have a name, boy?” asks Feeon.

I stare into his eyes and he stares into mine. “My name is…” I stop to think of a lie.

“Sargen,” I lie.

Feeon walks back to the window and looks at his kingdom. “My people think that I am a liar. I promised that we would be happy and live in peace. But I lied,” says Feeon.

He turns to me with his face so very serious. “And so did you,” says Feeon.

I try to act innocent in the presence of King Feeon the blue wolf man. “What do you mean?” I ask.

“Your name it’s not Sargen. It is Daniel Mark Tony,” says Feeon.

I gasp and feel very shocked. “What do you know about me!?” I shout in anger.

Feeon raises his hands to calm me. “Calm down boy,” says Feeon so peacefully.

But his words of comfort do not change my attitude. “How does anyone in this world know about me?” I shout.

“I’ll explain everything,” says Feeon.

“Look I don’t know who or what you are!” I shout.

“Silence,” orders Feeon.

“I don’t know how anyone knows my name. Was someone ever dropping on me while I was in the forest? Was it you?!” I shout.

“Silence!” shouts Feeon.

Lightning bursts out of Feeon’s palm as he stretches his left hand in the air. I gasp and trip to the ground. Lightning strikes all around Feeon. I cannot see Feeon, there is so much lightning. The lightning hits most of the statues and blows them up. Pieces of rock explode everywhere. I cover my head with my hands. The lightning still is everywhere in the throne room.

Megan, Grizzlyon, and Tigeron can see the light from the lightning from the top of the tower.

“Come on!” shouts the brown human bull.

The brown human bull runs upstairs. Megan and the others follow the brown human bull.

I lay flat on the floor ducking for cover. The brown human bull opens the doors and runs inside. Megan runs inside too. I see Megan and crawl to her. “Megan!” I shout.

“What happened?” asks Megan.

“I don’t know,” I answer.

The lightning storm in the throne room slowly changes into a tornado of lighting.

“Where’s the king?” asks the brown human bull.

I point at the lightning tornado in the middle of the room. The brown human bull runs to the lighting tornado and tries to hit it with his ax. The ax explodes when it hits the lightning tornado. The brown human bull continues to run towards the lightning tornado. He lowers his horns and roars as he runs. He hits the lighting tornado, gets shocked by the lightning, flies across the room, and hits a wall.

“We have to get him out of there,” grunts the brown human bull.

I stand up and begin to walk to the lightning tornado.

“Daniel what are you doing?” asks Megan.

I do not answer her as I continue walking. I do not pant in fear or shake at all. Lightning does not hit me or shock me. The lightning shocks all around me as I continue walking. I stop walking as I stand in front of the lightning tornado.

“Stop,” I whisper.

The lighting tornado disappears into thin air. Feeon is kneeling on the ground, not dead or injured. He is panting very hard with his chest heaving. He still has his bottle of wine in his left hand. The brown human bull runs to Feeon.

“My king, are you hurt?” asks the brown human bull.

Feeon stares at me but not with an angry look. He just smiles at me. I feel very confused.

“I’m fine.” Feeon gets up on his feet.

“What happened here?” asks the brown human bull.

“I’m not sure,” says Feeon.

The brown human bull turns to me and growls. He starts to stomp as he walks to me. “What have you done?” asks the brown bull very ferociously.

Feeon raises his right hand to the brown human bull.

“Stay away from that boy,” orders Feeon.

The brown human bull does not respond to Feeon’s order. “What happened?” asks the brown human bull me.

The brown human bull walks faster toward me.

“I say stay away from that boy. That’s an order!” shouts Feeon.

The brown human bull runs to me. I feel too terrified to move. Grizzlyon and Tigeron both stand in front of me to defend the angry bull. Feeon runs to the brown human bull. Feeon stands in front of him.

“I said leave that boy alone!” Feeon grabs the brown human bull’s neck.

“Forgive me,” says the brown human bull.

Feeon gently removes his right hand from the brown human bull’s neck. The brown human bull bows in front of Feeon. Feeon puts his right hand on the brown bull’s left shoulder.

“It is all right,” says Feeon.

Feeon turns to Megan, Tigeron, Grizzlyon, and me. “I will talk to you later kid. Now leave us.” Feeon points at the exit door.

I do not move. “Not until you tell me how you know my name,” I say.

Megan pulls onto my right arm. “We should do what the king says. I’m pretty sure all will be explained,” says Megan.

I walk out of the throne room with Megan. The doors close behind us. Feeon sits on his throne and puts his right hand on his head. The brown human bull is still on his knees in front of Feeon.

“I don’t understand,” says Feeon.

“Maybe he is not a normal human being. Did you see the way he dressed?” asks the brown human bull.

Feeon looks back at the brown human bull and sighs. “Well I noticed that,” says Feeon.

Feeon gets up and walks to the shattered statues. “I haven’t felt like this in years,” says Feeon.

The brown human bull stands on his hoofs. “What do you mean?” asks the brown human bull.

Feeon turns back at the brown human bull. “I promised myself that I will drink wine and will never stop…ever,” says Feeon.

Feeon lifts his bottle of wine and was going to drink some more.

“My king?” asks the brown human bull.

Feeon shuts his eyes and sighs with his tongue dangling like a wolf. Feeon drops the wine bottle and it shatters on the ground with the wine staining the floor. Feeon opens his eyes and pants like a wolf too.

“I promised that I would stop drinking when an Earthling comes into my throne room again,” says Feeon.

“What are you thinking?” The brown human bull asks.

Feeon puts his tongue back into his mouth. “I think that boy is an Earthling and same with that girl,” says Feeon.

“What makes you think that?” asks the brown human bull.

“The lightning that I had in the palm of my hand…” Feeon puts his right hand out.

Little lightning dances on Feeon’s hand. “It’s back,” laughs Feeon.

Feeon smiles as a tear flow down his right cheek. The brown human bull smiles back at Feeon.

“A smile, I haven’t seen that in many years,” says the brown human bull.

“It’s back. The power is back,” chuckles Feeon.

“But how do we make sure that he is the one we’ve all been waiting for?” asks the brown human bull.

“There’s only one way to find out and that is to test his skills and put him in combat,” says Feeon.