They carried along in silence, Matthew can feel the excitement he had for his new form, the ability to switch is incredible!

Suddenly, a snap was heard in the distance, Matthew's courage faded away in an instant. Whatever it was, he didn't like it.

He turned to Valerian, and as embarrassed as he was about it, he had to say something. "Uhh......Valerian?"

The girl next to him, who always seemed to be tougher than he was, cowered too. She gulped as she gripped the necklace. Matthew looks around.

"Valerian, what is that?"

The sound was getting closer....he wanted to run...but he needed to be her bodyguard. As much as he hated it, he stood in front of her, using himself as a shield. A sudden thought popped into his head.

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Oh yeah, I can be a wolf now!

The then changed and braced himself for an attack.

"Matthew, we need to leave....right now!" Valerian whispered.

"What? No, I can handle it!" Matthew argued.

"Yes you can, now let's go!" She demanded. Before he knew it, she was running like a bat out of hell. He then used his speed to catch up to her.

He could tell that whatever was nearby was following them.

"Valerian, we need to seek shelter....how far until we reach the castle?"

"One more mile!" She called.

Oh, fun! A half fucking hour of endless running! He thought sarcastically.

"Is there a village nearby?"

"I don't know if there's any residence, but we're going to pass through anyway. You need to be human though, I don't know if they allow Shifters like you into their land!"

"Shifter?"

"Yeah, you know.....shape shifter? A person that can be a human and change into an animal at will, like you?"

Oh

They continued their running, until suddenly the were stopped in their tracks.

Matthew gulped fearfully as they were stopped by an unknown predator.