Shadow walked over to the girls, while hearing the boys snicker behind him.

When he made his way to the girls, Scratch announced that they were going to wander outside. Valerian looked at Rose, then sighed loudly. She walked to the door and opened it for them. "Okay, but the perimeter only stretches as far as that big tree over there, if you go past that and get caught, I'm not going back to save your asses again! You hear?" The boys shook their heads and she let them out. Shadow smirked, shaking his head. Irritably, Valerian walked back to the circle.

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The girls discussed with him the stuff he wished he had learned growing up.....when it's appropriate to use magic and how to best use it during different situations......like this one they're facing.

Shadow in all of his five years of misery, never thought he'd be back home again. He thought of the cursed who worshipped him back in the tunnels where he had stayed.

A sudden thought came to him....did Beta really decide to step up...or did she know something fishy was going on with him and the others?