let me rewrite the story

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Several days has passed and I was now sitting on top of Tora, who was in his beast form as we waited outside the village as Rio talked to his father.

"Don't worry cub, I'll look after the village while your gone" his father said making Rio nod.

"Alright, we'll be back in a few days or a week at most" Rio said before leaving. He then looked at me, and then at the other females.

"We'll be leaving now, the earlier we go the better. We can't risk anything happening to the females so they will be at the center all the time, her mates will form a circle around her while the single males guard the back" Rio said making the others nod.

"The other single males and mated ones will be with me in the front, make sure to have at least one flying male near a female just in case something happens" Rio said making some of the males nod.

After making sure that all females we're in the middle, including me, we set off. "I wonder what the Blackwood city looks like" I mumbled to myself as I stared off at the distance, feeling a bit excited to at least explore a new city, a new place.

"The competition won't really be that long right?" I asked Calvin who was walking besides Tora. "No it won't so don't worry little mate" he said as he reached out a hand and ruffled my hair a bit.

"Hey! I just combed that!" I huffed with a pout making him and Lucas who was on my right chuckle. Even Tora who was in his tiger form let out a small snort making me pout more.

I then looked back, seeing that Archie, Kali and Kei were there. "I hope nothing will happen to my cubs back at the village" I sighed and remembered that we temporary left the three of them at Serenity's house since she wasn't planning on going this time.

"Don't worry, I'm sure they will keep them safe. It won't take us long okay? And it could be more dangerous for them if we bought them" Lucas said, trying to reassure me.

"M'kay" I nodded ky head, still wondering about how my cubs were doing now even though it hasn't been even more than five minutes since we left the village.

'Is this how single mothers would feel when they leave their kids at a daycare or something for work back at my world?' I thought with a sigh.

'I pray to goddess that nothing will happen to them' I thought before looking at the front, seeing my three other mates. Carlos, Rio and Xavier.

'I wonder how long will it take us to get there' I thought we kept a moderate speed. With a small sigh, I just looked around, trying to free my mind off of things and tried to enjoy the scenery of the trees, bushes that had berries in them, flowers and animals that show up every now and then.

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A day and a half has pass, and the sun was now setting down the horizon when we finally arrived at the gates of Blackwood city. "Woah, it's bigger and more beautiful than I thought" I muttered out as Calvin stepped forward along with Rio and talked with the guards.

Seeing that Calvin was with them, the guards didn't really give a second thought and just let us in. 'Ohh, Calvin must be very well known around here' I thought as I stared in amazement when we were inside the city.

It was bustling with all kinds of activity, just like a festival. Many merchants were selling all kinds of goods. Ranging from foods like cooked meat, vegetables, fruits and other food I haven't seen before to all kinds of materials.

There were firewoods, probably the flavoered one. The one they use to flavor meat here when they regularly roast it without any herbs or anything.

"Wow" I muttered as Calvin suddenly picked me up and Tora shifted back into his human form and quickly tied a cloth to his lower part.