APOLLOS' POV.
No. No.
Pandora flies straight out the front doors of the school.
I here Libby coming up on us, so I bump Pandora.
An image is in my heart, and I'm determined to get there.
I tell her to veer left. She takes a sharp left.
She seems to have the same image in her mind, and I see it soon.
We circle and land.
The heart on my hand burns like fire.
I growl, and Pandora seems to be having the same problem.
Libby lands behind us, and Loki wraps his tail around hers.
They walk towards a random location.
Then, we freeze.
A man with thin dragonfly like wings is fluttering in front of me.
He's at least 6"2, with white hair.
He asks, "Are yah the awaited Apollo Farthing, Pandora Farthing, Loki Farthing, and Libby?"
We all nod.
I sense a happy aura wash over him.
He smiles, and exclaims, "Come in! We need to tell you something we needed to years ago, especially you Apollo and Libby!"
We all go forward, after the fay.
Then, the moonlight hits us.
In a suprised yip, we're wolves.
I stand on Pandoras' shoulders, and the wind ruffles my neck fur through the various trees.
I stare forward, ears and eyes catching the world in a single motion.
I lick my burning foot.
The fay looks back, and jumps.
He comments, "Phase fours? I'm impresssed! Most people don't make it to Phase three!"
I ask, "Why?"
Pandora comments, privately, "Still not used to the wolf voice. It's creepy!"
I laugh, and shake my head.
The fay seems concerned, and then remembers Pandora.
He seems relieved, and continues, "It usually takes them past their life times. But, being who and what you are.... you have a much longer life time."
Loki asks, looking into Pandoras' eyes, "How long?"
He smiles, "A few hundred years longer."
I gape. A few hundred years? Why do we suddenly have a huge lifetime?
Answering my questions, kind of, he replies, "We can tell you who you are later. You need re..."
I shake my head, and tell him, "I took a five hour nap earlier. I'm not sure about Libby or Loki, but Pandora and I are fine. I need to contact my pack."
The fay seems confused, "You have a pack?"
I nod, and explian, "Were wolves and wolf shifters in my area form packs. I'm in the Night and Day pack, the kindest and most peaceful pack out there."
He nods, and comments, "Send them the affection of the fays."
I nod.
We enter a town that looks fairly normal. To mortals that is.
A glow surrounds the place. Magic?
The man nods.
I notice that I've been swaying back and forth to Pandora's stride. I look to Libby, and she's not quite on Loki's shoulders.
I also notice I'm stradling the base of Pandora's neck.
The fay is whispering to a female fay with braided white hair down her back.
She smiles, and rushes off to a burly fay on a chair in front of a sea of fay people.
I catch what he's talking about. War, and finding us.
Why do they want us? They're the secound strongest magic species!
The crowd turns to face us once the femal fay speaks to the man on he chair.
The man flys over the crowd, right up to us.
I feel Pandora tensing under me.
I sooth her through my mind link, and she settles down.
The man stretches out his hand, and I shake it. My mail gloves and my hair cover the marks of a rider.
The man gestures to his hand.
I remove the glove, and part my hair.
He seems unsatisfied.
I comment, "These are all the scars I..."
The man frowns. He gestures to his chest.
I look down at mine, then at Libby.
Sensing the situation, the man gestures for me to follow him.
I follow him into a Fay washroom.
I ask, "What do you need?"
He growls, "Boy, you have a scar on your left side chest. Is this true?"
I think back and nod.
The man leads me back.
Huh.
Pandora and Loki are gone.
I must've had an obvious look of confusion and distrust, becuase the man quickly reports, "They were both tired, so they went to bed."
I sigh, and report to the other man, "I am going to report to my pack."
I lope off, and Libby joins me.
I ask, "Why are you following me?"
She replies, "I don't want them thinking I'm letting you talk for me! Sheesh."
I snap my jaws shut.
Well then!
I lope faster, fur swooshing around.
I come near a stable cliff, and I sit down near the edge.
I howl, I" are in Fay territory, under their insistence. I am safe, they do not wish to cause me harm. Please do not try to find me."
I let Libby howl her own message.
I lope back with her, and I get a greeting I never expected.
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Unexpected Heroes
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