Chapter 2:

Cole stomped out of his room, hoodie over his head,

"Good morning Cole." Zane greeted as he passed Cole,

"Morning." Cole grumbled as he continued, pass the dinning room,

"Are you not joining us for breakfast?" Zane asked,

"Nah." Cole replied as he went outside and flew off. Everyone but Cole was now gathered in the dinning room,

"Where's Cole?" Lloyd asked,

"I saw him this morning." Zane informed,

"He must be off then. Where does he go?" Jay asked,

"I sometimes hear him muttering about heading to the near by woods." Nya replied,

"Why? What does he do every month?" Jay asked but this time, he got no response.

Later that afternoon, Nya was in the control room when she thought a walk in the woods would be nice. Nya walked out and bumped into Kai,

"Where are you going?" Kai asked for Nya had her coat on,

"A quick walk in the woods." Nya replied,

"Why?" Kai asked,

"I never get the chance to and I thought I might as well take this chance." Nya explained,

"Be careful and be back here before nightfall." Kai instructed,

"I will." Nya replied and walked on when she passed Cole's room. The door was left open a bit and Nya could see that it was a horrible mess. Everything was knocked over, ripped up or both,

'What happened in there?' Nya thought as she walked outside and flew to the woods.

Nya landed and walked along the path. She saw allsorts of different plants and animals, which she documented in the journal she brought with her, but Nya couldn't shake the feeling that she was being watched,

'Kai must've followed me. I hope.' Nya thought. It had been a few hours when Nya looked at the sky and saw that the sun was beginning to set. Nya was about to summon her dragon when something attacked her. A gigantic wolf like beast began slashing at her as Nya screamed and tried to get away. The beast soon had her pinned down and was about to bite her shoulder when something attacked it. It took Nya a bit but she soon realised it was…Cole? It was Cole but he looked different. Cole was now more rugged (somehow), his normal ears were gone, black wolf ear were atop his head, golden wolf eyes, longer and sharper nails (like claws), sharper teeth and had a black wolf tail attached to his lower back. Cole was on all 4s as he pounced on the beast and slashed at it until the beast retreated. Nya looked up at Cole which was easier said than done due to her injuries,

"Cole?" Nya managed to asked,

"Nya!" Cole replied as he ran up to her and started to do what he could to attend to her wounds, "Did it bite you at all?" Cole asked and all Nya could do was shake her head, "Good. Hold on. I'll do what I can." Cole explained as he picked Nya up and began to run. Nya could've sworn that he was faster than normal. Cole stopped at a river, placed Nya down and began to tend to her wounds using the fresh river water. Cole did what he could but by the time he was done, it was nightfall,

"What are you doing here?" Nya asked weakly,

"Not now. You got extremely lucky then. You're lucky I heard you scream." Cole explained,

"Why?" Nya asked,

"You don't need to worry about that." Cole replied as Nya's phone began to ring. Nya grabbed it out of her pocket but Cole grabbed it off her, "I'll deal with the talking because you need every bit of strength." Cole explained as he answered Nya's phone,

"Nya where are you?" Kai freaked,

"It's Cole." Cole stated,

"Cole? Where's Nya?" Kai asked,

"Badly injured. She's in critical condition. Come pick her up at the edge of the woods." Cole instructed,

"Got it." Kai replied as they hanged up. Cole picked Nya up and ran to the edge of the woods and that's when Nya knew that Cole was faster than normal since the river was ages from the edge of the woods. Cole set Nya down at the base of a tree and handed her phone back,

"Nya. I need you to not tell anyone of this night. Please." Cole pleaded,

"Why?" Nya asked,

"It has to remain secret." Cole explained,

"What do I tell them?" Nya asked,

"That you couldn't see much since it happened so fast." Cole answered,

"Are you going to stay till Kai comes?" Nya asked, scared of getting attacked,

"Yes but when Kai gets close, I'm going to stay close but in the shadows. No one can see me like this." Cole explained,

"What do I say if they ask where you are?" Nya asked,

"Making sure the thing isn't following." Cole replied,

"I'll do it on 1 condition." Nya stated,

"You want me to explained everything that just happened?" Cole guessed and Nya nodded weakly, "If that's what it'll take you to keep this secret, deal." Cole agreed and the 2 smiled. Cole suddenly seemed like he smelt and heard something, "Kai, Jay and Zane are close. I'll be in the shadows not far promise." Cole explained and with a weak nod from Nya, Cole slipped to the shadows,

"Nya!" the 3 other boys called as they ran up to Nya,

"Are you ok?" Jay asked,

"I'm fine enough." Nya reassured,

"Where's Cole?" Zane asked,

"After he made sure I was ok, he went to make sure the thing hadn't followed us." Nya replied.