Brightclaw237: Here is the chapter where Leo meets Brightclaw in disguise. I only own the angel-hounds.


Once dawn breaks and the sun rises into the sky, I set out to find Crystal. To my surprise, a girl around my age walks out of the forest with a large cat beside her. "What are you doing in the forest?! Didn't you hear about the warning yesterday?!" I snap. "Wait a minute, Crystal?!" I exclaim. "It really is you, where have you been this entire time?!" I ask.

"Leo, for last time, my name is Brightclaw. I don't go by that name anymore." Brightclaw says, not looking up at me. "I'm not even a twoleg anymore." She says.

"Twoleg, you mean human. You look human right now though!" I exclaim.

"It's some sort of holographic disguise device. It was able to change my appearance to make me look twoleg…err…human." Brightclaw says, not used to saying the word human. "I sacrificed my twoleg form to save you from that fire. Even if I was a twoleg, I would rather stay as a wild-hound." She cries, and the cat nuzzles her leg.

"A wild-hound, what about being an angel-hound?" I ask. "You told me that you wanted to protect everyone that you loved." I say.

"Leo, I grew up alongside a group of wildcats and wild-hounds. Only eating whatever food I could get from behind fast food places." Brightclaw explains. I then notice how thin she is. "I can't even form wings from my power anymore, the light within me is sealed inside my claws as a physical form." She explains. "A year after a great war in the forest I was growing up in, I traveled for about a year. Leaving behind my brother and the others." Brightclaw explains. "I had been a fool to leave, because twolegs began to tear up the forest and captured my clanmates. Including my little brother and Amy, trapped in cages." She explains. My eyes widen in surprise hearing that Crystal's little brother and my own friend trapped in a cage. "Kenta sacrificed himself for the two to get away. In the end he was captured by the twolegs and we never saw him again." Brightclaw explains. "I had searched for days, trying to find Kenta. I could never find a trace to where he and the others were taken." She says. "That forest was torn down, and a housing complex was built in its place. That was the only place I was able to call home." Brightclaw cries. "The twolegs took away everything that I had ever cared about. I can never trust them again, not after what happened to my home." She growls. "I will attack any twoleg that comes near my home!" Brightclaw snarls.

"Why did you not attack me when you came out of the forest?" I ask.


Brightclaw237: Sorry for the cliffhanger, but it continues in Brightclaw's POV in the next chapter. Please read and review.