Seth woke up lying down next to a warm body. Blinking a few times, he turned his head to look at Thames, who was lying on the ground eyes darting from left to right searching for danger.

When the wolf saw Seth awake, it immediately started licking his face.

"Woah, calm down, buddy!" He said, attempting to push Thames' head away, while sitting up.

" Master! I was worried!" Thames pulled his head back, and Seth could see his tail swinging from side to side. The teenager couldn't help but smile.

" I thought we agreed with you not calling me Master."

Thames bent his ears back, and lowered his head, as if ashamed. Seth rbed his hand between his friends ears.

" It's okay. Just... please use my real name. "

Thames immediately lifted his head, clearly relieved that Seth wasn't mad at him. It felt good, when Seth scrached his head. He absolutely loved it.

The moon was shining though the tree tops above them. Though he had been unconcsious for God knows how long, he was exhausted.

Laying back down, he snuggled closer to Thames, who had lied down from his sitting posisition. Even with the chilly air blowing from the East, he didn't feel cold. With Thames' paw over him, Seth drifted into a deep, uneventful sleep.

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Four moths later...

Kendra sat on Seth's bed, sliding her hand over the covers. In her right hand, she held the note,her brother had left.

After Gzerth had disappeared , Grandpa had immediately rushed inside, and called for an emergancy meeting.

Not that it could really be called a meeting, as it lasted about fifteen seconds, and only about two sentences were said. Kendra could see, that her family was back to normal.

Something had changed in them, since Zzyzx.

Seeing them all together, planning on how to find Seth, madeher heart melt. It had been such a hard time living amongst people who hated her brother. But now they were all sending messages and making calls, doing everything they could to help.

But even after four months of searching by professionals, no clue had been found of his whereabouts. It seemed as if he had been whiped off Earth.

There was a knock on the door, and Bracken entered.

" Hey."

" Hey." Kendra said, smiling sadly.

The fairy prince sat next to her, putting a hand around her shoulders.

" Bracken... Do you think... he might be... dead?"

Bracken looked like Kendra had just told him she was going to jump off a cliff.

" No! Of course not. Listen..." He knelt down on the floor in front of Kendra. " We're going to find him. We've got the best searchers after him, and-"

" Bracken, it's been five months! Five! "

tears started forming in her eyes, and Bracken got up, pulling her in his arms.

" We're going to find him. I promise. I'll do everything I can. Even if I have to crawl through Zzyzx and back. "

Despite her terrible mood, Kendra couldn't help but smile.

" Thank you, Bracken. Thank you for everything."

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He couldn't believe what he was seeing. He didn't think this was normal. Even for a Shadow Charmer.

He had found a cave with Thames only days after the fight with the giant spider. It was nearly sixty feet long, and as high as five meters.

It was shelter from the cold weather, and a good hiding place. Many powerful dark creatures had tried attacking them, but Thames had always fround a way to protect him, if he couldn't control the creature.

Seth had learned how to use dark magic, but only used them when he had to.

He could make a small distraction spell, to forexample lure a prey to Thame, who then took it down. Or a barrier around his body, blocking off some attacks.

But today, something in him had changed.

He had woken up from his sleep, by a weird feeling between his shoulder blades. If felt like something was trying to push its way through the skin on his back. Itdidn't hurt, but it felt a little unconfortable.

Quickly sitting up, he had woken up Thames, who he had learned was a light sleeper. The large wolf lifted its head, and looked at Seth with curious and alert eyes.

" Is something wrong?" it asked, but Seth couldn't answer, as suddenly something burst out of his back.

Large feathery black wings appeared on the side of his vision. His mouth was hanging open, as with terrified eyes he tried to turn around to look at his new limbs.

" What the-"

Standing up, he nearly lost his balance. Those things were heavy! Thames looked equally suprised. In fact, he seemed speechless.

Measuring up to 1,7 meters in length, and 6 centimeters in thickness, the wings were black as midnight.

Carefully walked over to the wall for support. Thames followed him, clearly shocked.

Then, slowly Seth tried lifting the left wing. His wing. The black limb rose into the air, and Seth felt suprised it felt the same way as moving his hand.

Now was the right wing's turn. It moved the exact same way. Seth tried flapping the wings. He found himself rise into the air for a moment before landing on his feet again.

" This is... new." Seth said turning to Thames. Even though the wolf was a dark creature, he could understand English as well as Darktone.

" I've heard of a legend that said something about this. It's usually told to my kind by our parents. It says, that thousands of years ago, lived a Shadow Charmer, so powerful, that he grew wings.

" He was called Geldergrath. He lead somekind of army of dark creatures against the Fairy Queen. Of course he lost but... he did make a dangerous and strong foe to anyone whostood in his way. Even the Fairy Queen. "

" And that means..." Seth asked, doing a movement with his hand, indicating that he wanted Thames to continue.

" It means your a strong Shadow Charmer. Strong as in legendary. Well maybe no yet, but someday."

Glancing back at his wings, Seth reached out and stroked the feathers. That's when his eyes started burning.

" Aaaaah!" he screamed, covering his eyes with his hands.

" Seth! What happened? Are you okay?" Thames asked clearly worried, as Seth stumbled and fell to the ground, gasping.

Eyes shut tight, he tried to calm his breathing. The pain had been only momentary, but he still laid there, from the shock.

" I'm okay. I'm okay." He assured Thames. When he opened his eyes, he saw his friend back up.

"Seth! Your eyes! They're..." He seemed to be unable to get the words out. " Seth, your eyes are golden."

Again Seth's mouth fell agape. Using magic, quickly formed a mirror out of the air, and looked at his reflection.

True to Thames' words, his eyes had turned a golden colour. His hair had also turned pitch black. Only seconds later his clothes started changing.

His shirt turned to black leather, as well as his pants turned into some dark , but protective material. Leather boots formed over his legs, coming up to his knees.

Looking at himself, he resembled a person from the 15th century.

" What, just happened?" Thames asked, sending the telepathic messge while walking up behind Seth. As he turned around from the mirror, it dissolved.

" What's happening? Why am I changing?" Not being able to use telepathy, his voice was the only thing in the echoing cave.

" I don't know. But it seemes as if you're growing stronger. I can sense powerful energy coming from you."

" I do feel different. "

Suddenly, without no apparent reason, Thames punced on him, snarling.

Without even thinking, Seth flapped his wings, and rose into the air. Looking down, horrified from the sudden threatning act by his friend, Seth saw Thames sitting on the ground looking up at him.

" Your reflexes have encreased significantly. I wouldn't be suprised if you would hear and see much better. "

" That was just a test?" Seth practically screamed, as he hovered to the ground again. " Never, ever, scare me like that again!"

Thames seemed pleased with himself.

" I needed a real reaction from you."

" Well, you got one!"

Thames made a sound, which Seth took as a laugh. He couldn't stop one escaping him either.

" Thames... I have this.. feeling. Like somethings out there looking for us. Someone behind those attacks."

Thames nodded. Seth was still surprised how much the wolf's personality resembled a human's.

" I feel the same way. And if there really is someone... I have a feeling, our life is going to change. And I don't think it'll be for the better."

Though he wanted, Seth couldn't deny his words.

*** I will write more chapters. But only if I get at least one review from THIS chapter. I've got good ideas for the next chapters. There will be something to do with Gzerth, and maybe some other dark creatures joining Seth.

If I get two reviews I will write the whole story. Hope you like it! See you!***