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"Nick!" Sabrina screamed as the tall boy landed in front of the two trembling girls. "What are you doing here? We need to leave!" She and Daphne scrambled out of their hideout and stood under the dark canopy of trees.

"Oh, I don't think we'll need to worry about that." He said nonchalantly, carelessly picking lint from his shirt.

Sabrina ignored his comment and pulled Daphne towards the exit of the trees. She left Nick standing behind them, watching them walk about ten feet away. Just as they were passing large tree with branches that reached out for the girls, Sabrina heard something above them.

Stopping in her tracks she looked above her curiously. "What was-" She started to say. She gasped as a huge creature with outspread wings landed with a thud on the ground in front of them. Her eyes scaled the terrifying monster, slowly taking in it's horrible body. It's torso was that of a lion, with dark orange fur that stopped at its neck. It had sharp, taloned feet, and its head looked like an eagles, except with red and gold feathers that shined brightly even in the dark forest. All in all, the hideous beast kept Sabrina's feet planted to the ground.

Still standing completely still, Sabrina and Daphne saw Nick walking up the the creature out of the corner of their eyes. He looked strangely calm, which was weird because of its sudden appearance, and walked up and lovingly patted its giant leg, which was even taller than him.

"Wait, Nick, what are you doing?" Sabrina hissed.

Nick scowled, then turned angrily to the girls, "Something that should have been done a long time ago."

Sabrina wrapped her arms around the frightened Daphne, "Please Nick, don't do anything stupid. What is that thing?"

He smirked, still staring at the girls with a mad expression, "This, is a special kind of everafter. It's much younger than all the other everafter." He laughed when he noticed the girls startled expression. "What? Surprised? Oh I know all about everafters, after all, I am one. Now this particular everafter, it's more of a mix. Hundreds of years ago it was born to a Phoenix and a griffin, so it's a little bit of both." As if to prove its heritage, it took a deep breath and blew fire over the trees, which instantly burst into flame.

Sabrina glared at him, then looked worriedly at the creature standing over him. "Why didn't you tell me?"

He chuckled and held out a hand that had been painted a dark red. "We all have our reasons." Then he lifted his hand and pressed it against Sabrina's cheek where it left a red hand print. "And the Scarlet Hands reasons are very good."

Daphne gasped, "I thought we defeated them!"

Nick snarled, "Well they're back." He looked down at the watch on his wrist, "I should probably go, this fire is just going to get worse, and, I don't want to be here when he gets loose." He gestured to the animal above him.

He turned to walk away, "Oh, and you might need this," He tossed a dagger at Daphne's feet. "It might at least give you a small chance to survive." He laughed and looked directly at Daphne when he said this, then he turned to the creature, "Save the oldest, kill the little one, we won't be needing her."

Daphne whimpered "What are we going to do?"

Sabrina hardened her gaze, she reached for the knife in front of her sister then stood in front of her protectively. "We're going to fight."

Now that it had the orders to kill, the monster shrieked then dove at the girls. It lunged for Sabrina, extending a clawed hand to grab her. She slashed the dagger upwards and caught the bird like animal in the leg. It roared in pain, breathing more fire onto the surrounding trees. It lifted it's front legs to jump again, and blood dripped from it's new wound. It flew over the girls and landed behind Daphne, before Sabrina could stab it again it swatted Daphne into a nearby tree. She groaned and tried to sit up, then fell back to the ground, unconscious.

"Daphne!" Sabrina screamed.

She ran to her side and lifted her limp head into her lap, she was still alive, but had a deep cut across her forehead. Sabrina fumbled for the dagger on the ground and stood up to fight the creature. She glared at it and tightened her grip on the knife. When it ran closer she waited for the right moment and jumped into the air. Landing by it's shoulder, she used the thick fur to pull herself onto its back. It reared but Sabrina held on tightly. Her teeth rattled inside her skull as the frustrated creature flew into the air then plummeted towards the earth in attempt to loosen Sabrina. As it came crashing through the treetops, branches lashed out at Sabrina and scratched her arms and face. One more hit from a branch and she let go of the fur. She screamed and fumbled for a grip on something, then felt the fur of the creature beneath her fingers once more. As they hit the earth, Sabrina used all her strength to drive the knife into its back. It shrieked and managed to throw Sabrina onto the ground. The dagger flew from her hands as she fell towards the hard dirt, and she moaned when her shoulder hit the roots. Her head hit the ground and she felt like lying there forever, but she quickly noticed the roaring fire surrounding her. She panicked and backed up into a tree. Crawling, she raced over to where Daphne was still lying. She attempted to drag her away with her one good arm, the other screaming in pain.

Before she managed to get five feet, claws circled her ribs and lifter her high into the air. She yelled when one claw dug into her shoulder, the pain almost causing her to pass out. Gasping for air as the talons held her tighter and tighter, she struggle to free herself from the painful grasp. Just as she was about to go into total darkness, the horrible monster shrieked in pain and dropped her fifteen feet to the hard ground. She lifted her head to see Puck, morphing back into his normal self after he had transformed into a gorilla and hurled a huge boulder at the creature.

Puck flew into the air and dove for the bird. His normally green eyes were red, and looked like the fire burning around him. Flying above its head, he changing into a huge lion and fell onto its back. Clawing at its orange fur he roared and scratched. The angry bird/lion rolled over so that it would fall onto its back to smash Puck. Before he was crushed under the huge animal, he morphed into a bird and flew in front of it. Puck changed again and he was himself once more, his wings keeping him above the ground. The creature roared and struck its clawed hand out to Puck, catching him in the chest and sending him into a nearby tree where Sabrina noticed the huge gashes on his front.

The monster, satisfied when he didn't sit up right away, reached for the weak Sabrina and dug its huge talons into her shoulder and lifted her into the air where she finally passed out from the pain in her shoulder and the bruises covering her body.