Okay, so life is hectic. I'm trying to figure out my best friend issue and it seems like we're staying best friends, which sucks! Hm, Well here is the next part, I know y'all will hate me. But here it is.(:

(:Carissa.


Right away Ash was ready to take action.

"Mary-Lynnette" he sighed turning his back on the bloody window. He could smell the stench of goat blood. She looked at him squarely, already seeing what he would say and ready to shut him up, "Go up stairs—"

"No." She said, cutting him off, "I'm not staying here. You don't even know where to find them!"

"Mary-Lynnette" he sighed again, his hands in fists.

"I love them, too. I need to help find them." She said indifferently, never looking away from his ever-changing eyes. A small tear ran down her face, but she made no move to clear it. Minutes went by and they just stared into eachother's eyes wondering which would give in first. Ash found himself focused on how much she had changed again. She was taller and broader in ways, he could see she looked wiser in the eyes and there faint hint of sadness.

"Mary-Lynnette. You don't understand, this is dangerous. If something happened to you then what would I do? Do you know how that would feel?" He saw shock pass through those dark eyes, then anger.

"ASH!" She yelled; her hands flung up in exasperation, "What do you think this year has been like for ME!" She looked exasperated. Like she couldn't believe her ears. Ash could tell she was struggling to keep her head in this, and it made him want to laugh. He didn't, and she continued, her voice getting quieter, "anyways,You don't know what your looking for; you don't even have a plan."

"That's true..." He said, thinking about it for the first time. "Well, we can't just stand around here. What do we do?"

"Well, we could go to Mad Dog Creek and—" a thud on the porch cut her sentence short. Ash grabbed her and sped into the kitchen. She barely had time to catch her breath before he was already outside inspecting the front yard.

She was shocked into immobility. What the hell?! She thought.

Come here Mary-Lynnette, Ash's thought entered her mind, It's... It's Jade.

Mary-Lynnette's eyes went huge, this was all so confusing. First there gone and now only Jade was back? What had happened to the others? She started towards the front door, opening it with apprehension. Then she saw Ash's ash blond hair and knew he wouldn't do anything to hurt her, until he turned around to look at her.

She gasped and stepped back, her hand covered her mouth as she looked into golden eyes... eyes like the werewolf. The body it was over wasn't Jade's but the real Ash's. "Get away from him!" she screamed, panicked, she slashed at him. The werewolf flinched back and laughed, the sound was almost a cough growl. It scared Mary-Lynnette. "I've faced a werewolf before." She whispered, racking her brain for a way to get Ash and herself out of there alive, "I can beat you."

"Oh," It said like a gurgle and it started changing. It was almost the werewolf from the clearing broad, tall and skinny. It's color was the same deep brown, but it had the head, length, and probably the strength of a bear. Like it couldn't decide between the two. "But, my dear, I'm not only a wolf. I can be anything I want. You can call me a dragon." It growled, coiling like a spring.

I'm so sorry Ash, I have failed. She thought, the tears rushing into her eyes and down her face, If you can hear me... I love you. She watched as the half and half thing charged her, but she couldn't even move to cover her face.

*******

What? Ash thought. Mary-Lynnette's kicking, screaming and rolling around in his bed woke him up, startled.

"Ow, stop! Don't hurt my ash! NO!" Her breath was raged, she screamed as Ash tried to wake her up, but she wouldn't be awakened.

"Mary, love, get up." Ash whispered telepathically and out loud, she just clawed at the air and screamed louder.

"You killed him!" She screamed, venomously, "You killed MY ASH!"

"I'm right here, Mary-Lynnette. Right here, wake up!" he doubly screamed. It did no good and he was getting very aggravated. So, he called to Rowan and everyone else in the house, as he tried to pin Mary-Lynnette's arms to her side, but she just raked his face. The slashes fixing themselves almost instantly with the feeding he did the night before. "Mary-Lynnette." he whispered, waiting. She had grown silent, trying to catch her breath, but she still wouldn't open her eyes.

Finally, Ash felt Rowan's presents in the room, "Rowan. She won't wake up." As Ash said this, Mary-Lynnette started wailing again. He grabbed both her arms in his unbreakable strength. "Rowan!"

"Aw, you care so much." Ash whirled at the voice that wasn't his sister's. To see an ash blond head with gold eyes. The man was already in the process of shape-shifting. He looked like a leapard, but ten times the normal size. "Too, bad she isn't coming back from dream land." It's voice was almost to garbled for Ash to understand. "Especially since when you die in your dreams, there is no coming back."

Ash understood this.

In a flash he was off the bed, in a crouch ready to attack, but the leopard was swifter. They attacked and attacked as the sound of Mary-Lynnette's voice slowly died away.