(Shard's P.O.V.)

Rage, That's all I felt. I can't control myself anymore. My thoughts blurred. I blindly swung my claws at anything I saw move. "Stay still, you stupid things!" I roared, Why did this have to go on?

I attacked Darkos but he cut me on my paw before I could hit him, I then roared in pain and retreated back, I felt more pain as Arthur stabbed me in the side. For once, I felt truly weak. I backed up and transformed back into my normal form as I held the cut on my side. Fear was clear in my eyes as I looked at my blood.

I couldn't take it anymore and ran away as fast as I could, Malthazar had already ran away, I ran until the village was out of sight then I sighed and sat down. I picked up some herbs and started to use them on my cuts, I had never been injured in a fight before so I was very scared. I finished putting the herbs on my cuts before climbing up a rock formation and laying down on the flat rock, I fell asleep quickly from exhaustion from the battle.

(Thorn's P.O.V.)

I stared after Shard confusedly and curiously as she ran out. I sighed heavily as I turned to check on Arthur and the others. Darkos was checking his nose, thankfully it wasn't bleeding that bad, but still, it looked sore, and for his arm, it has been bandaged by one of the villagers.. Arthur is nursing his head to check for bruises or bumps since he was knocked down by Shard earlier. His wounded sword arm is being checked by his girlfriend, Selenia, which she has a bruise on her stomach where she was kicked by Shard. My boyfriend Beta has been nursing his side which has been becoming into a nasty bruise since he was punched by Shard.

"Hey, guys, should we be going after Maltazard and Shard?". I asked curiously.

Selenia commented, "You and Darkos can go searching for them, but be careful, and come back when you know something.". I nodded, and looked at Darkos.

Darkos sighed, "There's no choice, huh? Alright, let's get going and search for Shard since we saw her running off. I don't care for 'Dad' now.". I smiled grimly, and we set off out into the garden, searching for Shard after we noticed that our friends is being cared of.

After a few minutes of silence, Darkos then said out of nowhere, "I wonder how she's able to be a fox like that.".

I replied, "It must be a special ability of hers. After all, Shard looks like she's strong to do that.". Darkos nodded, then we came into silence once more. We came upon a huge boulder in the way.

"Great, looks like we need to walk around.". I grunted softly. Darkos nodded, then held still as he seemed to listen to something I couldn't hear.

"There's somebody on the boulder, unconscious.". Darkos commented quickly.

"Come on. Maybe it's Shard. She must have fainted at the loss of blood.". I replied hurriedly. We climbed the boulder, and at the flat top, we found her. Shard. I looked at her herb-bandaged cuts.

"She did a good job at those, but she's looking paler.". I commented quietly. Darkos looked at Shard very curiously and seeming to have guilt in his eyes.