Fangula flew Ashley and Wolfie over Wrath Woods to avoid any more haunted trees.
"Ra re rere ret?" Wolfie whimpered.
"Don't make me turn around!" Fangula scolded.
"Relax you two, we're almost there." Ashley told them.
"Well we better!" Fangula said. "I think my strength is wearing off, my wings are starting to get sore."
"Starting?!" Ashley said surprised, you've been flying around carrying us for like, almost a half hour and NOW you're getting tired?!"
The little bat shrugged. "What can I say? You've got grade A blood Ash."
That made Ashley think, was Fangula getting stronger from all these bites? But something caught her eye, interrupting her thinking. "Hey look! Over there!" Ashley pointed to a large, metal gate outside of the forest. "There's the cemetery!"
Happy to hear that, Fangula shouted, "Requesting clearance to land!" He dove down fast, very fast, but once they were at safe ground level, Fangula sharply reduced his speed and transformed. They all landed safely to the ground.
Ashley stared at the count. "That was awesome Fang..."
"Just one of a vampire's natural talents..." he said with a grin brushing his hair back. Wolfie just rolled his eyes. "So this is Deadbeat Cemetery?"
They all took in the sight. A large gate that separated them from the vast area of ancient tombstones.
Ashley smiled. "Doesn't seem so bad."
Fangula looked at her. "You're not scared?"
The witch shook her head. "Nah, in fact, it looks kinda cool. Especially how the moonlight shines on those graves." she pointed out without a care.
Now Fangula was really surprised, sounds like Ashley was getting used to scary stuff now."You know, now that you mention it, it is beautiful..." he said taking Ashley's hand yet again. the two smiled with a giggle and walked past the gate and into the graveyard while Wolfie just stood there.
Fangula turned, "Wolfie! You coming or what?" he called.
Wolfie gave a glare at his vampire friend, but soon ran and caught up with the couple.
As they continued, they noticed there were trees, but none were alive. So Ashley and Fangula were able to relax, still hand in hand. Wolfie watched the two, glancing over to them while they were busy talking to each other. He watched the way they practically finished each other's sentences, how they were so excited about experiencing this new world and the Halloween party when they return home, not just for themselves, but together. The way their eyes practically lit up just by looking at one another.
Wolfie smiled to himself, thinking Fangula truly found someone special, but his smile became a little frown for some reason...
Suddenly, Wolfie's ears perked up, he and Fangula stopped walking, making Ashley stop. "What's wrong guys?"
"Shh!" Fangula hushed. "There's something nearby. Wolfie, you hear it too?"
The werewolf gave a nod.
"What?!" Ashley whispered. "But I didn't hear anything!"
"Witches don't have enhanced senses like we do Ashley." Fangula told her. "Stay close." She did as told and stayed close to her friends. But she wasn't scared. She brought her hands up and gathered up her magic, ready for action.
The three cautiously looked around the graveyard, there was no telling when something was gonna pop out to attack. Ashley glanced around, even though it was late in the afternoon, the dark clouds were so thick that they actually shielded the sunlight.
They kept their stance until the sounds of growls reached their ears. Fangula braced himself, the magic in Ashley's palms grew brighter, and Wolfie slunked on all fours and growled as well. They all knew they were in for a fight. Ashley silently gasped when she saw out from the shadows emerged large feral wolves. The wolves snarled as they slowly approached the group, their sharp teeth dripping with saliva.
"Werewolves?" Ashley asked.
"Werewolves." Fangula answered. "And not the tamed kind."
Wolfie suddenly shoved the couple aside and approached his brethren.
"Wolfie! What are you doing?!" Fangula yelled.
"Rararara..." the werebeast snarled. Fangula gasped.
'What did he say?" Ashley asked
"He said...This one's personal."
The wolves snarled as they encircled Wolfie, baring their teeth and claws as they got ready to attack him. Finally one of the wolves lunged for Wolfie, luckily he was able to jump over the wolf and stab his claws straight down into his opponent's head. The wolf yelped from getting hit as Wolfie tossed him across the ground. Two more wolves attacked upon seeing this, Wolfie managed to knock one away by whacking one with his arms, but the other wolf managed to bite down on his arm. Wolfie clenched his teeth in pain as his arm began to bleed. Using all of his strength he knocked away the wolf that had bitten his arm. The wolf shook his head from being hit before throwing his head back and howling loudly.
Ashley was confused by this until she saw Wolfie was surrounded by more wolves. As they attacked them he kept swinging, punching, clawing and kicking them, trying to knock away as many as he could. Finally the wolves all tackled him to the ground. Wolfie struggled as the wolves clawed and bit him.
Ashley had been watching the battle , she felt like her heart was being torn apart as she watched her friend get hurt. She couldn't bare to watch any longer, thinking fast she shot out her hands and blasted the wolves off of Wolfie, sending them all flying in other directions.
Wolfie's brown eyes widen when he saw Ashley charging into the fray, he tried to yell out for her to turn back, but it was too late, the wolves had already spotted her as they got up. By the time Ashley was at Wolfie's side she found herself surrounding by wolves, in attempt to protect herself she created a glowing green dome over themselves. The wolves clawed and bashed their skulls against the force field, it was starting to crack.
Fangula tightened his fists as he watched the sight unfold before him. Anger filled him rapidly at the thought of these beasts hurting Ashley and that anger was actually giving him inner strength he didn't even know he had. With a yell of rage he charged at the wolves. He jumped high in the air until he landed between Ashley's cracking dome and the pack.
Ashley stared in shock as Fangula protectively stood before her, his teeth clenched tightly as his now slitted red eyes glared at the wolves. When the wolves charged forward, Fangula fought viciously, with swift dodges and movements, he fought and fought, delivering hard punches and powerful kicks that sounded so hard they almost made Ashley's ears pop. The wolves got in a few good scratches and bites, but the vampire was unfazed, showing absolutely no mercy to the wolves.
After a while of fighting the wolves finally fled out of fear. Fangula took in deep breaths as he staggered a little, he had claw and bite marks all over his body, his wounds were bleeding badly, staining his clothing. He turned toward Ashley, relieved to see his friends okay.
He walked over to them, Ashley's jaw hung seeing such a brutal fight and Fangula was still standing despite all his injuries, but when she looked at Wolfie, he looked even worse than Fangula! Wolfie's shirt was ripped into shreddle and his fur was stained with his own fresh blood.
"Don't worry Wolfie! Hang in there!" Ashley told the wolf before he passed out.
"Ashley! There should be some healing potion in your fanny pack! We picked some up just in case!" Fangula pointed out. Knowing this, Ashley unzipped her pack and dug around until she felt something made of glass, she pulled it out and it was a small bottle of glowing yellow liquid. "That's it!"
"But Fang, what about-" But before Ashley continued, she saw Fangula's wounds starting to close and heal themselves until his flawless skin returned. All that was left were the blood stains on his ripped clothes.
Despite her amazement, Ashley didn't have time to compliment Fangula's speedy recovery. She uncorked the bottle, opened Wolfie's mouth and poured all of the potion into the werewolf's mouth. In seconds, Wolfie's body glowed a very bright yellow. They watched his cuts and bruises fade away. His fur rapidly grew back, they heard soft popping sounds from his bones knitting. Once the glow died down, Wolfie's eyes popped open and happily jumped on Ashley, barraging her with kisses.
"Wolfie! Okay!" Ashley laughed. "I know! I know! You're welcome!" But Wolfie stopped as his sensitive ears picked up a new sound and looked around.
"Wolfie! What is it now?!" Ashley said.
Wolfie then ran to where he heard the noise, he jumped behind a tombstone.
"GAAAAAAAH!" a new voice yelped. Wolfie tossed something, rather someone, high over the tombstone. It looked like a skinny albino soaring right toward Ashley.
"AAAAAAAAH!" Ashley fell on her back when the person collided right on top of her. For some reason, the stranger didn't feel that heavy.
"ASHLEY!" Fangula screamed. Wolfie began to bark wildly.
Ashley reopened her eyes, when she did, she felt like she was going to die of fright. Because right in her face, was a skull.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Ashley screeched at the top of her lungs. "A SKELETON!"