Chapter 10- one final piece of advice

Hunter had walked about the school ground, muttering over what the Stg had taught him when he saw Snitsky not to far off in the corner of the yard. He was pestering Kane. "You don't belong here do you? I can see it in your eyes! Oh this is great news!"

Kane however wasn't taking this lying down. He began to beat the snot out of his reporter and tore up the pad of paper Snitsky carried with him. Hunter watched him run, as Kane stood among the debris of paper. "Whoa, talk about paparazzi" Hunter muttered.

He saw a look in Kane's eyes. It was red with anger as two bumps on his head began to take shape.

Kane's hands ran over his forehead as he cursed aloud to himself. "Damn, he saw me!" Kane growled.

"What the hell is wrong with you anyway?" Hunter demanded.

Kane said nothing as he tried to settle himself back down, the lumps on his head vanished, as his eyes became normal looking once more. Kane took deep, sinister breaths of air before he looked to Hunter again. "I'm hungry, let's go" Kane growled as he and Hunter went inside for lunch.

It was strange, it was the first time Hunter ever sat next to Kane at the table, it was a lot better sitting next to Chris who remained silent, Stephoine with her nose in the book on house elves, and Eugene who was pretending to be him at the moment. Hunter saw Kane just eat away at anything on the table, yet when it came to the last of something, if one other person was reaching for it, Kane's eyes darted in their direction. He sneered and growled to them in a venomous tone, warning that he would lop their hand off. One being one of the newest members of Griffengree didn't know better to heed Kane's warning, Robbie McAllister from Scotland. It was the last chicken wing; Robbie's hand was clearly on it. Yet Kane's hand clamped down over Robbie's in an aggressive manner, Robbie heard a growl from Kane but it didn't really faze him one bit.

"You ought to hear my dad when he growls at me, that's nothing!" Robbie said in a confident Scottish accent. He wasn't going to let up.

"Dude, if you want to keep your hand, you let him have it!" Rob called out from the table. "Here take mine, let Kane have that. You don't want to mess with him!" Rob looked to be use to this sort of thing, playing peacekeeper among those who sit at the table. Robbie took Rob on his offer as Kane snatched the last chicken wing.

"Now I know why I don't eat back here," Hunter muttered to himself. When the meal was over, Kane stood up from his seat, his nose scrunched to a smell in the room.

Rob looked concerned. "He's at it again" he sighed. Hunter looked to RVD who just placed his finger to his lips. Kane's eyes scanned about the room, till they came on Melina near the end of the table. He slowly made his way down as Hunter watched on. Kane played with the back of her hair and she didn't notice till she heard him breath in her scent. Melina turned and nailed Kane in the side of the head with one of her books.

"EW GET OFF OF ME!" she yelled. Kane somehow snapped out of it and ran from the room like the time Hunter caught him in the girl's bathroom. Hunter followed Kane out into the hall, where he lay in one of the dark hallways; Chris of all people and Stephoine soon joined him.

Chris turned to Hunter with an angry look, yet soon turned to Kane. "You ok?" he asked.

Kane was silent; he didn't say a word at first, till Hunter demanded an explanation. "You're acting much stranger than normal. Answer us Kane, what the hell is wrong with you!"

Kane looked at the three friends. He sighed aloud. "I don't even trust you and you want me to tell you what's wrong?" he demanded.

"Wow, now I feel like I am a true friend to ya" Chris muttered to him.

Stephoine looked down at Kane. "I know what's wrong, it's best to hear it from you, than to have me explain it to them" she warned.

Kane's eyes widened, he know she was on to him. "Ok, ok." He whispered. Kane peered down each hall and then looked to the three. "It's… mating season," he whispered.

Hunter and Chris backed up at the same time. "Ok, that's enough both of you!" Steph scolded. "What about it?" she asked Kane.

There was a small smile on his lip. "It's my first time, I just reached the mature age… to… well… you know" he explained.

"Oh… Dude, I thought you were laid long before then!" Chris said aloud.

Before anyone could blink, Kane had shot off from the floor and pinned Chris to the other side of the wall grasping onto his neck. "Not a word little one! I warn you, not a peep!" Kane growled lowly.

"So… how long does this last?" Hunter asked.

"It varies from Dragon to dragon" Stephoine whispered. "Who knows?"

Kane released Chris from his grasp and looked to Hunter and Stephoine. "Not a single word of this" he warned the two.

Hunter nodded as Kane walked past him, he whispered. "Tomorrow, bring chocolate to your challenge" and nothing more.

"That made no sense," Hunter whispered.

"What was that?" Steph asked.

Hunter was about to tell her till Chris yelled, "Hello, I couldn't breath there! Why didn't any of you help me?" Chris glared at his friends. "Well, I didn't expect Steph to do anything… Hunter…" Before Hunter could speak, Chris stormed off once more.

"He really holds a grudge," he said to Stephoine. Hunter then explained to her that Kane told him to bring chocolate tomorrow for the challenge. Steph was perplexed by the idea as well, what good would it do?

Hunter wasn't going to let the idea or suggestion slip by, he went to his room and raided Chris' chocolate supplies, he knew of the one under his bed, despite Fozzy protecting it. "Make you a deal, you let me have some and I'll give you three chocolate toads deal?" he asked.

Fozzy was more than willing to negotiate for chocolate.