DragonShifter:

Chapter Ten:

By the time Jareth and Sarah arrived in the labyrinth for their two months of training, Jareth and Sarah were mentally and physically tired. Chiron looked at them then told them to pitch their tents then to come and report to them all that had happened over the last twelve months. After they pitched their tents and told Chiron all that had passed in the last twelve months, Chiron smiled. "Okay then, who is ready for a night time scenario that involves a Spartan raid on a Roman camp?" Jareth and Sarah looked at each other with smiles on both of their faces then raised their hands. "We are" they said in unison. "Alright then" Chiron said rubbing his hands together. "Let's go to one of our many meadows" He said with a smile. Chiron lead Jareth and Sarah at a trot to one of the many meadows that riddled the Labyrinth. The meadow that Chiron led them had a small encampment in it. He turned to face them and spoke "Okay, here is the deal with tonight's scenario. You two are to lead this small group of were-wolves into that encampment manned by young elves. Your group is the Spartan group and the encampment is roman. You must follow Spartan rules. You must get to the middle of the camp and capture their standard. After you capture their standard, you must get back to my clearing without getting caught by the roman party. Okay, I need to warn you, but before I do, you guys know that you have some greek god blood in your ancestory right?" Jareth and Sarah nodded with some confusion on their faces. "Good, these elves have roman blood in their veins. Keep that in your mind as you raid their camp. Now you better get aquainted with your men and women." Chiron turned and cantered back the way they came. Jareth and Sarah looked around. They did not see their group, but decided it would be best to split up and find them. They knew that underground were-wolves were different from aboveground were-wolves. They could shift into their wolf forms anytime they wanted, but they were not shape shifters. What made them different was that they had canine features and very fine short fur covering their bodies. They were amongst the most brilliant minds in the underground. They used their intelligence to become expert tacticians, fighters, wilderness experts. That made them dangerous foes in times of war. But, being part wolf, they could be fierce companions. They also had similar life spans to Fae, which was a blessing, if you were on good terms with them. As they searched, Sarah had a sudden idea. She passed the idea along to Jareth through their bond. He approved and Sarah happily began her idea. She shifted into a beautiful wolf. Her wolf form was a dusky gray color, but she had green eyes in her wolf form. She started to sniff around for any scents that would be remotely different. As she sniffed, she heard a quiet breath. She turned her head to the right and saw two dark brown eyes and a black nose facing her. She twitched her ears and whuffed quietly. The animal whuffed and shifted. Sarah shifted back to her humanoid form and looked the direction of the being that had shifted. There stood a wild looking Fae. She raised her eyebrow and turned to face him. She saluted the being and the being returned the salute. "Are you Sarah?" asked the being. Sarah nodded. "Are you part of the were-pack that we are to lead?"

"Well, we were asked to help out. But we will glad to serve you, the labyrinth's chosen ones. My name is Aduial. I am the beta of our pack. My alphas asked me to be your liason." Sarah nodded as she listened to the were-wolf. "Well then, why don't we go find Jareth."