Skulduggery plesant, Anton Shudder and Erskine a Ravel raced through the forest. Trampling over branches and darting round trees, the trio finally reached the clearing. Ghastly, Saracen and Valkyrie were standing there ground in front of the werewolf who was prowling around, the trio skidded to a halt. Skulduggery looked up into the sky, the night was ending and it was nearly dawn. Dexter was hunched over more and his teeth had sharpened, he was having a final burst before dawn.
"Dexter" Skulduggery said carefully and the wolf's head darted towards him, examining him carefully with demon like eyes. Ravel turned off his 'sponge bob square ants' theme tune and backed away, the werewolf Backed to the back of the clearing and crouched with it's back legs ready to push at anytime. The werewolf saw the knives glint in the becoming dawn light, Dexter snarled and pushed, leaping towards Valkyrie who was dragged out of the way by Ghastly. Dexter swiped with its claws, catching Erskine on the cheek. Dexter leapt onto Skulduggery and through him across the clearing and into foliage, the werewolf was circled by the Dead Men. Skulduggery floated out of the tree and took his place by Valkyrie, Dexter lunged at Valkyrie but Ghastly leapt into the way and went down with a cry. Skulduggery threw two fireballs at Dexter who snarled and racked his claws across Ghastly chest, drawing blood and creating vicious wounds. Saracen swiped his knife and Dexter turned on him and Ghastly stood up, Valkyrie drove shadows at the werewolf and Ravel launched fireballs. Dexter lunged at Valkyrie and tore at her flesh, she cried out as Skulduggery pushed at the air and Dexter was rolled off , but he just dragged her away as Shudder turned into a Cemi-dragon and clawed his talons at Dexter, Ghastly put a hand to Ravel's cheek and Saracen's head and healed them. Valkyrie cried out as Dexter yanked her ankle the wrong way and it snapped but luckily Shudder the Cemi-dragon lifted him off and chucked him into a tree. Ravel and Skulduggery hauled her up as a growl came from the trees, Dexter was about to launch himself at Valkyrie when suddenly his body went into a spasm, Dexter's skull changed shape and his tail shrunk back. Muscle tore and rebuilt to a different frame, his eyes reverted back to their original colour and his pricked ears moved down and reshaped. Soon Dexter was back with a shredded T-shirts and ripped jeans, he was gasping on the floor with several wounds that weren't noticeable when he was in werewolf form. His body shook slightly and his breaths were ragged and pained, Ravel and Saracen approached him carefully and hauled him up and half supported him half dragged him back to the house. Skulduggery carried an unconscious Valkyrie and Ghastly helped a weak Anton, they slowly made it back yo the house by about 8 and Ghastly healed them.