I couldn't believe it when I first heard it. I was actually leaving. Last night, one of the elders told me that I was being exiled from the island. I was so happy that I cried and thanked the elder for the great news. The elder was a bit startled by the joy I carried on me, but if it quells the dragon in me then it was fine for him. I hugged the elder and ran to my house to grab my things for the journey. 'You do realize you won't need anything when the dragons come for you, right?' Wolf asked, amused by my spirit. 'I don't care! I'm actually LEAVING! I don't have to be in this gods-forsaken place anymore!' I cheered packing my things with glee. Wolf chuckled and mumbled 'hatchlings' feeling the excitement from off of me. I didn't care what my dragonic half said and wished he could form physically in front of me so I could hug him. 'I actually can. It just drains my power, making me sleepy.'

I chuckled and wanted to ask him if he can but something felt wrong. It felt colder than normal and a shiver went down my spine. My mind was in a fritz, and for some reason I had a thirst for blood. I heard Wolf growl in my head but it wasn't an aggressive growl but a cautious and fearful growl. 'Nightshift, we need to get out of here it's not safe. What we're feeling right now is the residents of the Black Flame, an ancient evil opposite of the Furies Fire, meaning that a dark shifter is nearby and if I'm sensing right, it means that he's close.' I didn't know what Wolf was talking about at the time but if this 'dark shifter' frightened him then that's all I need to get out of here.

With a flash, I grabbed my bag and ran downstairs to the door to escape but when I got there, the door slammed open, revealing a man who looked down at me and smiled like I was his prey. I was so shocked that I didn't hear Wolf's warning of when the man hooked me in the gut with speed and strength matching mine, and then threw me into the far wall. I was dazed but when I opened my eyes, a table was flying towards me, I snapped out of it and double kicked the table before it could impact me, breaking it to splinters. I got back up and charged the man, knocking him to the wall near the fireplace and when I grabbed him by his head and used my claws to take a firm hold while drawing blood, slammed his face in the flames. He didn't scream like I expected, but laughed. LAUGHED!? The man kneed me in the groin, thank you harden scales for protecting my dignity, and pushed me off of him. "I got to admit, you're a bit stubborn to die but I'll kill you. HAHAHA!" the man laughed while blacken-red claws form in his arm and slashed me with great ferocity, cutting my shoulder and slashing my face across my left eye. I screamed in pain and changed into my scales, hardening in the proces, and blasted him with a plasma blast from my hands. The dark shifter easily countered my attack by jumping over it and swinging his leg towards my head, knocking me through the door and into the village center.

The entire village woke up from the sound of me crashing into a rock and started to surround me. Some them were shocked to see me in a state of blood and torture while others had a smile on their face, especially my father. He just stood with his eyes gleaming in anciptitation of my fate, I was angry at him, my instincts were taking control but I still couldn't move since my body was almost broken and then Wolf spoke to me. 'I am so sorry, NightShift, I should've warned you sooner and if it wasn't for me, you could've survived this." Wolf appeared in front of me in a blink of an eye, and his face was filled in sorrow with tears streaming down his face. All the villages could see him, and couldn't believe their eyes, A NIGHT FURY came out of nowhere and was crying at me. And what shocked them most was when Wolf spoke in Norse with my voice. "I am so sorry, Matt. I failed you as being your half and-." I interrupted him by placing my broken hand on his snout. I was in so much pain and could barely see but I knew that the dark shifter was close by and getting closer. I looked at the dragon and smiled which broke him even more into tears. "Oh stop crying, your a dragon, dragons don't cry. At least I'll die knowing I have a brother by my side." I told my half ...my brother, Wolf.

Everyone of the villagers had different emotions on their faces, one was guilt, the other sadness, and angry, etc. The Council was having a hard time hearing this and angrily turned to the chief, who was surprised by this action. "WE SAID WE WOULD EXILE HIM FROM THE ISLAND! WE DID NOT MEAN EXILE HIM FROM LIFE!" the elder yelled. Argur didn't know what to do until a dark voice spoke. "Don't worry, 'Chief'. I'll finish the job." Everyone, including me and Wolf, turned to the dark shifter and glared. A bunch of voices rang out, 'Who let him out!?' 'It's that murderer!' 'Put him back!' The dark shifter stood there and I could hear a dark voice in his head saying 'Get ThEM on OUR SIDE.' and he spoke up, once again but normal this time. "I know you all hate me for what I did, but you see, I was sick with a rare disease that caused my outburst and chaos. Thanks to your great chief, he has healed me and asked me to bring mercy upon his son who has the same disease as me." I can't believe it he's spreading lies about me being sick and getting the people on his side. But my brother had something else on his mind when he roared. "You LIE! People of the village! This disease he speaks of? There is no and I mean NO cure for it! You all know that Matt is a shifter, Yes? Well He is also a shifter, a DARK shifter. And all they care for power, domination, and blood!" Wolf yelled roaring.

I was going to speak until I felt so much pain in my chest that I couldn't scream. I looked down and saw an arrow right in my chest and I looked at the shooter. My father, holds a crossbow that was just fired and an evil smile was on his face. I started to faint and before I blacked out, I heard a single sound of a night fury diving down and a voice. "NIGHT FURIES! GET DOWN!" then blackness.