Alrighty!

Okay, first off, I don't even know what a hork-bajir looks like. I've only read a few of the Animorphs books, all I know is that they are big, lizardish, and Yerk slaves. That's it. Wolverine… yes, I can see where you got that. Raevin's claws can, by the way, retract, but not all the way. They'll still be sticking out a good inch or two when they've gone in as far as they can. So Raevin doesn't have the privilege of retracting her claws all the way. The whole think basically works like the claws of a cat, so we'll leave it at that, m'kay?

Next off… I have slaved over this chapter, and during my only breaks during my camp, so appreciate it! I'm kidding, you guys, about the demanding appreciation part. But I did work on this during camp, and a little after I got back. I hope you guys like it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Eidos or Soul Reaver or anything LoK. Ally, Raevin, Vogel/Kirstunoh, Ectoplasm, and the Aiermunarck-Uyilnarkiah forest tribe are mine. Sareptiah and Wraith (the wolf) belongs to HealerAriel (Erin).

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Raevin sat at the highest point of the Razielim Keep, watching the land around her with a keen eye. The sun was high over her head, marking the noontime hours, and it was her turn to keep watch for the day. Even through the sky's overcast, smoggy condition, Raevin could still feel the heat of the sun's rays on her exposed back.

Unknown to Raevin, Ally watched her from a distance. She admired her friend, everything from her courage and personality to her body. When they had first met, Raevin wasn't very muscular or toned, and she also wore a bit more then than she did now. Now, when Ally looked at her, she could see the muscular arms and shoulders and well toned stomach of the body covered only by the white leather boots and pants from Charles and Anne, and a newly fashioned white leather tank top that had nothing on the back save a single white leather strap that kept it on, allowing her new 'wings' to move without getting caught in something. Even after Raevin's transformation, Ally hadn't lost her respect or want for the girl.

Smiling, Ally carefully climbed up to where Raevin was sitting. She snuck up behind her, then quickly covered the other girl's eyes with her hands in a "Guess Who" gesture. Raevin's first response would have been to put up her spikes and flare her wings. Instead, when she recognized the feel of Ally's hands, she smiled and relaxed.

"Take a guess." Came Ally's voice.

Raevin grinned at their game. "Is is Anne?"

"No." Came the reply. Raevin grinned again as the claws on her hands retracted as far as they could.

"Is it… Ally!" Raevin twisted, turned, and tackled Ally, forcing her to the ground. She tickled the older girl mercilessly, and Ally shrieked with laughter and struggled to escape while Raevin took care not to hurt her with her blades or spikes.

"Ok! Ok! You win! I surrender!" Ally panted. "Raevin, you're cruel."

"Am not." Raevin said, hugging Ally and nuzzling the girl's cheek with hers.

"I suppose you're right." Ally said, hugging Raevin back while avoiding sticking herself with the laid-back spikes.

"You guess?"

"Okay, you're right." Ally said, grinning slightly.

That's when the two realized how… close… they were. "Ally…" Raevin started, but was silenced with a finder to the lips.

"Shh." Ally whispered as their faces started to close the gap between them.

A sudden, ear-splitting "Ca-CAW!" caused the two to jump apart and sit up. Avoiding the other's gaze, they both looked up to see a large, black bird flying down towards them.

"Vogel!" Raevin exclaimed, as she and Ally jumped up to greet their much missed bird.

"Where have you been?" Ally demanded, hugging Vogel while trying not to choke him. He seemed a bit startled at Raevin's new look, but quickly regained his composure.

"Finding help!" He said in his crow voice. He cawed and flapped his wings, climbing into the air. "Come see!" He cawed, then flew down the keep walls to the forest outside.

Raevin and Ally raced after him, keeping pace best as they could. Ally reached the edge where the wall dropped off, and came to a screeching halt to avoid falling. Raevin, on the other hand, just grabbed Ally with one arm and used her other arm and wings to swing down the wall, grasping the stones easily with her claws. By the time they reached the bottom, Ally was a good deal paler than she normally was.

"I can't believe you just did that." Ally said, trying to calm down.

"Well, I did." Raevin replied, snickering and stomping on the ground to prove her point.

"Come! Look! Meet!" Vogel demanded, standing o the ground and pointing with a wing at a girl who stood a head taller than Ally. "Sareptiah, vampire hunter!"

Sareptiah looked at Ally, then looked at Raevin. When she noticed the spikes and claws and blades, she whipped out her sword and hissed "Demon!" The wolf at her side bared her teeth and snarled.

Raevin was halfway up the Keep wall by the time Sareptiah had spoken. "No thanks, I prefer myself in one piece." She said, digging her wing claws into the stone and hanging there.

"No! Don't!" Ally yelled. "Don't hurt her!" Sareptiah saw her fangs.

"Vampire!" Sareptiah spat, and her wolf growled, taking a step forward. Sareptiah glared at Vogel before turning to swing at Ally.

Raevin snarled and jumped from her perch, landing between Ally and Sareptiah. She turned her back to Sareptiah and flared her wings, pointing with her spikes and trying to strike Sareptiah. The girl ducked, swung her jagged sword at a flaring wing bone, and cursed as the blade bounced off. "Wraith! Attack! Kill!" Sareptiah ordered to her wolf.

Just as Wraith started to attack, a horrible scream could be heard. In a flash of white, Ectoplasm leaped from the wall behind them and charged at Wraith. He struck out with his hooves, missing but causing Wraith to step back. Sareptiah stared at Ectoplasm, wide eyed. "Came through the wall…" She said, stepping back.

"Don't attack me." Raevin growled. "Don't attack Ally. She isn't a vampire." Raevin gave Sareptiah a cold stare.

"You brought me to Demons." Sareptiah glared at Vogel.

"They help! Ssssslayers!" Vogel retorted. "Fight Dumahim! Fight Razielim! Fight vampires! Prophecy!"

"I don't care for the company of two Demons." Sareptiah growled, then turned to walk away.

"Then perhaps a bit of persuasion is in order?" Came a calm voice.

Everyone turned around to see Raziel step from the shadows. The sunlight did nothing to him as he walked towards them. "If you agree to help these two fulfill this… Prophecy," Raziel began. "Then I will restore what should be rightfully yours. Raevin spared my fledglings, and she is a very formidable opponent. Ally is one of the best healers in Nosgoth, with the power of vampires at her disposal. I believe it is the least I can do to help them. Even if only a little."

Sareptiah raised an eyebrow questioningly while Wraith's mane bristled as a growl came from her throat. "How will you do that, and what is it that you believe is rightfully mine?"

"Your hearing."