Sitting there, he tried to bring his eyes into focus. After getting the dust out of his eyes, he looked up, and saw the wolf coming close to him. She moved closer, and closer, and then raised her long nails, ready to slash him. Tears were forming in the boy's eyes, and the wolf hand flew down quick, and…….

However, even though he was sitting there, as soon as he dusted his eyes, he thought of an idea. He closed his eyes and began to mutter things, and the wolf slashed her hand at him.

Clang! As soon as the wolf had moved it's claws to slash, it hit hard metal, or at least that's what it felt like. The wolf looked into the boys eyes, nothing was between them. So, the wolf struck again. Clang! It hit the same steel twice. Again and again and again! Then, it realized what had happened. It was in a cage of some sort. The wolf kicked and punched all four corners of it, discovering it was like a clear metal box.

The wolf howled into the night, and Aden slowly stood up. Then, the wolf noticed something it hadn't noticed about Aden before. His eyes were glowing green. He stood there, hand stretched towards the beast, holding it in. The wolf's eyes glowed red at the wizard, ready to rip his body apart.

Then, the boy said something slowly and softly, in another language. The wolf didn't understand a word of it, but only felt, sleepy. The wolf's eyes grew heavy, and it collapsed on the ground cold.

The next morning came quick, and Leora rose from her slumber. Her head ached and she felt bruised with cramps. 'What happened last night?" She wondered. But then, she looked down at her velvet dress. The sleeves were torn, and the bottom of the dress was too. She was covered with dirt and her hair was a mess.

"Ah! Finally up are we?" Aden came from behind the oak tree carrying logs. He was finishing up a fire. With a swift motion of the left hand, the fire was lit. "Sorry I didn't get you breakfast; I didn't know whether you wanted lamb or chicken. Raw of course!" He said foully.

Leora immediately knew what had happened last night. It was a full moon, she must've attacked Aden! "Aden, I'm so sorry about last night! I usually can control it, but, I forgot to bring along some magic powder when we left the castle."

"Then why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you tell me what you really are?" He said nastily.

"Because of that right there!" She pointed at him.

"What?"

"I didn't tell you because I knew you'd react this way!"

Aden looked at her bewildered out of his mind, "What do you mean the way I'm reacting?" He yelled.

"You're yelling at me!"

"NO I'M NOT!!!" Birds flew out of the trees. Deer ran away; everything then stood still. Aden was breathing heavily from his anger. Leora crossed her arms in satisfaction.

"Okay, okay! Maybe I am overacting a little!" Aden admitted.

"A little?" Leora narrowed her eyes.

"Ey! You tried to kill me, remember? Gave me a good ran for my money that's for sure!" Aden pulled out a small loaf of bread and started to eat it. Leora left the tree and sat down next to him. She gave him a sad puppy face and he tore off half of his breakfast and gave it to her.

"Let's call it even, alright?" Leora said softly.

"Agreed." Aden looked over at her, and couldn't help but grow a faint smile. Leora then smiled sweetly back.

Finishing his bread, he looked into the fire and wondered, "Does it hurt?" He finally said.

"What do you mean?"

"When you turn into…you know. The beast."

"Yes." Leora suddenly felt very ashamed. Beast. She pondered the word for a few minutes. But then, something struck her. "No." She stood up and looked down at him.

"Aden, I understand what you saw last night was scary-"

"Terrifying." He corrected her.

"Alright, but, it's something I was born with. It's apart of me as much as me being part human. And…" She trailed off.

"And?" Aden stood up and brought her face up with his finger. She looked into his eyes.

"And, as a…princess." Leora struggled to say the word, but she did. "So yeah, I'm a werewolf princess! Is that apart of your destiny? You told me your father said that you would meet your true love at a wedding, and that she would be a princess. She would be perfect. Aden, I'm not that girl. I'm not perfect. Even last night you said you saw-"

"I saw a lost, frightened, young girl. Listen, Leora I'm sorry. I'm sorry for saying those things to you. It's just that I've never been so nervous or jealous or irritated in all my life. I love you Leora."

Her eyes grew wide. Wider than a bullfrog's throat. Leora tried to keep her eyes from Aden, she looked at anything else. She looked at the soft, dark lake nearby; the fog rising over the water; the fireflies glowing throughout the air before the sunrise. The flashed green, but then, the suddenly turned into Aden's eyes.

"Aden…" She said in but a whisper. He stopped her by putting a finger to her lips.

"You don't need to say anything. Just be with me." He took a hold of her hands, and stared deeply into her eyes.

Leora had no idea what to do. She didn't know what she was thinking, or even feeling. Aden was charming, and very very handsome. But still, she was confused. She noticed that the fire went out, and that the forest was still very dark. And the trees were very small. 'Wait, small? Their oak trees, and their getting smaller-' Leora gasped. They were floating higher and higher.

They were way above the ground when she finally managed to speak, "Uh, Aden? Are you just leaving our things down there? We might not find them again."

"I've already taken care of that." He said pointing at their floating sacs next to them.

"Oh." Leora said in some what of a shock. She still wasn't used to the fact that Aden could fly.

"Let go of one of my hands." He said.

"What?" Her eyes bulged.

"Trust me princess!" He comforted her.

"Okay, but if I die, you will have to deal with Wolf!" And she let go of his left hand. The wind pushed her back and she was now flying, next to Aden of course, since she was cutting off his circulation to his hand.

"Where are we going?" She asked.

"Right there!" He pointed straight ahead of them at three tall mountains covered in snow.

"The Melancholy Mountains!" Leora gasped. The steadily flew through the air and landed on the side of the second mountain.