"Good." Timmy sighed in relief. "I was gonna say…" He looked at the clock, which read 9:42.
"Your mother obviously doesn't know or care that we're here right now." Kyo noticed. Her stomach growled in hunger. "Who told you to speak?"
"We'd better go get breakfast, I'm starved." Will said heading towards the door.
Breakfast was the same as usual, boring. Kayla made her specialty: Frosted Flakes with milk and bananas.
Will sat down next to Kyo. When he reached for his spoon, it flew up and attached to his hand. He shook his hand to try to get it off, but to no avail.
"Timmy!" Will called.
"Yeah?" Timmy answered. When he noticed Will's hand, he cried, "Whoa! Dude, what's with your hand?"
"I have no idea! It's like my hand's a magnet!"
"Leave your hand like that. Let's go talk to Neveah."
"What!"
"It looks like you're a guardian too, Will!" Neveah informed him when they got into Timmy's room.
"A guardian? What are you talking about?" Will asked, completely clueless.
Neveah sighed and started, "You, Timmy, and Kyo were chosen, along with four other pets, to protect the Earth. Timmy has the power of fire, Kyo has water, and you must have thunder. There are also air, earth, darkness, and moonlight. You should have gotten a pendant." A glowing, yellow orb on a silver chain appeared around Will's neck.
"Like this one?" Will asked, pointing to the pendant.
"Yes, that one!" Neveah exclaimed. "I forgot to tell you guys this, but if your pendants get damaged, which is not very probable, or breaks, you will lose your powers for good."
"Yikes!" Will said.
"Ouch!" Timmy whispered.
Suddenly, they heard an angry scream and something crashing from Lorieli's room. They ran through the door and saw Lorieli kneeling in the middle of the room, massaging her forehead. Around her, there were melted candles, broken light bulbs, and items thrown everywhere.
"What happened in here?" Timmy asked. Lorieli ignored him.
Lorieli sighed and started chanting, "Tetsu, antai, aikou. Tetsu, antai, aikou." Suddenly, the candles lit themselves, the light bulbs repaired themselves, and the thrown items flew back into their original places.
"Dude, what happened here?" Will asked. Lorieli turned and faced him at this. She had a scowl on her face.
"What are you doing in here!" Lorieli demanded. "You have disturbed my peace!"
"I – We-w-we just wanted to know what happened in here…" Will admitted.
"I do not care!" Lorieli shouted, pushing them out the door. "Out, out, out!"
"Wait! Lorieli, we need to talk to you!" Timmy said when he saw the purple orb pendant around her neck.
"About what?" Lorieli asked.
"About that pendant around your neck." Timmy started. "Where did you get it?"
"Why do you need to know?"
"Because it's very important for us to know." Neveah said, butting in. "It's for the fate of the Earth."
Lorieli's eyes shifted from Timmy to Will, then back to Neveah. Her eyes said 'I understand' but her face said 'I don't believe you.'
"I've been looking all over for you!" Kyo exclaimed as she burst into the room. "Where have you been?"
"What are you doing in here?" Lorieli asked angrily.
Kyo then noticed Lorieli's pendant and cried, "Wow! You're a guardian too!" She hugged Lorieli in glee.
"What are you talking about and what do you mean?" Lorieli asked, pulling away from Kyo's hug.
"When will the explaining end!" Timmy cried, annoyed.
"Fine, I'll explain. Lorieli, you, Will, Timmy, and Kyo were chosen, along with three other pets, to protect the Earth. Will has the power of thunder, Timmy has fire, Kyo has water, and you must have dark. There are also air, earth, and moonlight." Neveah explained, out of breath.
"So the fate of the Earth is in our paws?" Lorieli asked.
"Ummm… yes… I guess…" Neveah answered.
Lorieli bowed lightly and said, "What must I do to live up this honor?"
"Well… we have to travel along distance to meet with the Master." Neveah said.
"The Master?" Kyo asked. "Who does this person think they are?" She placed her hands on her hips and raised an eyebrow expecting an answer from Neveah.
Will looked towards the window and noticed a speck flying towards them. As it got closer, more details were noticeable. That speck was a Pawkeet carrying a card in its beak. Its flying was wobbly and it couldn't stay in the air very long. It crashed through the closed window, glass flying everywhere.
Timmy picked up the card that was in the Pawkeet's beak, which was now on the floor among the broken glass and debris. He examined it and held it in front of him horizontally, and a hologram appeared from it. The hologram was of a grey ixi. Her very short, dark gray hair was mangy and had split ends, and she looked like she hadn't slept in days.
"Good afternoon." She said. "I have sent you this message as an invitation. The Master has invited all seven guardians to accompany The Master in a celebration. Report to our mansion in the outskirts of Quasala by sunset December 30th. The Master is waiting."
When the hologram disappeared, no one said a word. Flipped the card around and on the backside, it said, "Present this at front gates."
"December 30th." Timmy said turning towards the group. "That's in a week!"
"Remember Christmas?" Will reminded him. "The major holiday in which we celebrate?"
"Since when did you become a dictionary?" Kyo remarked.
"It happens that-" Will started.
"Guys! Back on subject. This is for the fate of the Earth." Timmy said, turning to Kyo. "Kyo… Do you agree with me?"
"Yes, but Will's right for once" Kyo said. "We can leave the day after Christmas."
"B-but-" Timmy started.
Kyo pressed her right index finger on his lips and said, "We have plenty of time."
Timmy opened his mouth to talk, but nothing would come out. He sat down on Lorieli's bed with his arms rested on his thighs and sighed. Kyo sat beside him and hugged him.
"I know this is hard on you. But think of it this way. If we leave now, we may never see our families again." Kyo whispered in his ear.
"I know." Timmy said lowering his eyes. Once he noticed Kyo hugging him, he pulled away and crossed his arms. She placed her hand on his shoulder, and he stared into her eyes; they looked so concerned. He smiled at her. He felt better that he knew that he had friends who supported him.
The next few days were paradise, except for being a werewolf; it was filled with wonder and joy. Timmy had completely forgotten that he transformed Christmas Eve.
Once he was comfortably in bed, just as his eyelids got heavy, he began to toss and turn frantically. He then sat up strait, his eyes wide open and glowing bright yellow.
He groaned and growled as razor-sharp fangs grew in his mouth and his horns disappeared. He fell on the floor as his skeleton cracked as it became animal-like and a tail sprouted from his spine. His hands turned into paws and he howled in pain.
His nose suddenly picked up an unusual and new scent. He had never smelled anything like it! His mouth was watering it smelled so delicious! He couldn't take standing there any longer. He bounded of after whatever smelled so good.
Once he was outside, the scent led onto the roof. Thinking fast, he dug his claws into the side of the house and climbed up. To his surprise, what he found wasn't nearly as appetizing as it smelled.
Standing in front of him was a red sleigh with bells lining the edges. Deer-things were on reigns attached to the sleigh. He looked to the left and saw a plump man in a red suit diving down the chimney face-first. Timmy ran after the man, swiped at him, but missed. Screw him…, Timmy thought, and turned to the reindeer and snarled.
The reindeer in front, with the strange red nose, noticed him and, startled, bucked frantically. The other reindeer then noticed him and started panicking.
Okay, that's it, Timmy thought. He dashed after them on the icy roof, being careful not to fall. His first target was the freak with the red nose.
Just as he sprung off of his back legs to pounce, the reindeer's red nose started flashing. While in midair, he was blinded by the red flashes and fell to the ground, sliding down the roof a bit. He opened his eyes and attempted to get back on his feet, when his claws started slipping on the icy shingles. He fell on his stomach, once again, and got the wind knocked out of him. He opened his eyes once more and realized that he would fall off the roof at any moment; his hind legs were dangling off the ledge. Timmy panicked and slid farther where he was only hanging onto the roof by his front claws.
"Timmy!" Said a sweet, but strange, voice. "Is that you?" A red acara looked over the edge and into his eyes. He couldn't figure out why she was so familiar.
"Timmy, it's me, Kyo." She said. "Give me your paw. I can help you up." She reached her hand for Timmy to grab. In rejection, he swiped her hand and snarled. While his paw was swiping her hand, his other paw slipped, and he plunged to the ground, landing unhurt, but unconscious.
Timmy woke up still a werewolf, but incredibly worn out. He dragged himself onto the back porch while transforming back to normal.
"What happened last night?" He mumbled. He had no idea of what happened the night before. He wondered where the bleeding cuts and bruises that were all over his body came from.
"Timmy!" Kyo cried as she ran toward him. "I was so worried!"
"I'm fine." Timmy replied.
Kyo kissed him softly on the cheek, leaving Timmy speechless and blushing, hugged him, and said, "You could've been killed." She squeezed him harder, burying her face into his chest fur.
"What happened?" He asked, barely being able to breathe. He tapped her on the shoulder, and she backed away, blushing.
"Well", she started. "You first must've attacked Santa's reindeer because they were bucking like crazy. Then, you fell off the roof! I tried helping, but you scratched at me and fell." Once she was finished speaking, he looked at her like he didn't believe her. He felt his lip start to bleed, but ignored it. Kyo reached up and wiped his lip clean and then gently kissed him.
After a few seconds, he felt his hand twinge. He ended the moment, and kiss, when he backed off to see what hurt. Kyo the blushed and leaned in for another kiss.
Timmy shook his head and said, "Sorry, moment's gone."