'... nothing could stop him. His name is Bloodclaw'

A younger version of Ari troted down a path in the cavern.

'I don't remember my old name, but I was in love with Bloodclaw's younger brother. Kindheart'

'Ari!' a male nightfury with blue eyes grinned widely as he ran towards her.

'Just like his name he was kind, always looking up to his brother'

'It's Bloodclaw's Choosing ceremony! Come on! Come on!' the male jumped up and down.

'Than let's go!' Ari laughed as the two ran towards the Alpha's rock, jumping over their fellow night furies.

'Hey!'

'Ow!'

'Watch it, kids!'

'Sorry!'

The two stood at the end of the large crowd that formed.

'Hello my future Subjects! It is time for me to choose a Mate that will lead by my side!' the nightfuries roared loudly. 'And that will be… Shiningice!'

A elegant female nightfury with ice blue eyes walked out of the crowd.

'Shiningice didn't respect anyone she deemed lower than her, but she could act'

'I am honored to be your mate, Bloodclaw'

'Hey… Ari' Kindheart started shifting on his paws.

'Yes Kindheart?' the young dragoness innocently turned to her best friend.

'I was wondering if you...um… want to be mates?' nervously stared at the love of his life.

'I of course said yes'

'Yes!' Ari licked Kindhearts cheek, making him practically melt.

'It was the calm before the storm. A few years after Bloodclaw became Alpha he decided to go to war with the Skrill kingdom, we had a fragile truce with them'

'Are you sure you want to do this, brother?' Kindheart asked hesitantly asked. Bloodclaw, Ari, Kindheart, and Shiningice stood in the throne room.

'Of course, baby brother. Why do you doubt your Alpha?' the black eyed nightfury examined his held up claws.

'I'm just… concerned' the soft blue eyed male wrapped a wing around his mate.

'We are concerned' Ari nodded and leaned into her mate's touch.

'There is no need, step-sister. I have it under control' Bloodclaw set his paw down.

'If you say so, brother' the two mates walked out of the dark throne room.

'They are meddling, I do not like it' the Alpha male growled as his mate snaked her way over.

'Why don't we deal with them, we kill them' Shiningice smirked evilly.

'You always know how to make me feel better' Bloodclaw purred and nuzzled his mate. 'It can be our honeymoon'

'I can't say we didn't expect it, but we didn't think it would be that soon'

'Why brother?!' Kindheart growled as he was forced to watch Ari fight Shiningice, pinned under Bloodclaw's paws.

'You and your mate were meddling, I hate meddling' the Alpha smirked evilly as his mate pinned down Ari.

'I always wanted to do this' Shiningice lifted a claw and was about to strike the dragoness under her.

'NOOO!' Kindheart roared.

Ari used her back paws to claw at the sensitive scaled underbelly of her attacker. Shiningice roared in pain and backed off her kill. The red eyed dragoness quickly leaped onto her paws and shot a plasma blast to Bloodclaw, knocking him off her love.

'I thought I lost you' Kindheart nuzzled his mate, tears in his eyes.

'I won't go down that easy'

'LOOK OUT!' everything was a blur, but when it was over. Kindheart had a bad cut on his neck and Shiningice had the bloody claws.

'Aww you mate wanted to play hero~' the ice blue eyed dragoness smirked, but it quickly turned into a scared look when Ari pounced.

'Don't EVER talk about Kindheart that way' the red eyed nightfury growled, before using her claws to cut open Shiningice's throat.

Ari slowly walked over to her slowly dieing mate.

'Ari…I'm glad your beautiful face is the last thing I'll see…' the soft blue eyed male stared as his mate started to cry.

'Don't leave me, Kindheart. I can't live without you…' Ari laid down and set her head on her dieing mate's nonbleeding neck.

'...You can… and you will...I see so much happiness in your future' Kindheart smiled sadly as his mate sobbed near his earplates. 'I cannot tell if I am in it…'

'I don't want you to leave...I need you' the red eyed dragoness sobbed. 'Who will keep me warm at night? Who will cheer me up when I'm sad? Who will protect me from my nightmares?'

'I will always protect you' the dieing male promised. '...I love you…' the light in his blue eyes faded and his heart stopped beating.

'Kindheart… KINDHEART!' Ari sobbed even louder into her mate's dead body, but was interrupted by a roar.

'SHININGICE!' Bloodclaw ran over to his dead mate and sadly stared at her body before slowly turning to the morning dragoness. 'You. YOU DID THIS!'

'We both lost our mates, Bloodclaw'

'Leave. You are exiled' said the Alpha, surprisingly calm. Ari licked her mate before opening her wings and got ready to fly. 'Just know that I will hunt you down, I will kill your friends, your family and make you watch as they die a painful death'

'You won't kill them'

'And why is that?!' Bloodclaw growled loudly.

'Because I'll protect them' Ari flapped her wings and disappeared into the night sky.

'Since than I never stayed in one place too long, until I found your world. It took me months to get here, I planned on leaving as soon as I could, but than I met Ruby…'

Wow, the longest chapter and it's a sad backstory. Can you readers be dears and read my new story, Howling Moon. I hope you all enjoyed this. Later