It seems I can only write short chapters. How sad. Hopefully this fanfic will eventually pick up to my standards of writing. Please read and review.

'Fear is only in our mind'

Darcia and Cheza left the spell bound wolves-in their human illusions-sitting in the stone room. None of the wolves spoke as they tried to comprehend the fact the innocent flower maiden and gone to Darcia's side in an attempted to see if it would change her fate.

Toboe started to hyperventilate as he felt panic rise up inside of him. Blue and Hige exchanged looks of different degrees of panic. Blue felt like her only female friend had abandoned her and Hige realised that he would no longer have a sweet scent always by his side nor did the pack have the key to paradise.

Tsume growled. He had learnt to trust Cheza in his past life and once again someone who he trusted had betrayed him. Kiba on the other hand just looked defeated. The beacon to paradise had left him alone in this newly war plagued world.

A few minutes passed before any of the wolves even dared to say a word like even uttering a word of their predicament would make it irreversible. Tsume took a breath before speaking very slowly, "We need to get out of here or else we are nothing more than sitting ducks."

"What will happen to Cheza?" Toboe muttered looking down at his shoes.

"We will rescue her maybe she is just under a spell or something." Blue said looking hopeful.

Kiba sighed, "I know Cheza well. The look on her face is the look she gets when she is certain about something."

"Well, maybe you are wrong." Hige cried, "Maybe she is trying to send us a code or something."

"This is no time for conspiracy theories and code Porky." The silver haired man snapped.

"It was just a suggestion," Hige pouted, "Kiba I don't smell any poison on these bars so do you think you could bite through them?"

Kiba just nodded and shifted to his wolf form. He bit down on the bars, a small part of him expected to be knocked out a again but event after he stepped out of the mangled cage he still was conscious. Kiba moved around the room freeing his companions one by one.

Once the entire pack was free they walked over to the locked door. Tsume took out his knife and cut into different parts of the lock. The five wolves cloaked in human illusions walked swiftly and silently.

As they rounded the next countless stone corner a pair of guards suddenly ran up behind them. Blue jumped between the aero-dynamic bullets before snapping the neck of one of the ten guards.

Kiba and Tsume quickly followed suit leaving bloody paw prints on the marble floor as the twisted and killed any guard close to them. Toboe and Hige stood on high alert for any reinforcements for the quickly dying men.

Kiba slashed the last standing guard before signalling for the others to follow him as they stampeded through the halls. They had lost the element of surprise.

The pack kept running until they saw Darcia standing in their path with at least a hundred men behind him. "Get out of our way." Kiba said firmly.

Darcia smiled and raised his hand. Kiba tensed ready for another fight but the army simply parted like the red sea. Toboe blinked in surprise. The guards had just cleared the pathway to the exit.

"Why are you just letting us go?" Blue asked growling.

"What's your angle?" Tsume said staring intently at the noble.

"I have the flower maiden, the people of this country and this whole army on my side," Darcia explained closing his visible eye, "There is no need for bloodshed the odds are in my favour and I am a fair man so I'll give this opportunity to live for another dismal day."

The wolves growled but had no choice but to admit defeat and save their skins for now. They raced out the door and over the surrounding fence disappearing into the mountainous forest.

Cheza watched them from the roof of the castle, "This one will make to paradise this time. This one is sorry, Kiba you are dead to this one."

In my opinion this chapter is average but please tell me what you think even if it is not a very nice comment as long as it will help improve this story. I am also open to suggestions on were this story should go. I have a vague outline of certain events but I need help connecting those events together. Thanks Bye.