Chapter 14

The smell of food awoke Daniel from his sleep. He jumped up and ran into the kitchen screaming "MOM! DAD! I'M BACK..." he stopped as he saw David looking at him strangely.

"Sorry but...your still here" He said going back to the flap jacks.

"Heh...yea...sorry" Dan replied sitting down.

"You were talking in your sleep...well rhyming anyway" David opened "Anything that has to do with your home town? Or life?"

"Maybe...Not really sure, but that aside, I'm hungry" Dan replied "So when are the flap jacks gonna be done?"

"In a few minutes, why don't you go find Sonja?"

"Yea, I should do that" Dan replied getting up "Now where did the lovable little husky go?"

"Out side, in the back"

"Cool, thanks"

Sonja sat and watched the sun rise from the ground. It was beautiful, more beautiful than usual. Probably because of the way it reflected off of the snow, the way it illuminated the puddles of water, the birds in the sky. Anything, and everything. She turned around in time to see Dan walk out of the door and turn into a wolf after checking if anyone was watching. He came over and sat down.

"Why didn't you ever tell me?" He asked.

"Tell you what?" Sonja asked smiling and giggling a little.

"About your life back home, I would have helped..." Dan said nuzzling her "Didn't trust me or something?"

"Something like that..." She answered.

"Well, tell me why" Dan continued.

"Maybe because you weren't talking to me!" She answered "After that one night you kinda shut me out!"

"I'm sorry, I really am" Dan replied "But I felt I couldn't be around you for some reason..."

"Well you were kinda wrong!"

"Yea, I know"

"So how did you find out about my life?" Sonja asked turning to face him.

Dan thought for a moment before looking out at the sun "Aniu came and talked to me last night, told me more about what I'm supposed to do...and more about you"

"I thought it was something else..."

"Like?"

"One of my sisters telling you"

Dan began to laugh and eventually rolled over on the ground "Like I would believe them!"

The wind kicked up and then stopped suddenly. They looked around and saw a figure limping towards them. Slower and slower the figure came into focus. Sonja's eyes diolated and Dan scowled.

"Sonja...RUN!" He yelled as the broken figure of Marcus charged at them.

Sonja turned tail as Dan stood his ground. Marcus ignored the girl and kept charging for Dan. Dan got hit with the force that felt like a train hitting him. A light engulfed him as Marcus bit into his arm and tore through his skin.

"WHAT THE?!" He yelled "I DIDN'T WANT TO GO BACK!"

David came running as they crashed through the door and began to wrestle on the ground. Kelly came running and screamed as she saw the scene.

"What is that!?" She screamed.

"RUN YOU IDIOTS!" Dan yelled "GET SOME HELP!"

They did as they were told, surprisingly and left Dan to his fight. Eventually Marcus released his grip and bit into Dan's leg before letting go.

"Looks like god has plans for me!" He grinned "I survived the waterfall, against all odds!" He began pacing as Dan grasped at his leg.

"Why did you come back!? You could have just left!" Dan yelled.

"Because, we are like brothers. And when one brother tries to kill the other, they usually come back from the dead to exact the same fate that they had almost suffered!"

"We are nothing like brothers!" Dan yelled "What makes you think we are?!"

"The fact that we both had a destiny, the only difference was, I followed mine and let it happen!" He snapped as he walked forward "Its time you followed yours!"

"And what would that be?!"

"To die Daniel, to die!"

Marcus lunged forward and bit into Dan's arm again. Dan grinded his teeth together and kept the wolf away as best he could. But every minute, he lost some ground. Eventually they were looking each other in the face, Marcus into Dan's eyes, and Dan at Marcus' teeth. Dan tried to kick Marcus but found his leg go straight through.

"You can't hurt a ghost!"

"I thought you were alive!" Dan yelled surprised "How come you can hurt me! But I can't hurt you!?"

"Because, I have unfinished business! You DON'T!"

Dan let go and watched as Marcus' teeth got closer, and closer. As if he was expecting it a sudden gust appeared and dissipated as a sharp "YIPE!" could be heard coming from Marcus. Dan looked up to see Aniu with Marcus' body in her maw. She through it away and went over to Daniel.

"Take long enough?" Dan asked smiling "Why was he able to hurt me?"

"He was a guardian...he could touch humans, and hurt them, make them feel better, or make them feel worse."

"That makes me feel great to know that I could have died because of a ghost!" Dan yelled.

He reached up and tried to grab Aniu, and was surprised to find he could grasp her fur. He touched it again, and again in dis belief.

"But...how?" Dan asked as he looked at his arm, in which the bite marks disappeared.

"It is...time Daniel" Aniu said slowly looking up at the sky as the sun went down.

"But its day!"

Aniu shook her head, and a bright light flashed.

Dan flew up from his laying position on the bed. He looked around and saw David and Kelly talking to the doctor and Sonja looking at him. He laid back down and looked at his arm before looking at the husky.

"Hey, I was worried Dan!" She said wagging her tail "And I STILL hate this damn thing!"

Dan laughed and looked at the sun which was slowly setting.

"What happened?" Dan asked.

"You fell to the ground and wouldn't wake up...you've been lying there for the past six hours" Sonja replied.

"She said it was time Sonja...Aniu"

"So where are you supposed to go?"

"Lets try the water falls...I have the feeling thats where..." Dan said getting up and walking out.

"Well, I see nothing wrong with him..." The doctor slowed down upon seeing Dan walk out.

"David, I need to go...home" Dan said.

David nodded and grabbed a coat for him. Dan shook his head and said "No, I can make it..."

David nodded again and let Dan walk out. He said goodbye and Sonja went with Dan after "Saying" her good bye. They walked out, under the Blood Red moon.