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Chapter 6

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Blaze

After the snake, which I can't seem to remember, the four of us, Maddy including, went on. Maddy was strange and didn't say anything except her name. I had to agree with Celest that she looked blind, but she managed perfectly. She was strange, though.

"Blaze, we should rest here," Celest interrupted the silence. I shook my head yes and we stopped. The air had started to get colder the farther we went, so we all huddled together. The open air didn't help to keep us warm, but the body heat did the job. The others fell asleep fast, but I watched. I just had a feeling that crawled up my spine. It was freaky and I had to randomly shake it off several times, but it always came back.

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Brook

Forest didn't like it when I found the blood by the broken log. He kind of huffed and walked away. Copper, Breeze, and I all searched the area, but no one else was around. There were tracks that continued through the forest and four different scents; though we weren't sure the last one was a wolf. It just smelled funny.

"D-do you have a weird feeling?" I asked Breeze. She was like the strongest of the pack with Copper close behind.

"Now that you mention it, yeah," Breeze commented.

"I've got a shiver up my spine, too," Copper added. That meant that something was definitely wrong.

"CRACK!" a noise struck and I jumped about six feet in the air before hiding behind the two warriors. I peeked over their shoulders and saw about five humans hidden in the shadows. One came out. It was a man. His auburn hair covered his eyes and his bulky jacket covered most of his body.

"Wolves, what a surprise!" He smiled and made a signal with his hands. Lead started to fly all around. I ran as fast as I could, but not fast enough. A bullet hit my front leg and another flew into my side. I yelped in pain and crawled away. A flash of green caught my attention. Forest had entered the fight. He jumped on the back of one of the humans and tore at its neck with his fangs. Breeze and Copper were on the ground, neither of them were moving. I panicked and jumped up with a newfound strength and knocked a human on its back and tore its throat out. Another sting entered my left hind leg and I collapsed. I heard Forest whimper and saw a human with a gun to his head. Something inside me broke and I leaped.

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Celest

I had felt the shiver, too. I knew that Blaze had felt it because he kept trying to shake it off, but it came back. I had felt the same way until we entered a plain. It stretched as far as I could see, and as soon as we entered it, that feeling washed away. With the feeling gone, my suspicion only grew. As I was deep in thought, I didn't realize that I had slipped and my two back legs were in a hole that didn't seem to have a bottom. The tall grass hid me from others, so I yelled, but no one came.

"Help! Help! Help Me!" I screamed until my eyes started to water from the sunlight. I was alone.

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Blaze

"Where is Celest? Where are the others?!" I yelled. One minute I had been right beside them, but the next, I was all alone. Where were they? I wandered around, but suddenly the air was freezing. I shivered and curled up, but it wasn't enough. I needed heat. As soon as that thought crossed my mind, the cold melted away and warmth welcomed me in. I opened my eyes only to see that I was giving off light! I looked at my back, and my flames looked like they were really on fire! Wait, they were! I rolled around, trying to stop the searing pain when I realized, the fire didn't burn. My fur was still there and it didn't hurt. I took it as a sign and started to search for Celest. She was my top priority.

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Celest

It took forever in the cold before a light came out. A hand reached out, so I in my human form reached out to it. I couldn't see who it was because I was too tired. Hanging over an edge by only your hands can take a lot out of you. I smiled, or at least I think I did, and collapsed on the ground.

I awoke only to see Blaze's handsome human. I smiled and squeezed him tight. He returned the embrace and we stayed that way for what seemed like forever before we parted.

"Where are the others?" I asked. They were nowhere in sight. "OMG, Blaze! You're on FIRE!" I screamed. Blaze just shrugged and I nervously laughed and scooted a little bit away.

"We had better get going," Blaze announced I agreed, but then thought about the others again.

"What about the others?!" I asked.

"They would have yelled for help. That's how I found you. I haven't heard anything from them," he replied. I didn't say anything after that. We walked through the plain until we reached the other side.

"Oh thank goodness we are done with that!" I laughed. Blaze started to sniff around.

"No we're not," he announced.

"What? Yes we are!" I replied.

"No, we're not. I know because I marked that tree over there," Blaze pointed and I scrunched up my nose. It was gross. We both got up and continued walking until we reached the other side. "We're in the same place," Blaze commented.

"WHAT?! No we're not! Over there is where we came from, not here!" I practically yelled.

"I know what I'm smelling, you wanna try?" he sarcastically remarked. I laughed and we took off again.

"Blaze, maybe I can use the stars to navigate!" I yelled. He smiled and slapped his head to say, "Why didn't I think of that?" I searched for Orion's Belt. Then I looked for the big dipper and soon we were making our way across the field. We reached the top of a hill and looked down. Two wolves stood in the distance. We had made it!

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