Silverhowl
Chapter 10- New Power Revealed
Junior and DJ ran as fast as they could. They envied Bowser and the others: they had taken an airship, and they themselves had to run. DJ in this instant wished he had super-speed, like Bites. Junior stopped for a while and panted, it would have been easier if they had secretly hid in the airship. But no, he HAD to let his pride go to his head!
"Hey, DJ… do you have their scents?"
DJ smelled the air and looked at a random direction; he felt his siblings' scent not too far, just a few kilometers away. But the same headache from before came back, but this time was worse, and he felt as if his body was burning. What was happening…?
"Come on, boy!" Junior exclaimed as he ran towards the direction DJ had pointed at, soon being followed by DJ.
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Nava smelled the air carefully and looked around, then he caught the Silverhowls' scent
"They're in an abandoned manor not too far from here…" he informed Kamek with his telepathy.
"Manor…?" Ludwig wondered, "I think that's Kooplish Manor"
"Kooplish Manor?" Larry asked
"It used to be the home of a very respected family, but they moved when it was destroyed by a fire," Iggy explained
"So, Fawful is hiding there with our Silverhowls?" Lemmy asked
"A Viperwolf's smell sense never fails." Nava added
The airship flew towards the burned and abandoned manor.
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DJ and Junior ran as fast as they could, their hearts beating fast.
"Come on, we're almost there!" Junior exclaimed tired
DJ barked in agreement, but suddenly they heard a scream.
"Hey, DJ, did you hear that?" Junior asked
When they heard another scream, they decided to see where it came from. When they came to its source, they saw a Koopa girl fighting off a bear. The girl had dark brown hair and blue eyes, her shell was pink.
"You giant fuzz ball, you messed with the wrong girl!" she yelled
DJ suddenly attacked the bear, blood splashed in the grass. They did not know there was a cliff near. Junior could only see how DJ fought against the bear. But he was near the cliff, and when the bear swinged his claws trying to get DJ off him, Junior fell into the cliff, despite the girl tried to help him. DJ barked horrified and jumped after his master into the cliff, DJ hugged him tightly when he reached him. They fell faster as light itself, apparently it was the end…
"DJ, I love you…" Junior whispered to his Viperwolf as he closed his eyes tightly, expecting the end of the fall.
"Junior… I can't let you die like this… I must save you…" DJ thought to himself
Suddenly, DJ felt a chill in all of his body, his pupils became slit as he suddenly began to morph, he roared in pain. His fur turned into scales, his bushy tail became a long sleek tail. His ears splat into three appendage-like ears, his legs became sleeker, in his tail grew fins, his face turned into a more reptilian, short one. He still had his color and markings… but he had transformed into a dragon. DJ opened his new wings and hovered over the chasm, he then flapped his wings and flew up to the surface, holding Junior in his now-scaly arms. Junior opened his eyes and was shocked to see he was flying, and more shocked to see the dragon that carried him.
"DJ… is that you?"
DJ just looked at him and grinned, showing his now retractable teeth hidden.
"You did it! You have powers now!"
DJ flew out of the cliff and threw an indigo fireball at the bear, who ran off scared. The koopa girl looked shocked as the dragon landed and placed his master in the ground.
"Is that… a Silverhowl?" she asked
"Yeah." Junior answered, "Who are you?"
"My name is Alondra. I'm searching for a man from the Beanbean kingdom called Fawful. "he killed my parents, and I want to avenge them."
"Fawful? I'm looking for him too! He kidnapped my siblings' Silverhowls and they went to rescue them. DJ and I are following them."
"DJ?"
"Short for Demon Junior."
"What do you think? Can we team up for a while?"
"I don't see why not."
DJ rested so Junior and Alondra could get on his back.
"Hey… it's safe?" Alondra asked nervously
"Well, it's the first time he transforms."
"Alright, let's go."
Alondra and Junior got on DJ's back and he set flight, and they flew towards the Kooplish manor.
As they flew, Junior had a doubt.
"Hey, Alondra, how did you know DJ was a Silverhowl?"
"My family and I used to have a Silverhowl. She was called Diana, and her fur was white as the snow. Her power was to mind control animals." Alondra answered
"Hey, Demon has that same power."
"Demon?"
"My father's Silverhowl."
"Oh…"
"I don't get it… why didn't DJ get his power until now?"
"The Draco cell is the rarest cell that exists."
"Uh?"
"See, unlike the other cells, the Draco cell doesn't activate the same moment they mature. It might take months, even years for them to activate, but sometimes they never do. The cell only activates when its host is having a strong emotional turmoil or a very strong protective instinct, such as saving someone's life, getting angry, or the instinct of defending itself. Depending on how the Draco cell activates varies the form of the dragon the host will take. If the cell activated with anger, it will be a Flame Coat Body Dragon; if it was the instinct of self-defense, it will be a Spiked Tail Dragon; and if it was the desire to protect someone's life, it will be a Silver Maelstrom Dragon, the rarest."
"You sure know a lot about the Draco cell."
"I researched it all of my life."
"So… maybe DJ's cell was already mature but he didn't act5ivate it until now?"
"Exactly"
"Wow…"
DJ was listening to every word, but he soon concentrated on flying towards the manor his family was captive in
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The Koopalings and their father quietly got closer to the manor; they couldn't let Fawful know they had come. Kamek and Nava had stayed in the airship.
"You think he won't find out?" Lemmy asked
"Don't worry; we'll rescue our Silverhowls in no time and he won't even realize." Roy answered
"Oh, really?" a voice asked
Suddenly, ropes crumbled out of the ground and wrapped the Koopalings and Bowser, they fell to the ground as Fawful came out of hiding.
"HA! You thought I wouldn't know you wouldn't come to save them?" he asked them grinning
"Let us go, you bastard!" Iggy demanded outraged
"And let the Silverhowls go too!" Larry demanded also
"Sorry, but I can't! I just have to wait two more days so I can extract those abilities from them!"
"If you put your filthy hands on them-!"Bowser angrily snarled
"Hey, don't force me to shove a gag into your mouths too!"
Suddenly they heard a loud roar and an indigo fireball almost hit Fawful.
"What the-?" he exclaimed
He was horrified to see a Silver Maelstrom Dragon was circling around in the air, Junior and Alondra were in his back.
"Junior, what are you doing here?" Bowser asked him shocked
"Since when had you tamed a dragon?" Ludwig asked
"Who's the beauty that's with you?"Larry asked, just to receive confused looks from his family, "what? She's pretty!"
"Hey, guys, this is DJ!" Junior answered
"WHAT?" they all inquired shocked
"That's DJ?" Lemmy asked
"I thought he had no powers!" Fawful exclaimed
"He has powers now, and he has the Draco Cell!" Junior replied
"What?" Iggy asked shocked
"He has the rare Draco Cell? I should have captured him!" Fawful lamented
DJ threw another fireball at him and landed in front of him.
"Err… cute Dragon…" Fawful murmured nervously as DJ growled and snarled at him
"Let my family and the Silverhowls go!" Junior demanded angrily
"Yeah, or you're going to get butt-kicked!" Alondra added
"I would usually give up o this situation… but I have an ace under my sleeve!" Fawful exclaimed grinning as he got a remote control from his cloak and pressed the red button.
"Now I activated a time-bomb. Your dear Silverhowls will explode in five minutes!" he grinned evilly
"WHAT?" everyone exclaimed
"Junior, you and DJ go free them; I will free your family!" Alondra exclaimed alarmed as she got off DJ's back and both he and Junior went right into the manor, Fawful escaped in the confusion
"He's getting away!" Morton exclaimed
"Hey, that bomb is very powerful! If we don't get out of here in the next five minutes, we're done for!" Ludwig replied as Alondra began to untie him
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Junior and DJ looked desperately into the manor; they had only four minutes left. Suddenly, DJ sniffed the air and followed the scent right into a large cellar, where the Viperwolves were in cages. Corey howled in happiness; despite DJ's now different appearance they could still smell his scent.
"DJ, we have to free them and fast!" Junior exclaimed.
DJ growled I agreement and shot fireballs at the cages, they became ash. The Viperwolves quickly fled.
"Now us, DJ!" Junior exclaimed
DJ set flight once again and flapped his wings as fast as he could. The counter reached zero and the bomb exploded.
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Nava and Kamek prepared the airship when the Koopalings, Bowser and Alondra got in. after a while; the Viperwolves got into the ship and ran to their respective masters' arms.
"Oh, Bites!" Larry said as he nuzzled against his Viperwolf's fur
"Are you okay, Shawn?" Iggy asked his Viperwolf as he caressed his fur
"Did that bean-bag something to you?" Wendy asked her Viperwolf
"Where's Junior?" Bowser asked alarmed
The Viperwolves looked back at the manor
"They're still inside?" Ludwig asked shocked
"We have to help them!" Morton exclaimed
"The bomb is going to explode!" Nava exclaimed, "we have to go!"
"I'm not going without my son!" Bowser exclaimed angrily
Demon snarled the same thing to Nava, but the airship had already departed
"JUNIOR!" Bowser cried
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DJ flew as fast as he could, the fire roaring fast behind them, as if wanting to consume them in its heated flames. But there was a falling wood support and DJ couldn't avoid it; it struck him and Junior was got unconscious because of the hit. He fell from DJ's back. DJ roared horrified and dived after Junior to save him.
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The Koopa Royal Family and the Silverhowls was horrified to see the manor exploded, and there was no sign of Junior or DJ.
"Did they… die?" Larry asked at the verge of tears
"No... It can't be…" Ludwig muttered, tears already rolling down his cheeks
"But no one would survive an explosion like that…" Iggy whispered as he dried some tears from his eyes
"KAMEK! LAND THIS AIRSHIP AND LET'S GO LOOK FOR MY SON!" Bowser cried d3esperate and grief-stricken
"But your Painness…" Kamek whispered
"NOW!"
Kamek obeyed and lead the airship to land near the now destroyed manor, but not close enough for it to be damaged.