-GET OUT!- the roar echoed through the entire castle as Katara run as fast as she could, away from the West Wing, away from the Beast, away from the palace…

She grabbed her dark blue cloak and put it over her shoulders and head as she continued to run down the long stairs, towards the palace's door. She run by Aang and Sokka who were panicking over both their master's roar and the girl heading towards the door…their only hope!

-W-Where are you going?!- yelled desperately Aang

Katara reached for the door's knob and pushed it opened, the cold and winter chill entering the palace –I know I made a promise but I can't stay here!- and she run out towards the snow storm. Climbing up on her horses' saddle, she rode it away from the palace as fast as she could, never looking back.

Reaching half of the way, she began hearing the howls echoing through the air…wolves! She saw them not too far from her and soon enough they were chasing her, she was going to be their dinner! She tried to ride faster but soon found herself falling on a broken lake, the freezing water reaching her half the waist and her horse had only its head out. She tried to bend her and the horse out of the water but before she could do so, the wolves reached her and tried to bite her arm.

But some of them fell as well into the water and this gave Katara an advantage and opportunity to bend herself out of the lake. Succeeding, she continued to ride her frightened horse but some of the wolves that did not fall in the water continued to follow them. She looked back and saw she was starting to lose them but as soon as she turned back to face the road, she gasped as at least three wolves appeared out of nowhere and blocked her path.

Her horse lifted the front legs in the air; even more frightened which caused Katara to fall onto the snow. She shook the snow out of her body and watched as the wolves surrounded her horse and as it tried to save itself by kicking some of them away but it couldn't move much…the reins were tied to a tree branch!

A wolf climbed at the horse's back only to the kicked by some snow that Katara bent towards it, she now was standing in the circle, surrounded by the other wolves. She grabbed a nearby branch and tried to make them step away from while keeping bending the snow towards the wolves but it wasn't helping her at all!

One of the wolves bit the branch as she waved it at them, trying to shoo them away. She gasped in horror as another jumped towards her, grabbed her by the cloak, forcing her back into the snow. When even more surrounded her, she thought it was the end! But when a second wolf tried to jump at her, all she saw was a dark red furred, clawed, hand grabbed the wolf as threw it away.

Then something was hovering over her, protectively. Katara's blue eyes widened as she realized that it was none other than the Beast…he was saving her! He was much bigger than any of the wolves in there but that didn't scare them off, they probably thought that he was just a bigger animal trying to steal away their dinner…so they attacked each other.

Katara watched in horror as the Beast clawed, punched the wolves with brutal strength but also as he was clawed, bitten back in the arms and back. But as soon as he threw one of the wolves against a tree, the others retreated…was that their alpha? Katara didn't know…her eyes never left the Beast who was now panting tiredly, looking at her as he tried to walk towards her…but didn't make it. As soon as he took the first step, he dropped heavily onto the white snow, unconscious…