Hey! I wasn't going to upload today (I'm working on a Halloween fic lol) But a friend of mine reminded me today and I felt guilty about NOT updating, so here you go^^

Fai helped Mangetsu to her feet, thinking about the difference between werewolves and magicians with the ability to morph. Werewolves could control their shifting, but only to an extent; they could usually shift on command, but not always and they sometimes shifted without meaning to. Magicians who could morph had much more control and never shifted by accident. You had to be extremely powerful though, and even though they weren't just wolves, magic makers usually had a favorite form that almost always used. Apparently, Mangetsu's was a tiger. Also, werewolves were dangerous simply because they didn't have a lot of control in their wolf form; they were more animal than human, were as shifters still thought like the humans they were, even in animal form.

"I thought you were Natalia…"

For once, Fai was the one breaking the silence. He laughed nervously, handing Mangetsu some snow off the ground to wipe her face.

"No… Natalia tried to help a couple of times, but I wouldn't let her come. I kind of thought he was a were and I think I read somewhere that large animals make them want to shift… or something. I thought he'd be easier to deal with as a human… I guess it didn't matter."

She scrubbed at her face and neck, taking off most of the blood. It was still caked in her hair though so Fai took a handful of snow and started washing it out. He talked while he worked, not knowing what else to do.

"You shouldn't let it clot like this… You draw your power from your hair, if it gets dirty your magic might stick (Stick: When the power source of a witch or wizard gets dirty or damaged such as blinded eyes or overly dirty, burnt or cut hair, their magic, while still usable, might be slower.)

"Thanks mom."

"You're welcome honey."

Their banter didn't match their voices; they were tried and hurting and it was already dark.

Mangetsu stepped away and took his staff, grabbing his hand and casting a small spell, letting it absorb into his hand. He watched her so he would be able to produce it again when he needed to.

"You get all that?"

She asked, dropping his hand. He nodded.

"Good," Mangetsu turned, "We should keep moving."

"But… it's dark."

She turned slowly arching her eyebrows and grinning with just a hint of menace.

"If you tell me, that you are afraid of the dark, I will spend the rest of my life trying to trap you in closets."

"No, I am not afraid of the dark," He knew of much scarier things, "I just don't understand why…"

"Well for starters, we don't want to stay here in case one of them called for back up. Also, they probably think we're only going to move during the day." She laughed, "They probably think we are afraid of the dark. So I think there will be more soldiers around looking for us during the day. We need to find somewhere safe, hopefully somewhere where they don't support Ashura…"

She was thinking, and Fai remembered what Damien told him the past night.

Try to get to Black Moon. Tell them who you are and they'll leave you alone.

"There is somewhere… but it's not really safe."

"It's not or it wasn't?"

"What do you-"

"If it wasn't safe for you to go there before, as an extension of Ashura, it's probably safe now."

"I-I think it's safe…"

"Excellent, lead the way;"

"I'm not entirely sure where it is exactly…"

"What was that?"

"I don't know how to get there."

She sighed.

"Take a wild guess."

"But, what if I'm wrong?"

"Then it'll be better than sitting here."

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