Hey guys, sorry I haven't posted a chapter in a while, life has been very busy and school is going to start soon for me so I might not post another chapter for awhile but you guys deserve this chapter. Sorry I didn't post it sooner. Rock on guys ;D

Chapter 6

Cloud gave the gargoyle a swat with her paw that sent him flying and then crashing into a fountain in the middle of the square. She walked toward him, lips pulled back to reveal dagger sharp teeth. Her ears were flat against her skull and she snarled viciously.

"If you ever even think about laying one of your sorry-excuses-for-a-paw on those children again I will personally rip off your arm and beat you with it. DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR," Cloud roared threateningly at the gargoyle. He nodded vigorously then scrambled out of the fountain to the edge of the town. As he reached the weeds acting as a barrier for the town he stopped and turned back to look at Cloud.

"You make think you have won Wolf," the gargoyle hissed, "but the Master will deal with you and the rest of these plant-people soon enough." With that he leapt into the weeds and disappeared. Cloud snorted and growled at his threat, but turned her back and looked up at the surrounding trees.

"Ronin, Nod, M.K., its clear. The gargoyle is gone, you can come out now," she yelled. With that two hummingbirds burst out of the trees; one carrying Ronin and the other carrying M.K. and Nod. They landed their hummingbirds and got off. Emily and Ben went running over to their parents and hugged them tightly. After they made sure that they were alright, M.K. and Nod scolded their children for scaring them to death and disappearing into the woods, causing Cloud to have to hunt them down.

After that Emily and Ben apologized profusely and then hugged Ronin, and jumped all over Cloud. Hugging her and thanking her for saving them and their friends. Cloud was overjoyed to have the kids back, and nuzzled and licked them both to show how happy she was to see them.

Just then Emily looked up and saw Thistle standing a little ways off smiling at the whole thing. Emily ran over to him then took his hand and pulled him over to meet her family.

"Everyone, this is Thistle," she said introducing him to everyone. Thistle smiled and shook hands with everyone, then turned to find Cloud towering over him. She was still on her winged-wolf state and he was amazed and frightened at the same time. He bowed to Cloud to show respect and Cloud bowed back to show respect to the elder. Thistle then looked up at the sky and saw that the sun had nearly set.

"Come," he said motioning for everyone to follow. "It will be too dark for you to fly home by the time you are ready to leave, so please allow me to offer you a place to stay for the night." His offer was graciously accepted and he led the way back to the cottage. "May it seems we have more guests."

May greeted everyone kindly and acted surprised when children told her that they were staying another night. Luckily Cloud changed back to normal before entering the house or else she would have had to crouch to avoid hitting her head on the ceiling. May cooked and received many compliments about her cooking. Cloud was overjoyed at the amount of food, and despite all of it still never seemed to get full.

"A toast to Cloud for getting rid of the shadow stalker, without you we wouldn't have been able to get rid of it. Now we never have to worry about it again. To Cloud," Thistle said with a broad smile. Everyone toasted except for Cloud. She only sat their quietly with her drink.

"What's the matter dear," May asked. Cloud shifted uneasily before answering.

"I didn't get rid of the gargoyle for good. I only chased him off," she replied. Everyone looked shocked; Thistle and May looked it the most.

"How do you know," Thistle asked. Cloud was again silent for some time before answering.

"Before he leapt off into the weeds he said to me 'You make think you have won Wolf, but the Master will deal with you and the rest of these plant-people soon enough'."

Oooooooooh clifhanger *troll face*