The orange dog turned to me and I saw his brilliant face. It was him! My heart raced with joy and all previous pain of falling had melted away. It's Chance! When he saw me, his eyes seemed to relax, just a little, and he began to walk to me, until Nokto pounced on him, biting his neck.

"No! Nokto, STOP!," I screamed from my hiding spot, crawling onto the trail slowly. He must have not heard or not cared, because he only tightened his grip. Chance snarled and started bucking, trying to through Nokto off, but all it did was make him tighten his grip. The pain was visible on Chance's face, he stopped thrashing and fell to the ground, Nokto still on his neck.

"Nokto! STOP! LET HIM GO!," I screeched, trying to stand. "PLEASE NOKTO! That is the boy I told you about!" Nokto's eyes looked to me, but his jaw remained locked on Chance's neck. "Nokto, please stop!," I wobbled over to them.

Nokto opened his mouth and spit our orange fur, while backing away from Chance's body.

"Chance! Chance!," I bent over him horrified by all the blood. "Chance, answer me! Please!"

"...Violet..," he whispered in a hoarse voice. I bent down and put my paws up against his neck wound,"Chance...," tears stung my eyes. Blood kept rushing out, I turned to Nokto," Go get help," I said, but he wasn't there. He was gone, it was just Chance and I alone.

The tears were streaming down my face," Chance, hang on. Hang on... Just hang on!" He closed his eyes and his breathing was so shallow, I didn't know if he was breathing at all. "CHANCE! CHANCE, LOOK AT ME!," I screamed while my paws were slipping on all the blood, his fur was now a dark burgundy color around his shoulders. Chance's eyes flickered open looking around, they were glossy and unfocused.

"Oh God... oh god...please. Chance, stay with me!," I tell him, refusing to let go. I heard a deep rumble in the distance, I look up and see dust on the path down a ways. I squint to get a better look, but all I saw was tiny dust storm getting closer and closer. I looked back at Chance, his eyes were starting to close, and his body seemed to be going limp. "Chance," I sobbed hysterically, wrapping my limbs around him. "Don't leave me."

At all I once, he was being ripped away from me, I was sitting alone on the road. I couldn't see anything, the dust was so thick, making it hard to breath. It started to clear and I saw Mightyena surrounding something a few feet in front of me. What are they doing? What are they doing to Chance? Are they attacking him?...Are they eating him? I jumped up quickly, sending sharp jolts of pain from my ankle to my brain, "GET AWAY FROM HIM, YOU SICK BASTARDS!," I race to the pack, jumping on one's back, pulling him away.

"Get away!," I yell while scratching at his face, he growls and throws me from his back to the ground, snarling. He turned to me with his red eyes glowing and fangs showing before returning to the circle around Chance. I get up again determined to save Chance and start to charge...well limp, at them, until Nokto steps into my path.

"Stop! Violet, stop!," He grabs me around the waist as I try to move around him. I keep trying to get to Chance, against his strength it was useless and we fall onto the ground. "They're helping, Violet! Can't you see? They are saving his life," he says into my ear fiercely," Calm down. Calm down. They're only helping."

I look over and see them running around placing IVs in him and applying bandages. They are helping... Without any warning, I start sobbing again. He looked so dead and unresponsive, like there was no hope. Nokto released his grip on me as I wept uncontrollably in his lap, staining his dark fur with my tears.

"Why," I cried. "Why did you do this," I pull away from him staring at the pack of Mightyena surrounding the only guy I had ever loved.

"Violet.. I didn't mean.. I mean, It's not my fault that he attacked me."

"IT IS YOUR FAULT! You fucking bite his neck, Nokto! I mean.. Who fucking does that?! Even after I said to stop, that he was no threat!," I screamed through my tears.

"Look, you need to-" Nokto started to say.

"NO! I DON'T NEED TO ANYTHING!," I yell, then turn to him with disgust," You killed him. You are the one who did this"

He opened his mouth in shock, speechless. " Violet... I-I-I can't believe you would say that.. I-I-I-I tried t-to save you."

I look away from him, not interested in his excuses. All I needed to know was that he killed Chance, nothing would justify it. Nothing. Nokto walked around to sit in my line of vision, "Violet, I thought he was attacking us, so I pushed you away! Don't you see I was trying to protect you? I thought he was just some wild dog who was going to kill us! If I wanted to kill him, why would I have gotten help? Are you even listening to me?," he tried explaining, but stopped. "Yeah, you know what, sure. Yup, I killed him. Murderer right here! MURDERER RIGHT HERE," he shouted looking into the sky with his limbs outstretched, waiting for punishment," Killed this guy just because I can, I'm a vicious monster. I am pure evil, right? You know what, Fuck you Violet."

What he said didn't hurt me, how could someone feel pain if they're paralyzed? I was already dead, too, at least I felt like it. The world seemed to have lost all color, turning gray and dull right in front of my eyes, like all the joy was gone. It is, I thought. Chance is my definition of perfection. He is happiness... at least he was.

One of the Mightyena started to speak to Nokto, saying something fast and urgently, Nokto nodded. The Mightyena all began to move at once, placing Chance on some of their backs, being careful of his tubes and wires.

"What? What's happening?," I ask. Nokto just turned away and began to follow his pack down the path. "NOKTO! What is happening," I hobble beside him.

"Your boyfriend isn't dead," he states blankly, looking straight forward, like I wan't even there.

"What? Can they save him? Will he be alright?," I hobble faster.

"No one can say," he turned to me with a hard, unpleasant stare," Go back to the cave. Do not return to my village," with that he ran ahead to his pack, talking to them quickly, leaving me behind.

"WAIT! WAIT, DON'T GO! I need to be with Chance!," I call out to them, but they continue to rush onward, ignoring my plea. I try to run after them, but stumble over my cast and face plant into the ground. Ow. My face hurts. They're gone now... I'm alone. I lift my head from the dirt and, sure enough, the road is empty. I put my head back on the road, laying there, not moving.

What has happened to my life? Everything is wrong. None of this should have happened. What if this is a sign that I was wrong to leave home? What is my life becoming? What if Chance doesn't make it? What if I cant find Jack or Theresa? What if those Hunters have them? What if Nokto never comes back to tell me about Chance? ...What if I just never moved from this spot. I could just lay here forever. That might be nice. Too bad reality isn't nice, I think as I stand up from the dirt. I need to be strong for Chance. He needs me, but I can't go back to the village. What can I do...? I sigh loudly, I have to listen to Nokto.

I walk towards the village, towards Chance, but I know I won't go that far. I'll have to stop short and wait in a cave, like a cowardly fox. I am a cowardly fox. There was nothing more I could do to help Chance, going to the village was suicide and Nokto wasn't heartless enough to not keep me informed about Chance. Was he?