"I hate this stupid Zendala", Ten cursed lowly. The Demi-dragon with the big golden wings was flying high in the air while his eyes scanned over the surroundings under him. On the ground were supernatural creatures fighting against a lot of hunters, who apparently had appeared out of nowhere as far as NCT knew. It resembles the situation at the Sky Clan territory but this time NCT and their allies weren't too late to safe the creatures in danger.

Jaehyun, who was flying beside Ten silently agreed with the older's statement about hating Zendala but too focused on the situation on the ground to agree with his fellow demi-dragon verbally.

On the ground everyone was fighting for their life and even though the Moon pack got help from NCT, K.A.R.D, MonstaX and A.C.E the hunters just became more and more. To top that they just killed any creature, which came into their way, no matter if young or old. They also had sharpshooters hidden somewhere, who kept every creature from fleeing the scene by foot.

"Just continue to try spotting and then take out the sharpshooters", Jaehyun said scanning the area under him again. "We know they are there and thanks to WinWin they can't see us", the younger demi-dragon added, letting his golden dragon eyes sweep over the trees systematically.

"You are really calling him WinWin? What's wrong with his real name Sicheng?", Ten questioned while he focused on the trees as well. "We are on a mission, hyung. Focus on your task and not how I call another member", Jaehyun only huffed without looking at the older.

"Alright but I don't get why we are the ones searching for the sharpshooters. Doyoung along with someone, who has magical abilities would be more fitted for this task", Ten argued while he searched for the enemy with his bronze dragon eyes.

"Stop questioning our leader's decisions. He will have his reasons, after all he is a guardian and knows what's best for us", Jaehyun stated, getting a little bit irritated. With all respect Ten should focus on the task at hand and not whine like a toddler.

"Still we could do a lot more damage on the ground and unlike some creatures steel weapons don't do much to us", Ten muttered, still trying to spot a sharpshooter but finding no clue for them. They were excellently hidden.

"If we use our fire on the ground we would burn down everyone no matter if enemy or ally and we don't know if we are immune to the weapons of hunters. We have never fought against them directly, so stop whining and get to work.", the younger dragon huffed, letting himself dash forward with one strong swing of his wings.

Suddenly they both heard a malicious chuckle from behind them. Without hesitating for a bit Ten turn around like lighting and breathed out enough fire to burn a little, wooden cabin to ashes. The person, a woman with long blue hair and a midnight blue cloak, who had chuckled wasn't fazed by that since the fire just dodged her like she was surrounded by a shield.

"Aren't you fast with shooting, huh?", she mused while a malicious smile drew itself onto her red lips. Jaehyun wasn't having her kind of small talk. He turned around and immediately charged at her, trying to hit her with his claws while knowing that Ten had his back with his fire breath.

The woman dodged every hit directed at her with ease. It almost seems like she was dancing in midair. "Don't you ever get tired?", she asked innocently while she spun to the side, dodging another stream of fire from Ten, who was slowly getting irritated.

Jaehyun was panting a bit while positioning himself beside the older demi-dragon. He hasn't been able to hit the lady in the midnight blue cloak once. She was just too fast, even though she obviously wasn't a creature made to fight high up in the air.

"Who are you?", Ten questioned even though the two Demi-dragons could already guess who this woman was. She fitted the description of Zendala they had and she was obviously a magical creatures, otherwise she wouldn't be able to be this high up in the air without wings.

"I am Zendala", she answered, bowing a bit like she was in a ballroom. "Nice to meet you Jung Jaehyun and Chittaphon Leechaiyapornkul", the woman continued smiling even wider, which made the two Demi-dragons freeze a bit. She was planning something for sure. Why else would she just randomly show herself and fight a bit with two members of an powerful group of supernatural beings?

"Jaehyun go", Ten whispered, hoping that only the younger could hear him. Jaehyun kept his eyes fixed on Zendala, who patiently hovered in the air, still with this malicious smile on her face but he refused to move one bit, making it very clear to the older demi-dragon that he wasn't going anywhere.

"For the gods' love, Jaehyun, please go and get Taeyong before something ugly happens", the older of the two pressed in a more commanding tone. "I won't leave you alone with her, hyung", Jaehyun hissed, still looking at Zendala, who began to chuckle again.

"You two are really something but well you are known as NCT's non magical powerhouses", she chuckled covering her mouth with her hand, which couldn't hide the treacherous look on her face. "It's almost too bad I need you for my little plan", the woman added and before even finishing what she said, she had teleported herself behind the two demi-dragons taking them by surprise because of her fast movement.

Jaehyun felt like time was running in slow motion when he saw in the corner of his eye how the blue-haired woman stabbed a shimmering green dagger into between Ten's shoulder blades, hitting the point, which made a demi-dragon's wings stop working. The older demi-dragon couldn't even properly react to the pain in his back before she pushed him down harshly, making it impossible for Jaehyun to grab him before she drew another shimmering green dagger from the belt hidden underneath her midnight blue cloak. The young demi-dragon could identify the dagger as a blade made of jade. Enchanted jade as far as he could tell, which made it more dangerous than it already was.

As fast as he could Jaehyun dived down, dodging her hit with the enchanted jade dagger but the next thing he knew was how there was an arm harshly put around his neck, followed by an unbearable pain between his shoulder blades.

He felt how every bit of power he had in his body was sucked into the jade dagger. He felt like the prey of an hungry vampire. The last thing he could do before he lost his consciousness was scream for his leader at the top of his lungs.

"TAEYONG"

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Hiding underneath a rather small bush maybe wasn't the brightest idea Chan ever had but it was better than getting killed by a hunter. The grey wolf cowered beside his unconscious brother while blood was still dripping out of the wound on his shoulder as well as the one on his right foreleg.

The adrenaline had worn off making it almost impossible for Chan to not whimper in pain but he had to stay quiet for the sake of his brother's and his own survival. If he was loud enough for humans to hear him they would find and killed him along with Yedam.

After the young wolf hybrid had been shot into the shoulder, he had grabbed his brother again and stumbled to the nearest hiding spot he could find but not without getting hit by something sharp enough to cut through the skin of his right foreleg.

Now he just cowered underneath the little bush praying that no human will ever find him or his younger brother. Chan turned his head to look at Yedam agin. The black wolf was still unconscious but he had no open, bleeding wound and he was still breathing, which was a huge relief to Chan. Carefully the older wolf hybrid nudged Yedam's shoulder in hopes of waking the younger up but the black wolf remained unmoving.

The older let out a little, barely audible sigh and laid his head on the ground. He was getting tired but the last thing he should do was becoming unguardedly or incautious. Chan light shook his head and raised it again. There was no way he would let his guard down now. He could still hear the fighting happing not far away from his hiding spot. A human could find him at any given time and if that happened he would need to protect his brother and himself.

Suddenly Chan's ears picked up a familiar voice. It wasn't one he knew from the pack and it wasn't his mother either but it was still familiar enough for him to recognize. The grey wolf's ears turned around trying to find the direction the voice came from while also moving. his head lightly from side to side.

"Byeongkwan cover Wow!", the familiar voice yelled and it immediately clicked in Chan's head. It was Donghun's voice! He was here! Probably with all the other A.C.E members. Relief was flooding through the grey wolf hybrid's system, almost making him forget the pain in his shoulder and right foreleg.

He was reminded of his wounds when he attempted to just put a little pressure on his right foreleg, so he could look through the thin branches of the little bush. Chan hissed in pain but he gritted his teeth and ignored it to see what was going on around him.

Through the bush's branches he saw Donghun not far away from his hiding place along with his group mate Wow and a male with grayish hair and silver fairy wings. Chan could only guess that the fairy was Byeongkwan since he was now covering Wow like Donghun had instructed.

Suddenly another deafening shot fell, making Chan flinch and cower again. The noise had been so loud it must have been nearby. Chan pressed his eyes together, praying that whoever had shot hadn't noticed him despite being easier to spot with his grey fur. He heard an uproar from what he could only imagine to be an very angry werewolf or even a fuming harpy.

"This is getting out of hand. What have we even done to the humans that they attacked us out of nowhere. We did nothing to them. We just want to live in peace", Chan thought to himself while making himself even smaller than he already was. He felt so small and weak. The only thing he wanted to do was protect the one close to him but now he was faced with the fact that the enemy was stronger than he will ever be.

"Stop being so negative", Chan mentally reminded himself. He shook his head pulling himself out of this bad mind space. The grey wolf opened his eyes again and looked to his side to see Yedam still laying there unconscious. Maybe he was weak, maybe he was small but he wouldn't go down without a fight if it came down to that. It didn't matter if he was already weakened or not. He would fight.

All of the sudden someone screamed "Taeyong" from the top of their lungs. It was a loud and blood curling scream, making the young wolf hybrid flinch again. As fas as Chan could tell it was coming from the sky and not from the battlefield at the Moon Packs Houses. Still Chan had the feeling this scream let everything get louder, faster, bloodthirstier and more brutal.

Without any sort of a warning the grey wolf felt how his left hind leg was grabbed. Chan wanted to bite whoever had grabbed his leg but he was too slow since he was already dragged away from the safety of his hiding spot and his unconscious brother before he could properly turn his head around.

Chan yanked his leg away from whoever was holding it, scrabbled to his feet and turned around quickly, so he could immediately dodge the blow of the human who had found him. "No wonder you were hiding", the human, a male one with two swords in his hands, commented lowly while his eyes scanned Chan up and down, spotting the wolf hybrid's wounds on his right foreleg and shoulder. Chan growled at him while ignoring how his wounds began to burn when his muscles tensed.

The male let out an amused huff maybe to provoke the wolf hybrid but he wasn't falling for that. Chan had to fight defensively if he wanted to have a chance but the moment he thought that he noticed how the human in front of him also had his fair share of wounds. His cloths were dirty, probably from falling to the ground so much, his left arm was shaking due a wound on his upper arm and he was panting from exhaustion. But the thing which caught Chan off guard was the fact that the male human didn't seem older than himself. He probably still visited school and lived with his parents.

This was the moment Chan realized they didn't have much differences but still needed to fight against each other for reasons the wolf hybrid still couldn't get a grip on. The male human wasn't attacking him yet so Chan took the chance to slowly transform back into his human form, taking the male standing opposite him by surprise. Still the young man made no move to attack the wolf hybrid.

Now Chan stood there in his human form with messy silver hair, a grey shirt and pants, which mirrored the grey fur of his wolf form. The fabric of his shirt on his shoulder was quickly tinted red by his wound but Chan didn't care about that right now. He was focusing on the young male in front of him, who despite holding two swords didn't attack him yet.

"I don't want to fight or hurt you", Chan said in a calm voice, showing his hands to the human to underline his words. Only a little bit did the male lower his to swords but it was enough to show Chan that he didn't want to fight either. They really had similarities.

"I don't know why we were attacked but the only thing I want to do is protect my family and friends. I don't intend on harming anyone", the wolf hybrid continued, still holding up his hands. The human listened to him and lowered his weapons even more while seemingly thinking about Chan's words. It was enough for the wolf hybrid.

"Thank you", Chan involuntarily breathed out in relief. A harsh sting in his shoulder remained him of his wounds. The pain they caused him got worse because he was stupid enough to shift into his human form but he tried to not show it to the human as the last bit of defense he allowed himself to have right now.

"Why are you thanking me? I should kill you on the spot without having any kind of mercy", the human said, looking at Chan with both confusion and fear. He was raising his weapons a little but still not making any kind of move. He didn't want to attack he was just scared. Chan could see that.

"Do you want to attack me?", Chan questioned while he subconsciously brought a hand up to his shoulder to cover his wound a little. The human seemed to be taken by surprise because of that question. It made him almost drop his weapons.

"It's my duty as a hunter to protect the human kind from creatures like you", he exclaimed loudly but he got quieter with every word he said until the last word was a mumble. The male looked at the dark brown crystal dangling around his neck, which got noticed by Chan now.

The wolf hybrid didn't know much about hunters but it was enough to say that they were the major threat for the supernatural world, so having a young hunter standing in front of him was terrifying but Chan knew that this hunter was just a kid like him. He didn't want to fight and he didn't want to kill. Just like Chan.

"Do you want to kill me?", the wolf hybrid asked, hoping that he wasn't playing his cards wrong and therefore risking his life more than he already did now. The male looked at Chan again with a conflict in his black orbs. Now more than ever it was obvious that this young hunter didn't want to kill, he didn't want to fight.

"We don't need to fight each other", the wolf hybrid mumbled but it was still audible to the young hunter. "We don't need to fight a battle, which isn't ours", he added, looking the young male into his eyes. The young hunter shook his head, fear and confusion written all over his face.

"My parents will kill me for this", the young male said probably to himself while completely lowering his weapons. He wasn't going to fight or hurt Chan despite the things he said.

Chan cracked a little smile. This whole situation wasn't completely hopeless they could make peace with the humans and even with the hunters if they tried hard enough. If they tried to undertake one another.

Suddenly the young hunter's face lit up with alarm and fear. Chan wanted to turn around quickly but before he could he was harshly hit on his wounded shoulder, making him scream in pain and fall to his knees almost automatically. He wiped his head around to see a tall female human loom over him but her gaze was directed to the young hunter Chan had talked to.

"You are too naive for your own good, Michael", the female shouted at the young hunter, making the young one flinch and clench his weapons defensively. The huntress turned her head back to Chan, drawing her weapon. The wolf hybrid rolled to the side when the huntress attempted to stab him with the silver dagger she had drawn.

Chan regret transforming into his human form because now he was too weak to change into his wolf form quickly enough, meaning he was screwed. The woman tried hitting him again but he dodged successfully once more while scrabbling to his feet.

"Let me just end your misery, wolf", the huntress hissed while swiftly unsheathing another dagger from her belt. Chan could smell, that this dagger must have been dunked in a special poison for werewolves and wolf hybrids because only the scent already burned itself into his nose making the wolf hybrid feel dizzy but that could also be because of the blood lose, which was slowly adding up.

Almost desperately did the young hybrid dodged another hit from the woman but he accidentally crashed his already bleeding shoulder into the trunk of a tree behind him. "Just give up", the woman screamed at him, anger and frustration clearly audible in her voice but Chan knew it wasn't only directed at him. It was a general anger and hatred to towards every supernatural creature out there.

The wolf hybrid stepped back, trying to get some space between the huntress and himself but she wasn't having that in any way. She just followed and initiated another blow with the poisoned dagger Chan knew he wouldn't be able to dodge fast enough. It would at least graze him no matter what he did now. That was it. He couldn't but up a bigger fight but before the woman could attack him again, an extremely strong blow of wind pushed her off her feet.

Next thing Chan knew was, that he was surrounded by black feathers and tightly wrapped up in a hug from behind he instinctively knew he shouldn't fight. Subconsciously the wolf hybrid let himself fall back, leaning onto the person, who just saved him.

"To the gods. I came just in time", the person behind Chan sighed in relief and the wolf hybrid instantly knew it was Byungho. "You did", the silver-haired male replied before everything that happened took its toll on him. He blacked out completely.