The three stood confused for a second, then gathered around the circle table in the center of the room.

The white man stood back to his part of the table and said, "I should introduce myself, I am Hadrian. These are my friends Mevia and Otto." Otto waves while Mevia rolled her eyes at the group.

"Anyways," Hadrian continued, "I heard what happened in New Growler. Poor Romeo, he really was on his way to become a true pack alpha. But even with his plan he still failed. Ein I presume was the cause of the packs downfall?"

"Who told you all this?" Stacy asked.

"A little runaway told me. Aiden I believe his name was? Don't worry he's fine. He lived here for awhile with his boyfriend before leaving us. It was sad to see him go but I had a hunch he wanted to live in a place that didn't remind him of home." Hadrian explained.

Then Mevia spoke. "Thanks to Ein there are more werewolf settlements in this land of ours. Less humans to kill us mean more werewolf settlements and more pups being born. It's good since The Werewolf Massacre centuries ago."

The Werewolf  Massacre was one of the most deadly times in history. When Ein was kicked out of the five pillars there was no one to protect werewolves anymore. But every tribe has a different name for it. Werewolves and Humans call it 'The Werewolf Massacre'.

Fairies captured werewolves and sold their souls to the devil for protection. They called it 'The Great Mistake', it also explains why fairies don't get involved in wars or alliances. That was part of their deal with the Devil.

Dragons who still live in the volcanic areas called it 'The Scorching' because they used their fire to burn down everything and anything. They killed both humans and werewolves alike, nothing was spared. It's why no one dares to go back, because there's literally no traces of human/werewolf civilization left. Just dragon villages.

Wizards didn't take part in this massacre, they thought they where too important to bother with dogs. But it came back to bite them when werewolves killed any wizard they could get near. Explains why there are so few wizards left.

"Though I prefer Ein stop his rein of chaos. We should be peaceful with humans, not destroying them." Otto said. But Hadrian and Mevia laughed as if it were a joke. 

Axel, Stampy, and Stacy looked at each other. None of them had any idea what Ein was doing or the new settlements. "Uh, what?" Axel asked.

Hadrian and Mevia stopped laughing and Otto looked out over the town. "Ein...," Hadrian began, "Ein has traveled all over the land killing humans or turning them into werewolves, therefor making new settlements. He plans on taking over the entire land, and he plans on making the dragons his allies. Now as much as I would love to live in a werewolf world with no predators trying to kill us, lets be realistic. I hate Ein."

"We all hate Ein." Stacy said.

"Oh but you don't understand. Ein was originally alpha of my pack. We where small maybe around six of us. But Ein had a plan on taking over Growler Town, giving them some sort of magic werewolf protection amulet as terms of friendship. So when we went in the next day they thought we where just a group of human travelers planning to settle down. And we did pretend... and every night another victim fell. Until we outnumbered them and killed them all. I would've wanted to take the peaceful way out, but I had a three year old pup to think about." Hadrian explained.

Otto was next to speak. "Once Growler Town was full werewolf more werewolves moved in. Exiled or wanderers it didn't matter. Since Ein planned the whole thing he was still Alpha, but over three years we saw who he really was. He was possessive, manipulative, seductive. All the wrong traits about being an alpha."

"But because he was so smart it's why we kept him around. He started that werewolf boot camp you saw out there to keep others in line. He hid all weapons and guns so we couldn't go on a killing spree. Sure he came up with ways to protect us, but in reality he was a dictator. It's why the guys and I rose up and kicked Ein out. Hadrian became alpha and Ein left. Then he was brought into New Growler thanks to that Aiden kid. But as much as we though he was gone, we where wrong though we so badly wanted to be right." Mevia added.

Stampy was confused and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Only four years ago we knew he was still alive. Turns out through all the rumors saying he got shot, he was still alive. He was wandering the tundra forest when a shewolf found him, so she took him back to her tribe. Though they both ran away when they heard that they couldn't be together. But even she saw Eins true self through time. So she tried to run away to the one place she knew he could not go, here. With the help of some creatures which she refused to tell us who they were, she came here. The whole time she was pregnant with Eins son, and when she was born... she named him Ian. Ian and in I A N not E I N. Why she named her son after a mad man we have no idea. But if you want to know more, her name is Aurora." Hadrian finished off.

 Aurora, Stacy thought. The northern werewolves.

~~~

This was risky... far too risky. Dan was trying to sneak into the vault of some temple of a town he never been in before. Why was he doing this? Well because he saw in Eins book that there was an orb that could show you where anyone in the world was if you said their name and where they came from. But the book said it was in the Growler Town vault and with help from Red he was one giant door away from getting it.

Dan tapped and tried to push the door to see if it would open... but nothing. He didn't have Red to help him because he only asked her where it was and if there was any guards. The he heard a cough behind him and turned around expecting there to be guards to kill him.

But instead of intimidating werewolf guards there was little David. "Why are you down here?" The pup asked.

"I just wanted to see what was inside." Dan lied, he didn't want to tell the kid he was about to steal something.

"Oh. Follow me!" David said. He walked over to a corner of the door and moved a rock that was there revealing a hole behind it. David crawled in with ease but Dan had a small problem, since the hole was barely Dans size. But he managed to get inside and golly what a sight. In one corner there was a mountain of gold coins, jewelry, and gems. While in the other there where crates with the word 'GUNS' on them in all caps.

The room was big and there was treasures books or something else everywhere you look. Dan walked around the room for a big, while David was laying down on a fancy pillow that was bigger than his whole body. But Dan stopped in his tracks when he saw a skeleton of a human leaning on a crate. But Dan wasn't interested in the crate or the human skeleton, he was interested in what was on the skeletons lap.

Dan picked the thing up and dusted it off, it looked like a sword. It had a leather sheath and a rope attacked to it (possibly so the wielder can have the sword at his back) but the sword handle caught Dans eyes. The handle was also wrapped in leather and one of the tips of the guard was missing. But at the end of the handle there was a little wolf head that was a part of the handle. It was a white wolf with gems (that were probably rubies) as its eyes.

When Dan unsheathed the sword he became frightened. He didn't need to be told what the blade was made out of. The blade was made from pure silver, stuff that could kill a werewolf. The sword in his hands was a werewolf killing sword, and here it was, in Growler Town, in a vault, and now in his hands.

He quickly put the sword back into its sheath, but he couldn't put it back on the skeleton. Some magical spell or curse wasn't letting him put the sword down, no matter how much he tried. In the end and Dan doesn't know how, he was somehow attached to the sword. It was on his back, and he couldn't take it off. As much as David yelled at him and begged him to put it back, Dan couldn't do it. A curse? Or a gift?

As much as Dan was freaked out he found another thing. A little necklace on a podium with a little plack that said 'A gift to us from the traveler Ein. Whoever wears this cannot be harmed by werewolves, and we thank him for bringing us this great gift.'

Just reading Eins name made Dans blood boil. He's the reason Dan has so many scars. So he took it, and put it in a bag he had in his pocket. Dan put the necklace in last after he picked up a bunch of golf coins from the gold pile. What was he turning into?

But then he found it, the little orb that can tell you where anyone is at anytime. Dan held it up towards a candle to get a better look at it, and to keep it away from David who kept begging him to put it back.

Dan managed to calm the child and told him to watch. The two werewolves gathered around the orb and Dan said, "Show me Cassie Rose of New Growler."

~~~

"But we have other matters to tell you, they're of the most importance." Otto said.

"Stacy," Mevia said grabbing the younger shewolfs attention, "you are a ghost correct? No need to panic, we already know."

"But... how did... Aiden doesn't know that I'm..." Stacy stammered.

"Relax young one, we know you're a ghost because you don't have a sent. No sent means not alive." Hadrian explained.

Stampy let out a small sigh in relief, they didn't know about the book.

Then Otto spoke again this time sounding more serious. "Stacy, Axel, other werewolf. Listen closely because this is important. Death is a common thing, as much as we don't want it to graze over us it does. Now when you die you aren't exactly gone, your body is but your soul isn't."

The three friends looked at the black man in confusion to which Mevia took control of the conversation. "The point Otto is trying to make is that you still have a chance of being revived, unless you have help from a position or spell that guilds your soul back to your body."

"She's correct," Hadrian said, "Now it's the devil's job to decide what to do with those souls. Send them up to Notch to become interns, eat them for being evil, or send them back for a second life. But the man who collects these souls is named Light Kysumi. Except Stacy, you should've been judged by the devil a long time ago. But Light forgot to come get your soul."

"So what are you saying?" Stacy asked.

"Is she stuck as a ghost forever or something else?" Axel added.

Hadrian shook his head. "No, no. This means that the devil sent Light after you. He's coming to collect your soul."

"Hold on. Light? I think I heard of him before. Hey Axel isn't he a kid from New Growler?" Stampy asked.

Axel thought or a minute then nodded his head vigorously. "Oh yeah! So this whole time he was a demon trying to collect Stacy's soul?"

"I doubt it, maybe he disguised himself as a human to live a normal life away from the Devil. Regardless you all must be careful, he's extremely powerful and will waste no time taking Stacy back down to the Devil to be tested." Otto said.

"Is there any way to stop this from happening?" Stampy asked. He didn't want Stacy to be gone forever.

"Well I guess if she became a mortal again, then Light couldn't steal her soul." Hadrian answered. Meaning that Stampy had to complete the potion, not only to save Stacy but Jesse as well. If Light was after Stacy's soul then he's probably after Jesse's too.

"Well that's all that we wanted to tell you. Do what you must to come back to life safe and sound. I wish we could help you... where are his wolf ears?" Hadrian asked.

The three stood confused for a second then looked at Stampy. His ears where gone, and the potion wore off.

Mevia growled at Stampy and Hadrian growled, "You shouldn't have come here human."

As if goats frozen in fear Otto yelled, "Run!" And chaos struck.

Axel picked Stampy up and jumped out of the room through the missing wall. And he started to climb down the temple. Stacy on the other hand was fighting with Hadrian. While his bites and scratches did nothing but phase through her, Stacy managed to hurt him and made him fall over like a turtle. And Otto (who was surprisingly on their side) was holding back Mevia.

When Axel finally got down onto the ground he put Stampy down, and Stacy met up with them a second later. But then they heard a howl... a distress howl. Then suddenly they where being chased by dozens of werewolves.

~~~

As Dan and David watched the orb they saw something inside slowly shift into two figures. It was blurry but they saw someone with red hair (probably Cassie) and something bigger than her. They could manage to make out that the bigger thing was either a bear or a dragon, but they didn't know where they where.

But as the picture became clear the heard a rumbling sound and the image fades away. And the orb became its normal pearl like color. So as David ran towards the exit to leave Dan put the orb in his little bag and tied it so nothing would escape.

Back outside Dan told David the reason he needed those things was to bring them to the alpha so he could see them. Which David believed Dan's lie.

Dan didn't want to lie to the kid because he reminded Dan of himself when he was a pup. But he had to, and watches David run over to his friends. Red, Scarlett, and Blaze. Moon Moon wasn't there, but Dan assumed that Keanu dragged him and Ian home.

Though as Dan walked a few feet he heard a howl, it sounded like a distress howl. And as he looked behind him he saw Stacy, Stampy without any wolf ears, and Axel running from an army of werewolves. To which Dan tucked the bag under his arm and started running.

~~~

This was a nightmare, three outsiders and a human running from a pack of werewolves. Stacy looked over at Dan and yelled, "Where have you been? And what's with the sword and map? God you didn't steal something did you!"

"Not the time for this mom!" Dan yelled back.

They where almost at the exit, the final stretch. But then a werewolf jumped, and they tackled Stampy. Of course Stacy knocked the werewolf off and Axel quickly got Stampy onto his back. Dan unsheathing that strange sword on his back and started swinging at the enemy.

But Stampy didn't see any of it. Because to him the world went dark. Then as all seemed lost, Stampy heard a voice. "Hello Stampy."