1The Castle in The Sky
Demons and Angels
That time I fell in Love
Hail to the King
That Time I almost Died
Meet the Parents
Welcome to Tokyo
FreaksWolfsbane
The Fear of God
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If you don't want to die, I don't recommend reading this. This story is
the memoir of my life. As far back as I can remember my life has
been hard. I've been through alot. family troubles, mental healthproblems, and then there's me. My name is Mac White and this is mystory
CRISIS
By mac white2chapter 1:
The Castle in The Sky
So this story starts just like any other story. I was sitting in a van
with my friends minding my own business. My best friend Naomi wason one side of me making some lude jokes about gay people. Aiden
was sitting in front of us talking about a family guy with isaiah. Val
was sitting next to Kj and Adam while Bobby sat in the front seat
driving with Amos riding shotgun. We got to our destination and got
out of the van.
“Wow this park is huge, '' I said blissfully unaware of what was about
to happen.
We all sat down and ate lunch. Then me and my friends played
kickball for our rec class. About an hour later we got back in the vanand started driving back. I looked out the window excited to gohome and see my dad when something happened.
“Oh my god what the heck is that,'' Naomi shouted.
The whole class huddled against the window to see the thing in thesky. Bobby stopped the car and we all got out just in time to see thegiant stone structure land on our school. When it landed it caused a

3massive cloud of smoke to rise and I lost sight of my friends. I woke
up in a barren wasteland. The cloud had ravaged the surroundingarea. Buildings had been toppled over and bodies were everywhere.
Somehow I survived. I looked over my shoulder and saw Naomi
standing there with a grim look on her face. I wasn't used to her
being this serious, it kind of freaked me out.
“We need to find something to fight with just in case,” I said.
Naomi nodded at me and we started walking. Luckily there was aweapons depot nearby so we grabbed a shopping cart and grabbed
everything we thought would be useful. By the time we left we had
grabbed a giant sword, and two pistols. We split the supplies
between the two of us and I took the guns and Naomi grabbed thesword. We walked out and saw two figures walking towards us. We
prepared for a fight. But it was Aiden and Valentina who wereseparated from us in the blast.
“Guys, you're ok,” Valentina said, smiling.
I ran over to Aiden. He had a large scar running down his face. From
what I could see it ended near his navel.
“We ran into some scouts the others are this way.” Aiden said.

4“Scouts of what, what’s happening” I said confused.
“Demons,” Aiden said
. I was astounded and confused. Valentina and Aiden wentfrom school kids to characters out of Attack on Titan. Naomi lookedat the two with great interest.
“You said something about demons, what's that about?” Naomi
asked.
“The castle was sent by the Demon king and his legion, he’s trying toharness childrens misery to take over the world.” Aiden said.
I was stunned this was too much. Aiden and Valentina led me
and Naomi back to their camp. All our classmates were there and sowere the teachers.
“Oh my god you found them.” Amos said, his voice breaking a little
bit.
“They were over by the weapons depot we set up,” Aiden said.
I looked around and saw all my friends and teachers deckedout in battle gear like something out of Mad Max.
“Alright let's get you two trained up,” Aiden said.
“Wait what,” Naomi said

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Aiden took the two of us into a large room. The walls were covered in
scratches and dents. Naomi took out her sword and ran at the wall
like an anime character. She bounced against the surface and thrust
her sword against the wall causing a large dent.
“Nice work,” Aiden said.
Naomi looked over at Aiden with a look of satisfaction on her face.
“Alright Mac your turn,” Valentina said.
I grabbed my two pistols and shot at the wall. The blowback pushed
me over. I looked over and saw that there were two large dents inthe wall.
“Wow, just wow,” Aiden said.
Aiden led us into the main room to see the battle plan.
“Alright we need to get past the first wall,” Amos said.
I looked at the battle plan. The plan was to sneak up to the force
field running between where we were and the castle where everyone
else was. I noticed a flaw in the plan.
“Hey guys I think we need to cause a distraction, the path we aretrying to take is blocked,” I said quietly.
“Hey your right,” Aiden said

6Then Aiden and Valentina took us to get the standard issue uniform.
Then they took me and Naomi over to the rec van. Bobby was
waiting inside the front seat.
“Hey Bobby, guess who's back,” Aiden said.
Bobby looked over and started to tear up before running over andgiving us a huge bear hug.
“Oh god i'm so glad you two are ok.” he said.
We all hopped in the van and Bobby with renewed vigor
started up the car. We drove for a while before we got to the outpost
where the first shield was located. Aiden jumped out of the car andsmacked the guard in the head with his hammer. The guard
crumpled to the ground dead, with black blood oozing out of his
mouth.
“Oh crap it's general Arken, he's bad news,” Kj said.
A man walked up to the canyon. Red glistening skin covered bya green coat and hat. Naomi stood up and I followed. We jumped up
and started scuffling with the man. He evaded each strike with quick
movements. Every now and then he would jab us with his claws and7knife. Then Naomi slammed the blunt end of her sword into Arken’s
face causing him to trip and fall off the cliff.
“Guys come on, we have an opening in the shield,” Adam said.
We ran over and jumped through the shield as it was closing.
We both laid there breathing hard as our friends looked at us.
—------------------------------------------------------Chapter 2:
Demons and Angels
A few weeks later we had set up camp a little ways away from thedemon king's castle. I was walking around the campgrounds waiting
for the group to let me back in. I heard a rustling sound coming fromthe trees nearby. I walked over and found a large demonic stag
staring at me.
“Hey buddy, how are you,” I said.
I grabbed a stick and led the stag into the camp.
“Hey guys anyone know what this is,” I asked“It's a stag, must've escaped the stables in the demon king's castle,”
Isaiah said.
“Can we keep him,” I asked

8“Sure, do what you want,” Amos said
“ I'm gonna name you Chuck,” I said.
Chuck nuzzled my shoulder and wandered away. Naomi walked overto me.
“Hey, do you think that thing is trustworthy,” she asked.
“Yes, just look at that face,” I said
“Alright if you say so,” she said
I walked around the camp to see what everyone was doing.
Naomi was practicing her sword work against our training dummy.
Bobby was putting gas into the van and swinging his new baseballbat. Aiden was getting a splint on his broken wrist. Valentina wassitting with Adam trying to relax.
Chuck wandered over to look at our battle plan. Then he walked
over to me and snuggled up with me while we slept. The nextmorning I went with Naomi, Valentina, and Chuck to a battle nearby
against some of the demon king's guards.
In three days the last guards will have been taken out and we
can storm the castle. So we dealt with the guards. I shot one of themin the leg. Val hit one of them in the face with their shield and kicked9

him in the groin causing the guard to fall and roll off the hill. Chuck
ran up and rammed the last guard in the stomach.
“Aw sweet Chuck, who's a good boy,” I said.
I started giving Chuck a noogie when Bobby pulled up in thevan and we drove back to camp.
“We took out the guards,” Val said.
“Good we just need to set the game plan and we can storm thecastle,” Bobby said
Chuck started jumping and running around when Bobby said
that.
“Woah, easy boy,” I said, trying to get him to calm down.
When we got back to camp I tried to find food for chuck. But
everything I thought a stag would like but he didn't want any of it.
Then I brought out some demon food we kept for captives and hegobbled it up.
“That's weird, I didn't realize he liked demon food,” I said.
“I think he might be a mole from the demon king,” Naomi said.
“What no, he's not a mole,” I said.
“I agree with Naomi, this thing is weird,” Kj said.

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I walked away and started wondering if my friends were right.
Then Chuck trotted over and snuggled up to me as I laid down tosleep.
“No you're not bad,” I said quietly.
I woke up in the middle of the night and saw Chuck trotting
outside the cave. I followed him, suspicious of what he was doing. I
turned the corner and saw he was just eating some grass. I walked
him back inside and sat him down. Then I laid down next to him andfell asleep.
In the morning we all piled into the van and drove to the castle.
I got out of the car and hopped on Chuck's back. I rode into thecastle and took out the guards. Then the others stormed into thecastle.
Amos pulled out his shotgun and fired into the hall at theoncoming horde of demons. We all ran up the stairs and made it to
the door of the demon king's throne room. General Arken was
standing in front of the room holding a sword. He was wearing aneyepatch.
“Oh crap you're alive,” Naomi said.

11“Yes and now I will have my revenge,” Arken said.
Naomi and Amos ran at Arken. Naomi tried the same trick on
Arken as last time. But this time Arken dodged and swung up at
Naomi with his sword. Naomi dodged and Amos readied his shotgun.
“Crap, it's jammed,” he said.
Amos was distracted and Arken seized his chance. He swung
his sword at Amos and I heard a loud squelch as Amos's left arm fellto the ground.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhh!” Amos screamed.
He crumpled to the ground and clutched the stump that wasonce his arm.
“Amos!!!!” Val called out.
“Guys, go I'll handle this, Naomi come on,” I said.
“No, we need to stay together,” Adam said.
“Guys he’s gonna bleed out unless we get him some medical
attention,” I said
The others relented and picked up amos. But Aiden looked at
me and started to cry.
“You better come back alive,” he said.

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I hopped on chuck and had him buck Arken out of the way.
Naomi kicked Arken out the window.
“That was for Amos, scumbag,” she said.
We walked into the throne room and stared up at the demon
king's throne. Then Chuck walked in front of us and red smoke filled
the room. When I looked ahead of me after the smoke cleared. In
Chuck's place I saw a boy about my age. With glistening black skinand red lines all over his body. Snow white hair fell over his piercing
golden eyes and large silver horns sat atop his head.
“Who are you?” I asked bewildered.
Naomi looked at me with a look that told me to ask questions
after fighting. We both ran at him but he lifted his hand and I frozein place. Naomi was thrown out of the room and the demon kingbrought me up close to his face.
“Now let's get to know each other,” he said.
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13That time I fell in Love
I woke up in a damp dark cell. My arms were chained to thewall with hard black metal chains. I looked up at the guards in frontof me and started to cry. The demon king walked up to the door of
my cell and looked at me.
“I brought you some food,” he said.
“I don't want your pity,” I shouted back.
“I'm not trying to give you pity, I'm trying to give you food,” hesaid.
“I don't care,” I called out.
He opened the door and sat on the ground of the cell. He pushed thefood over.
“I can't eat if I'm chained up,” I said.
The demon king unlocked the chains and I wolfed down the food. He
looked at me and smiled.
“Do you have a name,” he asked nervously.
“It's Mac,” I said between bites.
“Alright Mac, well good night,” he said
Then he left to go do other things.

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I sat in the cell for a few more days. Every couple hours thedemon king would come and bring me some food.
“I feel like your trying to give me stockholm syndrome,” I said
“You know you can just leave?” he said
“No I can't,” I replied.
Then he unlocked my chains. He opened the cell and let meoutside.
“There go, if you want,” he said.
I took one look outside and walked back to my cell.
“Why don't you want to go back to your friends,” he asked.
“I know they’ll come for me, I'd rather stay indoors, also I don't
know where they are,” I said.
He looked at me confused before chuckling a little. He picked
me up by the waist and walked over to a bedroom.
“Well, while you're here you might as well be comfortable,” thedemon king said.
I walked into the room and looked around.
“Is this a trick,” I asked.
“No, though I hope you’ll consider joining me for dinner,” he said.

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He closed the door to let me have some privacy. As he closed
the door I swear I saw him blush. I walked over to the wardrobe andpulled out the most casual outfit there. Then I put it on and walked
out. I checked my watch and it was 5:36, also known as dinner time.
I considered taking a bunch of supplies and running. But I decided
to repay the demon king's hospitality.
“Oh you came,” the demon king said, blushing.
“Yeah?” I said , confused.
I sat down at the foot of the table and he stood up.
“That's my general’s seat you sit here,” he said
I got up and he pointed to the seat on his right side. Then
general Arken walked in.
“How are you alive? We kicked you out the window,"I said.
“Well you did but my liege saved me minutes before I hit the
ground,” he said
“Wait you can fly,” I turned around and said to the demon king.
He then unfolded his large black wings.
“Oh my god,” I said, blushing.

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Then I sat down and started eating. I was trying to berespectful. I looked up at the demon king and smiled. He looked at
me and hid his face while blushing.
“Anyway I was wondering if you wanted to be my date to a party
coming up,” he asked.
“Sure,” I said
Then he ran out of the room. I walked back to my room and I
laid down on my bed. Then I cried myself to sleep.
The next morning I got out of bed and had breakfast with thedemon king.
“Hey do you have a name,” I asked.
“Yes of course, my name is Nathan,” he said.
Then I went out to take a bath in the lake. When I got back I
saw a bag sitting on the foot of the bed. It had a note on it.
This is your suit for our date tonight-Nathan
I put on the suit and walked down the stairs to the ballroom.
Then I sat down on the bench inside and I waited. Nathan walked
towards me wearing a black tailored suit.
“Well may I have this dance,” he said.

17“Ok,” I replied.
Then we walked out to the middle of the ballroom and started
dancing. I had never really danced before. But it was wonderful.
“Hey um, Nathan do you maybe wanna be my boyfriend,” I
asked“Oh i'll do much more than that,” he said
Then he kissed me. I closed my eyes and leaned in as weembraced. After I noticed everyone looking at me.
The next day I walked out and saw Nathan standing next to amachine.
“Hey uh why did you come here exactly,” I asked“I came here to get away from my family, I took my legion andleft,” he said
“So what's the point of this machine, to take over the world?” I
said.
“No, who told you that, this device is used to assimilate yourworld to ours to make it livable for us,” he said.
“Oh, that makes sense,” I said.

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We walked out onto the balcony and sat together. Nathan
wanted to know about all the aspects of my life. I just wanted to tellmy friends that the demons arent dangerous. Then I noticed a large
group of people storming the castle.
“Oh crap, those are my friends,” I said.
General Arken walked out.
“My lord, would you like me to bring them up here,” he asked.
“Yes, general , thank you,” Nathan said.
General Arken walked into the main lobby of the castle. Nathanstood up and walked me over to the throne room and sat in his
throne. He had me sit at the foot of it.
“My lord here they are,” Arken said when he walked back in.
“Mac, are you ok,” Naomi said.
“Yeah I'm good,” I said.
“Well any friend of his is a friend of mine please make yourself
comfy,” Nathan said.
My friends walked into the room and sat down. Naomi looked
at me confused.
“Why are you so chummy with that monster,” Aiden said.

19“Don't talk to my boyfriend like that,” I yelled.
“He’s trying to take over the world,” Valentina said.
“No he's not, seriously who told you that,” I called back.
“Oh, dangit Rodney,” Naomi said.
While we were talking the machine went off and the air
became breathable. Me and my friends walked out of the castle as
Nathan took down the force field and kissed me on the cheek. I had
never felt so safe in my life.
—--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Chapter 4:
Hail to the King
After about 3 months life had gotten back to normal. Albeit
with a bunch of demons all over the place. Nathan and I werewalking down the hall to the lunchroom. Nathan had abdicated histhrone and had decided he wanted to be a kid for a while. When we
got there my friends had saved us a seat.
“Hey guys over here,” Naomi called out.

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I waved at her and Nathan and I walked over. Naomi started
giving Nathan a noogie. Then we heard an announcement that theoutside of the building was closed. I looked out the window and saw
a man standing outside holding a sign for this hate group that had
popped up in the city as of late. I looked on solemnly as the man
was forced off the property. Nathan noticed my troubled expression
and walked over.
“You don't need to worry, no one is taking their crap,” he said.
“Thanks,” I said.
Then the next day more of the men showed up. Then more on
the next day. As the staff tried to get them to leave. One of the men
noticed me looking and ran up to the window.
“You, you're the demon king's plaything, you're a disgrace to ourkind,” he exclaimed.
“He's not my plaything, we are equal partners in this relationship!”Nathan said.
Then our friend James walked over. James went outside and yelledwith the people.
“James seriously,” I said.

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He walked back in after and said sorry. I told him I wasn't mad.
Then we all walked back to class. I sat down and noticed the men
had run around the building and were yelling slurs at everyone
inside. Kj got up to close the window. Then we continued thediscussion we were having. I walked over and put my hand on
Nathan's shoulder.
“I should just leave, I'm just causing trouble,” he said.
“Nathan none of this is your fault,” Aiden said.
“Yeah those guys are just stupid,” Valentina said.
Then I walked Nathan outside to get in the car with Naomi. We
had decided to wait to tell my parents that I was dating a demon. I
walked into my car and my driver took me home. The next morning
as I was walking out to my car. I noticed a group of men standing
there.
“You will pay for your transgressions, everything you love will betaken away,” they chanted.
I got in the car and rode home. The next morning I got a callfrom Naomi. She said that some people in the group had throne
bricks through her bedroom window. I told Naomi I would be right22

over. I ran over to Naomi's house and stood in the driveway. Naomi
was standing there with a solemn look on her face.
“All this because some new people showed up,” she said.
Nathan was standing there crying. I walked over and held his
hand. He leaned over and buried his face into my shoulder. We stood
like that for a while. Then I rode with Naomi and Nathan over toschool. When we got to school Aiden was standing outside with aweird look on his face.
“So we found the guy who runs the hate group,” he said.
“Who is it,” I asked“Rodney,” Aiden said.
“Oh crap, not him.,” I said.
“Who's Rodney,” Nathan asked.
“He's this super mean kid that goes here. He must've escaped theschool,"Naomi said.
“Well it looks like we have another problem to deal with,” I said.”
Then we all walked inside the school.
“Okay so we know what we’re dealing with,” Naomi said.
I looked over at her and nodded.

23“Anyway I was going to save this for later but since we’re going tofight,” Nathan said.
Then he pulled out a cyborg arm. I called for Amos and hecame out and attached it.
“Wow, this thing’s gonna be very helpful,” he said.
Then he gave Aiden some keys and told him to press the buttonon the keyring. Then in a split second a giant armored train pulledup.
“Holy crap an American English Battle Train,” Aiden said.
“I thought it was the least I could do,” Nathan said.
“Well we had better get going to this tower,” I said.
“Can we take the train?” Aiden asked.
“Sure, we can take the train,” I said.
So we all hopped in the train and set off for the tower on theedge of town. As we drove closer I walked over to Nathan and laid
down next to him. He leaned in next to me and we sat that way for awhile.
“Hey guys, we’re here,” Valentina said.

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We all hopped out of the vehicle and looked up at the large
black tower. A group of men stood outside and noticed us.
“Demons, kill them,” one of the men said.
I ran out and pulled out my guns. I shot two of the guys in theshoulders causing them to cry out in pain. Naomi walked out behindme.
“This is your last chance to surrender or face the consequences,” shesaid.
The men kept shouting and running out at us. Aiden ran out of
his train and hit one of them with his hammer. causing the man tobump into two other men and they all fell over. Nathan ran up behindme and summoned his swords. Then he swiftly dealt with two of themen. I blushed and raised my guns towards the top of the tower.
“We’re coming Rodney, this is your last chance,” I yelled.
No sound came from the tower so I took that as a sign. I
walked into the building with my friends. A group of men was
running at us. Amos pressed a button on his arm. The fingers andpalm bent back to reveal a laser cannon that he fired at theoncoming hoard. They all got hit by the blast and they were sent25

rocketing backwards into the opposite wall. All the men crumpled to
the ground. We ran up to the second level to find a long hallway
filled with people.
I pulled out my pistols and shot into the crowd. Two of the menin the crowd fell down. Naomi ran up from behind me and swung her
sword. It landed square in a man's jaw causing him to fall down into
his friends, Valentina pulled out her shield and covered me while I
ran down the hall shooting at people. A man wandered around thecorner and tried to stab me with a spear. Nathan ran over and tore
him apart with some magic.
“Are you ok,” he asked.
“I'm fine,” I replied.
“Guys the guards are running up to the top level let's go,” Naomi
called out.
Nathan and I looked at each other before pulling out ourweapons. We rejoined the others and ran up to the top level. Once
we got there two guards blocked our paths and stared us down.
Aiden walked up and slammed his hammer into one of the mens
legs. We heard a loud CRUNCH as the man fell to the floor

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bewildered. Valentina grabbed the other man and kicked him over to
kj who swiftly stuck his ax in the man's arm. Nathan opened the door
and looked over to the throne made of his people's chopped offhorns. A man stood up and looked over at us. It was Rodney, he was
freaking out.
“My guards were supposed to stop you all,” he said frantically.
“Yeah well maybe next time don't mess with us and this won't
happen,” I called out.
“W-w-well I still have my tower,” he said.
“Wanna bet,” Aiden said, smirking.
Then out of nowhere Aiden’s train slammed into the side of thebuilding. The walls fell off and the tower started crumbling.
“Nathan, get the others out of here, I'll deal with Rodney,” I said.
Nathan looked at me solemnly before unfurling his wings andcarrying people to safety. Then I ran at Rodney and punched him
squarely in the jaw.
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27That Time I almost Died
The tower was falling. I felt my center of gravity shift as
Rodney brutally punched me in the nose. Blood poured out as I
dodged his next strike and countered by pistol whipping him in theteeth. He fell to the floor and spit out some blood before a blackmass jumped out of him and charged at me. Rodney looked up at
me in a daze. I was wrestling with the goop and trying not to fall off
the side of the tower as it fell. Then I saw Rodney pick up my gun.
“Hey, you look like you need some help,” he said.
Then he kicked the goop off my chest and helped me up.
“Thanks,” I said.
“That thing possessed me and was using me to try and kill thedemons,” he said.
“I thought you hated the demons,” i asked“I did but then I changed my mind. I'm not pure evil or anything,” hereplied.
“Then let's go fight some goop,'' I said.
“Oh yes please,” he said.

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Then we both ran at the goop yelling. I swiped at the goop withmy leg and Rodney pounced on top of it. He wrestled with it while I
shot wildly at it. A bullet hit it and it roared. Rodney tried to keep his
grip on it but it swerved out of the way and started lurching towards
the balcony.
“Oh no you dont,” I yelled.
I ran at the goop and grabbed it. It fought me and roared as I
held tight on to it.
“Rodney, hold something, drop down when it's close to the ground,” I
said.
“What are you going to do,” he asked.
“I'm gonna take this thing down with me,” I said.
Then I jumped off the balcony. Rodney tried to stop me but thebuilding shook and he grabbed a piece of metal.
“God, I hope you know what you're doing,” he said.
I fell fast down the edge of the tower. The goop was trying to
break free from my grip. I looked down and saw an effigy someone
had made of me. I hurled the goop down at it and it got stuck.
“Well glad that's dealt with,” I said.

29Then I noticed how exhausted I was. Then I closed my eyes
and waited for impact.
—--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------“Nathan, get the others out of here, I'll deal with Rodney,” Mac said.
I looked over at Naomi to see what she thought but she waslooking at Mac like he was a madman. Then I realized what hemeant. I held back a cry and grabbed a few people with my magicand flew them down to a safe distance away from the tower. Then I
grabbed the rest and flew them down. As I was leaving I thought I
saw some goop fly out of Rodney. I looked over to Naomi, she wascrying. I started to fly towards the tower when Aiden grabbed myarm.
“Nathan don’t, he knows what he's doing,” he said.
“What do you mean, he's in a collapsing building, he could die,” I
said back.
Frankly, I was dumbfounded. But Aiden had known Mac for along time and so I trusted him. Then some of Rodney's soldierscame up and apologized to me.

30“We’re sorry great king, we were wrong,” the leader said whilebowing.
I looked at them and I almost tore them limb from limb.
“My boyfriend is about to die because of your insolence, and you
expect me to forgive you,” I said.
“We don't expect you to forgive us,” he said.
Then Valentina cried out and I turned around to see the love of
my life jumping off a building. I sprinted towards the tower and took
off into the air. Naomi ran after me yelling incessantly.
“Mac, if we survive this, I will kill you!” she said.
I made it to the base of the tower and saw Mac throw someblack goo onto an effigy of me hanging at the base of the tower.
Then I flew up and grabbed him. He was unconscious probably fromthe shock. I slowly lowered him down to the ground. Then Naomicame over and started hitting him.
“Naomi, stop, be gentle,” I said.
Everyone ran over to check on him. Then I tried to use magic towake him up. But he didn't wake up. I kept trying to wake him up.
“Come on Mac please wake up,” I yelled, crying.

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Then I noticed he was talking in his sleep.
“No, no I don't want to, no please dont,” Mac said.
Then I saw a dark shadow stretching over his body. There wasa man standing across from me holding his hand.
“Sleep well little one i'll see you soon,” he said.
“Who are you, get away from him,” I yelled.
He looked at me and smiled before disappearing back into thedarkness that emanated from his body. Mac started shaking
violently before he woke up sweating.
“Hey are you ok,” Naomi asked.
“Huh oh yeah,” Mac replied.
He was obviously shaken by whatever he just saw. I asked him
if he was alright. He dodged the question and stood up before
walking away. Then Rodney jumped down from the tower as it
crashed to the ground.
“Mac, I swear to god, don't do that again,” he said.
“What do you mean, you started this,” Aiden stated.
“Guys I don't think this was Rodney's fault, but I have a hunch on
who did this,” I said.

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Then Mac fell to the ground and started coughing up blood. I
ran over and held him close to my chest. He looked up at me andpushed me off,
“I'm fine,” he said.
He walked away from the group and sat over to the side of thebattlefield.
“Mac, what's wrong,” Naomi said.
Mac started pacing back and forth, with a sad look on his face.
I was completely stunned. Mac never ignored us especially when wewere in a battle.
“Mac, seriously it's ok if you're not alright,” I said.
“That guy I saw in my head, he told me I would lose everything I
love,” he said.
Then tears started falling down his face.
“Nathan, I don't want to lose you,” he said.
“You won't,” I replied.
Then I leaned over and gave him the biggest hug ever.
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Meet the Parents
I was standing outside my dads door. Nathan was standing
next to me holding a scrapbook of all our times together over the
past six months. He was obviously nervous. I held his hand as weboth knocked on the door. My dad opened it and invited us in. He
obviously thought Nathan was just a random demon and that wewere just friends.
“Hey dad, you know I'm gay right?” I asked“Yup,” he replied.
“So I have a boyfriend now,” I said nervously.
“Oh that's nice, who is it?” He asked.
“It's me,” Nathan said.
“Oh, oh my,” my dad said.
Then my dad ran out of the room and shut his door.
“Well that went well,” I said.
“How?” Nathan asked.
“He didn't yell,” I replied.
“Ok then,” Nathan said confused.

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My dad walked back out with a weird look on his face and gaveme and Nathan a big hug.
“I'm glad your happy Mac, and um i'm sorry what's your name,” hesaid.
“It's Nathan,” Nathan replied.
“Well welcome to the family Nathan,” he said.
Nathan fainted on the spot. I picked him up and put him on the
couch. Then I texted Naomi that it went well. Then Nathan woke up
and hugged me. We walked down to the lake nearby and sat down
together.
“I love you,” I said.
“Love you too,” he said.
I gripped his hand tight and he leaned in and kissed me.
“Let's go home,” I said.
The next day we went to school together and walked inside.
Rodney was waiting by the door and looked over at us.
“Oh hey guys, how'd the meeting go,” he said.
“It actually went pretty well,” I said.

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Then we all went through checks and walked inside theclassroom. Naomi walked in shortly after and walked over to me. She
gave me a noogie and I laughed. Micah started a lesson about somepolitical figure I didn't know. Then he handed out a worksheet and
we worked on it. I finished early so I sat down at my desk andstarted sketching something weird. Then I thought back to 3 months
ago when I had that weird dream while falling. While sitting I was
overcome with drowsiness and fell asleep.
I woke up in a black void. There was a man standing in front ofme. He seemed to be made of the inky darkness that made up thesurrounding area.
“Greetings, little one,” it said.
When the thing spoke its words somehow seemed to comefrom all over the area. It slowly lurched towards me. Then it put its
hand on my heart.
“They are coming for this,” it said
“Wait, who,” I called out.
“No one you need to worry about,” it said softly.

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Then I felt my body grow heavy and my eyes grew tired. I
looked out for answers but the thing was gone. I layed back andclosed my eyes. I woke up in class to Nathan yelling at me to wakeup.
“Never scare me like that again,” he yelled.
I reached out and hugged him tightly as he looked at me
confused.
“I had another one of those dreams again,” I said.
“Oh god what happened this time,” Nathan said.
“That thing said something was coming for my heart,” I said.
“Well luckily that probably won't happen,” he said.
He reached out and hugged me tight. I leaned up and kissed
him.
“Alright guys, Mac’s better now so lets get back to work,” Amos said.
“Ok,” I said.
Nathan and I separated from our embrace and headed back to
our seats. We looked at each other as the lesson started. Then thewall exploded.
“Oh come on we just fixed that,” Valentina said.

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A man descended from the air. He looked a lot like Nathan. I
looked over at Nathan and saw he was horrified.
“Son, it's time to go home,” the man said.
“No, no I'm not coming,” Nathan said.
“Please don't make this difficult,” the man replied.
I looked at Nathan and he mouthed the word “father” at me. I
looked at the man and realized the dream wasn't literal.
“Hey, let's talk about this,” I said.
“Quiet, brat,” the man said.
“Don't talk to him like that,” Nathan said.
“Why, he's a lesser being,” the man said.
“He's my boyfriend, and he's not a lesser being,” Nathan shot back.
“Oh my, well we can find you a different boyfriend who's not one ofthese disgusting humans,” the man said.
“I'm not going,” Nathan said.
Then the man used a spell to force Nathan into the air. He criedout and frantically tried to grab onto something as we all ran
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onto one of Isaiah's grenades and we shot up into the air. I reached
out to grab Nathan's hand.
“Mac let go,” he said.
“Never,” I said.
“Don't you get it he’ll kill you,” Nathan said.
“I don't care,” I yelled.
“If you die, I’ll die,” he said.
Then Nathan used his magic to lower me and the others backto the ground. I looked up as tears streamed down my face.
“Mac, what do we do,” Rodney asked.
“Once I told Nathan about Japan and he said that's where his family
would be,” I said between sniffles.
“So we go to Japan,” Naomi said.
“What,” I said dumbfounded.
“We dont leave our own behind,” Aiden said.
Then Amos pulled out his radio.
“Hey Adam, we're going on a field trip,” he said.
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Welcome to Tokyo
I looked out the window of the airplane we were in as it
touched down in Tokyo. The plan was to drive to Shibuya and ask
around if anyone had seen Nathan. Naomi tapped me on theshoulder and I looked over at her.
“Hey, we will find him,” she said.
“Yeah, I know,” I replied.
We all stepped out of the plane and Amos went off to get arental car. Naomi walked over to me and sat down on a bench withme.
“I'm so worried,” I said.
“I know,” she said.
Amos came back with the keys.
“Alright guys let's go,” Amos said.
Naomi and I looked at each other and set off towards the car.
When we got to the city we saw a huge amount of people
walking the streets. I hopped out of the car with the missing poster
we made of Nathan and started asking around. No human we talked

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to had seen him but then we saw a demon. We walked closer only torealize it was General Arken.
“Hey Arken have you seen Nathan anywhere,”I asked“Yes sir, I have, he’s at the castle, it's right over there,” he said,
pointing over to the castle.
“Alright, well we know where we're going,'' I said.
Then we set off towards the castle. I looked over at Naomi andsmiled. She smiled back and we hopped in the car to go to the castle.
After about 30 minutes of driving we were stopped by a demon.
“Hey sir, we’re kinda driving here,” I said
“I know,” the demon said
Then out of complete nowhere he ran at our car at top speed
and slashed our tires with his sword.
“What the heck man,” I said , confused.
“The prince doesn't want to see you,” the demon said.
“Oh yeah sure, like you all care what he wants,” I said.
“You will pay for your transgressions, human,” the demon said.
Then he ran at me and tried to stab me in the chest. Naomi
blocked his strike with her sword and he swerved around and went

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after her. She dodged his attack and sliced his leg causing him to cry
out in pain. He slinked back into the darkness and let us pass. We
hopped out of the now wrecked car and started looking for a taxi.
“Ugh-dangit,” I said.
“Hey, it's gonna be ok,” Naomi said to me, smiling.
I looked over at her and gave a cautious smile. I looked up
towards the castle and wondered what Nathan was doing. Amos
hailed a taxi and we all got in. I looked around at my friends andnoticed they all seemed to be in a foul mood. Maybe I wasn't the
only one missing Nathan. I thought about what that demon had said
and wondered whether Nathan even wanted me to come save him.
Naomi looked over at me and put her hand on my shoulder.
“We are not going to leave him, if he wants to stay he’ll have to tell
us himself,” Naomi said.
“Ok,” I replied.
The taxi stopped somewhere I didn't recognize and dropped us
off.
“Hey this isn't the castle,” Amos said.
“You're right it's not,” a voice said.

42Then without warning a row of chairs appeared behind us andwe were pushed into them and locked down.
“Hey, wait,” I called out.
“So you're the human my brother loves so much,” the voice said.
Then whatever was making the sounds stepped out of the
shadows and walked towards me. It was a woman about Aiden’sage. Snow white hair fell in waves over her deep black skin. Her eyes
were golden and piercing but also gentle and kind. They reminded
me of Nathan. She untied me from my chair and walked me up to
the stage in front of us. Then she looked at me.
“Oh crap, I didn't introduce myself,” she said, “Hi I'm Abigail, call me
Abby.”
Then with no warning she gave me a massive bear hug. I
looked confused.
“Hey, can you untie the rest of us,” Aiden said.
“Sorry, no can do, I don't know you,” she said.
“Then why did you untie me,” I asked.
“Because you're basically family,” she said.
I looked at her like she was crazy.

43“Nathans told me so much about you that I can't help but like you,”she said.
“He's only been there for 3 days,” I yelled.
“He talks about you non-stop,” she said.
“Why are you here,” I asked.
“Mostly giving the finger to my dad,” she said, “by the way we’re live
if there's anything you want to say to Nathan,”I then proceeded to belt out all of Hit me Baby One More Time
by Britney Spears. Abby looked at me with a smug smile before
walking out in front of me when the song was over and shutting off
the monitor.
“Alright, which one of you is Naomi,” she said.
Naomi raised her hand. Then Abby picked both of us up,
shoved us in a car, and drove over to the castle. But first she untied
the rest and sent them to buy tickets for a plane ride. Then she took
the two of us out of the trunk and all three of us walked into thecastle.

Chapter 8:

44FreaksAbby had the two of us hide out in a closet in her bedroom. She
bolted the door so we wouldn't see her changing into her normal
clothes. Then she unblocked it and let us out.
“Alright, guys, welcome to your new home for the next few days,”
Abby said.
“This is a closet,” Naomi said.
“Yeah I know, it's my closet,” Abby said.
“ Why do we need to live in a closet,” I said.
“ So my dad doesnt find you, there's a party in the ballroom in threedays to celebrate Nathan's return, and I plan on crashing it,” Abby
explained.
“Crashing it how exactly,” Naomi asked.
“Why do you guys think you're here,” Abby said confused.
Then she shoved us in the closet and locked the door.
Thankfully it was a walk in closet so we had space to sleep but still it
was very cramped. But at this point I would put up with anything if it45meant seeing Nathan again. Naomi discovered a small hole with anote taped to it saying “vision hole”. We both took turns keeping
lookout. Every now and then Abby would let us out of the closet so
we could stretch our legs and eat. But one time after about 2 hoursof us being there she came in looking very stressed.
“So my older brother is suspicious of me and is coming in here
tonight,” she said.
“What,” I said surprised.
Then Naomi ran over to us after her walk around the castle.
She told me that Nathan may have seen her and he looked happy. I
fainted on the spot, when I woke up I was in the closet. Naomi
looked over at me.
“It's been an hour and her brother should be here soon,” she said.
We waited in the closet for what felt like days before Abby's
brother walked in. He was like a taller, more regal version of Nathan.
His long snow white hair tied in a low ponytail. He looked in thecloset almost directly at us and I swear he smiled before returning to
his cold demeanor. He walked towards Abby who was visibly
sweating.

46“Sister, I know you are as thrilled as I am at our brother's return, but
Nathan seems down as of late, any idea why,” he asked.
“No, no idea, sorry Roule,” Abby lied through her teeth.
“Alright well you don't mind me having a look around do you,” heasked.
“No, not at all,” Abby said, eyeing the closet with worry.
The man, apparently named Roule, noticed this strange
behavior and walked towards the closet. He opened the door to findme and Naomi sitting in there with our weapons drawn.
“Ah, I see nothing out of the ordinary, thank you for your timesister,” Roule said as he walked out the door, “oh and kid, if you
break his heart i will make you wish you were dead.”I gulped at the realization that this was all a sham. Roule wasin on the whole thing.
“You know you could have told us he was in on this,” I said.
Abby looked at me with a glare so foul I could have sworn I
died a little bit. Then I walked back into the closet and shut the door.
After about two days of preparation we were ready for the ball.
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naomi. She was tugging on the hem of her dress. Abby lent Naomi
one of her old dresses and dubbed her Queen eclair. I had found out
over the past couple days that Abby loved baking. She had made thecake for the party and last night she had Naomi and I stuff our
faces with homemade puff pastries. I also learned that roule loved
musical theater. In fact his real name was actually roland. But hechanged his name after seeing the phantom of the opera when hewas 14. He would sit the three of us down to ask if his high notes
were good enough. Personally I thought he was great but Abby said
he had been having trouble with his voice lately and usually soundedeven better. I was wearing one of Roule’ś old suits. The plan was
originally for Naomi and I to hide in the cake. But Naomi didn't wantto sit in a cake for 24 hours so we changed the plan. Now Naomi andI were going to sit underneath the table until the time was right. We
were brought into our hiding place. Before Roule and Abby left theylooked back at me. Roule gave me a small smile and Abby gave
Naomi a thumbs up. I looked over at Naomi and put my hand on her
shoulder. Then I got a text from Amos saying they had a ticket andthat the plane was leaving in 5 hours.

48“Ok we have five hours before the plane leaves,” I said.
“That should be enough time,” Naomi replied.
I sat there as the lights turned on and I saw demons' feetwaltzing together. I heard Nathan's dad give a speech about how
happy he was that Nathan was back. I clenched my fists so hard I
drew blood. I was so mad, dude kidnapped his own son and wassaying how happy he was that My Boyfriend was there. I started tostand up during the speech. Naomi tried to get me to sit back down
but it was too late. I threw the table off the top of this.
“Dangit guys we practiced this,” Roule shouted out.
“Sorry,” Naomi said.
I looked around and saw that the whole room was looking at
us. I looked over at nathanś dad. He was scowling but not at me. He
was scowling at Abby and Roule.
“Kids, please we talked about this,” he said.
“When, in the hell did we talk about you kidnapping our brother,”
Roule said.
Nathan walked out from behind a curtain and saw me. Tears
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tighter than he’ś ever hugged me before. I looked at him and kissed
him. We started dancing and the whole room looked at us. Abby andRoule were cheering. I looked over at Naomi, she was smiling. I
smiled at Nathan and hugged him tightly.
“Ugh fine you can go, just stay in touch,” Nathan's dad said.
Nathan cheered and kissed me. Then the three of us walked outof the castle and saw a car waiting for us. Aiden was inside waiting.
“Oh there you guys are, the plane leaves in 30 minutes,” he said.
We hopped in the car and drove off towards the airport. Ten
minutes later we were standing in the gate. Then we boarded theplane. I felt a little weird on the way down to washington. Then when
we got there we hopped in the van and drove back to school. Thenthe moment we stepped in the door I puked up a torrent of black
goo.

Chapter: 9
Wolfsbane

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The first thing I remember happening to me was sitting in asmall basket being carried by a wolf. My parents always said I had
such an active imagination and I believed them until I looked up
after vomiting black goo on the front door of my school to see a wolf
man picking up my math teacher and hurling him against a wall. I
ran over to Amos to see if he was ok and he pointed to a black mass
wrapping up my friends. I ran over to Nathan as a blob enveloped us
and we were transported to a barren wasteland.
“This is where Naomi and I ended up after the blast,” I said.
“How are we here, this must be an illusion,” Nathan said.
Then the wolf man showed up behind us.
“Wow, you're smart,” he said.
Nathan and I swerved around and I shot at the wolf. He raised
his hand and the bullet stopped in midair. It slowly dropped to theground. Then the wolf looked at me with a sinister smile on his face.
“Let me introduce myself, my name is Ebony, that's all you need toknow,” he said.
“Why are you doing this to us,” Nathan yelled.
“Because I want to,” he said, giggling.

51“Now, I bet you're wondering how to get back to your friends, well
all you need to do is take a little trip through time,” he said.
Then the wolf man disappeared and Nathan noticed theweapons depot. We ran over to find Naomi fighting a goop monster.
She swung hard into the monster's head causing it to fall. Then she
saw us and ran over.
“Oh god i'm so glad you two are ok,” she said while hugging us.
Then the surrounding area shifted and I saw an apparition of
Nathan's deer form otherwise known as Chuck. Chuck ran at me andI pulled out my pistols. Then a bright light came from the other sideof the camp
“Get down!!!,'' Amos yelled as his arm fired a laser.
I grabbed Naomi and Nathan and we all ducked. I saw thegoop fly over our heads. I looked up and saw Kj walk out frombehind Amos. then the environment shifted again. We were in
Nathan's castle outside the throne room. Instead of a goop monster
the wolf man stood in front of us.
“Oh you three are just too strong,” he said.

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Then he picked up Naomi and slammed her against the wall. He
lifted Nathan off the ground and threw him out the window. Amos
ran at him and he was lifted off the ground.
“Ah I see this is where you lost an arm,” the wolf said to amos, “wellwhy not make it a matching set,”
Then he summoned some goop and morphed it into a blade
before raising it over Amos's other arm.
“Hey Mac,” kj said to me, “don't die,”Then he ran towards the wolf man. He sliced him in the throat
with his ax. The wolf let Amos go with the sword inches from his armand threw the sword at kj. The wolf's throat healed itself.
“Did you honestly think that would kill me,” the wolf said.
I looked over at kj and he was bleeding. The sword had lodged
itself in his chest, Amos was crying. Naomi woke up as Nathan flew
up to the window. They both ran over to kj. He was struggling tobreathe.
“Hey, it's ok man you tried,” I said.
“Thanks, I-I just wanted to make sure you guys were safe,” he said,“I don't wanna die.”53“I know,” I said.
With that last breath kj slumped against the wall and didn't
move. I was crying, Naomi had a murderous glint in her eye. She
looked at the wolf.
“I will kill you for that,” she said defiantly.
“Oh really, well it's nice to have an active imagination,” he said.
Then the wolf disappeared and the surroundings shifted. Kjs
body started fading, I tried desperately to hold on but it
disappeared before my eyes. We were sitting on the ground outsideof Naomi's house. I fell into Nathan's arms and started crying. He
held my hand and tears streamed down my face. I screamed out inanguish as the rest of the group looked at me. Then the wolf cameback.
“So ends the valiant Kj, may he live forever in our hearts,” he said.
“Oh you sick freak,” Nathan said.
Then I saw fire and magic symbols explode from the ground.
Nathan rose from the ground. His wings came out and fire danced
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out at the wolfman. The wolfman dodged and sidestepped every
attack. I looked up and saw that Nathan was getting tired.
“We have to help him,” I said.
Naomi looked at me in agreement and we both rushed at thewolfman. He looked over at me and I saw a glint of fear in his face.
He raised his hand and the surrounding area faded to reveal
Rodneyś castle. He looked at me and flew close.
“Are you ok little one,” he asked kindly.
“Don't touch me,” I replied defiantly.
Then I socked him in the jaw. He looked at me like he wasgonna hit me before smiling and fading away.
“Guys, what was that,” Rodney asked from around the corner.
Rodney walked out from around the corner and ran over to us.
¨Are you guys ok,” he said.
“Yeah we’re,” fine,"I said.
He looked at me concerned before asking“Where’s kj ,wasn't he with amos,” he asked.

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I started crying and Nathan ran over to hold my hand. Naomi
walked over to Rodney to explain what happened to kj. Then Rodney
walked over to me and kneeled down.
“We will end that thing,” he said.
“Yeah we will but first we have to get out of here,” I replied.
Then me and my friends looked at each other and then towards
the sun and we resolved to get out of here and avenge kj.

Chapter: 10
The Fear of God

I looked over at Naomi, she had a determined look on her face,
she gritted her teeth and looked at me.
“We are getting out of this together,” she said.
Then Nathan grabbed my hand and we jumped off the top ofRodney's tower together. The surrounding area shifted and we wereon the streets of Tokyo, then in the castle of the demon lord. Finally
we ended up in a large cave system. Nathan looked at me and we56

set off towards our friends. We reached an intersection. In the
distance I saw the wolf looking at us, he looked angry. Naomi andAmos appeared from behind us with Rodney trailing behind. I saw
General Arken next to him.
“Where did he come from,” I asked.
“The wolf brought me here,” he said.
“Do you know stuff about him,” Naomi called out.
“Yes, I do, his name is Ebony. He is a dark god from another realm,if
he truly is here, then all hope is lost,"Arken said.
I sat down and tried to process this information. We werefighting a dark god.
“We’re screwed, that’s it, this is how it ends,” I said frantically.
We kept walking forward and found another corridor. The wolf
was in the distance watching us. I looked over at him and scowled.
Naomi looked at me and walked over.
“We are getting out of this,” she said.
“I know,” I replied.
I ran over to the nearest wall and tried to climb up it to get ascope of the surrounding area. I saw a large middle area about a57mile away from where we were. I told my friends and we started
walking towards it. After what felt like an hour we reached the
middle area. There was a portal that led to the front door of ourschool. The wolf man approached us and grabbed me by the neck of
my shirt.
“Oh little one, why are you running,” he asked.
I spat in his face and flipped him off. Then he sat me down andtied me up with some inky dark tendrils. Then he stepped towards
my friends.
“Kneel,” he said.
Then he forced my friends down to the ground. But Rodney
broke out of his bonds. He grabbed Naomi's sword and swung at thewolf. The wolf simply dodged and weaved out of the way.
“Ah, my old puppet,” he said.
“You, it was you, you made me do those things,” Rodney screamed.
Rodney kept up his assault as Amos cut the tendrils with his
arm and ran over to me. He freed me from my bonds and we all
jumped into the fight to help rodney. The wolf seemed irritated by us
resisting him. He lifted his hand and we all rose off the ground.

58“Alright, this isn't cute anymore,” the wolf said.
Then he threw my friends to the side. Rodney and I were
floating in the air. The wolf walked around us.
“Why are you fighting, little one,” he asked me.
“Because you’re hurting my friends,” I replied.
Then he swiftly shoved me against the wall. Nathan looked atme but I was focused on Rodney as he struggled to escape.
“Hmm, silly puppet, did you really think you could escape me,” thewolf said.
Then Rodney did something I have never seen him do. He
started to beg.
“Please don't hurt me, I don't want to die,” he said.
I looked at the wolfman hoping that he would let Rodney go.
But he summoned a tendril and stabbed Rodney in the leg. Rodneyscreamed in pain as the wolf set him down before smiling at me andwalking through the portal. I grabbed my bonds and managed toescape them. Amos grabbed Rodney and all of us ran through theportal. When we came out on the other side I heard something thatbrought me to tears.

59“Hey are you guys ok,” Kj said.
Kj was alive and he was with the others. I opened my eyes andsaw a cage made of black tendrils and inside was everyone who
wasn't in the illusion with us. Valentina, Adam, Bobby, Isaiah, andAiden were all sitting beside Kj. We set Rodney down next to thecage as we tried to open it.
“What happened,” Valentina asked me.
“Fight now, talk later.” Naomi said.
After we got open the cage Aiden wrapped his jacket around
Rodney's leg. Bobby tried to stop the bleeding. Then the wolf man
appeared over the school and looked at me.
“You will break eventually,” he said.
Then he snapped his fingers and the entire school burst intoflames.
“No,” I yelled.
Nathan ran over and used his magic to part the flames soeveryone could get out.
“I swear I will end you,” I said.
“Oh you will?” the wolf replied.

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Then Aiden ran out and slammed his hammer into the wolf’s
jaw. I heard a loud CRUNCH as the wolf lowered to the ground. He
readjusted his jaw back to its proper place before summoning atendril to wrap up aiden. I shot the tendril before it got there causing
it to split into three segments. Naomi grabbed onto it to try and slow
it down while Nathan got the rest of the people out of the school.
“Hey babe, we could use some help,” I said.
“Coming, just need a minute,” he said as he released the fireincinerating the building.
The wolf grabbed Aiden with his tendrils and brought him
closer.
“Now, we can begin,” he said.
Then he slashed Aiden's left eye with his claws. Aiden screamed
and fell to the ground from 50 feet in the air.

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Tale’s end
Nathan flew up and caught aiden. Then he slowly lowered him
to the ground. I looked over at him. He was bleeding and his eye wasgone. He grabbed my arm and tried to stand up before falling to theground and coughing up some blood. Then he dropped fully to thefloor and fell unconscious.
“Oh god,” Naomi said.
Then without warning I pulled out my gun and shot directly at
the wolf. The bullet hit him square in the forehead. He lowered to theground and stared at me. He seemed to have pride in his eyes. Thenhe flew over to Naomi and kneed her in the stomach. She crumpledover and he slowly walked over to Arken who was trying to protect
nathan. The wolf slashed open his chest and backhanded him in theface. Then he chomped down on his throat and ripped it out. Amosran over to Arken and I saw a bright light.
When I looked back Arken was gone and Amos was on fire. His
robot arm was replaced by a new one. Glistening red scales dotted
his arm and small bursts of fire rose from between them. He looked
up at me and smiled before grabbing his arm in the same motion he62

would to fire a laser. A massive wall of fire blew out of his palm andheaded straight for the wolf. It hit him square in the face and blew
off a huge chunk of it. The wolf flew up and looked around thebattlefield. I ran over to Naomi who was still unconscious.
“Wake the frick up,” I yelled.
“It's no use,” the wolf said from behind me.
I swerved around but it was too late. The wolf was about topunch me in the face when Nathan ran out in front of me and took
the punch. His eyes flashed purple before falling unconscious.
“NATHAN!!” I screamed.
Then the wolf grabbed me by the waist and flew up into thesky. I saw all my friends yelling before the wolf raised his hand andcreated a massive cloud of smoke. He dropped it onto my friends
and then dispersed it. I looked and saw all my friends lying on the
ground unconscious. The wolf looked at me.
“Well little one are we ready to go now,” he asked
I looked at him and spat in his face.
“I'll take that as a no,” he said.
Then the wolf summoned my parents.

63“Baby, what's happening, who is this man,” my mom said.
I tried everything I had to hurt the wolf man before hedropped them.
“Oh little one i'm not gonna drop them,” he said, “im gonna killthem.”“No!” I yelled.
Then he dropped my parents. He dropped them from 100 feetin the air onto solid asphalt. I looked down and saw Nathan, eyes
flashing purple, grab my parents and slowly lower them to theground.
“Oh my, you are feisty, I like it, nothing but the best for my little
one,” the wolf said.
I screamed out in joy when I saw that my parents were ok. I
saw that the wolf was distracted by Nathan and tried to wiggle free.
“Hey babe, turducken,” I yelled.
Then I kicked the wolf man in the stomach and as I fell to theground I saw the wolf looking at me with dread. I flipped him off
and Nathan caught me before I hit the ground.
“Hey are you ok,” Nathan asked me.

64“Yeah, I'm ok,” I replied , kissing him on the cheek.
Then he set me down and I grabbed my guns. Naomi stood up
and grabbed her sword. Her eyes flashed gold before returning totheir normal color. Then Nathan summoned a giant torrent of flames.
“I think I figured it out,” he said “ the wolf gets hurt by emotion,”
Then he explained that positive emotions from them hurt him.
He pointed to him and naomi. And that negative emotions from mehurt him for some reason.
“Naomi, stab me, not hard,” I said.
Naomi poked me with her sword enough to break the skin. I
winced in pain. The wolf looked at Naomi like she was the scum of
the earth.
“It's working,” I said.
Nathan punched me in the side. I fell over onto a rock. I looked
up and saw that the wolf was fading from existence.
“Keep going,” I said.
“Maybe we shouldn't hurt you anymore,” Naomi said.
“Good idea,” the wolf said.

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Then the wolf slammed my friends into the ground. He leaned
down and tenderly touched my wounds. I punched him in the face
but he didnt care.
“Are you alright little one,” he asked.
“No, you hurt my friends,” I cried.
“They were hurting you,” he said.
“I asked them too,” I yelled.
“You really want me to leave,” he asked.
“Yes,” I said, exacerbated.
Then the wolf disappeared in a puff of smoke. My friends all
woke up and I gave Nathan a hug.
“Oh mac,happy seventeenth birthday,” Nathan said.
THE END

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About the author
Mac white is a 17 year old boy who lives in kirkland
washington with his dad. He wrote most of this story
at his high school. The characters in this book arebased on real people but the names have beenchanged for their own protection.

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