Sacrifices Must Be Made

**Author's Note:** *This is a small selection of one of my upcoming stories "Pups and The Darkened of Times". SOME SPOILERS since the story isn't made yet :)*

The part in Ep1, S3 - "Thanks to Them", where Flapjack sacrifices himself for Hunter inspired this story!  :(

## Characters....

#### Major Characters

* Kasey
* Luz
* Shadow Kasey *(Kasey's darkened-inner self)*

#### Minor Characters

* Atlanna
* Hunter
* Amity

## Story

....

It was during a bad Thunderstorm...

Kasey was running through the heavy wooded areas, panting heavily as she ran as fast as her paws could take her. She was running away from her problems once more.

*...Prophecy...*

*...Chosen Powers...*

*...**Not** **ordinary** like them...*

"N-no....no....th-this can't be true..." Kasey teared up as she kept running

Loud thunder rumbled, lighting lighten up the sky brightly as loud twigs snaps and the sounds of trees falling down behind her. Kasey accidentally trips over a root, making her tumble and fall down hill.

"augh!" Kasey yells out as she impacts hardly to the ground

Kasey tries to get up, but starts to limp.

"No! nonononono!!" Kasey whimpers terrified

Kasey badge comes out with static, and disoriented/damaged sounds for a few moments before going silent.

"Luz..? .....LUZ!?!?!?!!" Kasey says to her badge, swearing that she heard her voice

"You really think that you can save your friend? Your already tied up at the moment..." a voice echoes around Kasey. The tracker pup frantically looking around

"Don't you even THINK about HURTING Luz!!" Kasey bares down her teeth

"Oh sweet tracker pup" red eyes are seen through the darkness in front of Kasey, "The damage has already been made"

Those words hits Kasey and stings her down deep inside her. Her eyes goes wide, but instead attacking, Kasey tries her best to run ahead- but of course limping.

"Luz! .... Luz! LLLLUUUUUZZZZZ!!!" Kasey yells out desperately

Trying to listen out for her voice, trees snapping and breaking quickly are heard behind her.

"DON'T RUN AWAY FROM ME MUTT!!" A dark voice, mixed in with Kasey's snarls out

Magically the grass unroots underneath her and flings her up into the air and she hits down hard on her back.

"Ow!!" Kasey cries out

A dark-grey/shadowy dog figure of Kasey comes out from the shadows of the forest and looms around Kasey. Stooping low and snarling.

"You are an poor excuse of an pup"

Just before the shadow-dark dog figure of Kasey lunges at Kasey, partial injured Luz jumps out in front of Kasey to take the blow for her.

"KASEY!!!-" Luz yells out before being attacked

Kasey tears up watching Luz being attacked, "NOOOOOO!!"

Kasey lunges at Shadow Kasey, knocking her off Luz, getting attacked in the process herself- getting an scratch across her right eye.

"Kasey!" Luz cried out

Kasey collapsed down to the ground, unable to stand, Shadow Kasey places her paw down on her to force her down- from not standing back up. She smirked down at her evilly.

"Hehe...your weak..I don't even know why you were given those powers. By your past.....*You don't deserve them*"

Shadow Kasey's eyes glows bright blue as Kasey's body also glows blue as well, streams of blue magic being ripped out of Kasey's body.

"Ahhhhhhhh!!!!" Kasey screams in pain

"Kasey! No!" Luz cries out, "Stop it!!"

Standing up, Luz tackles Shadow Kasey off Kasey, which stops her from taking the remaining of her magic. Footsteps are heard running towards them as Luz contuines to pry Shadow Kasey away from Kasey

"Kasey! get up! .... PLEASE!!" Luz begs Kasey to stand and get away, "Kasey!!"

The tracker pup doesn't move for some time, as she's limp. Amity, Hunter and Atlanna appears through the bushes.

"Luz! Kasey!" Amity says kinda out of breath, "What's...oh no.."

"The evil entity.." Hunter angerly growls looking on

The Evil Shadow of Kasey contuines to try to escape from Luz's grasp.

"Unhold me child!"

"You leave Kasey alone!!" Luz struggles to keep Shadow Kasey down, "You will NEVER be apart of her!"

"Kasey!" Atlanna runs to her daughter, "...Kasey?" she nuzzles her

Kasey opens her eyes and lifts up her head.

"Kasey! your okay!" Amity grins

Still exhausted and aching, she looks over towards Luz and Shadow Kasey. She growls, slowly trying to stand.

"....Kasey?" Hunter asked

The pup turns to look at the two Witches, and at her mother, "Forgive me.."

"Uh? sweetie...wh-what do you mean.." Atlanna says shakingly

"I know what I must do..." Kasey turns and charges at Shadow Kasey, taking her down from Luz. She uses her magic to creat magical chains to keep her down. She stumbles up, as of becoming weak

"K-Kasey stop! .. y-your magic" Luz says

"I must....t-to keep you all safe" Kasey looks at Luz

But just as she says that, Shadow Kasey is able to break free and jumps at Luz attacking her with her sharp, dark claws

"AUGHHHH!" Luz screams in pain

"No!"

Amity and Hunter activates their magic to help defend and save Luz, but their surroundings starts glowing a dark purple color. everything freezes- birds in mid flght, the wind and even the grass swaying from the slight breeze.

"Uh?" Amity looks around confused, she then notices Kasey slightly levitating above ground, "Kasey!!"

"Kasey, we demand you to stop! Your to injured to-" Hunter stops as to see the look on Kasey's face

Kasey's eyes are glowing a navy blue color, magic flowing out of her body.

"KASEY!" Amity, Hunter and Atlanna all says

"..This is what I must do.." she repeats, as she's able to tear Shadow Kasey's shadowy figure appearance apart. slowly levitating down to the ground- but tumbling a bit

Atlanna attempts to catch her, "Sweetie! why are you doing this?!"

"S-some one has to protect my friends and family" Kasey says weakily, "...I have just enough strength left.."

Kasey limps/stumbles over to Luz who's bleeding and badly injured. Winching every time she tries to move.

"K-Kasey...i-i'm s-so sorry that I couldn't get to you fast enough....I....I-"

Kasey soothingly hushed her, "it's alright"

Her paws starts to glow as she hover them above her abdominal area, where all the injuries were.

"K-Kasey..n-no! nononono! d-don't use up the last bit of your magic" Luz tries to sit up but winches in pain

Kasey's paws glows more and Kasey grows more weaker. Moments later, Luz's injuries disappears which she looks at herself confused and amazed, but turns to fear when she looks at Kasey. How weak she look. She fell limp into her lap.

"KASEY!!! KASEY NO...N-NO....NONONONONONONO NOOOO!" Luz yells out holding her body in her arms, "K-kasey!"

She's unresponsive.

"Kasey!" Luz turns to Amity, Hunter and Atlanna, "Sh-she isn't m-moving!" she begins to tear up

"N-no..." Atlanna says shakily

"Sh-she used the last of her magic o-on me..." Luz begins to lightly sob

"Quickly....let's get her to the wolf den..We got some good wolf healers.." Atlanna says quickly.....