Lilly snarled and flung Richard off of her. She tackled him to the ground and stood ontop of him, her claws extended and piercing his skin. She stared straight into his eyes, straight into his soal.

Seth shook his head, "Im not going anywhere, especially if your staying here." He looked at Lyla and held out the palm of his hand for her to walk onto.

Richard stuck his fangs straight into Lillys paw and shoved her off of him. It wasn't fair that she was in her wolf form. Especially because of her claws. You didnt see him going around and scratching everybody, now did you? She deserved the bite in one way or another.

"Fine." She mouthed before stepping onto his palm. She was going to fly away from him after they were far enough anyway, so what did it matter now? "Thank you." She said with a fake smile.

Lilly yelped and lifted her paw, her once grey fur was now a bright crimson where Richard had bit her. She licked at it once, then stood straight up. She prepared herself for another blow.

Seth looked at Lyla, "Or we can just stay here if you'd prefer"

Richard smirked, obviously proud of his attack. "Want more?" He lunged at her again. His nails came in contact with her side, but his teeth weren't as successfull. Apparently, he needed more practice. Humans weren't this squirmy.

"Nah, its okay. Lets go." Lyla grabbed Seth's pinky, trying to pull him away from the fight. "You're gonna get hurt."

Lilly rolled onto Richard in an atempt to nock the wind out of his lungs. She got up and bit into is neck, tearing deep. Lilly stepped away and gave Richard a chance to collect hiself.

Seth followed Lyla, "Me!?" He asked. "Your only a few inches tall and your concerned about me getting hurt?" He shook his head and continued to follow her.

Richard felt a few of his ribs crack as Lilly rolled on top of him. He felt his neck swell with blood as the fresh wound tried to breathe. He choked for a second, but quickly regained himself. He still didnt want to give up. Richard lunged at Lilly once more. This time, he was much slower. His fangs lodged right into her cheek, almost as if he was giving her a kiss goodbye. Which, by the way, would never happen.

"Yes you!" She exclaimed. "You seem so clumsy. You aren't manly at all. Besides, that sword of yours isnt even sharp." She rolled her eyes and jumped off of Seth's hand, pulling out his sword and waving it around. "See? Its not even heavy."

Lilly yellped, threw Richard off of her, and fell to the ground with a loud thud. Her cheek and paw were gushing blood. She closed her eyes for a moment and when she opend them again she couldnt see straight. But Lilly never gave up. She stood and wobbled for a seccond, her legs felt hevy all of a sudden. She shook her head and tryed to push the pain out of her mind. Pain is weakness leaving the body. She thought to herself. Her legs shuddred beneath her and she fell to the ground. Involentarily her body changed back into her human form. Blood was leaking out of a gash on her stomach. Lilly attempted to cover herself, and slowly drifted into unconciousness.

Seth crossed his arms at Lyla's comment. Then her herd a yelp and a thud. Lilly! He thought. "I think we should go back. It sounds like there finnished and hurt." He said, eyeing Lyla and he snatched back his sword and resheathed it.

Richard stared at Lilly for a moment before huffing and placing his hands on his hip. His work was done. She had finally fallen and returned to human form. He smirked, trying to enjoy this to the fullest. He wasn't concerned at all about her safety, because who really cared? She wasn't his problem.

Lyla nodded, picked up a stick to use as a sword, and flew back toward the brawl. That sounded like a pretty hard fall to her, and it surely didn't sound comfortable. "Lily? Richard?!" She called out.

Seth ran ahead of Lyla and stared, wide eyed, at the sight of Lilly laying on the ground unconcious in human form coverd in blood, and Richard looming over her. "You BASTARD! You Killed her!" He yelled

"N-no he didn't! No, no, no, it's gonna be okay!" Lyla frantically called out before running over to Lilly. She grabbed the soiled blanket, quickly wet it with water from the stream, and tightly wound it around Lillys abdomen. "This should.. could.. I-it's gonna help her, okay?" She took her own sock off and drenched it with water too, placing it on Lillys forehead. "Lilly? Can you hear me?"

Meanwhile, Richard stood there, one eyebrow permanently cocked in a questioning position. "So... Is she dead or what? I haven't got all day." He chimed in impatiently.

Lilly flutterd her eyelids, "I-im fine." She tryed to prop herself up but couldnt move her limbs. "I cant move."

Seth gawked at the sight of Lilly in a weak, drumpled heap. She looked like a disgarded chew toy. "Why the HELL you you do something like that!?" Seth shot at Richard. "You could have killed her!"

"Don't move. You just have to rest, okay? Seth can bring you back to his home. I'll take Richard away. Everythings gonna be okay." She shushed Lily. Lyla knew this was bound to happen. Richard would eventually run and leave her to do all the apologizing. That's just how it goes.

Rickys tight lined mouth turned up at the corners into a menacing smile. "Hey buddy, she came at me. It's not her fault that I'm stronger."

Lilly shook her head, "No, i want to go home." She said

Seth glared at Richard, "Shes a woman, dont you know that your not supposed to hit a woman!?" Seth crossed his arms, "Not cool. And from the looks of it, your used to abusing women. Poor Lyla over there is scared oy you, arent you supposed to be her 'brother'?" Seth snorted, he'd had enough of this guy.

"If we pick you up, can you tell us where it is so we can take you there?" Lyla asked in a hushed tone. She was almost certain Lilly would say no, but it was worth a shot.

"She wasn't a woman at the time. She was a rank, disgusting, foul smelling wolf. I could hit that any day." Richards eyes twitched slightly at the corners. "Yeah, she better be scared of me. The only reason I keep the thing is because of my master. The same goes for all of you. If it wasn't for him, you'd all be scum under my shoes." He spat on the ground.

Lilly shook her head, "I cant tell you, it wouldnt be safe." Especially if that meant that a vampire would know where she lived.

Seth crouched down towards Lyla and Lilly, "Why cant you just leave this scum bag?" He asked Lyla. "Your way better than anything he could ever offer you."

"Alright. Well.. Then we'll go. Richard and I will leave and won't bother you." Lyla kissed the tip of her finger and placed it on Lillys nose. She then stood up, flew over to Ricky, and shoved him away into the forest. "Goodbye. I'm really sorry for what he did."
"Yeah? Well I'm not." Ricky retorted. Sighing, shoved him further away, disappearing into the forest.

Seth bent down to Lilly and scooped her up. Lilly began to protest but Seth sushed her, "Shhh, it okay. Im taking you to my place. We have a medicine man in our village that might be able to help you." Lilly fadded back into unconsiousness as Seth walked. Seth looked down at Lilly evert once in a while to make sure she was okay. She had fallen back asleap and was smiling. He smiled in spite of hiself and held Lilly closer. As he neared his village he wonderd what everyone would think about Lilly. None of them had really seen a werewolf while it was still alive.

Lyla and Ricky returned to their house to find a surprise waiting for them. Hinamura, Richards master, was standing there in an blatantly furious stance. He scolded Ricky, blaming him for everything wrong in the
world. How could he have hurt Lilly? And risk himself too? It was stupid. Just plain stupid. While Ricky was being scolded, Lyla made her way into her bedroom - the inside of a pine tree just outside the lair. It wasn't much, but it was home. She drifted into a deep sleep, Richard immediately following her lead in his own bed.

Seth layed Lilly down on his bed and coverd her with several blankets. Would that get her too hot? Well what if she got cold? Seth sighed. He souldnt even be taking a stranger into his house, letting her sleep in his bed. I was just wrong. He scrubbed his eyes and walked into the living room, streaching out on the couch. He tryed to sleep but couldnt. He stood up and began to pace. He'd call the medicin man, have him heal her, and send her out on her way. There was absolutly NO was she was staying for more than a night. No exceptions.

Lyla and Richard lay sound asleep in their rooms, dreaming till dawn. As the day broke, Richard set off to find a meal. The usual bloodbags just weren't hitting the spot for him. Lyla, on the other hand, made a basket of fruit, flowers, and essences for Lilly. Hopefully she would feel better enough to sniff it out and enjoy it.
'Dear Lilly,
Im terribly sorry for what Richard did, and I wish we could have helped more. Feel better. Maybe the sprite spirits can help heal you.
Love, Lyla.'
Was etched onto a piece of cloth and placed on top of the supplies. Lyla then sent it off with a rat, her favorite mail carrier, to sniff out Lyla and give it to her.

Lilly woke with a start, she'd had a nightmare where she had been chased through the woods and kept stumbling and eventually fell. The last thing she rememberd from her dream was a mysterious dark figure decending upon her. She sat up, sweat beaded oh her forehead. She realized she wasnt dressed and quickly pulled the covers up tight to her neck. She had absolutly no idea where she was. "U-um...hello?" She called into the empty hut, but there was no answer.

Seth gatherd sweet fruit from the trees inside his village for Lilly. The medicine man had told him to keep her as warm as possible, bath her regularly, feed her oly fruits, and light insence around the house periodecly. He pland to do everything he orderd, right down to the T.