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Chapter 37 - The hunt

"Inshal, come on" Xzaviar shook Inshal awake.

"Alright" Inshal jumped up and immediately started to snif around, their sent led South. "This way" Inshal yawned and they took to the air. They flew for hours, "they move fast for walking!" Inshal called to Xzaviar who was dashing just behind her.

"I know, it's straining my wings!" Xzaviar called back sounding a little pissed.

"Just hush it and keep pushing forward!" Inshal ordered and they both flew fast following the sent of Willow and a strange vampire. Inshal flew fast but then stopped dead in her tracks, the sent went behind her, "why are we stopping?" Xzaviar asked hovering just behind her. He was a bit too close that it flet as if he was sniffing the back of her neck.

"The sent changed" Inshal flew a bit lower and sniffed, "there" Inshal pointed at a blur of a fluffy ball and a bat like creature.

Inshal and Xzaviar hovered down to them, both of them passed out asleep, cuddled tightly. 'I thought Willow was with FunPup' Inshal frowned, 'FunPup doesn't deserve a cheeter'. "Why are you looking so pissed?" Xzaviar whisky to her.

"Are you just gonna ask questions all day?" Inshal whispered back. "Willow!" Inshal nudged her shoulder and the pure vampire woke up instead.

"What the f-ck are you!?" he sounded alarmed, pointing his clawed finger directly at her.

"Demons hybrid" Inshal pinned her ears down, "I would like to take Willow home" she informed.

"Well I'm doing that" the vampire stood up with a hiss, "you and your feathered wings can go back to whatever demention you came from".

"That is not how I appreciate you greeting my queen!" Xzaviar hissed and the vampire had an even more shocked expression.

"Queen of what!?" he hissed and pinned himself to the tree, clearly avoiding the sun.

"Of the Dohan kingdom!" Xzaviar thashed his tail, "I bet you know which that one is" he was right, the vampire stopped looking as if trying to intimidated and looked down at Willow who was fast asleep.

"She's still asleep" the vampire sounded a little impressed, "now that's a deep sleeper".

"Willow!" Inshal nudged her shoulder again and she blinked, first looking confused then shocked.

"What!?" Willow jumped up, "Cole!" she sounded as if asking for protection.

"Do you remember me?" Inshal asked in a softer tone.

"Inshal?" Willow guessed and Inshal nodded with a soft smile.

"Come on I'm taking you home" Inshal informed.

"How exactly?" Willow asked looking at her then Xzaviar and then Cole.

"Well I guess we wait until night" Inshal sat down next to her, "I thought you was with FunPup" Inshal mentioned.

"I am" Willow gave her a confused look.

"You don't know much about pure vampires, don't you Inshal?" Xzaviar sat down infront of them, starting a firepit.

"Whay does that mean?" Inshal pinned her ears back.

"Pure vampires are soo use to a life of worship and boot kissing so when alone they crave contact, they crave someone to cuddle up to" Xzaviar explained and he gave a sharp look to Cole.

"Look I haven't fed in two nights, and I just got woken up after just falling asleep, so if I look angry or annoyed it's because I am" Cole hissed to Xzaviar but stopped when he hissed back.

Inshal looked as they both tried to make them back down by hissing but both failing. "Do we have to be the ones who are responsible here?" Inshal asked Willow as she pushed her knees to her chest.

"Yeah I guess, these ancient ones will just hiss it out I guess" Willow shrugged but had a sympathetic tone.

"I'm not that old!" Xzaviar snapped and Willow flinched, Inshal instinctly growled at him and he looked away immediately.

"Cole you can sleep if you want" Inshal leaned back on the tree that gave a lot of shade for them.

"Yeah not when a demon is breathing down my neck" Cole glanced at Xzaviar and wrapped his wing around himself.

"I'm not gonna bite, honestly I'm hurt" Xzaviar grind and leand into the fire he made.

"Don't worry, it won't take petty talk to get Xzaviar out of his fire" Inshal spoke in a bored tone, "it will take Marlo screaming down his ear to get him out and that only".

"So he's lazy?" Cole narrowed his eyes but a genuine smile spread across his face.

"You take that back before I skin you and rip your thangs out!" Xzaviar threatened and Cole hissed deep in his throat and just by hearing it, it made Inshals throat hurt.

"I may be out in daylight but you're out in winter, I suggest you don't test me" Cole warned and Xzaviars eyes glowed with a fire burning inside him.

"Both of you SHUT UP!" Inshal hissed herself and they both backed down, "now get some sleep, we have a long flight ahead of us" she ordered and they spitfully layed, facing away from each other.

"Umm" Willow whispered to her, "I can't fly" she mentioned, pointing to her arms.

"I know" Inshal whispered back, "but I got that covered".

Inshal didn't sleep, the others did. She heard their snors and light breathing but she sat awake. It was peaceful in the forest, where it met the field. Inshal flet so safe there. Nothing but the howling wind could be heard, the rustle of the leaves and a bird that sounded a mile away. Inshal flet her eye lids grow heavy and she yawned one last time before drifting of to sleep. "Inshal" Willow soft voice called for her and she felt at home, before the wind truly woke her up.

"What time is it?" Inshal asked, she looked up to the sky to see dark clouds covering the stars.

"6 I think" Willow answered squatting next to her.

"Right, I can carry you back but I think I'm gonna have to switch with Xzaviar half way" Inshal stretched and flexed her wings to make sure they won't cramp in the air.

"Right but you sure Xzavvvv- Xzizz- what's his name wouldn't mind?" Willow struggled to say his name.

"It's Xzaviar" he corrected, clearly affended that she couldn't say his name, "Xz-av-i-ar".

"Sorry" Willow apologised, "we going?" she asked but looked over at Cole.

"I mean yeah, I would love to get my thangs clenched on Shades neck" Cole hissed and Inshal wrapped her arms around Willow and lifted of. Willow tensed and gripped on Inshal waist, pinching her skin. "Ow" Inshal gritted her teeth, moving her arms to a more comfortable position. The flight was a bit more of a challenge with a furry cub, full of fluff, gripping on her chest. It was cold and Xzaviar started to sniffle, "I can't recognise anything for miles" Willow commented.

"Yeah you moved quickly for what I can gather" Inshal looked down and saw a camp with blood everywhere, flash her eyes. It went by so quick but Willows sent was there and it was clear that she hit that human camp or was it elf?

They flew far, fast and Inshal could feel the bitter wind stab her face as she sawed through the sky. "Xzaviar!" Inshal called out and struggled to hover, "your turn" they all landed and rest for about 10 minutes before taking to the sky once more. Inshal felt lighter without Willow gripping onto her fur, there was an obvious difference in speed to. They flew further and further until Inshal was hovering over the furry town. "This it it" Willow turned her neck and glared down, "home" a smile on her face grew.

"Let's get you to FunPup" Inshal suggested, "and probably keep you away from everyone else".

"Why? what did I do?" Willow asked as she clawed into Xzaviars skin.

"I don't know, but there was a lot of blood" Inshal explained leading them down to the front door of the building Willow took her to before.

No-one was out in the streets that night and Willow still had her key so they could get in. The stares were a bit narrow for a pur vampire and a demon with tough scaley wings so they both struggled up but for Inshal with her feathery wings, it was no trouble. "FunPup" Willow knocked on the door gently and called out in a soft voice. Willow opend the unlocked door and Inshal and the others waited outside for her, "FunPup!" she called a little louder.

"Willow?" FunPup emerged from the door on the left and hugged Willow tightly. "I thought you was killed out there" FunPup cried. A door opend from behind them and a red wolf furry jumped back and screamed. Inshal immediately stopped Cole from attacking her, she pinned him down and hissed in his ear, "attack anyone here and you'll never get my pardon".

The wolf furry ran back into its own apartment and fled to a room closest to the front door. "You full!" Cole hissed back, "that's a vampire hunter, she has the sent".

"It's on my head if anyone dies!" Inshal growled.

"Back!" the furry wolf held a crossbow to Cole.

"Hey!" Inshal jumped infront, 'f-ck sake! can't they kneel for a moment?' "put that down!" she snarled.

"Wouldn't you kill me?" the furry was shaking, clearly looking at her obsidian halo.

"No" Inshal pushed the crossbow to point at the floor and allowed her halo to glow, "I won't harm an innocent" she promised.

"Ok" the furry slowly walked back and looked at her, to Cole then Xzaviar who was hissing at her. 'He is not trying to mess with her' Inshal begged to herself.

Inshal turned to see Willow and FunPup with curious expressions but FunPup looked a bit more startled then calm. Inshals fur stood on edge as she heard the crossbow fire, a stab in her back made her snarle and collapse. She bared her teeth and turned to Cole biting the wolf furry and she waked her crossbow on his head. Cole let go and rubbed his head but the wolf furry scrambled to her apartment. Willow dashed to wolf furrys side, "Rosa!" she cried as blood dripped from her neck and tears ran from her cheeks. Inshal blinked as her vision faded, her hearing failed and last thing she could remember is Xzaviar flying her back to camp.