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[Kifo]

" Into a tree..." Kaygis raised his own paw to his head and felt the beginnings of a bump forming on it. " That explains the bump."
As one, Zolo and the eagle brothers heaved a heavy sigh, Barb shaking his feathers as if he were shaking his head. Just then, another earth shattering roar echoed through the air. And this time it sounded closer.

Gently Reece hopped off the grey wolf's shoulder and willed himself to transform into something larger and warmer than the mockingjay that he was. He had hoped he would become a bear or wolf or something like that. What he got instead was a red and black bipedal dino-lizard... and a confused and wary look from Zyanya. He didn't even notice his tail was on fire, he was that busy trying to figure out what he had become.

[Bakura]

Dakota smiled at her new friends removing her paw from her sore head. Her head whipped up at the sound of the roar and her ears perked with excitement, headache long forgotten.
"They're near!" She cried out in excitement running with renewed energy in the roars direction.

Skype and Mana both pulled strange faces at the new form Reece had taken on. Skype nudged Mana with his paw and motioned towards him.
"Didn't Kilika mention a friend who looks very similar to him." He asked still watching the confused lizard.
"I believe so, but her friend was orange, not black..." Skype nodded in acceptance of her words and their conversation ended there.

Snowdrift looked into the cave with mild interest before he rose and stretched out his claws and wings. He looked over at his brother and a silent exchange passed between them. Bloodshot then rose, careful of Zander and mimicked his brothers actions. He then nudged Zander awake.
"Uncle?" Said wolfs eyes opened and he looked up at his nephews in confusion.
"We're going to hunt, we wil be back later. You should go into the cave where it's warm." Bloodshot explained and Zander nodded sleepily.
He got up and trotted through the opening, curling up beside his sister and attempting to fall asleep again.
Both Bloodshot and Snowdrift watched him go before taking to the sky in the direction that they had smelt their Aunts scent on the wind.

[Kifo]

" Iora!" Kaygis hissed under his breath, dashing after Dakota himself.
" Why did I even bother coming on this trip?" Zolo roared out before storming off after the two older animals, Barb and Cragus following his lead.

The golden and black asian dragon looked down at the blue and white wolf lying on his right side against her scales and under her left wing. She knew that if she didn't get him help soon, he wasn't going to last long in this cold weather. She also knew that the lion knew that something was seriously wrong with the wolf. She just had to look in the lion's eyes to know that. The lion was currently curled up against the wolf's stomach (both she and her were trying to keep the wolf's body warm) and she had done all she could to try and stop the bleeding, but she hoped it was enough to save him. Julien had taught her that cold weather and deep wounds were never a good sign.
" This is crazy." She growled to herself. " Please don't tell me we're the only ones here." With that, she sent another fire ball into the air to try and keep the injured wolf warm but not burn him or the lion.

" Um... Reece... you have fire... on your tail." Zyana stuttered, not sure if she should even say anything or not.
" What?" Reece asked, surprising himself that he could final speak in all of his forms again. Then he turmed around and noticed the yellow and orange flame that was sitting comfortably on the end of his tail. " Ai!!!! Notgoodnotgoodnotgood! I'm on fire! Ai!!!" He screamed, running around the cave like a madman while trying to put the fire out and yet not put the fire out at the same time.

[Bakura]

Dakota's ear twitched to acknowledge the animals following her as she continued towards their friend and hopefully her brother. She could scent his blood along the path they ran, she really hoped he was safe and ok.

Krystal snuggled closer to her uncle in an attemp to warm his shivering body. She had been there when the hunter had took aim at her and Moonlight had jumped in the way taking the bullet bone deep in the thigh. She licked the blood stained fur around his wound and lay back down on her paws. She was confused as to who the dragon that found them was but she was greatful to all the help they had received from her. She looked up at moonlights face and acknowledged his laboured breath with drooped ears.
"I'm sorry uncle, I'm too weak to try and heal you." She whimpered before sniffling and trying to hold her tears in. Her ears twitched when their companion spoke and she flinched at the words. 'I hope daddy or someone finds us soon...'

Mana watched their short conversation with mild interest till Reece started overacting. She could tell from where she sat that the flame as not burning his skin and she remembered Kilika saying that her friends flame was natural, 'It won't hurt him, only us.' It was then that a yowl echoed through the cave and she looked over to see Zander soothing his singed paw. She leapt up and tackled Reece to the ground careful of the flame that had already singed Zander.
"Calm down! The flame won't hurt you, but it will hurt us." She emphasised her point by pawing his head in Zanders wounded direction.

"Can you still scent her brother?" Snowdrift asked his red companion as they flew over the snowy forest below.
"Yes brother, she is near." Bloodshot answered, he had his eyes shut and his mouth slightly ajar, allowing the blood scents to lead him to his Aunt. He lowered himself towards the ground when a strong scent wafted beneath his nose. His eyes shot open and he pointed a sharp claw towards a trail of red amongst the white snow. "There!"
Both him and his brother took off towards the trail, altering their course to follow the blood, that should hopefully lead them to Dakota.

[Kifo]

" Because you hate babysitting!" Kaygis called back to Zolo as he tried (and failed) to pick up speed that he never had in the first place. He did, however, manage to skid to a halt before he fell to his death in the deep, snow-covered valley that had suddenly emerged in front of them.

" Yeah...safe..." Reece muttered softly, before his eyes rolled into the back of his head.
Zyanya sat herself up to look at the scene around her better. " Somehow I don't think that was supposed to happen." she muttered.

[Bakura]

Bloodshot pulled up when he noticed his brother had stopped, they both landed by a big tree at the bottom of a steep slope.
"What is it brother." He watched as Snowdrift trotted over the expanse of snow at the trees base with interest.
"She's with another," he replied before sniffing, lashing his tail slightly behind him in agitation. "A male," He glanced up at the tree, placed one taloned fore-paw against it so he was standing in his hind legs and sniffed the bark. "A panther."
Bloodshot growled slightly, 'She better be ok...' he thought before looking at his brother who was walking on his hind legs, wings spread behind him for balance, nose to the air sniffing. "Anything else brother?"
"Yes." He stated in a soft voice. "More males," he shook his head when he snorted a snowflake and sniffed again. "A wolf and two eagles are accompanying the panther and Aunt Dakota." He then dropped to his pads and trotted over to the blood trail.
Bloodshot continued to growl looking over the scene then he followed his brother's board almost annoyed gaze.
"What is it." He ask confused.
Snowdrift lashed at his brother with his tail just missing the red-scaled shoulder. "You brother are a fool." He screeched before starting back the way they had come, following the blood trail. "You led us the wrong way!" And with a beat of his wings, Snowdrift took off back up the trail, a sorry Bloodshot on his tail.

Dakota followed suit digging her claws into the icy ground and pulling up beside the black panther. She wafted the air rising from in the valley and she couldn't stop her tail from wagging.
"There's defiantly presences down there." She hoped excitedly before leaping off the edge and drifting down into the darkness below.
When her sight cleared she could see the silhouettes of 3 figures and again her tail wagged expressing her happiness. She flew back up towards the edge of the valley and floated above Kaygis, she grabbed him by the nape, hooking her two fore-paws beneath the panthers elbows. She then took off into the air slowly and carefully lowering the both of them into the valley.

Mana sniffed the still body she was standing on. "Ahh he's fine, still breathing." She muttered before walking back to her spot by the fire and laying down beside Skype who had drifted off to sleep. Zander also settled down, wrapping his tail around his singed paw as he tried to rest.

[Kifo]

" Ah, Dakota? Is this safe? You do realise I've been in surgery before, right?" Kaygis asked nervously as he looked down into the valley.

Zolo watched the two disappear into the depths and immediately began looking for a way down to the valley floor. His answer came in the form of two golden eagles somehow managing to lift him into the air and fly him down similar to how Dakota had taken Kaygis. To say he was scared would be an understandment. He had seen Barb and Cragus carrying something heavy and let's just say, he wanted to keep his life and all his limbs unbroken.

Zyanya looked around at the sleeping (and unconscious, in Reece's case) animals, not sure what to do. Even though it was cold and she had just had an attack, she felt wide awake and wanted to explore the world outside the cave. However, she recognised that Zander was the one who had found her and that his paw had been badly burnt. She didn't know what happened next, but the next thing she knew was that she had gone out into the snow and was packing some in a rather large strip of bark that she managed to pull off one of the near by trees. She then used the bark to carry snow back into the cave and gently placed the snow on the burn, hoping that it would help settle the burn and that it wasn't too painful for the wolf.

[Bakura]

"Sorry my friend, I wasn't aware about your surgery but rest assured, this is completely safe. I won't drop you so there is no need to worry." Dakota reassured just as the ground came into view. She lightly placed the panther on his feet and landed beside him smiling.

Mana lay with one eye closed and the other keeping an eye one the cave entrance. Both Snowdrift and Bloodshot had left so there was no one to watch the entrance while everyone slept. Out of the corner of her eye she noticed that the Zyanya was still awake and looked slightly confused about what to do now. She thought that maybe Zyanya would lie down and go to sleep but she was shocked when the white jaguar zipped out of the cave. She rose her head wondering if she should follow or not when the cat came back in with some snow on bark. She smiled slightly as Zyanya patted the snow on Zander's paw and looked back out of the cave.

Zander flinched and looked up at Zyanya as she treated his wounded paw.
"Thankyou little one." He thanked with a smile when she finished, he nuzzled her slightly before lying his head over his good paw.

Bloodshot and Snowdrift pulled up before a valley edge where Dakota's blood trail ends. "She must be down in that valley."Snowdrift stated and both dragons shared a look before they plunged into the darkness below.

[Kifo]

" That's okay. Thanks." Kaygis replied, returning the smile faintly.
Next to them, Zolo came crashing to the ground, somehow managing to survive the fall and not get any broken bones.
" Well, that's what you get for struggling!" Barb screeched down at the wolf, his shrill voice echoing through the valley.
Shakily, Zolo got back onto his feet and began sniffing the air. Ever since that time, nearly a decade ago, when his brother-in-law had unknowingly led Kaygis into the clutches of some creepy creature that liked to take over peoples' minds and that same creature had killed one of his best friends, he'd had a sort of fear of dark, shadowy places like valleys and caves. They reminded him too much of those days. That was when he picked up on the scent of death and decay and, for lack of a better word, pure evil.
" Guys. There's something down here." He stage whispered as Barb and Cragus came to land on his and Kaygis' backs.

Zyanya gave Zander a small smile and whispered, " No. Thank you for finding me. This is the least I could do."
She then decided that the snow wasn't really that bad and went for a little walk around the cave to try and make herself tired. All she accomplished was managing to get herself cold, so she went back into the cave to warm up and remembering a time when she used to watch her brother playing in the cave when the bears wouldn't let him go outside.

[Bakura]

Dakota glanced over at Zolo and noticed the look of fear in his eyes.
"It's only our friends down here, don't worry." She sniffed the air just in case and her nose came up with nothing out of the usual. "We should be fine if we stick together, now come on. They are only over here." She trotted off in the direction that she had seen the three silhouettes. She broke into a run when they came into view and she skidded just before them in a cloud of dust.
"Aunty!" Krystal cried out happy to see a familiar face. "Uncle is hurt and I'm so tired, what do I do? I haven't had the chance to feed since we got here and my healing powers are really weak."
"It's okay..." Dakota said reassuringly to both her brother and her niece. She nuzzled into Moonlight's neck and licked him on the forehead before she looked up at the she-dragon who was with them. "Your name is Iora I presume?"

Zander watched her moving around the cave with a smile, she reminded him of his son. Always full of energy even when he should be resting. He closed his eyes once Zyanya settled down.

Bloodshot and Snowdrift descended into the darkness and noticed the silhouettes below them. Snowdrift landed lightly beside Kaygis while Bloodshot kept afloat above them, lightly beating his wings in the darkness.
"Would you be the male's accompanying Aunt Dakota? If so, Where is she?" He spoke in a soft voice hoping that the panther would answer him.