I couldn't back down... I had to face them... Even if it meant sacrificing myself for them, I would do it every time. My friends were far too important... 

"I-I never asked for it to be this way... I-I never asked to be made!" I stood strong as I faced my friends. I wouldn't back down, I wouldn't cower in fear, I would fight for them. I would live and die for them. ...If this had to be what ends me, then so be it. At least I was saving my friends while doing so...

...But even if it ended me, I would still refuse. I would refuse, because I had a promise to fulfill, I had a purpose to live up to... I was not giving up now! 

...One by one, all of my friends tried to kill me. ...One by one, I hugged everyone and saved them from the poison. Each time, they would collapse...

There were two friends left that I had to save, and they scared the living heck out of me... When they are poisoned... They... It's scary, you don't want to know what they act like...

First was Paige... She was equipped with a knife. She ran toward me, but I dodged her attacks... I finally got to the moment where I was supposed to heal her. I faced her, and I slowly walked toward her. Once I reached her, she stabbed me in the chest, right where my heart was. I brokenly smiled through the tears, and I hugged her. Her claws embedded themselves into my back, as they began clawing while she was being saved... For this happened every time... I would usually get stabbed, but then I would hug her and then she would be saved. 

This time, instead of collapsing, Paige awoke. She looked at me and gasped at what she saw... She looked deeply concerned, and horrified... 

"Shadow...? Oh no! What did I-" She started to question herself, but I looked up at her and smiled. I took the knife out and the wound healed itself.

"It's alright, Paige. ...You have to go and protect the others for me..." I motioned to the collapsed, and blacked out others... She nodded... Meaning, the only one who was left was...

...Conor.

The demon himself. 

He had to be the most powerful when poisoned... To be honest, I was actually pretty scared of him, but I wouldn't let that show. I mean, it wasn't much different from when he isn't poisoned... I'm scared of him all of the time... ...But that doesn't matter, what matters is that I heal him and that we get on with our journey. We were almost at the exact location of where the portal was, I knew it. 

He had this... Expression. It was like this... Smirk? I didn't know... What I did know was that, he had bad intentions, this wasn't him, and his aura was way off... Which was weird, considering that his element is aura. ....But he was poisoned, so this is usually what happened. 

I barely dodged his attacks.... He was strong when poisoned, yes. 

Just when I didn't expect it, he used his demonic powers to lift me up off of the ground and into the air... By my neck. Only with the lift of his finger did he do this... He didn't use force, he just kept his distance...

I clawed at the unknown force that was choking me in the air...

I only had one way out of this...

I pretended to be blacked out.

The choke hold was released, and I dropped to the ground...

Without a second thought, I transformed into my wolf form, and glided down. 

When I reached the ground, I transformed back into my human disguise form and I ran over to him. ...I then did what I do best.

I hugged him. 

Meaning, I had saved him...

The same thing that happened with Paige, happened with Conor. He dug at my back with his claws, but then he stopped.

...He was healed.

..He was also awoken. He was shocked, just like Paige. 

I wondered why only him and Paige were the ones that awoke... Maybe because they were the strongest? I didn't know. 

"W-What happene-?" He began, but before I could explain anything, three people appeared in front of us.

...Megan, Olivia and Lillie...

They hadn't disappeared, they only teleported away. They knew better, they were stronger... I was so foolish. How could I have thought that they just disappeared like that? 

"Y-You..." I faced them. "You're the ones that keep hurting my friends! You poison them! ...I won't let that happen anymore..." I spoke quietly, as I slowly began walking toward them.

They just laughed... "You, MUTT! Of course we have! You can't stop us. You're weak." They scoffed at me. The three of them, they were always there, they may be hidden, but they were always there... Poisoning my friends. ...Danny isn't the only one who poisons everyone, he poisons people, and when it's too late, the people who are poisoned start poisoning others...

"You only do this to watch me suffer, don't you?" I asked them. 

"Yeah, why else would we need your stupid friends? We gain their trust so they can turn against you." Olivia crackled. ...This is what I was talking about. They hurt my friends, and they knew that I couldn't call them out on it because my friends were always with them, one way or another. ...Danny had poisoned them, but it was my fault because I didn't even recognize it. I was too late when I did...

"This ends... Now." I then realized that Conor was still watching my every move and what was happening... 

"Shadow, no-" He tried to plead with me, but I only turned around toward him.

"Just let me do this for you!"