"What are you doing here?" I said with dread. 

"No, what are you doing here?" 

"What do you mean by that? This is my room," I countered while clenching my shaky fist. 

If anything was to happen, I was ready to bolt out of the widely opened door. 

"So it's true? You really are a guardian." 

"Please what exactly do you want? I'm not comfortable with you here." 

"Ohh JJ, you are hilarious, if you aren't comfortable, then leave. "

"What is your issue with me? I'm not even in your space, I try to avoid you as much as I can, why do you hate me?" 

"Hate you? Do you think I hate you? Oh JJ, if I did, you would have been dead by now."

My mouth dropped open as my heart plummeted its beat. "W-what do-do you mean by dead?" 

"Do not make me hate you JJ, because if I do, I will cut off that pretty neck of yours clean with my claws."

My legs clamped making me stagger. What the hell is this? I could tell how big of truth this was, my tingles confirmed the real threat in front of me.

"What- what are you doing, please don't come any closer, you can have the room, I will look for a different place to spend the night!" I exclaimed.

"When I say leave, I do not mean just this room. Let me promise you something guardian, the next time I snag a glimpse of you alone ever again will be the last time you will own that pretty head.  And by the way, if you love your new friends, this conversation will remain in this room." 

Then the door banged shut, leaving me alone in total darkness. 

I don't know how long I stood at the same spot, thinking about what had arisen, but one thing was clear, I had a deep fear of this room and with an unclear purpose I ran out.  

As much as the threat rested at the forefront of my mind, and even as scared as I was, I found myself not in the safety of one of the captains. Instead, I wandered the pack environment and settled in the backyard with Dean's Pegasus.

"Redder?" 

"Hello, Pegasus." 

"I have a name you know?"

"Oh, you do?"

"I'm Achilie, nice to make your acquaintance JJ." 

"Thank you Achilie, you have a nice name." 

Everything became quiet again, I couldn't stop the thoughts of catastrophes replaying over and over again, I didn't know if it was fear but I felt extremely cold and numb.  

"It seems Redder has a problem." 

"I-I."

Do I tell him? He could help me right? He isn't human, so he won't be in danger right? What if he told the captains? Would they believe me if I said one of theirs tried to kill me? What if said killer discovered that I told the captains, would they be killed too? Thoughts bombarded my brain, I was in a huge dilemma on whether to tell or not. I didn't want to put the captains in danger. 

I wasn't stupid, it was clear without any warning that telling others of the threat wasn't a smart decision.

"Redder?"

"Oh, uh… I'm fine, nothing to worry about." 

"You don't look fine." 

"Achilie!? Can I ask you a question?"

"Yes, you can." 

"Okay, this is just an imagination, it isn't necessarily real. Nevertheless, imagine you were in a place where you had friends and you cared for them deeply, but then you were in danger and getting your friends involved in that trouble will put them in more danger, what will you do? Will you save your friends or yourself? 

" Redder!"

"Hmm?"

"Always remember one thing, you come first before anyone else. You are just as important as your friends. And to answer your question, you need to answer another question yourself.

Will they willingly throw themselves in that trouble to get you out?"

"What you are saying is that you would save your friends?" 

"You know, Voog is my only family, my only friend. And if he was ever in danger, I would do all I can to get him out, but it doesn't mean I have to sacrifice my neck too. Some solutions are just really simple, all you need to do is find it."

"Who is Voog?" 

"Oh, I believe you all call him by some outrageous name, Dean? I even hear others saying Prince, such evil."

Laughing out, I asked him, "why do you call him Voog?

" He is Voog."

"Of course, why didn't I think of that." 

"If by friends you mean the captains, then I have to tell you that they are more powerful than you think, I doubt that threat can be of peril to them."

"So I've been told, but please do me a favor and don't speak about this to them." 

"You don't know much about guardian beast do you?"

"To be honest I don't know much about anything." 

"Hmm, guardian beasts are not physical, they can't be spoken to except by their owners, they can't be seen by anyone else except permitted by their owners." 

"What! You mean Dean permitted me to see and speak to you?" 

"Do you believe that can ever happen?"

"Well… no, but how are we speaking? Or might it be the perks of being a guardian?"

"No, the act of speaking to a guardian beast is sacred, not even a guardian can break that. Besides, Voog is a guardian and can only speak to me."

"So even as a guardian, I'm still a freak." 

"If by freak you mean unique then yes you are a freak.

" Don't you think it's time to head to bed? It's late." 

"Naaa I'm good, I will sleep here tonight, someone's gotta protect you." 

I stood up and prepared a safe spot behind Achilie, arranging a heap of hay to form a pillow and before I knew it I began dreaming of heaven. 

My sweet sleep was interrupted by a chilling cold to my back, with a grumble, I snagged back my blanket only for the blanket to snatch itself back.  Grabbing the blanket with force, I yanked it back to me, releasing a small grunt from it. 

What? My blanket? 

I shot up faster than possible, only to realize I had no blanket, instead, I had a strong grip on one of the legs of Achilie.

A loud laugh startled me out of shock, I watched Dean clench his tummy, laughing as if what I did was funny, it was not. 

"I-I am so sorry, I thought you were a b…"

"Blanket? You kept screaming it loud and clear," Dean finished for me.

I was so embarrassed. I got up as quickly as a lightning force and ran out. I couldn't believe it. 

As quickly as I ran out, I came back in, yesterday remained fresh in my memory, I wasn't to be found alone or I will be as good as dead.

"Uhh, I think I will remain here." 

"Why? What were you doing here in the first place?"

"I didn't plan to sleep here if that's what you imply, I was here late and I simply fell asleep, it's not my fault that Achilie kept me warm." 

"You know," he spoke while walking towards me. " The fact you believe that I did not hear everything you two discussed yesterday makes you stupid. He is my beast, because you can speak to him doesn't make him less of mine. We connect deeper than just speaking." 

With a gasp, I stared at Achilie, "why didn't you tell me he could listen in before I poured out my heart to you?"

"Well, that topic didn't come up." 

"Really? You two are meant for each other." 

"Yes, now the only thing I didn't get yesterday was the name of the person that threatened you." 

"No one, it was just a speculation." 

"Do I look stupid banshee?" 

"Well…" 

"You better hold that thought right there, it's up to you though, one way or another I will find out who the person is, so it's either you spit it out or have an early death." 

"The truth is, I have a feeling that something is wrong, I mean she could have killed me in the room, but she didn't." 

"So it's a girl. Good, I just need to find out all the females that passed through your room during or after our meeting yesterday." 

Gosh! I am stupid. 

"Good luck with that, all I know is that there is more to that threat and I won't tell you a name until my feelings are clear."

"If you say so,  now go away, I need to care for Achilie, and I need to do that alone." 

"No, it's alright, I can wait at the door, but I ain't' going anywhere alone." 

"What?" 

"Since you already know about it, I will stick with you, follow you wherever you go, you are the most feared captain, I surely won't be attacked whilst you're with me."

"No, you won't because you would be a corpse before they get the chance, now leave before I kill you myself." 

"Why are you so difficult? I promise not to say anything at all times, I will not irritate or annoy you, I will take in all insults you throw at me with a huge smile, and it's just before the other captains arrive, which us in two days. Don't worry about nighttime, I'm sure they won't attack me while I'm in the presence of an adorable horse."

"I'm not a horse."

"He is a pegasus."

"Sorry I mean Pegasus." 

"Still No, I can't and won't stand your presence." 

"Come on! Don't you wanna be a knight in shining armor? Because I surely want to be saved." 

He looked at me in confusion, " Just what in the devil's hair are you saying?" 

"Uh… never mind, please just for two days?"

"No." 

I kept on begging and begging, even after he was done with Achilie, I followed him around, it became worse after I saw her staring at me from the creepy woods, I vowed never to leave Dean's hip.

To say he was frustrated was an understatement. Not until he started running like his butt was on fire did I realize how bad it was.

I chased him and found out why he ran the way he did, the room he entered wasn't to escape from me, it was to relieve himself, I almost entered the room with him, until I was stopped by the men's room sign. 

Why didn't he tell me he needed to pee? I would have allowed him. But was he just peeing? He had stayed over five minutes in there and I began to wonder if he was peeing at all. 

I decided to use the opportunity to freshen up also.

I ran into the lady's room, relieved myself, and got ready to hunt Dean once again, but I noticed how badly I looked in the mirror and decided to wash my hair.

It was only after I was done did I realize my mistake, my hair was clean, I felt refreshed, but my fingers cried from the tingles.

I opened the door to run but was stopped by a figure. 

"I thought I told you to never be caught alone?"

"I- I am n-not alone." 

"Dean left the men's room a long time ago through the window. You are more stupid than I thought, so you didn't tell anyone of our conversation?" 

"You told me not to."

"And you didn't? Are you stupid?"

"What do you want Anna? I'm confused." 

"What do I want? I want you dead."

Then she pushed me in and locked the door behind her.

Her eyes turned black and her nails elongated to form claws.

"No, I need you dead." 

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You might call it writer's block but I'm sorry.

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