Red cursed under his breath, trying to hold down his slippery snake of a cat while he brushed out a mat next to her tail. For a guardian with the mind of a human Ragdoll was still surprisingly stupid.He hooked the brush into the tangled cluster again, frowning as the cat slapped his hand with her hooked talons and growled. "Would you prefer scissors?"He mocked Ragdoll's scrunched frown, working at the knot again until the wrap of knuckles berated his door. His tranquility had lasted less than an hour since getting back from a mission with whining second years and he didn't have the patience to perform another exhausting chore for whatever was on the other side."Hey Red, I know you're in there!"He recognised Draven's voice, putting his finger to his lips to silence Ragdoll so he could pretend he wasn't in.But another voice perked his attention, Ronan's presence calling on some curiousity."Red, I've got something for you."With a deep sigh he stretched to his feet, catching the gl

It had been well over two weeks when Jeremy returned, letter in tow and a flurry of unwarranted head bats ready for Puff. Ronan's guardian was not the only downcast individual however, Red had disappeared again, and with him, Ronan's estimate in getting home. Phantom had entirely given up on cheering up Ronan after the first week had exhausted, his superficially joyous tone returning like a dead flashlight in a dark forest. Ronan sighed as he unfolded the letter, hoping his uncle wouldn't gloss over Puff for a third time in a row. His uncle wasn't the type to miss details unless he wanted to, and if he was purposely ignoring Ronan's question then leaving Puff in his care wouldn't stand as a good idea. He glanced at his roommate's empty bed with a disappointed frown. He'd asked Truvius as soon as the idea hit him, but along with being incredibly allergic to the drake, he simply didn't have the money to give Puff a good home. At least that's how he'd put it. With no hope in his min

Mi'karu stopped, ears to the sky as he sniffed at the air and pawed a dusting of loose dirt and leaves. Talli had asked her guardian to sniff out the closest group, but wasn't quite sure what Alestra planned to do when they found another student.She tensed as a scream ripped through the air, closer than the last two and immediately turning them in the opposite direction."Those molves are really racking up on points," Alestra muttered,"Y-Yeah," Talli replied, her heart pounding a mile a minute as she imagined every scrape and dancing blade of grass to be a bloodthirsty molve perched around the next corner. She had told herself it was just a game half a dozen times, but even with the words on repeat in her head, giant stone wolves chasing her for the ribbon flapping out of her pants only fueled the anxiety pulsing through her veins.The only thing that could possibly be worse is if Mr. Mudelin joined the game and started chasing them.Talli stoppe

Veronica loved executing plans almost as much as making them up. Perhaps it was watching the confusion on the face of her prey before they realised everything too late, or the rush of power she felt pulling all the strings on a play of dull puppets.As she stood poised in plain view of five molves with her blue ribbon in one hand, it was a little bit of both.The molves were beyond confused at her arrival, still checking the other entrances for a sneak attack as she calmly walked towards them. But she was the only student with the gal to even come within five skips of the molve's flag after seeing it.As the first molve got up to face her she stopped, a sweet smile touching her lips for the expected gesture. "I want to make a deal."The molve snorted, its dripping tongue lazily hanging from a row of jutting fangs as it eyed her ribbon hungrily. There wasn't a thing Veronica could currently offer that could strike a sound deal with the team of molves. They

"Are they there?" Truvius whispered, peering around the corner with confusion. Ronan shushed him, bending low as he pressed himself against the wall to sneak up on his target. Truvius mimed him, still wearing a face of confusion as they approached a broken down hole in the wall. Phantom gave Ronan a thumbs up and walked through the hole first, his silence lingering for a couple painful seconds as he skimmed the empty space. "There's nothing... " Ronan looked at Truvius and nodded, receiving even more confusion from his friend. "Is someone the—" Ronan shoved his hand over Truvius's mouth to silence him. "There could be, just wait." Truvius' face relaxed with a smile as he lightly nodded, patiently waiting for Ronan to round the corner first and skim the empty room. With a flinch of surprise, Ronan grounded his feet. The room was small, but it certainly wasn't empty as Phantom had said. Dancing in the middle of the darkened space was a h