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Aston, in his wolf-form, trotted through the trees, sniffing the soil for recent activity. He had to feed into his wolf-nature every now and again, leading him to hunt. He sniffed after a rabbit scent trail, swiftly moving through the wood's undergrowth.
A loud crash sounded and he lifted his head, snout sniffing at the air. He caught the small whiff of...
Bear.
He growled, the animal seeing him as he slowly moved through the trees. The bear gave a loud roar, defending his territory. Aston growled, barking and snarling back, circling the brown expanse. He was at least 4 times Aston's size, but there was no way he was getting out of this without a fight.
The bear roared louder back, swiping a large paw. Aston jumped and bit down. Before he could retract and release his jaw from the paw, the bear swung him about and he loosened at the wrong moment, flying through the air and his spine connecting with a tree. He whimpered and yelped, a crack of his ribs sounding.
He got up on his fours to face the bear, but he was already on him, paw pressing him in the earth, back crunching in the brush. Aston batted and snarled, trying to nip the paw. But then the claws dug into his shoulders and shredded his fur and skin, a whine escaping his fanged jaw.
He finally thought of something, heating his body hot enough to burn the creature, causing it to roar as the heat leaked into the pads of his paws. He growled at Aston, going to return his assault until Aston bound at his legs, taking a chunk out of his hunch as he limped as fast as he could towards the school. Blood trailed his every move from the claw marks, whines and whimpers leaving his snout. He couldn't hold form no longer and he got out a howl, voice cracking as he transformed into a human. He crawled under some brush to hide, wounds worse as of now than when he was a wolf. He rested his eyes, hoping someone heard his cry.
Flint, having joined Masami this time around for the hunt, heard the distant howl and paused. The owner sounded winded, and awfully like a shifter. Wolves were deeper timbered in their howls. He looked to Masami, worried. "I don't know about you, but that didn't sound good. Can you tell who it is?" Flint didn't know all the wolf-shifter's howls and cries. This one sounded older, but he couldn't put his finger on it.

Masami paused along side Flint, eyebrows furrowing at the sound of the howl. It sounded extremely familiar and didn't reply to Flint yet. It was obviously a wolf shifter, and wasn't one of the students, which narrowed the options by alot.
He took a wiff of the air, eyes instantly dilating and darking at the sent of blood, specifically a human type species. However, he almost instantly reconized the scent. He smelt a lot of blood and quickly covered his nose before he lost it. "Aston." He said. Saying the name outloud got him, dropping his hand as his eyes filled with worry. Not bothering waiting for a responce, Masami quickly headed for Aston, following his sent.

Flint quickly followed after him, hearing the teacher's name and suddenly it all snapped together. He didn't smell the blood until a mile heading in Aston direction, the scent hitting him. He went faster, trying to keep up with Masami.
Aston shivered as the air got to his bare skin. The blood flowed faster at his tremors and he cried out weakly.

Masami quickly found quicker ways to get to Aston. His sent kept getting stronger as he got closer. He kept himself on the task of helping Aston, but it grew harder as time went.

Flint turned into a dragon, flying over the trees to help get to him faster. He spotted a blood trail a few miles down, Aston's scent strong and a peak of his skin showing under a brush. Flint pin pointed the location and lowered his neck down for Masami to jump on and get him there faster.
Aston huddled under the brush, eyes slipping closed and on the verge of passing out. He lolled his arm out in his delirious state from the loss of blood. He couldn't heal fast enough, making his situation worse.

Masami kept running as Flint flew off. He looked up when he heard Flint right above him and kicked himself into a tree, then onto Flint's back. He stood in a crouch, careful not to hurt Flint. As soon as he saw the slight color of Aston’s skin and blood, he jumped off of Flint's back and going into trees before landing on the ground. He swiftly took off his jacket as he landed on his knees beside of the wolf shifter. "Aston, stay awake!" He said, frantic as he put the jacket over Aston’s wounds the best he could.

Aston's eyes flickered open, meeting Masami's eyes. They were clouded with the little scrap of consciousness he was holding on to. He coughed and took a scratchy breath, a whimper escaping.
Flint had saved his pants and ran up, trying to help Masami. He was in bad shape, and was bleeding fast. Flint glanced at his coach and bent down. "He's bleeding too much, Masa." He said, knowing he can't move him out from under the brush or he would make the bleeding worse.

"I know..." Masami muttered with a swallow. His eyes looked up to Flint's, fear in his eyes. "Is there anything dragons can do?" He questioned frantically. He knew he could help Aston, but didn't like the way. He didn't trust himself, not with his current need of food and his problem he already had with holding back.

Flint gave him a sad look, noting the fear in his eyes. "No, I don't have healing powers." He shook his head. He put a hand on his shoulder. "But, Masa, if you don't trust yourself, I do. Even if you do slip, I can stop you from doing damage. All you need to do is get your venom in his bloodstream." He encouraged, trying to soothe him.
Aston groaned quietly, a whimper coming from his lips.

Masami swallowed and listened, shoulders slumping in doubt. No, he didn't trust himself, he never trusted himself around blood, but he knew the only way he'd be able to help Aston is by biting and sealing his wound.

Flint turned Masami to face him. "Masa. I know you don't. But I do. You can do this, okay? It's Aston. If you don't do this he could die." He gave him a soft grave look, his eyes on his. "You need to stop the bleeding. You can do this." He glanced to Aston, who was getting paler than before.

Masami gave a short nod, looking down at Aston as well. He was hesitant for a moment before leaning down, catching his teeth right beside of Aston's shoulder and chest wound. He winced at the taste of human blood, having not had it for a good 6000 years, ever since he started teaching. But even still, he feared having it as he still had his temptations. He stayed there for a moment, then pulled himself away, quickly putting his hand to his nose and mouth.

Aston stiffened and his back bowed off the ground at the bite. He parted his lips and his head lolled to the side, looking at Masami. His eyes pleaded with him, as he was in extreme pain.
Flint watched his coach and hummed encouragement when he bit the wound. Immediately after he pulled back, the wound began to slowly and artificially close, staunching the bleeding for them to take Aston back to Katmere. He also noticed with the blood not flowing out of him, Aston was able to use some of his regenerative shifter powers to heal smaller nicks and scratches. Flint smiled at Masami. "You did it. You just bought him time. Now, we have to get him back to be stitched up. Do you want to carry him?" He asked.

Masami stayed like that for a moment as he listened to Flint. He gave a nod at the question and stood, dropping his hand. He bent down and carefully picked Aston up, having his jacket wrap around his lower body now that it wasn't needed for blood stopage.

Aston gave a whimper to the being moved into his arms, his broken ribs being disturbed. He laid his head on Masami's shoulder, taking small shallow breaths. "T-Thank you." He murmured, closing his eyes and resting. He was limp, and motions agitating his ribs.
Flint watched for a moment before scanning around and scenting the fastest way to the school. He got it and took a few steps in the direction. "Do you think you could hold him still enough to run?"

Masami hummed and noticed where he seemed to hurt the most by his movements. Ribs, that'd be noted in his mind. He looked to Flint and nodded. "Yeah, i should be able to." He said, walking over to him, sniffing out the same route. Well, the best he could. Due to the amount of blood around him, it limited his ranged. He'd hace to come back while he couldn't be in the room with Aston.

Flint nodded and glanced back. "Ready? I'll lead the way." He went to go behind a tree to prepare to fly the way there, scoping the way there and getting more attention for help when they got close enough. He could only imagine how Cole would react, being closer to the shifter.
Aston couldn't get comfortable with the broken ribs and patchwork on his wounds, making his eyes stay lidded. He stared up from Masami's shoulder, watching the male holding him.

Masami gave Flint a nod, glancing down at Aston. He gave the man a warm, comforting smile, then looked to the sky to get an idea from Flint before taking off runn8ng, being careful as to not let Aston get more hurt.

Londyn looked at all the nature while walking close behind Mac.

Mac swatted away the branches that were low enough to get in her face.

Londyn smelled an animal and looks around. She felt sorry for whatever animal she was about to kill, but she needed the blood. She hadn't been hunting in a few months.

Mac stopped for a second, picking up it's sent as well. "You can have that one." She couldn't tell the size of the animal, since she could only tell that it had blood in it veins, but she felt it chivalrous to allow Londyn to have the first kill.

Londyn smiled and nodded. She followed the scent and found out that it was a deer. She snuck towards it and attacked it, biting into it and drained its blood, killing it. When she finished, she licked her fangs and lips clean. "Mmm...It tastes so good." She went back to Mac and watched her hunt.

It didn't take too long for Mac's nose to pick up the sent of another animal. Carefully and quietly, she followed it, discovering a small fawn. She felt almost bad when she attacked the creature, watching the life drain from its eyes. She wiped the blood from her mouth and stared down at it.

Londyn stood next to Mac. "The guilt of killing innocent animals is insane, isn't it?" She sighed and closed her eyes.

Mac gritted her teeth, nodding. "Yeah... But its better than killing humans..." A memory filled her mind. Something she had pushed deep into the places she hoped to never go. She closed her eyes against it, gritting her teeth again.

Londyn nodded and hugged Mac. "That's true."

Mac blushed, standing stiff for a moment before she returned the hug.

Londyn smiled, "I know we just met, but I'm always here for you."

Mac laughed. "Thanks. You don't now how much that means." She pulled away from the hug, willing herself to appear calm and collected, when really... all she could think about was he gay panic.

Londyn smiled. "Of course!" She blushed slightly and admired Mac without realizing she was staring.

Mac rubbed the back of her neck. "So... uh... Do you maybe want to walk around campus with me? It helps me clear my head after... things like this."

Londyn nodded, "Sure!" She looked up at the sky and took a deep breath of the fresh air.

Mac wiped the corners of her mouth, unsure if she had gotten all of the blood clean

Londyn looked at Mac and blushed softly. "Do you want to go anywhere specific?"

Mac shrugged. "I dunno... Honestly, I usually just wander.

Londyn nodded and stole glances at Mac as they walked.

Mac continued to walk. "So... are you in any clubs?" She asked, her hands in her pockets again.

"Yes, I am. I'm in drama. I also do volleyball and dance. What about you?" Londyn smiled. She loved acting, volleyball, and dancing. Those are the three things that make every day so good for her.

"Oh... I- well I'm in the art club. Nothing as impressive as yours..." She rubbed the back of her neck.

She chuckled. "Not true. Art is beautiful. I love seeing art. It's an amazing way to express yourself."

Mac laughed sheepishly. "Oh, uh thanks. Do you... Do you want to see some of my art?" She asked, blushing as she stared at the ground.

"I'd love to!" She excitedly exclaimed with a smile.

"Cool... uh... do you maybe want to see it now?" Mac asked, shifting her direction slightly.

Londyn grinned, "Sure!"

"Alright! Then let's go." She smiled, turning down a path that led back to the academy.

Londyn followed Mac down the path.

There is an art room- right?-))

Nvm, I found it. Started new comment there-))