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His legs began to shake wildly as he moved closer towards the door. He began to feel lightheaded as his hand pushed the door allowing it to swing open. His eyes immediately shut as his heart rate increased. One eye slowly found its way open.

A huge sigh was let out as Finnick was nowhere in sight. Maddox was unsure why he felt so relieved he could not find Finnick, most likely due to the fact that he was probably captured rather then beaten to death. He must have been hurt pretty badly to have left those blood stains.

His eyes began to water again as he ran out of the house nearly full out bawling. He collapsed to his knees and smothered his face in his arms. He was lost without his family. Not once in 5 years had something like this ever occurred. What was he to do? He did have the ability to take care of himself, but what was the use when he would be alone for the rest of his life.

From that point he had his mind set to search for his brother and sister and return home. He knew it was going to be a dangerous journey, but with nothing else to lose, he had to go.

The rest of the day was spent preparing for the journey. Most of the supplies had been destroyed so he packed very lightly. This wasn't terrible since the only bag they had was roughly bigger then a small backpack. He made sure to bring the necessities such as the last canned foods he could find, a sleeping bag, hunting equipment, as well as fire starting equipment.

Maddox had remembered that the man had talked about taking Zephyr to Feros. He had never been there, but he his fantasy of traveling there had caused him to remember it was about 10 miles north. He would be able to make it there in about 2 hours so he decided to spend the night at his torn up camp.

He slept outside that night since the bedroom made him feel uneasy thinking about what went on in there with his brother. Half the night was spent awake fearful of the journey that awaits him.

He awoke shortly before sunrise, gave his place of residence of 5 years one last nod and headed off. Walking through the serene forest helped calm him down, however seeing the place where the man was buried give him a slight shudder.

The forest seemed to last forever, eventually after about an hour of walking Maddox reached a clearing. He had never seen so much open space in his life. The light breeze, the clear blue skies, it was all too much for him. Without even thinking, he burst out into a full sprint into the field swirling and dancing.

The fun soon ended as Maddox fell to the ground in exhaustion. His eyes slowly closed as he fell into one of the most soothing naps he's ever taken. He awoke well rested and with a huge smile on his face. It was about noon and he knew he didn't have much left to go, so once again his journey began.

Another hour passed when Maddox finally caught a glimpse of something. Society, people, communication, more then he could handle. His pace slowed as he approached the city. He was about 10 feet from an alley that led to the streets of the city. As he proceeded, the shadows from the buildings seemed to almost startle him. His heart began to race as he reached the edge, the sounds from the streets now blasting in his ears.

He took his last step, the rays of sunlight hitting his face causing him to squint. It was amazing! Everywhere he looked people were walking and talking. There were mostly humans, but Sothren were around. He had never felt so free to make his own choices and travel wherever he wanted.

He remembered living here, which helped his confidence a little bit, but he was still nervous about the whole ordeal. He began to stroll down the street looking left and right at every building or stand. His eye caught notice of one apothecary merchant. The man noticed Maddox staring at him, gave a look of confusion at first then eased into a smile. The last thing the man did was give a wink before turning his head the other way to help a customer.

Maddox ambled down the street some more before he stopped dead in his tracks. He knew this street. Memories began to flood into his head as he shakily moved ahead. The image of that fateful day at the orphanage pounding in his head. He stopped, his head staring at the ground. He knew he was in front of it. His head slowly tilted upward to find the building, tattered and torn, windows broken, and not a soul in site.

No single emotion could be expressed. Maddox was unsure if he should be happy or not. Sadness began to fill his heart, but it soon became replaced with rage, his anger growing with every second. Something began to build inside of him, something familiar. Fur began to sprout from his skin and his whole body structure was changing.

It was happening again! He was changing into his other form! He hasn't lost control of keeping his form ever since that day 5 years ago. He fell to his knees as the transformation finished. His eyes shut tight hoping nobody had seen. One eye creaked open and he relaxed as he found nobody.

He stood there for a short while just staring at the ground wondering about what he was going to do next. That was made up for him when light footsteps began racing toward him. When he looked up it was too late, the speeding object had crashed right into him causing them both to fall to the ground with a thud.

The force of the impact caused Maddox to hit his head pretty hard on the ground. He sat up, rubbing his temple as he opened his eyes to find a face less then a foot away from his. It was a cat, female cat to be exact, who looked about Maddox's age. She had very sweet looking face. Her fur was a light orange with a snow white underbelly. She also had a very petite figure, yet had a much defined body.

At first, the two just stared at each other unsure of what just happened, but the silence was broken as the girl pushed herself off Maddox and began to retrieve the bag of what looked like groceries which she had dropped.

"I'm so sorry about that," she began. "I was in such a hurry to get home I didn't look where I was going."

Maddox brushed himself off and stood up. He then bent down and picked up and apple which he held out his hand to give to her. A slight blush appeared on her cheeks.

"Thank you," she replied quietly and took the apple. She was now looking straight down at the ground. "So... What's your name?"

Maddox isn't very accustomed to the communication with strangers so he attempted to reply confidently but instead choked out a raspy "Maddox."

"Oh, well, I'm Averra." She was now looking up at him. "Are you from around here?"

He replied with a simple shake of his head.

"Oh... well I'm really sorry about that again."

Maddox didn't respond, but rather stood there and stared.

"Not much of a talker?"

Maddox blinked once and then shook his head.

"Oh... Well... Where's your family?" She asked.

Maddox froze at the word family. He tried his best not to show his sadness, but she immediately realized she hit a sore spot.

"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to upset you," she began. "I wasn't sure if you were waiting for them or not."

"No... It's ok..." He choked out, still a little nervous.

"Well where is your family?"

"I... Don't... Know..." He replied with a second of space between each word.

"I'm sorry to hear that," she sincerely said. "Look. I have to get home, but it was nice meeting you."

Maddox didn't reply.

"Bye."

He didn't even look as she walked away.