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The rest of the day after that incident passed rather normally. After the History class, Kion and Bunga had math. Ono had another class, so they were separated for the time being. However, they met again two periods later, for social studies class. And they remained together until their next period: lunch.

It was a welcomed time, in which the students all could gather and relax for being ready for the next periods. Also, they all needed to eat. It was easy to say that it was Bunga's favorite period, and also, the one he did best, in his own oppinion.

For Kion, it was a good time to gather along with all of his friends and have some minutes of nice talk and to be able to share with them his time.

Indeed, he, Bunga and Ono reunited with Beshte and Fuli, and soon, they were all sitting together into a table, all of them eating their fill while they talked about the day. It was a nice moment for all of them to talk, laugh and relax before they would have to go back to their next periods. Sure, it was only for a few minutes, but they would also have the meetings outside of school. Still, it was nice to be able to gather around with his friends and have a nice talk.

They talked about a lot of things, basically, about how they had passed their times, and how had been their days till now. All of that ponctued by some remarks about the teachers and about what they had learned, mostly from Bunga, who never escaped from the chance of making a funny remark, which made everyone laugh. Bunga had always been a clown, he got it from his adoptive father and uncle, as it was easy to notice.

Eventually, Fuli asked: "What about the new history teacher?"

"Oh, he was very nice." Ono said, and he explained to them about the wolf who was their new teacher. Basically, that he seemed to be a very nice teacher, and that he had a good way with words and that he seemed to be adaptating to the town. Bunga also said that the wolf seemed to be very nice, and that he was a good teacher, overall.

The only one who didn't said anything was Kion. And this didn't went unnoticed by Beshte.

"And you, Kion? What do you think of the Mr. Howler?" The hippo asked his lion friend, and Kion looked up at him, and at his friends, who were also looking at him, waiting to know of his oppinion.

Kion took a few moments to decide what to tell his friends, and he ended up deciding to tell them his true oppinion, even if it would sound strange.

"Well... honestly... I thought him to be a little strange." Kion said, and his friends all looked at him, not understanding the thing of being strange. Kion sighed, and he explained to them the feeling he had that the teacher was eyeing him since the moment that he had came into the classroom, and also, what had been told to him by the teacher rigth after Ono and Bunga left. He told then about that which the wolf said, about his potential, and about responsability, and about the talk of grabbing it or letting go.

When he finished, his friends were all looking at him.

"He really said that?" Bunga asked, and Kion only nodded, "Strange, isn't it?" He asked, and the honey badger talked, "I knew that there was something wrong about him, he is crazy!"

"Well, I agree it sounds a little strange." Said Beshte, with a finger on his chin. Fuli also said, "Kion, don't you think you are a bit paranoid? I mean, he looked at every in the classroom, didn't he?"

Indeed, Fuli had a point, but this did not diminished Kion's sureness that the wolf took a particular interest into looking at him, and this was soon confirmed by Ono. "Actually, I also had the impression that Mr. Howler seemed to be particularly interested in Kion."

The eyes all turned to him, and he said, "I thought it was just an impression, but I think that I saw him eyeing Kion in a strange way, almost as if he had recognized him." He turned to Kion, "I was actually going to ask you if you and him and meet before."

Kion looked at Ono, as once again he thougtht about how to answer, and after a second or two, he finally said, "Well... under normal circunstances, no..."

This caught the group's attention, as they all looked at him, and Beshte said, "What do you mean? You and him already met under abnormal circusntances?"

Kion looked at him and was about to answer, but he stopped.

What he was going to say?

That he had a dream with the teacher?

This could be misinterpreted in several ways, one more embarrassing than the other, and now that Kion had started, he could not simply drop the matter. He thought about maybe lying, but he didn't liked the idea of doing it to his friends, also, he could not think of anything that would be a good excuse.

His friedns noticed that he had stopped talking, and soon, Fuli asked, "Kion? Is everything okay?"

Kion looked at his friends, and after a few moments, he sighed, and he said, "Do you promise you won't laugh?"

His friends all shared a look, and they all nodded, and Kion finally said, "Well the first time that I saw him was last night..." Kion said, "In a dream I had."

He looked at his friends, who all looked at him for a few moments, and they shared a look among themselves, and soon after they started to snicker.

Kion immediatelly groaned, and he lowered his had, covering his face with his furred hand, as he knew that now he would probably be a laughing stock for the next weeks.

His friends were laughing a little, well, Bunga was laughing, while Fuli was chuckling slight, and even Beshte was doing his best to hold back his laughter, and Ono, well, even he laughedd a little, though not as much as Bunga. Kion could feel his cheeks so hot that he thought that they were going to start melting, he immediatelly regretted having got up from his bed at all in that day.

"Okay, I know, it is stupid! Now quit it!" Kion said, trying to hide his blush as he seemed to want to dissapear into thin air and materialize again somewhere far away. His friends kept like this for a few moments, before Beshte said.

"Sorry, Kion." He said, as he was still trying to hold back a laugh, and was rather sucessful, but it was still clear that he was making effort. Kion grumbled and looked away, and he heard Bunga saying: "Man, Kion, now you sounded just all these mumbo-jumbo guys from tv and comicbooks!"

Kion groaned louder, and he fought back the urge to slap Bunga in the back of the head and walk away to eat alone. After a while, for his relief, the laughter died down, and his friends finally looked seriously at him again, and Bunga asked, "So, what kind of dream it was?"

Kion looked at him, and for a moment, he remained in silence again. Now, how he could explain that he didn't even knew what kind of dream it was? He didn't thought that he would handle having his friends laughing of his face again. Still, he knew that the best way of getting out of this was telling the truth and facing it as best as he could. At least it would save what was left of his pride.

"Well, actually, I don't remember very well." Kion said, trying to avoid looking at his friends, and instead, focusing on his hands. "Well, I remember that it was into a strange place and... there were... strange things... I don't know..." Kion thought about it for a moment, and he said, "And, I'm pretty sure that the wolf was there... I don't know... I just remember it was really strange."

"So, you don't even remember what you dreamed?" Fuli asked, and Bunga said, "Man, I hate these kinds of dreams."

"Who doesn't?" Asked Kion, and he expected the matter to simply be dropped, but his wish was not fulfilled, as Beshte said, "But, how can you have known him into a dream right before you saw him in real life for the first time?"

"That is a good question." Said Fuli, also looking at Kion. The young lion wanted to say something about it, but the truth was that he couldn't. He could not explain about it. Kion really had no way of explaining what had happened to lead to this kind of sittuation, and so, his friends started to offer their own explanations.

"Maybe you have just dreamed about a regualr wolf, and you associated Mr. Howler with the dream when you saw him?" Asked Beshte, and actually, that one made some sense. "I already had this sensation a few times when I woke up."

"It is a valid explanation." Ono said, and he added, "Or else, you could have saw him earlier and don't remember. Maybe you had saw him already in the past a few days earlier, and your subcounscious had kept his memory in your mind and brought it back to you in the form of this dream. I heard that sometimes it could happen. The subcounscious is really a very powerful thing."

"I don't know, this one seems to be a little forced." Said Fuli, and Kion was forced to agree with her. Still, both explanations actually were able to explain the strange fact of this "foresight" that Kion had about the wolf in his dream. Of course, Bunga had another explanation.

"Or, maybe you dreamed about the future!" The honey badger said, and all the eyes in the table turned to him. "Yeah, that happens a lot!" Bunga said, and it was clear that he was talking about tv, comics and video games. Still, the blue mammal talked about it as if he believed that it was basically the same as real life.

"Yeah, the hero always has some short of precognitive dream like that before embarking in his great adventure!" Bunga said, sounded somewhat excited "The hero has a prophetic dream about the great danger or the great adventure that he has ahead of himself, showing him his destiny and the path he must take to save the world! And usually, in these dreams, he has a vision of his mentor, who will guide him to the future through this path!"

"And it just fits with what happened!" Bunga added quickly, seeming suddenly even more excited. "That thing with Mr. H about your potential and the thing of responsibility and danger totally fits it! Kion, maybe you are a destined hero! Maybe Mr. H is some short of spiritual guide who has come here to find you and train you to achieve your great destiny as a big hero who will save the world!" Bunga sounded almost dreaming as he said that, "Just like in the video games!"

His friends all looked at him, and they shared a look. They knew that now it was just Bunga being Bunga, and so, Ono said, "I'm not sure if it is exactly what is happening in here."

"I'm with Ono." Said Beshte "Sorry, Bunga, but I think that this explanation is too much forced. I mean, this is not a video game, and I really don't think that Mr. Howler would really be a spiritual guide."

"Why would a spiritual guide find job as a teacher." Fuli said, enforcing the other two's arguments, and even Kion was forced to agree.

"Yeah, I don't think it is it." The young lion said, "But, I have to say that he looked rather cool with the musketeer outfit and fighting these monsters."

These words caught Kion himself off guard.

His friends all looked at him, surprised at what he said. "What now?" Bunga asked.

"Muskeeter outfit?" Asked Fuli.

Kion looked at his friends, as surprised as them for his own words. So, slowly, it was like his dream was coming back at him. As if he was remembering something that had happened years ago and he had forgotten.

"Yeah..." Kion said slowly, as the memories of the dream were coming back at him at pieces. "I... was in a different place... It was very strange. It was almost a maze."

His friends all looked at him, and Kion continued, "I think I... arrived in a place with many doors, and I opened one of them. And I saw... monsters... a lot of them."

Kion shivered. Though he could not remember the form or appearence of the monsters that he had saw in his dream, somehow the very memory of them made his soul flinch. "They were evil." Kion said, only half-aware he was saying it. "I could feel that they were evil."

His friends all looked at him, and Beshte said, "So, it was a nightmare?"

"Yes... No... I'm not sure..." Kion said, and he continued. "And... I saw him... Mr. Howler... or the wolf... He was dressed as a muskeeter, and he had even these hats with feather on his head. And he had a sword..."

Kion thought about it, as the pieces came, one at a time. "And he was... fighting the monsters..."

"You mean, like a super hero?" Bunga asked, starting to like this story, and Kion thought for a moment.

"Well... kind of." The lion said, as he remembered brief pieces of information from his dream. "He seemed a little like that. He was fast and strong and... He had a sword... No... Many swords... A lot of them. And he took them out of nowhere." Kion said, remembering the images from his dream. "Man, where did he got all these swords from?" He asked himself without realizing it.

"Oh, like in cartoons?" Bunga asked, and his friends looked at Kion, "Wow, that dream seemed to be really strange." Said Fuli.

"And what happened?" Asked Bunga, now having been caught up in the middle of the story, as if it was the newest number of his favorite comicbook. Kion looked at him, as he was still trying to remember.

"He fougth the monsters." Kion said, "He was doing good, but..." He made a pause, as he felt his stomach sinking as he started to have flashes of memory about what he had saw in that dream. "There was too many of them... They started to back him and he started to have trouble."

His friends all got interested in this, and they all seeming to be nearing him, as if to hear it better. Specially Bunga, who looked as if he was watching a particularly important scene from a movie, as he was almost on the edge of his chair to hear what Kion was saying.

"He fell." Kion said finally, "And the monsters started to go to him... They were almost over him... I was far, watching it all. And then he... he looked at me, and he screamed something in my direction..."

His friends all looked at him, and Fuli asked, "What did he screamed?"

Kion thought about it, and he said, "I don't know. I couldn't hear... but... There was someone else in there..." Kion said, more memories coming at him. "Someone who was right by my side and... he talked to me."

Kion's friends all looked at him, and the young lion continued. "He said something about... helping, and power... And he showed me his hand..." Kion said, as he looked at his own paw, as he was remembering the dream on its most basic information. He remembered very well of the shape he saw, as if he had already saw it a thousand times before.

"Red diamond..." Kion said in a low voice, more to himself than to his friends. But it did not stopped his friends from hearing him, and they all shared a look, and Beshte asked, "And then?"

Kion looked at him and at all his friends, who looked very intently at him, and after a few moments, he finally said, "I fell from my bed and woke up in the floor."

There were a few moments of silence. And Fuli said, "Wow... That was quite a dream."

"Yeah." Kion said, and Bunga said, "That was so cool! I would like to have a dream like that! I would kick some serious tail of some monsters!" He made a few poses with his arms as if he was in the middle of a fight.

"Do you think it means something?" Beshte asked, and Kion only shrugged as he didn't knew what to say about it. But it seemed that Ono had.

"Maybe it is your subcounscious trying to tell you something." The eggret said, looking at his lion friend. "Dreams are a way of our uncounscious mind processing what the counscious mind usually don't take in imediatelly. Usually our fears and our worries, if not something deeper. Maybe your deep mind wants to tell you something important..."

"Like what?" Kion asked, and Ono said, "Maybe that you have more talent than you think? Maybe that if you make more effort to try to be better you can help a lot of people? Who knows?"

Kion thought about it for a moment. Yes, indeed it made a little sense (who knew?) if you thought about it. And Kion finally said, "Yeah... but it still doesn't explain why Mr. Howler was on my dream before I even knew him..."

"Like we said, maybe you saw him earlier and didn't remembred until having the dream." Ono said, "Or maybe you associated him witht he wolf in your dream by instinct. It is also a possibility."

Kion thought about it, and it all made sense... Still, he had a strange feeling in his guts, as if that dream was much more important than that.

The young lion could not quite explain what was the feeling, he just felt like there was more to that than just a dream that he woke up suddenly from. It was the feeling in the back of his mind, maybe intuition (?) that just made him feel like what he had experienced in there was much deeper than just a dream.

As he thougth about it, Bunga continued. "Man, I wish I had more dreams like that! It must be trully awesome!" He looked at his friends. "I mean, having a dream where I can see a super hero fighting hordes of monsters? That would be so cool!"

"Yes, but the prospect of beign into a mysterious place with a horde of unknown creatures like what Kion described don't seems to be much appealing." Said Ono, and Fuli also said, "And Kion also said that the wolf was losing."

"Yeah, but there was someone else in there!" Bunga said back, "Someone who was offering Kion the power to help! I mean, it was like he was offered to become a super hero too! And that would be awesome!" He seemed really very hypped when he said it, "Man, if someone offered it to me I would have took it in a heartbeat!"

Bunga said, and suddenly he stopped, and he said, "Hey, now it does really sounds like something like a prophetic dream!" He said, turning to Kion, "As if it was your own call for a great adventure!"

Kion heard what he said, and he looked rather briefly to his honey badger friend, and he said nothing. Ono was invalidating that theory, of course, as he was clearly saying that it was not based in any scientific area, however, Kion didn't knew if he trully disagreed with Bunga.

However, they didn't had much more time to discuss it, for the bell rang, signaling the end of lunch period and the start of the next.

Kion soon said goodbye to his firends and he rushed to his next class, which was the same as Ono, but not the same as Bunga. It was too bad, for Bunga still wanted to ask Kion more about his dream, and offer his own theories about the strange event that it was.

He was conforted by the saying that they would have more time too discuss it after their classes were over, and so, the friends all followed their separated ways.

The day passed rather normal, as Ono and Kion both had chemestry period and soon followed by P.E, in which they met with Fuli again. Ono was not very good in sports, as it was easy to notice by his rather frail building, and Kion was a little regular. Well, he was slightly above average, as the teacher said, seeming that he was a litlte good in sports.

Of course, Fuli was the one who was really great at it. Her thin building could hide it, but she was one ofthe best athletes, with a rare combination of strenght, speed and agility into her body. She was easilly one of the best of the whole class, it was not surprise that she was in the athletic team. Kion couldn't help but get admired each time that he saw her, and so was Ono.

Soon that period was also over, and everyone changed back to their regular clothes and they walked to their next and last period, what was, in Kion and Ono's case, Biology. After that, the final bell signalled for everyone that the classes were over and it was time to go home.

Of course, needless to say that, after this last one, pratically everybody cheered as they finally were free from school and could take care fo their own lives. Even Kion was happy to be able to end it, and finally be able to walk away and take care of his own affairs... This is, if he actually had something to do after classes besides homework.

Kion and his friends all met after the last bell. The clubs had not started out yet, and they would, actually, only start in over two weeks after the classes started. So, Kion and his friends had all the time in the world to be able to expend together. And they had all decided to use it to go to the mall.

After all, Kion was already age enough to mind his own business, in his parents oppinion, as long as he was home in time to dinner and he gave it a call if he was going to be late. If he didn't... well, having your father as being a police captain was not the best thing if you get yourself in trouble and don't respect the rules. His father could put half of the police after him with just one call, and Kion had decided since earlier that it was better not to mess things up. Sure, he was not sure if his father would really come this far, but Kion decided not to test his luck.

There were a few malls into the city, and they had choosen to go into one of their official favorites. This one had plenty of places that satisfy to most of them. It had a place where you could practice sports, there was a lot of bookstores, a movie theater, a lot of places to eat, and an inside fliperama.

Everybody could be satisfied in there to their fully, and that was why the place was their favorite. It was the kind of place that never was boring and always had something to do and something happening.

And indeed, there were a lot of things happening in that place. There were people walking around, most of them students who came from school to take a break from the first day, and to be able to enjoy new things, and there were also some couples out there in a date, and groups going in a hangout togheter, as it was the right of everyone.

There were a lot of things happening in that place, all of them which were nice and expected to happen into a place like that. However, there were also other things happening in that mall, things that were not exactly expected at all. Things that should not be happening in a place like that, with so much innocent bystanders around.

In the depths of the place, in areas that should be forbidden to the public, something was crawling in the dark. Though no one would be able to see it, it was still there, and it was moving around in the shadows, alsmot as if it was there and not there at the same time. And it was doing something...

Kion was with his friends into the music shop, Bunga didn't stopped bragging about the new CD he wanted to buy, of one of his favorite music groups. The rest of the group enjoyed it, for everyone loved music.

Fuli was searching for some groups that she could hear. She liked to hear her favorite musics while she was training, it was like a personal soundtrack that helped her to focus. Beshte was searching for some tranquil music, and also some classics, he was a fan. And Ono was searching for some heavy metal. Yeah, the nerd eggret was a fan of heavy metal, which he listened in his free time. He was full of surprises.

Kion, on his own area, was more a fan of the classic punk-rock, and also some pop. And he was there when his friends talked.

"Look this, guys, one collection of the best melodies of Mozzard!" Beshte said as he showed the CD to his friends. "These ones are hard to find!"

"Very nice." Said Ono, as he was looking into the section that he was in, searching for a specific number of collections, and Fuli had just got some CDs of heavy rock. Bunga was right on her side, and he had just got a huge pile of CDs in his arms, which he most likely could not affort all. Kion was a little far, and he had just put on some phones. He was listening to a good rock music, and he was moving his head slightly at the rhytim of the sound.

Kion even started to sing along slihgtly with the music. He had always liked rock. Actually, Kion liked a little of every kind of music, specially the ones that had a dancing rhytim. And it was even better if the lyrics had a meaning, Kion liked these kinds of songs.

Kion was hearing the song he had chosen, when he heard something among the music.

Come to me...

His eyes shot open as he heard it. He knew that music, and it didn't had that whisper among the guitar.

Kion removed the phones, and he looked around, and then, he heard it again.

Come to me...

It was barelly louder than a whisper, still, Kion was pretty sure that he had heard it. It was a voice, and it was not like anyone that Kion had ever heard. It was dark, and it gave his chills in the back of his spine.

Kion looked around, but he didn't saw anyone, and it didn't seemed that anyone had heard the voice.

What was that? Was he imagining things?

But the voice came again, this time a bit louder, and Kion had absolutelly no mistake that he had heard it.

Come to me now

Kion looked at all sides, trying to pin-point the source of that strange and heart-chilling voice. However, he didn't saw anyone. He instinctivelly backed away to closer to his friends, and he said, "Guys... did you hear that?"

"Yeah, if I didn't!" Bunga said with a smile, "All of the CDs for only half the price! Man, this is something that does not happen everyday!" Bunga was clearly talking about the special promotion that was announced about one minute ago, and that was the reason for he was carrying so much CDs on his arms.

Kion looked at him, and at Fuli, who was simply smilling as she shook her head, and he even cast a glance at Ono and Beshte, who were still looking for their CDs. It really seemed that Kion was the only one who had heard it. For a moment, the young lion even wondered if he was starting to hear things, but his thoughts were interrupted when he heard someone saying.

"Hey, look out!"

Kion and his friends turned around to see what was it, and they saw that one animal in there was acting strange. He was a shark, wearing blue T-shirt and long cargo pants, and he was still with a headphone in his head, and he was walking strange. It was like he was lost, or confused, and he was walking to out of the store, without even bothering to take off the phones, and he was almost bumping into a lot of people as he walked to the outside.

"Hey!"

"Look were you are going, kid!"

"Ouch! That is my tail!"

"What is wrong with him?" Asked Fuli as she looked to the seemingly dazzed shark walk to outside.

"Maybe he is hearing a new song from Shakira?" Bunga offered "Her music is kind of dazzling." He said with a smile. But Kion didn't thought it like that. There was something going with with that shark, something strange. Kion just had this feeling, and he heard the voice again.

Come to me, my dear... I'm waiting for you

And the shark seemed to start to go a little faster, as if he suddenly was in a hurry. And it had been in the same moment that the voice had talked a bit louder, and Kion was pretty sure that he had heard it.

Kion looked at the shark who walked outside, as he wondered...

Could it be possible?

"Hmmm, guys, I just remembered I had to do a thing." Kion said to his friends over his shoulder, "I'll be meeting you in the fast food of the third floor?"

He was almost asking if he could go, and his friends said, "Yeah, sure!"

"Hm, yeah, see you later."

And with that, Kion walked to outside, and he started to follow that shark.

The shark was almost bumping into several people along the way, and he didn't even seemed to mind. It was like all that mattered was to get to where he was going, though it seemed that he was so lost that he didn't even knew where he was at the present moment.

Kion followed him through some stairs, until they started to go into the undergroud. It seemed that they were going in direction to the garage.

"What is this?" Kion thogiht to himself, as he wondered just what the shark was doing in there. And yet, Kion could still hear the voice, and it was becoming louder.

Come to me... I'm waiting for you... Come to me...

That voice was giving him creeps. It sounded feminine, and yet, it didn't seemed that it belonged to any woman. Or man, by the way. It was like what owned that voice was not to be put in that categories.

Kion was starting to get increasingly worried as he felt the chills in his spine growing, until he could feel the fur on his back all standing on end.

He had the strong and undeniable feeling that they were not supposed to be there.

Right outside the mall, one familiar shape of an wolf wearing a brown suit had just stepped out of his car.

John sighed as he was quite satisfied with his first day at his new job. It was nice, as a job can be. Good thing that he liked to teach people. In the past he had only gave classes to small groups, or in particular sessions, it was new giving lessons to a whole class. Anyway, it was a good experience to him, and he had the feeling that he was going to get along with it nicely.

He decided to pass in the mall in order to get himself busy and distracted from his work, and to get himself a well needed break from all of that. Maybe he could watch the new movie, or maybe he could eat something. That day was one that he decided to take to relax.

He took a deep breath, and he started to walk to the mall. However, as soon as he got near the entrance, he felt something vibrating in his hand.

"Hm?"

The wolf looked at his furred hand, and he saw that the silver ring on his middle finger was vibrating slightly, and the diamond in it was emmiting a winking glow. John looked at his ring, as he knew that it could only meant one thing.

It seemed that his "side job" had decided that his break was going to be delayed... again...

Kion was following the shark into the depths of the mall, going to a darker and more desert place at the moment. Kion had chills all over his body, as if he was feeling a presence in there, as if someone was watching him. The shark, however, didn't seemed to mind, as he simply kept walking forward, ignoring eveything around him.

There was a point that Kion decided that it maybe was time to stop it, and soon, he was approaching the shark, and he said.

"Hmm, hi?"

The shark didn't answered, as if he hadn't heard Kion, and instead, he only kept walking forward, as if the lion who called for him didn't even existed.

But Kion didn't gave up. "Look, sorry for following you but, I had a feeling you were acting strange and, I thought that you could maybe need a little help... Are you okay?"

There was a silence as they both walked, and the shark said, "I have to go to her..."

"What?"

"I have to go to her." The shark repeated, almsot mechanically, "She is calling for me." And as he said that, there was the voice again, and now it really sounded like someone calling.

Come to me...

"She is calling me." The shark said, "I have to go to her..."

Kion looked surprised at the shark, who seemed to be able to hear the exact same thing that Kion was hearing. At first, Kion was relieved that he was not only imagining it, for it meant that he was not going crazy. But then, he felt a wave of fear as, if he was not imagining it, than it meant that it was real. And it also meant that there were something very strange going on in there.

I'm here... come to me.

The voice kept calling, and the shark answered. "I'm going..." And he kept walking, and soon, he and Kion arrived in front of a door, which said, "Authorized People Only". The shark didn't hesitated one second in grabbing the handle of the door and opening it and walking inside.

Kion had a very bad feeling on his guts. It felt like every single one of his instincts were telling him to turn around and run away form there as fast as he could, for something horrible was about to happen in that place.

"Look, I think we should go." Kion said, putting a hand in the shark's shoulder, but he was ignored, as the voice kept calling him.

You are almost here now... I'm waiting for you.

This seemed to motivate the shark to go a little faster, as he was walking now almost as if he was late for an important meeting, and this was getting Kion worried.

"We have to go back!" Kion said, now starting to get really worried, as he tried to pull the shark's arm, but the fish was proving to be stronger than him, as he kept walking forward, and repeating, "I have to go to her."

Kion was starting to have troubles to hold the shark back, as the sea creature was proving to be too strong for him. His instincs were telling him to run away and leave the shark. However, the feeling that had something bad about to happen in that place made him dischart the idea of leaving the poor guy alone in there.

Kion was about to try to convince him to go back and leave the place along with him, but, before he could...

Who is that with you?

Kion froze, as he knew immediatelly that this woman or whatever it was, was talking about him, he looked to all sides, trying to pin-point where the voice had came from, but he could not find it, it was like it was all around him.

Wait...

There were a few moments of silence, and suddenly the voice came again.

YOU!

Till now the voice had came only as a sweet voice, as if it was luring people. However, in that moment, the voice sounded booming, and had adopted a much more mounstruous tone as if it was possessed by anger. It made Kion's heart take a mortal flip as he almost jumped out of his own fur. The shark, however, was still in the same daze he had been up to the moment.

Kion was about to start to drag him away from that place, when suddenly, he felt like the space around him was changing.

Kion looked around, as he saw that the very air around him seemed to be changing and distorting itself, and it was like Kion and the shark were suddenly caught in the middle of a whirlwind, as the ambient around them changed.

"What is going on!?" Kion cried out, but the shark seemed to be oblivious to his question and to what was happening, and suddenly, Kion saw that they were no longer into that place in the mall. Now they were in a very different place.

Kion looked around, to see that they were now in some short of place near the ocean, or so it seemed.

Normally Kion would have asked himself how he got ot the beach so suddenly, but he was distracted by the appearence of that place he was in now. It was unlike any beach Kion had ever seen. The sands beneath his feet were made of purple sand, and the rocks seemed to be of a deep-crimson red, and they had several forms that made them look like cracked and fanged teeth. And the waters that Kion saw on his left were so yellow that they alsmot looked like melted gold. And looking up, Kion was able to see a green colored sky.

What was that!? What on earth was going on!? Had he lost his mind? He was trully delusional!? He was going to wake up next into a madhouse into a straight-jacket?

As Kion pondered over it, suddenly he caught something moving in the corner of his eyes. He looked over, to see something raising from the purple sand. And it were crabs. But not regular crabs. These ones were bigger than him! And they had a deep purple color, save for the for big claws that they had, which were crimson, it alsmot made it look like they were soaked in blood. This thougth alone made Kion shudder, but not more than that feeling that the crabs passed him. It was almsot as if the evil was leaking from them... It almost felt like...

Bring me the shark!

The voice said again, snapping Kion out of his thoughts as it was somehow even scarier than the crabs themselves. And his heart almost stoped when he heard the next words.

Kill the lion!

The crabs all snapped their jaws, as they started to approach both animals, and they were almost drooling a yellow substance from their mouths. In that moent, Kion did the only thing he could think in the moment: he grabbed the shark by the wrist with both hands, and he started to run in the opposite direction, pratically dragging the shark with him using a strenght that he didn't even knew that he had.

The adrenalin coursing through his body was enough to give him this kind of power, and Kion was running fast, but not so fast, once the shark behind him seemed to still be dazzed, and was not running properly, it was more as if he was stumbled as he was pulled by the arm by that young lion.

Kion could heard the snapping of the claws of the crabs behind him, telling that they were being followed, and they seemed to be getting closer. Kion knew that at this rate they would probably be caught, and many other people would have abandoned the shark and ran to save their own lives. But Kion was not going to do it. Like hell he was going to abandon someone to be caught by these things! His family raised him to be better than that!

Kion ran across the beach, trying to open a good distance, and to maybe find a way back to the mall. However, he soon was finding that this place was very big. Kion was looking forward and he could not see any end of it, only an endless horizon. And looking to all sides, Kion could not find anything that would tell him where that place ended, or where could be an exit back to the place they were before. And Kion almost had the impression that the own ambient around him was constantly changing, as he was passing by some rocks that he was sure that weren't there when he looked ahead.

What the heck was going on!?

Kion was panting, his adrenalin at full force as he kept dragging the shark. His legs were starting to hurt from running, but Kion forced himself to keep going. The sounds of the monstruous crabs behind him being a strong encouragement.

Kion kept running, until he saw something ahead of him moving under the purple sand, and suddenly bursting, to reveal more of the mounstrous crabs. Kion gasped, as he stopped suddenly, the shark alsmot making both of them fall to the ground.

Kion was about to turn to run, but he saw the other crabs coming to them.

They were surrounded!

By both sides, the crabs snapped their claws and drooled the golden fluid from their mouths, which fell to the sand, creating foam. Kion started to back away as they circled them, keeping the shark right behind himself, until both of them had their backs agaisnt a big rock.

They were trapped.

The crabs all clapped their claws in their direction, and Kion almost had the impression that he could see hunger in their eyes as they looked at him.

Kion never imagined that he would end like that... Well, taking a shot maybe, but eaten by giant crabs?

Kion could pratically see the letters in the newspaper: Son of the Police Captain Found In Pieces! Perits Suspect that he was Victim of Mutant Crabs!

Kion could feel his heard hammering in his chest, as he kept the shark behind him. The first of the crabs was right in front of him, and it had its fours claws ready to shred him into pieces. Kion closed his eyes, and waited for his fate...

Zhuum

Chint!

There was a silence, and Kion opened a single eye, just in time to see that the crab was still in front of him, and that he was froze in place. Looking over, Kion saw the reason. There was a sword piercing the crab's head, right between his eyes/antenna, sunk till the hilt, which was silvery and decorated with small diamonds.

Kion blinked surprised, as he saw that the crab was stumbling, and finally, fell to the ground, and its body started to foam, starting into the point that the sword was sunk, unilt it was nothing more than foam into the ground in front of Kion.

The lion looked stunned at the ground, to what was left of the creature, that soon was vanishing, and he heard a familiar voice.

"Wow, that was a close one, wasn't it?"

Kion suddenly looked up, at the top of the rock he and the shark had their backs turned to, and he saw the very familiar form of Mr. Howler on top of it. The wolf was looking down at him with a smile.

"Mr. Howler!?" Kion said, shocked to see his new history teacher in there. The wolf simply smiled at him, and said, "Hello, Prideland."

And then, with a very swift move, the wolf jumped down from the rock, and landed in the ground, just above the foam that dissapeared, from the destroyed crab. The other crabs all snapped their claws, but they backed away one step, however, they were still circling the animals.

Howler looked at Kion, and he said, "So, how did you ended up in here?" He was asking as if it was something totally casual, and they were not at the moment into a freaky place with freaky creatures.

Kion looked at him, and he said, "I-I saw that guy acting strange up there." Kion pointed at the shark behind him, who looked as if he was still on a daze. "I followed him down there. There was a voice calling him."

"He told you that?" The wolf asked, and Kion said, "I heard the voice too."

Howler looked at him, and he said, "Really?" He still had that smile on his face, as he looked at Kion, "How interesting..."

Kion looked at the wolf, and soon, he said, "Wait, what is interesting? What is going on? What is this place? What are these things!?"

Howler looked at Kion for a few moments, and he said, "Yeah, I'm sure that you have a lot of questions."

In that moment, the crabs behind them hissed, and claped their claws, as if they were ready to kill them. Kion gasped, but Howler simply said, "But, before that, let me take care of this, okay?" And he turned to face the crabs.

For a moment, Kion wondered if he was crazy. He really planned to face these things alone!?

However, as he looked, the wolf raised his right hand, and the ring on his middle finger started to glow , until the white glow enveloped him.

Kion blinked as he saw the wolf being covered inot white light, and after a few moments, the wolf was still in front of him, but now, he had a completelly different clothing. He was wearing a muskeeter outfit, composed by shirt and pants, all white with golden trimming. He had a hat in his head with a white colored brooch in it and a silvery feather, and a long cape behind himself.

Kion blinked for a moment, trying to convince himself that he was really seeing it.

That clothes... His dream... It couldn't be...

The wolf looked at the crabs, and he smiled, he took a hand to his chest, and he pulled from there a long and silvery sword, and he pointed them at the crabs, and said, "Okay, who is first?"

The crabs all snapped their calws, and two of them marched straight to the wolf, their claws ready for cut him in two.

"Mr. Howler! Look out!" Kion screamed, and the wolf moved his sword, and he blocked all the four pair of claws that got in his direction. "I got this." He said with a smirk to Kion, as he pushed them back, and swung his leg fast, hitting them with a kick that proppeled them back. Kion blinked at this, as he saw the wolf doing something as amazing as that. And it sparkled a memory of his dream.

Well... Kion now was not even sure if that was really a dream. At the moment, under the present circunstances, Kion was not sure of anything anymore.

Howler looked around himself, as he saw the Crabs all snapping their jaws, seeming to be ready to pounce at him, and he smirked, and he brought his other hand to under his cape, and he brought out of there another sword, identical to the one in his hand, and he stood in place, as he said, "Bring it."

As if on clue, the crabs advanced against him, three at a time, and the wolf was able to parry the attacks of their big claws and attack back. He one claw from one of them was cut clean off with a swift move of his sword, and it immediatelly dissolved into foam, being nothing more than bubbles in the moment if hit the ground.

Soon after, he made another swift move, and pierced another Crab several times in the sheel, piercing it and reaching for the soft insides. Immediatelly, that crab fell to the ground and started to dissolve. Immediatelly after, another crab tried to pinch the wolf with his claws, but each one of them was parred by the blades of his swords with amazing speed and skill.

He parred the attacks of the claws, and he made a swift move with it, slicing the crab in half horizontally. Both halfs dissolved into foam as they fell to the ground. He looked at it, and soon, another crab moved, and stood right behind him, it's claws ready to pierce him. However, Howler, as if having eyes on his back, moved his arm and his sword into the crab in a vertical attack, like a slicing motion, and he was able to pierce the monster's shell right between the eyes, and the wound soon was foaming, and the wolf pulled back his sword, and sliced another crab, that was right in front of him, and both crabs dissolved into foam.

The wolf had no time to enjoy his sucess, though, for he immediatelly had to jump to avoid being snipped in half by another big claw from one of the crabs, and he had to keep jumping and dodging and parrying it with his swords, to protect himself as he kept fighting.

Many would already have ran way, but the wolf was not like everybody, as it was easy to notice, and he kept fighting, and he was able to score some hits into the crabs, making some of them dissapear. The wolf dodged another attack from a giant claw by spinning at his side, and he swung his sword, cutting off the legs of the side of the body of the owner of that claw, making it stumble to the ground, unnable to get up, and flailing its claws desperatelly.

Howler didn't gave him attention, though, for he immediatelly, parred another blown from the claws of another crab, and he made a swift move with his other sword to cut the claw clean off, and he shoved the blades of both swords in the body, piercing it at the level of the mouth, and making the thing start to foam. Immediatelly, he swung both swords, opening two big gashes into the body of the crab flailing in the ground. The gashes foammend, and soon did the whole crab.

Howler finally got back to pose, and he saw all of the crabs that were still surrounding him, and he sighed. This was going to take all day. He raised both swords, and he threw them, hitting two crabs into vital points, making them foam and vanish, just like the others, and immediatelly, he reached out for the feather in his hat, and pulled it out. He stared fiercerly at the crabs that surrounded him, and he threw the feather in the air.

It swayed in the air for a few moments, and then, as if having a mind of it's own, it moved, and buried itself into the head of a crab. The thing stood still, it's claws flailing around slightly, and it started to foam, just like the others. In that moment, the feather flew out of the foam, and it swirled in the air.

Howler had his fingers pointed at the feather, and he moved them across, and he somehow was making the feather mimic their movements by flying around like a missile.

The feather immediatelly flew and pierced another crab, entering by one side of its body and getting out in the other, and as that one started to dissolve, it immediatelly flew to the other, and pierced it just like it did with the other. And so it was doing with all of the crabs, making them flinch and snap their claws as it pierced them as an arrow, only to soon dissapear from sight a few moments later, dissapearing into foam.

The feather had just traveled to the last crab which was left, and flew around it, piecing it several times in a row, and finally, erupting from the area between its eyes, spilling foam from it, as the whole crab dissolved slowly, snapping and flailing its claws, before it finally feel to the ground, and started to completelly dissapear, until there was absolutelly nothing left.

The feather finally flew back at the wolf's hands, and he caught it swiftly, and with the same move, put it back into his hat. He smiled at himself, as he let out a lightly sigh. He was still getting it.

Behind him, Kion could only look at it with utter amazement, as he had really saw it. He was having troubles to convince himself that it was for real, even if he had witnessed it with his own eyes.

After a few moments, he was snapped back to reality as he heard a loud cry, making him jump. It seemed the same female-like voice from earlier, and it sounded utterly furious. In that same moment, the world around them started to bent and tremble again, as the ways were once more changing.

A few moments later, they were back into the basement of the mall, as if they had never really got out of there at all.

He heard his teacher say "Wow, that was a close one!" as he turned to face both Kion and the shark, who still seemed to be far away from there. The wolf approached them, and he asked, "So, are you both okay?"

Kion looked at him, and he nodded slowly, as he looked the wolf up and down into his outfit, one that remembered very mucht he dream he had last night.

No... it was exactly like his dream. The outfit, the swords, the flying feather and, now that he really stopped to think about it, even these monsters!

Kion looked at the wolf for a few moments, and he couldn 't help but ask the only thing that he was able to formulate in his mind at moment.

"What?... How?..."

Mr. Howler at the young lion for a few moments, and he offered him a smile, "Yeah, I suppose that you deserve some explanations, right?" He got straight again, and he said, "Well, I'm a Milies Magi. But if you prefer, you might call me a Magic Knight."

Kion just stared at him for a few moments, as he really hope that he was going to get much more explanation than just that...