Chapter II: An Unwelcomed Guest
The wolves tightened their circle around Serenity, Nathan, and Hugh; snarling and growling at the three. Morris Baldwin, Hugh's father, stood in the path of them and the castle door, fully transformed as a werewolf.
"Now what? We can't fight all these wolfs and him, not without drawing attention to ourselves." Nathan muttered to the others under his breath.
"We cannot avoid him either, we would get killed." Serenity replied back to her brother. Morris growled at the three and stood on his hind legs.
"Well, I guess we will have to try and avoid him and go for the door. Serenity, keep him busy; Hugh and I will go to the door. When we're in, hit him away and get in there fast. The others shouldn't be too far ahead of us, we'll get either Mina or Charlotte to seal the door." Nathan stated.
"Fine by me, Hugh?" Serenity said.
"Yea..." Hugh said coldly.
"Okay, let's move!" Nathan shouted as he and Hugh ran for the door. One of the wolves jumped at the two, Serenity moved into action, "No you don't, heads up you guys!" Serenity unsheathed her sword and struck the wolf with all her strength.
It flew over Nathan and Hugh, and hit the door with full force. Nathan and Hugh skidded to a halt, "What the hell? With that much force, the door should be in pieces." Nathan said as he looked at the door.
"Move for a second." Hugh said as he walked up to the door. He put his hand on it and moved it around for a couple of seconds.
"Damn, we need to find a different way to get in. This door has been sealed with magic."
"What, did those idiots seal the door already?" Nathan demanded.
"No, this door...it was sealed with dark magic. Foul dark magic. It's Chaos no doubt." Hugh stated as he moved back onto the bridge.
"Well, since he knows we're here already, there's no sense in keeping things quiet." Serenity said smiling.
"Right, but we need to get to the others before anyone else gets to them first. Avoid him and the wolves as best you can and see if there is any other way in." Nathan said.
Serenity nodded and looked around the walls of the castle, "I have it, follow me up there." Serenity said pointing to an on look.
Serenity hit wolves out of the way as she made her way over to the castle wall. Nathan and Hugh did the same as they followed her close behind. By the time they had gotten to the wall, there was a rather large blood trail behind them. Morris howled and started to run after them, with about two hundred wolves behind him. Serenity, Nathan, and Hugh began running full speed up the side of the castle wall. Morris was the only one following the three as his wolves began trying to get into the castle by hitting the door, to no avail.
"Keep going, we are almost there." Serenity called back.
They reached the on look in about thirty seconds; following Serenity's lead, the three ran down the on look bridge at great speed. Ahead of them, was a large room with a red door at the back. From the distance they were at, they could not see the black skeleton in the center. Morris launched himself from the on look onto its bridge. Nathan and Hugh were falling further and further behind Serenity. Suddenly, Morris crashed down in between Serenity and the others.
Not noticing, Serenity ran into the room as Nathan called out "Serenity!"
Serenity turned just in time to see Morris stand back up on his hind legs in front of Nathan and Hugh.
"Nathan! Hugh!" Serenity called back to them.
She ran back the way she came, but a red door with the very same design as the other door slammed shut, closing her off from the fight that was ensuing outside the room. As the door closed, Nathan and Hugh saw three figures in the room behind Serenity. One of which could be clearly seen with glowing red eyes and a cunning smile.