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Magnus sits there looking up at the sky, Alex next to him with her green hair on his chest and holding his hand. He grips her hand tighter and smiles looking up too see Sam and Amir asleep together on a bench, a small blanket over them. Hearthstone is caring a tired Blitzen to there tent as he waves a goodbye to Magnus. "Still awake beantown?" Alex says getting up and kissing Magnus's forehead. "My friends have corrupted you haven't they?" He says smirking as he pulls Alex closer and kisses her hand. "Nope I just like to annoy you." She says as she slaps Magnus's chest lightly.
"You could never annoy me" Magnus states placing his hand on tops of Alex's, pinning it to his chest. "We'll see about that." Alex jokes as she turns to look at Magnus and begins to fall asleep. Magnus smiles and whipes the dirt away from her face and begins to drift off. Be fore he can he hears an deafening snap of a chain and the sound of metal clamping against metal, as a small whimper can be heard deep in the forest. Magnus starts to get nervous and begins to shake slightly. "The hell was that?" Magnus whispers as he slowly gets up, careful not to disturb Alex.
He grabs a blanket and places it over Alex and kisses her cheek as he summons Jack from his pendant form. "Jack I need some light" Magmus states heading into the forest as Jack glows dimly hovering above Magnus. "What are we doing now?" Jack sleepily asks, the tip of his blade dropping slowly then quickly pointing forward again, Magnus's idea of how a groggy sword acts. "There was a noise coming from the forest and I wanted to check it out in case we were being watched... Or worse." They continue to walk forward as the whimpers become louder, until Magnus is face to face with the source of the noise. Magnus's eyes widen and he starts to tremble. Not because of the severity of the trap, a chain attached to a pulley system next to a tree that activates a bear trap that hangs the victim above the ground. No, because a what was caught in that trap. An adult wolf with gray-white wolf with blood dripping down its side as one leg is suspended above the ground. "You ok senõr?" Magnus clears his throat and walks toward the wolf placing his hand under it, "Jack cut it down and I'll catch it." Jack springs into action and chops the chain as it clatters to the ground. The wolf plows into Magnus as he falls to the ground and grunts.
"Jesus he's heavy." Magnus says pushing the wolf off of him and using Jack as leverage to pry the trap off of the wolfs leg as it clatters to the ground. Magnus hovers his hand above the wolfs pelt and feels pain oozing from the creature. He pulls his hand back quickly and breathes in deeply. "Sir I know what happening right now but think of this, Not all wolfs are the same as the ones on that night, just like how I'm nothing like the skofnug sword and how Alex and Sam are good people." Jack hovers to Magnus's should and places his grip on Magnus. "Thanks Jack I needed that." Magnus places his hands over the wolf and his hands grow brightly. The wolfs pelt begins to grown over the wounds as they heal. The wolf stands up slowly and regards Magnus not with fear or anger, but with respect and places its muzzle in Magnus's hands.
"Um... Your welcome little guy I have to go now, good bye" Magnus says patting the wolf on its head and heading back to camp as Jack follows close behind. "Proud of you man." Magnus puts his hand in his pockets. "Thanks dude you helped me out there man." Magnus turn Jack pack into a pendant and takes his place next to his girlfriend Alex. He wakes up to green hair in front of him and smiles but notices something else. A hot-dry breath above him. He looks up and sees that same wolf from last night.