The Plan?

We headed to our dorm room quietly after that. With Savannah safely separated from the two of us we had a lot more room to breath. She was our voice of reason a lot of the time. The one that yelled at us whenever we did something stupid. I planned to do something very stupid.

"I think we should go to the park," I snorted, "Not many students there after dark."

"Hardly anyone goes to a park nowadays," Ethan nodded, "Why go to a park when you can hope in the untamed forests of the past?"

"Not everybody has free access to a VR pod," I was almost offended by that statement since I spent quite a lot of time in a park before I'd come to the academy, "But a good point anyways."

My wings twitched as I thought it over slowly.

"The only other problem is I can handle two of them at most," I glanced over to Ethan, "Do you think you can handle the other two?"

"With ten minutes of calm I should be able to handle half an army," Ethan let a cocky smile slip through.

The difference it made when Ethan wasn't constantly afraid. He was actually pretty cocky when he wasn't worried about the eyes of others.

"You're certain?" I cocked my head to the side.

"You remember what I did to Baron right?" Ethan leaned back with that cocky smile still plastered on his face, "I was still holding back."

"Your a monster," I smiled slowly.

Ethan tilted his head in a cocky yeah nod before going back to serious.

"What will we do if we can't convince them to let us do our own thing?" Ethan's eyes narrowed.

"We'll have to consider a permanent solution," My smile dropped, "I'd rather not kill them, but if we have to it'll give us enough time to escape."

"Escape to where exactly?" Ethan didn't like my current line of thought.

"I can change my face Ethan," I realized I wouldn't be able to bring him or Savannah with if I ran, "I can go anywhere."

"But we can't," Ethan's anger seeped through our connection even though it didn't reach his face, "Do you plan on leaving us behind?"

"If it keeps you safe then yes," I nodded slowly, "I'd be close to impossible to track by myself, but if I brought the two of you with then we'd all be caught, and I would definitely die."

"What will happen to our bond if we're separated for a long period of time?" Ethan was slowly riling himself up.

"Nothing," I tilted my head to the side slightly, "You just won't be able to sense me when I get too far away, and you won't be able to strengthen it, but it's better than the alternative." I growled, "They lock the two of you up, and kill me. Which could kill you both."

I rattled the scales along my neck. My wings pulled in closer than usual.

"And what if they agree to let us do our own thing?" Ethan frowned at me.

"We keep doing what we've been doing," I shook my head, "Once I get strong enough they won't be able to just get rid of me anymore, and that's when we'll be finally be free to act."

"What if not all of them come to get us, or one escapes?" Ethan was thinking slowly.

"Then we'll figure it out if, and when it happens," I snorted, "Tomorrow I'll give them a reason to follow me. I'll go around on a wild goose chase, staying where I can be seen the whole time, so when they see me go somewhere alone where they can corner me." I smirked, "They'll come right to me like moths to a flame."

"Then we'll corner them," Ethan nodded.

"Make sure you cover up your scent before you head to the park," I relaxed back into my room.

"I won't forget," Ethan frowned.

Images flashed through my mind. Images of Ethan's past. He was worried that we would fail. Some of the images of his past were disturbing, but with only a flash of an image I wasn't able to pinpoint what I found disturbing about them. Something happened to Ethan when he was younger. Something bad.

I shook off the chill that had gone down my spine, and closed the door to my room slowly. I needed to strengthen my elements as much as possible before tomorrow. Even if it was a waste of time, and I didn't manage to gain a level. It would help settle my nerves. My wings twitched slightly as I focused.

I didn't know what was going to happen tomorrow, and to a certain degree I wanted to just run already. If I ran now no one would ever know we were connected, and if they didn't know I was connected to Ethan, and Savannah than they would be safe. At the same time leaving them behind would tear me up inside. They were my bonded. Mine to protect.

I snorted angrily as I thought it all out slowly. This wasn't anywhere near what I wanted. I just wanted some peace, and quiet for a while so I could get stronger. Strong enough to stop anyone who was stupid enough to get in my way. Strong enough to kill those that would try to kill us.

Strong enough to make even the four greats think twice before fucking with us. I yawned slowly as I settled in for the night. For now that kind of power was so far out of reach that it might as well be a pipe dream. We'd carry out our stupid werewolf plan tomorrow. The only problem would be making sure Savannah didn't catch wind of our stupid idea to confront the wolves.

That, and what we would do if the wolves didn't follow me. If they just pointed me out to a teacher we'd be fucked. All thoughts of sleep were driven from my mind as all the possibilities of what could go wrong started to flit through my head one by one. I watched that odd colder heat signature to distract myself for a while. Luckily, watching a heat signature hardly move for an hour was enough to bore me to sleep.