"Hey, uh, I forgot to ask...how long have you been cursed?" Matthew turned to the black wolf.

  "Since I was ten." The black wolf growled.

  "Oh, how old are you now?" Matthew tilted his head.

  "Fifteen? Same as you?" The black wolf responded as if it was obvious.

  Matthew was surprised at the answer he was given. "You don't sound fifteen."

  The black wolf scoffed. "Oh REALLY? What DOES it sound like to you then?" He bared his teeth at the small timberwolf.

  Matthew gulped. "Like a....spawn of......Satan?" Apparently the black wolf didn't like the answer he was given. His hackles raised as he stepped closer to him, baring his teeth and snarling. Max butts in.

  "Don't mind him...he gets dumb sometimes, he was just curious."

  The black wolf glared at Max, then to Matthew, then back to Max. "He needs to mind his God damned business!"

  Zack then changed the subject. "So, what advice can you give us?"" The black wolf then broke his concentration with Max, and turned to Zack.

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  "One thing you've got to know while being out here....is the dangers. These woods aren't normal."

  Matthew tilted his head, while Max and Zack exchanged glances.

  "What does that even MEAN?" Matthew exclaimed.

  "There are dangers, like those crows?" The black wolf looked at him.

  "Those birds?" Matthew asked. "Yeah, theyre CREEPY! They keep saying we're going to die!"

  The black wolf continued. "Those birds, you need to stay away from. They warn you of their master, The Necromancer. He's a sorcerer that wanders these woods, he's dangerous...casting forbidden magic as dark as Scarlett's. You must avoid him too."

  Max tilted his head. "What's a necromancer?"

  The black wolf snarled at him. "Don't you pay any attention?"

  Zack and Max looked at one another once more.

  "A necromancer is a type of witch that weilds dark magic, he's the only one that roams these woods.

  "What does he do?" Matthew asked.

  "He'll make you wish you've never been born!" He said, before walking out of their hiding place. He turns back to them, overlooking them with his obsidian black eyes. "I'm going to hunt! Who's coming with me?"

  "Uh, we don't know how to hunt. I mean we DID, but not as wolves." Zack said.

  The black wolf growled, as he muttered under his breath. "Why do I waste my time with people like THESE?"

  Matthew slowly turned to his friends with uncertainty. "What the FUCK?" He whispered.

  ......................................................

  When the strange wolf was completely gone, Matthew was first to speak after a good long while.

  "Wh- why him?" Matthew looked at Max with confusion.

  "Beats ME." Max shrugged.