Her paws ran as fast as they could, she panted hard, and her fur was warm and sweaty from the massive running. She looked back behind her shoulder. They were still chasing her, emitting low growls. Their strong paws thudded against the dirt path. She could feel the warmth of the beasts.

She tried to put on a burst of speed, and dived in a near by bush. She stood as still as she could, hiding her tail and wings. She tried to calm her breathing down, trying to recover from the chase. "I need to find some place where they won't find me." she whispered. "Some place where I'll be safe, some place where my scent won't reach them." She peered out of the leaves of the bushes, one of the Zaphao that was chasing her was sniffing around the base of the bush.

"Here little Tesuri," he muttered. "I know your around here some where, I can smell you." She gasped, and stood as still and quiet as she could be. She could already feel her fur tingle from the electricity emitting from his paws. She stared at those long claws, and those sharp teeth. She was certain that the horns on its head and the ones on his back her sharp as a needle as well.

The Tesuri's ear twitched as she heard a gun shot. "Have you found her yet?" a rough, greasy voice asked. "No sir!" replied the Zaphao. It was a human, he stepped out from behind the tree, holding a shot gun rifle in his hand. "What about you, numbers 2, 3, and 4?" "No sir! Nothing sir!" replied the other Zaphao. The man scowled, "Well get moving then! Before I shoot you four and sell you to the boss!"

The Tesuri gasped, "A hunter! I have to get out of here." She turned around and dashed quickly out of the bush. She could hear the Zaphao growl at the bush, they had smelled her scent, and now the chase was back on.

She tried to flap her wings, "Come on wings! Work, work!" she gasped. She saw the Zaphao band run up close behind her in the corner of her eye. "No!" she panted, and continued running hard. The sharp rocks and pebbles on the dirt path began cutting into her paws. It was starting to sting.

There was a sharp curve up ahead. She skidded to slow down, and turned around the corner. Two of the Zaphao did the same, but the others kept running and slowed down to late, and ended up crashing into a tree. 'Two down, two more to go.' the Tesuri thought.

There was a large lake up ahead. The Tesuri looked back, one of the Zaphao tried to bite her tail. She gasped and ran faster, 'They are getting too close.' She ran full speed for the lake ahead. She could hear her heart pound against her rib cage, she was panting hard, and dashed with her head down into the water.

The two Zaphao skidded to a halt beside the lake. They grinned at each other, and one of the dipped their claws into the water, letting off some of their electricity. Blue streaks of electricity ran all through out the lake, hurting the Tesuri and all the other life that lived in it. there was loud buzzing noises, and the whole lake glowed bright blue.

Underneath the water's surface, the Tesuri screamed in pain. Air bubbles emitted from her mouth, bubbling to the surface. Every muscle in her body tingled and ached; sharp shooting pains ran all about her being. She opened her eyes, but it hurt even more as the water began to electrocute them. She shut them tight, trying to paddle her way to the top.

She finally broke through the water, and slowly climbed her way onto the ground. She gasped and coughed for breath, spitting out the damaged water. She turned her head and saw that the Zaphao has spotted her and started to make their way to her side of the lake. She gasped and coughed some more. She stood up, shook the water out of her fur, and continued running.

After quite some time of running, she began to slow down. She had lost them, and hopefully for good. She panted hard and collapsed on the ground. She buried her muzzle in her cream colored fur, and tried to lick her wounds. The wounds stung when she licked them, but she continued to try and heal herself.

She heard a growling sound from the bushes, and looked up to see three pairs of eyes glowing from the bushes. "Wh... who's there?" she asked, her voiced cracked from the electrified water, and cracked from fear. The figure stepped out of the bushes, their glowing orange eyes glaring down at her.

The creatu had black scales, with orange amber crystals growing on its body. It's under belly was a reddish-brownish color; it had webbed feet, and three claws at the end of its tail. But what was most surprising about this creatu, was that it had three heads. Never had the Tesuri seen a creatu like this. "What are you?" she managed to ask.

"We are known as Crusher, the Ardur." the three heads growled in a perfect union. The young Tesuri shook her head, "No, I know what Ardur look like, and they don't have three heads!" she barked. "That's because I'm a special kind of Ardur. A mutated one in fact."

The Tesuri gulped, 'Three heads to tear me apart!' she thought. She backed away slowly, ears down and tail tucked between her legs. "Why don't you just fly away, little Tesuri." The mutated Ardur chuckled. "I... I have a name... you... you know!" she stuttered. Teh Ardur began to slither towards her, "Would you mind telling us that name?"

"It's... it's... T...Taylor..." she stuttered, whimpering. "Well, Taylor. Would you like to be devoured? We're sure your fur would feel great slipping down our throat." the Ardur chuckled. Taylor whimpered even louder and backed herself up against a tree. The Ardur smiled and, wrapped himself around the small Tesuri. All three of its jaws were open, and drool was starting to drool out.

"Crusher, do not eat the cream puff!" the hunter shouted as he stepped froth from the bushes. The Ardur closed all three of its mouths and looked up at the hunter, "Yes master." it grumbled. He looked at the Tesuri, "I was just teasing her, Master."

Taylor felt like she couldn't breath. she kept trying to grasp from breath, but Crusher was squeezing her too hard. It seemed like the perfect mourning dawn was being broken to little bits, like pieces of glass falling off of a mirror and leaving behind a thick blackness. "Crusher, alive!" the hunter barked.

The world seemed to get lighter now, and the Tesuri's chest didn't seem so heavy. She began breathing again, and stared at the two opposing threats in front of her. If she tried to escape, the Ardur would come after her. She could battle him, though, but doubt that she would win. Another threat was the shot gun that the human was carrying. One blow from that baby and she would be dead in an instant. She had to find some way to escape.

Taylor closed her eyes, maybe if she played dead, they would let her go. She made her breathing slow, until she was holding her breath. She was completely still, and completely quiet. She was sure that the smell of the salty lake water and singed fur would hide the scent of her living. "Crusher! I said alive!" the hunter yelled and stormed over and bent down to face the Tesuri.

"She is alive, Master! I am certain that I didn't kill her." replied the Ardur. He lifted her up to his Master, who placed his two fingers on the neck of the Tesuri. "She barely has a pulse!" he spat. "The boss won't want a dead cream! Dispose of her, fast and quick." he ordered to the Ardur. Crusher chuckled deeply, "Yes sir!"

Taylor could feel the creatu's hot breath against her neck. she opened her eyes quick and stabbed the Ardur in one of the pairs of eyes with her claws. Crusher shrieked and let go of the Tesuri. Taylor quickly dashed away. "AH! Useless creatu, get her!" the hunter growled. "Yes sir!" replied the Zaphao. The chase was back on. The hunter looked over at the Ardur, "USELESS!" he shouted. He hopped on the Ardur's back, "Let's go." he mumbled. Crusher roared and ran, carving into the ground and traveling underneath.

She kept running from the Zaphao. Up ahead, she could make out a faint scent of a human. "If it's the hunter, I'm doomed!" she moaned. But she kept going anyway, and soon she could see a tall white house. If she could make it there, then she could hide her scent and hide in the side bushes. She looked back behind her. The band of Zaphao continued to chase her.

She shook her head and continued to run, all she had to do now was cross the thick black road. 'I can do this, I can do this.' she thought. She felt the cool pavement on her paw's pads, stinging the sores on her paws even more.

There was a loud horn honking, and Taylor turned her head and saw a large car rolling its way towards her. She widened her eyes and yelped as it it hit her, making her tumble on the road. The Zaphao skidded to a halt. The paused by the road, "Dead Tesuri now..." Number 3 muttered.

"Why are you four standing around?" the hunter asked, riding up behind the Zaphao on Crusher. "Target is now deceased." Number 2 explained, pointing to the road. "Great, well come on! No use trying to catch her now." he scowled. The band of creatu hunters left, leaving Taylor out in the middle of the road.

A girl walked up to the Tesuri. "Thank heavens, you're still breathing." she sighed with relief and she watched the Tesuri lay there. "Must be knocked out cold though," she murmured. She picked up the Tesuri and held her in her arms. She watched the rise and fall of her side as she laid there, silently breathing. "I watched as that car drove by, it must've hurt."

She patted the Tesuri's head, and stared at her hand as she saw the Tesuri's blood staining her hand. "I'll take care of you." she whispered in the Tesuri's ear, "Don't worry."