Summer

“Maybe you, and I should spar little girl?” Red says. It’s AJ who growls this time.

“No. No thank you.” I say as politely as I can. He growls at me.

“Your freinds won’t always be around to protect you.” He says.

“I can protect myself.” I say as he walks off.

“Will you spar with me?” Ainsley asks nervously brushing her hair out of her eyes. She has long black bangs, and low, slightly wavy pigtails. They’re pretty on her. At the moment, long black rabbit years are out of her head. My hair has black and white streaks. My old bunny ears are sticking out of my head with black and white spots. We spar for a few minutes when I see Red get into an attack position out of the corner of my eye. We’re weaponless, of course. We had only been sparring with our fists. He rushes for me. I both managed to dodge and push Ainsley out of the way. I hop back up to my feet. She moves back, clearly scared. AJ pushes between her, and him in wolf form. Ready to step in if she needs to. I continue to roll and duck out of the way. When he comes at me a fifth time he’s panting. He growls, but there’s no fight left in him.

“Good work Miss. Summer.” The teacher says. “Winning does not always mean fighting. Sometimes it means wearing out your opponent till they can fight no more.” I smile at the praise. Red huffs and leaves. Xena and Midnight share nervous glances. He might be back, but I’ll be ready.