Chapter one-

Nexis was about to attack, when she heard a howl. She turned around and saw Echo leading a bunch of animals.

Star moles, phoenixes, forest sprites, wolves, and leaf fairies trailed behind him.

"What is this?" growled Dragarha.

Echo looked up bravely at Dragarha and said, "Just some creatures from the Woodlands who wanted to watch Nexis beat you."

"Well that's just-" Dragarha started, but a raspy voice cut her off.

"Fair," it finished.

Nexis looked past Dragarha and saw a giant undead fairy leading a hoard of dark creatures. Spiders with 10 legs, ogres, and shadow birds leered at Nexis. She shuddered, but the light from the Artifact kept her feeling brave.

"What are you all doing here? Didn't I tell you to guard the Grim Rock Woods?" Dragarha sneered.

"Yes," the fairy said, it's black hair floating in the wind. "But we decided to watch you kill this stupid little runt of a wolf."

"Don't be so sure about that!" shouted Nexis, and she lunged at Dragarha, the gem gleaming.

Dragarha, who had much more battle experience then Nexis, smoothly dodged out of the way, despite her giant wings. Then she swiped at Nexis, dark magic spilling out of her claws.

Nexis barely got out of the way. She heard Echo encouragingly yelling at her not to let that, 'Un-rightful dragon ruler' to win.

Nexis gritted her teeth and swished her tail. A burst of green light shot out of it and hit Dragarha in the cheek. She roared and tried to bite Nexis, but Nexis dodged. She was getting better at this!

"It'l take a lot more than that to stop me!" yelled Dragarha. Then, she lunged at Nexis, red magic spiraling around her teeth.

Then Nexis heard Echo's scream of horror. "NEXIS! LOOK OUT! THAT'S DEATHFIRE! IT KILLS WOLVES IMMEDIATELY IF IT EVEN TOUCHES YOU!"

Nexis wouldn't give up! She narrowed her eyes and dodged.

But it was too late.

Pain shot through her leg as Dragarha clamped her teeth on it. She howled and tried to pull away, but she was getting dizzy.

She heard the New Moon Woodlands creatures screaming in terror.

She heard Echo's cry of rage.

She heard Dragarha's laugh of triumph.

Then everything went black

Chapter two-

Nexis didn't know how long she was lying on the ground. Then, she opened her eyes. She was surprised to be in some kind of space nebula, blue sparkles around her body.

Next to her, the Artifact lay. It was dark.

Nexis gasped and reached out to touch it with her paw.

It was cold.

"No," she whispered. "No, no, no, no, no."

Tears welled up in her eyes, but she forced them not to fall. Then, she felt a paw on her shoulder.

Nexis looked up, and gasped.

A she-wolf that looked very much like Nexis was smiling down at her.

It was Moon.

"M-Mother?' Nexis whispered.

Nexis recognized her mother from Direfang's description of her.

"Yes," Moon said. Her voice sounded like Direfang's, only more gentle and soothing.

"Am.. am I d-dead?" Nexis said, dreading the answer.

Moon laughed and shook her head, her sparkly fur twirling around.

"Well, technically, yes," began Moon. "You're about to go into Farstar, the place where all wolves go when they're dead."

"Is Maplewhisper here?" Nexis asked her mom. She felt sad, yet happy.

"Oh, you mean that Knowledge Wolf? Yes, she's here. She's resting," responded Moon.

"Direfang's here too," added Nexis's mother. "It's a shame that she died, even though she wasn't very nice to you."

"You-you know Direfang hasn't been nice to me?!" Exclaimed Nexis.

Moon smiled. "Yes. I've been watching over you. You are my cub, right?"

And then Nexis started to cry. She ran into her mother's silky fur and buried her face into it.

Moon stroked her head and said, "Nexis, it's alright."

"No it's not," sobbed Nexis. "I died, I let Skygon down. I let Maplewhisper down. I let Dragarha win, and it's all my fault. The prophecy will never come true now. I failed."

"That's not true," whispered Moon. "You tried."

"But I failed."
"No," Moon said. "You didn't fail me. You may have lost, but you didn't fail me."

And then Nexis's eyes shot open. Moon smiled and breathed on the Artifact. It started glowing again.

She gave it to Nexis.

"I love you," she whispered, and then Nexis was yanked out of the

entrance to Farstar.

Her eyes glowed a greenish blue and a green aura surrounded her, once again. It was as bright as Moon's eyes.

She was standing in the Golden Leaf Grove again.

Everything was silent, but then Echo cheered. The Woodland creatures shouted happily.

Dragarha's eyes widened. "HOW?!" she roared.

"It's because of love, Dragarha," growled Nexis. "Something you never understood.

"And now, let's finish this."

Chapter three-

Nexis felt stronger than ever. She shot towards Dragarha and scratched the dragon's chest. Blood trickled out of the wound.

Dragarha roared with fury and clawed at Nexis, but the attack did nothing.

Nexis bit the dragon ruler's arm and tore her wings. Blood splattered all over the ground and Nexis saw Echo wince as Dragarha let out an unearthly screech.

"YOU STUPID WOLF!" she shouted. "YOU CAN NEVER DEFEAT ME!"

And then she lunged at Nexis and bit her with the Deathfire.

But Nexis didn't die. She stood there, light blazing around her body.

Dragarha bit down harder, and then was thrown back with a powerful blast of forest magic.

"How... c-can.. this b-be?" Dragarha asked. Nexis could tell her powers

were weakening.

Nexis pounced on Dragarha and slid her glowing green claw across the dragon's eye.

Dragarha screamed and clutched at her eye. Blood seeped out of the wound and Nexis knew at once she had blinded Dragarha. Well, halfway blinded her.

"YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS!" yelled Dragarha. She tried to get up, but Nexis pushed her back down. She was amazed at how strong she was.

"No. You'll pay for what you did," Nexis told the roaring dragon. "You'll pay for what you did to Maplewhisper, Skywhisper, The New Moon Woodlands, and all the forests. You'll PAY for what you did to MY home!"

She could hear Dragarha's minions screaming at the dragon to get up and kill the wolf. She could hear Echo and the Woodland creatures yelling at her to finish the fight.

"Dragarha," said Nexis. The gem glowed brighter.

"I will tell you this.."

"NEVER. MESS. WITH. SKYGON. AGAIN."

And with that, despite the look of terror in Dragarha's eye, Nexis plunged her claws into Dragarha's throat and ripped it in half.