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Star's ears twitched forward as she heard the noise of a faint heartbeat in the darkness. Charon's aura had been masked by the mass of white shadows, but now that she was focusing in on it she could feel it.

"I'm not the one bleeding," she said in a calculating tone. With quick as lighting movements she reached into the darkness and plucked Charon from there. His head lolled to the side and she slammed him against the wall.

"Charon!" She shouted in the darkness, bearing the beginning of new fangs. With her new tail, her fangs would come in. He blinked his eyes open and looked right into hers. He didn't stand a chance in his weakened state.

"Who did this?" She growled, but the aura coming from the shadows was just as recognizable as hers.

"Nyx... And Estella..." He had closed his eyes again, but was still under the spell.

"What were they doing?" She squeezed his neck, having no mercy for the boy she once cared so much about. Her daughter was in trouble.

"They took the boat and are on the way to see my parents." His head fell to the side and he was unconscious. Star released him and let him fall to the floor.

She turned back to Shad and brushed past him quickly. "We need to hurry," she said without looking. "Try to keep up."

Star quickly phased into a five-tailed fox mid-stride. [I think she was at five tails... Maybe four.] Her silver coat was glowing in the darkness as she took off down a side passage. She was on a mission and didn't care if she reached Stella before Shad. Star was quick in her human form, but she was even faster as a fox.