With that, Juno knew he could either run away like a coward or stand his ground and fight with Bear. He chose the latter, although he might regret it in the end. "Bear, I am not going anywhere. And maybe they are hunting you, but I'm certain these bandits are the ones that set fire to my home and I am not letting them get away with it."

He turned and looked at Surya. "You joining us?" 

Juno didn't wait for her to respond. He just walked a few steps away following Bear. If he was going to do this he had better just come out with it and do it. Juno crouched over and in an instant it happened. His hands and feet became small paws with claws on them and on his back he gained what seemed like a shield of armor. He stood up, letting Bear and Surya, see what he really was. Now that he knew Bear was like him, his trust level for Bear rose and he knew that bear was deserving of his full trust. If Bear was able to transform also, what's to say there weren't more of them out there that were like them. 

"Come on Bear. We've got some bandits to take care of." 

The pendant he wore became warm, like it did when he needed the sword. He only discovered the ability recently after he took the pendant from the ashes of his burned down home. He knew that it was made from the metal of the reforged sword of his father, which he inherited after his 16th birthday. What Juno didn't know until recently was the ability it possessed. After noticing that once pendant and sword were together, the sword would disappear. This led him to believe that the metal used to make sword and pendant had magical abilities. The pendant acting like the key which unlocked the potential of the magic. 

Reaching over his back, Juno pulled out a sword from what seemed like thin air. And he knew that Bear and Surya were looking at him with disbelief. 

"What are you two looking at? Haven't you ever seen a sword before? I'll explain once all this is over. For now we've got some bandits to dispose of"