Hello everyone! Sachiko Dogwood AKA Secretrace here! I'm starting on my second Shaman King fanfic. Hope you all like it! RxR

NOTE TO ALL: DO NOT BELIEVE ANYTHING IN THIS STORY> IT IS FICTION> REMEMBER THAT!

Taken from the Encyclopedia of the World:

Witch: Servants of Evil. Witches live in the deep fires of the Dark World, causing chaos and destruction on Earth. They usually visit Earth to find followers, and will do anything to get what they want. These creatures should not be trusted, or be spared by anyone's mercy, for they will show you none.

Not like It is in the Books

Chapter 1: Warm Welcome? Not

The room was silent.

"Did you feel that?" a teen of about 18 with green hair asked his 3 companions.

"Yeah. I felt them." A purple haired boy answered.

"Me too. I felt four vibrations." A spiky blue haired boy added.

"Well, guys, you know what that means!" The leader, a brown haired boy said innocently, though he and the group were smiling determinedly.

"Time to give some witches a warm welcome."

4 figures dashed across the dark and crowded forest.

The leader had on a black cape and a bandana with shoulder-length hair. The girl on the right had longer hair, while the girl on the left had the shortest hair of the clan. Finally, the girl trailing the three had the longest hair, and it seemed to reflect the moon's radiance.

The darkness surrounding them hid all their other features.

"Anna, Wait!" The short-haired girl called out to the leader.

"There's not time to waste, Tamao. If those hunters catch us, we'll be killed." The leader, Anna, replied, not even bothering to slow down.

"But can't we just use our spells?" came the voice of the girl on the right named Pirika.

"We don't have enough concentration. Right now, all we can do is run and hopefully they won't be able to catch up with us."

"There they are!" A voice yelled not too far behind them.

"Girls, run faster!" Anna shouted. It wasn't fair. Witches aren't bad like the what the books say.

"Anna! I can't run anymore! My legs are about to collapse!" Pirika cried.

There was no choice left. Anna is the strongest of the group. The others are strong, too, but are not as strong.

She sighed. "You three find a place to hid. Hurry!" They cloaked themselves in the shadow of the trees while Anna stood in the gleaming moonlight. Her hood was up. Taking a deep breath, she chanted, "Fdennas nogothrim, Lasto beth lammen!" over and over.

The hunters were getting closer, oblivious to the sudden shudder of the trees.

All of a sudden, the tree nearest to her burst up in flames, followed by another one. The pattern spread out until it reached the hunters not far away.

"What the hell's going on?" one of them asked.

"It's those damn witches! They're cursing the place!" a man with a British accent yelled.

When Anna was content that her spell will keep them occupied for a bit longer, she turned to her comrades, "Pirika! Lead the rest of the group to someplace with water! We'll be needing it."

Pirika stood there, confused. She then caught on and ran in a different direction away from all the action, followed by the other two witches.

'Pirika will know where water is. Her senses have never been wrong.' Anna thought as she stood in front of the flames.

Just then, one of the Hunter's face was lit up by the fire. Anna almost gasped. This face looked so young, he may even be around her age. And not to mention, he was kind of cute, too, with those headphones behind his ears. 'Don't think that! He's trying to kill you!' She turned and ran towards the direction that her companions ran in.

The girl found them on the shore of a little brook.

"Anna! Did you lose them?" came the silver haired girl's call.

"Unfortunately, I didn't, Jeanne. They're still after us."

"Do they even know when to give up?"

"Probably not. Pirika, are you ready?" Anna turned to the blue-haired witch.

She nodded.

"Good. I want you to summon a powerful rain storm to put out the fire."

Pirika nodded again and waited for the signal.

"Now!" Pirika quickly took a deep breath and chanted a few words. The water in the lake behind her rose sky-high. It stared to rain, then pour, drenching the ground, making it muddy. Steam rose as the fire was extinguished from the trees.

"Let's go," Anna said, "they won't be able to catch up with us through this." With that, the four disappeared into the darkness of the night.

Please review! It's gonna be a chapter story. I'm good at makin those.

Secretrace