Battle cries were all that you could hear.

People fighting and trying to survive from monstrous man-eating plants were all that you could see.

Both mages and non-mages fought to survive another night. That being their 700th night that they have been trapped in the so-called 'Island Paradise'.

One of the mages there, had fought long and hard since being trapped on the cursed land. The one whom had somehow became everyone's hard working leader. The one who stayed calm and created plans to the best of her abilities. Though her plans have failed since the beginning, everyone knew that she didn't mean for anything to happen. They knew, that out of everyone there, she was the one bearing the burden of sadness on her own. Yet she told them to keep believing.

The said mage ran, shooting the plants that tried to rip her head off her body with her magical bow and arrow. Though everyone were in large groups, she was only in a group of 3 as the other 2 were her second and third in command. It was their job to check up on the other groups, since only fewer groups remained. So she was able to check on them more efficiently but, had to run long distances to get to each group.

Behind her, watching her back, was her third in command. A younger girl by a year with orange long wavy hair with yellow highlights along with green eyes. She wore high waisted denim shorts, a plain black tank top and hiking boots, in her hand was her trusty sword that was able to control earth. She was from a different country, but was considerably stronger than the others and her leader. But she looked up to their leader too much, settling for third in command.

The second in command had stayed behind with another group, saying he was going to catch up with the 2 later. He was 5 years older than the leader and 6 years older than the third in command. He was definitely stronger in build and could plan strategies well with the leader. Though he was quite playful and reckless, unlike the leader so he was put in second in command by the everyone else's choice. He had messy forest pine hair and yellow eyes.

"Watch out!" The second and command warned her leader, slicing a plant from above with her sword.

"Thanks!" The leader replied, shooting several plants that were ready to pounce on the younger girl.

"Nice shot Unnie!" The younger girl replied, calling the leader by how she would address an older sister in her country.

"Has Keith caught up yet?" The older girl asked, referring to the second in command as the 2 stood back to back, fending off the plants that surrounded them.

"I haven't seen him yet, but he's probably alright." The orange haired girl tightened her grip on her sword and stabbed the blade into the ground, pushing it down like a shovel before 3 large rocks of dirt popped out and hitting it to land on 3 of the man-eating plants.

"Ugh... that man can be reckless." The leader replied sighing, pulling back the strong on her bow and letting go for multiple shots of magic to hit 7 of the plants around them. "Just like someone else I know."

"You mean that guy back at your homeland?" The third in command asked. Her leader, when they weren't being attacked, would often share stories about her home. How it had shaped her to be the person she was at the moment and how those who waited for her back there made her strong.

"That's the one." She replied, knowing who the younger girl was referring to. "But right now, mind getting rid of some of the plants?"

The orange haired girl smirked and stuck her blade back into the ground, stomping her foot right after. Cracks started to head their way towards the plants, creating holes beneath the plants as they fell in to the hole. Before they could somehow climb out, the third in command twisted her blade while it was still in the ground and took it out. The holes holding the plants closing themselves, the older girl shooting more arrows at the plants that were directly above them.

The 2 gave each other a high five, failing to notice a plant that was hiding under the shadow of trees. It extended itself towards them, their mouth open to eat one of their bodies. The girls closed their eyes on impact, unable to move in time. But instead of one of them being eaten, they heard a gun shot. They opened their eyes to see their second in command, smirking towards the girls resting his large gun on his shoulder.

"Y'know you could've taken your sweet time." The orange haired girl said sarcastically as they realized they were in the clear.

"How rude and informal." He said in a hurtful yet playful tone. "Is that how you talk to an older brother?"

"Oh shut it Keith!" The girl retorted. "You ain't my older brother!"

"Now's not the time to bicker guys." The leader spoke up, her bow lowered. "What's the report back with the others?"

At the girl's words, Keith's face went serious from his previous joking look. He ruffled his hair before a satisfied look appeared on his face. "From what the others told me, no one has died. We might finally be successful tonight."

That made both girls happy, that they might finally go a night without any sort of tragedy. They laughed in relief for a moment, but that happiness was short lived as neither of the 3 could notice the shadow in the darkness. As the sun began to rise, the shadow grinned. Watching as one final plant lowered itself silently from above the 3 leaders and take a large bite out of its victim.

An ear piercing scream could be heard could be heard throughout the island as the plant was sliced in half. The 700th death being completed. A month would soon pass, until another boat would arrive to deliver new passengers to replace the 728 people who had come before them.

Hello! So this is my new story that I had mentioned in my previous story; Mystical Fantasies. I got the idea from a friend of mine and I thought that this would be an interesting plot. I haven't seen a fanfiction with this type of plot before so I'm excited to see how this plays out while I write it.

Hope ya'll stick around. Review what you think and hope you follow this story as it grows.

Ja ne~