Written by Jasmine

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The demon howled in pain and blindly attacked the three girls. Draco leaped out of the way as the demon slashed at her. Hebi, not seeing the attack because Draco was in the way, was hit. Hebi could only feel pain when she hit a tree with enough force to knock it over.

That of course angered her friends.

"That's it you stupid monster! YOU'RE SO GOING DOWN!" screamed Draco. Moons on the other hand had been evading the demon's attacks and parrying them. Moons was beginning to get tired. Draco then decided she would use one spell that she hadn't quite mastered yet. But, it was powerful enough to kill the demon when it hit.

"Moons, get Hebi and get away from here as fast as you can!" shouted Draco.

"Why? What are you going to do?" questioned Moons, while still fighting.

"Argh… My body feels… like a… ton of bricks," gasped Hebi.

"Just, get out NOW!" ordered Draco.

"Fine, but when you come back I want an explanation," sighed Moons. She then picked up the groaning Hebi and fled.

Moons was afraid to leave Draco alone, because she didn't want to lose her also. But, Hebi needed to be taken care of soon. The snake demon, although she would never admit it, was hurt badly. Moons was carrying Hebi piggy-back.

"Hey… Moons, you can put me down now, I can walk. Really, I'm not lying this time," whispered Hebi in Moons' ear.

Moons barely even heard her, even with her enhanced hearing.

"No, Hebi you're hurt really badly this time. I always tell you to pay more attention in battle, but you always ignore me," stated Moons.

Moons placed Hebi next to their now-burned out fire, and got to work lighting it again, when there was a loud explosion from the direction she had come from. Moons sat horrified thinking of what might have happened to Draco.

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(With Draco after Moons Left)

Ok, if I remember right, I have to believe that the explosion is small and powerful to keep it at a minimum. thought Draco hurriedly. She stuck her staff into the ground in front of herself. It would create a shield by itself that way. And began to chant to herself, in an undistinguishable language.

The demon attacked the shield thinking it could win no matter what. Draco was straining her brain with trying to remember the spell correctly. When she finished the spell she thought of a small powerful explosion.

But, it created a large explosion instead of a small one. The explosion sent Draco flying with her staff.

"DAMN IT! I DID IT AGAIN!!" she screeched while crying frustrated tears.

Gah! Hebi won't let me live this down now Draco thought sadly.

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(With Hebi and Moons)

"Hahahahahaha…" laughed Hebi joyously. "She did it again…. Hehe, she's supposed to think of a large weak explosion," snorted Hebi.

"Well, you recovered fast," said Moons, sweat dropping.

Hebi was totally incapacitated until right after the explosion; she sat up quite suddenly laughing humorously because of the explosion.

"Um… are you alright Hebi?" asked the confused Moons.

"Of course…" Hebi was interrupted by a jolt of pain from her back. "…not." She said grumbling.

Right at that moment, Draco walked into the campsite covered in soot. Hebi noticed her first and sprang to her feet and walked over to Draco, where she then placed her arm over Draco's shoulders, and said with a grin that beat the Cheshire cats, "Well, well, what do we have here, a dragon demon covered in ash from her own attack. How sad." Hebi then shrugged and walked away from the scowling girl.

"Oh Draco, you're all right!" exclaimed happily.

"Yea, yea, just peachy," mumbled Draco.

"Hehe yea, except her PRIDE!" snickered Hebi.

"That's it! You are officially going to die by my hands," Draco said while giving Hebi a noogy.

Moons smiled thinking, And I thought that I'd be happier with my family. Hebi was sniggering while Draco fumed at her. How wrong was I. Now Hebi had fake tears pleading to Moons to make Draco stop attacking her.

With a smile on her face, Moons walked over to the arguing pair and smacked them both on the back of their heads.

"Ow… what you do that for Moons?" both Hebi and Draco asked.

"I couldn't think with all the yelling you two were doing."

Hebi smiled. "Oh, so you're fixed now?" she asked.

"What?! Moons, you can't have kids?!" inquired Draco.

-smack- -bam- -thud- -twitch, twitch-

"Well, that was interesting," Hebi said passively.

"Oww…" groaned Draco.

"Stupid, Hebi meant I wasn't sad anymore."

"You could've told me that instead of attacked me viciously."

"Now Draco, we all know I am the vicious one, not Moons," Hebi stated matter-of-factly.

"Yea, and the most childish one, too," Draco said under her breath.

(Hebi was the oldest of the three. She used twin blades as if they were her own arms, and had a violence problem. Hebi acts like a 5 yr old most of the time, though. Draco could wield her staff elegantly as a weapon but she mostly used magic. She was only a few months younger than Hebi. Draco got irritated easily and having Hebi as a friend wasn't helping her blood pressure. Moons was the youngest, and she had the best accuracy, with her bow. Although she was the youngest, she was mostly the voice of reason and most responsible of the three.)

"Are we there yet?" questioned Hebi for the millionth time that day.

-vein throbbing on forehead-

"No, we aren't," gritted Draco.

Moons just sat there humming softly to herself. "Hey, whatcha humming?" asked Hebi, who totally ignored Draco's bad mood.

-face plant-

"Um… nothing really. But, ah, do you have a short attention span or something?"

"Nope, none that I'm aware of," Hebi replied, skipping ahead.

"She's been like that since her mom died. I think she does it so she can always have something else on her mind."

"I think you might be right, Draco."

Hebi trips, gets up and chases a butterfly around.

"How do you deal with her Moons? She's so annoying."

"The same way you do," smirks Moons.

Draco stood gaping at Moons, opening and closing her mouth.

"Ooh, are we playing a game? Is it charades? Draco's a fish right?" asked Hebi, who came out of nowhere. –smacked on head-

"No you dolt!" screamed a very annoyed Draco. Hebi runs hiding behind Moons.

-pointing at Draco-

"She's… a… Meanie!" sobs Hebi.

-sweat drops-

"Um… wow," a stunned Moons said. Moons tried to calm down the now hysterical snake demon while Draco pouted about being called a meanie by her best friend.

-sticks lollipop in mouth-

"Ok, I'm sorry, have a lollipop and shut up," grumbled Draco.

-huge smile- -hugs Draco- -both fall on ground-

"Thanks a lot Draco!! Love ya lots, but um, can I ask a question?" inquired Hebi.

"You already did, but sure why not."

"Are we there yet?"

-smack- -bam- -kaboom- -thud-

"Ok, sorry I asked," grunted Hebi from the ground.