Okay, so I have some good reviews that have kept me on this story.

Evergreendusk : Hey, it's cool that your back. Thanks for the review, it really helped.

66* : Yes, oh dear is right!

The Unknown is Here : Here's a shout out for reviewing!

Also, if anyone likes Minecraft, I have posted a story there. It's called When you Tamper With the Worlds and it's about when I summon the Spirit Animals people into Minecraft. Anyway, let's get started. It takes place between Against the Tide and Rise and Fall. (Rise and Fall was so sad!)

Meilin sat in her jail cell, cursing herself for being so mean. Her poor Jhi, what the Panda had to endure while being her spirit animal. Meilin should have been grateful for even getting a spirit animal, instead of disappointed when she didn't get one she wanted. She had been like a child on Christmas when they didn't get the toy they wanted.

A spoiled brat, that's what I am. Meilin thought bitterly as she held back tears. She played the Bile scene in her head again, remembering every last detail. She saw herself, screaming at whatever was controlling her to stop, to have mercy on someone who had none themselves. Jhi reached out a paw and patted Meilin's shoulder comfortingly. The girl ignored it, feeling like she wasn't honorary enough to have a Great Beast as her spirit animal. She started to wonder what Rollan was doing. Was he happy that she had finally left? Or was he sad that she was gone? Or was he indifferent, not caring which way it went? Yes, it was true that she had grown to like him, but was it the same on the other side?

"Jhi, just kill me. It won't matter anyway. I'm better off dead." Meilin spoke shakily. Jhi, in response, crawled over to Meilin and plopped down beside her. Meilin finally gave up, leaning into the soft fur where she began to cry.

Rollan laid in his bed, trying not to think of Meilin. He thought about cake, and Essix, and various other things that he liked. But it always led back to Meilin.

Why? He thought. Why does life do this to me? Abeke had been taken too. And Conor was probably really confused considering he wasn't even there when it happened. Life is cruel to everyone, that's why. They'd all gone through things, either in the past or in the Devourer war. Well, except maybe Conor, that guy got way too lucky.

"CAW! CAW CAW!" Essix screeched, perhaps to wake Rollan from his dark thoughts.

"Yes, yes, I know. Don't think about Meilin or anything relatively close to her." Rollan said annoyed. But he couldn't but think of her. She was… Well, he liked her. Even after all the disputes and fights, he tended to get close to her, and once your close to someone, there's no going back.

No going back, huh? Let me prove you wrong. Rollan focused on everything he didn't like about her. He focused on her snobby personality, her arrogance, and her coldness. It didn't work at all. He fell asleep to bad thoughts and worries for his partner, his friend. Meilin.

Okay, I liked that. I prefer writing about Shane or Conor, or even Abeke because I get best of both worlds. Anyway, I have a Minecraft story up about the characters of Spirit Animals getting sucked into Minecraft by yours truly, me. It's a lot better than it sounds.