Suki: Yay! Chapter three already? This story's being updated faster then any of my other ones, though that could be because Devon is making sure I write. xD

Devon: So, Suki, who are you forcing to do the disclaimer now?

Suki: Why, it just happens to be Snow!

Snow: Suki-chan14 and Devon Marie Darling do not own MAR!

Suki: I wish I could draw like that, though!

"Tamara, how many have you eaten?" Delphine asked, looking at her friend. Tamara, who had been about to eat another one of Jack's vegetables he had grown, paused to think about this.

"Umm, maybe…six?" She admitted. Delphine glared at Tamara.

"Six? Tamara, we need to save some!" Tamara shrank back from Delphine.

"Bu-but, there are a ton more over there!" Tamara whined, pointing to a pile of the vegetables. "And I can't help it! They're just too good!" She complained.

"Um, t-thanks!" Jack stuttered, a slight pink on his cheeks. Tamara turned to face him and grinned.

"No problem! Seriously, what's your secret? You must have one!" A few moments passed by with the group happily chatting with each other (well, maybe not Alviss and Tamara. All she really wanted to do was insult him, it seems) until Alviss noticed something.

"Okay Tamara, you said you wouldn't eat anymore, so where did you hide it?" Alviss questioned. Tamara gave him a blank look.

"Huh? I don't know what you're talking about. I didn't take anymore of the vegetables' if that's what you're talking about." Tamara paused for a moment and glared at him. "Are you saying that I'm a no good thief?" She hissed, giving him her best death glare.

"No, I'm not." Alviss said, unperturbed by Tamara's glare. "I'm just saying that I really don't know anyone else who would take one."

"A-alright, please don't fight you two!" Snow stepped in between them quickly, trying to calm both of them down before things got out of hand.

"Why bother Snow, they've been fighting ever since Tamara called his hair color stupid." Ginta pointed out. Snow glared at him and was about to say something when Delphine saw something.

"Is that a hand?" She asked. The hand grabbed one of Jack's vegetables from the pile and disappeared. Tamara turned to Alviss, a triumphant smirk on her face.

"I think you owe me an apology."

"I don't owe you anything." Before Tamara could say anything else, the hand reached out and grabbed another vegetable.

"Umm, should we see who's talking the food?" Ginta asked. When everyone nodded, Ginta slowly stepped over to where the hand had come from. "Excuse me, but why are you-," Suddenly there was a small girlish shriek from the bush Ginta was talking to.

"Alviss, I'm sure there is nothing so scary that you needed to scream like that!" Tamara joked, turning to look at him.

"Tamara, you know it wasn't me." Alviss replied. "If anyone, it would have been you." Before Tamara could come up with a comeback, a voice spoke out.

"Umm, sorry, it was me." A girl about their age stepped out. She had long red hair tied into a braid and her forest green eyes were hidden behind comically huge glasses. She looked nervous and her face turned a slight shade of red, making her freckles stand out. "I-I just needed some food to feed the poor animals, they were so hungry. I didn't have any and-,"

"It's okay, I doubt anyone minds." Jack said, smiling at the girl. "Do you need some more? I'd hate for the animals to starve if I could have done something for them." The girl blushed even more.

"N-no, they're okay now. Normally I have food to give them, but after the Chess Pieces came to my town there hasn't been a lot. I'm very sorry for stealing." The girl stuttered, looking around at everyone. "What are you d-doing out in the middle of the forest anyways? I-I mean, if you d-don't mind me a-asking!"

"Us? Well, we're going to beat up the Chess Pieces! Oh, hey, did you know that these War Games don't even involve playing chess, yet the bad guys are called Chess Pieces? Totally strange, right? I mean-," Dorothy whacked Tamara on the head with her broom and smiled at the girl.

"I'm sorry, she does that. A lot, actually."

"I'm sorry!" Tamara cried from the ground. The girl laughed nervously and took a step back.

"Fight the Chess Pieces? I-I'd love to help but I don't have any ÄRMs." Tamara sprang up suddenly and grinned.

"Really? We have a ton! Like Alviss, I'm sure he wouldn't mind lending you some, though he's a HUGE meanie so maybe not. I can always just steal them from him, but then he'd get all scary and mean!" Tamara took a breath and was about to continue on about her plot to steal all the ÄRMs Alviss had when Dorothy whacked her over the head again.

"Tamara, you're scaring her."

"I am not!" She whined, ignoring the fact the girl had taken seven more steps back since Tamara had started talking.

"Sorry, she's…umm, hyper?" Ginta explained, laughing nervously. "If you do want to fight them, I bet some of the others could lend you a few ÄRMs. Dorothy collects them, you know!"

"So do I!" Tamara complained. "I have a ton! Well, a lot of Holy ÄRMs, but still!"

"Well, there you have it! I'm sure they could lend you a few. So, what do you say? The more members the better, I say!" Ginta said happily, holding a hand out to her.

"W-well, the Chess Pieces are evil. Plus, they did destroy my town…," she thought about this for a long time. 'Well, these people are being really nice. I already want to get rid of the Chess Pieces, plus I do kind of owe them for stealing their food.' "I-If you'll let me join, I'll be glad to." She shook Ginta's hand and smiled.

"Wahoo, we got a new team member!" Ginta yelled, running around the campsite. Hearing this, Tamara let out a whoop of joy and started to run around in circles along with Ginta.

"Sorry about them." The girl looked up at Dorothy.

"Oh, it's okay. I don't mind, I have a little brother who acts like them. I-I mean, I didn't mean to insult them or anything…" Dorothy laughed and the girl started to blush.

"You didn't, but that was kinda funny. I'm Dorothy, what's your name?"

"M-my name is Willow." She stuttered, somewhat intimidated by the witch.

"Well, Willow, welcome to the team. I hope that they don't scare you away." Dorothy said, pointing over to Tamara and Ginta who were currently trying to get everyone else to run around with them. Willow laughed and looked up at Dorothy with a grin on her face.

"Are you kidding? It feels like I was just accepted into a huge family."

Suki: And…DONE! *throws the Writing Baton back at Devon* I turned it back, so no more turning it into a shoe!

Devon: Okay, okay. *takes Writing Baton and goes to work on her part*

Suki: So, I hope you liked this chapter! Oh, and…

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