A/N: I haven't even begun my fifth chapter! There's a lot of people who wanted to get away from cliff-hanger ending of last chapter so here we go! Sorry for keeping everyone waiting.

Ch. 4 "Awakening on a New World"

The body of Eva Wei fell like a stone towards the deepest part of the waterlogged arena. Both Aikka and the crocodan quickly swam over to the falling girl. Neither did reach her in time when she fell into the water, causing a large splash and waves that smashed against the masonry. Aikka gasped.

Please don't be hurt, he said to himself when he saw Eva slowly sink under the surface.

The crocodan was heading towards the girl in the water very quickly, faster than Aikka would ever achieve. Noticing that, Aikka stopped and placed his hands together in a prayer like position, and uttered a spell:

"Oon sekai shallanar!"

He shoved his hands underwater and a huge violet bubble appeared. It sped with the speed of a prayer and overtook the crocodan to encapsulate the Earth girl. For a moment, everything was still: Eva was floating in her encapsulating bubble, the crocodan was on his belly since he was upset by the wave caused by the spell, and Aikka was just a floating head above the surface of the water, trying to put his head around the various reasons, the why and how's of his Earth Princess being on Nourasia.

This was however interrupted by the crocodan righting himself up again and the fact that Aikka had to retrieve Eva out of the water before the crocodan could get to her. Aikka dove under the water and swam towards the bright violet bubble as fast as he could manage. The crocodan was about to overtake Aikka when he uttered another spell, "Oon sekai shallanar!" causing another wave of violet against the crocodan as he went past it. He tried swimming past the creature but even now he felt his body start to tire and the wound on his side was protesting even though he was desperately trying to ignore it. Using all of that magic was draining him of energy. Even now his arms were moving a bit sluggishly as he neared the violet bubble.

Inside, Eva seemed to rest in a pocket of air. Thankfully she would not drown. Aikka smiled softly but realized he was in deep trouble. Turning around he saw the crocodan rocking in the water, upside down. During that time, he felt like he needed to call for G'Dar.

Come G'Dar! He cried mentally. I need you here immediately!

Along with that he sent a mental picture of the area.

Come G'Dar, he cried mentally, come now before it's too late…

At first all she felt was cold, like she had been thrown into the furthest depths of the ocean. She couldn't breathe or scream.

But something happened and brought her out of the darkness, she wasn't sure what it was, but it felt like an encompassing bubble, a shield to protect her.

Her eyes started to open when she heard sounds of rumbling and splashing around her. As her eyes adjusted to the light and the environment, she started to become conscious of a few things. One was that she was soaked to the bone as though she had been in a body of water. Another was the fact that she fully realized she was not in the misty forest anymore, but somewhere more tropical. But not Earth, she was sure of it. And another thing was that she was floating in a violet bubble of light surrounded by water that was covered a bit by greenish algae. After realizing that she could move freely in her new environment, Eva rolled in the air to get a better view of everything. Around her the water jerked and splashed around her. There was a shape on one side of the bubble. Immediately she knew who that was.

"Ai-Aikka?" she cried.

The figure must've heard her, for he turned to meet her gaze on the other side of the bubble.

"Molly!" Prince Aikka cried, although his voice was somewhat muffled by the bubble.

Eva smiled at the use of her old alias from the race of Oban. But then she realized there was something nagging her.

"Ai-Aikka?" she asked, "what's going on? Where am I?"

He was going to answer when they both reacted to a large rumbling. Aikka suddenly swam underneath the bubble. A huge shape appeared to Eva's right and bowled into the bubble, but did not break it. She cried out and shielded her face with her arms. The bubble moved erratically with the force of the wave that hit it. After being tossed around for a while, Eva uncovered her face to see what she had been attacked by. She gasped.

Before her was a large crocodilian creature with a wide open mouth filled with dagger shaped fangs. To her, it had to have been the size of an elephant, but with yellow-green skin. Currently it was trying to get at her. It bumped its head against the bubble once more until it seemingly got bored and swam off under her.

I'm safe, she thought until she peered underneath her.

Below her, a shape darted away from the huge bulk of the crocodilian creature.

"AIKKA!!!" she cried as she pressed herself against the surface of the bubble. Eva pounded her fist at the surface, but could not penetrate it or break it. Aikka swam before her again and then stopped to face her. He pressed his hand against the surface and then his forehead. Eva pressed her hand against his, and found herself hearing a voice, his voice.

"Keep in there," he said in her head, "don't worry about me."

He smiled and swam off as the crocodan swam after him. Eva floated back as she saw the huge creature swim past her. She wrapped her arms around her.

I hate being helpless, she said to herself as she watched through the murky water and the violet bubble at what was happening before her.

Aikka seemed to be quick in the water, but not as fast as the crocodan. Every so often he tried to veer the creature towards something she could not see in the distance. She tried to search for this object but found herself stationary; the bubble itself could not move.

Eva lowered her head, but something caused her to jerk it up suddenly. There was a reverbed screech that echoed inside of the bubble. A shadow moved overhead and the familiar hum of wings caused her to cry out in joy.

"G'Dar!"

The giant beetle hovered above the water unwilling to descend any further than a few feet above the surface. A creature his size might have some trouble swimming or keeping buoyant, Eva surmised as G'Dar hovered close up to Aikka and the crocodan. For a moment, from the haze inside of the bubble, Eva could not understand what was going on, but then she saw a shape leapt to the back of the flying beetle and the yellow-green shape of the crocodan rear up. The beetle veered to one side, avoiding the huge creature and started towards her. Eva was not sure what was going to happen but as soon as the beetle came at least a few feet from her, she felt the bubble around her burst. Water poured in around her. She struggled against the engulfing water but was overwhelmed by the oncoming water. Eva tried to swim up, throwing one arm up… Only to have someone else grab it for her. She was pulled right out of the water by a strong arm, and onto a steady surface. Within seconds she was brought up as the beetle under her started to fly off. Aikka held her in his arms as they flew off towards a clump of trees.

To be continued...