yea! first chapter wrote by me. i hope you like.

Chapter 4-Star

As the monster's tail was about to hit Damien it suddenly recoiled. Ushio had gotten in a hit. The monster was now bleeding from a wound that was higher on its tail. "You'll regret that." The monster growled.

Time seemed to slow down as the creature's tail swung back around and hit Ushio in the stomach. The force of the blow pitched her over the edge of the bridge and into the river. The roaring in my ears didn't seem to come from the river anymore. Annora was screaming over and over. Catherine and Damien were looking over the side trying to see any sign of our little friend.

We all momentarily forgot the small fact a monster was trying to kill us. I only remembered when it went to pounce on Catherine and Damien. I tried to cry out a warning and almost lunged between my friends and the monster. I'm glad I didn't do the last part because just as I was about to leap at the monster it caught on fire. Flaming monstermallow midair. No joke. Then as I watched a sword came down over the monster and it exploded into gold dust. Standing where the monster had been were two boys about sixteen years old. The one on the left looked Hispanic and his hands were still on fire, the one on the right held a gold sword and had hair the same color. They seemed vaguely familiar.

"Are you all right?" the one with the sword asked. I got the word 'grace' in my head when I looked at him. I must have been in shock because I wasn't able to form a reply. Instead Catherine called the boys over, "Can you please help us? Our friend went over the side and we can't see can't her." I had an awful gut feeling that even if we found Ushio she wasn't going to be alive.

uh oh. poor Ushio. :'( I hope she's alright