A/N: Holy. I haven't updated since MAY. O_O DON'T KILL ME PLEASE. I just… lost inspiration, honestly… I thought this story was completely dead… until today. I randomly got inspiration for it! Yeah, I don't really know… Anyways… Here's the next chapter… XD I actually wrote it back in May, but it was too short and I meant to add more to it before posting it, but I lost inspiration… This is basically like a lost chapter. XD It's also EXTREMELY short… Sorry about that. This entire chapter was written in May. The next chapter that I post will be one I wrote today. :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Spider Riders. But I do own Kana, and the rest of the OC's in this story.

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When I left Hazelle's home three hours ago, I hadn't been aware of how bad a condition I was really in. Every step I took sent a shock of pain through my rib cage. Since the day I woke up, Hazelle wouldn't let me out of the house, because she didn't want to strain me. So I had been stuck inside, with only Rue and her elaborate stories to keep me entertained.

It's been three weeks since the day I fell from the sky, and Hazelle had finally deemed me fit to travel to Arachna Kingdom. At first I didn't know what that was, or why I was going there. But Hazelle had explained it to me.

"Arachna Kingdom is home to the other Spider Riders," She had said. "They can help you more than I ever could."

And it was those words that had carried me this far. My curiosity and confusion smothered my pain, and made it bearable to go on.

Another hour passed before I was finally forced to rest. I leaned against the nearest tree trunk, and slowly slid down it, until I was in a sitting position. I looked around, taking in my surroundings.

I was in a small clearing. It was lined with a ring of irregular trees, all angled inwards, forming a kind of roof over my head. I wondered if it would be enough to shelter me if it started raining. The leaves of the trees were multi-colored; some were a normal green, others a crisp yellow or red. A couple were even purple.

What a strange place, I thought.

I was just starting to think this would be the perfect place to set up camp and sleep for the night before resuming my journey in the morning, when I heard a rustling somewhere in the tree branches above me.

My head snapped upwards, and I scanned the trees warily.

"Hello…?" I called cautiously.

The only response I was met with was silence.

Must have just been the wind, I thought.

A couple more hours passed without incident. I was able to set up camp, as well as scavenge for food in the forest just outside the clearing. I had found an assortment of nut and berries. I had also seen some mushrooms, but I left those alone.

The entire time I was out, I had felt like someone, or something had been watching me… But nothing happened, so the thought eventually left my mind.

By the time I had fallen asleep for the night, I had completely forgotten about the rustling in the trees.

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A/N: Well, there you go. An incredibly short chapter. I'm going to start writing the next chapter the second I post this one. It should be up by tomorrow at the latest. :) Again, I do apologize for the long ass wait… Hopefully it's worth it in the end? ;P

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