Hi there! Here is the edited chapter three, finally!
Kevin: You're a bit lazy you know that?
Me: Shut up! L
Disclaimer: I do not own Ben 10 Alien Force! J
Chapter three: Swan Valley, is it ordinary?
"BEN! HELP ME!" Ben can hear Amy scream somewhere in the big forest, but he cannot see where.
"Amy! Where are you?" he desperately looks around in the dark forest, but everything is black. He feels so alone, and so tired. He fights to stand on his feet, and tries to take one step forward. Everything becomes unclear, and he can almost feel that he touches the ground. Then, all he can hear is the song from the girl with wings, and the sound of high screams.
"Ben..." someone whispers in his ear. "Ben!"
"Ben, wake up!" Ben opens his eyes, and sees an irritated Kevin looking tiredly at him.
"Finally! It was about time you woke up!"
"Kevin? Why did you wake me?"
"Those aliens are here, those that you were talking so much ´bout." Ben's eyes widens in shock when he remembers the girl by the bus, and all of his nightmares. He can feel his heart freeze, and his face becoming white. -Why am I so afraid? I have fought against aliens before!
He shakes his head to get rid of this feeling, and gets out of the bed. Then he walks up to the window and opens it.
"Going Jetray!" Ben says and lifts the arm where he has his watch. A green light flashes, and then a red alien with wings flies out of the window.
Jetray lands on the ground looking around somewhat confused.
"Is this some kind of weird joke Kevin, nobody's a-" then a girl with red skin and black wings crashes into him. She looks surprised where she is, lying on the concrete. She has solid black eyes, and black hair in a ponytail. Suddenly, after having a good look at Jetray, her expression changes from surprised to angry, and she stands up.
"What are you doing here scum? You're even more ugly than these pathetic humans! But at least you're prettier than The White Wings..." she spits on the ground, and spreads her wings.
"Stay away, it'll be the best for you. After all, none other than the Black Wings is around here... GET LOST!" then she flies away. Jetray looks after her, more confused than ever.
"Hey wait!" he stands up and flies after her. She turns around in the air and looks at him with a disgusted look, like he is a rotten egg or something.
"Are you deaf? I told you to get lost!" she raises her hands, and closes her black eyes. After some seconds she opens them again, but this time her eyes aren't black, they are purple. They are glowing, like two lights. Soon, a little ball of purple light begins to grow between her hands.
"TAKE THIS!" she shouts, and throws the ball at him. When it hits him, Jetray feels like it isn't a little ball, but a bus instead! He is thrown backwards, and hits the ground hard. He can't move, and he feels weaker than ever. A red light flashes, and he becomes Ben again.
-What? I transformed back?
Then, the last thing he can remember is seeing the girl with black wings looking surprised at him. And so, everything becomes black.
While half conscious, Ben can feel some one's presence. It's a person, who puts her hand on his forehead. Then something warm and light surrounds him, and he can slightly feel his body being lifted over to something softer than the ground.
"I'm going to try healing you now…" he can faintly hear her say.
She begins to sing a familiar song. The warmth becomes warmer, and he can feel a weird, but good, feeling throughout his body. The pain disappears. Then, suddenly, he recognizes the song.
"The song from yesterday…" he says, and then falls asleep again.
Ben wakes up on a bench, seeing Gwen and Kevin looking at him.
"What happened?" both of them asks. Ben sits up, and takes a long breath before answering.
"I'm not sure... That girl threw this purple ball of light at me, and it was like a truck hit me. It was like the ball took away all your energy..." Gwen and Kevin look at each other. "But more important, where is the girl? Did you see her?" Ben asks.
"The alien you fought?"
"No, no, the one who helped me… Where is she?"
Gwen and Kevin look worriedly at each other again. "I think you must've dreamed…" Kevin says.
"Well anyways, let's get back and get some sleep, then after breakfast we can go to the forest and look around a bit. Maybe we can find some answers there?" Gwen says, stands up and begins to walk. The others follow.
Amy is looking at the forest from the other side of the window glass. It is night, and she is standing drinking juice, gazing at the trees. She is too nervous after the meeting with Arietta, so she can't get any sleep.
I'm so tired of this... she thinks, and turns around to go back to her bedroom. She looks at the kitchen one last time, and walks down the dark hall. In a way, Amy likes the night, and in another way she hates it. It reminds her of Arietta, which again reminds her of her mother.
-The Black Wings has to take everything away from me, don't they?
She drinks a bit more juice from the glass she has in her hand, and sighs. Knowing that this nightmare is never going to end.
"Hurry up Tennyson!" Kevin shouts from the top of the hill, looking down at Ben. Gwen is standing beside him, more patiently, also waiting for Ben.
"I'm coming!" he replies, and runs up the last part. "Nice of you to wait for Ben Kevin!" Gwen says smiling to Kevin. He blushes, and turns away. While walking they can hear him say something like; "Don't mention it..." Ben and Gwen smile to each other, and then follow him.
"It's around here right?" Kevin says a bit louder.
"Yeah, it should be just around the bend..." Gwen replies. A minute later they arrive to where it all had started. Just two days ago they had been standing there, beside the completely destroyed bus.
"Let's look around a bit, maybe we will find something?"
Ben starts to search in the forest, hoping to find any kind of clue. It's dark, and the ground is wet. That's when he suddenly remembers what Stephenie had said the day before.
"She lives with her uncle in that big white house in the forest."
And then he remembers the big white house he had seen the day before that.
-So I guess that Amy lives there… Interesting…
He sighs, and starts to walk back to the others, when he suddenly hears a voice behind him.
"This forest has a dangerous secret, stay away from it!"
Ben turns fast around, but nobody is there.
"Hey guys! I think I just found something!" Gwen shouts from outside the forest. Ben hurries back to them, and see Gwen holding a black feather. It is twice as big as his hand, so it can't possibly be a bird's feather.
"This reminds me of something, but I just can't remember what it is..." Kevin looks concentrated at the feather, and tries to recall the memory he has. Ben turns to Gwen.
"You haven't found anything else?" he asks. She shakes her head.
Later, Ben, Gwen and Kevin come back from the forest. And the only clue they have is the black feather. They are disappointed, walking towards the hotel. And of all things, hungry, after looking for an answer to all of the questions they have. They have almost arrived at the hotel, when they see a small crowd gathering around something in the park. Curious, Ben walks up to the crowd, and looks between the people.
At first, he can't see a thing, but soon he can see a big hole in the concrete. It looks like something has fallen from the sky.
"That's what happens when you interfere with things you have nothing to do with!"
Ben turns around and sees a really pretty girl.
Her eyes are black, but also has a little brown and grey mixed in. And she has her long straight black hair in a high ponytail, shining in the sun. She is wearing a pair of black boots, which almost reaches her knees. She is also wearing a dark green mini skirt, and a way too big white armless jacket. Since the jacket is open, Ben can see a black tight top that covers the upper region of her body. Both her ears are pierced with many gold piercings, and around her wrist she has a gold bracelet with a blood red stone. She looks ugly at him. Then, it is like his heart freezes. He remembers the laughter from his nightmare, from right before the girl with white wings fell.
Is she that girl, the girl that cut the robes in my dream?
"My name is Arietta, which where I come from means "the one that punishes." Keep that in mind..." she says.
"Air!" Two girls that look a bit like Arietta suddenly shout about twenty yards away.
"My sisters and I have to go now, but I will come back for you trash!" Arietta turns around and walks away.
"Who was that?"
Ben jumps and sees Julie standing beside him, looking curious. "No-one, just some girl. Why are you here?" Julie smiles, and takes one step forward. "I wanted to ask you something..." she says, and looks into his green eyes. "Oh, what?" he asks. Julie giggles. "Can we meet here later? When it's not too many people around?"
"Sure..." she smiles happy to him. "Then let's meet here around six `kay?" Julie says. Ben nods.
It is six o' clock. Ben is waiting at the same place. Nobody is around, and the sun is setting.
-What's taking her so long? He thinks, looking nervous at the clock. "Waiting for someone?" a girl's voice says, the same he has heard in the forest. He turns fast around. Behind him is a really pretty girl with red and spiky short hair, glasses, and green eyes. She stands there looking at him from some yards away. She is wearing a white dress, which reaches her knees, and a blue jacket over it. "Who are you?" Ben asks. "My name is Alice, I guess you already have met Arietta?"
"Well yeah..."
"And Amy?" he nods confused. Alice smiles. "I see..." she walks over to him.
"Do you remember what I told you earlier today? Because you do recognize my voice right?" he nods. "Yeah..."
"Good, and why do you think that the forest is dangerous?"
"I don't know..."
"You have already met her, as a human and in her true form, today actually."
"What?" Alice sighs. "I'm just going to ask you one simple question, so answer it honestly..." she looks a long time at Ben before she says anything more.
"Have you had any nightmares lately?" the question is so sudden to him, that Ben can't answer, but Alice just smiles.
"Thought so," she says.
"BEEEN!" Julie cries from somewhere. "I have to go now..." Alice says, and runs away. "Hey wait! Are you helping me?" Ben shouts after her, she doesn't answer.
That's it for now! I'll try as hard as I can to upload faster, so please look forward to it! ^v^