Chapter 5

Shadows in the water Part 2

Mushra and Sago were back at the campsite. Sago was packing the supplies up, Yakumo was helping him, and Kutal was making breakfast. While Mushra was just staring into space. They all had to cover themselves from the cold, so they build a tent to protect themselves from the cold air. Just then he heard a faint splash in the water again, saw a little shadow appear, just then he saw two yellow orbs glowing. "What is that?" Mushra said pointing at the shadow and then looked at his friend.

"What is what?" Sago said he looked at the water, the others did the same, but they didn't see anything. "There is nothing in there Mushra, may be your mind is playing games with you" Kutal said.

"What?" Mushra turned to look at the lake but the shadow was gone. "But… There was something in there I swear it" he said looking at his friends, but they didn't seem to believe him, well that's what he though. "Are you feeling alright?" Yakumo said as she kneeled next to Mushra, who just looked at the floor, he was a bit pale.

"Yah I'm fine… it's nothing" Mushra said, he felt the palm of his right hand burning up, but he tried to ignore it. Just then he stood up and said "I'm going for a walk now" "I'm coming with you then" Sago said as he stood up as well. "No" "Mushra you can't go alone remember that you have just recovered, if something happens…" "I'll be fine" Mushra said, as he took his hover board and went to the forest.

Yakumo, Sago, and Kutal just watched as he disappeared behind the trees. "I hope he doesn't go too far from here" Sago though, "The cold can get to him easier if he is too far the warm of the campfire" he though, but when images of the night in which Mushra transformed came to his mind he started walking fast after his friend.

"Sago where are you going?" Yakumo asked as she put some water on some thermoses they had to store their water. "I'll follow Mushra; I still don't think he should there without someone to watch over him" Sago said.

"If he finds out you followed him, when he told all of us not to he'll get really mad" Kutal said frightened as he imagined Mushra throwing flames at them.

"Don't worry about me I'll be alright, besides he is not the kind of person that would hurt his own friends. And Just because I followed him, it doesn't mean he'll do something bad to us besides getting mad" Sago said, "My real fear is if he transforms again" and then he went off.

(Meanwhile) Mushra was hovering through the forest but for some reason he just could not stop looking at the lake, there was something that was not right with it, he felt like if air as cold as ice went through his spine.

He felt like he and the others had to get out of that place as soon as possible, he just didn't know why.

Mushra turned to look at the lake again, when he did he got surprised as he saw the two yellow orbs glowing from under the water again, but this time he could almost see the creature's form, it was big, and it had a large body, but what was it anyways.

'Come…' a voice said, but Mushra didn't move from where he was. The creature's eyes glowed even more. Mushra couldn't avoid looking at them. Just then Mushra's eyes went black, and he stared into space. He tried to stay away but his body wouldn't respond to his wishes. "What's going on!" he though.

Just then some see-through figure came out of the water, and stared at his, it was the creature that was under the water, but only its eyes were clearly visible. But its body looked the way when you look through a grass bottle (Well you know what I mean). Its size could not be described, only that its body looked even longer and bigger.

Sago had been looking for Mushra for long time, and yet there was still no sigh of him, "Has he got this far already?... I hope he doesn't transform again" Sago though as and image of the night in which Mushra took the two animal forms came to his mind.

But his thoughts were interrupted by some kind of snake hiss, but it almost sounded like a furious roar. He then ran to were the sound came from. When he got there he saw Mushra on his knees, he has fallen from his hover boar, and was kneeling there as limp as a doll.

"Mushra!" he ran to were his friend was, and kneeled beside him. His was shivering, probably because he had stayed in the cold for too long "Are you ok?" Sago asked, he put a hand on Mushra shoulder, as if to call his attention. "Yeah… I'm fine" Mushra said, but he just couldn't hide that strange feeling, as a chill came down his spine again. He was pale and could barely move.

Worried, Sago grabbed Mushra and pulled him to his feet. And he then said "Common let's go back with the others" with that said he started walking away half carrying half dragging Mushra, back to the campsite.

From the water the creature just watched as the fire enterran was taken away, it had hid underwater again after it saw Sago getting closer. All angry it went deep inside the lake and disappeared.

(Back in the camp) Mushra was inside the tent that they had made; he was wrapped in some blankets and was drinking some hot tea (Do they drink that?) that his friends had prepared. The paleness on Mushra has gone now, and he had regained some of his strength back. Some hours later the group was starting to ask Mushra what had happened to him in the woods, but he keep on giving the same answer as before.

"Mushra if something happened you just need to tell us. If you don't, how can we help you?" Sago said. Mushra didn't say anything this time. He just let out a sigh; the cold of the place got even stronger, and it got him even though they were inside the tent.

"Can't we talk about anything else than this?" he finally said with an annoyed look on his face. "I already said what I had to say! Why do you keep on asking?!"

"Mushra something happened to you in the woods" Sago said "You were paler than normal when I found you, and you could barely move and even walk. Can't you even tell us why that happen-" but he was cut off of what he was saying as Mushra started complaining again, and gave the same answer as before.

By the time they were eating lunch, Mushra had just eaten one plate of soup, and he said he was not hungry, that didn't seem common on him, for they knew Mushra normally ate more than that.

Yakumo asked if he was ok, and he gave the same answer as before, that he was fine. But that wasn't enough to calm Yakumo, as she had the feeling that something was wrong with her friend. But what was it?

Time went fast, and night was already falling on the area. After they started a fire, they had been talking, about many things trying to get the memory of the night were Mushra transformed far behind.

But then Mushra asked something that they didn't though he would ask. Making the memory come back to them. "What was that fight like?" he asked. They described the events, from the beginning to the end. And Mushra got more than confused when they keep saying that he was the one fighting the crow.

"That's why you have to take it easy now, since you just recovered from what happened" Sago said. Mushra still couldn't believe that such event has happened. And just when he was about to ask another question about the event, when Sago stopped him.

Yakumo, seemed a little sad, as she remembered the fight, and the way Mushra attacked the crow. He didn't even though twice on how to attack it he just did it, and when he did, it was like if he didn't care if he hurt other, even his friends. She saw it in his eyes. "He just wasn't himself…" she though.

A few hours later, the group was preparing for sleep. The fire was out not much later. It became even colder, though. They had to go inside the tent to keep themselves warm.

Mushra lay awake for two hours, trying to catch sleep but he just couldn't. He started to feel something tickling his right hand, and it concerned him. He sat up then. "What's going on here?" he said, and took his glove off, then he stared in shock, the mark of a phoenix could be seen clearly. And it had a burning red light, but why?

Then a scene came to his mind, in which, he was fighting a giant black bird, a flamethrower left him and it hit the bird knocking it down on the ground. When he came back to himself, he was sweating. He looked at the mark again. The light had faded. And the mark had disappeared.

He closed his fists and closed his eyes shut "That… That was a dream… a dream! It was just that! It's not real!" He though very hard, and placed his hands on his head. He put his glove on. When all of a sudden he heard a weird whisper that came from the outside, when the whisper stopped, he felt tired, like if hadn't had any time to rest for weeks, and dropped himself on his bed or sleeping bag (What ever) and covered himself with the blankets.

"What is happening to me?" He though, before he finally fell asleep. Unknown to him the mark on his hand was starting to glow again.

(Dream) Mushra couldn't quite see anything as there was no much light. He was in the same place were he (Alone) saw the strange shadow on the water, were he saw the stranger creature in the water.

He could still remember. But why was he in that place anyways? What was so important about it? His thoughts were interrupted, by his friends, they were calling for him. He went to were that camp was supposed to be located. When saw Yakumo coming from the opposite direction.

"Mushra there you are" She said, a bit happy. "Come, we were waiting for you for hours" She said, but for Mushra, sounded a bit sarcastically. "Are you ok? You look pale" She said. "Yah I'm fine" he said but, it was not true.

They started walking to the campsite, were Sago, and Kutal were waiting, by a fireplace. But before they could reach them, Mushra felt cold air on the back of his neck. He turned around but he saw nothing.

When he turned around, his friends had horrible white motionless eyes and an evil look on their faces. "I knew something was not right here!" Mushra though.

(Celestial Realm) Josh was standing in the middle of the Twilight Square; many other Guardians were there to. The place was surrounded with many houses that glowed with pale golden light.

As Josh turned to leave, a chill came down his spine. Not knowing why that happened, he went home immediately. When he got there and entered his bedroom, he saw that the green gem he had been carrying was glowing dangerously. "Did they start their assaults on him already?!" He though, holding the gem with both hands.

"What assault?" Josh heard someone say, when he turned around he saw Sanary standing in the doorway, her arms folded. "Where were you this whole time I've been looking all over for you!" she snapped.

"Well I didn't know you were to spy on people" Josh said but didn't answer Sanary's second question. That was Josh's habit, he didn't like many questions to be asked to him, and so he just answered one and not the rest.

"You didn't answer my question" Sanary said, "WH… What's wrong you look like if you had seen a ghost?" she said, a bit concerned. "I'm not in the mood to tell you" Josh answered. With that Sanary left the room, mad (Like always).

Josh then placed the green gem on his desk, he moved both of his hands over it, with out touching it, and said "Sun Dust!" with that the gem's green light covered the room.

(Back to the Dream) Yakumo approached Mushra, a sharp knife in her right hand, and she had a vicious look on her face. Kutal and Sago stood motionless, not even moving from were they were.

While the human got closer to him, Mushra backed away. As he turned to run away, Sago threw his blade at him, and slashed Mushra's back, then Hyper Kutal appeared from nowhere and grabbed him from behind. Yakumo was coming closer, and she was raising the knife with the intent to stab him.

Just before she delivered the blow, Mushra kicked Kutal on the stomach and jumped back from Yakumo's reach. Just then, "You know what to do" a voice said dryly, "They are trying to destroy you…" it said.

Mushra fell to his knees, his hands feel forcefully on the floor, and he couldn't rise to his feet, as a burning light, engulfed him. The voice keep saying "Destroy them!" it yelled, but it sounded more like an order. Just then Mushra's body started to change its form, and not to his hyper form.

His hands turned into pawns, his body became larger, and a tail appeared behind him. His mouth and nose, changed into some sort of reptile-like snout, his feet were now like a reptile's with sharp teeth, and he had pointed griffin ears; wings appeared on his back, and they were much bigger than others. His skin color was now fur-like, and with some sort of white color.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye. Even when Mushra started to attack Yakumo and the others wildly. The voice seemed to keep on telling Mushra what to do, while on the inside, he refused, but somehow he had not choice, he could not control his own body any longer.

Sago fell first the Kutal, and the next one was Yakumo. All happened too fast for Mushra to remember that easily. He returned to his normal form, unknown to what had happened. But when he looked around, he saw blood all over the place; Sago and Kutal were covered with it, including Yakumo.

And to his horror, he had blood on his hands too. He was confused and didn't know what to do. He just stood there shivering. Everything felt real, not like if it was a nightmare, but real somehow. And that filled him with fear and confusion. Just then a green light appeared and engulfed him. It was as if he was inside of a sphere with green walls of light.

Still confused Mushra hit the walls, in an intend to break free but couldn't. His efforts where in vain against the wall that the light formed around him. But he didn't give up, and when he was going to deliver another punch at one of the walls, the green light on them grew brighter and everything went blank (Or as to say, he woke up) (End of the nightmare)

(Back in the camp) Mushra woke up forcefully, he was sweating, and he felt a sharp pain on his back. But when he checked there was nothing. He looked around, his friends were sound sleep, and no one was hurt. But the dream he had looked so real that he almost though it wasn't a dream at all. But after taking a second glace around, he was glad that it was only a dream. "What's happening to me?" he though. And went back to sleep.

(Celestial realm) Josh sighed exhausted; he lied on his bed and looked at the roof of his room. "That was definitely not a Cedrian's doing…" he though. "At least that would keep them away from him for a while…" he said before falling asleep, for lack of energy (As he used most of it to make to the gem work)

(Camp site) The figure that appeared a while ago stared at the tent; her plan had been ruined, once again. But she was not worried, she knew what she had to do, and when. She just had to wait for the right moment to strike. And the next time she won't fail, she was sure of it.

So this is it the 5th chapter, 6 pages long. And that's too long I don't know your opinion. It was complicated to write, as I have had a lot of homework to do, and sorry for the delay. I don't think it is good though. But please Review.