Sup Nerdians! Guess what? This is the most reviewed one of my stories! Yay! Thank you guys so much! Also, the OC send in is now finished, no more please! And this chapter briefly features the OCs of Endergirl00 and AnimestoriesbyHaley! REVEIW REPLIES! (I'm not redoing the ones that didn't work yesterday)

Endergirl00 - I'm glad you like it!

DJMidge - I know Red has feelings! At the moment thought, she's in leader-mode :)

Scdoodles - Well you put the last name in a review which everyone could read so I assumed it would be alright if I used it... sorry!

Darkflameslayer - I only put in the "Merome peeps might hate" because they have that argument when sh*t gets real, so yeah... And the Resistance POV's will be heating up!

I apoligse for the lateness of todays chapter, I totally didn't spend my day watching My Little Pony Equestria Girl... What are you talking about I DON'T LIKE MY LITTLE PONY HOW DARE YOU ACCUSE ME OF THAT!


Sometimes I think about how simple my life would be if I all this never happened.

No mad escapes, no horse rides through the snow.

And then I think about how boring that would be.

Chapter Nine

-Jerome

I hope that Mitch didn't mean any of that. I really, really want him to have not meant that. I was his brother, and he didn't want me to let him die. He didn't… he didn't. I looked up at Sky and saw how scared he looked, and I stood up, wiping my eye angrily on my sleeve.

"Jerome?" he asked, and I sighed.

"I'll be fine. I just… let's go," I muttered, and we set off to break out and find Mitch before he died a horrible, painful death.

-Red

I grabbed my sword quickly and we rushed out, towards the little door that opened into the snowy mountainside. I shook the door and slammed against it, but it was sealed shut.

"It's been frozen!" James said, and I growled.

"Rena!" I roared, and the ice broke suddenly. Eddie ran outside and got smashed in the forehead with Rena's staff, making him fall. I leapt over him and as I went flew through the air; I drew my bow and fired an arrow at Rena. She moved her staff up and knocked the arrow away. James snuck up behind her and Rena whirled around, and with a crack James went down. A blast of ice was fired at Jordan and Daniel and they nearly fell off the mountain side. I pulled back another arrow, lining her up in my sights.

"Rena!" I yelled. "Drop your weapon!" she shook her head, a grim smile on her face.

"What you're doing isn't right, just let them go!" Rena pleaded, and she let down her guard, her hair flying around her face.

"I'm sorry," I whispered, and I closed my eyes, releasing my fingers. I heard a thump and opened my eyes. Rena had fallen backwards, and the poisoned arrow had pierced her shoulder. She wouldn't be getting up any time soon. Eddie looked shocked, and the warriors gathering around me ignored Rena's fallen body. Already the snow began to pile up on top of her, her weapon and love burying her swiftly.

"Keep moving!" I yelled, and we ran down the mountain to the horse stables. Two of the horses, Casper and Ophelia, were absent.

"They're moving by horse, we need to catch up to them at all costs! Return the Hybrid!" I yelled, and I practically threw myself up into my horse Rapide. Eddie looked at me briefly as he mounted his horse much slower. I whipped the reins and Rapide reared up, before taking off. Eddie came up beside me, pushing his horse Smudge to its limit, his instinct taking over. He was a hunter; he was built of this, even if it meant hunting his own friend.

"The tracks are barely recognizable because of the snow build up, but the general direction is east!" Eddie yelled over the storm to me, and I nodded, whipping the reins to speed up Rapide.

"Go, go!" I said, and we moved through the snow as it sped up in a growing storm.

-Ty

The beast beneath me moved swiftly, and my grip tightened on Elove as she urged Ophelia to speed up. Aleks looked ahead, and I watched as he stared straight ahead, whipping the reins in a desperate attempt to make Casper move at a faster pace.

"We might have lost them!" Elove yelled her voice barely audible over the snowstorm.

"We're up against my friends!" Aleks yelled back. "They're pro hunters; we need to scramble the tracks!" Aleks yanked back on the reins and ran poor Casper in circles, messing up the horse tracks.

"The snow will do the rest! Go!" Aleks yelled, and Elove kicked Ophelia in the ribs. She snorted in protest and then shot off. It was smooth sailing, but visibility was low. The snowstorm was out of control here. Rain was mixing with the snow, forming some sort of sleet which pummelled my skin mercilessly. We slowed down as Ophelia leapt a small river and Casper followed. Suddenly, an arrow whizzed past my ear and I was teleported back to the night of my capture.

"They found us!" I yelled, and Elove leaned forward, into the shape of the horse, pounding the reins, and then I noticed the sound of the hooves hitting the ground had changed. It sounded… hollow?

"Stop!" I screamed, and Elove moved back without warning, straining on the reins. Ophelia skidded to a halt and Aleks copied, and he came closer to the edge. Pebbles and snow skittered off the edge of the mountain and Aleks breathed a sigh of relief.

"Shit," he said, and then more arrows came at us. Elove leapt off Ophelia, unsheathing her iron sword, which gleamed in the poor moonlight as snow began to coat it. Aleks slid off Casper and drew his dagger. I didn't know what to do, so I jumped off and stood behind Elove.

"Ty! Find us a way down this mountain!" Aleks yelled, and I nodded, madly scrambling around the edge, searching with panic. A large grey horse came bursting out of the underbrush, Eddie on top, and he pulled back an arrow and shot it at us. More people were arriving, and I stared off the edge of the mountain, a desperate idea forming as I gazed at the inky blackness. I could hear rushing water below, and I took a deep breath.

"I'm sorry!" I yelled, and I beat my wings for the first time in ages. I wrapped one arm around Elove's waist and grabbed Alek's arm, and then I leapt straight off the mountain. Elove was screaming as the air whistled past my ears and stung my eyes and Aleks yelled in shock.

"Look out!" he said, and then a sharp pain exploded in my wing. I tumbled off course, smashing into a wall, and then as I fell I lost my grip on Elove and Aleks. The world tumbled around me, I was disoriented and shocked and then I felt a rough and painful slap as I was plunged into darkness. The water surged around me and I was thrown around, and my forehead smashed against a rock. I fell unconscious and lost sight of everything.

"I… what have I done?" I sobbed, putting my head in my hands, spreading the blood to my face. The human lay dead in front of me, his stomach ripped open, exposing the gruesome, bloody mess that had been his organs. I ripped them pieces, it was unrecognizable. I'd given in… I'd become a monster… He'd attacked me and I'd retaliated. He hurt me. I… my nails grew longer and my teeth seemed to sharpen and I'd given in to the natural instinct to attack. I'd ripped him open and destroyed him. His bloodied sword lay a few metres away, red against the bright white snow.

"Calm down, Enderlox," the girl said plainly. "You can't get so torn up over your first kill!" the girl chuckled at her own wit. "Hah! 'Torn up'. You get it?" I stared up at her, feeling the blood around my mouth and on my hands. The girl wore purple pants and a black hoodie, her feet bare. A sword was tied to a rope around her waist and her wings were tucked away. She flicked her black hair over shoulder, staring down at me.

"I… I can't! I killed him, Zoe!" I cried, and she hissed, her eyes flaring purple.

"My name is Raven. Not Zoe. And you need to get used to being called Enderlox. It is your true name of the wild. You must accept that," Zoe said angrily, and I shook my head tearily.

"My name isn't Enderlox. It's Ty. I'm not a… a monster," I whispered, and she squatted beside me, swirling her finger through the mix of blood and snow by the body and then sucking on her finger.

"Oh really? You attacked this human. You went primal. You aren't a human, Enderlox, you're a wild monster like all of us," she said, smiling widely, baring her sharp fangs. "Just give in to it, Enderlox. Join us." She pressed her pale palm into the bloody snow and then raised her hand up, tracing swirls on my face with her bloody fingers.

"I…I…" I faltered. I wanted to give in. I wanted to forget this all, I wanted to stop trying to be human. I wasn't, she was right. Not in their eyes. I was a monster to them, and now to myself. I killed him without mercy. I…

"I don't want to," I whispered, and she hissed in anger, standing up.

"So be it. You aren't an Ender Dragon, you aren't a human. Tell me, then, what are you?" she asked harshly, and I looked up at the sky, at the pale sunlight and the light snow fall.

"I don't know."

I awoke with a start, wet and freezing.

"Ty! Oh thank god, you're alive!" Elove sobbed. She was soaked, her hair plastered to her face, her clothes sticky, and her eyes bright. I coughed up water and lay there, shocked, shivering and terrified. I was half-in and half-out of the water, lying on a small shore.

"Where are we?" I coughed.

"You jumped, you pulled us off! You're an idiot but you saved us," Elove said, and I sat up, still disoriented. It was nearly pitch-black, and all I could hear was the raging water and the distant shouts of Eddie and his group as they tried to traverse down the slick mountainside to reach us.

"Where's Aleks?" I said weakly.

"Here," he said, and I looked at him. His hair was limp around his face and he, too, was soaked to the bone and shaking with the cold.

"What happened?" I asked, and Elove looked up at where the mountain dropped into the river.

"You jumped. They shot your wing. We fell. I couldn't find you in the water but when I did, you were nearly drowned and you were so heavy to lug up. Aleks found us and helped me get you out," Elove explained, and I was touched.

"You did all that for me?" I said in surprise, and she nodded, smiling.

"Of course. What are friends for?"

-Red

Rapide reared up as I stopped. Eddie was there, standing on the edge of the cliff, and he let out a sad, long sigh.

"I shot him. They're going down," he reported, and I grabbed him by the shoulder and whipped him around.

"You mean you let the Hybrid get free?" I demanded, and Eddie shoved me. I stumbled and fell, and I stared at him in shock. He looked at me, his eyes hard.

"What are we even doing, Ava?" he said, and he used my real name. I was shocked into silence. "We need to just let them go." I shook my head determinedly, standing up and tucking my bow away.

"We can't. Everyone, try and figure out a way to get down this mountain!" I yelled, and everyone set to work. The two stolen horses, Casper and Ophelia, stood by the edge of the cliff, whinnying nervously. James and Daniel tended to them. Eddie stormed up to me and grabbed my arm.

"Eddie, what?" I snapped, and he looked me in the eyes.

"Please, please, Red. Tell me why this is so important to you," he said softly, and I sighed, feeling like I would collapse.

"We need the Hybrid. It could mean the difference between us winning this war and losing."

"No, Red. There's something else. Tell me. I've been friends with your for years, and you're almost like my mother now. Just please, tell me why we're still chasing them," Eddie pleaded, and I looked away, feeling tears well up in my eyes.

"I… I… I can't tell you," I said lamely. Eddie huffed.

"God, Red. I thought that you trusted me more," Eddie huffed, and he walked away. The first tears fell as I told everyone to go around the mountain, and I wished that I could grab Eddie and tell him everything, but if I did, he would just look at me and tell me I was wrong. All I wanted was revenge, and he would tell me that was stupid and I should let it go. The problem was he was right.

-Sky

Jerome finished his moment and we set off to find Mitch and then escape. Quentin and Ian led the way, hesitantly moving around corners and ready for a fight. Bash and Bodil were slightly behind me, and Jerome was trailing far behind. I stopped and the melon bumped into me. He apologised quietly, and then moved around me to keep going with Bodil. I waited until Jerome caught up, and then I grabbed his fuzzy hand and pulled him to catch up with our little group of people.

"Hurry up!" I hissed, and Jerome nodded.

"I don't think I can do this," Jerome mumbled. "I don't want Mitch to hate me."

"Mitch won't hate you if you try," I said, and he looked at me, his eyes sad.

"What if he does?" he whimpered, and I grabbed both his shoulders forcibly, looking right at him.

"Stop thinking about the future and focus on now. We're getting out and we need all of our attention on this," I commanded, and he sighed.

"Okay," he said, and I nodded.

"Excellent. Let's go," I said, and we rushed to catch up. Suddenly, I stopped.

"Do you hear that?" I asked worriedly, and Jerome shook his head.

"My hearing isn't what it used to be, man," he said, and I called for the others to stop.

"Guys, I can hear something… it sounds like crying!" I said, and Bash and Bodil ran back to us. Ian stood guard at the end of the hall with Quentin, nervously looking around. I opened the door beside me quietly, holding in a breath. I pushed it open and saw a girl in the corner, curled up in a ball. She had pale skin, and light purple hair cascading down her back. She had a ratty black hoodie on, muddy purple boots and short jeans that cut off at her knee.

"Hey… are you alright?" I whispered, and she turned to look at me, but I couldn't see her eyes.

"W-Who are you?" she asked, her voice shaky. I stepped inside further and thought I saw something move behind her.

"I… I'm Sky. We're breaking out. Come quickly!" I said in a whisper, and the girl stopped shaking, her lips peeling back to show glittering fangs in a wide smile.

"Is that so?" she said, looking up and smiling, and I saw the giveaway – her purple eyes. The thing that had moved behind her moved to her side, and I saw it was a tail. There was a ripping noise and her long, black wings expanded.

"Hybrid! Run!" I yelled, and the girl screeched, launching at me. I ran out and Jerome slammed the door. We heard an outraged scream and the sound of long claws scratching down the door.

"It won't hold for long! Run!" Jerome yelled, and we all took off. Screams and screeches started to fill the air, and panic flooded me.

"Crap!" I yelled as we entered a new corridor. The Hybrid's head snapped up and he hissed, beating his wings and flying at us. We backpedalled and kept on running. Ian slipped and fell; Quentin stopped and hauled him up, nearly getting his head sliced off. We saw doors ahead and Bash threw himself at them and they crashed open with a bang, sending Bash tumbling. Bodil raced out after him and I burst out, tripping and falling down the stone steps. I sprawled at the foot of the stairs and hands closed around my arm, lugging me up violently. I looked up and gaped.

"We're screwed," I gulped as the Hybrids around us looked up. We'd burst out into the main courtyard, full of Hybrids.


SO... we have some secrets from Red and we know what happened with Ty about that human he killed. Stuff is going to go down! And for those of you who didn't know, Rapide means Swift in French.