A/N: Hi everyone! To all who have been following this story I have some news, I'm going to keep the title. No more changes, yay! Yeah...anyways. This chapter is going to be super short! And it was all going to be in Lawanna's point of view. I was trying something new (last chapter at the end) but I can tell you it wasn't the greatest. I'm not too good at First Person P.O.V. so I'll stick with what I am better at. Also I really don't know what to write.

I mean this might be a slight spoiler(I can't really remember what I wrote last time-too lazy to read through it) but Lawanna didn't go with everyone else. Instead of having her with them I though it would just be easier, a lot less to write, to just focus on her this chapter. And like I said...I'm really not sure what to put. I mean how much could happen in 3 days in a tower full of boobie traps. Yeah, you know what that was really dumb of me to say. But I really don't know much I can describe it, hah! So all that summed up-Super Short Chapter, Everyone! Thanks all!

Special Thanks to RhiannonWolf for believing in me. I wouldn't have keep wrighting this story if it wasn't for her. And I also want to thank everyone who's been leaving coments, thank you. HunterXZain, you get a Special Thanks, too. For your nice-ness! *HUGGS FOR EVERYONE WHO'S REVIEWED AND ADDED THIS STORY TO THEIR FAVORITES LIST*

For real this time, you can start to read. Unless you skiped over all this. No big deal.


# 8: A Way Chosen

"It's really dark in here...and I think I hurt myself when I feel...We've been walking for awhile now...I wounder if I'm going in circles...Do you think we'll pass...How long do you think we've been walking...If one of us dies down here-"

"Oh, my God, Shut Up!"

"We really shouldn't fight, you guys. We should wait until we pass and then we won't have to stay together." Lawanna sighed at the two in front of her. She knew that they probably didn't care what she had to say. "Please, Cookie, Toffee." They ignored her and were now nose to nose. Both of them spoke each word slowly, they gave one another their best 'looks'.

"Like. I. Was. Saying. If. One. Of. Us. Dies. Down. Here. Will. That. Thing. Eat. Us?" Toffee asked.

"Shut. Up. Before. I. Kill. You." Cookie said copying the other. Lawanna sighed. This argument had to have been the 100th. The three of them had only met earlier that day, but they hated each other form the start.

She met Cookie, first. Cookie was taller then Lawanna, she guessed about 5'3, as tall as her Grandmother back home. Cookie had dark hair held up with pins, and dark eyes. A scarf was tied around her neck, white bandages were tightly tied around her chest, covered in dirt and what looked like dried blood. And she had a black skirt that never seemed to flip all the way up when Toffee tried to peek. And Toffee...he wore dark sweatpants and a bright green shirt. He would scratch the back of his head when Cookie over powered him, sending him to the ground. He was the tallest.

"We should start walking! Because we're doing nothing but wasting time! You two have fought about every little thing, both of you shut up and don't talk to each other unless you have something nice to say!" Lawanna stood tall. The other two just looked at her and shook their heads. They mumbled a 'whatever' then started to walk again. The younger girl smiled and joined them.

"It's always the shy ones..."

"Shut up."


Just After She Jumped From The Roof Of Trick Tower...

Lawanna hit the ground hard. It was dark all around her, she stood up and felt around for anything that could help light where ever she was at. All she felt was something smooth in front of her, and what she guessed was the walls by the sandy powder that rubbed off onto her hand. After a moment spent in the dark the lights burst on, she blinked a few times to get use to the sudden brightness. She was right about the walls behind and next to her. The something that was smooth was a clear wall. On the other side was a path.

The transparent wall had an outline halfway up, a clear knob was to one side. A door.

The door opened with no problem at all, and Lawanna stepped through. She touched her chin to her shoulder to see the lizard. She shrugged and shut the door behind her. She looked around the tunnel path, It was nothing but a plain path.

"That was easy." she told the creature. "In a place called 'Trick Tower' you'd think there were a lot of tricks in the tower." She took her first step on the new path but stopped, something grabbed her attention, on the wall next to her was a button, written above it was 'Do Not Press'. "It doesn't have an explanation point so it can't be dangerous!" And then she pushed the button.

She stood in her place for a moment waiting for something to happen, she'd pushed the button that wasn't suppose to be pressed, after all. But nothing seemed to happen. She took her step. She took her second step. She took her third step. She stopped on her fourth step and turned around. The brick wall was being pulled apart and separating down the middle, a black background replaced it. Coming out from the dark was a shackled and handcuffed person wearing a torn cloak. The restraints feel to the floor and the hood yanked off. A man with a crocked smile stood there. Lawanna swallowed the lump in her throat and ran to the clear wall.

"Please lock, please lock, please lock." she repeated as the man got closer and closer to the door. Lawanna held her own for a minute as she struggled to keep the door closed and herself on the other side of the creepy man. The man was able to force himself through, though. He now towered over her, the same crocked smile never left his lips. "Stay away from me! Stay away! Stay Away!" Lawanna shouted at the man from the floor. Rishley scurried to the backpack and looked at the man with only his head out. He bent down closer to the girl. "Stay away!"

Lawanna took aim, she brang her leg and foot close to her; Lawanna let loose, she launched her foot at the man like a spring. She missed her intentional target, but the man still feel to the floor in pain. She took this chance to run.

Lawanna finally stopped running after 10 minutes nonstop and turning which ever corner was closest. She hunched over, panting out of breath; her arms and legs shaking. She took deep breaths and began to breath at a normal speed. She stood up and smiled, turning to the lizard.

"That wasn't so hard. I bet we can take on whatever else this tower has." Rishley only blinked then turned his head where they had ran from. Lawanna copied his movement and looked out, too. After a short second of nothing the walls and ground began to shake and dust fell from the ceiling. "Rishley...what's that?" Lawanna knew that she wasn't going to get an answer from something that couldn't talk. She knew that even if he could talk, he probably wouldn't know anyways. Her eyes didn't leave the dark hall way. After a moment of her stares, she ran. She ran from the perfectly smooth boulder rolled along after her, waiting to catch up to flatten her.

Lawanna had been running from the over-sized rock when she came up to an intersection. She had come to the end of her tunnel, now splitting into two semi-new paths. There was a sign that was nailed to the wood that came out from the ground, she read it the best she could. 'The Path You Choose Will Be The One, Which Will Take You To The End'. So, did that mean that only one of the tunnels would lead down to the bottom of the tower? But then what if she choose the wrong one? What if-

"No time to think, gotta run! Run! Run Away!" Lawanna went down the left, still running she looked back. To her surprise the boulder stopped rolling before hitting the wall. She stopped and turned back to it. She almost started laughing when it was still.

But then, of course, the boulder backed up with a jerk. A pause, then launched back at it's target. Lawanna's mouth hung open and she was frozen in her place.

"It-It has a brain!" Lawanna still wasn't moving. All Rishley could do was flick his tongue out, trying to get her attention.

"No, Idiot. It's controlled by a remote." The voice of a girl did what Rishley had failed to do. Lawanna turned around and kept running. Running next to her, now, was a girl. She blended in well with the dark walls, her long scarf was the only give away.

Up ahead was a what looked like a dead end, but the closer you got you could see that you would have to choose a new route to take. Both of the route options were cut off by the same clear walls as before. But these walls had no doors.

"This is not fair, what do we do now?" Lawanna asked and looked at the girl.

"I just got rid of one of these two minutes ago..."

The girl walked closer to the rolling boulder, she planted her feet on the ground and took a fighting stance. Waiting for the boulder to be within striking range she prepared and unsheathed her sword. With both hands gripping the blade she raised it high above her head. Lawanna bit down on her bottom lip and held the lizard tight while she watched and waited. Then the girl brought down the sword!

There was a pop and static. Both of the girls shared the same look, Surprise.

"So...it was a balloon?" Lawanna asked, tilting her head to the side.

"I guess...it was a...balloon." the other girl confirmed, nodding her head up and down. She sat down, her sword next to her, and grabbed her bag. She pulled out a water bottle filled dark liquid. She took a drink, when she was done she held it to the other girl. "Coffee?"

"No, thank you." Lawanna smiled and bent down next to the girl. "I'm Lawanna Lovell. Thank you for saving me from the...balloon."

"Cookie." the girl said and held out her empty hand.

"Um, no. Thank you." Lawanna said.

"No, Cookie." she said and took Lawanna's hand, shaking it. Lawanna understood.

"I'm Lawanna, and this is Rishley." Cookie only raised and eyebrow and shrugged.


Somewhere Else In Trick Tower...

Gon, Killua, Kurapika, and Leorio all were glaring at Tonpa. At first Tonpa didn't care and acted like he didn't even notice. He was sitting down on the ground, his feet dangling. He tried to tune out what everyone was telling him, but he couldn't bare to listen to them anymore.

"Yes, I'm a coward." he admitted it.

"So you admit it?" Leorio pointed his finger in Tonpa's face.

"There is only one difference between you and me; I don't want to become a Hunter." Almost everyone gasped.

"Then why are you taking the Hunter Exam?"

"I don't want to be a Hunter anymore. I'm only here to get my kicks while I can. That's it."

"But why don't you want to be a Hunter, Tonpa?"

"I've seen way to many newbies come here, their dreams get crushed. And I'm here every year to crush the dreams of the newbies. Nothing more, nothing less."

"You know, we're just wasting time...who should go next?"

"Me! I'll Go!"

Before anyone could really say anything to stop him, Gon was already running across the stone bridge to the fighting arena. Already standing in the middle was a shady looking man, two candles in his hand. One tall and the other short. Behind him were 4 other figures. Gon ignored everything and walked to the man. He snickered at the boy.

"Which one will you choose?"


A/N: Like I said, this was super short, I mean like 3 episodes in 1! I'm not sure if that's good or bad...Oh, well. But here's what I don't get about the whole waiting around thing. Why couldn't they just take the 5th bracelet thing and then that way they wouldn't have had to wait, right? I know someone will tell me why they had to wait for Tonpa, and tell me that the answer is simple, but I'm still asking.

And you know what? I'm going to ask another random question. My favorite color is Puprle and Brown (I know, kind a weird color, huh?). But then I love yellow, too. I never really knew anyone else who liked Purple, Brown, or Yellow. So I'm asking you-What is your favorite color?