A ship has sail into the horizon! Yay! This is gonna be a surprising chapter, just to warn you guys. Number 10! Have fun!

Chapter 10

Berry's POV

I raised my spear high in the sky. Honey was next to me, her knife in her hand. We looked at each other. This could be the last time I see her. I know she's thinking the same thing by the look in her face. I reached for her hand and she grasped it hard, she was just as nervous as I was. We both looked looked at the figures which were getting bigger. Soon, ten feet away, we were facing the enemy. One man that looked a lot like Coach Bramble was in the middle of the huge crowd. Everyone stopped, but he kept going forward, and I realized Coach was going up to him. They stopped only a few feet away. "I thought I killed you!" I raised my eyebrows, Bramble killed him?

The man chuckled. "Sorry, brother. Can't help it if I was too strong."

"I saw you get killed you, Hawk." Someone called from the crowd. Squirrel squeezed out of the crowd. In her two hands were small but powerful guns. "I was there. I saw you trap my Father in a bear trap. Bramble went to rescue, and you guys fought. Bramble was losing, you were about to win, but he stabbed you with a stick, and you collapsed near the river. I was hiding in the bushes, then went out to help Bramble and my Father." She went by her husband's side.

The man smiled. "You've changed Squirrel. You were, what, 15, when I 'died'? Where was that sass you used to have? You used to push my brother away because you were afraid that Ash would stop being your friend."

She growled. "Not anymore."

Hawk shrugged and suddenly, all of the people behind him started to charge at us with their weapons raised. Honey and I let go of each other's hands. We charged as well, along with the rest of our classmates. I didn't know any fancy shmancy, so I don't think this would end great. The first guy I battled for a long time. I think his name was something like Snow, but he was a small guy, but surprising strong. In his hand was a sword. I blocked his strike with my spear and used the pause of surprise to stab him.

I know, gory. Honey was battling a woman with orange and white hair who had scary red eyes. She was wearing a black leather jacket and her weapon was a knife, like Honey. At one point, she knocked the knife out of the woman's hand. The lady growled and in her left pocket was a small gun. She raised it quickly and the bullet went through her chest.

"Honey!" I called and ran to her and dropped my spear next to her. She squirmed in pain and choked softly. I didn't know what to do, and then one second later, she stopped choking and her blue eyes stared off into space. "Honey!" I shook her violently. "Wake up! Honey!" That was the first time I cried in a long time. The lady picked up her knife quickly and held it to my neck.

"Now you know how I feel pretty boy." She smiled widely, showing crooked yellow teeth. I seriously felt like giving up. I was getting weaker by the moment, as I struggled against my grip. I needed a miracle to get out of this one.

Then there was a gunshot.

The lady behind grip loosened and collapsed on the ground. I held my hand to my neck, trying to loosen it up as I turned around to see my savior. A small gun was raised and pointed where the woman was standing. A girl with orange hair that was pulled back in a messy ponytail lowered the gun with shaky hands. It took me a minute to process who it was. Poppy!

She walked towards me with the gun in her left hand. She stopped in front of me and put out her hand. "Come on, jock." I took her hand and she lifted me up to my feet. A bad guy was running toward us with my spear in his hand. Poppy looked over casually and flipped over the man, managing to grab the spear while flying over the man. He turned around, confused, just as she struck him gracefully, chopping off his head.

After she was done, she threw me my spear and I caught at it and looked at her. Since when did Poppy become so badass? I was kinda digging it.

As we were about to help the other, I looked back at Honey's body. I'm sorry Honey, I have to leave you. I raced after Poppy, who was already meters away from me. "I already lost two siblings," her voice was hoarse, but at the same time, smooth. "I'm not gonna lose my last one." She started to run after Cinder, who was fighting a person.

I ran after her.

Cinder's POV

This was tougher than it sounded. These warriors were skilled fighters. The problem with having bow and arrows, you get limited arrows, so I have to count when I use one. Finally, after almost all of my energy was used up, I stabbed him with one of my arrows, and then put it back into my case over my shoulder. Another man was charging at me, as I raised my bow and struck him in one shot. I'm getting the hang of this.

"You think it's over, Bramble!" I heard Hawk yell at the top of his lungs. They were battling each other. "Think again!" Over the horizon, more people were coming. Another guy came up to me, this time, an axe in his hand. This'll be tough.

He swung for my head, but I slid under, giving me time to set up my bow. He turned around quickly though and deflected the arrow, missing me just by an inch. He went for my feet this time, but I jumped, not even bothering setting up my bow. I grabbed my arrow and went to just stab him manually, but I missed and he hit me on the side of the axe. I was knocked back and my bow was knocked out of my hand, and a few arrows fell out of my little pack. He ran over to me and was about to slice off my head, but something grabbed my feet and slid me out of the axes way. I was dragged to my feet and I saw my boyfriend let go of my feet and knock the man unconscious with his Thor hammer. I quickly went to pick up my bow and my arrows and put them in my mini pack. We looked at the people who were coming, I turned back to Lion and he gave me a quick peck on my lips.

We and a few others like, Fox, Ivy, Bumble, Dove, and Tiger were charging at the new group of enemies. I started off with a girl that was holding a knife, but she didn't know how to use it and it was easy to defeat her. I turned around and saw Lion battling with a guy with brown hair who was holding a axe. It looked like he was losing, and was now on the ground, the man's axe raised. I set up my arrow as quickly as possible and shot straight at the man's left arm. He yelled in pain and dropped the axe that nearly missed my boyfriend's hand as it hit the ground.

The man turned around and my eyes went wide. I haven't seen that face in a long time. Shit. Why now? He had the same reaction. He picked up his axe and took a quick swing at me. I ducked and tumbled out of the fighting crowd. I quickly got back to my feet and he took another monstrous swing. I dodged it. "FIGHT BACK, PRINCESS!" He took more swings, but missed all of them. "FIGHT ME, BITCH!" I slid under him and jabbed his leg with one of my arrows, which I pulled right back out. As I quickly got back up, he hit me with the side of my axe. Again, I was knocked to the side. He stomped over to me and put on my chest, and tears of pain ran down my cheeks.

"Don't do this Bird."

"You broke my heart Cinder," his voice was hoarse and dry, "It's time I break yours." He raised his axe and I cried silent screams, waiting for the swing. My eyes flashed before my eyes. Playing with my sibling, seeing my only brother die, the first time I kissed Lion, prom. And that's how it ended.

"Over here, you son of a bitch!" My eyes opened as I heard that voice. "Let my friend go, or I'll shoot!" Holly?! I turned her way and saw she was holding a small gun up at his head. She was still wearing makeup from prom, but her short black hair was still as sleek as that same night.

Bird lowered his axe. "You don't even know how to use that."

She lowered her gun and looked at it for a moment. "Maybe, but I know someone who does."

There was a gun fire that made me jump.

Bird collapsed on the ground and the axe just missed my head, landing next to it. I turned the opposite way and saw Fallen Leave's holding up a small gun. He set it down and went up to us just as Holly went over to me. "Are you okay?" She lifted my head. "Did he hurt you?"

"No, I'm fine."

"You don't know how damn long I wanted to do that for," commented Fallen Leaves. I smiled at both of my friends as I dusted my knees.

I got up and as I turned around, I saw someone I haven't seen for a long time. She had messy unkempt orange hair held back in a ponytail. She ran up to me and I started to do the same and we wrapped our arms around each other. "Poppy! Oh my goodness, I thought I lost you!" I grabbed her arms and shook her violently. "Where have you been all this time?"

She put my hands down. "I'll tell you that later, but right now, we have to focus on something else right now." We looked at the fighting crowd. Lion was battling a person the same size as him. I grabbed an arrow, but just as I was about to set it up, I heard a scream.

"TRAITOR!" I realized that it was Hawk, and I saw who he was talking to. Ivy looked over after killing a guy with her knife. They faced each other, both their guns and knives out. Surprisingly, she looked really calm and fired a warning shot, that just missed his ear. He growled and then I realized that he was fighting Bramble. Where was he? I looked around for my football coach and saw him getting carried to the white tent where Half Moon was guarding the entrance.

"I'm no traitor." She lowered her gun. "I lied. That's what spies do." She put her gun in her pocket and raised her knife. They charged at each other as Hawk made his first move. He went for her head, but she ducked and slid under him and sliced his left leg with her knife. He seemed to not feel the pain and continued to fight back. Their knives clang together and were both thrown back by their weight. Ivy pulled out her gun and fired, but it just glisted over his arm, causing just a scratch. He also pulled out his gun and shot her arm. She bent down on her knees in pain as she clenched her fists.

I was about to shoot at hawk, but someone already attacked him. He choked him with his hammer until he fell on his knees also. Ivy had enough strength to raise her gun and take a final shot. She hit Hawk square in the chest. The person who choked him let go and went over to Ivy. "You could have goddamn killed yourself." She looked down at her bloody arm, which was now oozing everywhere.

Fox half smiled. "Hey, you should thank me. I save your goddamn life. Come on Girlie, at least give me a little kiss." He was about to pick her up, but she got up on her own as she cradled her arm. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder.

"I'll give you a kiss if we survive after this." I saw them walk off toward the white tent, where again, Half Moon and Fern were guarding it. Lion was next to me, a scar on his face. I touched it softly with my finger.

"I'm alright. It's just a scar."

I didn't believe him, but didn't argue and got out my bow and arrow again. We had to beat them, for freedom, for peace, for life.

For love.

Leaf's POV

I was in the tent with Jay as we were cleaning Ivy's wounds. Fox was beside her, as I wiped the red blood with a cold washcloth. After that, I wrapped gauze around it to help it from bleeding. I told her to be careful fighting, but I knew she wasn't gonna be. I put the supplies away as I heard fast footsteps coming to the tent. I peeked out to see what it was, and it was the enemy, charging right at us.

I warned the others and they nodded. The other guards gathered around and fought about ten of them. We packed up our supplies and sneaked out of the tent the back way. "Jay!" I warned, "We have to go!" I could tell he was sensing danger.

Then we heard a scream.

I turned around immediately. Half Moon was on the ground, clutching her stomach with her arms. Jay ran over to her as I held out my hand to take it. I followed quickly behind, but it seemed like it was too late. There was a huge gash across her lower stomach as I came over, but she looked like she was dead. Her chest didn't rise and fall, like normal people, it just stayed there. No, no, this can't be happening. "No!" Jay screamed. It made me jumped, I've seen him mad, but not this mad. He leaned over and put both of his fists on her chest and pushed three times, then attached his mouth to hers and blew his breaths. He did it multiple times, but it didn't seem to do anything.

"Jay," I whispered, "She's gone."

"NO!" He did CPR more times. "SHE CAN'T BE!" I had no idea what to do or say. I felt hopeless, like I always was. I have to help my kids. The kids I abandoned years ago. I sacrificed so much, and it seemed like all of that was burned and turned to ash. Then I saw Crow.

When we first met. Sleek black hair, olive skin, tall and well built, and with slick blue eyes. I tumbled off the edge of the cliff, and I saw figure and it was him. "Crow!" I called, "Help me!" He hesitated, then I heard him mutter words.

"I'm sorry Feather." He then grabbed me by my hand and pulled me up, just as the edge of the cliff broke. Instead of letting go, he put both of my hands in his. "You walk in my dreams Leaf." I remember myself heating up by how close we were. He leaned over and kissed me lightly. I don't remember kissing back, but more shocked than I was scared that someone was watching us. He let go, but kept me close to his body.

"Leaf!" Cloud called. I let go of his hands and ran over to him and Bright.

"Are you okay dear?" asked Bright.

"Yeah, I'm fine, thanks to Crow." They both turned to the teenager and hesitated for the slightest moment and looked at each other. They both silently walked away. I followed, but looked back one more time. He smiled.

I smiled back.

The memory faded, and I was back in the middle of a battle. Jay was still with Half Moon, lying next to her on the ground, with a hand on her heart. I couldn't let this happen. I ran back into the tent and grabbed the defibrillator. Jay got up as I rubbed the two parts together, creating an electric shocker. "Clear!" I yelled and placed both parts on her chest. Her back arched and her eyes flickered, and some of her hair went up in the air. I put it down and put my ear on her chest, and I found the tiniest heartbeat. "Jay," I ordered, "Get her to the hospital immediately." He nodded and carried her on his shoulders as he ran to the hospital.

I looked at the battle and saw that Lion was knocked back. Breeze! I was about to run over to help, but Crow got there first and knocked him to the side. Though I knew he was strong, he looked like he was in trouble. I ran over as Breeze attacked his father and punched him right in the nose. As I reached him, I did a high kick straight at his head, making him fall on the ground.

"What the fu-" But I didn't wait for his answer and went on one to one combat with him. He got up as I went for another high kick, but he grabbed leg. I jumped using my other leg and kicked him in the chest as I recovered my balance with a backflip. He charged as his strength caught me off guard and pushed me off the ground as my head landed on the rough ground. I put my hand on the ground and curled my back and lifted my feet off the ground and I was on my feet once again. "Doctors aren't supposed to know how to fight."

"I'm the daughter of a war leader. Fighting was my childhood." I ran at him and slid my foot on the ground, knocking his feet off the ground.

I turned back around and saw Lion and Crow looking at me in amazement. "What?" I shrugged, "You surprised that a daughter of Fire took down a teenager?" I went over to Crow and offered him for my hand. He smiled and took it. I noticed that he had a scratch on his chest.

"I'm fine, it's just a scratch."

"Maybe if I wasn't a doctor, things would've been different."

"Maybe." He looked down at Lion. "Do you know?"

He nodded. "Holly left me and Jay a note. At first, I thought it was a prank, but then I saw she wasn't in her room." He stumbled backwards. "How could you let this happen? Both of you? Did you even realize what you've done?"

"We made a mistake," I said as I put my hands on his cheeks, "But it was the best mistake that I ever did." I pulled his forehead on mine and I closed my eyes. "Because of it though, you have an amazing life, with Cinder and with Wally. I wish you to live your best life, without looking back on it." I lowered his head and kissed his forehead like it was some sort of blessing.

He opened his eyes and gave a half smile. I was finally accepted by my son. He ran away towards his girlfriend who was fighting a person the same size as her. Crow came over to me and put a hand on my shoulder as we watched the fight proceed.

"You okay, Leaf?"

I smiled as I kept gazing over the fighting. "I feel like the weight of the world is finally off my shoulders." I sighed. "Do you ever look back at who we used to be?"

He nodded. "Everyday of my life."

I looked up at him and put my hand on his. It was a weird feeling when I first met him, a mixer of confusion and bubbly. I was never jealous of Feather. She was pretty, and I could see how Crow fell in love with him. She died from a lion attack saving him. So, in reality, I thank her for everything she's done.

The thought of it made me shiver. Wherever she is, I wish her the best of luck.

There were several scream and shouts and the enemy started to run away. As the crowd cleared out, I just saw how many bodies were on the ground. I gasped as I recognized one. Honey!

Cinder already noticed and ran over to her sister's body. I heard her cry as she bent down her head on her chest. Lion was walking towards her and put his hand on her waist and pulled her closer to him. She looked up and rested her head on his chest as he put his second arm around her. He also started to tear up, but buried his face in her head.

Poppy and Berry also walked over and sat next to Cinder and Lion. I was tempted to go over there, but I never really got to know Honey, and it would also be kinda awkward. They had to figure it out for themselves, what it feels like to lose someone you love. Holly and Fallen Leaves also came over and sat next to Cinder and Holly hugged her as Fallen Leaves put a hand on her shoulder. The sun was now high in the sky, showing off its brightness to the world.

I looked around for more bodies, but surprisingly, I found no others. This was not what I expected, only one of our people killed. A miracle made its way to us.

Night growled at me as she came over and grabbed Crow's arm. He jerked it away, but I stopped him. "You know this is for the best, Crow. We were never supposed to meet each other. You know that as well as I do."

He gave me a desperate look, as he cupped his hands on my cheeks. He pulled my head to his and kissed me lightly. As the first time we kissed, I was also too shocked to move. "Nothing in the world could keep me from not thinking about you constantly." He let go of my face and stood in front of me. "I love you, Leaf."

I felt guilty for not telling him I love him too, even though I still do. He walked away with Night in front of him, growling as they made their way off the battlefield. I stared after them. Someone came up from behind me. "You too were always so shy," commented Squirrel.

I smiled and looked at my sister. "Tell that to Bramble when you two first started dating." She smiled and we continued to stare off at them.

"Do you still love him?"

I nodded. "Every day of my life."