Alrighty! Chapter 10! wow, has this thing been moving quickly or what?! But I haven't been getting any reviews... and that does not make me happy. not happy one bit. SO REVIEW, DANGIT!

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~Chris~

I stared at the old man in frustration, "I don't understand." I growled at him menacingly.

He lifted a furry eyebrow in amusement, "What's not to understand? All you have to do is smite the log wit lightnin. Tis not that hard."

"But that will kill me!" I argued angrily, this old timer obviously didn't know as much as he led on.

He shook his head, "t' will not kill ya. Trust me, I have studied magic for over eighty years."

I flinched slightly at his suggested age, "But I told you, I'm not able to just do whatever magic I wish, it must draw from my own energy, how can creating lightning not kill me."

He struggled for a moment then said, "How can I teach you if you don't listen to meh? Just do it! I saved you didn't I?! Why would I kill ya off again?"

Glaring venomously I took a deep breath and focused on the log, then I murmured the spell he had taught me, "Elrica toka elmirasfa..." I continued on and slowly felt the drain of energy.

As I finished off suddenly there was a great drain of energy and I staggered back as lighting struck the log from above. My eyes rolled back and I almost fell, but suddenly felt a regain of strength and caught myself.

My breath came in short gasps as I turned back to the man, he was leaning on a stick as if he was also suddenly weak.

"What happened?" I gulped.

He stared at me for a moment then said clearly, "You was about to die from loss of strength, so I gave you what you needed."

I stared at him with mouth gaping, "What...? You can do that?! How?"

He simply shook his head and said, "You aren't ready." then turned around and walked back into his small house.

I frowned and dropped down on the grass, staring at the charred log, I had really done it, even if it hadn't been alone.

We continued on with our lessons like this for days on end, I started to get fatigued from waking so early and working so hard. But I had to do this in order to help Stella.

~Stella~

Killana looked down on my with a troubled expression.

"What?" I asked, "I'm fine, really."

She shook her head in disagreement, "You just fell off when I was running... you haven't been getting enough sleep, I'm sorry, It's my fault."

I shook my head, "It isn't your fault, I just haven't been able to sleep with how much we've been traveling, plus I've been thinking a lot about-"

"Cat!" Allie snapped, interrupting me, "If she isn't dead, pick her up and lets get a move on! We don't have all day!"

Killana growled threateningly but looked down at me, "Can you get up?"

I nodded and took a deep breath then pushed myself up, swaying slightly and steadying myself on a tree.

Taking a deep breath, I hoisted Killana again and nodded, "alright, I'm ready."

Killana shook her head but said nothing as she trotted after the others, "Alright let's go." she said rather grouchily.

~1 week later~

I looked out over the vast amount of land, "THAT'S where we're going?! Why are you even taking me there in the first place?!" I asked Allie angirly, but she stared forward blankly.

Once again I stared at the large cracked sand in front of me. In fact, it shouldn't even be called sand it was so hard. It was more like rock.

There was a great flat land, it went on as far as you could see, and at the very very furthest away, there was a small speck that I assumed was a sort of small mountain or something.

Tod sighed heavily and looked up at Allie pleadingly, "No." she said firmly, "You know that isn't allowed. Hormani will come and get us for sure if she senses us like that."

Tod frowned and hung his head with a long exaggerated sigh. I could see the obvious disappointment in his eyes. For a dog he sure was expressive...

I straightened up and noticed Killana's fur was spiked noticeably, I tried to pet it down but it just stuck up again.

Obviously she was very agitated. I looked at Koran then to Kaora; they both had the same fierce expression and poofed out fur. They're tails were half their normal size and it was really rather funny to look at them, she would have laughed if they weren't in such a serious situation.

Allie finally turned to look back at me, and I flinched slightly at her tired, vicious expression.

"That is none of your concern right now little Star, just worry about staying alive for as long as possible. We're going to need you soon for a special... thing." something about the way she said it, and the cold smile that crept onto her lips gave me the feeling I didn't have much longer to live.

A cold shiver went running down my back, and I had to look away from her cold black eyes.

I held onto Killana's spiked fur tighter and closed my eyes in terror. What was going to happen to me? How much longer did I even have to live? What had I done to deserve this sort of fate?!

I took a deep shaking breath and tried to steady myself as Allie said in a cold lifeless voice,"Move on." and kicked Kaora slightly.

Kaora snarled at this contact and burst into a full run, not marring Allie slightly as I'm sure she had hoped.

My hands tightened more as Killana burst into a run, and Koran overtook us, then Tod, then Kaora and Allie. I narrowed my eyes as he raced ahead, wondering if he was trying to run away.

After a moment when he was much further ahead he skidded to a halt and threw back his head, letting go a ghostly caterwaul into the air. Allie cursed and said a few words, then suddenly he choked a moment then fell over.

I gasped in surprise and squinted to try and see him better, I heard Killana growl menacingly and run faster. "Killana," I whispered, "Is he... dead?"

Killana was silent for a moment then shook her big head, "He isn't dead, he only blacked out for a moment. He'll be alright. Really he deserved it for doing something stupid like that. What a idiot..."

She shook her large head again then raced over to his body. She bent her nose and bit him on the ear, making him jump up snarling angrily. "What the he-?!" Killana cut him off with a quick cuff on the ear.

"Shut up stupid! Your lucky I got here first, now stop being stupid and move your little furry tail forward!"

Koran opened his mouth to protest but shut it quickly as Kaora and Allie approached, he glared at Killana hatefully then turned around and ran.

My held in breath released as Allie passed without a word, running almost right on Koran's heels but looking straight ahead to our destination.

Killana looked up at me a moment then shrugged and ran after them, but I could feel her muscles all bent up, I knew she was nervous for what was coming, just like me.

~Chris~

I pulled the pack onto my shoulders and adjusted it comfortably, then looked back, "Are you coming or what old man?"

He walked out of the small hut and looked through his small little bundle, "Haven't I told ya?" he said in his cracked voice, "Call me Argentine, cuz that's me name."

I sighed in frustration, "Alright Argentine, can we please go now? I'm itching to leave this place and get moving."

"Alright there young-an don't eat cher pants off in frustrations. We'll get there in due time."

I couldn't help but glare at him, "yes, but what if Stella is dead when we get there!?" I snarled then closed my eyes and pressed my teeth together angrily.

Argentine shrugged and just walked past me, "Well I guess we butter get moving than. aye?"

I hurriedly followed behind him, but was immediately frustrated again at his slow moving pace. "Argentine..." I started slowly, "I don't mean to pry but... do you think we could go a little faster? I think we need to catch something that we can ride on at least... this isn't going to work."

"I travel at me own time and pace sonny, and you'll live with it if ye want me to stick around." he stated simply.

I ground my teeth in frustration but otherwise let the matter go, at least we were moving... for now.

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hehe. So I know this wasn't the longest chapter in the history of forever, but we all know I hate to write long chapters, so live with it. :P

Alright let's see... so you might be wondering a couple things, I'm sure one of the main is, 'who is Hormani and how the heck to I pronounce that name?!'

Well It's simple, It sounds like Harmody but with a ey sound at the end. then the O and the A... and yeah. I'm sure you can figure it out. :P

But WHO IS Hormani?! Well that's a secret obvioulsy! But I'll tell you one thing, the characters real personality, is Amber. So you know it can't be good right?

No I'm... just... kidding.... sorta.... BUT ANYWHO! This chapter will go out to um... to... to Megan! My wonderful little cousin.

She is the most amazing cousin a girl could ever want! She has so much character it's so much fun just to talk to her and listen to her overreact to everything! Goodness I love you Megan, there are no words to describe it.

I hope you always stay true to yourself and don't let others influence you too much, and for another thing... stay away from boys. Trust me, they're bad news, just don't even try it. :P

I love you Meggy! 3

Oh and the next chapter will be from Mina's POV, because Therese was bugging me to get back to her marriage and all... so sorry if that dissipoints you rather a lot. xD It'll be fun, dont worry. :)