Amar has decided to wait again. To use Wendy as an example for what is to come. I feel sick.

Kartik leads me away. He nods at Ithal who nods back. He stays and watches silently over the happenings of the clearing. We leave the Winterlands. I wipe away my tears. How are we going to stop this? There are so many of them.

"We're going to need some help," Kartik says softly. "Is there anyone here who can help us?"

I consider. There is always Asha. She and the other Untouchables have always been kind to me. There is also Philon and the forest folk. And Gorgon. I hate having to ask them to fight this battle, but I don't have any other choice.

"I have some people in mind," I tell him.

"We don't have much time. We need to do it quickly."

I nod, and we go in search of them.

Time seems to blur as we gather my army.

My Army.

How many ladies can say they have gathered an army? I can't decide whether it is a good thing or a bad thing.

They have decided to join us. All but the Gorgon. We couldn't find her. I tell them I'm sorry for dragging them into something they needn't be apart of.

"This is our home," Asha says. "We need to defend it. If not, we have no right to be here. This is not your fault. We would have to fight sometime."

We are on our way back to clearing. I hope that we are not too late. I don't want to know which of my friends was next.

When we arrive, Ithal is still there. He looks up at us. There is hatred and fear in his eyes. He likes what is happening no more than I do. He doesn't have a part in this. He shouldn't be here.

"He came back and killed two more girls," Ithal reports.

I never should have left! I should have given myself up. I could have saved them!

"Which ones?" I ask him. My eyes are tearing up.

"It was not Felicity, nor the other ones you go about with. It was two of the other girls."

I sigh with relief and immediately feel awful about it. People have still died for me. Their souls have been corrupted and are doomed to wander about forever.

Everyone has surrounded the clearing. They are armed and ready for the fight. The fight that I have caused.

Amar walks back into the clearing. It was Mercy and Mae that he took. Bessie, Ann, Felicity and Pippa are still their. They are all awake, but barely.

"I have found your friend."

They look up startled.

"Yes, she was hanging around, watching the deaths of your friends. But she didn't do anything about it. She let them die."

I become furious. How dare he say that! How dare he accuse me of being a traitor!

"She wouldn't do that," Ann mumbles, horrified.

Amar smiles. "Oh yes, she would. And now, she is going to die. We will sacrifice her to the tree, and the Winterlands will contain all of the magic."

I wish to march up to Amar. To kill him for the things he has done to my friends. To me. To Kartik. For what he has put us through. Kartik has a firm grip on me. He will not let me go. I wish to shout to them that he is bluffing, that I am here! I have brought help for them. But I can't blow our cover. We need to surprise them.

Suddenly, a man runs into the clearing. "There is trouble! By the water!"

Amar furrows his brow. "What's this?"

"There is a ship with a Gorgon on it!"

Gorgon! She has come to fight!

"I thought they were all gone!"

"I swear it! She is here."

Amar follows the man out of the clearing.

"Stay with the girls," he calls back. "Don't let them escape."

Half of his army is here. They are many, but so are we. I feel the need to crush every one of them. I blame them all from the murders that have happened here. They did nothing to stop it.

Kartik removes his hand from my wrist.

"It is time," he whispers.

"Some of them have to help Gorgon!" I tell him. "She can't fight them all by herself!"

"They will. Asha is fighting down there now. We need to go now."

I nod and give the signal. Battle cries come from all around me, and my army rushes into the clearing.

A/N - Okay, this one wasn't very good. Oh well, I'll have to make the next one twice as good! Check out the poll on my profile too!