Shadow and I swung our heads back to find the source of the voice. There, Lezi, Titi, and Akina stood, observing the situation. Really? You guys couldn't have come a few minutes earlier and helped us out? Jeez, I think that was a bit too dramatic of an entrance. Wait, as a matter of fact, how did they even know we were out here in the first place? Actually, forget it. I'm just glad they showed up.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't Iru and Dara, the hyena twins. Fancy meeting you two here. I see you've been causing trouble once again." Akina spoke up, folding her arms and glaring at the twins. Dara had stopped coughing, and was now leaning up against the tree with Iru sitting next to him. They both looked down, at which I was assuming shame or embarrassment. Hmm... I wonder what their past was like...

"Anyways, come on. We'll guide you the rest of the way to Castle Acorn, and make sure you don't run into anymore trouble. Iru and Dara," Lezi said, then looked at the twins. "You're coming with us, we could use some information on Mabaya's next move." He said. Then he disappeared. How'd he do that?

"Hey, what are you doing?!" I heard Iru shout from behind me. I looked behind me to see that Lezi was taking Iru and Dara hostage with magic handcuffs, and then made a magical rope that attached to both the handcuffs. You know those prisoners you see in video games where they had their chains linked together with their hand cuffs? Well, yeah, this was sort of how it looked like.

"We don't need you ratting us out, now do we? Now come on, you know what would happen if you try to put up a fight." Lezi said.

"You don't have to treat us like prisoners!" Dara shouted, obviously annoyed with the handcuffs and how we were treating him. Gotta say, I did think this was a little overboard... But then again, I don't know about their past and apparently Lezi and his group did.

"Well, with everything you've done in your past, you technically are criminals. Or would you like me to remind you of your past thievery?" Lezi replied, sarcastically. Whoa. Thievery. Dara hung his head and didn't say anything after. Good choice dude, don't make the situation harder than it has to be. We then continued to walk to Castle Acorn, but I couldn't shake the feeling that I was being watched somehow...

"How did you know where we were?" Shadow asked.

"We knew you'd be coming, so we were waiting in front of the castle for your arrival. That is, until Titi spotted the twins heading towards the forest. We knew they were up to no good, so we thought it'd be best if we saw what they were up to. Thus, leading us right to you guys." Lezi explained. Huh, guess that explains how they got here.

"I see." Shadow replied.

"So Anaya, where's Bastet? I don't see her anywhere." Titi asked. I hung my head, my mood dropping.

"Probably somewhere avoiding me. Do you know about Warriors Cats? The book series?" I asked, glancing at her.

"I do! It's by far my favorite series since I'm a total cat lover. Who's your favorite character? I'm all for Firestar." Akina piped in. I smirked at her.

"I'm up for Ravenpaw, and I'm on the second series, 'The New Prophecy'. Anyway, I think Bastet had feelings for a cat she met in ThunderClan, but get this; When I was back on Earth, I made my own fan-fiction book based off of the Warriors world and added new cats in it. Thing is, the cats that caught us meeting Bastet's friend, were the exact same cats I made in my book back home; appearance and everything!" I explained. "We were kicked out of ThunderClan territory and threatened if we came back. She's been down about it ever since. I hope she isn't too mad at me, I got pretty upset because she lied to me about not knowing Stripetail; he's the warrior Bastet knew."

"How did she lie to you? What did she say?" Titi asked, her brown eyes looking curiously at me.

"Well, when she explained to me about how she met Stripetail, she said he didn't have a name and didn't know anything else about him. Although, when she brought me to meet him, he started using Warrior Cat terms like 'twolegs' and 'apprentice'. I made an educated guess and, sadly, I was right. He was actually a warrior in ThunderClan named Stripetail and Bastet knew that already. We were caught and I nearly suffocated by a warrior attacking me after that. Well, you know the rest." I replied.

"I'm sorry, I'm sure she'll come around."Akina said, putting a hand on my shoulder. But as soon as she touched me, a blinding white light flashed and I had to squeeze my eyes shut and put my hands over my eyes to block out the brightness. Although as soon as I opened them, Akina and I were floating somewhere in a never-ending white limbo.

"What da heck is goin' on?" We asked at the same time. But before we could say anything else, the entire scene around us changed, and we were present in... a hospital room? Looks to me like someone just gave birth to twins. I was confused until I recognized the mother and father. Actually, that just made me even more confused.

"The one wrapped in yellow is Anaya and in the red, Akina. They're both unique and beautiful twins. How do you think the boys will handle a couple of girls in the house Beri?" My mom said as a nurse walked out of the room, writing something on her clipboard. So this is what her voice sounds like... Wait, Akina? Twins? Da heck is goin' on here?!

"It's not going to be the same that's for sure. I'm going to have to teach those little rascals to be a little softer with the girls." Dad replied. I've only seen pictures of him, but he looks so loving and caring in real life. Oh how I've missed them so much. But then, a woman showed up in the middle of the room, hovering over the floor with a purple colored aura around her. I shivered as I felt the negative energy coming from her. I wonder who this woman is and why she's in here... Then, the woman held out her hand towards baby Akina, and teleported her somewhere.

Mom gasped. "My baby-" But she was cut off by the woman, now holding out both her hands and what looks like casting a spell. Both her hands glowed purple and my mother and father's eyes also did. The woman disappeared afterwards, and nobody said a word for a few seconds. Their eyes stopped glowing and my mom shook her head a little and held it with her now free hand.

Father spoke up while rubbing her arm soothingly. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, just a little headache. And I'm a bit tired." She replied, smiling a bit.

Dad smirked. "I would guess so after what you've been through. You need some rest, so let me take the boys to Tau's(Tay-you), and then I'll come back here with you and Anaya."

Then the scene before us changed and faded into some sort of mansion like room with the woman sitting on her throne with baby Akina in her arms. She hovered her hand above baby Akina and it looked like she was absorbing magical energy from her. But her facial expression turned confused and then angry. She slammed her fist on the arm of her throne and yelled as baby Akina started to cry.

"No! It was the other child! Guards, take this nuisance and get it out of my sight! I don't care what you do with her. Actually, send her far away to the other side of the planet. I can't risk this little brat interfering with any of my plans." She said. Then everything faded to black for a second before Akina and I found ourselves back in the forest with everyone staring at us. We just stared at each other for a minute before we both spoke at the same time.

"You saw that too, right?"

"Saw what? All we saw was a giant white ball of light surrounding you guys and wouldn't break when we attacked it. You guys were only in there for about two minutes though. Whaddya see? Whaddya see?" Titi asked, jumping up and down in excitment. Man, she's a peppy one.

Akina and I glanced at each other before she answered, "I think me and Anaya are sisters."

"Hate to be a Grammar Nazi but, it's 'Anaya and I'." Really Titi? Really?