Here is chapter 21 my wonderful people. :) There's only going to be a few more chapters of Love's Bite, sadly. D: But I'm thinking of starting a new series. ;) please add me to your Author Alert if you like my stories and such.

~Killana~

I quickly jumped away from the bars as they suddenly zapped me. I shook my head painfully as my ears rung and my mouth burnt slightly. Frowning I looked over to see Hormani walking over with a angry expression on her face.

"Do you really think you can escape? Don't even try or you'll only succeed in hurting yourslef more then I'm going to hurt you."

I flinched and glared at her, "You have to let us out eventually! You can't keep us in here forever!"

She chuckled darkly and put her face close to the bars, "Oh I'll let you out eventually. You will all make a tasty snack when I get hungry again. I'll start with the little kitty."

The cat hissed and swiped it's claws through the bars. Hormani avoided it easily and glared at the creature, "Stupid little thing, aren't you?" she muttered something under her breath then reached her hand through the bars and grabbed the cat by the scruff.

I jumped back and hissed in surprise as she picked the cat up and again went through the bars to the other side. "What ARE you?!" I spat at her.

She smiled slightly but didn't reply, simply stroking the cat on the head and saying, "Please excuse me, I have a meal to eat."

Koran and I watched in horror as she walked away with the cat hanging limply by the scruff in her hand.

Minuets later we heard a roar and a howl of a cat in pain... then there was silence. The cat was gone.

We bowed our heads and let out mewing howls, we needed to get out of here fast or it would be over for both of us.

~Chris~

I inspected the sandy ground slowly, looking over every crease and fold. It was hard to tell if anyone had been through here because the wind always blew the sand around so it covered up any footprints, plus it was starting to get dark. We had been traveling hard all day.

"Kooru." I called softly and he walked to my side, "Do you smell anything?"

He nodded his big head, "Yeah, I do. I can just barely smell Kaora, she must have gone back. That means the others are still at wherever she came from. Hopefully they're safe..."

I nodded encouragingly, "Good job Kooru, let's go. Hopefully we can make it to wherever they are by the time the sun sets completely."

Kooru bobbed his head and looked over his shoulder at Argentine, who was standing next to Harmony (In horse form). "What do you think Argentine?"

He was silent for a moment then looked into the distance, he didn't reply for a long time, and I started to get a little impatient. But of course I had to be patient with him, he had been a great help in teaching me magic.

Finally he turned to look me in the eyes and whispered, "I think we need to get some rest, then wake up extra early morrow and go s' quickly as possible toward that direction." he pointed ahead then nodded.

I bit my lip, wanting to argue, but I knew his decision was probably best, besides, Harmony and Kooru were tired. They needed rest.

I nodded and smiled at Kooru, "You can pick where we camp if you want."

He seemed pleased at that and he started sniffing around for a comfortable spot to rest. I followed him loyally and when he finally flopped down on the ground I took the pack that I had strapped on his back and unfolded it on the ground. I handed Argentine and Harmony (Who had changed back to her Fairy form) some blankets and pillows.

I took out my own hand made pillow and blanket and then started a fire to cook some stew. The fire crackled as it lit under the influence of my magic. I smiled, pleased at myself, and started to cut up potatoes and skin the rabbit we had caught.

~Stella~

I sat up in bed suddenly, I had fallen asleep... and by the looks of it I had been asleep all day. Oh wow... I had never done that before. I yawned then looked down to see Tod laying by my feet. I pat his head and slid out of the comfortable bed.

I tiptoed out to where we had eaten Breakfast and started searching for something to eat, but to my surprise there was nothing but strange bottles and potions that smelled rather horrid.

Sighing, I started to look for Allie so she could make me something to eat.... although I felt slightly sick. Suddenly I noticed that, even though I knew it was getting dark, I could still see moderately well, of course with a purple-ish tint. That was only... really weird.

I rubbed my eyes but nothing changed, I flinched and coninued to look around for Allie. I found her bent over a large book, muttering to herself. I tapped her on the shoulder and she jumped slightly.

"Well well, had a good nap, did we?" she asked with slight annoyance.

I blushed and looked down, "yeah... umm... do you have any food around?" I asked, slightly embarrassed.

She sighed heavily and muttered something under her breath, I didn't bother to ask what she had said, because it had obviously been about me, but not intended for me to hear.

Allie bent over a large plate then piled it with rocks, muttering some words of magic, the rocks changed shape then took form of all sorts of fruit, and also a large omlette. I thanked her profoundly and took the plate from her hands when she offered it to me. She gave me a sarcastic smile then turned back to her work.

I shuffled outside and sat down, leaning my head back on a large rock and looking up at the dark sky. There was only a small sliver of moon that gave off hardly any light. Of course I could still see the outline of things and a few clouds floating lazily across the sky.

I couldn't help but smile to myself as I started to eat the omlette and think to myself about all that I had gone through. I had tried to refrain from thinking about it, and my stomach sloshed uncomfortably at the unpleasant memories.

Killana, Koran, Chris, everyone I cared about was gone... so why did I have any reason to be happy? "Well, I'm alive for one thing..." I muttered to myself with a sigh. Maybe this all didn't have to end badly... although there was a small chance that we would all survive. At least... I hoped everyone else could survive... if it was only my life that had been taken then I would leave the world in moderate happiness... I didn't have much of a chance anyways, although I didn't know why I had been singled out.

For the first time since I had been kidnapped I thought of Prince Edwardo. I flinched at the thought of him, I didn't know what I had ever seen in him. He was a jerk with a shiny crown and a pleasant smile.

I shook my head in shame as I popped a grape in my mouth, maybe if I hadn't been so stupid in the first place this would never had happened. I could be home with my parents and Chris... living happily.

But of course life rarely ever went the way we wanted to go, and if it did it ended up that it wasn't actually what we had wanted... well that was slightly confusing. I smiled slightly to myself at my crazy thoughts. I confused myself, that had to be pretty bad.

I giggled a little then jumped as my thoughts were interrupted by Tod. He was sitting a couple feet away, staring at me intently. I hadn't noticed him before.

"Hey Tod." I said with a small smile, holding out a apple to him, "Want something to eat?" his tail wagged and he seemed to smile as he trotted over and licked my hand in thanks.

Smiling, I handed him the apple and he lay down, chewing on it contently. I looked up at the sky again, there wasn't a star in sight. I hung my head and played with my food, my appetite suddenly vanishing. Why did it all have to be so hard... why couldn't we all have equally fair lives? Because life isn't fair, something inside me said. I closed my eyes, knowing that was the truth but not wanting to accept it.

Well, at least Chris was safe... right? Hopefully he hadn't done anything stupid... in fact, he probably didn't even know I was gone... or maybe... my heart jumped and sped up rapidly and I frowned. I couldn't keep waiting for him. He wasn't coming, and I was going to die soon.

~Killana~

I peered around the corner and motioned to Koran with my tail. He followed me on silent paws as we snuck around the cave, trying to find a way out. We didn't know what had happened, we had both gone unconscious and then woken up in a strange place. Thus we at once started to look for a way out, since this was obviously a different room in the huge mountain-cave.

Sniffing the air for any signs of life, or a way out, I glanced back at Koran who was doing the same thing. I looked at him and he shook his head. He hadn't found anything either.

I huffed angrily, we had been at this for almost a hour, and I had a feeling we were just getting ourselves more lost, if we didn't hurry Hormani was going to figure out we had gotten away and come looking for us. Then she would most likely just kill us on the spot to save herself the trouble.

Yup yup yup. We are getting closer and closer... WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT?! The next few chapters will be the final ones, like I said before. D: But no worries my good peoples! At least you will finally get to see what I have been scheming... _ heeheehee...

This chapter is for uggghhhh.... someone.... anyone who reads these guys. :P