Alright! I DID in fact granmer chek ovar this one. (See what I did there?)

"Unfortunately, I just learned that when you use quotes, it's supposed to be like this," she wrote.

"Instead, so far I've been doing this." She wrote.

So now I have to go over the entire story and fix that. XD I probably won't repost chapters until I've edited them all and stuff.

Anyway, we learn a lot about Avalon.

ENJOY!

Chapter 35

Lily

Suddenly, the fakes stop weakening.

They start growing in strength once more.

I yell out a battle cry and hit my double hard. I speed back and fly up, realizing that she followed me, despite my hit. I dodge to the right and use mist ball as she races past, trying and failing to hit me. I repeat the process, this time smashing her into the ground. I get up and then use mist ball as she gets up and tries to follow me. She's thrown back onto the floor with a crash. It takes several seconds for her to get up again.

This time, I rush at her. She dodges easily, and scratches me with sharp claws as I rush back. I don't flinch at the pain, but am a little sickened at the warm blood beginning to well up in my fur.

I rush again, this time spinning at the last moment to avoid the claws. I do a 360 and spin into the other latias, and with a mist ball she melts.

I glance over at Lyan. He and his double are engaged in a deadly game of tag. Lyan is it, thankfully. He hits the other with luster purge, knocking it with a bang onto the ground. He uses body slam and speeds away.

The latios starts to get up. Lyan uses extreme speed and rushes in to bite the fake. It works, but Fake Latios doesn't flinch and he is able to pull out a drain punch. Lyan hits the ground with a loud thud. He rolls to the side just in time, as the latios crashes into the ground where he was a moment ago.

The latias reforms. She launches at me instantly, and I have no time to dodge. I am thrown to the ground like a rag doll. She holds me down, punching at my face.

"YA!" She is thrown off me as Jay crashes into her. She is sent flying into the wall.

"Jay! Are you okay?" I ask. The little mew has blood dripping through his pink fur, and he looks tired.

"I'm fine," he insists. "I just hope this is over soon."

"Me, too," I agree.

The Leaf Prison - Ā Līpha Jēla

Austin

What were we staring at? The leaves, of course. You see, the tree we happened to be standing on was one of those with a jillion little tiny leaves. So, when those little tiny leaves started growing huge, like, say, bigger than me, Avalon and I quite naturally... started freaking out.

"What do we do?" Avalon shouts.

"There's nothing to do," I say. "What's the threat of leaves?"

Of course, then the leaves start growing so fast, it takes only a matter of seconds for Avalon and I to be totally encased in leaves.

What I mean by this is that the little leaves grew so big so fast that Avalon and I couldn't react, and the leaves literally grew around us. We were now trapped in leaves.

How do I describe this feeling? It's like of you are carrying a bunch of sheets, then you trip down some random stairs. You get all wrapped up in the sheets, so tightly you can't move at all. It's like that... kind of.

"Wha da fook jus hahaned?" (What the f**k just happened?) Avalon asks incredulously, her words blurred by the leaves pressing against her mouth.

"I got no coo," (I got no clue.) I mutter. "Les jus st-"

"Ausin! I'm a clawsafobe!" (Austin! I'm a claustrophobe!) Avalon shouts, scared. It wouldn't help right now to let her know that inside, I was going insane because I was also a claustrophobe. I take a deep breath.

"Avalon, you haf to com down," (Avalon, you have to calm down.) I warn. "I can get us oua here." (I can get us out of here.)

"How?" Avalon's voice's pitch just jumped up an octave.

"Wememba? I can get my cwas out when I'm a hooman," (Remember? I can get my claws out as a human.) I ask her, barely able to keep my voice steady.

"Well, do it!" she insists.

Luckily, my hands are inches away from each other. That means I can dig out my wrists easier.

I have to force my claws out, as they have to push through the leaves right away. Once they're out, I move my fingers so the claws cut the area around my hand. Eventually, I can freely move my fingers. I do the same with my other hand.

I start clawing at the greenery near my wrists. Soon I can move my arms a bit. I start clawing at the bottom of the little cave I've created. While I work on it, I start conversation with Avalon. If she's anything like me, talking to someone helps with the claustrophobia. It distracts you, according to the almighty Jay.

"So wusup?" (So what's up?) I ask.

"Mm, scerd," (Um, scared.) Avalon says. "Ow lung wil it be?" (How long will it be?)

"Mm, I'm kinda srta amos ou," (Um, I'm kinda sorta almost out.) I respond. I start cutting the leaves near my elbows.

"Ohey," (Okay.)

"Ow's weawning wih Wiwy?" (How's learning with Lily?)

"Goow. I lik siense." (Good. I like science.)

"I likd waynguahge awts da bist," (I liked language arts the best) I respond.

"Was ur favvarit bohk?" (What's your favorite book?) Avalon asks. She clearly understands that I'm trying to distract the both of us.

"Awex Wider sewees." (Alex Rider series.)

"Hav nuht read it yet." (Have not read it yet.)

By this point in time, I've got almost full use of my left arm, and my right arm is almost out. The process is slow and tidies, but finally both arms are free. I carefully start tearing away the leaves near my face. It only takes another two minutes to get my face free, and yet another three to get most of my body. A full forty minutes (at least) after I began, I can stand up in my little alcove.

"Okay. I'm fully out. I'm going to use water bending to weaken the leaves," I tell Avalon.

"Ohey..." she says. "Wy houdnt u bifore?" (Why couldn't you before?)

"Well, one, I forgot about it, two, it probably wouldn't have done much anyway, considering I couldn't really move," I explain. I use my aura to confirm where she is, then suck the water out of the leaves near her. I use the water I collected to make a sort of whip. I flick my wrist, causing the water to slash itself at the wall of brown leaves before me. In about two minutes I am standing right next to Avalon.

"Ausin?" (Austin?)

"Right here, Avalon. I'm going to start clawing you out, okay?"

"Ohey."

So, I start. I slowly remove handfuls of leaves from the area around her face. Soon, I can see the whole of her face, so I start next with her arms. She watches carefully, snapping whenever she thinks I'm going to scratch her.

Finally, we're both out of our leaf prisons. Somehow, Avalon is just as exhausted as I am. We lay down on the dead leaves.

"Austin?" she asks me.

"Yes?" I answer.

"Will you make me a promise?"

"What?"

"Promise me that if it's you or me in the end, you save yourself," Avalon says. I sit up, eyes wide.

"Avalon-"

"Austin, you have so much to live for. So many lives you have yet to save," she argues. "And there's people who depend on you."

"Avalon, you're only fourteen," is my response. "You have so much to live for. You have so people who you haven't met yet that miss you already."

"Like who?" Avalon demands.

"Like your future husband," I say, totally serious.

"Not funny," she retorts.

"I'm not trying to be. I'm dead serious," I say.

"Austin, just promise you'll save yourself," Avalon insists.

"I can't make that promise," I shake my head.

Avalon doesn't respond, so I lay back down. The silence lasts for a good half an hour. I'm almost asleep when she talks again.

"Austin? You aren't going to make that promise, are you?" Avalon asks.

"No. I care about you too much," I tell her.

"Thanks." I'm surprised that her voice isn't sarcastic.

"For what?" I wonder.

"For being a better dad for me than both my parents could ever have been combined." she responds quietly.

I'm totally and utterly shocked and speechless. I didn't know she thought of me as a fatherly figure.

But, from the way her chest slowly arches and falls, I know she's asleep.

The Leaf Prison - Ā Līpha Jēla

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