Author's Notes: Matt: Well Melissa's feeling a little under the weather today, so I'm taking over for now! Here's part 5. It's longer than the other parts so prepare to do some reading. Oh yeah, Melissa would like to thank all those people who reviewed her fics. She wrote this for you! And sorry to all those Joe fans, he's a little bit pathetic in this part. ^_^'

Dungeons & Destinies
Part 5: Mountains, Mud & Mis-Aim

Mimi's POV
*Great, just great. I'm lost, hungry, and I look like a freak!* Hi! My name's Mimi! I'm usually very happy and perky, but currently I was lost in the middle of stupid, mudy marsh. * Oh, if only Joe was here. Or Izzy. Or SOMEONE to carry me!*

I trudged through the the marsh, not knowing where I was going. I was getting mud all over my lovely new green boots too! Ick!

"Why does this always have to happen to me?" I whined. No one answered, just as I had expected. I thought I heard something move in the mist. I called out. No answer. Then I heard a low hissing noise. What was that sound? Maybe it's a snake. I HATE SNAKES!!!

"Joe! Matt! Izzy!" I shrieked, running as fast as I could. "Somebody! Help!"

I could hear whatever was chasing me, splashing through the murky water. It seemed to be coming closer. I looked back to see where my stalker was and tripped backwards over a tree root. I fell back into the mud.

I looked up into the face of some kind of humanoid lizard. It stood erect, with ripling muscles,sharp hooked claws, gleaming teeth, and evil yellow eyes. I screamed at the top of my lungs.

Joe's POV:
My name's Joe Kido, and everything bad always happens to me. Why? I don't know. All I do know is that I'm still alive today, and that's all that really matters. Currently though, I was running for my life, over rocky terrain atop a mountain. I had accidentally stumbled across a herd of viscious mountain goats, during my search for Mimi. Mountain goats, who would have guessed?

"Goats," I moaned. "Out of all the things I could run into, I had to run into viscious mountain goats! Just my luck!"

My reply was the bleating of the lead ram. It hit me, full speed, right in my buttox! I leapt forwards and right off the edge of the mountain. I tumbled down the mountain slope, getting scratched and bruised. See what I mean? I'm just plain bad luck! I rolled off a small cliff and tumbled to the forest floor below.

TK's POV:
My name's Takeru, but everyone calls me TK. If you were to meet me walking down the street, I'd look perfectly normal. No bow, no arrows, no elf ears, just a normal eleven year old kid. Then, I was different though. Me, my brother, and my friends had been sucked into another dimension. There, a lady named Mornai changed us. She gave us weapons and changed the appearance of some of us. I was an elf. An Elvin Archer to be exact. Melis told me after, all the stuff she had learned about elves from her two old friends Richard and Nick. They're pretty cool!

So there I was, hopelessly lost, armed with a bow and some arrows, stalking around the woods, desperately hoping I met something friendly. Hope, yeah that's me. Hopeful little TK. That's what my brother used to call me, but I guess I'm not so little anymore!

I heard someone cry out and looked around through the trees. "Who's there? Show yourselves!"

I was then hit in the head by someone or something. I was knocked to the ground. In fear of being attacked, I fired an arrow wildly. The arrow soared up harmlessly through the tree tops.

"Watch where you're pointing that thing!" someone yelled.

I stood up. "Joe?!" Joe had landed on me, scaring me half to death! "Sorry. You scared me!"

"Well, at least i found someone," Joe sighed. "They almost killed me, but hey! It's only me after all."

"I said I was sorry!" I repeated. "What happened? People don't just fall out of the sky."

Apparently, as Joe explained, he had been attacked by vicious mountain goats. I erupted inot laughter. Mountian goats?! Please, was that lame or what?

"Joe, Joe, Joe," I sighed, shaking my head. "Now that's-"

I was interrupted by an angry screeching sound. We looked up and saw a creature of some sort come diving at us from above. Half lion, half eagle, it was one vicious creature. A gryffin aparently. I guess I had hit it with my arrow.

"Run!" Joe cried, and the two of us took off.


Okay, that't the end of part 5. Please read & review, I'm sure Melissa would really appreciate it.
Melissa: Matt? What are you *cough* doing?
Matt: Uhhhh, nothing! Just ummm...emailing! Yeah, that's it!
Melissa: No you're *cough* not! How *cough* many times do I have to tell you?! I don't go through your stuff, you *cough* leave mine alone!
Matt: Well, it's already uploaded. It's a little late to stop me ^_^
Melissa: You better not have ruined it, Yamato!!! If you did, I'll kill you!!!
Matt: *backs away* Can't we talk about this rationally?
Melissa: Oh go away, you're aggrivating my cough.
Matt: Read & review! Got to go!