Chapter 3:
" It's official, we are now completely and totaly lost!" Kai growled.
" How can we be lost?" Sonia asked stupidly.
" Gee let's see....after Princess Dorka fell down the well, we wandered around in about three full circles.
So in my prfessional hunter tracker mind, WE ARE LOST!!!!" Kai snapped.
" Oh.....Ok."
Kai stopped and leaned up a aginst a tree. Sonia was playing with a string that was dangling off
the bak of Kellen's armor.
" Sonia can you please stop that?" he asked.
"Why? It's fun!" Sonia squeeled.
" You have to be the worlds biggest dork . You know that don't you?" Kai muttered looking at the pissed
off expression on Kellen's face.
Valmar joined Kai. He sighed and looked up at the sky, or the parts of it you could see any way.
" I have no clue where we are." He muttered.
" DUH!" Kai responded. She then got an idea." Hold on I'll be back in a sec." Kai said turning to face the
tree.
" Kai don't . You're gonna scare them. " Sonia said, stopping what she was doing.
" I'm the only one here who can see in the dark. It's the only way, alright?" Kai said still facing the tree.
" Oh alright, but don't get mad when I say told ya so."
Kai then transformed. Kellen's and Valmar's reaction were just as Sonia thought they were
going to be. They both backed away slightly and drew their swords.
" What foul creature are you?" Kellen asked fearfully.
Kai turned. Her hair was still the same but with leopard ears sticking out of it. Her eyes were that of a
cats. Kai also had fur and spots all over her body as well as a tail. The only thing that was still human
about her was her hands, except for the fact that her nails were longer than they usually were.
" You would think they had never seen a zoanthrope before." Kai said, with a smile.
" I told you so..." Sonia said glaring at Kai.
" So what. I can see better now and I might be able to get us out of here." Kai snapped.
Then she turned back to the tree and leapt up in to it. She climbed up into the highest branches and
poked her head out of the leaves.
" Can you see anything?" Sonia yelled up to Kai.
" You don't need to yell, I'm right behind you." Kai said. All three of them jumped.
" Don't do that!" Valmar snapped.
" Did you see anything?" Kellen asked.
" Yeah--" Kai began.
" Yeah what?" Sonia asked.
" Shut up! I heard something." Kai snapped again.
After a few minutes of silence Kai tensed up and looked around more.
" Run." She hissed.
" Why?" Sonia asked.
" Don't ask questions , just do it!" Kai growled.
And with that the four of them took off. As they ran a sudden storm of arrows and poison darts rained
down on them.
" SHIT!" Kellen cursed.
" I TOLD YOU!" Kai yelled.
Then as suddenly as the storm of arrows had started , it stopped.
" What the fuck was that about?" Sonia asked , gasping for breath.
" I have no clue." Valmar puffed looking back at the area they had just left.
" Kai if it weren't for you we'd be--" Sonia began but she saw her friend sitting on the ground holding
a dart in one hand and the other was on her neck . "Kai?"
" What kinds of poisons are found on this planet?" Kai asked starring at the dart.
" Several. Why?"Kellen asked.
" Because I found this in my neck." Kai said holding out the dart.
Valmar walked over to Kai and took the dart and looked at it closely. His face went pale.
" This dart had a fatal slow acting poison in it." He said, " You said that you found it in your neck?"
" Yea."
" I estimate about three hours..." Valmar said quietly.
" 'Til what?" Sonia asked, feeling a sudden thrill of forboding.
" Until she dies...." Valmar replied softly.
While Sonia cried hysterically, Kai told Valmar and Kellen what direction to travel in. She then struggled
to her feet , then poison was already taking effect.
" No Kai you can't die!" Sonia sobbed, " If you die who am I suposed to completely and totally annoy?!"
" Thanks for caring. AH! " Kai hissed in pain as Valmar placed a plant on her neck in an effort to slow
the poison.
" What's that?" Sonia pointing to something in the distance.
Kai suddenly went pale and fell to the ground.
"KAI!" Sonia screamed running to her side.
" She's going fast..." Valmar muttered, taking Kai's pulse.
" Is there a cure?" Sonia asked fighting back tears.
" Yes, but it is only found on the top of that mountain in the distance." Valmar said pointing to the light
Sonia had been asking about earlier. " It's called the Mountain of Fire. Flames roar all over the surface,
every where but the top. Because you see and bush is on the top of the mountain and one berry from
that bush will heal any wound and cure any poison."
" Ok I can do it!" Sonia said standing and letting her wing out.
" No Sonia don't! A dragon lives there! You'll surely be killed!" Kellen said grabbing her shoulders. His
expression was both serious and urgent at the same time.
" I have to! Kai might die!" Sonia yelled breaking Kellen's grip and flew off toward the mountain.
In the distance Sonia heard Kai shout "You can do it!".
Later that night Sonia came back. She had been gone so long that Kai's time was almost out.
" Sonia ! Hurry we're loosing her!" Valmar shouted as Sonia came running into view. Her left leg was burnt
clear up to her knee and was broken a few inches above her ankle. But she still ran despite the pain.
" Here! Give these to her !" Sonia shouted throwing two berries to Kellen. He ran to Kai's side and gave
her a berry. Nothing happened.
"NOOOOOOO! KAI! YOU STUPID BITCH! YOU DON'T DIE ON ME ,YOU HEAR!" Sonia screamed
falling on the ground next to her.
" Yea I hear you loud and clear. But you're the bitch...not me." Kai whispered.
" Yeah! I knew it! I knew you wouldn't die!" Sonia said taking the other berry from Kellen and hugging Kai
at the same time.
" Sonia I saw the most beautiful light . It was golden and at the end I saw ....you!"
" It's official, we are now completely and totaly lost!" Kai growled.
" How can we be lost?" Sonia asked stupidly.
" Gee let's see....after Princess Dorka fell down the well, we wandered around in about three full circles.
So in my prfessional hunter tracker mind, WE ARE LOST!!!!" Kai snapped.
" Oh.....Ok."
Kai stopped and leaned up a aginst a tree. Sonia was playing with a string that was dangling off
the bak of Kellen's armor.
" Sonia can you please stop that?" he asked.
"Why? It's fun!" Sonia squeeled.
" You have to be the worlds biggest dork . You know that don't you?" Kai muttered looking at the pissed
off expression on Kellen's face.
Valmar joined Kai. He sighed and looked up at the sky, or the parts of it you could see any way.
" I have no clue where we are." He muttered.
" DUH!" Kai responded. She then got an idea." Hold on I'll be back in a sec." Kai said turning to face the
tree.
" Kai don't . You're gonna scare them. " Sonia said, stopping what she was doing.
" I'm the only one here who can see in the dark. It's the only way, alright?" Kai said still facing the tree.
" Oh alright, but don't get mad when I say told ya so."
Kai then transformed. Kellen's and Valmar's reaction were just as Sonia thought they were
going to be. They both backed away slightly and drew their swords.
" What foul creature are you?" Kellen asked fearfully.
Kai turned. Her hair was still the same but with leopard ears sticking out of it. Her eyes were that of a
cats. Kai also had fur and spots all over her body as well as a tail. The only thing that was still human
about her was her hands, except for the fact that her nails were longer than they usually were.
" You would think they had never seen a zoanthrope before." Kai said, with a smile.
" I told you so..." Sonia said glaring at Kai.
" So what. I can see better now and I might be able to get us out of here." Kai snapped.
Then she turned back to the tree and leapt up in to it. She climbed up into the highest branches and
poked her head out of the leaves.
" Can you see anything?" Sonia yelled up to Kai.
" You don't need to yell, I'm right behind you." Kai said. All three of them jumped.
" Don't do that!" Valmar snapped.
" Did you see anything?" Kellen asked.
" Yeah--" Kai began.
" Yeah what?" Sonia asked.
" Shut up! I heard something." Kai snapped again.
After a few minutes of silence Kai tensed up and looked around more.
" Run." She hissed.
" Why?" Sonia asked.
" Don't ask questions , just do it!" Kai growled.
And with that the four of them took off. As they ran a sudden storm of arrows and poison darts rained
down on them.
" SHIT!" Kellen cursed.
" I TOLD YOU!" Kai yelled.
Then as suddenly as the storm of arrows had started , it stopped.
" What the fuck was that about?" Sonia asked , gasping for breath.
" I have no clue." Valmar puffed looking back at the area they had just left.
" Kai if it weren't for you we'd be--" Sonia began but she saw her friend sitting on the ground holding
a dart in one hand and the other was on her neck . "Kai?"
" What kinds of poisons are found on this planet?" Kai asked starring at the dart.
" Several. Why?"Kellen asked.
" Because I found this in my neck." Kai said holding out the dart.
Valmar walked over to Kai and took the dart and looked at it closely. His face went pale.
" This dart had a fatal slow acting poison in it." He said, " You said that you found it in your neck?"
" Yea."
" I estimate about three hours..." Valmar said quietly.
" 'Til what?" Sonia asked, feeling a sudden thrill of forboding.
" Until she dies...." Valmar replied softly.
While Sonia cried hysterically, Kai told Valmar and Kellen what direction to travel in. She then struggled
to her feet , then poison was already taking effect.
" No Kai you can't die!" Sonia sobbed, " If you die who am I suposed to completely and totally annoy?!"
" Thanks for caring. AH! " Kai hissed in pain as Valmar placed a plant on her neck in an effort to slow
the poison.
" What's that?" Sonia pointing to something in the distance.
Kai suddenly went pale and fell to the ground.
"KAI!" Sonia screamed running to her side.
" She's going fast..." Valmar muttered, taking Kai's pulse.
" Is there a cure?" Sonia asked fighting back tears.
" Yes, but it is only found on the top of that mountain in the distance." Valmar said pointing to the light
Sonia had been asking about earlier. " It's called the Mountain of Fire. Flames roar all over the surface,
every where but the top. Because you see and bush is on the top of the mountain and one berry from
that bush will heal any wound and cure any poison."
" Ok I can do it!" Sonia said standing and letting her wing out.
" No Sonia don't! A dragon lives there! You'll surely be killed!" Kellen said grabbing her shoulders. His
expression was both serious and urgent at the same time.
" I have to! Kai might die!" Sonia yelled breaking Kellen's grip and flew off toward the mountain.
In the distance Sonia heard Kai shout "You can do it!".
Later that night Sonia came back. She had been gone so long that Kai's time was almost out.
" Sonia ! Hurry we're loosing her!" Valmar shouted as Sonia came running into view. Her left leg was burnt
clear up to her knee and was broken a few inches above her ankle. But she still ran despite the pain.
" Here! Give these to her !" Sonia shouted throwing two berries to Kellen. He ran to Kai's side and gave
her a berry. Nothing happened.
"NOOOOOOO! KAI! YOU STUPID BITCH! YOU DON'T DIE ON ME ,YOU HEAR!" Sonia screamed
falling on the ground next to her.
" Yea I hear you loud and clear. But you're the bitch...not me." Kai whispered.
" Yeah! I knew it! I knew you wouldn't die!" Sonia said taking the other berry from Kellen and hugging Kai
at the same time.
" Sonia I saw the most beautiful light . It was golden and at the end I saw ....you!"