Ok. I have no idea how to continue this story. I know the basics, but I don't know the details so I am gonna do what I always do and just begin writing. Thanks for all the reviews... I almost got 50. But this story is starting to get piled on top of with other stories in the Diablo section, so I decided to continue it. I plan on working on other Diablo stories again, but that's just a plan. Who knows if it will become reality with college and stuff... Yeah stuff....

And I've been spelling Dragon's name wrong. Why didn't anyone tell me? @_@

Oooooh. Chapter 13! An unlucky chapter indeed. The superstitious people would have a fit!

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Zhon awoke suddenly feeling a little panicked. Something didn't feel right. He looked around in the dark. He could barely make up the shape of Deckard Cain in the bed in the corner. His snores echoed throughout the room. Dru slept peacefully in the bed next to his.

Zhon sat up. Something was bothering him, but he didn't know what. He looked outside. It was still dark. People were hustling around in the streets. 'But what are they doing up at this time of night?' He thought and pulled his cape around him.

He made his way outside and noticed the people wondering around in confusion. They were pointing at the sky. He looked up and didn't see anything, but the moon. But the moon seemed to be outlined by a strange glow...

"An unnatural eclipse..." A voice said behind him. He looked around to see Drogan leaning on his staff and giving him a weary smile.

"Excuse me?" Zhon te Fee'air asked the old mage.

"Something has caused an unnatural eclipse."

"How do you know?" Zhon asked.

"I woke up two hours ago." Drogan began. "And I always wake up at dawn to see the sun rise. But today the sun didn't rise." He explained.

No wonder Zhon had felt strange. He was used to getting up early, but when he woke up and it still seemed to be night he had been more than confused.

"Who do you think has caused this unnatural eclipse?" Zhon asked in a business like fashion.

Drogan smiled. He answered with one word... "Snakes..."


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"So let me get this straight..." Eudora said sarcastically as they made their way through the dark desert. Zhon led the way, holding a map trying to decipher where they were. Ki-Ki and Wolf followed behind and Dru was in the very back, scanning the horizon behind them.

"You are saying that we have to find a crumbling temple that no ones set foot in for years..." Eudora said annoyed. "And kill a bunch of snakes that have somehow made the sun disappear..."

"Yes..." Zhon answered distracted looking at his map.

"We will make the sun come back?" Wolf asked Ki-Ki pulling on her sleeve. She beamed down at him.

"That's right, Wolf." She said chuckling.

"And in order to make the sun come back, we have to crush an alter and retrieve an amulet embedded in the alter while keeping these snakes off our back?"

"Yeah, that pretty much sums it up." Zhon nodded.

"Sounds wack, but as long as it involves killing things..." She said clutching at her katars. "I don't care much for treasure hunting, but I'll be more than willing to kill the bad guys..." She said practicing her kicking and slashing moves in the air. Wolf laughed and tried to copy her.

Eudora rolled her eyes. "Stick to your own moves, kids." She said annoyed.

"Why do you like killing so much anyway." Ki-Ki asked. Eudora shrugged. "I'm an assassin." She said in a nasal voice.

"I guess it kind of goes with the job description." Ki-Ki concluded. Eudora shrugged and followed Zhon.

Suddenly Zhon stopped short with the map in his hands. Eudora bumped into him. Ki-Ki bumped into Eudora and Wolf bumped into her and Dru bumped into Wolf.

"Why did you do that for?" Eudora said annoyed at Zhon who was too busy studying it to notice that four people had just bumped into him.

"We gotta go that way..." He said pointing past what looked like a ruined city. And he turned and began walking that way. Eudora looked at Ki-Ki who shrugged. She reluctantly followed the magician grumbling something incomprehensible.

"Looks like we have company." Dru said pointing to behind them. Sure enough
an army of Sand Raiders followed by a couple of Sand Leapers were heading toward them. Dust could be seen following their wake.

Dru turned to fight. Wolf jumped up and down happily. Ki-Ki and Eudora turned to fight as well. Unfortunately, Zhon who was too busy studying his map, kept walking toward the temple oblivious to the danger behind him.

"Birdies!" Wolf said pointing to the sky. One of the bird shapes flew down at the boy and pecked him in the head.

"Wolf!" Ki-Ki said as Wolf fell over from the peck. The Vulture demon flew back up into the sky as Wolf got up angrily. His head was bleeding from the Vulture's peck.

"Bad bird!" He scolded at the flying shape.

"Are you ok?" Ki-Ki asked the boy.

"Get ready to fight." Dru ordered readying his sword ready for the oncoming attackers.

"I was born ready!" Eudora yelled psyched up for a fight.

Wolf looked angrily at the birds in the sky and yelled some sort of gibberish.

"What did you say?" Ki-Ki asked confused. Just then a dead bird fell next to her. She screamed and jumped back.

"It's ok." Wolf reassured and pointed to the sky. Small black birds were attacking the much bigger ones by flying in and out of of their path and pecking at them tearing at their flesh and feathers. Dreadful squawks were heard as more and more vultures fell to the ground dead.

"You called those birds to help you?" Ki-Ki asked the young Druid. He nodded proudly. She playfully tussled his hair, but just then the Sand Raiders attacked...

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"Let's see." Zhon said studying his map. "According to this we must be heading west... but we gotta travel a bit North West... and we should see the temple any minute now..."

"Ali Khazum!" A voice purred behind him. He turned.

"Yes?" He asked the voice. It belonged to a cat. A cat-woman. Or better known as a panther woman in these parts. This specific breed was simply known as a Huntress. (But enough about taxonomy...)

The cat ran up to him purring. "I saw your show when I was but a kitten!" She said gleefully shaking his hand. "You chose me from the audience to be a part of the sword act!" She said jumping up and down. "I had to stand in the middle while you and your assistant juggled swords over my head!"

"Oh..." He said trying to remember.

"My mother was so scared you were gonna cut off one of my ears!" She said. He nodded not really interested. "My names Liliah." She said shaking his hand again. He avoided the sharp claws on the end of her fingers... "I gotta show you to my clan! They won't believe that you are back! Do you think you can perform that light trick? My clan make's throwing potions for a living and javelins." She said taking his hand and pulling him away.

"I really am busy ma'am." He said tugging at her grip. She turned playfully.

"Please. Call me Liliah!"

"Who's your friend Lil!?" A voice hissed in the darkness. They turned to see another Huntress with her javelin raised high and her face contorted in a look of anger.

"Oh hi, sister!" Liliah the Huntress called. "This is Ali Khazum! Remember when I got to go up on stage for that circus show?" She asked excitably. Zhon looked nervously at the javelin ready to embed itself in his gut. Liliah seemed to be unaware of any danger to him...

"You were always mingling too much with humans!" She growled. The she smiled wickedly as a new though came to her. "Let's bring him to Bloodwitch the Wild to see what she's says. She's been looking for a challenger in the arena."

Liliah's eyes widened. "But she can't fight him!" She said hugging the magician. "He's the magician! He's not a warrior!"

The other cat's eyes flashed in the darkness. "Bloodwitch isn't very picky when it comes to challengers!"

"Wait! No!" Liliah yelled, but the other cat had put her hands up to her mouth and whistled.

"That's Kaa my sister." She said annoyed.

"What's happening?" Zhon asked as they were immediately surrounded by panther woman.

"You have to fight, Bloodwitch." She said worriedly. "I hope you know how to fight."

"Come on, human!" Kaa hissed. And lots of cat paws grabbed at him and separated him from Liliah!

"Ali!" She yelled as she was carried away.

A bag was put over his head as he was carried somewhere. He was dropped roughly on the ground and quickly took the bag off his head.

"Well... Well... Well." A surely dark and seductive voice said. He looked up to see a Panther woman wearing practically nothing. He was in awe for a moment until the panther woman kicked him across the cheek.

She reached down and grabbed him by the chin...

"Lady..." He muttered.

"So this is the great magician." She smiled evilly at him. "I wondered who the man was who defeated the great Maiden of Anguish in the West." She slammed him into the wall. He put his hands up in defense.

"Actually it was a Rogue who landed the killing blow..."

She growled at him.

"But I don't think you really care about that..." He muttered reaching into his pockets for his wand. Just then a young panther woman ran into the tent.

"Wait!" It was Liliah. "Bloodwitch..." She murmured out of breath. She hissed at the younger cat.

"Don't fight him in the arena!" She pleaded. "He'll die..." She whispered.

With that said Bloodwitch began to laugh. "That's the point kitten!" She said. "And we shall offer his blood up to the Lord of Destruction." She said as lightning seemed to flash against the sky. Liliah backed up whimpering.

Just then two other cat woman ran into the tent.

"We are sorry Bloodwitch..." One of them said. "She just ran past us..." They said grabbing the younger cat woman. Bloodwitch simply hissed. She turned toward the Magician.

"Are you ready to die?" She asked. He reached into his pocket to get his wand, but was instantly grabbed by two other panther woman which seemed to have come from no where.

'I'm supposed to be fighting snakes, not cats...' he thought darkly as he was dragged to an arena. It was surrounded by hundreds of panther woman. They were growling and hissing like millions of fighting cats. Some of them spit on him as he was taken to the arena. He was pushed to the top as Bloodwitch waited at the top.

He was wondering how she got there so fast. Except now she wore a red robe which clung to the curves on her body. He shook his head trying not to notice mostly because she was giving him the look of death.

A horn blew off to the side and the cats began to cheer. Bloodwitch smiled evilly and Zhon grabbed his wand ready for a fight.

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Wolf focused on a Sand Raider before him and instantly fire erupted in front of the enemy. It fell over and died without a sound. Ki-Ki dodged a blow by one of the Raiders deadly blows and Dru finished it by slamming his sword into it's gut.

Eudora was hastily taking out as many Sand Raiders with her Kataras, spinning around violently and occasionally throwing out lightning traps below their feet.

"Gah!" She screamed as the aimed her leg at the tall beast's neck. It too fell over dead not making a sound. Just then she was attacked by five Sand Leapers. She screamed as one of them jumped at her. Wolf turned into a wolf and chased after them nipping at their feet.

Dru called upon on of his auras and quickly finished off the last Sand Raider which... fell dead to the ground noiselessly. Wolf's ravens in the sky killed the last Vulture and Wolf bit the last Sand Leaper and it screamed painfully as he swung it back and forth in his jaw.

All the heroes looked around as the realized that all the enemy were dead.

"Yeah!" Ki-Ki yelled excitably and jumped in the Paladin's arms. He blushed as she kissed him over and over on the cheek.

"Oh please..." Eudora muttered wiping off some monster guts. Wolf barked and playfully circled the two still in his wolf form.

"Wasn't that great Zhon?" Ki-Ki said still in Dru's arms. "We are barely even injured." She said looking down at a small cut on her arm. She went over to Wolf not even noticed that Zhon wasn't there.

Dru looked around and so did Eudora. Wolf transformed back into his human shape and called to his ravens. They fluttered down and two of them landed on each of his shoulder. He laughed as he reached over and petted both of them on the head. Ki-Ki laughed.

"Nice birdies." Wolf explained pointing to the Ravens.

"I bet they are." Ki-Ki said cheerfully. "Isn't it so cool that he can summon animals?" Ki-Ki said to Dru, but he was looking at her frightfully.

"What is it?" She said instantly alarmed.

He looked around and Ki-Ki did too only seeing the dead bodies of the enemies they had just killed.

"What is it?" She repeated not seeing any danger.

"Where's Zhon?" Dru asked and Ki-Ki looked around fearfully.

"Zhon!" She called and began looking under the bodies of the dead in hopes of finding the magician.

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But the magician was currently in a ring surrounded by panther woman with their leader Bloodwitch the Wild about ready to fight him. She slowly took off her red robe and Zhon's eyes nearly popped out when he realized that she only wore a few strips of leather on her body.

She took out some sort of metal strip and began to sharpen her claws. Then she threw the metal thing aside and crouched in a cat like position. He pointed his wand towards her.

"I shall drink your body fluids!" Bloodwitch screamed and leaped into the air. Zhon pointed his wand at her oncoming form, but it was quickly knocked away as Bloodwitch landed on him and began to slash at his face. He put his hands up in defense and managed to throw her off. She flew to the side quickly and turned for another attack.

She rushed at him and he leapt out of the way. 'I need a plan.' He thought. 'How am I ever gonna get out of this mess.' He noticed Liliah looking at him sympathetically from the crowd. Just then he was knocked over again as the Huntress grabbed at him. She picked him up and threw him to the side. He grunted as he almost landed outside the ring. The cats in the audience scratched at him and he scrambled away. Bloodwitch rushed at him again as he looked for his wand. She rammed into him and he was sent flying again.

He grumbled as he landed in a tussle. He was getting angry now. He focused on Bloodwitch and chanted something. She hit at his face, but then flew backwards as she reached toward her own face. Scratch marks appeared as if she had hit her own face. She looked at him in fear.

"You know a Necromancers curses?" She said fearfully. The crowd fell silent for a second.

"No matter. You shall die!" She promised and rushed at him again. He was about to curse her again, but she turned and swung at his side. He fell over groaning and pain as blood began to drip out of his newly acquired wound. She turned on him again but he quickly leapt up in the air and to the other side of the arena.

All the Panther woman looked at him surprised as he landed on the other side as graceful as a cat.

"Yeah!" Liliah shouted from the crowd, but one of the panther woman hit her on the back of her head. Bloodwitch just looked angry and rushed at him in a rage. Zhon quickly turned and kicked at her middle. She fell backwards as the crowd booed.

She growled menacingly as she rushed at him again and he quickly recited a spell as fire erupted from him hands. Bloodwitch screamed as she was engulfed in fire. Everything was silent as her screams echoed throughout the arena. Even Liliah looked at Zhon in shock.

Bloodwitch fell over now blacked. Pink spots appeared all over her body from the burns and most of her fur had been singed off. Two panther woman from the audience ran up to the Clan leader.

"Bloodwitch! Are you all right?" The younger of the two panther woman asked reaching for the fallen warrior. She grasped Bloodwitch lovingly. The other panther woman looked at Zhon angrily.

"How could you have done this?" She hissed swiping at his face.

"She... was gonna kill me!" Zhon argued. He looked over to Liliah for support, but she simply looked away.

"She's still alive!" The panther woman said holding the Bloodwitch. "Mother!" She cried into the warriors chest. Bloodwitch simply whimpered painfully.

Zhon looked on in pity, feeling horrible. He didn't know why he did it, but he walked over to the two cat woman.

"What are you doing?" the panther woman spit angrily.

"Stand back." He ordered the younger cat who was holding Bloodwitch in her arms. She looked at him in surprise. "Trust me!"

"You'll kill her!" She accused her ears pushed back against her head.

"I can heal her." Zhon reassured. Bloodwitch cried out in pain and the panther looked down at her in sorrow. She gently put Bloodwitch onto the ground and stood back.

"What are you doing?" The other panther woman asked her.

Bloodwitch groaned again and Zhon pointed his hands towards her.

"If you kill her, it will be your blood!" The panther woman next to him swore, pointing a javelin at his neck.

A blue flash of light came out of his hands as he focused on the Huntress. A blue light surrounded her as the audience looked on in awe. He continued to shoot the blue light at the warrior as her wounds seemed to disappear. When he finished Bloodwitch was whole, yet naked...

Another panther woman walked over to her as Bloodwitch awkwardly sat up. Someone handed her the red robe and she wrapped it around her. She looked over at Zhon shocked.

"You saved my life even though I was going to kill you." She said in awe. He looked down embarrassed and shifted uncomfortably.

Liliah ran up to him and handed him his wand which he had dropped. She hugged him and looked at Bloodwitch smiling.

"He's the great Ali Khazum!" She said triumphantly. Bloodwitch looked at the magician with wide eyes.

"Indeed." She Bloodwitch purred. And for the first time he noticed that she was smiling in a non evil fashion.

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Yep, that's all for today! If for some reason I get some of the facts wrong, like someones name... tell me. Because it has been a while since I have played this game and I might have forgot some stuff. I have half of the Manuel here....(I only have half because it tore and I lost the first half.) But that's where I got Bloodwitch and stuff about the panther woman from.

And as always review... or you might get an angry panther woman after you.