Earth Warriors

~~~Begin Chapter~~~

"Shit!! What're we gonna do?" Alex yelled, panic stricken. They looked at each other panic written all over their faces though they tried to hide it. Was this going to be it? Was today the day they kicked the bucket? Was this the last day of their barely lived lives?

"Kraaakaaa!!" Came a cawing sound from above. "Aak! Aak!"

The people looked up and saw a huge raven fly down. "Krakaw! I am (1) Fraser the Raven! Come get on my back, I will fly you to the other side, though from there you are on your own! Come quickly!"

Fraser knelt down so everyone could get on his back, and they did. The raven beat it's wings up and down and took off, it flew across the vast and wide canyon. The canyon was half a mile wide! The raven touched down on the other side and after everyone got off he said, "Ava, I am your animal partner. Your dragon, Joten the Breaker is on the other side of the mountain. You all must reach us then head back to the forest, the animals will not join you. Farewell! Kraka! Kaw!" Fraser took off up, up, up in the air above the cloud of smoke and raining ash.

"I don't get it, why should we travel to the other side of the mountain just to travel back immediately to the forest??" Vassilij near shouted exasperatedly.

"Well, if we do it, we'll find out!" Rain said.

"This is absurd!" Alex yelled as they started down the mountain. "I don't think there is a point!"

"Shut-up Alex! No one asked your opinion!" Artemis yelled and hit him over the head.

"There's no need to hit him!" Ashleigh said.

"Oh? Going to defend your crush?!" Selena said, Ashleigh scowled.

"I just don't see the point to hitting people! It doesn't help any!!" Ashleigh near yelled.

"Maybe not for you! But other people it may!" Terry said.

"C'mon people, don't fight! We need to stay together!" Lyra said.

"No! I think we need to split up! From now on it's everyone for themselves! Survival of the fittest, that'll show who the real warriors are!" Alex said. Arty hit him again.

"Since when were you put in charge?" Artemis yelled. "You're not our bloody leader!"

"Neither are you, so shut-up!!" Vassilij said.

"You're certainly not, so don't tell me what to do!" Arty yelled at him.

"Hey! Hey, hey!!" Khan yelled. "No one's the leader!"

"No shit, Sherlock!" Jake said, glaring at Khan. "So we should all just go our own ways! I agree with Alex, everyone for themselves!"

"Yeah, we've been together for too long! A week at least! No more for me! We're sick of each other obviously!" Alex said. "I'm gone!"

Then Alex stomped off down the mountain.

"Alex! Come back!" Ava shouted, she didn't like how everyone was fighting. In instances like these they needed to stay together. She whispered to herself, "What's happening?"

"I'm gone!" Rain said and walked off to the trees then paused and turned and said, "Let's go Lyra!"

"No!" Lyra said. "If you want to go, then GO! I'm staying with my friends!"

"But I'm your friend!"

"If you go, then you aren't!"

"Fine!"

"Fine!!"

"Fine!!!"

"FINE!!!!" Lyra shouted at him and turned her back to him. Rain sighed a heavy, exasperated sigh then shook his head and walked off. Then Khan, Jake, Miguel, Nny and Vassilij walked off their own ways too. The girls stayed together in a group.

"What do we do now? They guys are gone, what if they get hurt? They might not be able to survive on their own. They need us to help them. What about Nny? His injury, I doubt he could really get anywhere with his injury! Especially after all he went through!" Jen said, her eyes watering a little but she blinked back tears. To cry would be to admit defeat, but she wasn't going give up, not now. They had gone too far in the game.

"It's alright, Jen. I'm sure he'll be alright. He's obviously a survivor," Artemis said, giving Jen a pat on the back. Just then there was a rustling in the bushes a loud rustling with growls and they could hear punches. Terry and Katrina stepped up and looked into the bush…just then two figure jumped out, not at the girls, but at the ground and began wrestling each other. They wore black cloaks with dark green woven leaves sewn in it, the inside was dark blue and the cloak had a hood. The cloak was worn over simple green tunics with red belts. One had the other in a head lock, the one doing the head lock had outrageously long spiky red-orange hair that spike out everywhere like a fire, he looked like he was eight or nine with dark forest green eyes that went a tad brown around the pupil. The one in the head lock had the same color of eyes and blonde short hair like Alex had when he was eight, he looked the same age as the other. They were both very short, like a child, a little child, they couldn't've been more than three and-a-half feet tall. Ava and Lyra walked up and took one each.

"Stop this now!" Ava said sternly. The kid kicked and punched but it had no affect on Ava.

"Oi! Put meh doon and let oos foight!" The spiky haired kid said to Ava in what they thought as an Irish accent. (Can ye think of what it is?? And since I dun wanna write like they speak just think of them talking in an Irish accent.)

"Aye! Put us down and let us continue our wrestling' match!" the blonde one said to Lyra.

"PUT ME DOWN NOW!!" the spiky haired one shouted. Ava slapped his face a few times.

"Oi! Mind your manners! There will be no fighting here and now!" Ava shouted at the kid. The kid held his reddened cheek as tears swelled in his eyes. "Oh, don't start crying now! I'll make you a deal. I'll put you down if you don't wrestle with that other kid, you mind your manners and don't cry. Deal?" The kid nodded. "Alright," Ava put him down and stepped back. "Start by introducing yourself."

"I'm Spike Merood. I'm a Forest Leprechaun," the kid said. "And I ain't a kid, I'm thirteen! I'm old enough to be an adolescent by law of the Forest Leprechaun Tribes Union under rule of King Ivor Law, king of the Forest Leprechauns."

"Alright-what is it?-oh yeah, Spike, what are you doing here?" Arty asked.

"We's was explorin'!" the other id piped out. Lyra shook him and looked at him sternly.

"Listen here, pip-squeak, I'll make you the same deal as Ava made fire head. And you also have to know to stay silent if someone else is asked a question. For instance, Arty asked fire-head there a question, you answered, that's rude. You won't do that as apart of the deal. Deal?" Lyra said sternly, offering her hand. The kid took it and shook.

"Deal."

"Alright," Lyra said and put him down. "Introduce yourself, proper like now."

"The name's William Merood, but y'can call me Will! Spike's me brother, we're twins! We're here explorin'! And we wanna know what and who you are!" The leprechaun said rather rudely.

"Don't try to turn the tables here, leprechaun! We'll ask the questions here!" Terry growled.

"Y'got any questions to ask, Terr?" Arty whispered. Terry shook her head.

"Er, no how about you, Jen?"

"No, anyone?" Jen said looking at the other girls who shook their heads.

"Okay, okay, leprechauns, ask away," Selena said patting the air. The twin leprechauns smiled mischievously.

"Alrigh', alrigh', who are you?" asked Spike.

"I'm Artemis, but if you piss me off you can call me death!"

"I'm Selena, like that kick ass singer, Selena only I'm a better singer."

"I'm Jenia, if y'get on me bad side, you're dead!"

"I'm Katrina, I'm nice but I'm a real cat at times. Reor."

"I'm Terry, don't you ever annoy me. Don't talk to me, unless I talk to you first."

"I'm Ashleigh, I'm the nice one."

"I'm Ava, I'm the other nice one."

"I'm Lyra, I'm the best one! Just kiddin'."

"Alright, then what are you?" Will asked.

"We're humans, dumbass," Terry said.

"Oi! We're not asses, we're leprechauns!" Spike said.

"Shush, Spike!" Will said and knocked Spike over his head. "Show a tad more respect, y'idiot! 'Ave ye not noticed? They're humans! 'Tis an honor to meet humans!!"

Spike held the back of his head, then his eyes went big as realization of what Will said struck him, he jumped up straight and bowed several times saying, " Oh my great Guardian! Humans! Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry!"

The girls just looked at each other, rather confused by the leprechauns actions.

"What's up? Why you actin' like we're queens?" Arty asked.

"Such modesty they have too! Such greatness they have! They're always great!! Humans are rare here in the mountain, and we get to see them! Maybe they'll grant us some power!" Will said happily.

"Yeah they might even let us see Koten!" Spike said, stars in gleaming in his eyes.

"Er, what going on?" Selena asked the other girls.

"I don't know, but I think they might be able to help us. Damn, is it just me, or is it getting hotter here?" Jen asked, tugging at her collar. Then they remembered…THE VOLCANO!! Arty and Katrina grabbed the twin leprechauns and rushed down the mountain side, the others following closely. Behind them on the other side of the canyon that was far behind mudslides were falling into it.

"Whatcha doin'?" Spike asked from her he was tucked under Artemis's arm.

"Runnin' from the lava and mudslides!" Artemis said through gritted teeth. Spike just crossed his little arms and closed his eyes like he were a scholar about to scold a student.

"Y'ain't gonna get away from it this way!" Spike said. "Ain't that right, Will?"

"Yep," Will nodded in agreement like a sage.

"Then what way do you suggest, eh?" Katrina asked. Spike and Will jumped out of their grasps with ease and landed cat-like on a rock. Then grinned simultaneously and jumped to the side and darted off.

"Follow us!" Spike shouted.

"We'll show the way!" Will finished. The girls followed them, though had trouble to keep up with the speed and agility of the leprechaun twins. They fell a bit behind but Spike and Will waited for them as they (the girls) pressed themselves onward.

"Whoa! Slow down a tad, leprechauns! We're still a tad weary here!" Arty yelled. Spike and Will did not slow down though they went ahead and waited for them, then when the girls caught up they sped off again.

"If we slow down-" Will began.

"We'll fall behind!" Spike finished.

"Frost Leprechauns are probably-"

"ON the move!"

"They know just what to do-"

"In this type of emergencies!"

Will and Spike put on an extra burst of speed, making the girls speed up as well.

"Frost Leprechauns?" Katrina asked, all the girls shrugged. Will dropped back to explain.

"Shouldn't you know?" Will asked. "I though humans in Crypto-Earth knew all!"

"We haven't traveled this way," Jen said.

Will shrugged, "Eh, that could be a factor I guess. Well, there are three different types of leprechauns: Frost, Mountain and Forest. We all have different accents, and are classified by where we're born."

"What's the difference between Frost and Mountains?" Katrina asked.

"I'd expect you to know! But then again, not many do. The difference lies in two places, first with the accents, second the location. Y'see it all begins a long, long, long, long, lon-OUCH!" Will held his head where Spike had just hit him.

"Get on with it, ye silly goose!" Spike scolded Will as they ran.

"I was getting there! A'right, it happened a long, long time ago during the Great War between the Gods, Gaurdians and the evil-one. A few tribes from the Mountain Leprechauns came up north to the Frost Mountains to escape the death and chaos of the Chaotic south. They stayed up here for years, and adapted to the climate and all so they stayed here even after they got news that the war was over. They've stayed here ever since and developed a different accent from the Forest and Mountain Leprechauns."

"Oh, okay…" Ashleigh said, she looked at the others and mouthed, 'What is talking about?' The others shrugged.

"So, what part of Crypto-Earth are you from?" Spike asked.

"Uh, we're really not from around here," Katrina said. The twins paused.

"Obviously, you don't seem to know you're way around Frost Mountains. But I mean, where in Crypto-Earth?" Spike said. But before the girls could answer Spike pointed out to a clearing where smoke was seen and tents. "Oh look! There they are! Looks like they're almost ready to go. The Frost Leprechauns are nomadic."

Spike and Will ran out ahead waving at the girls to follow them.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

The boys had met each other again and had agreed to part ways after they got off the mountain. Feeling guilty a bit for leaving the girls they decided to look for them.

"Heeeeeeeeey! Giiiiiirls! Were are ya?" Rain yelled, his voice echoing through the mountains.

"Oh shit, I feel so bad leaving Jen like that," Nny said.

"You're telling me, I shouldn't've left Lyra alone. What if she got hurt, or worse, killed?" Rain said drooping his head.

"Hmphf, yeah? Well I feel no guilt leaving Artemis Stupid Weasel. She's always hittin' me on the head, acting tough. I'm wiling to be she's a les!" Alex said. Vassilij scowled.

"Maybe you deserve it! You shouldn't feel the hits, your head's so thick!!" Vassilij said. "She calls you stupid because you are stupid!!"

"Oh, sure, pick on poor, little, Alex. His dad's dead, he doesn't mean anything," Alex said, feeling sorry for himself. Jake yanked their collars and pulled them back.

"You two shut-up!! Our goal isn't to fight, it's to find the girls. Fighting doesn't help our purpose, now just bury the hatchet for now! When we find them and we're safe you can dig it back up and fight, but no killing! Got it?!" Jake growled. The two nodded, Jake let go of their shirt collars and pushed them forward. Alex and Vassilij stayed away from each other, Alex on one end of the group, Vassilij on the other.

The boys had nearly made it to the base of the mountain-they thought the girls had headed down-by the time the lava and mudslides started to reach the canyon

"Oh man! They aren't here!" Nny said worriedly.

"What shall we do now?" Miguel asked. "We can't go back up the mountain, the lava is coming. Perhaps they went a different way?"

"Perhaps so, let's split up. You four-" Khan pointed to Jake, Alex, Rain and Miguel- "go that way. We three-" ha motioned to Vassilij, Nny and himself- "Will got this way. We'll meet on the other side of the mountain. Let's go! Move People!"

So Alex, Jake, Miguel and Rain went one way around the mountain while Khan, Vassilij and Nny went the other, both groups hoping desperately to find the girls.

~~~End Chapter~~~

Okay I know horrible place to end it, no cliffy. But I have other stories to write too, besides I went farther on this, I just don't want to type it all now. So plZ plZ plZ plZ plZ plZ plZ plZ plZ plZ plZ plZ review!

Jester Fraser