Being only a lone head now, Rayman flinched and waited for the "pretty lights" to appear from the effects of having his head smashed in by a large rock. But in a few short seconds, he heard Andre yelling, "What the heck is that??" and heard Razoff yelling in pain. Rayman suddenly felt strange. He could move again, it was as though somebody somehow reunited his body parts. But who? He started to sit up and yelled out in surprise when he suddenly started to be lifted into the air by something. He looked up and smiled at Kitmit. Maybe she isn't so bad afterall, for a good girl. But, wait... she didn't have any brown on her. She was completely white! The paws that were gripping him had long sharp claws, but she was handling him so gently so that they actually caged him into place. Judging by how far her head was from his own, she was holding him by her back paws. Infact... her front legs were gone! This DEFINITELY isn't Kitmit!!

"Hey, get back here!!!" The creature looked down at Rayman with crystal blue eyes. They were absolutely beautiful yet... empty, in a way. She seemed to be looking at him in a loving way, but Rayman couldn't really figure out why. This cat thing was freaky! "I SAID GET BACK HERE!!!" The cat looked behind her. Rayman tried to look as well, but he was limited in this position. All that he could see was the tip of a flapping dragon wing and hear Kitmit yell at the creature in rage. The cat narrowed her eyes as though challenging Kitmit and tightened her grip on Rayman only slightly before she suddenly dived at the ground at amazing speed. Even Kitmit's mouth dropped at seeing her speed, but she shook herself out of her amazement and did her best to follow. It felt like only a few seconds before she was near crashing into the ground, but she suddenly pulled up and was flying so low that Rayman was only a few inches from the ground himself. Kitmit wasn't as fast, but she was fast as well. "Furry Flurry!" The cat's eyes opened in surprise when a blizzard of tiny silver pin-like objects were starting to be shot at her.

She looked down at Rayman, her face was serious now. "Hang on," he heard. Her mouth didn't even move, he heard a beautiful woman's voice saying that in his head! He didn't know what was going on anymore, what did this cat want with him?! She suddenly whirled around and faced Kitmit.Then Rayman saw something that he never noticed before. Resting on top of the cat's head was something else, a dragon's head. The dragon raised it's head, revealing it's mouth that was hidden in her fur. It opened it's mouth, revealing long curved fangs and it hissed viciously at Kitmit. Kitmit stopped in mid-air and hovered for a minute, staring at the strange pair of animals. That cat appeared to have dragon wings like her, but it turned out to be a cat AND a dragon. She stared for a minute, unsure of what to do. She saw the long claws that held Rayman and feared for his life. Kitmit guessed that if the cat became desperate, she could easily tear Rayman to shreds before her very eyes.

The dragon hissed in a strange way and moved it's mouth, as if trying to form words. But Kitmit couldn't understand it. The dragon gave up and instead spat at Kitmit. She got out of the way quickly. As soon as the dragon's spit hit the ground, the ground fizzed loudly and the grass suddenly melted away. Kitmit stared at that. If it hit her, even SHE might have been in big trouble! She heard a loud flap, then looked up and saw that they were ALREADY pretty far away! Kitmit cursed under her breath and started to follow, but was suddenly knocked to the ground. She looked up to see another familiar face. "Poor little Kitmit. Never were too bright, were you?" Kitmit hissed at Yum Yum, who now stood over Kitmit with a look of triumph on her face. "Get away, Yum Yum! Rayman's in trouble and I'm not gonna let a pathetic kitten like YOU get in my way!!" Yum Yum started to laugh at her. "Come on, let's play a game of tag." Yum Yum raised her paw and her claws became the length of swords! "Just hope I don't tag you any time soon."

Kitmit yelled out in anger and roughly tried to push Yum Yum aside, soon taking to the air and chasing after Rayman and his captors as fast as her wings could carry her. She yelled out in pain as something sliced through her wing's sensitive skin. She knew it was Yum Yum, especially when her rival started to laugh at her like it was all a game. She looked around frantically, and finally saw the creature some distance away. Kitmit looked down. "They're too far away! This is YOUR fault!" She suddenly dropped and extended her leg, delivering a nasty kick to the surprised Yum Yum's face. She watched as Yum Yum fell from the sky, she must of knocked her out. She didn't mean to do that, but it was good that she wasn't following her anymore.

Kitmit started to pour on speed, determined to reach them as fast as she could. The cat looked back at her, then started to fly down towards the forest again. Kitmit was about to follow, but stopped. Of all the places for them to drop, they had to go into THAT forest! Kitmit remembered her great grandmother telling her about a forest near the village of Planar. The village was once protected by a strange creature and they were safe for hundreds of years. But one day, all of the people in the village suddenly disappeared and their guardian fled to the forest. It was said that many had tried to go to the village and find clues as to why all of the people disappeared, and they went missing themselves. Or worse, turned into monsters and forced to destroy everything in their path! Kitmit definitely didn't want to see why they all disappeared, fearing that she would be turned evil like some others. But when she saw the cat and dragon disappear into the trees, she knew she had no choice.

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Half an hour later, the cat and dragon landed in a shady spot somewhere in the trees. Rayman looked around, wondering where he was. Then he heard that voice in his head again. "My darling, I finally found you..." The dragon wings reached down and suddenly had Rayman in a hug. He blinked in confusion, then started to struggle. "Hey, let me go you freak!! If you let me go now, maybe I won't hurt you TOO badly!!" The wings hugged him even tighter, the cat closed her eyes and tears started to form around her eyes. "I've waited for so long..." Rayman's hand was finally free, and he tried to push the claws that held him away. "Hey, come on! I don't even know who you a-- AHHH!" He yelled and pointed at something that was approaching them. The cat opened her eyes to look.

Walking toward them was a strange creature. It looked to be lizard-like. It's skin was smooth and white and it had blood-red eyes. It's paws each had three long claws of their own. The creature walked low to the ground and had a short pointy tail. But, it didn't look completely reptilian. Some long black fur was growing from around it's eyes almost like eyebrows, but it didn't end there.From where the hair started, it grew around the back of it's head and a little down it's back. The long fur gave it the look that it had a very long, furry tail. It's fur wasn't completely black, it had a long white stripe as well. It looked part skunk and part lizard! "The guardian..." Rayman looked up at the cat. "Guardian? Guardian of what?"

Rayman's attention quickly returned to the so-called guardian as it suddenly hissed viciously and stood up to reveal it's real height. From where it was, it would have been as tall as Rayman. But now, it was close to Kitmit's size! The cat let go of Rayman and the dragon held him with it's wings. The cat stood up, ready to run if she needed to. The guardian opened it's mouth and took in a deep breath, then it suddenly spat at them with such force that it's spit shot through the tree beside them, leaving a small burning hole! The dragon hissed something at the cat, and she nodded her head as though agreeing with it. Probably something to do with the dragon's spit and comparing it to the skunk-lizard, Rayman thought.

The guardian looked at Rayman and was getting ready to spit again. The dragon hissed at the guardian and the cat started to run. The guardian hissed furiously and started to chase them. The cat was relieved, thinking that the guardian was far from them now. But was suddenly surprised again. Kitmit appeared as if out of nowhere and grabbed Rayman away from the dragon, giving the cat a kick similar kick to Yum Yum's. Rayman looked up at Kitmit. "Hey, Cat Woman! GET ME AWAY FROM HERE!!!" Kitmit nodded and started to fly into the sky. They were a good hundred or so feet in the air, then suddenly, Rayman cried out in pain. Kitmit looked down at him and saw him holding his stomach. Blood was running over his hand and started to drip. Kitmit was getting really queasy at the sight, but she had to help him! What happened anyways? She looked down and saw something standing on the tree tops. The guardian, she thought to herself. Could it hit Rayman from this height? Looking at Rayman, she guessed that it could. "Oh man, what am I gonna do??" She thought for a minute and finally remembered. She can heal people, duh! She put her paw on Rayman and tried to heal him, but suddenly pulled her paw away. She felt pain as soon as she tried to heal him. The spot where she touched him turned red like a burn, but then disappeared. What was she gonna do NOW?

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Not knowing who else to turn to, Kitmit flew back to the others. Razoff looked relieved to see Rayman, but he soon looked disappointed at the blood everywhere. "Great, you've ruined my carpet..." He soon got hit upside the head by Andre, and Mr. Dark took a closer look at Rayman's wound. "Looks like he got stabbed by something." Kitmit's head drooped in shame. "I'm just having the BEST of luck today, aren't I?" They all gasped and started to back away when Rayman suddenly started to glow. "Wh... wha??" Kitmit stared in awe. The guardian... THE GUARDIAN!!! Somehow, the guardian must of caused all the people in it's village to disappear! Kitmit was about to reach for Rayman, when something else started to happen. He looked to be encased in a huge, glowing white orb. They could see his body in the middle, and he looked like a completely black shadow. Suddenly, what looked to be smaller orbs of light started to break away from the orb and started to fly away like shooting stars into different directions. They all stared in amazement as the orb became smaller, and so did Rayman. Infact, his whole body looked like it was changing!

After some time of watching the shooting orbs, they stopped and the glow of the orb began to die down. And where Rayman once was, now there was a small child. Unlike Rayman, he HAD arms, legs, and a neck. But his face looked just like if not exaxtly like Rayman's, but way younger. Razoff gasped, and suddenly looked like he saw a ghost. Andre looked at Razoff and poked him in the arm. "Razoff... hey, Razoff?" Razoff started to walk towards the small child, who was still suspended in the air a few feet. He reached out his arms, and the little kid dropped into them. The glow was completely gone now. Razoff hugged him and started to cry. "Sky... my little Sky..."