A/N:Y'lo folkies!Well,I can't say were really nearing the end yet,but I am saying that this is far from over.As this will be the exciting,battle-out ch. with new surprises and twists around every corner.How can you help but not read on!Well,do that.But first,as always intended,check out reviews!

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YFWE:So glad you updated DIP!Yeah,I just briefly saw you're 'familiar' name there and decided to say hey.But,c'mon,apprehesions only go so far when it comes to altering...stuff...and...erm,yeah!More stuff!I'm so stupid!lolz.That it's not even barely funny,well okay,maybe just a little.

Worker72:Ooo...you're good!Yeah,it probably gave him a run for his regin.But anywho,we'll just have to wait and see.Now,won't we?lolz!

KrazieShadowNinja:You're 'friends' call you that.OK...a bit bizzare.Oh,lolz,you're suppose to say "quote" at the beginning and then "unquote" at the end.And I'm glad you think that was very very very good.Because this'll be,even better better...and um...better!

MegaLaManiacOfTheNorth:Well,glad you're anxious to get on you're writing.And I think pratice shows,cause you're getting a lot better then before.Not that it wasn't good,but you're starting to develop a real...oh,now how should I put it?Knack for it!Keep it up.Byez!

I'd love to go on,but I'd also seriously like to start cause this is a long one!

Continueing...

She could feel her heart racing through her body,as she braced herself to defend againist the people and creatures she cared about and needed to protect.But as Haley got ready to put all her four-year experience to use at that very moment,she could feel him starting to loosen up a bit,

"What's up with you?"she inquired him warily,taking a few steps back as he appeared to be in some sort of emotional conflict with himself.

He only bared his teeth at her parlously,as he reared up on his hind legs and stretched out his wings to begin to take flight.But as he got ready for his aerial assult,his face suddenly tightened and his eyes started to widened in size,as he put his claws to his head and seemed to be somehow struggling.Like,he was trying to rid himself of something controlling and over-powering,but just couldn't seem to pace himself enough to do so,as he started to lean forward in his hurling posture.

"Are you..."Haley asked a bit solicitously,moving forward some and only curious to see what he had up his sleeve next,"...alright,dude?"

Without awnsering,the Dark Dragon slowly massaged his temples lightly and slowly got to his feet,but not without casting a dark and disdain look,as he rose up to resume his previous attack postion in the air and pointed his long,sharp claw in her direction,speaking with immense power in his voice as he projected a more domineering side of himself to her,

"Both of these worlds are unfit without a proper sense of guidence and as soon as I knock you clean out of the way with my superior Dragon Army,there's nothing else standing in my way,"his gaze shifted back towards the large gilded castle and then back at her to continue on ominously,"You see,I have to wait for the Dragonite to come into full effect which will take about twenty more minutes.So,until then...we fight."

With only those needed words to motivate her,Haley baled back bothher fist and was about to leap into the air as well and shoot a blazing blast his way.When she felt a firm but still somehow comforting claw squeeze her shoulder,she didn't hardly have to think twice,as she turned and smiled widely at the grinning face of her Brother.Winking,he jerked back his thumb towards the back of him with Rose and at least twenty large fervid fire birds,staring intently at the Dark Dragon as if to challenge him.

"So this is the all great and mighty original American Dragon?"The Dark Dragon interjected at that moment slyly,but his eyes seemed transfixed on Haley the whole time he spoke,"Funny.I thought you were taller."

Jake's grin only widened,"Yeah,it is funny.I thought you were uglier."

"Hmm,"He merely frowned,as his eyes went from Haley and started to scan Jake suspiciously from head-to-toe,"I suppose you think you're little phalanx and you three are going to stop us,"snapping his claws together,at least 40 Huntsclan member's appeared and assembled obiedently and orderly behind him,"Well,you're sadly mistaken if you think that's the way it's going to be.Remember,overnumberd means overpowered everytime."

A soild few seconds passed at that point,as the reality that they were indeed outnumbered 20 to 40 set in.And although Haley refused to give in and back away from the seemingly hapless odds,she still had to make sure Jake was confident inthe small but sturdy-looking squardorn he had put together.So turning her head questionably at him,she noticed he was still focusing his attention on the Dark Dragon and even though he wasn't saying anything at the moment,he still seemed to have faith in them.

"How did you get them to join up with you!"Rose blurted out in a stunned awe,as she started to look more nervous then she had when she had first arrived,"Huntsclan member's hunt Dragons and other Magical creatures,"she went on incredulously,"Not work for them."

"Being none of you're buisness,Thorn.The only thing I can say,is that you are the founder of this little act of treachery,"He repiled mistily,sensing he had hit a weak point on her without even really trying,narrowing his eyes on Haley and Jake,he snapped his claws again,"Hope you have fun."

That was all it took,before the Huntsmember's drew out their weapons and charged at them.Jake took that instant to size up the possiblites of the outcome of this whole ordeal,before giving the Phoenix's a sideways glance and nod forward.Stiffly holding thier heads up in reply,the Phoenix's circulated their coruscant wings and ascended as one to the sky.As the Huntsclan member's used their gravity-perpelling stealth boards to rise up as well,they directed their sceptre's at them and let loose a strange blue streak of lightening.Reacting fast,the Phoenix's almost simultaneously sent a surge of fire,which equally clashed with their attacks.

"Bring it on!"Jake called out arrantly,beckoning the Dark Dragon to take a swing at him,"Let's see what you're made of,if you're made of anything."

Flattening his ears down slightly,the Dark Dragon gave him a sort of toothy grin,as he lunged forward at full speed and with his right claw out-stretched and black static started to curl around his figures,it all looked pretty well grim and hopeless.But the moment that he was suppose to make contact,Jake materlized into thin air and leaving a very stumped Dark Dragon to gap in his wake,surrounded him with at least ten illusions of himself.Finally appearing above his head,Jake took his tail and giving him a good swing,sent him flying clear across the near deserted field.

"That's amazing,"Haley breathed impressedly,her eyes filling with shock and at the same time amazement,as the two well-experienced Dragons went to work at throwing punchs and defending themselfs,"Jakes...great!"

"Practice makes perfect,"Rose murmured from a few feet away,as she warded off an opponet,even though she kept her eyes on him,"It's what makes everything come together,"she went on briefly,as she jabbed the end of her sceptre into someone's chest and did flying kick the other way at another with her hands gripped on the handle and it's end wedged in the ground,"And believe me,Jake's gotten in a lot of practice sinc-"

Someone cut Rose short,as they came down on top of her and kicked her three or four feet.The masked Hunts member took a split second to look at Haley out of the corner of their eye,before resuming a fixed fight with Rose and the two of them started to battle as Haley could only watch on.

For some reason or another,she couldn't bring herself to assist in the fight that would determine the fate of both the Magic and Human world.And as she just stood there and pondered on it more and more,somehow or another,it became apparent.There was a sense of lost and confusion in the air,of deep uncertainity and scarred pride.It was all over the place and she couldn't help but feel drawn to it.It was crying out something,but what?

Into:Rose and the Mystery Hunts member's battle...

Rose's mind continueously wandered,as her challenger kept flashing all the fanciest moves out on her.Flash backs of all that had lead up to this came so rapid,she could barely grab hold of them long enough to examine them.When finally,the person threw out his right clenched fist and while she blocked that,was cut off guard when he reached out and grabbed her by the collar of her shirt,raising her clean off the ground,the person took hold of his mask and before pulling,spoke up in a clear southern voice,

"You should've figured it a while back,Rosie."The familiar sound of her cousin Leslie came to her all too horrifyingly,as the unveiled person under the mask was none other then her twenty-one-year-old cousin,"Back when I was taking you back to the NYC four years ago,I would've tooken ya up to my place first and knocked you out to deliver you to Huntsmaster.But,"she grinned a little wickedly,"What fun would that be?"

"You were one the whole time?"Rose inquired her almost contritely,a thin wall of tears brimming her eyes only slightly,until she grabbed Leslie's arm and body-slammed her over her head,"You were going to betray me,"she stated in a low voice,then it rose angrily,"You knew from day one about me and the Huntsclan!And you only came and got me to give me to them.

"Smart girl,"Leslie proclaimed breezily,jumping to her feet and dusting herself off,as she swiped up her sceptre and aimed it at her,"But not smart enough to escape from you're all-too over-wheleming fate I'm afraid."

Without realizing it,Haley bolted from her spot from thirty feet away and inhaling,shot a thin blaze at Leslie's gripped hands.Panicking,she tossed the staff down to the ground and frantically tried to blow on her hands,which had flames flying up as they began to catch on her.

"You're as bad as our Uncle was,"Rose proceeded forward,her deep blue eyes leering with resentment and distrust to one of the last few people she thought she could have trusted,"As for me walking out on the clan,"she went on as if Leslie had mentioned it,useing her foot to kick up her staff and then with both clutched in her hands,pinned her cousin down by the sides of her shirt sleeves,while saying sentiently,"I think I do much better as one of the good guys,then I ever did as one of the bad."

Briefly Into:Jake's and the Dark Dragon's...

Jake was keeping a good rythem going,as the two exchanged hits and blows relentlessly in their ever-changing battle lock.Occasionally,the Dark Dragon seemed a bit hesistant,but he always came back stronger and more differcult then ever.As Jake was soon finding out,

"Not bad,"he told him earnestly under his breath,"You're on you're toes."

"And I just keep getting better,"The Dark Dragon repiled quickly,as he used the moment of Jake momentarily letting his guard down to make his statement and landing his knee right in the center of his stomach,reached over to take a hold of his head,"Not to worry,it'll only hurt for a second."

But something made him release him,as he turned his head to face his nearly fallen army.Although they had putten up a very strong fight,his newly-recruited minions had been surmounted by the awesome size and powers of the still sizzling birds.Only a few were left and they had already taken off in the opposite direction.Flabbergasted,he brought his attention to the two Dragons and former Huntsclan member that stood before him and glancing off to the right side noticed one of his most well-trained members pinned to the ground by the points of two sceptre's,

"You think you have won,"he dissented them darkly,his eyes changing from their blazing cadmium,to a pierecing crimson,"You are mistakened."

Wow,and I acutally thought they were winning?Well,they probably will.Or they might not...well,really what'll happen is...um...so concludes this ch. and the next is sure to be just as,erm,good.Well,byez 4 now plls!

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