Rae Rae- (gasps) That's-!

(Covers her mouth quickly) Will you ever learn how to shut up!

Rae Rae- But the readers have to know! It's -

Quiet! Geez, girl! Can't you keep a secret?

Rae Rae- (pretends to think) Uh... No. Chris is-

Ookay, time to start the story, no interruptions, 'kay! 'Kay.

A man called Chris

"I am Chris," the man told Candace, pulling some of his long blue hair out of his eyes. Candace looked at the man suspiciously.

"Is something wrong?" he asked her. Candace shook her head. Chris looked around the ship. "Are you traveling with a young girl named Sasha and a few other kids?"

"Yeah," Candace replied, surprised. "How do you know them?"

"Exellent..." Chris said to himself.

"Excuse me?"

Chris turned around and looked at Candace. "I said, I forgot to ask for your name, dear."

Candace walked past him and made way to get off. "Oh, I'm Candace. Not to be rude, but you have to get off of this ship. I'm going to meet up with my friends."

"I'll help you back," Chris offered. "I need to see them as well."

Candace shrugged and started walking with him. "Be careful. We're about to go into a chimera nest."

"Oh, I think I can handle a few chimeras," he assured her.

"They shouldn't be too far away from here..."

Chris quickened his pace to catch up to Candace. "That's an awfully short skirt to wear on an adventure."

Candace stopped and looked at it. "It's not that short! Just a little above the knee is all... Plus, a chimera ruined my other clothes... I can't wear those anymore." She looked at him. "Are you a water adept?"

"Why do you ask?" he said, calmly.

"Your hair is blue. All Mercury adepts' hair is blue."

"What does hair have to do with it?"

"Well, most earth adepts' hair is brown or... an orange-blondish color. Most fire adepts' hair is auburn or brown. Most wind adepts' hair- except in my friend Jade's case- is blonde. And all water adepts' hair is blue.

"You have everyone pretty much all figured out, don't you?" Chris chuckled.

"Um, guess you could say that."

There was a rustle in the bushes. Candace pulled out her Sylph Rapier. "No offense," Candace said, "but you don't look like much of a fighter. I'll handle it." A chimera pounced out at her. "Mother Gaia!" There was a flash of yellow light. Candace glowed the same color as the earth split open and the chimera was engulfed in red-hot earthen flames and big chunks of earth. "Ain't no stupid chimera's gonna ruin my clothes this time!" It laid there for a moment. Candace let down her guard and looked at it.

"It's dead," she exclaimed. Then, all of a sudden, it pounced at her again. She screamed and winced. Nothing happened. She opened her eyes and looked at the chimera in front of her. A glowing gold hand was tightly gripping its neck. "Whoa..." she looked back at Chris, who was glowing the same gold color. He had his arm outstretched and his hand clenched. He lifted the chimera into the air and slung it around. Then he raised his other hand and shot a powerful wave of water at it. It was gone before the water disappeared.

"Sweet!" Candace grinned and turned around. "Where'd you learn how to do that?"

Chris thought about it. "I... practice." He started walking again.

"Hey, wait up!" Candace caught up to him. "You're really mysterious. Why? You hidin' something?"

"Not really." He tried to change the subject. "Why are you helping Sasha?"

"Well, she said this Alex guy is trying to take over the world. I guess he thinks he can wield it's full power."

"Thinks?"

"Yeah. No one can harness the full power of alchemy. Well... 'xept the Wise One. Look, a club. You think cavemen still exist?"

Candace turned around and continued walking. Chris looked down at the club and picked it up. Yeah, it's heavy enough, he thought."No. Maybe it was left for hundreds of years." He stopped. "I saw something. Right here."

Candace turned around and stooped down to where he pointed. "I don't see anything," she said.

"It looked like it was underground. I saw it sparkle."

Candace looked down and started to dig. "Smells like chimera poop out here..."

Chris raised the club...

Lena looked around the village. She saw a boy with long blonde hair in a ponytail. "Hey!" She ran toward him. "I need some help." The boy turned around.

"With what?" He looked rather worried about something. His brown eyes were a giveaway.

"I'm looking for a girl with black hair and greenish-blue eyes. Her name is Kali. Have you seen her?"

The boy's eyes went wide and he gasped. "Kali? She's here! My father and some of his men kidnapped her. Were you with her at the time?"

"Yes! Who are you?"

"I am Reid. And you?"

"Lena. Where is she?"

Reid sighed. "My father has her at the pillory. I'll take you to-" But he was then interrupted when someone yelled, "Look! A Sol adept!" Lena looked behind Reid. The crowd that was at something else and all the other villagers were running toward the pair. Before either of them could escape, people crowded around, causing a ruckus.

"You're a Sol adept?" Reid asked in surprise.

"Uh... yeah." Lena eyebrows furrowed in frustration. "Sorry about this, everyone..." She took Reids hands and closed her eyes. Both of them started to glow brighter and brighter. Everyone that had gathered around them was suddenly thrown back in all directions.

"Now, everyone, listen!" she said, scowling to keep everyone from gathering arounnd her again. There was dead silence. "You have a Lunar adept here, or a 'demon' as you call them. Where is she?" There was silence again. Lena let out a frustrated sigh. "Fang!" The big black snake slithered to her side. Reid looked at it nervously. Some of the villagers screamed and tried to run. Lena's hands glowed by her sides and white fire surrounded them. "Stay put." Fang hissed dangerously at them all.

"Lord Wade and his men are taking her back to the prison," said a frightened villager.

"Who is King Wade?" Lena asked.

"He's my father," Reid said. Lena turned to him. "Will you take me to the prison?" Reid nodded. Fang followed them, licking his tongue out at some of the villagers as he passed.

Taryn and Jade stopped. Sasha and the others turned around and looked at them. They were just staring off into space. Alanna walked to them and waved a hand in their faces. "Yoo hoo! You guys there? We gotta get moving!" They suddenly snapped back to reality, looking troubled.

"What's up?" Sasha asked.

Taryn shook his head. "I don't know... But someone was being hurt. I couldn't see who."

"Are they alright?" Roscoe asked. Taryn shrugged.

"I dunno."

"What's wrong with you, Jade?" Kevin asked her. Jade was looking ahead, but it looked like she didn't see what was in front of her.

"It was a girl... being beaten. She had dark hair and... the same color eyes as me."

"So she you sister?" Alanna asked.

Jade shrugged. "She doesn't feel like she's a complete stranger."

Aiden and Sasha turned around. "Let's go." Sasha said. "We've gotta find her. Whoever she is."

"Candace has been gone for a while," Aiden said. "I'm gonna go see about her.

"...See her undressed," Taryn said, coughing.

"Hey, you're the pervert, not me!" Aiden replied, running off.

"I can tell he likes her," Taryn laughed. Alanna glared at him and elbowed him.

"Ow..." Taryn doubled over. Then he stood up and glared at her. "That hurt! And you like him, too, don't you?"

"So! You jealous?"

"No way! Why would I ever like you?"

"Guys, hush!" Jed and Sasha shushed them.

"You'll wake up some chimeras!" Sasha warned.

"Too late," Roscoe said, looking ahead of him. Three chimeras came out of the bushes, looking at them hungrily.

Alanna cursed. Jade pulled out her bow and an arrow.

Jed stepped in the way. "I'll handle it. Shine plasma!" The chimeras were blasted with purple lightening strikes.

Sasha and the others started to walk up. Jed told them to stay back. "I don't want you getting hurt."

"We won't get hurt!" Alanna replied. "We're old enough to fight chimeras without crying."

A chimera lunged at Jed and scratched him across the chest.

"Dad!" Jade held up her bow and arrow and started to glow. Her bow and arrow turned the same color and started to spark. "Arrow ray!" She shot the electricly charged arrow at the chimera standing over her father. It hit him in the heart. Nothing happened at first. Then, the arrow glowed again, and the chimera was shocked from the inside, out! It died instantly. Another chimera ran toward Jade. A blue Sasha got in front of her and cast glacier. It was frozen temporarily in mid-air. When it unfroze, Sasha cut both of it's heads off.

"Thanks, Sasha" Jade knelt down beside her father. Roscoe cast diamond berg on another. A big hunk of ice fell on top of it. He jumped into the air, and sliced it all off with his sword, slicing the chimera in half the last time. It dissolved into ashes.

"Alanna, you wanna handle the last one?" Roscoe asked her. It was already running toward her.

"Cycle beam!" Alanna held out a flaming hand a red hot beam of fire shot it. Then, she held her sword out as it howled and unleashed light surge. The chimera was gone before the rays of light vanished.

"Next, time, I want one!" Taryn said, walking over to check Jade's father with them.

Sasha knelt down, held a hand over the deep, bleeding wound, and glowed a blue light. Jed glowed the same color, the wound glowing brighter. It started to heal up.

"Wish I had healing abilities," Jade and Taryn said at the same time. Jed sat up.

"Thank you, Sasha."

Sasha shook her head. "No big. Are you okay?"

Jade hugged her father. "Who needs to watch out, now?"

Jed laughed. Roscoe and Jade helped him up.

King Wade's men threw a scotched Kali back in the prison. King Wade walked up."Never embarrass me." he said scornfully. He walked in and kicked her in her side. She rolled over quickly and clutched her side, spitting out blood. A villager ran in.

"Sir! There is an angel here!"

King Wade walked out of the cell immediately. "An angel? You mean a Sol adept?"

The man shook his head vigorously. King Wade walked out. "Leave her here to waste." His men followed him and the villager out.

Rae Rae- Why'd they have to beat up Kali? She was cool!

Do you raily expect those paople to nawt do something huurrible to hu? And so you know, I didn't foncy wroiting thot pot. 'Kay, enough english accent! Sorry I took so long to update, folks. I'm trying to get ready to go back to school in a matter of weeks, and catching up on GS2. And then reading a book, and battling writer's block! I almost got to the exiting part a little to early! I'm gonna have to do some major picking now to get back on track...

Rae Rae- Do you really think they need to hear such a lame excuse? You're just slow!

Shut up, Rae Rae! Please review!