Here I am with Chapter 4: Unexpected Views of Lost Love in an Amulet. Getting very far-fetched on the story. Hahaha. Critisizing my own story. This chappie mostly points onto Marianna, the girl Kim met in chappie 3. Here's chappie 4.

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Lost Love in an Amulet

Chapter 4: Unexpected Views

Marianna gasped, looking at the beautiful blue creature who now stood between her and Rai. "You're the chosen one too?" asked Marianna in a small whisper.

Rai did not hear her question which pleased her alot as she did not want to repeat the history of her country. The blue wolf circled Rai, snapping at the ropes that held him down to the chair. "Thanks, dear blue friend," thanked Rai, stroking the head of the wolf which was now beside him.

Everyone turned their attention to him now that the blue creature was with him, even Kim and Wallah stopped their fighting. "What? Do I look that weird that everytime you all have to look at me?"

The blue wolf tossed it's fur back. Everyone gasped in awe. The crowd all started whispering stuff and pointed at Rai then at Kim. Wallah who was trying to get the townsfolk to turn back their attention on their beloved prince - or at least I think he's beloved - threw a fireball at Kim, merely sorching a lock of her dark silky hair. Kim turned back to him, her eyes blazing. "You burned my hair. No one ruins my hair and gets away with it," she hissed, her crunched up fists glowing bright red.

The two started to fight once more. Wallah was already near to killing Kim but Kim's well strengthened fire wall could always block his attacks. Kim was near death but she fought strongly.

Barron who was right beside Rai was trying to tie him up again but everytime he went near, Rai's kudan would just snap at his fingertips. He could not get near to him.

Kim was halfway to her death by now. Rai's kudan who sensed the pain in Kim's fiery kudan leaped into the air taking Rai with him who was holding on for his dear life. "No, friend. You can't enter the shield. You will just get sent back," Rai warned, climbing onto his kudan's blue back.

"Trust me, Raimundo Pedrosa. Nothing can get pass me," the kudan replied, jerking Rai gently, getting him positioned properly on the back.

"You talk?"
"Why shouldn't I?" asked the kudan, stopping in mid-air.

Rai just passed out on top of his kudan. The kudan just shook his fury head and headed into the shield. Everyone gasped when the kudan passed right through the shield.

The kudan dropped onto the wooden platform and went over to nuzzle Kim's kudan. The two met happily as if they were old lovers who were separated a long time ago. "Kudan and friend, now's not the time to find your lover, girl. It's time to battle," said Kim, looking frightened back and forth from Wallah to her kudan and back again.

"Silly girl, you think your kudan can save you at a time like this?" laughed Wallah, evilly. His kudan came at a terrible fast speed, heading towards Kim.

Rai who was already half awake, quickly opened his eyes large and clear when he saw that a kudan was heading in straight for his girlfriend. "Kim!" he shouted, leaping onto her.

Rai got hit hard by the bird kudan. He spat blood out of his mouth. "Rai, no!" screamed Kim, clutching her boy tightly to her. "Please don't leave me."

Tears spewed from her eyes and dropped onto Rai's lifeless face. Silver tears dripped from her eyes as she cried over Rai. Her moment of dread did not last long when suddenly her crying stopped and her evil laugh sounded. This was the time her worst enemy had to dread.

Her laughter continued. It really creeped everyone. Prickles crawled up Wallah's spine as Kim got up, laughing. She lifted her head slowly, glaring at Wallah angrily.

"It is time to fear the Goddess of Fire. You have annoyed me enough Wallah Abdul. Now you have wounded the one I love. You...will...PAY!" Kim hissed, her eyes were red with the glowing of the fire within her fury.

"Bring it on, Kimiko Toho," Wallah said, getting angry but amused at Kim's anger towards him.

Kim charged at him with all her might. A fiery sword appeared in her hands and she brought it down heavily at Wallah's neck. Did it kill him? No, he dodged it with real elegance.

Her long skirt that she had slipped on earlier before Wallah burst into her room, -a/n. not mentioned in any chappie- had already turned into a mini skirt. Rai groggily fluttered his eyelashes and saw that Kim was heavily panting, standing in front of Wallah with a sword in her right hand. He quickly got up and ran to Kim. "Let me deal with him, Kim," offered Rai, putting a hand on her shoulder.

Over at Wallah's side, Barron was already whispering an attack plan to Wallah. The prince grinned impishly and nodded, glancing at Rai and Kim. "Oh, look. Making a last minute love deal?" teased Wallah, in a very annoying way. "So sweet."

"Ignore him, Rai," Kim warned when she saw Rai's fists clench. "He just wants attention."

"Oh, Kimiko. Telling him to ignore me? We'll soon see about that," Wallah said, holding a fireball in his hands. He threw it at Rai who dodged it quickly enough.

Wallah sent another in Rai's way but with a gust of wind, Rai sent it flying back to Wallah. "Huh?" asked Wallah, looking surprised as his own fireball almost scorched him.

Kim smiled and put her hands on her hips. "What didn't know my dream prince here is the Wind God of all time?" she asked, smugly with a sarcastic note in her voice.

Wallah growled deeply. "What angry already? I thought you were a very calm person," Kim added, leaping into the air as she dodged 5 fireballs from Wallah.

Rai whispered as Kim landed next to him, "Kim, don't get on his nerves."

"I'm not, Rai. I know what I'm doing. Trust me."

"Come on, Fire. We've got a prince to annoy. He shall be brought off his throne and it will be returned to its rightful owner."

Kim and her kudan which she now called Fire leaped into the air. Rai saw Kim envelope her body with flame of all colours: blue, yellow, orange, silver, green and of course red. The whole crowd gasped.

Rai saw that Kim was shooting out dancing flames at Wallah and his kudan. She laughed joyously as she danced around with her kudan jumping around her ankles. No matter how many fireballs Wallah shot at Kim, she would not even get scorched a little bit. The fireballs just bounced off her and return back to Wallah.

No one noticed that Kim was flying in a pattern. She and her kudan were circling the shield that surrounded the fighting stage. Kim shot her dancing flames at the shield, also in a distinctive pattern.

After circling the shield twice, Kim landed next to Rai with a smile on her face. She snapped her fingers, fire illuminated her two fingers and the shield deactivated. Wallah looked around him surprised. "No one has ever deactivated the shield before," he gasped, getting up from his shielding-himself position.

"Well, hot shot. I'll be the first," Kim gloated, smiling her special victory grin.

Marianna who was still tied down closed her eyes and whispered in her head, 'I can do it. I can do it.'

She opened her eyes and looked around. No result in her attempt. She tried again, this time pressing her brain till it could burst but still nothing. She started to shed tears but just then a tiny voice popped up in her head. 'You can do it, Marianna. You can. You are a true queen. Just relax.'

Marianna lifted her head to find Kim's kudan smiling a motherly smile at her. She was so surprised. Just then, Kim turned around and smiled with a wink.

Marianna lost her surprised look and smiled back. She concentrated hard and then she remembered Fire's words, 'Just relax.' Marianna flicked open her eyes and then closed them again. She let out a very held in breath and then she breathed in slowly and gently.

Soon enough, her mind drifted from the world and all her world went black. Then the sound of birds chirping brought sweet melody to Marianna's ears. A beautiful unicorn danced gracefully in her mind.

Whe Marianna slowly flicked open her eyes, a unicorn stood bravely by her side. While Kim was jumping happily in the now unshielded arena, she smiled at Marianna.

Rai's wind wolf was not about to let his lover get hurt so he joined Fire by her side fighting with Kim. Kim stroked his head and stood face to face with Wallah. "Oh, this is not a fair fight, Kim. Two kudans, an owner versus one kudan, one owner," Wallah sneered, waggling a finger at Kim.

"Oh, we're not fighting," Kim said, smiling her most impish ever grin. "She is." Kim stepped aside to show Marianna standing there with her kudan.

"Hello, Wallah. Had enough fun?"

"You don't know me very well, Marianna. Bring it on, sister."

Barron whom Marianna had passed the MC job to, announced, "Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new challenge. Princess Marianna against Prince Wallah. A brother to sister fight. Bring on the challenge."

"Players, take your postion."

Marianna and Wallah, both went behind the drawn lines. "Brother, you did wrong to mess with my friend," hissed Marianna, keeping her face cool and calm.

"You will find out the true power of my kudan. Yours is weak. You haven't even trained it."

Marianna bit her lip and looked at Kim, her eyes full of regret and fear. Kim whispered something to Fire. Just then a voice popped in Marianna's head. 'Kudans are not meant to be trained. Kudans are controlled by the strength of the heart not by the power of the owner. Just because Wallah is a prince, doesn't mean his kudan is very strong. If you are strong, then your kudan is strong, if you are not willing to do it, your kudan will be just plain weak.'
Marianna nodded and put a hand on her kudan which bore the power of the Earth. Her kudan nuzzled her hand softly. "Let the game begin!" shouted Barron. He smiled pleased at his announcement.

"Hey, I should have thought of becoming a MC before becoming a bodyguard to Prince Wallah. I've always wanted to become one. Golden City has a lot of performances," said Barron to Kim, smiling pleasantly.

'Finally, you are smiling,' thought Kim, sighing.

Marianna and Wallah stood erect on their spot, not one of them making a move. The wind blew but no one stirred a muscle. "Why aren't they moving?" asked a familiar voice that Kim had missed so much.

Kim looked down at her feet and saw her most beloved Chi Fay smiling up to her in her cutest 'miss you so much' smile. Kim picked up Chi and hugged her tightly. "They both are strong in the heart and if one of them makes a wrong move, they will get knocked out," replied Kim, stroking Chi's head. "One is a fake, while the other is a true leader."

"Huh?" Chi Fay cocked her head to one side.

"Nothing," Kim said quickly, embarrassed that she had let an important secret slip her mouth.

Marianna lifted her foot and stamped down on the ground. Vines entwined her leg and then a flash of green light, Marianna was transformed with a crown on her head and a sceptre in her hand. Her clothes were green and pink: the sign of Mother Nature.

"Meet the true Princess of Golden City, Marianna Melancoly Ilham," whispered Kim, her eyes gleaming with pleasure.

Marianna pointed her emerald sceptre in Wallah's direction and shouted, "Wings of the Petals!"

Just as she had shouted those words, flower petals of all kinds showered onto Wallah. "Hah, sister. Your powers are useless. What can mere flower petals do to me?" shouted back Wallah, scornfully.

Marianna just smiled 'the princess smile' and replied with a silvery and sweet voice, "You shall see, traitor. My powers have a special tinge to it. Mother Nature is not useless."

Marianna swirled she sceptre and then pointed it upwards. The flower petals which were scattered across the battle area soon danced in the air, directed by the movement of Marianna's sceptre. They swirled around Wallah and then formed a chain, tightening Wallah in the petals' grip.

"Never try to test the power of Mother Nature," Marianna said, twirling her sceptre.

Wallah enveloped his body with fire and burned the petals off his body. "Never play with fire, sister."

"Vines of a Grapetree!"

Vines jumped out from the sceptre and wrapped around Wallah tightly till he could not breath and he felt that his bones with be crushed any minute. "Go, Golden!" shouted Marianna to he kudan unicorn which she had called Golden. "Knock him back as far as you can!"

Goldne gave a 'hrumph' and stamped her hoof on the ground like a bull with a matador. She charged at Wallah and then Marianna released the grip of her vines, allowing Golden to hit Wallah with her horn.

"Good girl," coaxed Marianna, stroking Golden's mane. "You shall get a reward."

Wallah from far off had hit the brick wall of a house. He got up, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and the with his kudan, he flew back to the battle area. Fire streams were shot out from Wallah's hands and they formed a cage-like formation around her.

"What's happening?" asked Kim, looking at Marianna's frightened eyes.

Marianna tried to use her sceptre to take away the rings of fire but she was powerless while she was trapped in there. "That's the Fortress of Fire. It's captive's powers are useless once he or she is trapped within," said a voice behind Kim.

Kim swivelled her head and looked at the lady who stood behind her. "Who are you?" Kim asked.

"I'm Mariam Ilham."

Rai turned around and added, "Kim, this is Mariam Ilham. Mariam, this is Kimiko Toho. Kim, this is the mother of Marianna."

Kim looked from Rai to Mariam and then back and forth again. "You two know each other?" asked Kim, still moving her head back and forth.

"No, I'm a psyhic, that's why I know her," Rai said. "DUH! Of course I know her."

Mariam laughed histerically. "To think that Rai liked you," she laughed, softly.

Kim looked at Mariam and asked, "What was that you said?" She looked at her curiously.

Rai glared at Mariam with a look that said 'Why did you say that?'

"Oh, nothing. Just a little out of the mind babbling," Mariam said, backing off the sentence that she had just said.

Kim turned back her attention on Marianna.

Marianna was now struggling to break free of the rings that held her captive and powerless. Her kudan had already disappeared inside her once the Fortress of Fire enclosed her.

Wallah laughed evilly at his glory and his sister's capture. "Now, you will perish with all my past candidates for a wife," he growled, his eyes lighting up with evil.

This time Marianna's eyes lit up with total fear and she frantically tried to escape from the Fortress of Fire. Tears sprouted from her eyes as she screamed the word 'no'.

Kim shielded her eyes on Rai's shoulder as Wallah aimed his hands at Marianna. She sobbed a little and then leaped onto Rai, burtsing into tears. "Now, you will die," Kim heard Wallah hiss.

Marianna's screams brought tears to the people of Golden City's eyes and little children who had came to watch were sent straight to the back of the crowd. This was the moment everyone dreaded: the killing of a maiden.

Kim sobbed even harder. Rai stroked her hair and tried to soothe the pain in her heart. Chi had buried her head into Mariam's bag. "Marianna will not be killed, Kim. Remember what you said, she is the true princess?" coaxed Rai, stroking her silky black hair.

He could feel her whole body shaking as she cried. "I hope you are right, Rai. I do not want to lose a good friend. I almost lost you once, last year - Just Another Pretty Face occurance. I can't bear to lose anyone else so close to me."

Rai ran his hand up and down her back, making Kim's body tingle with a familiar feeling. Wallah still hadn't killed Marianna yet but now, he was determined to finish his job.

Kim hear a loud zap and heat engulfed the whole place. Marianna's scream was heard once again. The townsfolk slowly turned their heads back to look but no blood was shed. Instead, a bright flash of light and then a man and a woman were seen.

I just love cliffhangers. It keeps everyone excited. The next chapter is quite short and it still is pointing on Marianna and Wallah. Look out for chappie 5: The King and Queen.

Cherio.