Well I finally got chapter 4 here! So you know: Hvonru is a weird name. You have to figure out what the "hv" sound is like. His name is pronounced HV-on-ru (ru rhyms with you)

I don't own MS or Ininja(sicnce he is one of my MS characters), but i do own Hvonru(since I just mde him up!)!

-Whitelies

Ininja leaned up against one of the columns of earth jetting from the ground, which were common in the area around Kerning City. He had been walking for hours through the maze of a forest. The sun burned directly above his head, and there were no clouds.

This is torture! I'll dehydrate before I get to Kerning! He thought

Ininja heard a rustle behind him. He pulled out his field dagger, ready to confront anything headed towards him. A large, orange-capped mushroom jumped out from behind a bush, and saw Ininja. The mushroom pounced toward him.

Ininja slashed at it in mid-air, but since the mushroom was big and heavy Ininja slammed against a column. Dirt broke off the column and fell on Ininja's head. Ininja picked himself up just in time to see the mushroom infuriated and charging toward him. Ininja instinctively dove out of the way and the mushroom rammed into the column, knocking it over.

The mushroom recovered from the impact and sprung into the air with intent to crush Ininja beneath its weight. Ininja rolled out of the way and slashed at the monster as it fell to the ground. He managed to cut off the mushroom's lower half, mutilating the beast.

Ininja stood up and grasped his dagger with the blade pointing downward. He shoved his weapon into his foe's forehead, killing it.

Ininja pulled out his field dagger, pleased with himself. He wiped the mushroom sludge off his dagger on the grass. The battle left him tired and even thirstier than before.

I need to find a god body of water and some shelter from the sun, or I won't live through another attack! Ininja thought. He scanned the area, looking for something. All he saw was the maze of columns. It wasn't much of a forest, really. There were very few trees, making it more of a meadow. But the columns of dirt made it seem like a forest; hence its name: the L-forest.

The columns had been formed by magic in the ancient times, for what purpose no one knew. Now their only purpose seemed to be to slow down monster movement and make it harder for people to get to Kerning City.

Ininja felt a searing pain in the back of his neck; the sun's heat was burning his skin. He lightly touched his flaky skin; a burning sensation filled his neck. Ininja held back a scream. He collapsed onto the ground and dug his fingers into the ground.

Out of the corner of his eye, Ininja saw a column that had fallen onto another one, making a small shelter from the sun. He crawled under it and sat leaning against the column that was still standing. Ininja, tired from the fight, fell asleep within minutes.

When Ininja awoke the sun was just setting. He seized the opportunity to get to Kerning City without the worry of the sun's heat. Ininja moved swiftly to get as far as he could before it was too dark to see. Without light he ran into a lot of columns

He kept his pace up until dawn came, at which point he saw Kerning City in the distance. Well rather, he saw a huge cloud of smoke with some buildings occasionally appearing in between puffs of smoke.

It's like on big town of pollution! Ininja thought. But what he saw next was even more surprising. A little ways away was someone in a white robe and blue hat. He held a short stick in his hand and was examining a platform that looked to be suspended in mid-air.

Ininja ran toward the person and asked, "What is that?"

"Well it's just what it looks like: a floating platform!" the boy replied.

"But how is it flying?"

"It's the remnants of magic from long ago. In ancient times magic was used much more, for everyday tasks. Nowadays the only magic users are Maplers; therefore the only magic is attacks such as Magic Claw. But it can, in truth, be used for a wider variety of things."

"Wow, I didn't know that"

"Yup, and that's why I'm studying this, to learn how to use magic more! Excuse me; I haven't introduced myself yet. I am Hvonru, a cleric."

"I am Ininja; I'm going to Kerning City to be a thief."

Hvonru looked around the forest, and then said, "Need an escort? The way only gets harder from here"

"Sure, at the rate I've been going I won't make it there any time soon."

"Follow me, and don't worry about monsters" Hvonru weaved through the columns swiftly, killing any monster that got in his way with a spell called Magic Claw that tears its target to pieces.

When they were almost out of the L-Forest they noticed a large cluster of orange mushrooms blocking the way. Hvonru motioned for Ininja to stay where he was and to be quiet. Hvonru pulled out his wand and swung it, a mushroom exploded in a burst of blue light. The other monsters lunged toward the cleric. Hvonru destroyed another one just before three rammed into him, knocking him several feet behind Ininja.

Hvonru became engulfed in green light for a brief moment, and then jumped back toward the oncoming mushrooms. He slaughtered a few more mushrooms. Suddenly a mushroom lunged at Hvonru from behind. He barely turned around when the beast struck him in the head, knocking him down. Hvonru pulled out a scroll and tossed it into the air. Ininja caught it and saw a strange symbol on it.

Hvonru pulled out another one and said, "Quick! Use it! Tear it in half!" Ininja and Hvonru tore their scroll in half. A burst of blue light emitted from the scrolls. All the colors Ininja saw were blended together, the world spun around him.

Now he was moving. Column after column shot passed him. Ininja felt dizzy. In a second bricks and paving filled his vision. Ininja shot through buildings and walls. Suddenly clusters of people appeared and whizzed by. Then it was over. Blackness. Nothing.

Ooooh! Clifhanger!