This chapter isn't that long, but the battle is going onto 2 chapters, so the next one will be really long. And I don't own Treebeard or the Ents, they belong to the best author in the world, JRR Tolkien. I'm only using them for the battle. So, enjoy!
Chapter 15-
The Battle
Miley covered her face with her arms as she dived head first into the ocean. She hit the water hard and started to float back to the surface. Miley started kicking until she broke to the surface, looking around.
She was just outside of the whirlpool, but the force of the water was dragging her in. She wasn't that strong of a swimmer, so fighting it would be useless. But she wasn't one to give up or at least, not try.
Miley took a deep breath and went back under the water and managed to fight against the water and get away, but she tired quickly and was soon dragged back towards the whirlpool. Once she actually reached the current, she was doomed.
'Come on, there has to be a way to get out of this!' Miley thought. Then she heard someone laughing and turned. There, swimming closer to her was a mermaid. She had long yellow hair, the same colour as her fin.
"This is fun, watching a mortal fight against the current!" She squealed in delight.
"Help me!" Miley screamed. Both of them were surprised when her voice came out crystal clear. The mermaid frowned and swam closer to her.
"You're not one of us, you have these things." She said, playing with Miley's toes. The mermaid then looked at her. "Are you some sort of other beast?"
"Huh? Can you please help me, if you haven't noticed, there is a whirlpool behind you." Miley said.
"Ooh, I know! They are so much fun, watching the humans being dragged into them. I guess it would be fun to watch you fall into it, huh?" She asked and then grabbed Miley. "So I'll give you a hand!"
"No, please, I don't want to…" Miley tried to reason, but it was no use. The mermaid grabbed Miley, but she fought back. She was slowly losing her breath now and had to go back to the surface.
"Leave her!" Someone else shouted. The mermaid let go of Miley and then swam off in a hurry. Miley then swam to the surface and found herself moving towards the whirlpool faster now.
"Oh, I'm going to die! Daddy, I'm so sorry! I'll miss you! And Lilly, Oliver and… yeah, Jackson too." Miley said. She then closed her eyes and waited to be sent into the current, but instead she felt arms around her waist and pulled her away. Miley opened her eyes and looked to her right where she saw someone else.
This person had blue hair that was as long as Miley's. She turned her head and Miley knew that this was a water nymph now, different to the mermaids. Nymphs were tricky to catch and could change form when something was chasing it, most commonly the Gods. They were similar to the sirens, but they never lured sailors to them.
"Miley, are you ok?" The nymph asked.
"Y-you k-know my n-name." Miley stuttered, eyes going wide.
"You're the protector of the water." The nymph said. She then looked back ashore and saw the grey clouds moving to one particular point. "And now it's time to show what you have."
"What I have?" Miley asked, frowning.
"Your power, the goddess Elicpto is back, is she not?" The nymph asked. Miley nodded. "Then you have to help your friends defeat her, once and for all."
"What power? I don't have any!" Miley said.
"You're denying it. Miley, you can control the water. You can command it and use it to your will." The nymph said as she made it closer to the shore. "I can't help you other then that. You'll know what to do when the time is right."
Miley then let go of the nymph as they made it to the jetties and she got out of the water. Miley turned around just as the nymph started to swim away.
"Wait, what is your name?" Miley asked.
The nymph turned around. "Marisa."
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'This is not good, not goo at all.' Lilly thought as she looked down at the lava that was moving underneath her. She was sent to the edge of the volcano, sure. It then collapsed under her and she was hanging on for her life to the rocks that were slipping out of her hands.
"I'm too young to die, I still want to live!" Lilly screamed as she tried to lift herself back onto the edge. She felt the rocks loosen and Lilly quickly pulled herself up onto the edge and crawled backwards as more of the edge fell into the lava.
"I'm not going to fall in… AH!" Lilly found herself tumbling backwards off the cliff, hitting a hard rock that stopped her fall. She heard something crack and felt pain shoot up her left arm. It was probably broken.
"Oh great, I am doomed." Lilly said as she slid off the rock and trekked down the mountainside. She was soon in the forest and heard shouting. Holding her broken arm, Lilly started running and saw Oliver up above her, vines holding him up. He had his sword in his hand and he tried to cut the vines.
"Hey Oliver, how's it hanging?" Lilly said.
"Lilly, no time for joking around!" Oliver shouted. "Could you help me?"
"Sure." Lilly took her sword out with her good arm and swung it so it hit the tree trunk. The tree groaned and let go of Oliver who fell to the ground.
"How'd you know to do that?" Oliver asked, walking over to her.
"Weirder things have happened in my life. Trees that are alive can now be added to the list." Lilly said and then ducked as she saw a tree branch come towards them. Oliver, however, got knocked over the head by it and went tumbling to the ground.
"Hope that knocked some sense into you." Lilly said as she helped him up.
"Very funny. What was that?" Oliver asked, rubbing his head. He then looked at the tree that Lilly hit with her sword and saw two eyes looking down at him. "Oh my…"
"The tree has eyes!" Lilly screamed and fell backwards.
"I'm not a tree. And I have a name." He said, the roots now coming up as he took a step forwards. Oliver walked backwards as the tree stood up to his full height, looking down at him. Around them, more trees started to grow taller and their eyes appeared. Dancing around the roots of the trees were the forest nymphs.
"Oliver, the nymphs will help you." Narcissus said, walking in front of him and bowing.
"Is he the protector of Earth?" The tree asked the nymph.
"Yes, and the girl is one too, Treebeard." Narcissus said, turning to face the tree.
The tree sighed. "We will fight for him. The Ents are with you, small ones." Treebeard said.
"So we have to fight." Lilly said to Oliver.
"Looks like that." He responded and looked up at the other Ents. "Ok, follow us."
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"You are weak!" Elicpto screamed at Jackson as he hid behind a tree. His heart was racing; he was fighting a god here! All he had was a sword and she had the elements, what was he supposed to do?
"Come out, come out where ever you are little king." Elicpto shouted out. "Come out and die so your kingdom can fall."
"No!" Jackson shouted back and then ran quickly as he sensed a lighting bolt coming for him. That was the weird thing; he couldn't sense any of her attacks unless it had to do with the storm that was happening over their fight.
"You stupid boy." She said.
"Jackson, watch out!" He heard someone scream. Then several things happened. One, the crazed goddess left Becca's body. Two, the crazed goddess then went for him, sword in her hand. Third, Miley came running up the hill. Fourth, water from the well then came up and landed on the crazed goddess, making her look around. And fifth, Jackson was tackled to the ground by Lilly.
"Lilly!" he shouted when he turned around and saw that she was there. "You're alright!"
"Yes, now follow me." She said and got off of Jackson and led him back into the forest as Miley and Elicpto faced off.
"I see you managed to escape." She said. "No matter, I get to enjoy watching you die then."
"I don't think that's going to happen." Miley said as water started to shoot up from the ground all around her, making a wall around Elicpto. "I'm taking a guess and saying you've been interfering with us this whole journey?"
"So, I sent a sea monster, tried to manipulate you and made that princess hate you, all to save me from having to go back to Tartarus for all eternity. I like to see destruction and Oceania with no heir… well, it will just crumble into dust, wouldn't it?" She asked, walking towards one of the jets of water.
"That won't happen." Oliver said as he came out of the forest. Elicpto looked over at him and then saw the trees move.
"Oh clever, you managed to gain the support of the Ents I see?" She asked.
"And the nymphs." Lilly said as the forest nymphs lined up behind her. Elicpto laughed.
"Give it up." Miley said.
"Oh, I think not my dear. I still have trick up my sleeve. You know your little princess friend Mikayla?" She asked. Miley's blood went cold, where was she going with this…
"She just so happens to be a witch and is now under my command." She said and turned to the house. The door burst open and out stepped Mikayla, her eyes glowing gold again.
"Oops, I guess she was never truly out of my control." Elicpto said. "So what's it going to be, princess?"
Miley looked over at Mikayla as she walked towards her.
"She's right Miley, would you really attack me?" Came Mikayla and Elicpto's voices mixed together.
"This can't be happening." Miley said as she let her guard down and let the water jets stop. Elicpto grinned from her spot and turned around to face the Ents and nymphs.
"So we only have the forest? What about your fire and wind?" She asked and then set one of the Ents alight. "You are pathetic protectors."
Lilly felt tears well up as she heard the shouts form the Ents. "Stop it!"
"Why don't you do something about it?" The goddess taunted her. Lilly glared at her and then turned to the screaming Ent. She closed her eyes and concentrated hard on the flame. She imagined it turning into a big ball, floating just above them.
"Wow." She heard Jackson say and she opened her eyes. The Ent had stopped screaming and was now looking up at the ball of fire above his head.
"Why you…" Elicpto was growing tired of this. Everything she did only helped them gain their powers. She charged for Jackson, but felt vines grab her ankles and hold her upside down. She then came face to face with Treebeard.
"Put me down you stupid oaf!" She screamed at him.
"Mortal insults us?" He said and then glared at her.
"I'm not a mortal, I am the goddess of chaos and destruction!" She shouted, but it was too late. The Ents started wailing, alerting the gods. She was doomed now, but her only hope was Mikayla.
"I may be gone, but there is still the little witch you have to worry about!" She screamed as there was a bright light. Everyone looked away and when they looked back, the goddess was gone.
"Oliver!" Miley screeched. Oliver then turned and looked at Miley who was now on the ground, withering in pain. The battle wasn't over yet.
If anyone is a Lord of the Rings fan, you'll notice that I've changed some stuff about the Ents. Circumstances are different here then they are in middle earth anyway. So now it's Mikayla who we have to worry about, who is a witch. I wasn't originally going to do it, but pureangle86 got the idea in my head to actually do that. Now it's more interesting!
No I want to know something, should we bring Jake in and have him under Mikayla's command or just leave him out until the end of the battle? Also, go to my profile and vote for the next Hannah Montana story I want to write once I've finished this. Thanks guys!