Chapter 12 is here! Last chapter, someone was walking to Icegrip Plateau, but when Dina noticed them, they ran, leaving a note for Dina behind. It turned out to be a threatening message for her from Jonathan, a boy who had tried to kill her when she was 10. As the group left to go to Selena's house, they saw someone in the shadows, who turned out to be Lacunae. This takes place where that left off. On with the chapter!

Chapter 12: Jonathan's Return

*Dina's POV*

"I thought you were dead!" I said to Lacu when she walked over to me.

"Nope!" she said. "I'm immortal, remember?"

"Yeah, but I know you died because I checked your pulse and felt nothing." I said. She immediately paled. I knew something was off about her.

"So did you manage to defeat Saige?" she asked.

"You were dead before she appeared for me to fight her. How did you know about that?" I asked.

"I have my ways." She said. She seemed nervous.

"You're not Lacu." I said.

"What?" she said as if snapping out of a daydream.

"You're. Not. Lacu." I said again.

"What are you talking about?" she said.

"Drop the act!" I shouted. "I know you're lying!"

She chuckled, but her voice became deeper as she did. A dark flame-like aura engulfed her body and transformed her into a teenage boy around my age. He had glowing blue eyes and brown hair, but what stood out most was that he had seven black marks on his arm that looked a lot like Argis' legion crests.

"Jonathan." I said angrily.

"Good job at seeing through my disguise, Dina." He said. "I guess I wasn't observant enough."

"Damn right, you weren't!" Selena shouted.

"Shapeshifting." Argis said. "That was his other power."

"Ah, you must be Argis." He said. "Nice to finally meet you." He started to walk towards Argis. His right hand the same dark aura around it that he had during his transformation.

"Argis, look out!" I shouted. He swung with his right hand, punching Argis in the chest. The dark energy blasted outward from his hand, blowing her away and creating a massive shockwave that almost blew the rest of us back.

She flew through the air until she slammed into a large rock hard enough to leave cracks in it. Her body went limp and she fell to the ground. When she hit, I heard a loud crack, then I saw a large amount of blood on the rock where her head was as she fell.

"ARGIS!" I shouted. Jonathan turned to me.

"Now it's your turn!" he shouted.

"Think again, you creep!" I shouted. I charged at him and kicked him in the head.

But the impact was like kicking off of a wall. I moved, but he didn't.

"Is that the best you've got?" he asked tauntingly. "Pathetic."

"Not even close!" I shouted. I used my electric powers on him, but it still had no effect.

"I guess you didn't listen when Argis told you about my telekinetic powers." He said. "I can manipulate anything around me. If I wanted to, I could literally make your body self-destruct."

"So why don't you?" I asked, taunting him.

"Because I don't want to." He said. "Not yet, anyways."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"You'll see." He said.

"All right, enough with the games!" I shouted.

I summoned a chaotic sword and charged at Jonathan, who also summoned a sword. The swords collided, throwing flames and sparks everywhere. I felt a rush of energy, so I created a second sword and attacked again. I jumped back, then I released my swords, instead forming the energy into a crossbow. I fired several times, but he dodged all of the arrows.

Or so he thought, at least.

I used my power to turn the arrows around and hit him from behind.

One of the arrows went completely through his arm, several hit his legs, and a few hit him in the back, one of which went all the way through his chest.

He screamed and dropped to the ground.

"Now what are you going to do?" I said. I pointed the crossbow at him.

"This." He said. He pointed his hand at me. I felt a strange force around me. My crossbow disappeared and I felt as if someone was grabbing my neck. The invisible force lifted me up, slammed me into a tree and choked me against it until I couldn't breathe anymore.

The last thing I saw was Rupert running towards me and all of the others charging at Jonathan.

That's all for chapter 12! I know, I need to stop doing short cliffhanger chapters… Keep reading and reviewing!